<P> From 1820 to 1860 , 1,956,557 Irish arrived , 75 % of these after the Great Irish Famine ( or The Great Hunger , Irish : An Gorta Mór ) of 1845 -- 1852 , struck . </P>
<P> From 1820 to 1860 , 1,956,557 Irish arrived , 75 % of these after the Great Irish Famine ( or The Great Hunger , Irish : An Gorta Mór ) of 1845 -- 1852 , struck . </P>
the mass emigration of the irish in the mid-19th century was primarily a result of
the mass emigration of the irish in the mid-19th century was primarily a result of
the Great Irish Famine
the Great Irish Famine