Irish emigrants embarking for America at Waterloo Docks, Liverpool, 1850, from The Illustrated London News, July 1850. They were not the only nationality represented among the ship's passengers.

The harsh lives of Irish immigrants. ... the great wave of Irish immigrants during the 1840s and 1850s arrived on so-called “coffin ships ... whose parents succumbed to cholera in 1850.

Although many Irish people made their way to the States before the Great Hunger, the numbers making the dangerous trip on coffin ships across the Atlantic increased dramatically from the 1840s ...

The need to accommodate Irish immigrants fundamentally drove the development of New York City’s public health system. A city in transition 1840s New York was a city in transition.

The survey allowed genealogists to further trace branches in Obama's family tree and others who arrived on the ship, known as the Marmion, on March 20, 1850. ... used by masses of Irish immigrants.

This 1850 illustration depicts Irish emigrants sailing to the US on an overcrowded ship during the potato famine. ... So Irish immigrants are much more likely to start businesses than native-born ...

This 1850 illustration depicts Irish emigrants sailing to the US on an overcrowded ship during the potato famine. ... So Irish immigrants are much more likely to start businesses than native-born ...