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Irish Immigration To Canada Between 1840 And 1869

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This essay will be about the Irish immigration to Canada between the years of 1840 and 1869. I believe the Irish successfully immigrated to Canada because they successfully integrated themselves into Canadian society. There were many challenges and some followed the Irish to Canada.
The timing of the group’s migration to Canada The Irish immigration is a story of a long and difficult process, that had eventually become one of the ethnicities that had been prominent in Canada’s population. Although this journey began in 1825, the focus of this paper will be from the years 1840 to 1869. In this era of history Ireland faced a serious problem. From 1847 to 1852, Ireland had, what is now called, the “Great Potato Famine”. The harvest the years
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