March 18, 2015:

“Irish Migration to America”

“In the 1840s Ireland, when starvation and related diseases claimed as many as a million lives, approximately 500,000 Irish persons immigrated to the United States, where they accounted for more than half of all immigrants. Between 1820 and 1975, 4.7 million Irish settled in America.

TODAY about 33.3 million Americans—10.5% of the total population—reported Irish ancestry in the 2013 A.C. Survey conducted by the U.S.Census Bureau. Three million people separately identified as Scotch-Irish, whose ancestors were Ulster Scots who emigrated from Ireland to the United States.”

Wednesday at 12noon-2pm PST, March 25, 2015  tune in to KGGV’s history and music series Beneath the Waves with host Gerry Takano .

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