Ellis Island, Irish immigration to America -L'histoire en anglais

Au milieu du XIX^e siècle, des milliers d'Irlandais arrivent aux Etats-Unis chassés par la Grande Famine. Leurs champs de pommes de terre ont été parasités par le mildiou. Ils vont s'installer massivement à New York.

La Grande Famine et l'immigration irlandaise (texte en anglais)

Most of the Italian immigrants arriving in New York City settled in “Little Italy”, from 1^st Avenue to 14^th Street. The Irish, who arrived in the United States from the mid 19^th century found a home on the other side of the East River, in Brooklyn. Under British domination, Ireland went through a political crisis of about fifty years, reducing its population by half between 1840 and 1844 due to a food crisis. The Irish consumed potatoes in high volume, but in the late 1840s, a widespread potato decease wiped out crops across the country.