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What changed because of The Irish Arrive (1847)?

In "Black ’47," the worst year of the Famine, some 37,000 Irish landed in a Boston of 115,000 — the beginning of the migration that remade the city’s population, politics and church within a generation.

Historical event · 1847The Irish Arrive (1847)
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Historical event · 1847

The Irish Arrive (1847)

In "Black ’47," the worst year of the Famine, some 37,000 Irish landed in a Boston of 115,000 — the beginning of the migration that remade the city’s population, politics and church within a generation.

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