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The Great Irish Emigration
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What Irish phrase reflects the sorrow of emigration?
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Which country’s penal colonies also received Irish emigrants, often as convicts?
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Where is the Irish Hunger Memorial honoring emigrants located?
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What is the term for second-generation Irish living abroad?
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Which U.S. event saw a large influx of Irish immigrants seeking opportunity in the 1800s?
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What did many Irish emigrants send home to family?
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What is the Irish diaspora?
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In which Canadian city is Grosse Île, a historic quarantine station for Irish immigrants?
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What percentage of Ireland’s population emigrated during the Great Famine?
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What major 20th-century event led to a new wave of Irish emigration?
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Which famine-era emigrant later became mayor of New York City?
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What role did Irish immigrants play in building the U.S. transcontinental railroad?
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Which Irish holiday is now widely celebrated around the world thanks to the Irish diaspora?
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Why did many Irish emigrate to Britain in the 19th and 20th centuries?
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What U.S. city is known for its strong Irish-American heritage due to 19th-century emigration?
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Which Irish city was a major departure point for emigrants during the famine?
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What disease spread rapidly on emigration ships during the famine?
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What were the ships that carried emigrants during the famine often called?
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Which country received the largest number of Irish emigrants during the 19th century?
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What event caused a massive wave of Irish emigration in the 1840s?
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