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Why do Irish immigrate in large numbers?

During the 130 years in Ireland, people moved out one after another due to famine, poverty and unemployment. 19 In the 1940s, the Irish famine claimed millions of lives, and then millions of immigrants flooded into the United States. By the 1960s, the population of Ireland had dropped to 2.8 million, half of that before 120.