Please Don’t Call it the Irish Potato Famine

Where are my people of Irish ancestry in the USA? If you believe the <a href="https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2021/03/happy-saint-patricks-day-to-one-of-ten-americans-who-claim-irish-ancestry.html#:~:text=Irish%20heritage%20is%20strong%20in,of%20their%20roots%20to%20Ireland." rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">statistics</a>, we are everywhere. Over 31 million people in the United States claim Irish heritage, which is second only to German heritage. I claim both, as do many others in Wisconsin, where we might celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with a green beverage and a bratwurst. How did so many of our Irish ancestors decide to come here? Ding. Ding. Ding. You guessed it on the first try: the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2zklucyTFU" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Irish Potato Famine</a>, which is known in Ireland as the “Great Hunger.” The f<a href="https://www.history.com/topics/immigration/irish-potato-famine" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">amine</a> lasted from 1845 to 1852, and by the end, nearly one million people had died and another million had emigrated. In 1841 the population of Ireland was about 8 million, and by 1851 it was counted at 6.5 million. After 1852, the downward trend continued due to continued emigration, and by 1900, the population was just 4.5 million people. Today the population of Ireland is just over 5 million. <a href="https://medium.com/fuck-capitalism/please-dont-call-it-the-irish-potato-famine-e7bd70f23799">Website</a>