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Why did so many Irish immigrants come to the united states between the 1840's and 1860's?
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Why did so many Irish immigrants come to the united states between the 1840's and 1860's?

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The potato blight which destroyed the staple of the Irish diet produced famine. Hundreds of thousands of peasants were driven from their cottages and forced to emigrate.

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