The Irish

As an Irish-American I am lacking knowledge of what really happened when the Irish fled Ireland to American during the potato famine. I like how the author went into detail about what families had to go through. Now you may think 1 million people is not a lot of people in thirty years but in reality it is. You got to think not only were the ships not as big as they are now but they were also competing again other countries. Another thing that shocked me, was the amount of exporting Ireland did as a country. I didn't know they were so heavily involved with trade in the 1800's especially with England. Now I think the Irish could have saved themselves if they stopped worrying about exporting good and worried about there own countrymen. Some 186,483 cattle were exported. Instead of worrying about making some money they should have been worried about saving themselves and there families. I did not know that a lot of Irish immigrants went to Philadelphia, that was something I had no idea. I liked the detail the author gave to me about the 1800 and 1900's and immigration to America. I could also be bias because i am Irish American as well and enjoyed learning about my culture.