Irish Immigration to America, 1630 to 1921 By Dr. Catherine B. Shannon Reprinted courtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum Introduction The oft quoted aphorism that "Boston is the next parish to Galway" highlights the long and close connections between Ireland and New England that exceptions: first, the emigration of Scots-Irish Presbyterians to North America in the mid-1700s, and second, the famine-initiated emigration of mostly Catholics in the mid-1800s. In the summer of 1718, five ships of Scots-Irish immigrants from Ulster arrived in Boston to an uncertain welcome. We've categorised links by their time period so you may search Ireland's history through the ages. Irish Immigration to America From the 1800s to the Present. Many of those deported were later pardoned on the condition that they would never return to Ireland. Passenger Ships from Ireland to America 1732-1749 List of Ships from Irish Ports Known or Thought to Have Passengers compiled by Joe Beine 1700s Irish History. Library of Congress, “FRAMING DETAIL OF ROOF. This is the 1600s, almost synonymous with the 17th century. But the newcomers came from an impoverished land, and whether they could support themselves was an open question. Of these, some two-thirds (about 300,000) are thought to have originated in the province of Ulster. Most of the Irish in America before the nineteenth century were actually Scotch-Irish. Currently available: religious censuses, passenger and convict lists, marriage records, flaxgrower records, and will indexes. Irish immigration to America after 1846 was predominantly Catholic. The vast majority of those that had arrived previously had been Protestants or Presbyterians and had quickly assimilated, not least because English was their first language, and most (but certainly not all) had skills and perhaps some small savings on which to start to build a new life. Nearly half a million (447,000) are estimated to have been either Irish-born or of Irish ancestry. The answer may be in some of the major migrations of settlers to the colonies in the 1700s. But the newcomers came from an impoverished land, and whether they could support themselves was an open question. This is the 1700s, almost synonymous with the 18th century. The Puritan leaders sympathized with their fellow Protestants who also endured Anglican intolerance. "Immigrants to America Appearing in English records" by F.Smith and D.Gardner, -indexed - I find that most all early settlements were known as "ENGLISH' when in fact there were Scots and Irish in most of the groups.Point being ,we can't skip over some thing just because it is titled "English" ,may miss lots of Scots and Irish if we do. Currently available: religious censuses, passenger and convict lists, marriage records, flaxgrower records, and will indexes. For example, wealthy Charles Carroll immigrated to America in 1706. History of European Immigration to America: The Irish Immigrants The reasons for the early Immigration by the Irish to America started with the forced migration of the Irish race as involuntary indentured servants which lasted for a period of between 7 and 20 years. History and Genealogy of the migration of the Scots from Northern Ireland to the American Colonies in the 1700s' The Scots/Irish Immigration of the 1700s GFS Linda , Co-leader Scot and Irish SIG, AOL Genealogy Forum. In the summer of 1718, five ships of Scots-Irish immigrants from Ulster arrived in Boston to an uncertain welcome. The most Irish American towns in the United States are Scituate, Massachusetts, with 47.5% of its residents being of Irish descent; Milton, Massachusetts, with 44.6% of its 26,000 being of Irish descent; and Braintree, Massachusetts with 46.5% of its 34,000 being of Irish descent. In the mid-19 th century, English landlords looking to evict penniless Irish tenants would pay to have them shipped to British North America. From Ireland to the US: a brief migration history ... and Irish America totalled 4.8 million people, ... “Immigration has killed the country,” Chamberlain lamented in another letter. At this moment, however, the Scotch-Irish pioneers had their first taste of real trouble with the Indians. Northern Irish migration peaked between the 1750’s and the early 1770’s, with an estimated 14,200 people from northern Ireland reaching America from 1750 to 1759, 21,200 from 1760 to 1769, and 13,200 in the half-decade leading up to the American Revolution.