Irish Immigrants: The Story of this Unique Group!

          

             Immigration has been a controversial topic in the States throughout the nation’s history. This problem did not start a few years ago with Latinos crossing the border illegally; it is much more than that. A lot of people from the Globe immigrate to America, including Irish people. A lot of reasons made the Irish leave their country, including population growth, and since Ireland is a small island, it wasn’t that hard to “fill the whole country”. Another reason was the political subordination and the controversy between different religions.

            For the Irish it was never easy to enter to the States. Many of them left their home because of the great famine that was killing thousands in the country. The journey was long and exhausting, but the worst part was, that their destination was not Heaven at all. Hey came to the country with no capital, no jobs, nothing, it was a new start, from the bottom.

            This group of people, like most of the foreigners in the country, took the harsh jobs, such as builders and peasants, but this trend started to change throughout the years. The city growth demanded more people to work, and the Irish began to take more “important” jobs. They began to work as policemen, firemen, and others.

            I have never cared for the Irish people, whenever I heard about them, I just thought of “St. Patrick’s Day” or the end of the rainbow. Thanks to this project I learn that these people are very special, not only because of the famous “St. Patrick’s Day”, but because they always do what they want to do, without caring about what other people think. They express themselves in a way that nobody else can do; they are, without any doubt, very unique.