In the 1840 potato famine in Ireland that left many people with two choice they had: choice number one is to immigrate to America, choice number two is there to starve in Ireland with no choice . A majority of the Irish immigrants were settle in Boston where the Irish population increased from 30,000 thousand to more than 10, 000 of Irish people every year. The Irish were treated so poorly and badly as to compare to the Americans were treated fairly more than the Irish, of the treatment of the German immigrants. The Irish were caricatured in the newspaper people thought they could not read and write as there were drunks. The Boston 's an an servant to the race. Although more than 70 percent of the Boston families were domestics were Irish , many of the Irish people seek for jobs in any industry were met by all signs said,"Irish need not apply". I hope that help.
