Irish Immigration to the United States | Finding Your Roots

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Finding Your Roots Henry Louis Gates Jr. Gates Roots FYR Irish Irish immigration United States famine Irish Potato Famine immigration monoculture farming Gates of History WETA Norah O'Donnell CBS Evening News Scots-Irish Catholic Catholicism Ireland undocumented immigrant
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History-Social Science
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Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12
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Irish Immigration to the United States | Finding Your Roots

Norah O’Donnell’s maternal grandmother, Mary Monaghan, arrived on a ship in New York on January 20, 1930. She was on her own, 23 years old, with just twenty dollars in her pocket; taking a chance that would be celebrated in her family for generations to come.
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