In part, that was because it was just impossible to trace Irish famine immigrants and find out what had happened to them.
This is just inconceivable to anyone who had ever thought about the famine Irish given the obstacles that faced them.
Biden is one of four US presidents who descended from Irish famine immigrants.
The famine immigrants really were the ones who cemented the idea of the American Dream as we understand it today.
At the time, the neighborhood was home to the more Irish immigrants than any other part of the city.
Persons:
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Organizations:
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Locations:
New York, York, United States, America, Europe, Liverpool, Ireland, County Mayo, Rome, Irish, Manhattan, Yorkers, New, New York City, Chicago, California, Minnesota, Saint