Why were the Irish treated so badly during the 1800s in America?
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samildanach
Necrophile
Gael remember to slip some garlic into Vrylakas's beer. You know just to be on the safe side
The Irish were the dredge of Europe. But the main thing why they were hated in America was because they were Catholic. English, Scottish, German all had one thing in common. They were all Protestant. Even today......To voice your a Catholic in Glasgow can get you beat up. In Belfast.... (Northern Ireland) the same.
Pangur Bán
Deconstructed
Wow. From the dead!
All major US ethnic groups have myths about arrival, I think some of this is that kind of myth:
http://tigger.uic.edu/~rjensen/no-irish.htm
But being Catholic was a big part of it. Remember that social and community services were usually conducted by churches in pre-20th century Western countries, meaning that in melting pot places minorities had to change religion or segregate themselves.
Of course, not all Irish were Catholics. Only Catholic Irish were Catholics. 1/4 Irish were Protestants in 1911.
All major US ethnic groups have myths about arrival, I think some of this is that kind of myth:
http://tigger.uic.edu/~rjensen/no-irish.htm
But being Catholic was a big part of it. Remember that social and community services were usually conducted by churches in pre-20th century Western countries, meaning that in melting pot places minorities had to change religion or segregate themselves.
Of course, not all Irish were Catholics. Only Catholic Irish were Catholics. 1/4 Irish were Protestants in 1911.
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What has happened with all those Protestants? Did they emigrate, convert to Catholicism, or something else?: 
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trader/warrior
Deity
Pangur Bán;13926846 said:
On NINA signs I did recently see this in the press which seems to suggest that they were at least somewhat more common than what Jensen claims. Check out the comment section where Jensen and the girl who wrote the piece have an impromptu debate. You probably know more than me on this general topic though.
EnglishEdward
Deity
There were also practical reasons for discrimination.
Everybody wants good quiet lodgers or tenants. However the Irish immigrants
were very poor and as individuals could rarely afford to rent a room on their own.
This meant that if the landlord let a room purportedly for one Irishman,
there would likely be three Irish more smuggled in as necessity to pay for it.
With four or more Irish men installed there, there would typically
be more noise, more congestion with shared facilities used by
the landlord themselves or other tenants and more wear and tear.
This is often the case with housing and the poorest immigrant community.
Everybody wants good quiet lodgers or tenants. However the Irish immigrants
were very poor and as individuals could rarely afford to rent a room on their own.
This meant that if the landlord let a room purportedly for one Irishman,
there would likely be three Irish more smuggled in as necessity to pay for it.
With four or more Irish men installed there, there would typically
be more noise, more congestion with shared facilities used by
the landlord themselves or other tenants and more wear and tear.
This is often the case with housing and the poorest immigrant community.
