American people of Irish descent

Meet Mickey Sullivan, a thirteen year-old Irish immigrant. His parents are Ava and Sean Sullivan. They arrived to the U.S. in 1847. They have considered changing their names to blend in with their surroundings, but decided against it. Their life in Ireland during the 1840s was very difficult. A blight, a disease that destroyed the leaves and the potatoes of the plant, wiped out almost all of their potato crop. The Irish relied heavily on one or two varieties of potato, and because of this it…

Ireland is a beautiful country that is suffering from a huge problem of overpopulation that brings with it the problem of poverty and that begins to affect the economy in a negative way. Swift acknowledges that is a major problem ignored by people and politicians which is why he brings it up to inform them of just how big of an issue this is and this is how Ireland should not be. Swift begins by stating the problem, “It is a melancholy object to those, who walk through this great town, or travel…

not talk a lot. He could be more of an independent person. The grammar is this passage was not too great suggesting that this person was not very educated. From prior knowledge, I know that usually during that time period people usually stopped school after a certain stage. People used to leave school early due to the fact that they needed to help out their families with their farms since most of the people's economics depended on farming. So, this is the reason why they do not have great…

Wilde was born in Dublin, Ireland, to Sir William Wilde, who worked as an optometrist, a renowned philanthropist and gifted writer, who wrote books on archaeology and folklore. Mothered by poet and journalist, Jane Francesca Elgee who wrote patriotic Irish verses under the name "Speranza". She taught Wilde that he could pretty much do whatever he wanted to and the truth really was not that important when a person really wanted to entertain someone. Wilde was a bright and bookish child. He…

Analysis of "Who's Irish?" "Who's Irish?", is a story about the differences of Chinese's view and American's view of rising a child and a family. Main characters about the story are grandma, grandma's daughter; Natalie, grandma's son-in-law; John, and John's mother; Bess. The three issues about the story are disciplining of a child, what sons should do for their parents, and how a child should behave as a grandchild. In grandma's view, how to discipline a child is by spanking her or him.…

Margaret's parents passed away when she was only 16 years old, from that point on she was on her own. As Margaret spends time with Andrew's family, she begins to remember what it's like to have people that care for you. Andrew's Mother and Grandmother don't give Margaret much of a chance to not open up and be part of the family because as far as they know the engagement between Margaret and Andrew is one hundred percent genuine. It becomes unbearable…

Old Immigrants: Ireland- They were different because they were one of the poorest people in Europe. They came to America to escape the hardships and start a new beginning, with the hopes of actually succeeding. They faced discrimination, nobody wanted them there because they were willing to work for lower wages. Most cities were too crowded for the people already living there. They had dark, cold, and not ventilated “living spaces” that were only 9 foot by 11 foot. They had no running water, it…

less than slaves. This lead to the Irish people were used for difficult labor in the south because people did not want to risk killing their slaves. The whites would say the slaves are worth too much to be risked, but if the Irish are killed nobody loses anything. "One Southerner explained explained the use of Irish labor on the grounds that: 'n-----s are worth too worth too much to be risked here: if the Paddies (Irish) are knocked overboard . . . nobody loses anything" (Document c: Historian,…

portray our thoughts and opinions. Even though learning English will benefit the Irish natives, what they don’t understand is that in meaning they are losing their heritage. The society of Baile Beag in a sense wants to set the Gaelic language behind them and move onward towards the English language. The entire play is about the language barrier between the Irish language and the English language. The town’s people of Bail Beag need someone to translate for them, but they can understand hand…

For instance, Jonathan Swift denounces, in his work A Modest Proposal, Ireland’s submission to England and the economic situation in the country. Swift presents an extreme position with a logical conclusion. He proposes to sell the children of poor people as food for the wealthy in order to solve the problems of poverty in Ireland. Unlike Swift’s A Modest Proposal, Dubliners reflects the daily life of different individuals, their failures, their disappointments and how their intellect and…