Irish immigrants in Kansas City, Missouri in 1909
Photo by Jeanne Boleyn PD-OLD-70
Over two million Irish have left Ireland since the Famine and brought with them many songs of emigration and exile.
These Irish songs span Ireland’s history from heading out to America during the Gold Rush, the Great Hunger, entering the United States through Ellis Island to the last “brain drain” from Ireland during the 1980s when so many left home, these songs tell the tales of the Irish emigrants.
Who knows, considering the last figures from the Central Statistics Office in Ireland showed that one person leaves Ireland every six minutes, perhaps this generation will have its own set of songs.
Here are ten of the most famous and best remembered: http://www.irishcentral.com/ent/Songs-of-Irish-emigration-and-exile-that-will-stir-your-heart-VIDEOS-224283171.html#ixzz2fOST0zMr
These Irish songs span Ireland’s history from heading out to America during the Gold Rush, the Great Hunger, entering the United States through Ellis Island to the last “brain drain” from Ireland during the 1980s when so many left home, these songs tell the tales of the Irish emigrants.
Who knows, considering the last figures from the Central Statistics Office in Ireland showed that one person leaves Ireland every six minutes, perhaps this generation will have its own set of songs.
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