Over 400,000 Irish immigrants formed the base of England’s industrial labor force.

Evidence

Famine drove at least a million Irishmen to the United States and elsewhere. — Winston Churchill, A History of the English-Speaking…, 1781 (#responds-to, via linked claim)

Categorization

  • XREF: connects to: The Irish famine pushed many to emigrate to other countries. — Winston Churchill, A History of the English-Speaking…, 1781; The Potato Famine drove mass emigration and extreme Irish nationalism.

Broader Connections