Hi Al , > Over time more Presbyterian left Ireland for USA than catholic> I do not believe this is correct but I have no ref. to back it up . The Irish descent as I recall are from various country census. As I recall , the US figures I think are from the 2000 US census per the following : Grandpa Walt-Irish McKenzie, Sr.- NJ - MA*- USA *Middlesex Co. (400,000 of Irish descent). Due to immigration, after the 1840's Ireland famine, over 33% of Boston's population were Irish. By 1900 over 40% were Irish. In 2000, MA was 19.5% Irish, Boston 6% with the So. Shore now 35+% of Irish descent. I'll try to locate my 1-2 ref. for the info I posted. I never remember to include orig. ref. Then its a big job finding it . . . please bear with me. I need to stop being so careless. Walt ----- Original Message ----- From: "Albert D" <alpat@snip.net> To: "Walt McKENZIE, Sr." <WaltIrish@comcast.net> Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 4:14 PM Subject: Re: [Irish-Roots] Scotch / Irish History Questions > Hi Walt I'm always interested in the various groups who left the areas > around Ireland, Scotland, England and such. Can you tell me where you found > the statistics on the numbers of Irish Catholics versus other religions that > left those areas to go to any nation? Al > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Walt McKENZIE, Sr." <WaltIrish@comcast.net> > To: <IRELAND-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 10:23 PM > Subject: Re: [Irish-Roots] Scotch / Irish History Questions > >> Ireland 7 > million >> >> Irish Descent : America 50 million ~ Britain 8 million ~ Australia 3 > million >> Canada ? > million >> >> Walt >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: <PamCraven@aol.com> >> To: <IRELAND-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 7:02 PM >> Subject: Re: [Irish-Roots] Scotch / Irish History Questions >> > >> > If they were poor and destitute they could hardly afford the fare to > USA. >> > Also I do not think the normal route would be Scotland - Ireland - USA. > Many >> > probably thought the grass was greener on the other side and many > others had >> > done well, writen home so often following in neighbours/family > footsteps. >> > Over time more Presbyterian left Ireland for USA than catholic. Mine > all >> > stayed in Ireland and my mother said her mother told her that her > grandfather >> > said they just pulled their belt in another notch when the going got > tough. >> > Either they were determined to stay in Ireland or as I believe just did > not >> > have the money to leave as most were buried in plots with no > headstones. >> > >> > In a message dated 05/10/2005 17:45:29 GMT Standard Time, >> > jhegeman@acegroup.cc writes: >> > >> > There just wasn't enough land for them to make a living, and also, they >> > were under British control, a very oppressive government, so the Irish > were >> > very poor and destitute. Or, if they were Scottish, they often came to >> > Ireland on one leg of their journey, and then to the USA a year or two >> > later. Jeannie >> > >> > ----- Original Message ----- >> > From: "Linda H." <avonlindah@hotmail.com> >> > To: <IRELAND-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> >> > Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 8:07 PM >> > Subject: Re: [Irish-Roots] Scotch / Irish History Questions >> > >> >> Does anyone know what would make people leave Ireland in the >> >> 1820s-1830s?...Linda Haviland >> > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.10/120 - Release Date: 10/5/2005