What kind of work attracted Irish migrants to the north west of England?
Farming work
Factory work
Banking and business
What disaster forced many Irish to emigrate in the 1840s?
Famine
War
Floods
Why did English workers sometimes oppose Irish workers?
Because they thought Irish workers were too highly skilled
Because they thought Irish workers were being paid too much
Because they thought the Irish were accepting lower pay and so undercutting their wages
What were navvies?
Merchant seamen
Builders of canals, railways and roads
Sweatshop workers
What happened in the 1840s and 1850s in cities such as Cardiff, Greenock and Stockport?
Outbreaks of disease
Anti-Irish and anti-Catholic rioting
Which English city received the largest number of Irish immigrants?
Glasgow
Liverpool
Leeds
What crop failed in the 1840s with disastrous results?
Oats
Wheat
Potatoes
What political issue divided many Irish and English people?
Chartism
Child labour
Home Rule
What was the occupation of famous Irishmen Wilde and Shaw?
They were writers
They were soldiers
They were navvies
Whose reports show that Irish death rates in Liverpool were high?
The Prime Minister
The Medical Officer of Health
The Coroner