When the Continental Congress decided to declare Independence from the British empire in 1776, ten percent of the population of their fledgling country were from Ireland.
They were was very active in the American Revolution, both on the battlefields and off, and yet their stories a.
By 1790, close to 500,000 Irish citizens had immigrated to America.
When the Continental Congress decided to declare Independence from the British empire in 1776, ten percent of the population of their fledgling country were from Ireland