The Irish immigrants who entered the United States from the sixteenth to twentieth centuries were changed by America, and also changed this nation. They and their descendants made incalculable contributions in politics, industry, organized labor, religion, literature, music, and art.

Some German Americans were interned, and one German American man, who was also targeted for being socialist, was killed by a mob. Secondly, in response to this, German Americans began intentionally “assimilating” to avoid becoming targets.

During WWII, German nationals and German Americans in the US were detained and/or evicted from coastal areas on an individual basis. A total of 11,507 people of German ancestry were interned during the war, comprising 36.1% of the total internments under the US Justice Department’s Enemy Alien Control Program.

A few Germans were among the first European immigrants to arrive in the New World, joining the English at Jamestown, Virginia, in 1608. In search of land and religious freedom in the 1700s, they settled primarily in Pennsylvania and New York.

The groups included Swiss Mennonites, Baptist Dunkers, Schwenkfelders, Moravians, Amish, and Waldensians; most German immigrants belonged to the main Lutheran and Reformed churches. The central colonies received the greatest part of this immigration, especially Pennsylvania.

Christianity is the largest religion in the Republic of Ireland based on baptisms. Irish Christianity is dominated by the Catholic Church, and Christianity as a whole accounts for 82.3% of the Irish population.

The Irish often had no money when they came to America. So, they settled in the first cities in which they arrived. They crowded into homes, living in tiny, cramped spaces. A lack of sewage and running water made diseases spread.

Most were illiterate, and many spoke only Irish and could not understand English. And although they had lived off the land in their home country, the immigrants did not have the skills needed for large-scale farming in the American West. Instead, they settled in Boston, New York, and other cities on the East Coast.

According to the Census, there are 34.5 million Americans who list their heritage as either primarily or partially Irish. That number is, incidentally, seven times larger than the population of Ireland itself (4.68 million).

The 1850s was the single biggest decade for German immigration, with some 951,000 reaching the United States. Why They Came Irish: Most emigrated to escape grinding poverty in Ireland—or to avoid outright starvation in the years of the potato famine.

Ireland’s growth and development derives mainly from the multinational sector: electronics, pharmaceuticals, chemicals. Of the 20 biggest pharmaceutical firms, 16 have plants in Ireland, employing altogether about 20,000 people.

The term “Celtic Tiger” is a reference to the Four Asian Tigers, the nations of Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and South Korea, which underwent extremely rapid industrialization and economic growth rates in excess of 7% a year between the mid-1950s (for Hong Kong) and the early 1960s (for the other three countries).

In Ireland in 2016, the nominal median annual equivalised disposable income was €20,597 and the nominal ‘at risk of poverty’ threshold stood at €12,358.

Ireland has a mixed economy. Still focused on high growth, Ireland’s political leadership and its banking sector turned to the mortgage and construction industries to maintain growth. By 2008 it had become clear that much of the growth in banking and construction was a bubble without capital to back it.

Ireland in the early twentieth century was a poor country. The levels of poverty in many isolated rural areas were exceptional by western standards. In 1930, the total population was just under three million. The great majority of the people were living in the countryside, or in country towns and villages.

High FDI rate, a low corporate tax rate, better economic management and a new ‘social partnership’ approach to industrial relations together transformed the Irish economy. By 2000 the Republic had become one of the world’s wealthiest nations, unemployment was at 4% and income tax was almost half 1980s levels.

The healthcare system in Ireland is considered to be a comprehensive system with a public health service funded by the government and an expanding private health care service. This Card entitles individuals to access a range of health services free of charge.

Private health insurance in Ireland is optional. If you are ordinarily resident in Ireland, you are entitled to receive public in-patient and out-patient hospital services. If you do not buy private health insurance, you are entitled to services in the public hospital system on the basis of clinical need.

In Ireland, undergraduate (Bachelor’s) degrees are free for citizens from Ireland, EU/EEA countries, and Switzerland. The costs are covered by the Higher Education Authority (HEA). Keep in mind that not all undergraduate courses offered by public universities are free.

What are Hospital charges? Everyone living in Ireland and certain visitors to Ireland are entitled to a range of health services either free of charge or at reduced cost. Medical card holders and certain other groups do not have to pay hospital charges.

Despite the increased expenditure on health over the 2000s, Ireland still has a very underdeveloped primary and community care sector; long waits and unequal access for public patients to hospital care;2 concerns about poor quality and overstretched hospital infrastructure; and staffing constraints (Health Information …

Charges for hospital in-patients The charge for overnight and day in-patient services is €80 per day up to a maximum of €800 in any 12 consecutive months. The charge does not apply to the following groups: Medical card holders. People getting treatment for prescribed infectious diseases.

Emergency ambulance services can be contacted by telephoning 999 or 112. (The 112 number applies throughout the EU). All calls are free. Unless you have a medical card, you may be charged for ambulance services.