What did Irish people do when they got to America during the Gold Rush?

Question

Nobody probably knows, but it was worth a shot.

Answer 1

Well there were several Gold Rush's in American History, however the Irish were no specifically linked with any one of them. That is not to say that some of them didn't participate, the just weren't a majority or even a significant group.

After the Irish potato famine there were significant number of Irish employed in major northern cities like New York and Chicago. They also immigrated to the larger northern cities Like San Fransisco.

Large numbers of them seeking employment worked on the railroad and fought in both the Mexican war and the Civil war.

Answer 2

The California Gold Rush occurred at a time when the Irish people were suffering the Great Hunger. The famine years were between 1845 and 1851 so many came to America and found whatever jobs they could. If they settled in the east they dug canals, mined, and worked the RR. Some continued west and went to the Gold Rush. Many became entrepreneurs; other s worked as laborers. There were newspapermen, saloon owners, railroad workers, and miners. Some left CA and went to the Australian gold rush.

Answer 3

The White Anglo-Saxon Protestant (WASP) delegated the hated Papist Irish Catholic to second class citizenship.

Here in Boston the Irish were treated worse than the newly freed black slaves.

Answer 4

they worked on potota farms and took jobs that other people really didnt want. they did any work that would pay and not good pay.