Description
Author Patrick Murphy talked about the reasons many of the early Irish immigrants left Ireland and settled in St. Louis, Missouri. He discussed The Great Famine in Ireland in the 1800s and how the Irish settled in what became known as "Kerry Patch" in St. Louis.
Bell Ringer Assignment
- Clip 1: Describe some of the reasons Irish people were looking to emigrate from Ireland.
- Clip 1: According to author Patrick Murphy, why was St. Louis an appealing place to settle?
- Clip 2: What was The Great Famine and how did it impact the people of Ireland?
- Clip 2: Describe life for the Irish who settled in St. Louis.
Additional Resources
Participants
Vocabulary
- Anglicize
- Benevolent Society
- Catholic
- Hostility
- Integrate
- Penal Laws
- Potato Famine
- Poverty
- Protestant
- Squatter
- Staple Crop
- Steerage
- Tenant