180 Years Apart

Transportation

Paula Craig

  • Airplanes

  • Ease & Speed

    • Paula Craig used to visit every year with her kids

    • Now she and her family visits every other year

  • While leaving her family was hard, the speed and ease that airplanes provided made the sacrifice more bearable

Irish Immigrants 180 Years Ago

  • Coffin Ships

    • Nicknamed coffin ships because the ships passengers, "were only flying from one form of death" (Irish Times)

    • Disease ridden, cramped, and dirty

    • Over 20,300 people died on these ships

  • The U.S. government saw these immigrants as disease-ridden

    • Raised the price to 7 pounds

      • Too expensive for more than one journey. Most immigrants knew that they would never come back

Housing

Paula Craig

  • Paula Craig lives in a comfortable, clean home

    • 4,000+ sq ft

  • Large backyard

Tenement Housing

  • Irish were forced into tiny homes called tenements

    • Unsanitary conditions

    • Horrible heating

    • Cramped

Discrimination

Paula Craig

  • No problem whatsoever with her accent

    • People often make connections with her culture

    • Her accent is a talking point, compared to 100 years ago when it would be frowned upon.

  • Americans often drum up St. Patrick's Day to an offensive level

    • It annoys Paula, however she doesn't mind

Irish 100 Years Ago

  • Irish faced violent and verbal abuse

    • Portrayed as drunkards, and non-human

  • Because of this, Irish were forced to perform manual labor and carry out often dangerous, low paying jobs