In 1847, with a large influx of Irish migrants, the typhus epidemic quickly filled the fever shed with sick and dying.

The Scouse accent is thought to have been influenced by arrival of Irish and Welsh migrants to the city.

Irish migrants packed vessels like those used by slavers on the middle passage, often arriving half-starved and infected with fever.

Most Irish migrants were young men working on contract for English merchants and planters.

They tended to stay and marry overwintering Irish male migrants.

John Lennon's father's family were the descendents of Irish migrants who came to Liverpool in the 19th century.

In the post-war period these incomers were largely Irish migrants.

During the 1840s, Irish migrants began arriving by the thousands due to the Great Famine of 1845-1849.

Last century, Irish migrants piled in from the west and the rule of law stretched up from the south.

Many Irish migrants who came to England during the Great Famine are buried here.