Scary tales of New York: life in the Irish slums
Scary tales of New York: life in the Irish slums In the 19th century, Irish people fled poverty at home for dirt, disease and danger in the American city’s overcrowded tenements Sat, Mar 23, 2013, 06:00 Niamh O'Sullivan In 19th-century New York, even tenements were ranked. Some were considered too good for the Irish, who were relegated to densely packed hovels in the urban shanty town of Five Points, on the Lower East Side. Here families huddled together, with several ...
Source: irishtimes.com