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Liverpool in England is the nearest English city to Dublin, Ireland's capital. The journey by sea to Liverpool can be done in just a few hours now, and even with older ships, it was not a long journey. So it was a natural place for Irish people leaving Ireland and heading to England to go to. Many Irish stayed there and there has always been a strong Irish presence in Liverpool.

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10y ago

Like any immigrants, they went in search of a better life. In famine times there obviously would not have been much food. In other times, people would have gone in search of work when there were few jobs to be found in Ireland.

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They came to Australia because of the great Irish potato famine

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Starvation at home, hope of better life in England.

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