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Irish Immigration Increase Tension Whitechapel Escape Potato Famine

Front Why did Irish immigration increase tension at Whitechapel?
Back The Irish came to escape the potato famine (1845-52) and came to London to find work and ended up as navies. Navies were drnk and violent and some became Fenians. Met Police created a special branch to deal with the Fenian threat.

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