Context: The Great Irish Famine brought a large influx of Irish immigrants. Over 200,000 were living in New York by 1860, upwards of a quarter of the city's population. There was also extensive immigration from the German provinces, where revolutions had disrupted societies, and Germans comprised another 25% of New York's population by 1860.

Question: What event brought many Irish immigrants to the United States?
Answer: Great Irish Famine

Question: In 1860, approximately how many people of Irish extraction were in New York?
Answer: 200,000

Question: In 1860, what fraction of the city population was composed of Irish immigrants?
Answer: a quarter

Question: In 1860, what percentage of the city population was composed of German immigrants?
Answer: 25%

Question: What events provoked the immigration of people from Germany?
Answer: revolutions

Question: Which event brought upon a lot of Irish immigrants to NYC?
Answer: Great Irish Famine

Question: How many immigrants that were Irish were living in New York in 1860?
Answer: Over 200,000