Irish Immigration

Irish diaspora
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Emigrants Leave Ireland, engraving by Henry Doyle (18271892), from Mary Frances Cusacks Illustrated narrative of Ireland, 1868

Night Train with Reaper by London Irish artist Brian Whelan from the book Myth of Return, 2007

The Irish diaspora (Irish: Diaspóra na nGael) consists of Irish emigrants and their descendants in countries such as the unite Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Australia, Argentina, New Zealand, Mexico, atomic number 16 Africa, Brazil and states of the Caribbean and continental Europe. The diaspora, maximally interpreted, contains more than 80 trillion people, which is more than thirteen measure the nation of the island of Ireland itself, which had approximately 6.4 million in 2011 (comprising the Republic of Ireland and northerly Ireland).

After 1840, emigration had become a massive, relentless, and efficiently managed topic enterprise.[1] Counting those who went to Britain, between 9 and 10 million Irish people emigrated after 1700. The total flow was more than the population at its historical peak in the 1830s of 8.5 million. From 1830 to 1914, almost 5 million went to the United States alone. In 1890 two of every cardinal Irish-born people were living abroad.



By the 21st century, an estimated 80 million people worldwide claim some Irish agate line; among them are 41 million Americans who claim Irish as their primary ethnicity.[2]Contents [hide]
1 Definition
1.1 Causes
2 Europe
2.1 Britain
2.1.1 charge plate paddies
2.2 Continental Europe
3 Americas
3.1 Argentina
3.2 Bermuda
3.3 Canada
3.4 Caribbean
3.4.1 Puerto Rico
3.5 Chile
3.6 Mexico
3.7 United States
4 Australia
5 South Africa
6 Religion
7 Famous members of the diaspora
7.1 Politicians
7.2 Artists and musicians
7.3 Scientists
7.4 Misc
8 See in like manner - Irish Brigade
9 See also - Causes of Irish emigration
10 See also - General
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