Immigration
SELECTED IMIGRATION STUDIES (External Links will open in new window)
Jane Lilly Boyd - 1926 N. Ireland to America (Kane cousins in Iowa)
In general, emigration occurred due "push" or pressure factors: the famine, and socio-economic: religious persecution and poverty *famine ships*. Less obvious reasons for emigration were "pull" or lure factors: where opportunities for better wages and more freedom were possible. Other influencing factors included population growth with changes in land distribution, loss of farming as a way of life to the industrial revolution thus "waves" of immigration occurred. While people have went back and forth across the sea within the UK for centuries, the invention of the steam ship, railways, etc, resulted in different routes and also contributed to a larger amount of people going to further destinations in less time than ever possible before. Many families emigrated, and still do, in segments. Known as chain migration a member or small group emigrate to another country or location and send earnings back to bring more family. As a consequence of chain migration people from a given village may be found as the settlers of an particular area in another country. They left their homelands because of poor harvests, famines, political unrest and revolutions. They brought with them, their skills, traditions, faith and culture to America, "the land of opportunity". Although the primary focus of this site is intended for the UK, Ireland and North American I have included some resources for Australia, Argentina, New Zealand, Mexico, South Africa and states of the Caribbean and continental Europe as well..... *The Irish Diaspora, maximally interpreted, contains over 80 million people, which is over fourteen times the population of the island of Ireland itself (5.6 million in 2002).
Irish Migration Studies in Latin America A broad collection of materials related to the Irish in Latin America, including articles, papers, reviews, databases, interviews, a bibliography of over 100 books, articles, and audiovisual material, and links to related resources. http://www.irishargentine.org/index.html An outdoor museum which tells the story of emigration from Ulster to America in the 18th and 19th centuries. Located in Omagh, Northern Ireland. http://www.folkpark.com/ National University of Ireland, Cork ollscoil náisiúnta na hÉireann, corcaigh The Irish Centre for Migration Studies promotes the study of historical and contemporary migration, to and from Ireland, within a comparative international framework, using new information and communication technologies http://migration.ucc.ie/
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