Irish diaspora

During the 1800’s, the potato famine in Ireland caused around one million Irish people to immigrate to America. They settled in cities and worked in factories, and generally, were pretty poor. With the Irish immigration came a lot of Anti-Irish Sentiment from the Americans. That leads us back to the question- were Irish considered white in the 19th century America? Well, that depends on what your definition of “white” is. Obviously, it is a color...or rather, lack of color. It can also be used…

short to extended periods of time. Trauma can affect at different levels, at an individual of course, but also at a widespread socio-cultural one, a trauma that resides in the collective consciousness of a people, as exemplified by the effects on the Irish people due to the great famine. Significant trauma can cause a great degree of mental anguish, distress, fear and general hardship which can pervade much to just about all of a single person or an entire people’s lives. A serious side effect…

Immigration Between 1846 and 1852 there was a fungus was destroying Ireland's potato crops which is known as the great famine. During these years, the Irish dealt with starvation, poverty, and disease. And because of these conditions thousands of Irish fled to America. The Irish immigration experience was very hard. Many came to America with few skills besides cooking, cleaning, and they had just enough knowledge to work in factories. They constantly had to deal with bigotry and stereotypes.…

eighth of the entire Irish population. Although the blight itself destroyed the crops and left many Irish in sickness and starvation, the real killers of the Irish potato famine were the British. Many historians even claim that the Irish famine was not caused by the potatoes themselves, but in fact was a result of Britain’s lack of respect and support of the Irish people even to the extent of calling it genocide on Britain’s behalf. British free trade was devastating to the Irish; it…

Regarding the working-class’s utilization, the Great Famine serves as an example. When the Irish population boomed, and the potato crop plummeted, a famine resulted. The British government did very little to help the struggling Irish, and nationalism became the Irish workers’ tool to counter the capitalistic British. McKay describes, “The Great Famine also intensified anti-British feeling and promoted Irish nationalism, for the bitter memory of starvation, exile, and British inaction was burned…

to produce works of literature that capture the essence of the time period. Eavan Boland, a popular Irish author, has produced many works of literature that shed light on both history and culture. Born in 1944 in Dublin, Ireland, Boland was the daughter of a diplomat and a painter. At a young age, Boland and her family moved to England, where she was rejected by many people because of her Irish background. Her struggle to gain acceptance sparked an even stronger appreciation for her heritage,…

of Arms denotes peace, sincerity, hope, joy, and harmony. The Lennon name migrated to many parts of the world. Back in the 19th century, thousands of impoverished Irish families journeyed to British North America and the United Sates in order to escape poverty and hunger. The largest influx of Irish settlers occurred with the Irish Potato Famine in the mid 1800s and Ireland lost almost a quarter of its population. They traveled to America in hopes of finding work and land, however, work…

pressing issues occuring in Ireland during the mid 1840s to the early 1850s, was the Irish potato famine. There is some debate over whether the British were to blame for the mass emigration of the Irish, or that this emigration was bound to happen anyway. Many historians have established their positions on this issue, including Christine Kinealy and Hasia R. Diner. Kinealy, the author of This Great Calamity: The Irish Famine 1845-52, argues that the British are to blame for this mass…

Introduction: Second-generation Irish migrants in post-WWII England took up a variety of noteworthy hybrid-identities. This particular study of displacement is significant in the context of WWII, which produced twenty-seven million displaced persons and furthermore, is relevant in a present day context because of the continually increasing number of refugees worldwide. This essay compares the way that the two popular music bands made up of second-generation Irish migrants, The Pogues and The…

In America, written and directed by Jim Sheridan, focuses on a family of Irish immigrants who move to New York in the 1980s, and must adjust to their new life. Personal experiences of the Irish during the diaspora have stayed the same throughout this film, for a countless number of reasons including job type, and crime. In America captures real life struggles throughout the eyes of the Irish, and how they had to make the best out of any situation. The Sullivan family emigrates from Ireland to…