Irish diaspora

Irish people were one of the earliest people in the Americas, they were very influential and did great things for the US, in fact, “Eight men of Irish descent signed the Declaration of Independence (Robert ‘25)”. Between 1800-1844 there were 8 million people in Ireland, during the same years, 600,000 left for America. Many of the immigrants were poor, unskilled Irish-Catholics from southern and western Ireland. Through 1841-1850, 780,700 people emigrated from Ireland for America and Canada.…

‘Clashed’ with Protestant American values. These stereotypes were highlighted to put down the Irish immigrant community and were created out of fear because these Irish immigrants challenged for job openings. The Irish immigrants were stereotyped as barbaric, unskilled, impoverished and unpolished. Anti-Irish cartoons for magazines such as Harper's Weekly featured cartoons by Thomas Nast and depicted Irish immigrants as ape-like barbarians prone to lawlessness, laziness and drunkenness. 4 The…

The Evolution and Commercialization of Irish Dance Since Riverdance Since Riverdance hit the world stage in 1995, the culture of Irish Dance has evolved and grown. However, experts within the dance community disagree whether and to what extent Riverdance has played a role in these changes. The scholarly articles, dissertations, and books examined in this literature review examine different aspects of the art and sport: changes in costumes, technique and demographic of the dancers. Most rely on…

Migration Through the Lens of Diasporas The Jewish diaspora of the 8th century BCE was the first of its kind, but the term which would grow increasingly difficult to define and apply as time went on. In his essay, “Diasporas,” James Clifford attempts to elucidate the history and development of the term ‘diaspora’ and critically look at its implications. Defining the term diaspora, a task which seems simple, turns out to be the biggest obstacle to overcome in studying them, and that is what…

It could be said that the seemingly beautiful façade of Ireland is merely just a front, as Irish literature explicitly challenges the idea that this country is as unaffected as their landscape. However there is a much darker and conflicted understanding that leaks through Ireland which epitomizes it 's unstable past. Prevailing literary texts represent the harsh reality that is Ireland, whereby poverty and Catholicism serve to subjugate society. However it is evident that the population embodies…

socio-linguistic sense, I took a harder look at irregularities I had never before heard outside the context of my immediate family. Passed down from generations matrilineally: Great Grandmother, Grandmother and Mother alike have recited two distinct Irish rooted limericks and poems to me through the course of my life. As my great grandmother passed, G.G. (my mom’s Mother) and Jamie (my mom), continued the tradition at every family party, starting either one or both in a kind of…

occurrence as it “was intensified and took on something of the form of a personal crisis for many of the leading Irish…

despair as trade deteriorated and poor harvests brought starvation (“Hang up Half a Dozen Bankers ': attitudes to Bankers in Mid-eighteenth-century Ireland”). The English were also tyrannizing the Irish very strongly. All Ireland’s money was shipped off to England and the English policies kept the Irish poor. During this time, political pamphlets were distributed throughout Ireland to promote the ideas of various intellectuals but many discarded them (Cody). Jonathan Swift took advantage of the…

their babies, do not socialize children until they become toddlers, and mother-baby bonding in infancy through breastfeeding is also rare. Myths and superstitions may be the root cause of why babies are kept isolated and out of harm’s (fairies) way. Irish Catholics strongly believe in original sin, humans are by nature sinful and sins of the flesh need to be curbed. Mothers tend to see a baby’s innate need to suck, be rocked and stroked as something to be curtailed. Physical punishment, even for…

America: As Tough As Steel… If Our Industries Allow It As an unexpected move from U.S. steel manufacturing companies drove prices of steel in America up by 3.5 percent, John F. Kennedy, then-president of the United States of America addressed this move by the steel companies through a commentary given on April 11, 1962 during a news conference. Kennedy, through this commentary, attempts to persuade the accused companies to lower the prices of steel for the benefit of the American people through…