Migration in Irish History, 1607-2007 is the first book to survey the theme of migration in Irish history over four centuries and to examine the dynamic relationship between its immigrants (including return migrants), internal migrants, and emigrants. The approach is based on the reconstruction of individual migration stories, and detailed use is made of maps, paintings and drawings to illustrate the migrant experience.
Key terms are home, family and diaspora. The book traces how Ireland, since the Flight of the Earls (1607) and the Plantation of Ulster, developed as a site of diaspora for the peoples of Britain and rest of the world; and how the countries of the rest of the world developed as sites of diaspora for the peoples of Ireland. It prompts the question of how a better understanding of our migration past might help us meet the current challenges of immigration and building a shared future.
'A very important book. As a comprehensive overview of the period and the topic it is probably without compare. As a student handbook on the topic it is almost certainly ideal. The detail is truly impressive.' - Books Ireland
Foreword
List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgements
PART I: PUTTING MIGRATION INTO IRISH HISTORY
Migration and Irish Migration Studies
A Three-Stage Process: Leaving, Crossing, Arriving
A Three-Way Process: Immigration, Internal migration and Emigration
A Three-Outcome Process: Segregation, Integration and Modulation
PART II: IN-WITHIN-OUT-MIGRATION, 1607-2007
1607-1650
1650-1700
1700-1750
1750-1800
1800-1845
1845-1855
1855-1900
1900-1950
1950-2007
PART III: THE WORLD IN IRELAND - IRELAND IN THE WORLD
In: the British and Other Diasporas
Within-Out: the Irish Diaspora
Conclusion: Migration in Irish History
Appendix I Types of Migration
Appendix II Migration Theory and Migration Studies
Appendix III Individual Migrants
Bibliography
PATRICK FITZGERALD is Lecturer and Development Officer at the Centre for Migration Studies at the Ulster-American Folk Park, Omagh, Northern Ireland, and has taught Irish Migration Studies at Queen's University Belfast since 1996. Formerly he was Assistant Curator for Emigration History at the Ulster-American Folk Park.
BRIAN LAMBKIN is founding Director of the Centre for Migration Studies at the Ulster-American Folk Park, Omagh, Northern Ireland, and is Chairman of the Association of European Migration Institutions. Formerly he was Principal of Lagan College, Belfast.
Description
Migration in Irish History, 1607-2007 is the first book to survey the theme of migration in Irish history over four centuries and to examine the dynamic relationship between its immigrants (including return migrants), internal migrants, and emigrants. The approach is based on the reconstruction of individual migration stories, and detailed use is made of maps, paintings and drawings to illustrate the migrant experience.
Key terms are home, family and diaspora. The book traces how Ireland, since the Flight of the Earls (1607) and the Plantation of Ulster, developed as a site of diaspora for the peoples of Britain and rest of the world; and how the countries of the rest of the world developed as sites of diaspora for the peoples of Ireland. It prompts the question of how a better understanding of our migration past might help us meet the current challenges of immigration and building a shared future.
Reviews
'A very important book. As a comprehensive overview of the period and the topic it is probably without compare. As a student handbook on the topic it is almost certainly ideal. The detail is truly impressive.' - Books Ireland
Contents
Foreword
List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgements
PART I: PUTTING MIGRATION INTO IRISH HISTORY
Migration and Irish Migration Studies
A Three-Stage Process: Leaving, Crossing, Arriving
A Three-Way Process: Immigration, Internal migration and Emigration
A Three-Outcome Process: Segregation, Integration and Modulation
PART II: IN-WITHIN-OUT-MIGRATION, 1607-2007
1607-1650
1650-1700
1700-1750
1750-1800
1800-1845
1845-1855
1855-1900
1900-1950
1950-2007
PART III: THE WORLD IN IRELAND - IRELAND IN THE WORLD
In: the British and Other Diasporas
Within-Out: the Irish Diaspora
Conclusion: Migration in Irish History
Appendix I Types of Migration
Appendix II Migration Theory and Migration Studies
Appendix III Individual Migrants
Bibliography
Authors
PATRICK FITZGERALD is Lecturer and Development Officer at the Centre for Migration Studies at the Ulster-American Folk Park, Omagh, Northern Ireland, and has taught Irish Migration Studies at Queen's University Belfast since 1996. Formerly he was Assistant Curator for Emigration History at the Ulster-American Folk Park.
BRIAN LAMBKIN is founding Director of the Centre for Migration Studies at the Ulster-American Folk Park, Omagh, Northern Ireland, and is Chairman of the Association of European Migration Institutions. Formerly he was Principal of Lagan College, Belfast.
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