A new group urging that Ireland rejoin the Commonwealth has invoked the Irish diaspora in support of the idea. In a letter that appeared in the Irish Times, the backers of “Ireland and the Commonwealth” said, Members of the Commonwealth share a common heritage and history, including an Irish diaspora of some 20 million people… Continue reading Diaspora a reason to rejoin the Commonwealth?
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Film highlights Irish immigration to English town
Two filmmakers in South Tyneside, England, have made a documentary about the impact of immigration into the town of Jarrow. Director Gary Wilkinson and playwright Tom Kelly created “Little Ireland” using archive material, photographs and interviews with descendants of Irish immigrants. The 40-minute film has been an instant success at home, selling out two screenings… Continue reading Film highlights Irish immigration to English town
Mystery of immigrants’ mass grave may be solved
The mass grave of a group of Irish railroad workers who died in 1832 during a cholera outbreak may have been located at last, thanks to the efforts of researchers in Pennsylvania who have spent six years searching. The 57 men had arrived from Derry, Donegal, and Tyrone, hired by fellow Irishman Philip Duffy to… Continue reading Mystery of immigrants’ mass grave may be solved
A reminder of the Irish in Barbados
An Irish Independent article on property investment in Barbados also reminds us of the dark days of the sugar plantations of the seventeenth century. Many of the Irish arrived there after Oliver Cromwell took them off their land and sold them into slavery or indenture to British planters. Estimates of the numbers of Irish transported… Continue reading A reminder of the Irish in Barbados