- Title Pages
- A New History of Ireland
- Preface
- Contributors
- Maps
- Figures
- Illustrations
- Abbreviations and Conventions
- Introduction Ireland, 1870–1921
- Chapter I Isaac Butt and the home rule party, 1870–77
- Chapter II The land war and the politics of distress, 1877–82
- Chapter III The Parnell era, 1883–91
- Chapter IV The aftermath of Parnell, 1891–1903
- Chapter V The watershed, 1903–7
- Chapter VI The developing crisis, 1907–14
- Chapter VII Ireland in 1914
- Chapter VIII The revolution in train, 1914–16
- Chapter IX The rising and after
- Chapter X The new nationalism, 1916–18
- Chapter XI The war of independence, 1919–21
- Chapter XII Economic and social history, 1850–1921
- Chapter XIII Literature in English, 1891–1921
- Chapter XIV Irish language and literature, 1845–1921
- Chapter XV Visual arts and society, 1850–1900
- Chapter XVI Visual arts and society, 1900–21
- Chapter XVII Music and society, 1850–1921
- Chapter XVIII Pre-university education, 1870–1921
- Chapter XIX Higher Education, 1793–1908
- Chapter XX Administration and The Public Services, 1870–1921
- Chapter XXI Emigration, 1871–1921
- Chapter XXII The Irish in Britain, 1871–1921
- Chapter XXIII The Irish in Australia and New Zealand, 1870–1990
- Chapter XXIV The remaking of Irish-america, 1845–80
- I BIBLIOGRAPHIES AND GUIDES
- II SECONDARY WORKS
- Index
- Plates
The Irish in Britain, 1871–1921
The Irish in Britain, 1871–1921
- Chapter:
- (p.653) Chapter XXII The Irish in Britain, 1871–1921
- Source:
- A New History of Ireland, Volume VI
- Author(s):
DAVID FITZPATRICK
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This chapter examines the history of Irish immigrants in Great Britain during the period from 1871 to 1921. The Irish who came to Britain in the 1870s were mainly reluctant immigrants, and they were mostly transient people. Many of those who stayed in Britain experienced virtual exclusion from secure employment and housing. The warped occupational distribution of the immigrants was reflected in their housing and patterns of settlement. In the following fifty years, though the acuteness of immigrant estrangement abated, there was no complete transformation of the Irish in Britain into either an expatriate community or a fully accepted ingredient of British society.
Keywords: Irish immigrants, Great Britain, secure employment, housing, occupational distribution, patterns of settlement
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- Title Pages
- A New History of Ireland
- Preface
- Contributors
- Maps
- Figures
- Illustrations
- Abbreviations and Conventions
- Introduction Ireland, 1870–1921
- Chapter I Isaac Butt and the home rule party, 1870–77
- Chapter II The land war and the politics of distress, 1877–82
- Chapter III The Parnell era, 1883–91
- Chapter IV The aftermath of Parnell, 1891–1903
- Chapter V The watershed, 1903–7
- Chapter VI The developing crisis, 1907–14
- Chapter VII Ireland in 1914
- Chapter VIII The revolution in train, 1914–16
- Chapter IX The rising and after
- Chapter X The new nationalism, 1916–18
- Chapter XI The war of independence, 1919–21
- Chapter XII Economic and social history, 1850–1921
- Chapter XIII Literature in English, 1891–1921
- Chapter XIV Irish language and literature, 1845–1921
- Chapter XV Visual arts and society, 1850–1900
- Chapter XVI Visual arts and society, 1900–21
- Chapter XVII Music and society, 1850–1921
- Chapter XVIII Pre-university education, 1870–1921
- Chapter XIX Higher Education, 1793–1908
- Chapter XX Administration and The Public Services, 1870–1921
- Chapter XXI Emigration, 1871–1921
- Chapter XXII The Irish in Britain, 1871–1921
- Chapter XXIII The Irish in Australia and New Zealand, 1870–1990
- Chapter XXIV The remaking of Irish-america, 1845–80
- I BIBLIOGRAPHIES AND GUIDES
- II SECONDARY WORKS
- Index
- Plates