This article will attempt to analyse different aspects of emigration to the United States as it is depicted in the Archives of the Irish Folklore Commission. The period in question is mainly the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Questions such as the following will be asked : why did the emigrants choose the United States as their final destination ? why did they decide to leave Ireland ? how did male and female emigration differ ? what differences exist between emigration then and now ? what rites accompanied emigration ? what did the emigrants do when they arrived in New York ? how did they see their new country ? how were they seen by those who remained behind in Ireland ?Cet article se propose d'analyser certains aspects de l...
International audienceThis article analyses the geographical mobility of immigrants with respect to ...
Between 1945 and 1970 over 665,000 men and women left Ireland for destinations across the globe. Thi...
peer-reviewedThis article discusses issues of migration, history, memory and Irish society as they r...
Despite the extensive scholarly literature on both the Great Famine in Ireland and the Famine immigr...
This article will examine the interaction between New Irish immigrants and Irish-American ethnics du...
This is the English version of an article to be published in Catalan in the special Ireland issue of...
‘I am glad to be here, it took me 115 years to make this trip, and 6,000 miles, and 3 generations, ...
My article investigates the transnational nature of the Irish Famine immigrants, recasting the Irish...
IRISH migration at the end of the twentieth century encompasses complex and multidimensional process...
This paper examines the economic and social reasons that are attributed to the high emigration rate ...
This work examines the lives and wellbeing of Irish women in the United States from 1850 until 1914,...
The 1897 Irish Fair in New York City is significant for its map exhibit of a topographical map of Ir...
Item does not contain fulltextThe statue of Annie Moore and her brothers in Cobh, Ireland, is one of...
A computer database of detailed information on 23,753 emigrants who sailed from the port of Derry in...
In 2009 the population of the Irish Republic stood at 4.42 million. At the same time over 70 million...
International audienceThis article analyses the geographical mobility of immigrants with respect to ...
Between 1945 and 1970 over 665,000 men and women left Ireland for destinations across the globe. Thi...
peer-reviewedThis article discusses issues of migration, history, memory and Irish society as they r...
Despite the extensive scholarly literature on both the Great Famine in Ireland and the Famine immigr...
This article will examine the interaction between New Irish immigrants and Irish-American ethnics du...
This is the English version of an article to be published in Catalan in the special Ireland issue of...
‘I am glad to be here, it took me 115 years to make this trip, and 6,000 miles, and 3 generations, ...
My article investigates the transnational nature of the Irish Famine immigrants, recasting the Irish...
IRISH migration at the end of the twentieth century encompasses complex and multidimensional process...
This paper examines the economic and social reasons that are attributed to the high emigration rate ...
This work examines the lives and wellbeing of Irish women in the United States from 1850 until 1914,...
The 1897 Irish Fair in New York City is significant for its map exhibit of a topographical map of Ir...
Item does not contain fulltextThe statue of Annie Moore and her brothers in Cobh, Ireland, is one of...
A computer database of detailed information on 23,753 emigrants who sailed from the port of Derry in...
In 2009 the population of the Irish Republic stood at 4.42 million. At the same time over 70 million...
International audienceThis article analyses the geographical mobility of immigrants with respect to ...
Between 1945 and 1970 over 665,000 men and women left Ireland for destinations across the globe. Thi...
peer-reviewedThis article discusses issues of migration, history, memory and Irish society as they r...