ABSTRACT

First published in 1985, this book explores the social history of the Irish in Britain across a variety of cities, including Bristol, York, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Stockport. With contributions from foremost scholars in the field, it provides a thorough critical study of Irish immigration, in its social, political, cultural and religious dimensions.

This book will be of interested to students of Victorian history, Irish history and the history of minorities.

chapter |12 pages

Introduction

chapter |26 pages

The Irish in York

chapter |30 pages

Irish and Catholic: Myth or Reality?

Another Sort of Irish and the Renewal of the Clerical Profession Among Catholics in England, 1791–1918