Emigration
Emigration in the 17th and 18th Centuries
Ulster Emigration
Newcomers & Emigrants
The Vikings
The Huguenots
The Palatines
The Penal Laws
Australia
Pre-Famine Emigration
The Famine
Famine Emigration
THE RECORDS
COUNTIES
EMIGRATION
ADDRESSES
HOW TO
LINKS
ARTICLES
GENERAL ARTICLES
EMIGRATION
IRISH SURNAMES
PEOPLES
OF IRELAND
HERALDRY
IN IRELAND
IRISH FAMILY
HISTORY
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Emigration from Ireland
Emigration has been a dominating feature of Irish life for almost four centuries, and has left us an unmistakeable legacy. The culture of loss and shame associated with it has only recently begun to weaken, as we have realized and celebrated the achievements of the Irish overseas, and their descendants. And this is part of, and partly a cause of, the broadening of the notion of Irishness that is now taking place within Ireland.
This acceptance of the diaspora is part of the general growth in self-confidence of the Irish cultural identity in recent decades.
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