Public Articles: Ireland

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“Like the movement of other European people to the Americas, Irish migration to the Caribbean and British North America had complex causes..”

By Wikipedia

Map by Sebastian Münster

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The story of Irish indentured servants sent from here to Barbados and Jamaica from the 1600s onwards is complex…

By The Irish Examiner

 

(3 January 2021) The Caribbean Irish: 'the diaspora are hungry for knowledge' by Carina McNally 

https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/artsandculture/arid-40195986.html

 

(7 August 2020) The Irish ‘slave' myth is not supported by historical evidence by Irish News

https://www.irishnews.com/opinion/letterstotheeditor/2020/08/07/news/the-irish-slave-myth-is-not-supported-by-historical-evidence-2028536/

 

(16 July 2020) 'Barbados is simply one of the best places to live in the world' by Ciarán Burke

https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/abroad/barbados-is-simply-one-of-the-best-places-to-live-in-the-world-1.4305085

 

(18 September 2017) Welcome to Sligoville: The story of the Irish in Jamaica by Olive Collins

https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/welcome-to-sligoville-the-story-of-the-irish-in-jamaica-1.3225038

 

(26 July 2016) An Irishwoman’s Diary: Meeting islanders with Irish ancestry on Montserrat by Lorna Siggins

https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-irishwoman-s-diary-meeting-islanders-with-irish-ancestry-on-montserrat-1.2733981

 

(11 May 2016) Sinn Féin not allowing facts derail good ‘Irish slaves’ yarn by Hugh Linehan

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/sinn-f%C3%A9in-not-allowing-facts-derail-good-irish-slaves-yarn-1.2644397

 

(6 May 2016) 'Transatlantic civil rights parallels plain to see' by Gerry Adams

Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams apologised for a tweet featuring the 'n-word' last week

https://www.irishnews.com/news/northernirelandnews/2016/05/06/news/platform-sinn-fein-president-gerry-adams-510232/

 

(3 May 2016) Adams line on nationalism and slavery wide of mark by Hugh Linehan

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/adams-line-on-nationalism-and-slavery-wide-of-mark-1.2632531?mode=sample&auth-failed=1&pw-origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.irishtimes.com%2Fnews%2Fpolitics%2Fadams-line-on-nationalism-and-slavery-wide-of-mark-1.2632531

 

(16 April 2016) The Caribbean Irish: the other Emerald Isle by Lorna Siggins

https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/generation-emigration/the-caribbean-irish-the-other-emerald-isle-1.2610681?mode=sample&auth-failed=1&pw-origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.irishtimes.com%2Flife-and-style%2Fgeneration-emigration%2Fthe-caribbean-irish-the-other-emerald-isle-1.2610681

 

(25 January 2015) Call for emigrant stories from Kenmare to North America by Simon Linnell

https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/abroad/generation-emigration/call-for-emigrant-stories-from-kenmare-to-north-america-1.2075950?mode=sample&auth-failed=1&pw-origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.irishtimes.com%2Flife-and-style%2Fabroad%2Fgeneration-emigration%2Fcall-for-emigrant-stories-from-kenmare-to-north-america-1.2075950

 

(5 August 2013) Link with the Caribbean not always a good one by Fergal Hallahan

https://www.irishnews.com/opinion/2013/08/05/news/link-with-the-caribbean-not-always-a-good-one-66610/