Irish Diaspora - See Also - Causes of Irish Emigration

Causes of Irish Emigration

  • Flight of the Earls
  • Cromwellian conquest of Ireland
  • The Penal Laws affecting non-Conformists (c.1715–1869)
  • Irish Famine (1740–1741)
  • Great Irish Famine (1845–1851)
  • Irish Famine (1879)
  • Economic history of Ireland
  • Economic history of the Republic of Ireland
  • The Economic War, 1933-38.
  • "The Emergency" (Ireland during World War II)
  • "The Troubles" (c.1969–1998)

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