Migration--people moving in as immigrants, around as migrants, and out as emigrants--is a major theme of Irish history. This is the first book to offer both a survey of the last four centuries and an integrated analysis of migration, reflecting a more inclusive definition of the "people of Ireland."

Praise

“A very important book. As a comprehensive overview of the period and the topic it is probably without compare. As a student handbook on the topic it is almost certainly ideal. The detail is truly impressive.” -- Books Ireland

About the Author(s)

By Patrick Fitzgerald and Brian Lambkin

PATRICK FITZGERALD is Lecturer and Development Officer at the Centre for Migration Studies at the Ulster-American Folk Park, Omagh, Northern Ireland, and has taught Irish Migration Studies at Queens University Belfast since 1996. Formerly he was Assistant Curator for Emigration History at the Ulster-American Folk Park.

BRIAN LAMBKIN is founding Director of the Centre for Migration Studies at the Ulster-American Folk Park, Omagh, Northern Ireland, and is Chairman of the Association of European Migration Institutions. Formerly he was Principal of Lagan College, Belfast.

Table of Contents

Foreword
List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgements
PART I: PUTTING MIGRATION INTO IRISH HISTORY
Migration and Irish Migration Studies
A Three-Stage Process: Leaving, Crossing, Arriving
A Three-Way Process: Immigration, Internal migration and Emigration
A Three-Outcome Process: Segregation, Integration and Modulation
PART II: IN-WITHIN-OUT-MIGRATION, 1607-2007
1607-1650
1650-1700
1700-1750
1750-1800
1800-1845
1845-1855
1855-1900
1900-1950
1950-2007
PART III: THE WORLD IN IRELAND - IRELAND IN THE WORLD
In: the British and Other Diasporas
Within-Out: the Irish Diaspora
Conclusion: Migration in Irish History
Appendix I Types of Migration
Appendix II Migration Theory and Migration Studies
Appendix III Individual Migrants
Bibliography