I have just reviewed the book, Models for Movers: Irish Women's Emigration to America (Cork: Attic Press, 2015) for the academic journal Irish Studies Review. Read it here.
Front cover of 'Models for Movers'.
The words
Ireland and emigration have become synonymous due to successive waves of people
leaving the relatively small island on the edge of Europe. On a presidential
visit to Ireland in June 1963, John F. Kennedy, himself a product of Irish
emigration, famously said that “Ireland has only one export and that is its
people”.
America became one of the favoured destinations for Irish people seeking a better life for themselves and their families. It is estimated that some 4.5 million Irish arrived in America between 1820 and 1930. Numbers fell dramatically as the twentieth century progressed. In 2015, 10.2% of Americans claimed Irish ancestry.
America became one of the favoured destinations for Irish people seeking a better life for themselves and their families. It is estimated that some 4.5 million Irish arrived in America between 1820 and 1930. Numbers fell dramatically as the twentieth century progressed. In 2015, 10.2% of Americans claimed Irish ancestry.
