Ireland

The Irish Revolution and the Birth of Dáil Éireann

Posted on March 26, 2019March 26, 2019 by MAMcIntosh

January marked the 100th anniversary of Dáil Éireann, Ireland’s Parliament. This month marks the 100th anniversary of Dáil Éireann, Ireland’s Parliament. Amid the better-known events of a century ago that led to Ireland’s independence from its union with Britain, such as the Easter Rising or the island’s partition with the Anglo-Irish Treaty, the significance of[…]

Emigration Across the Atlantic: Irish, Italians and Swedes Compared, 1800–1950

Posted on December 15, 2018December 15, 2018 by MAMcIntosh

Examining scale of emigration, the reasons behind emigrants’ departure, the various origins and destinations, and the attitudes in sender and receiver states. Abstract Emigration across the Atlantic by Europeans during the 19th and 20th centuries, and especially during the so-called age of mass European migration from 1850 to 1914, forms a key part of Europe’s recent[…]