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Category Archives: Irish
Telling family stories
As part of my research I will inevitably have to tell you some family histories. I say have to – it’s a vital, fascinating and relevant part of my research. But have you ever had someone try to tell you their … Continue reading
Posted in Black Country, History, Irish, Maps, Migration, PhD, Sources, Wolverhampton
Tagged carribee island, census, Coles Croft, creative history, immigration, ireland, irish immigration, maps, oral history, sources, storypast, storytelling
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St Patrick’s Day, 1873
Today is, of course, St Patrick’s Day, and no doubt pubs across the country will be celebrating this typically alcohol-soaked celebration with a wide range of inflatable shamrocks, green top hats, and “kiss me I’m Irish” t-shirts. I tend to think … Continue reading
The desi dialectic
Recent blog posts have been a little sparse, and that’s mostly a function of learning to be a freelancer – sometimes, apparently, work comes in thick and fast and leaves little time for much else. However, it has it’s upsides: … Continue reading
Posted in Black Country, Irish, Migration, Wolverhampton
Tagged asian migration, desi pubs, irish, irish pubs, pubs, punjab, sandwell, smethwick, west bromwich, wolverhampton
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Black Country Irish: lies, damned lies and statistics
We’ve had a quick look at some of the stories and statistics behind the Irish in the Black Country, particularly focusing on the census data for 1851. Data is an essential part of the story, but it is just a part. … Continue reading
Posted in Black Country, Irish, Quantitative data
Tagged bilston, Black Country Irish, data, economy, GIS, industry, nineteenth century, oldbury, space, stourbridge, urbanisation, walsall, wolverhampton
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Black Country Irish: Willenhall
The rule of thumb with any sort of migration, especially when looking at the industrial era, is the larger the town, the greater the gravitation pull. Thus, London drew from all over the country, Birmingham pulls mostly from the Midlands counties, and … Continue reading
Posted in History, Irish
Tagged Black Country Irish, census, clarkes lane, Graham, ireland, irish, little ireland, little island, Petty, portobello, willenhall
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Black Country Irish: Oldbury
The 1881 census records just under 200 people living in the parish of Oldbury, then in Worcestershire, but having been born in Ireland. The census is of course a snapshot, and that’s particularly true of the newly-transient working class of … Continue reading
Black Country Irish: Wednesbury
The town of Wednesbury was home to probably the most significant Irish population in the Black Country, after Wolverhampton. The nationalist journalist Hugh Heinrick reckoned that in 1872 there was at least 3,000 in the Irish community (based on his own … Continue reading
Posted in Black Country, Irish, Poverty
Tagged Black Country Irish, brazil, brusque, citizen of the world, george montgomery, german immigration, global history, immigration, irish, irish immigration, itajai, Migration, migration history, santa catarina, transnational history, wednesbury, william scully
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Legitimate concerns?
There’s been a lot said in the last few days about migrants – how they should be listed and categorised, how people’s “legitimate concerns” over influxes of labour should be heard, how funding should be changed so we don’t have … Continue reading
Posted in History, Irish, Migration, Wolverhampton
Tagged census, immigration, Migration, mobility, wolverhampton
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Black Country Irish: Red-headed Kilcoign
Irish Rows If there’s one thing you learn researching the Irish in the Victorian city, it’s that 19th century newspaper editors love an Irish Row. Roger Swift wrote whole papers about the policing of Irish rows in Wolverhampton, but it’s … Continue reading
Posted in Black Country, Irish, Stourbridge, Uncategorized
Tagged black country, Black Country Irish, crime, gangs, irish, new street
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Black Country Irish: Walsall in the 1850s
Sometimes, otherwise wonderful digital sources are a great frustration. John Denvir, in his survey of the Irish in Britain, points to a mysterious attack upon the Irish in Walsall, in 1851. Excellent, I thought: a story to hook a post … Continue reading
Posted in Black Country, Irish, Staffordshire, Uncategorized
Tagged Anchor Yard, brothel, Bulls Head Yard, data, GIS, Limerick, Lower Rushall Street, maps, marsh lane, park street, poem, Potato Square, town end bank, Upper Rushall Street, urban history, walsall
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