The Removal of Irish Paupers from Britain: 1819 to the Early Twentieth Century

di Lewis Darwen (Autore)

Donald MacRaild (Autore)

Liverpool University Press, 2024

During the nineteenth century, local officials sought to deal with their Irish pauper ‘problem’ by removing these poor migrants back to Ireland under the laws of settlement and removal. Over the course of the century, hundreds of thousands of Irish paupers were forcibly repatriated in this way. Even though the settlement rights of Irish immigrants gradually improved over time, removals were still taking place into the twentieth century. The system was widely recognised as being cruel and unfair, especially in Ireland where the removal of Irish paupers from Britain garnered considerable political and press attention. Much was made of the illegality of some removals, and of harsh removals involving widowed women, children and the elderly. This book, which is the first sustained study of repatriation from Britain, demonstrates a persistent theme: the marginal nature of Irish life on the larger island. Drawing on extensive research from newspaper sources and parliamentary papers, it presents an original and richly detailed perspective on Irish immigration, poverty and pauperism in nineteenth-century Britain.

• Autore: Lewis Darwen, Donald MacRaild
• Editore: Liverpool University Press
• Collana: Reappraisals in Irish History
• Anno: 2024
• Rilegatura: Hardback
• Pagine: 288 p.
• Dimensioni: 239 x 163 mm
• EAN: 9781835537992

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