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The term Irish diaspora is open to many interpretations. One, preferred by the government of Ireland, is defined in legal terms: the Irish diaspora are those of Irish nationality, mostly but not exclusively Roman Catholic, residing outside the island of Ireland. This includes Irish citizens who have emigrated abroad and their children, who were ...
The Irish diaspora consists of Irish emigrants and their descendants in countries such as the United States, Great Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and nations of the Caribbean such as Jamaica and Barbados. These countries all have large minorities of Irish descent, who in addition form the core of the Catholic Church in ...
The African American Irish Diaspora Network is an organization founded in 2020 that is dedicated to Black Irish Americans and their history and culture. Black Irish American activists and scholars have pushed to increase awareness of Black Irish history and advocate for greater inclusion of Black people within the Irish-American community. [233]
Today, about 70 million people claim Irish heritage or ancestry worldwide, according to the Irish government.
The Irish diaspora (Irish: Diaspóra na nGael) refers to Irish people and their descendants who live outside Ireland. This article refers to those who reside in Great Britain, the largest island and principal territory of the United Kingdom .
Historically, both Latvia and Ireland had been under the rule of the Vikings. Their populations also share similar cultural and genetic ties. [13] In recent centuries, particularly during the Great Famine and Ingrian War, some Irish families resettled on Latvian land; the Irish diaspora in Latvia numbered around 800 as of 2015. [14] [needs update]
Map of the Irish Diaspora in the World Map of the Italian diaspora in the world Istrian Italians leave Pola in 1947 during the Istrian-Dalmatian exodus. Italian diaspora – occurred mainly between the 1890s and 1930s due to the economic crises and poverty in Italy, with emigrant numbers reaching into the tens of million.
The main article Irish diaspora contains details of most expatriate Irish populations, and provides links to main articles about many of them. This article presents those links, and some others, in tabular form arranged alphabetically by country.