Irish community in Britain
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The Irish in Britain
The Irish diaspora numbers far more people outside of Ireland than at home. Of these various Irish communities abroad, the Irish community in Great Britain is one of the largest and has the longest history, thanks to the proximity.
Famous British Irish Names
- The Pogues
- London Irish rugby team
- Maurice O'Connor Drury
- John Lennon External link: John Lennon's family tree (http://www.lennon.net/familytree/nfmap.html)
- George Harrison George Harrison's family tree (http://www.iol.ie/~beatlesireland/heritage/george.htm)External link: George Harrison's house (http://www.bbc.co.uk/liverpool/localhistory/journey/stars/beatles/houses/georges_house.shtml)
- Paul McCartney Paul McCartney's family tree (http://www.iol.ie/~beatlesireland/heritage/paul.htm)
- Billy Connolly
- John Lydon aka Johnny Rotten
- Des O'Connor
- Lonnie Donegan
- Richard O'Brien
- Wayne Rooney
- Noel Gallagher
- Liam Gallagher
- James Callaghan
- Ray Davies
- Dave Davies
- Steven Morrissey
- Bobby Gillespie
The 2001 Census
The 2001 British census was the first one which allowed British citizens to express an Irish ethnicity. In all previous British census results figures for the Irish community were based on Irish birthplace.
In 2001 the percentage claiming Irish ethnicity in England and Wales were 1.2%, while the figure for Scotland was 0.98%. These figures were grossly below expectation. Consider that those who are Irish born are 1.2% of the U.K. population, the figure for Irish ethnicity seems rediculously low. It has been suggested that many people were confused over the new ethnicity question, confusing it with the more traditional 'place of birth' question. It does not seem to reflect the massive second and third generations of people of Irish descent in Britain. Most would agree that the total figure should be in the range of 6-7 million, considering that the Irish have been settling in Britain by the thousands for centuries.
The distributions across the country were:
- Urban areas:
3.07% of Londoners were Irish (of 7,172,036 inhabitants), 4.65% of Luton, 3.77% of Manchester, 1.2% of Liverpool, 3.46% of Coventry, 3.22% of Birmingham, 2.89% of Watford, 2.8% of Trafford, 2.28% of Corby, 2.19% of Hertsmere, 2.07% of Solihull, 2% of Warwick, 1.98% of Glasgow, 1.64% of West Dunbartonshire and 1.44% of Edinburgh.
- Regions:
1.39% of the West Midlands, 0.85% of the East Midlands 1.15% of Northwest England, 0.35% in the Northeast, 1.14% of Eastern England, 0.66% in Yorkshire and the Humber, 1.03% of the Southeast, 0.66% in the Southwest, and 0.61% in Wales.
Estimates of the Irish population of Great Britain according to the one drop theory fall in the region of 10m, or 17% of the population.
See also
External links
- Irishlinks.co.uk (http://www.irishlinks.co.uk/uklinks.htm)
- irishinbritain.com (http://www.irishinbritain.com/html/intro.php)
- Irish Community in Britain Archive (http://www.smuc.ac.uk/icba/)
- BBC News article 16 March, 2003: "City celebrates Irish influence" (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2852029.stm)
- Photo Gallery: Liverpool's streets broad and narrow (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/photo_gallery/2845035.stm)
- Statistics Online (http://www.statistics.gov.uk/census2001/profiles/00by.asp)
- Liverpool University's Institute of Irish Studies (http://www.liv.ac.uk/irish/)