Between Two Places : Emigrant Integration and Identity: A Case Study of Irish-born People Living in England

Despite net in-migration to Ireland in the last years of the twentieth century, large
numbers of Irish people continued to leave the country on an annual basis (29,000 is the
estimate for 1999). Their primary destination was England where, according to the last
British Census (1991), the Irish are the largest ethnic minority in England. This report
reveals the findings of a case study of Irish emigrants living in England, drawing on data
from a variety of sources including the British census, surveys, focus groups and
interviews with employees of Irish agencies in England. The research was conducted by
Dr. Nessa Winston of the Department of Social Policy and Social Work, University
College Dublin for the Irish National Committee of the European Cultural Foundation.