The Great Famine and Beyond: Irish Migrants in Britain in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
The Great Famine and Beyond presents some of the most important
findings. Many of the essays in this collection challenge the
assumption that the Irish assimilated relatively easily into
British society: reports of ethnic fade have been exaggerated. The
Irish Times The Great Famine and Beyond is an extremely valuable
addition to the historiography of the Irish in Britain and will be
warmly welcomed by students of Irish migration more generally. It
provides evidence of the continuing vitality of the field and
addresses issues of concern to all historians of migration and
ethnicity. It will be a key reference point for students and
researches for some time to come. Reviews in History
