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== Some Compelling Reasons Why The Irish Emigrated == | == Some Compelling Reasons Why The Irish Emigrated == | ||
Dunseverick Harbour. Many local people began their long emigration trail during the 1800s, being rowed out to catch a passing schooner bound for Glasgow or Londonderry where they would embark on one of the many emigrant ships to Australia, New Zealand or the Americas.<br> | |||
The intolerable conditions in Ireland that forced Irish (especially Catholic) emigrants to leave the country were mostly due to the following four reasons: | The intolerable conditions in Ireland that forced Irish (especially Catholic) emigrants to leave the country were mostly due to the following four reasons: | ||
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=== Social and Religious === | === Social and Religious === | ||
[[Image:Ireland Church Tower.jpg|thumb|right|290x230px | [[Image:Ireland Church Tower.jpg|thumb|right|290x230px]] | ||
A culture of social and religious persecution by the local Protestant-led and British Crown government was manifest in— | A culture of social and religious persecution by the local Protestant-led and British Crown government was manifest in— | ||
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