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Return to [[Ireland Emigration and Immigration]] page. | Return to [[Ireland Emigration and Immigration]] page. | ||
== | == Why The Irish Left Their Homeland == | ||
You see '''[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dunseverick_Harbour_-_geograph.org.uk_-_24159.jpg Dunseverick Harbour]''' in the image above. 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. | You see '''[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dunseverick_Harbour_-_geograph.org.uk_-_24159.jpg Dunseverick Harbour]''' in the image above. 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. | ||
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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|Ireland Church Tower.jpg]] | ||
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— | ||