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Irish immigrants

Categories: Social Welfare

Countries: Ireland

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From the Irish Times: "In the grim 1950s, 40,000 people left Ireland every year to emigrate to Britain. They built the roads and repaired the bombed out buildings of post-war Britain. They staffed the hospitals, the factories and the railways of a booming country while the economy stagnated at Ireland. It is estimated that half of all Irish people born in the 1930s emigrated, the large majority to Britain."

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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Irish immigrants

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The Forgotten Irish

The Forgotten Irish In commemoration of that generation of post World War II ...

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Family Planning Association

Family Planning Association

Founded by Doctor Charles Vickery Drysdale as the National Birth Control Council, formed by the merger of five birth control societies. Name changed to the National Birth Control Association in 193...

Group, Social Welfare

1 memorial
Sheila Ann Schnaar, SSSTJ

Sheila Ann Schnaar, SSSTJ

Mrs Schnaar was appointed as Serving Sister in 1991.

Person, Social Welfare

1 memorial
Gilbert Johnstone

Gilbert Johnstone

Hon. Gilbert Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone. See his brother Francis for family information. President of the Eton Mission Rowing Club in 1934. Attended Eton, leaving before 1883. The Eton House (pdf dow...

Person, Benefactor, Children, Social Welfare

1 memorial
Guinness Trust / Guinness Partnership

Guinness Trust / Guinness Partnership

From the Picture source: "In 1890 Sir Edward Guinness set up The Guinness Trust, donating £200,000 to the Trust in London, with an additional £50,000 for the Dublin Fund, which later became the Ive...

Group, Philanthropy, Social Welfare

1 memorial
South Hackney Parochial Charities

South Hackney Parochial Charities

South Hackney Parochial Charity was constituted under a trust deed dated 6th November 1900 as varied by the Charity Commission Scheme dated 27th September 1968. The charity’s main objective is the ...

Group, Benefactor, Education, Social Welfare

1 memorial