Irish diaspora




The Irish diaspora (Irish:Diaspóra na nGael) refers to Irish people and their descendants who live outside Ireland.
Since 1700 between 9 and 10 million people born in Ireland have emigrated. This is more than the population of Ireland at its historical peak in the 1840s of 8.5 million. The poorest of them went to Great Britain, especially Liverpool; those who could afford it, almost 5 million, went to the United States.