The Social Impact of Return Migration in a Small Parish
A Case-Study of Cahir, Co. Tipperary
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.33178/Keywords:
case study, ireland, migration, emigrationAbstract
The Irish have a long tradition of emigration. The United Kingdom, the United States, Australia and Canada all have sizeable Irish populations. The Irish abroad have celebrated in song and story their yearning to return "to the ould sod", yet how many of them do return to their native shore? According to Jackson (1967), in a study of the Skibbereen area of Cork County, one person in four had lived or worked abroad at some stage in their lives.
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