Irish 1900 to present

Question 1

During WW2, there was extensive bombings causing damage to ports, cities, factories and houses
Irish migrants (like others) migrated post-WW2 for jobs rebuilding infrastructure and filling empty jobs
Around ………… Irish migrants came to Britain between 1945-60, largely for economic opportunity

Answer 1

350,000

Question 2

In …., the NHS Act established the NHS with free healthcare, which created many jobs for migrants.

Ireland was exempt from the ……. (1905) and so it was easier for them to migrate and work

Answer 2

1948

Aliens act

Question 3

Census data shows there were over ,…………
migrants in Britain in 1911, but has since declined

Answer 3

3 million

Question 4

Employment success – many became nurses
for the NHS, or jobs in growing industrial cities
of …………………………………..

Answer 4

Liverpool , Manchester , Glasgow

Question 5

Resentment – bombings by IRA (e.g. Pub
Bombings ……., killing …..) created anger/abuse

Hostility – some ‘taken’ employment hostility

Answer 5

1974

21

Question 6

By 1971, nearly ………….. migrants worked in manufacturing and engineering in the Midlands
Between 1953-55,

Answer 6

300,000

Question 7

Many migrants also took up jobs including as bus ….., bus ………… and station staff

Answer 7

Stations and conductors