Irish Catholic Immigrants

Question 1

What industries did the Irish Catholic Immigrants work in?

Answer 1

• Building Railways and canals
• Coal mining ( Lothians )
• Jute ( Dundee )
• Sugar and cotton factories ( Glasgow )

Question 2

What areas did the Irish Catholic Immigrants Congregate?

Answer 2

-Slums of Saltmarket
- Cowcaddens

Question 3

What were the conditions of housing for Irish Catholic immigrants like?

Answer 3

• Slum conditions- overcrowding/ lack of running water and sanitation

Question 4

What was the Experience of Irish Catholic Immigrants like?

Answer 4

• persecution + discrimination
• stood out - religion + language
• integrate - trade unions

Question 5

What was the reaction of Scots to Irish Catholic Immigrants?

Answer 5

• unsanitary + badly dressed 💩
• overcrowding + slums -spread disease
• inferior to poorest Scots
• Didliked : Strike breakers ( worked for less money )
• inexperienced workers disliked working with them- coal mines

Question 6

What was the Identity and Assimilation of Catholic Irish Immigrants like?

Answer 6

• integrated - changed surnames + intermarried & converted to Protestantism
• Retained Identity - seperate sports teams ( Edinburgh Hibernians ) + Catholic schools ( Education Act 1918 )
• Tension reduced: industrialisation, fighting together WW1, trade unions, promotion of totalitarianism ( life without alcohol )