Irish Catholics - Experiences of Immigrants

Question 1

Increases population

Answer 1

In the 1840’s the Irish population in Scotland was around 126,000 and by 1880’s it was over 200,00

Question 2

Reduced wages

Answer 2

Immigrants were available to work for cheaper as they arrived in Scotland extremely poor

Question 3

Work

Answer 3

A lot of Irish worked as navvies working on building railways

Question 4

Negative reputation

Answer 4

Had a negative reputation with other Scots as they were Catholic when the majority of Scotland was Protestant - conflicting religions

Question 5

Religion

Answer 5

Introduced catholic churches - e.g. St Andrews in Kilmarnock

Question 6

Positive reputation

Answer 6

Buisness owners liked them because they worked for cheap

Question 7

Charity

Answer 7

Many immigrant families relied on sup[port5 from charities funded by the catholic church

Question 8

Language

Answer 8

many immigrants only spoke Gaelic in Scotland - allowed the language to be learned in Scotland