Irish in Scotland Flashcards
1
Q
Why did Irish people travel to Scotland ?
(10 reasons)
A
Push
- poverty in Ireland
- absentee landlords
- potato famine
- religious differences
- subsistence farmers (had no profit from their work)
Pull
- higher wages in Scotland
- Scotland was easier to reach compared to America for
- Scotland needed workers
- more job oppurtunities
- big Irish community in Scotland
2
Q
What are some positives about Irish people moving to Scotland ?
A
- higher wages than in Ireland
- more job oppurtunities
- big Irish community
- they were fed
- they had some money to spare
- better than Ireland
3
Q
What are some negatives about Irish people moving to Scotland ?
A
- thought to be stealing Scottish wages
- discrimination
- Irish people stayed away from Scots - no mixing
- Catholic vs Protestant
- worst jobs
- long hours
- alcoholism
- low wages
4
Q
What was the Protestant Irish experience in Scotland ?
A
- better pay
- skilled work
- assimilated much better
- Rangers
- shipbuilding
- brought over specifically to work (they were offered schools and homes by the Scottish)
- better life
5
Q
What was the Catholic Irish experience in Scotland ?
A
- discrimination
- furnacemen
- low paid, unskilled jobs
- Celtic
- othered in society
- labourers
- longer hours for worse pay
- worse lives
6
Q
Why were Catholics treated worse than Protestants ?
A
Scotland was a Protestant country and so they assimilated better due to their shared religion
