🟢| Unit 2 - Irish

Question 1

Points

Answer 1

• Shipyards
• Slums
• Shared Religion

Question 2

Shipyards

Answer 2

• Due to sectarianism, Irish Catholics were often banned from certain areas of employment because of their religion, an example being the shipyards in Glasgow.
• This made their experience negative as they were often given the worst paid jobs because of this, which impacted their overall quality of life.

Question 3

Slums

Answer 3

• Often when Irish Catholics arrived in Scotland they were poor, so settled in slums in places like Lochee, Dundee and Maryhill, Glasgow.
• This made their experience negative as slums were of terrible condition due to poor sanitation and overcrowding, and due to poor education the Catholics had little hope of earning enough wages to move out of the slums.

Question 4

Shared Religion

Answer 4

• Irish Protestants moving to Scotland found it easier to integrate as they shared a religion with the Scots - 1 in 4 Irish immigrants were of Protestant religion.
• This made their experience positive becaue they had easier access to jobs, including working as engineers in iron making firms like Boards of Gartsherrie.