• The Irish Road to South America: Nineteenth-Century Travel Patterns from Ireland to the Río de la Plata region

    Author(s):
    Edmundo Murray (see profile)
    Date:
    2006
    Group(s):
    History, Irish Diaspora Histories, Irish Literature and Culture
    Subject(s):
    Migration, Internal--Study and teaching, Transnationalism, Transportation, History, Ireland, Latin America
    Item Type:
    Article
    Tag(s):
    Emigrant transport, 19th-century transport, Irish midlands, Wexford, argentina, Migration studies, Transnational migration, Transport history, Latin American history
    Permanent URL:
    http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/tw2p-jp29
    Abstract:
    Nineteenth-century Irish emigration to Argentina has been studied from different perspectives. There is a growing number of historical, demographic and cultural studies focusing on diverse aspects of this migration, which together with Quebec and Mexican Texas, produced the only Irish settlements in non English-speaking territories. However, with a few exceptions, most of these studies concentrate on the settlement and the life of the emigrants from the time they arrived to their destination, thus neglecting the preparations for their journey and the material details of the voyage. While this essay deals primarily with the Río de la Plata region, including the pampas of Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay, many of its conclusions may be projected to other parts of the continent. How did the Irish emigrants travel from their townlands and rural villages to the most important ports in Ireland and England, and from there to South American ports? What means of transport did they use on land and sea, and how had those vehicles changed with the technical advances of the century? How expensive were the fares and how comfortable was the accommodation? Which were the most common emigrant ships to South America and what were their usual travel patterns?
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    Publisher:
    Society for Irish Latin American Studies (SILAS)
    Pub. Date:
    2006
    Journal:
    Irish Migration Studies in Latin America
    Volume:
    I
    Issue:
    June 2006
    Page Range:
    28 - 44
    Status:
    Published
    Last Updated:
    3 years ago
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    All Rights Reserved
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