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Books on the impact of Irish Emigration in the 1950s

WoollyRedHat · 2012-03-14 17:45:10

Hi, anyone know any good books that assess the aftermath of emigration rather than Ireland during the 50s excluding it, or emigration itself. Am I better off looking at the decade that followed to research this? I'm tackling The Lost decade Ireland in the 1950s, by Dermot Keogh, but so far, none actually refer to the…

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14-03-2012 6:45pm

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Hi, anyone know any good books that assess the aftermath of emigration rather than Ireland during the 50s excluding it, or emigration itself. Am I better off looking at the decade that followed to research this?

I'm tackling The Lost decade Ireland in the 1950s, by Dermot Keogh, but so far, none actually refer to the aftermath or consequence of emigration which is what I'm looking for.

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Mardy Bum

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O'Grada, C. (1997) A Rocky Road: The Irish Economy since Independence. Manchester: Manchester University Press.

Its a very good book which looks at all areas of the economy.

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