Irish Argentine
Irish settlement in Argentina is part of the story of immigration in Argentina and the Irish diaspora. Irish emigrants from the Midlands, Wexford and many counties of Ireland arrived in Argentina mainly from 1830 to 1930, with the largest wave taking place in 1850-1870. The modern Irish-Argentine community is composed of some of their descendants, and the total number is estimated at 500,000-1,000,000. Argentina is the home of the fifth largest Irish community in the world.
Read more about Irish Argentine: Reasons For Emigration, Numbers of Immigrants, Economic Activities, The Dresden Affair, Legacy, Notable Irish Argentines, Bibliography
Famous quotes containing the word irish:
“Of all the characters I have known, perhaps Walden wears best, and best preserves its purity. Many men have been likened to it, but few deserve that honor. Though the woodchoppers have laid bare first this shore and then that, and the Irish have built their sties by it, and the railroad has infringed on its border, and the ice-men have skimmed it once, it is itself unchanged, the same water which my youthful eyes fell on; all the change is in me.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)