Irish Migration To Great Britain - Early Modern Times

Early Modern Times

Some of the more notable natives of Ireland who settled in Britain between the 16th and 19th centuries were:

  • Richard Burke, 4th Earl of Clanricarde, died 1635.
  • Robert Boyle, FRS, died 1691.
  • Laetitia Pilkington, died 1750.
  • Richard Brinsley Sheridan
  • George Monro (British Army officer), 1700-57.
  • Patrick Brontë, 1777-1861.
  • Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
  • Thomas Moore, died 1852.
  • Bram Stoker, author of Dracula
  • Oliver Goldsmith author of The Deserted Village
  • Edmund Burke politician, reformer, writer
  • Mary Burns
  • Robert Tressell The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists

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