Andy Bielenberg

The Irish Diaspora

Providing a comprehensive survey of the Irish Diaspora from a global perspective, this text contains a collection of articles by historians, demographers, economists, sociologists and geographers.

An economic history of Ireland since independence

Introduction Section One 1. From dependent free state to EEC member-state economic policies 1922-1973 2. A new frontier the EEC/EU and economic governance: 1973-2011 Section Two 3. Natures bounty agriculture and natural resources 4. Late industrialization from import substitution to foreign direct investment 5. From good haircuts to bad bankers the services sector in the economy Section Thre 6. International trade and economic development 7. Investment, credit and economic development 8. A European outlier? Demography and the labour force 9. Conclusion

Ireland and the industrial revolution : the impact of the industrial revolution on Irish industry, 1801-1922

Introduction Part One: The lead sector in the industrialization of Ulster 1. The evolution of the linen industry prior to mechanization: 1700-1825 2. Transition: The first generation of wet spinners 1825-1850 3. The high watermark of the Ulster linen and clothing industry 1850- 1914 Part Two: Southern comfort, the food and drink industries 4. Food processing 5. Drink and tobacco Part Three: Missing links? Engineering, shipbuilding and the dearth of mineral wealth 6. Mining, iron, engineering 7. Shipbuilding: an exception to the rule? Part Four: Construction and the Irish economy 8. The timber trade and the Irish building industry

The Industrial Elite in Ireland from the Industrial Revolution to the First World War

Since Ireland remained relatively unindustrialised compared to Britain and the more developed European economies in the nineteenth century, the size of its industrial middle class remained small. Nonetheless, industrialisation proceeded in east Ulster, in particular, and, in a more limited way, at a localised level in other cities, towns and a few scattered industrial communities that typically developed around a single mill, factory or mine. The emergence of an industrial working class was the most significant social outcome of these developments. In all, there were about half a million people occupied and connected with industry in Ireland by the beginning of the twentieth century, when it accounted for roughly 20 per cent of GDP.1 The sizable group associated with Irish industry was as highly stratified socially as the agricultural and service sectors. This chapter focuses specifically on the industrial middle class, more particularly the industrial elite.