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| | Irish Diaspora |
 | | Irish people have contributed to their countries of adoption in many ways as academics, business people, civil servants, doctors, domestics, dramatists, entertainers, journalists, labourers, lawyers, missionaries, navvies, nurses, poets, politicians, revolutionary leaders, soldiers, teachers, trade unionists, writers, to name but a few. |
 | | Due to the success of the Irish economy and Ireland’s performance and enhanced status on European and international levels this trend of outward migration is being reversed. |
 | | The country is experiencing two strands of inward migration: Irish emigrants returning and new people arriving from other countries, cultures and ethnicities leading to more ethnic and cultural diversity and vibrancy. |
| www.bl.uk /collections/britirish/diasporaintro.html (214 words) |
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