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Gerry Cleary, PhD

Fee £100.00 (concession rate £80.00) - fee will amend when you select the appropriate fee rate below.

New Year 2027

10 weekly sessions on Mondays, 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 18 January

Recently, there has been controversy over the perceived threat of the influx of immigrants (legal or otherwise) into Ireland, North and South. Yet, statistical evidence suggests that these concerns may be misplaced. Less than 4% of the Northern Ireland population of 1.93 million in 2023 belong to an ethnic minority group - the lowest of any region in the British Isles. The Republic had almost a million born outside the state but even here 81.6% of the population was defined as "White Irish".

Immigration TO Ireland is nothing new. From the Mesolithic Era [8,000 - 4,000 BCE] there have been many immigrant waves including for example the Celtic cultural elite, the Anglo-Normans and the peoples of the Ulster Plantation.

The course has two parts:

Part One examines the history of immigrant arrivals into Ireland.

Part Two deals with the current immigration situation and attempts to separate fact from fiction.

This class will take place on QUB campus

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