This module introduces students to the key concepts and ideas of migration. It will examine the Irish experience of migration from a theoretical and experiential perspective, looking at concepts such as 'push-and-pull' factors, 'step-by-step' and 'chain' migration, as well as assisted and involuntary emigration. Students will be asked to examine the factors and characteristics of Irish demographic movement in order to test the theories and explanations that historians, sociologists and geographers have offered. In addition, students will be expected to examine and critically evaluate primary source material, including emigrant letters and diaries, newspapers, official papers, census records and other material.

This module is taught over 12 weeks, covering the following topics: Introduction: scope and parameters of the module Theories, laws and types of migration Demographic shifts: estimating and quantifying Irish migration In-migration, Out-migrations and Seasonal Migration: Internal Irish migration "Push-and-Pull" and "Chain" migration: economic, political and social determinants for nineteenth-century Irish emigration Forced - Involuntary - migration: deportation, penal servitude and exile Winners and losers? Assisted emigration Case Study: Irish emigration to New Zealand Consequences of emigration for families and sending localities Integration: attitudes towards the Irish in receiving localities, and towards the newly arrived in Ireland (Huguenots, Palatines, Jews and others) "When I dream of old Erin": Mentalitie, memory and the Irish Diaspora Conclusion and final thoughts

Upon successful completion of this module students will Understand the quantification and estimation of net migration balances and net migration rates for given areas and periods. Comprehend the standard statistics in migration studies and how these might be illustrated. Understand the experience of integration and attitudes towards the Irish in the areas they settled in, as well as examining the consequences for families and sending communities. Understand emigrant memory and mentalitié and how they and subsequent generations viewed Ireland. Understand immigration into Ireland, looking at such groups as the Huguenots, the Dutch, the Palatines and the Jews.

To identify and explain the key forces in emigration and immigration

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The module will provide a basis for future research at doctoral level because students will have been introduced to on-line and hard-copy primary resources, and will have research and written to post graduate level. Week 1 Introduction: scope and parameters of the module Week 2 Theories, 'laws' and types of migration Presentation Week 3 Demographic shifts: estimating and quantifying Irish migration Presentation Week 4 In- migration, Out-migration and Seasonal Migration: Internal Irish migration patterns Presentation Week 5 'Push-and-Pull' and 'chain' migration: Economic, political and social determinants for nineteenth-century Irish emigration. Presentation Week 6 Forced - involuntary - migration: deportation, penal servitude and exile. Presentation Week 7 National Archives visit Presentation Week 8 Winners and losers? Assisted emigration Presentation Week 9 Case study: Irish emigration to Australia Presentation Week 10 Consequences of emigration for families and sending localities. Presentation Week 11 Integration: attitudes towards the Irish in receiving localities, and towards the newly arrived in Ireland Presentation Week 12 Conclusion and final thoughts