Celtic Cousins…
The Western Mail has really caught the history bug. We are in the middle of their Welsh History Month. Today Dr Paul O’Leary of Aber discusses Irish Migration to Wales. Well worth a read – some highlights: …These newcomers sometimes received a hostile reception from the Welsh and were refused hospitality at inns. This was not an isolated episode. From the 1820s Irish migrants began to appear in the new and growing industrial settlements of the country. They encountered a …