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Useful info re Irish in Britain

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Rambling

Rambling Report 14 Mar 2012 18:34

Having found out that my gt grandfather joined the British army in Ireland in 1879, I have been googling for a little bit of background.

http://www.movinghere.org.uk/galleries/histories/irish/working_lives/working_lives.htm

The home page gives a guide to the site, incl sections on tracing Irish roots ( as well as Caribbean, Jewish and Asian) and gives some good general advice also :-D

http://www.movinghere.org.uk/default.htm