by wmh » Sun Jul 05, 2020 8:09 am
We must suppose that Irish and Scottish people got along fine, Irish immigrants were inclined to settle in or around their point of disembarkation, usually the west coast of Scotland, because of their poverty and poor health.
The Irish are well known as hard working people, and work at that time in crop growing, textiles and especially mining seemed to be available.
Our family on both sides arrived from Ireland and worked hard and established themselves well in the west coast community.
Kilbirnie to my knowledge was favoured for mining and ironworks, cant see why there would be tention, there is usually a bond betwen hard working men in those kind of jobs.
Think people had a bit more respect for one another back then.
wmh
We must suppose that Irish and Scottish people got along fine, Irish immigrants were inclined to settle in or around their point of disembarkation, usually the west coast of Scotland, because of their poverty and poor health.
The Irish are well known as hard working people, and work at that time in crop growing, textiles and especially mining seemed to be available.
Our family on both sides arrived from Ireland and worked hard and established themselves well in the west coast community.
Kilbirnie to my knowledge was favoured for mining and ironworks, cant see why there would be tention, there is usually a bond betwen hard working men in those kind of jobs.
Think people had a bit more respect for one another back then.
wmh