Experiences of Immigrant Scots Flashcards
employment
examples
irish catholics-shipyards in glasgow
protestants shipyards,mines in glasgow
Jews
often worked in the tailoring industry
Italians
“hokey pokey” stalls selling ice cream and chips
Lithuanians
Worked in mines in ayrshire,often as strike breakers
employment
(irish catholic resentment)
low education,scots believed they were taking their jobs
Setting up businesses
Irish catholics
thomas lipton in glasgow tea
Jews
tried selling tobacco and furniture
Italians set up businesses such as Nardinis
lithuanains
opened insurance companies/set up shops
Experience of Immigrant Scots)
poor housing
single ends in glasgow,no in door toilet
(irish catholics and proddys)
Jews
often lived in the Gorbals area of Glasgow
Italians
lived in partick
Lithuanians
lived in gorbals glasgow
Experience of Immigrant scots
religion
Irish catholic
major focal point,priests played a huge part helping irish catholics who speak gaelic find housing/jobs
Protestants
protestant churchs already existed>-free church of scotland
Jews
Synagogous were built Garenthill synangogue in glasgow
Italians
catholic st peters
lithuanians
Synagogous
schools
(immigrants experience in Scotland)
ran by church allowed catholic children to go to catholic schools,such as kilmarnock st josephs academy
Jews
education often set up in synagogous .continue speaking hebrew
football teams
catholic church opened football teams such as celtic
Irish protestants supported sides such as rangers
catholic cemetries
people be buried within their relgious belief>- st peters cemetry glasgow
politics
(irish)
Irish protestants
unionist party,keeping ireland in the UK
personal identity
-Groups to promote italian culture casa D’italia,would let italian be taught
Lithuanains
continued to speak their native tongue,set up newspapers
-social groups,resulting in marriages,in line with tradition
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