Migration - people moving in as immigrants, around as migrants, and out as emigrants - is a major theme of Irish history. This is the first book to offer both a survey of the last four centuries and an integrated analysis of migration, reflecting a more inclusive definition of the 'people of Ireland'.

PATRICK FITZGERALD is Lecturer and Development Officer at the Centre for Migration Studies at the Ulster-American Folk Park, Omagh, Northern Ireland, and has taught Irish Migration Studies at Queen's University Belfast since 1996. Formerly he was Assistant Curator for Emigration History at the Ulster-American Folk Park. BRIAN LAMBKIN is founding Director of the Centre for Migration Studies at the Ulster-American Folk Park, Omagh, Northern Ireland, and is Chairman of the Association of European Migration Institutions. Formerly he was Principal of Lagan College, Belfast.