"I am an Argentine:" The Irish in Buenos Aires, 1844-1913 Open Access
Lange, Bradley Edward (2009)
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Abstract
Between 1822 and 1945, about 30,000 Irish people migrated to Argentina. While the majority settled in the rural provinces, a small community gradually developed in Buenos Aires. Predominately Catholic, this urban group rejected assimilation and established an autonomous, insular community until the late 1870s. This article argues that as the Irish Catholic community began to participate in Argentine social and political affairs, they increasingly identified with their host society instead of Ireland. It also considers the origins of their Argentine nationalism and explains the motives for their integration into porteño (Buenos Aires) society. Methodologically, contemporary foreign language newspapers are analyzed to gauge the degree to which the Irish-Argentine Catholics integrated between 1906 and 1913.
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Introduction 1
The Meaning of Assimilation 3
Three Irish Newspapers in Buenos Aires 8
The Irish in Argentina, 1520-1843 13
Remaking Wrexford in the Pampa: The Murphy Clan, 1844-1864 16
Father Fahy and the Isolationist Plan: 1844-1871 22
Searching for a New Identity: 1872-1886 26
Memory and Morality: The Irish in Buenos Aires, 1886-1913 31
The Sinn Fein Debate and Irish Integration 45
Conclusion 47
Works Cited 51
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