Surname analysis, distant reading, and migrant experience : the Irish in London, 1801-1820
After English internal migrants, the Irish were the largest group to relocate to London in the early nineteenth century. This thesis explores the experiences of the Irish communities in London at this oft-overlooked point in the Irish diasporaâs past. The work is split into two parts. The first of these parts focuses on understanding who the Irish were and what it meant to be âIrishâ in the early nineteenth century. It also explores what cues contemporaries used to identify the Irish in London during these two decades, and how those cues were different from those that can be used by historians. The goal of this first section is to determine the best way for historians to identify Irish individuals in sets of historical records. This would make it possible to do comparative analyses of the Irish and non-Irish in the city. Ultimately this can be achieved through three processes: nominal record linkage (finding archival evidence of an individualâs Irish connection), keyword searching for Irish geographical terms, and a surname analysis. The surname analysis was based upon a study of 278,000 records from the census of 1841, and validated against thousands of records from 1778-1805, to determine the most
Crymble, Adam
Surname analysis, distant reading, and migrant experience : the Irish in London, 1801-1820. After English internal migrants, the Irish were the largest group to relocate to London in the early nineteenth century. This thesis explores the experiences of the Irish communities in London at this oft-overlooked point in the Irish diasporaâs past. The work is split into two parts. The first of these parts focuses on understanding who the Irish were and what it meant to be âIrishâ in the early nineteenth century. It also explores what cues contemporaries used to identify the Irish in London during these two decades, and how those cues were different from those that can be used by historians. The goal of this first section is to determine the best way for historians to identify Irish individuals in sets of historical records. This would make it possible to do comparative analyses of the Irish and non-Irish in the city. Ultimately this can be achieved through three processes: nominal record linkage (finding archival evidence of an individualâs Irish connection), keyword searching for Irish geographical terms, and a surname analysis. The surname analysis was based upon a study of 278,000 records from the census of 1841, and validated against thousands of records from 1778-1805, to determine the most
analysis distant reading migrant experience irish london english internal migrant irish large_group relocate london explore experience irish community london oft overlooked point irish diaspora past work split_two part first_part focus irish mean irish also_explore cue contemporary use_identify irish london cue different used historian goal first_section determine best_way historian identify irish individual set historical_record would_make possible comparative_analysis irish non irish city ultimately achieve process nominal record linkage find archival_evidence individual irish connection search irish geographical term analysis analysis base_upon study record census validate thousand record determine