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SS Dresden
A number of steamships have been named ''Dresden''. *, a British passenger ship which operated, as such, from 1897 to 1915 *, a Great Eastern Railway passenger ship in service 1897–1915 *, a Norddeutscher Lloyd ocean liner in service 1927–34 * SS ''Dresden'' (1888), a Norddeutscher Lloyd ocean liner, known for the tragic Irish Argentine#The Dresden Affair {{DEFAULTSORT:Dresden Ship names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish Argentine
Irish Argentines are Argentine citizens who are fully or partially of Irish descent. Irish emigrants from the Midlands, Wexford and many counties of Ireland arrived in Argentina mainly from 1830 to 1930, with the largest wave taking place in 1850–1870. The modern Irish-Argentine community is composed of some of their descendants, and the total number is estimated at between 500,000 and 1,000,000. Argentina is the home of the fifth largest Irish community in the world, the largest in a non-English speaking nation and the greatest in Latin America. Reasons for emigration Most of those who left Ireland arrived in Buenos Aires attracted by the possibility of better living conditions, as the economic, social and political conditions in Ireland at the time were quite poor, but the emigrants came from counties and social segments in which the economic conditions were not the worst (Westmeath, Longford, Offaly, Wexford). Others, in turn, left after receiving favourable descriptio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
