Tue, Mar 18
|Washington
Profs & Pints DC: Those Who Left Ireland
“Those Who Left Ireland,” a look at what drove the Irish diaspora and at the destinies of the Emerald Isle’s emigrants, with Matthew Dziennik, associate professor of History at the United States Naval Academy and scholar of the British Empire.
Time & Location
Mar 18, 2025, 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Washington, 801 E St NW, Washington, DC 20004, USA
About the event
Profs and Pints DC presents: “Those Who Left Ireland,” a look at what drove the Irish diaspora and at the destinies of the Emerald Isle’s emigrants, with Matthew Dziennik, associate professor of History at the United States Naval Academy and scholar of the British Empire.
The story of Irish immigration to the United States often gets told through the horrific accounts of the two million people who left Ireland during the famine of the 1840s and 1850s. What is less well-remembered is that for more than 200 years before that period emigration had already been a common feature of life in Ireland.
Gain a deeper understanding of the long history of Irish emigration with Matthew Dziennik, who teaches British and Irish history at the United States Naval Academy and who has published on the role of Irishmen in the American and French Revolutions.
We will follow in the footsteps of…