List of expatriate Irish populations

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An expatriate Irish population in any country other than Ireland or Northern Ireland is generally considered to be Irish emigrants and their descendants, at least to the extent that the people involved are aware of their Irish heritage and willing to acknowledge it. This definition applies to over 80 million people, considerably more than the 3 million of Irish nationality who reside in other countries. This smaller group is defined by the government of Ireland in legal terms as those of Irish nationality who habitually reside outside of the island of Ireland. It includes Irish citizens who have emigrated abroad and their children, who are Irish citizens by descent under Irish law. It also includes their grandchildren in cases where they were registered as Irish citizens in the Foreign Births Register held in every Irish diplomatic mission. [1]

The main article Irish diaspora contains details of most expatriate Irish populations, and provides links to main articles about many of them. This article presents those links, and some others, in tabular form arranged alphabetically by country.

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Flag of Albania.svg Albania European Irish
Flag of Andorra.svg Andorra European Irish
Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina Irish Argentine [2]
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Irish Australian Australian
Flag of Austria.svg Austria European Irish Austrian
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium European Irish
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina European Irish
Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Irish Brazilian Brazilian
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria European Irish
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Irish Canadian and Irish Quebeckers Canadian
Flag of Chile.svg Chile Irish Chilean Chilean
Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia European Irish
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechia European Irish
Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark European Irish
Flag of England.svg England Irish British English
Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia European Irish
Flag of Finland.svg Finland European Irish
Flag of France.svg France European Irish French
Flag of Germany.svg Germany European Irish
Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana Ghanaian Irish Ghanaian
Flag of Gibraltar.svg Gibraltar European Irish
Flag of Greece.svg Greece European Irish Greeks
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong Hong Kong
Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary European Irish Hungarian
Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland European Irish
Flag of Israel.svg Israel Jewish Irish Israeli
Flag of Italy.svg Italy European Irish Italian
Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica Irish people in Jamaica
Flag of Japan.svg Japan Japanese
Flag of Liechtenstein.svg Liechtenstein European Irish
Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania European Irish
Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg European Irish
Flag of North Macedonia.svg Republic of Macedonia European Irish
Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia Malaysians
Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico Irish Mexican Mexican
Flag of Monaco.svg Monaco European Irish Monegasque
Flag of Montenegro.svg Montenegro European Irish
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands European Irish
Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand Irish New Zealanders New Zealander
Flag of Norway.svg Norway European Irish
Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan Pakistani
Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay Paraguayan
Flag of Peru.svg Peru Peruvian
Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines Filipino
Flag of Poland.svg Poland European Irish
Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal European Irish Portuguese
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto Rico Irish immigration to Puerto Rico Puerto Rican
Flag of Romania.svg Romania European Irish
Flag of Russia.svg Russia European Irish Russian
Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland Irish-Scots Scots
Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia European Irish
Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia European Irish
Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia European Irish
Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa South African
Flag of Spain.svg Spain European Irish Spaniard
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka Sri Lankan
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland European Irish Swiss
Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey European Irish Turkish
Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine European Irish
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom Irish British British
Flag of the United States.svg United States Irish American and Scotch-Irish American American
Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay Uruguayan
Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela Venezuelans

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References

  1. "Irish Citizens Information Board". Archived from the original on 29 May 2010. Retrieved 23 August 2009.
  2. Saint Patrick's Day in Buenos Aires, Argentina