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Notable Jamaicans of Irish descent. Bromley Armstrong, black Canadian civil rights leader. Sir Alexander Bustamante, national hero and first prime minister of Jamaica. Donald J. Harris, Jamaican and American economist. Kamala Harris. John Hearne, novelist, journalist, and teacher. Claude McKay, poet laureate.
Irish indentured servants were Irish people who became indentured servants in territories under the control of the British Empire, such as the British West Indies (particularly Barbados, Jamaica and the Leeward Islands), British North America and later Australia. Indentures agreed to provide up to seven years of labor in return for passage to ...
Irish Caribbean people. Irish Caribbean people are people who live in the Caribbean, but were born in Ireland, or are descended from people who were born in Ireland. Irish Caribbean people include: Irish immigration to Barbados. Irish immigration to Saint Kitts and Nevis. Irish people in Jamaica. Antigua and Barbuda.
History of Jamaica. The Caribbean Island of Jamaica was initially inhabited in approximately 600 AD or 650 AD by the Redware people, often associated with redware pottery. [ 1 ][ 2 ][ 3 ] By roughly 800 AD, a second wave of inhabitants occurred by the Arawak tribes, including the Tainos, prior to the arrival of Columbus in 1494. [ 1 ]
Irish immigrants played an instrumental role in Puerto Rico's economy. One of the most important industries of the island was the sugar industry. Among the successful businessmen in this industry were Miguel Conway, who owned a plantation in the town of Hatillo and Juan Nagle whose plantation was located in Río Piedras.
Mauritians of Indian origin. Indian South Africans. Indo-Jamaicans are the descendants of people who came from India and the wider subcontinent to Jamaica. Indians form the third largest ethnic group in Jamaica after Africans and Multiracials. [1]
Although Irish (Gaeilge) was their main language in the past, today most Irish people speak English as their first language. Historically, the Irish nation was made up of kin groups or clans, and the Irish also had their own religion, law code, alphabet and style of dress. [citation needed] There have been many notable Irish people throughout ...
Immigration to Jamaica. Immigration to Jamaica is the responsibility of the Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA), an agency of the Government of Jamaica. [1] By the late 2010s emigration continued to be greatly in excess of immigration. [2]