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Irish-born prisoners and indentured servants [2] were first brought to Jamaica in large numbers under the English republic of Oliver Cromwell following the capture of Jamaica from the Spanish in 1655 by William Penn and Robert Venables as part of Cromwell's strategic plan to dominate the Caribbean: the "Western Design".
Modern map of the Caribbean. The Irish went to Barbados, Jamaica and the Leeward Islands.. 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.
Irish chef and restaurateur Ireland: 2002 Ireland: Financial convictions in the United States and Ireland [30] [31] Marcus Garvey: Founder of Universal Negro Improvement Association Jamaica: 1927 Jamaica: Fraud conviction related to sale of stock in one of his businesses [32] [33] Peter Gatien: Businessman and New York nightclub owner Canada ...
Twelve correctional institutions in Jamaica [1] are operated by the Department of Correctional Services for the Ministry of National Security. Contemporary institutions [ edit ]
This is a list of Irish-American mobsters which includes organized crime figures of predominantly Irish-American criminal organizations or individual mobsters from the early 1900s to the present. To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article and/or references showing the person is Irish American and a mobster .
For prisoners and detainees of Jamaican nationality, see Category:Jamaican prisoners and detainees. Subcategories This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total.
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Massive emigration, often called the Irish diaspora, from Ireland in the 19th and 20th centuries resulted in many towns and regions being named or renamed after places in Ireland. The following place names sometimes share strong ties with the original place name.