The link between Jamaica and Ireland - Out of Many, One People. Ep.1
IRELAND and JAMAICA. Full Documentary || Present, Past and Historical Links.
We have been working on this film for many months and it's finally ready to be published! The documentary is over 2 hours long and it features academic research as well as interviews with 9 people, who helped with understanding the strong connection between Ireland and Jamaica, both in the past and in present. You will meet the Jamaicans in Ireland, the Irish in Jamaica and the Jamaicans of Irish descent.
🟢 SUPPORT us on Patreon
https://www.patreon.com/jamaicawithirie
🟢 BOOK TOURS with us in Jamaica:
https://irielab.com/
🟢 Listen/Buy Music: Celtic Reggae Revolution
https://celticreggae.net/
https://open.spotify.com/track/6UcbuOIEvR5wy6TCA4ctE4
🟢 EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum
https://epicchq.com/
🟢 CONTACT THE AUTHOR
This video is fully produced, filmed, edited etc by 1 person, the author of this YouTube channel - Irina Bruce. To contact, please use the dedicated channel email:
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🔴 CHAPTERS
00:00 Introduction
03:11 Introduction to Ireland
06:15 Jamaicans in Ireland
13:42 EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum
18:04 Introduction to Jamaica
20:48 Irish in Jamaica
32:14 Jamaica and Ireland: 1600 - 1700
39:20 The Irish Ancestry
44:38 Jamaicans of Irish Descent
51:09 Irish Influence in Jamaica
58:41 Language and Traditions
01:08:22 Jamaica and Ireland: 1700 - 1900
01:20:05 Fighting Discrimination
01:34:50 Jamaica and Ireland: 1900 - 2000
01:41:11 Jamaican Influence in Ireland
01:51:10 Learning from the Irish Experience
02:04:23 Living in Ireland, Living in Jamaica
02:14:23 Conclusion
🔴 ACADEMIC RESEARCH
Note: to read the academic articles at jstor.org website - simply register (for free) and you will have an access to 100 articles per month.
►"A "riotous and unruly lot": Irish Indentured Servants and Freemen in the English West Indies, 1644-1713". Hilary McD. Beckles.
https://www.jstor.org/stable/2937974
►"Plantation Production and White "Proto-Slavery": White Indentured Servants and the Colonisation of the English West Indies, 1624-1645". Hilary McD. Beckles.
https://www.jstor.org/stable/1007098
► "Ireland, Slavery and Anti-Slavery: 1612-1865". Nini Rodgers.
https://www.amazon.com/Ireland-Slavery-Anti-Slavery-1612-1865-Rodgers/dp/0333770994
►"Ireland and the Black Atlantic in the Eighteenth Century". Nini Rodgers.
https://www.jstor.org/stable/30006995
►"The Irish in the Caribbean 1641-1837. An Overview". Nini Rodgers.
https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/document?repid=rep1&type=pdf&doi=11150deeeef523eb61607378070185fbfe924f62
►Ireland's great famine: An overview. Ó Gráda, Cormac.https://www.econstor.eu/handle/10419/72311
► "Genetic Perspectives on the pre- and Early Contact Histories of Jamaica". J.B.Torres, T.Winful, Journal of Caribbean Archaeology.
https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/44/2022/03/JCA-Benn-Torres.pdf
►"Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey" edited by Amy Jacques-Garvey.https://www.jpanafrican.org/ebooks/eBook%20Phil%20and%20Opinions.pdf
► "Whence The Black Irish Of Jamaica". Joseph J. Williams, Ph.D., Litt.D. published in 1932.Note - some parts of this research are out of date as more information became known since then. However, it is still useful as it gives a unique perspective of "Irish via Barbados to Jamaica".
https://archive.org/details/WhenceTheBlackIrishOfJamaica/page/n3/mode/2up
🔴 BOOKS: History of Ireland
► Modern Ireland, 1600-1972, by Roy Foster
https://www.amazon.com/Modern-Ireland-1600-1972-R-Foster/dp/0140132503
► The Transformation of Ireland, 1900-2000, by Diarmaid Ferriter
https://www.amazon.com/Transformation-Ireland-Diarmaid-Ferriter/dp/1585676810
► A Short History of Ireland, 1500-2000, by John Gibney
https://www.amazon.com/Short-History-Ireland-1500-2000/dp/0300208510
🔴 BOOKS: History of Jamaica
► The Story of the Jamaican People, by Sir Philip Sherlock & Hazel Bennett. 1998
https://www.amazon.com/Jamaican-People-Philip-Manderson-Sherlock/dp/9768100303
► Pieces of the Past: A Stroll Down Jamaica's Memory Lane
https://www.amazon.com/Pieces-Past-Stroll-Jamaicas-Memory/dp/9766372683
If you are in Kingston, Jamaica - you can buy these two books on History of Jamaica at Bookland in New Kingston, but call them first to confirm availability:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/cnftDGcFSFjGgShR9
🔴 REGGAE MUSIC from Ireland
► Paddyrasta "Meditation"@CelticReggae
https://youtu.be/We9RM6Wdblg
► Cian Finn feat. The Man Ezeke - Ireland (Acoustic), Jamaica.
https://youtu.be/9KQSadH6VSU
► Intinn - Come Away (Live)
https://youtu.be/46H8VXpuFrU
► Dear John - The Bionic Rats (Irish Ska/Reggae)
https://youtu.be/Nbj6e9Qe0kc
► Uncail Bob (a Gaelic tribute to Bob Marley) - 'Bréag'
https://youtu.be/gjmWI-bH-YY
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