Polish minority in Ireland explained

Group:Poles in Ireland
Native Name:Polish: Polacy w Irlandii
Irish: Polannaigh in Éirinn
Population:93,681 (2022)[1]
Popplace:All over Ireland, especially Limerick, Dublin, Portlaoise, Cork, Waterford and Galway.
Langs:Polish, English, sometimes Irish
Religions:Catholic, Polish Orthodox, atheism

The Polish minority in Ireland numbered 93,680, plus 17,152 people with dual Polish and Irish citizenship, according to 2022 census figures.[2]

History

After Poland joined the European Union in May 2004, Ireland was one of three existing EU members to open its borders to Polish workers (the others being the United Kingdom and Sweden). Ireland quickly became a key destination for Poles wishing to work outside the country; in 2004 a website advertising Irish jobs in Polish received over 170,000 views in its first day.[3]

In the period immediately following the 2008 economic downturn, the number of Polish people in Ireland declined,[4] with some reports suggesting that 30,000 were leaving Ireland per year,[5] and the Central Statistics Office reporting a decrease in the number of Polish people applying for PPS numbers.[6]

Polish people living in Ireland can vote in Polish elections. On Election Day there are special ballot stations provided in Belfast, Cork, and Limerick as well as in the country's embassy in Dublin. Consequently, Polish political parties campaign in Ireland for electoral support.[7] [8] [9]

Polish citizens, as all other foreigners residing in Ireland, can also vote and run as candidates in local Irish elections, even when they do not have Irish citizenship. So far, nine Polish candidates ran in the municipal election of 2009, nine in 2014, and three in 2019. None managed to win mandates[10]

Language and media

As of 2021, Polish is officially an established Senior Cycle subject in post-primary education[11] and hence can be taken as part of the Irish Leaving Certificate examination.

The biggest Polish umbrella organization is the Polish Educational Society in Ireland (PESI), a non-profit organisation established in 2012.[12] PESI sponsors Polish supplementary schools in Ireland and widely cooperates with Polish government bodies and organisations working for the maintenance and promotion of the Polish language abroad.

The large number of Poles in Ireland led to the provision of a number of media outlets catering to them. Newspapers: Polska Gazeta[13] and a section in Dublin's Evening Herald entitled "Polski Herald". Dublin cable television channel, City Channel, also features a programme aimed at Poles in Ireland entitled Oto Polska (This is Poland).[14]

For online media in Ireland see External links below.

Notable people

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Migration and Diversity - CSO - Central Statistics Office . 30 May 2023 .
  2. Polacy w Irlandii. Transnarodowe społeczności w dobie migracji poakcesyjnych (EBOOK) PDF | Nauki społeczne \ Socjologia \ Socjologia | - Księgarnia Wydawnictw Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego (wuw.pl)
  3. Web site: New Irish jobsite a hit in Poland. 19 May 2004. RTÉ.ie. 25 April 2015.
  4. Web site: Up to 1,300 Polish people leaving Ireland every week. 25 April 2015.
  5. Web site: Poles flee ailing Irish economy. Independent.ie. 25 April 2015.
  6. http://www.cso.ie/releasespublications/documents/labour_market/current/ppsn.pdf CSO - Foreign Nationals: PPSN Allocations, Employment and Social Welfare Activity - 2009
  7. News: . 2007-09-30 . Polish opposition party campaigns in Ireland . . Dublin, Ireland . 2020-06-17.
  8. News: . 2010-06-16 . Polish opposition party campaigns in Ireland . . Belfast, Northern Ireland . 2020-06-17.
  9. Web site: Polacy w Irlandii. Transnarodowe społeczności w dobie migracji poakcesyjnych (EBOOK) . 2024-02-20 . WUW . pl.
  10. Pszczółkowska . Dominika . Lesińska . Magdalena . 2022-01-02 . One step forward, two steps back in political integration: why are Polish candidates not making progress in Irish local elections? . Irish Political Studies . en . 37 . 1 . 125–146 . 10.1080/07907184.2021.1929186 . 0790-7184. free .
  11. https://www.curriculumonline.ie/Senior-cycle/Senior-Cycle-Subjects/Polish/ Senior Cycle subjects: Polish
  12. "Polska Macierz Szkolna w Irlandii". Polish Educational Society in Ireland. Retrieved 24 October 2020
  13. Web site: Polska Gazeta - NAJWIĘKSZY POLSKI TYGODNIK W IRLANDII OD 2005 ROKU. 25 April 2015.
  14. Web site: Polish language TV helping Ireland's fastest-growing immigrant group feel at home. 25 April 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303181724/http://networkeurope.radio.cz/feature/polish-language-tv-helping-irelands-fastest-growing-immigrant-group-feel-at-home. 3 March 2016. dead.

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