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County of origin of Irish immigrants, 1916–45

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County of origin of Irish immigrants, 1916–45

In 1921 the six north-eastern counties remained part of the United Kingdom as Ulster, while the rest of Ireland achieved independence. This political development intensified the tendency for growing proportions of Irish immigrants to New Zealand to come from the Protestant north.

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Source: Sample of death registers, ‘Peopling’ project, Ministry for Culture and Heritage Wellington

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Jock Phillips, Irish – Migration after 1870, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/map/39/county-of-origin-of-irish-immigrants-1916-45 (accessed 3 June 2026).

Story by Jock Phillips, published 4 March 2009, updated 1 August 2024.