Diaspora of the Week - Black Irish

This is definitely another loaded term, but I am sure many of you know what group people I am talking about.

The term "Black Irish" can have a different meaning based on context. Here are the main definitions:

1. White Irish peoples with dark hair and dark features.
2. Black peoples who were born and raised in Ireland and a part of Africa's diaspora.

What I am going to focus on is, of course, the latter. Also referred to as Afro-Irish, the Black Irish are primarily of (but not limited to) Nigerian ancestry. Like the Black British, many of the Black Irish (in both definitions) have faced discrimination. Unlike their British counterparts, they are small minority, currently making up only 1.1% of the population of Ireland. Sadly, there are not as many resources about the Black Irish in the African diaspora sense, but below are a couple resources to find out more.

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ei.html

http://www.nisranew.nisra.gov.uk/census/start.html