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Originally Posted by Docere
London is probably the biggest Irish immigrant center outside of Ireland at this point. A century ago, New York almost certainly had more, but since the 1950s London has taken the lead.
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I suspect that between the 1840's to 1900's you'd probably be right as this was the peak period for Irish migration to the US following the Irish Famine. Before and after, the picture becomes a bit hazy as movement between the British Isles has been going on for countless centuries due to the proximity to each other.
In the wake of Brexit, it was revealed that there was surge in Irish citizenship applications; some six million Brits can apply through an Irish grandparent. I need to update the below as the latest figures up to June 2019 put the number of Irish (excluding Northern Irish) in London at 100,000 which would make it the third largest Irish city (behind Dublin and Cork).
