Elderly return migration from Britain to Ireland: a preliminary study
1996
There has been a long history of migration by Irish people to
Britain, with the Irish-born population in Britain numbering
837,464 persons in 1991. This population has a much older
age structure than that in the Republic of Ireland. In England
and Wales for example, 32 per cent of Irish women and 19
per cent of Irish men are above pensionable age. There is also
evidence that a large section of the Irish-born older population
in Britain have some desire to return to Ireland.
2. Significant sections of the Irish-born population in Britain
seem to have a poor economic and health-related quality of
life on a number of indicators. In the areas of housing and
finance, this may be due to the economic dislocation
generally experienced by first generation migrants. The
poorer average health of the Irish-born population on the
other hand; is linked to its older age profile.
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