For most of the nineteenth century, the Irish formed the largest non-French ethnic group in central Canada and their presence was particularly significant in On

McCracken (history and humanities, U. of Durban-Westville, South Africa) illuminates the contact between Ireland and South Africa in the age of high imperialism

Before the railway system linked South Africa's major cities in the mid-1890s, the country was largely dependent on a horse-drawn economy. Diamonds from Griqual