The settlement of Immigrants in Scotland from 1830-1930

• Many Irish immigrants Because of their poverty and poor state of health settled around the west coast of Scotland as they did not have the money to travel around Scotland
• Many Irish moved to Dundee to work in the Jute industry
• Irish settled in rural parts of Scotland for seasonal farm work
• Many Irish moved to Glasgow due to the attraction of work in heavy industries such as shipbuilding
• Italians initially established themselves in areas of Glasgow, for example Partick but Italian communities were also established in Edinburgh
• Lithuanians settled in the west of Scotland, particularly where coal mines were situated and therefore there was a significant Lithuanian community in Coatbridge
• Scottish industry benefited from the empire such as shipbuilding along the Clyde with famous firms, such as Napier's, John Brown's and Fairfield's