The demographic in Ireland has changed greatly in the last decade. According to Census 2011 -2016 there is 535’475 non-Irish nationalities in the country as small as four and a half million people altogether. Migration is part of a global process with immigrants described as the visible faces of globalisation. Migrations instigate economic and social transformations, in addition to engendering a new cultural diversity, which frequently calls the national identity into question. The arrival of new diasporas in Ireland has instigated, amongst other consequences, an increased concern with questions of identity and belonging in twentieth-first century Ireland. In response to globalisation and increased migration is the marked tendency to define nationality in opposition to migrants.
I would like to start a dialogue that would highlight some of the individual concerns about changing the linguistic and cultural landscape of Ireland. Through the creative process, I would like to involve people of different age and background living in Newbridge and Kildare. Newbridge as the most populated town in Ireland seems to be a perfect choice (Census 2016). Kildare as one of the oldest towns in Ireland has a great heritage for young people to discover.
I would like to start a dialogue that would highlight some of the individual concerns about changing the linguistic and cultural landscape of Ireland. Through the creative process, I would like to involve people of different age and background living in Newbridge and Kildare. Newbridge as the most populated town in Ireland seems to be a perfect choice (Census 2016). Kildare as one of the oldest towns in Ireland has a great heritage for young people to discover.