1. Irish Communities Lesson starter: 1.Write down three adjectives which describe the kind of housing Irish immigrants lived in. 2.Why was housing so poor in Scotland? (3 marks)

2. Today we will… Understand why Irish immigrants stayed together Understand the importance of the Roman Catholic Church to the Irish settlers

3. Segregation Irish settlers usually stuck together – they moved to areas where there was already an Irish community Many Irish were Catholic and Scotland was majority Protestant They knew people were also suspicious of them They wanted to be around familiar people

4. Govanhill Clada Social Club Holy Cross Church Irish pubs

5. Royston Gaelic Football Team St Roch’s Ceilidh Band St Patrick’s Day Marches

6. To new Irish settlers, the Catholic Church became the centre of their lives in Scotland It was the only link to their homeland Glasgow Cathedral

7. Why was the Catholic Church so important to Irish Catholic Immigrants? It allowed them to carry on worshipping in the way they knew Irish could gather together at Church and help one another, share information etc Priests were often Irish Social Life: trips, dances, shows, sports teams etc It provided schools for Catholic children The Church helped those in need e.g. Saint Vincent de Paul, League of the Cross

8. Successes of the Catholic Church Priests knew parishioners well and tried their best to help them (financially or with homes etc) Successful football teams set up by Church i.e. Celtic which provided for poor immigrants The schools were very good (still successful even though they are no longer funded by The Church)