Word: robinsons
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...inaugural address, Robinson said that while she had been elected president of Ireland, she intended to represent "the extended Irish family abroad" as well...
...creation of this diaspora, as Robinson calls it, began with migrations in the 17th century, and accelerated during the Famine of 1845-48. Subsequent years of economic hardship eventually forced about half the population of the island to emigrate...
...later speech to both houses of the Irish parliament in 1995, Robinson related a story from her time at Harvard to illustrate the feelings of these "exiles" toward their homeland...
...Irish government failed to perceive the deep affinity emigres hold for their homeland or recognize the diverse notions of Irishness which existed within the diaspora, Robinson said. In contrast to countries like Israel, which had successfully built ties with Jews abroad, the Irish government had not looked to "the array of people outside Ireland for whom this island is a place of origin...
...Robinson made it a priority during her presidency to foster and cherish this diaspora and its inherent diversity, according to Vargo...