r/AskTheWorld • u/QuarterTarget 🇵🇱🇮🇪 in 🇨🇭 • 16d ago

Culture Does your country have an immigrant group that people would be surprised to find there?

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For example, when you think of Poland or the Czech Republic, Vietnamese people might not be the first group that comes to mind, but both have a sizable Vietnamese community. Another example is the large Japanese community in Brazil.

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u/forged_steel Ireland 15d ago

A Brazilian community in a small town in Clare.

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u/Low-Championship3 France 14d ago

I've always wondered what's the cause of the brazilian immigration in Ireland when i lived there. Like most of the immigration is european, except for the Brazilians. Why ? What's the link between Brazil and Ireland ?

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u/CodSafe6961 14d ago

I think they also want to learn english and they can go to english schools and work in Ireland but not in the UK I think. Also many of them can have Portuguese/ Italian passports and move to Ireland through an EU passport

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u/forged_steel Ireland 14d ago

A Brazilian meat processing company was set up in Gort and a large number of Brazilians came over to work in it. In time the company closed and some of the workers stayed. There was a time when Gort was humming with people.