Overseas: The Emerald Isle of the Caribbean
While developers invested heavily in Caribbean resorts during the boom, they overlooked Montserrat, writes Siobhán Brett.
Many Caribbean islands have 17th century links to Ireland, but none more so than Montserrat, where St Patrick’s Day is a national holiday and passports are stamped with a shamrock on arrival.
Much has been made of Oliver Cromwell’s ultimatum “To hell or to Connaught”, but there was a third option: indentured servitude for British planters in the Caribbean. As a result, large numbers of people throughout the Caribbean are of Irish descent. ...
