"The mere fact that, whilst the children of the soil are stampeding from the country, foreigners are flocking in to take their places, confirms our view that there is a lack of workers in Ireland rather than a lack of work." - Pรกdraig Pearse, 1903.
"Bread for the Belgians, a tombstone for the Irish."
An 1914 article from Arthur Griffith's newspaper รire, opposing the arrival of Belgian refugees in Trim, County Meath. Belgian refugees to Ireland numbered around 3,000 and were mainly Flemish.