Rural out-migration and return: perspectives on the role of the everyday reality and the idyll in Ireland

Mary Cawley

doi:10.5565/rev/dag.588

La emigración rural y el retorno: perspectivas sobre el papel de la realidad cotidiana y el idilio en Irlanda

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Mary Cawley National University of Ireland Galway Whitaker Institute for Innovation and Societal Change and School of Geography, Archaeology and Irish Studies https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5040-9280

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Resumen

El propósito de este artículo es reconocer el papel del idilio rural como un factor influyente en la población emigrante retornada. Se han llevado a cabo entrevistas a treinta y cuatro emigrantes de primera generación retornados a Irlanda. El desempleo y las limitaciones en el desarrollo laboral y personal propiciaron la emigración a otros países, normalmente a ciudades importantes. La conciencia de la pérdida de características propias del idilio rural aparece en la etapa de adaptación al estilo de vida del área de destino. Los recuerdos de las características positivas de la vida rural favorecieron el retorno de los emigrantes, en especial de los que tenían hijos. La capacidad para el retorno dependía en todo caso de las circunstancias económicas. Ciertas características del idilio rural se recuperaron una vez retornados, pero la realidad de la vida en el campo se hizo también patente. Algunas personas emigraron de nuevo. Un mejor entendimiento del idilio y de la realidad cotidiana ayudaría a diseñar las políticas necesarias para fomentar la vuelta de las personas emigradas al entorno rural.

Palabras clave

realidad rural, idilio, migración de retorno, Irlanda

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Biografía del autor/a

Mary Cawley, National University of Ireland Galway Whitaker Institute for Innovation and Societal Change and School of Geography, Archaeology and Irish Studies

Adjunct-Professor, Whitaker Institute for Public Policy and Innovation and Senior Lecturer Emerita, School of Geography and Archaeology