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This final chapter reiterates the book’s key findings, arguing that Irish domestic servants were central to constructions of Irish racial difference in transatlantic culture. While similar stereotypes circulated across Britain and America, popular understandings of Irish servants evolved differently: in the US, they gradually gained respectability as the Irish achieved social mobility, with Hollywood replacing the bungling ‘Bridget’ with the respectable ‘Colleen’. In Britain, anti-Irish sentiment persisted for a longer time, in part due to concerns over Irish nationalism. The chapter concludes by drawing connections between historical patterns and prejudices faced by contemporary migrant domestic workers.

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    2025年

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  • Catherine Healy

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This final chapter reiterates the book’s key findings, arguing that Irish domestic servants were central to constructions of Irish racial difference in transatlantic culture. While similar stereotypes circulated across Britain and America, popular understandings of Irish servants evolved differently: in the US, they gradually gained respectability as the Irish achieved social mobility, with Hollywood replacing the bungling ‘Bridget’ with the respectable ‘Colleen’. In Britain, anti-Irish sentiment persisted for a longer time, in part due to concerns over Irish nationalism. The chapter concludes by drawing connections between historical patterns and prejudices faced by contemporary migrant domestic workers.