Casalattico is a comune

Comune

In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...

(municipality) in the Province of Frosinone

Province of Frosinone

The Province of Frosinone is a province in the Lazio region of Italy, with 91 comuni . Its capital is the city of Frosinone. It has an area of 3,244 km², and a total population of 489,042 .The Province was established by Royal Decree on 6 December 1926 with territories belonging to Lazio...

 in the Italian

Italy

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 region Lazio. The village is located about 110 km southeast of Rome

Rome

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 and about 30 km east of Frosinone

Frosinone

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Emigration to Ireland

In the late 19th and early 20th century a significant number of young people left Casalattico to work in Ireland. Most second, third and fourth generation Irish-Italians can trace their lineage back to the municipality, with names such as Magliocco, Fusco, Marconi, Borza, Macari and Forte

Forte

Forte/Forté may refer to:*Forte, but often ;. A person's strong point e.g. Preparing gourmet cuisine is his forte. The term is derived from the French fort meaning strength, which does not include an acute accent. The latter pronunciation is likely due to a confusion as a false cognate with the...

 being the most common. Although the Forte family actually originates from the village of Mortale, renamed Mon Forte due to the achievements of the Forte

Charles Forte, Baron Forte

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 family. It is believed that up to 8,000 Irish-Italians have ancestors from Casalattico.

Many of them also emigrated to England, Scotland, France, Belgium and the USA. A substantial number of people have the surname Forte

Forte

Forte/Forté may refer to:*Forte, but often ;. A person's strong point e.g. Preparing gourmet cuisine is his forte. The term is derived from the French fort meaning strength, which does not include an acute accent. The latter pronunciation is likely due to a confusion as a false cognate with the...

 in many areas of Great Britain including Bournemouth

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, Exeter

Exeter

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, Brighton

Brighton

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 and London

London

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