I got ‘the call’ from home. Dad’s days of wandering New York’s streets were over – The Irish Times
The limo stopped at 57th and Madison, when its window wound down. Enough to steal a glance inside,…
How an Irish-named town in Argentina brought me back to my Galway childhood – The Irish Times
There is a small rural town in the Province of Buenos Aires called Duggan. I know this not…
Irishman in Sydney: The reality of building a life
Cliches about Irish people moving to Sydney are widespread. It’s said they go to escape Ireland’s bad weather…
‘I booked a flight to Sydney on the Monday, and left on the Tuesday’
‘I booked a flight to Sydney on the Monday, and left on the Tuesday’ Sign in or createa…
‘Ireland is a little speedboat whereas Germany is a giant tanker’ – The Irish Times
Serial entrepreneur Ian Hannigan’s journey to Germany started on an Irish Rail trip around the turn of the…
I came to Dublin to learn English in 1996, and Ireland has never really left me since – The Irish Times
I first came to Dublin to learn English for a couple of weeks as a teenager in the…
Emigration changes you. The pint tastes different, the people look older – The Irish Times
Resettling is a taboo subject for the returning emigrant. I came back from Australia to London less than…
The Irish woman in New York tapping successful emigrants to fund education back home – The Irish Times
Mairead McNamara enjoyed a successful career promoting Irish food in Ireland and subsequently in the United States. Now,…
The weather is bliss, 300-plus days a year of sunshine. And beer on the plaza for €2 – The Irish Times
I’m loving island life in Gozo but leaving Ireland was never a choice I purposely made. This year,…
‘The US still has a frontier mindset that you can go and make something of yourself’ – The Irish Times
This Wild Geese slot was originally designed to allow successful emigrants share some tips with generations who might…
I left Ireland for good because I could no longer live the restricted life I had once tolerated – The Irish Times
As an 83-year-old Dubliner living in Australia, I have been reflecting on the Ireland which first brought me…
Laura Kennedy: ‘My father’s recent death was as sad as his life had been’ – The Irish Times
We’re not born with theory of mind, the cognitive capacity to attribute to others emotions, beliefs and motivations…