A drama about Irish emigrants in London has taken a major Irish film award. “Kings”, a feature shot mostly in Irish, has taken the Directors Finders Series award. The film, based on the play “Kings of the Kilburn High Road”, tells the story of a group of young men who leave the west of Ireland for London in the… Continue reading Emigrant drama takes Irish award, goes to US
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Intrepid Cork pioneer honoured by Cowgirl Hall of Fame
Cork native and intrepid Gold Rush pioneer Nellie Cashman will be inducted into the National Cowgirl Hall of Fame in Texas in November. Nellie Cashman was born in 1845 in Cork, and died in 1925 in British Columbia. Her life of adventure took her throughout the American and Canadian West, where she operated boarding houses and restaurants. Cashman was also… Continue reading Intrepid Cork pioneer honoured by Cowgirl Hall of Fame
Minister meeting with NY undocumented
Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources Eamon Ryan is meeting with undocumented Irish immigrants in New York today. The Green Party member is visiting the Emerald Isle Immigration Center in the Bronx, then going to the Aisling Irish Community Center in Yonkers, and then meeting with the undocumented in Eileen’s Country Kitchen, a Yonkers… Continue reading Minister meeting with NY undocumented
Irish nurses among those leaving
Nurses are leaving Ireland for better pay and conditions, according to a spokesperson for the Irish Nurses Organisation. INO representative Ann Keating was quoted in an Irish Independent article that highlighted the fact that Canadian hospitals are headhunting Filipino nurses working in Ireland. There are more than 10,000 foreign-born among the 43,000 nurses working in… Continue reading Irish nurses among those leaving
Potato patch inspires thoughts of home
Kevin Connolly, a US-based Irish emigrant, wrote in Saturday’s Irishman’s Diary in the Irish Times of his experiences growing potatoes in his home in Indiana. While the topic may seem prosaic, the writer creates a particularly moving snapshot of a simple link with home. He notes that he grows Kerr’s Pinks, and adds, “Inspired by… Continue reading Potato patch inspires thoughts of home
Journalist who chronicled emigration’s losses honoured
The author of a seminal work on Irish emigration will be honoured by having a road named after him in his hometown. Journalist John Healy was a crusading journalist who wrote “Nobody Shouted Stop” (also called “Death of an Irish Town”) in 1968; the work details the losses suffered by Charlestown, Co Mayo in the middle… Continue reading Journalist who chronicled emigration’s losses honoured