Galway City’s Writer-in-Residence programme is seeking the experiences of immigrants and returning migrants for a publication it will produce later in the year. An ad placed in yesterday’s Galway First newspaper notes, “Galway means “Town of the Foreigners”. The ad says they are looking for “your experiences, good, bad, funny or sad. Or just something… Continue reading Galway migrants’ views sought
Cannes features Irish migrants on film
A story of Irish immigrants in Kilburn will be shown at the Cannes Film Festival. “Kings” was adapted from Jimmy Murphy’s play “The Kings of the Kilburn High Road” by Irish filmmaker Tom Collins. The film tells the tale of six men who move to London for work in the 1970s; they are reunited for… Continue reading Cannes features Irish migrants on film
Diaspora now the ‘buyaspora’?
“The Irish diaspora has become the Irish buyaspora”, Alastair Adair, a professor of real estate at the University of Ulster, has told the Chicago Tribune. Professor Adair was commenting on the career of Garrett Kelleher, the returned emigrant who is building North America’s tallest skyscraper. Professor Adair also noted that last year, Irish real estate… Continue reading Diaspora now the ‘buyaspora’?
Northampton remembers Lucia at Bloomsday
An Irishman living in Northampton will lead a commemoration of Bloomsday at the grave of Lucia Joyce in Kingsthorpe cemetary in Northamption. Lucia Joyce, the daughter of exiled Irish writer James Joyce, spent many years in a mental hospital before her death in 1982. This will be the fourth Bloomsday the Irish Community Arts Project… Continue reading Northampton remembers Lucia at Bloomsday
US Senate makes deal on undocumented
Irish immigration advocates in the US have welcomed the agreement hammered out yesterday by Democratic and Republican senators, which would provide a channel for the 12 million undocumented immigrants to achieve legal status. The proposals would allow for the vast majority of today’s undocumented to register, pay a fine of €5,000, and undergo security screenings;… Continue reading US Senate makes deal on undocumented
History of European Family conference: June 2007
Diaspora is a major theme that will be discussed in the “History of the European Family Conference”, at University of Limerick on June 20-21, 2007. Trinity College Professor David Fitzpatrick, author of “Oceans of Consolation: personal accounts of Irish migration to Australia” will be a plenary speaker. His talk is entitled “Far-flung families: How post-Famine… Continue reading History of European Family conference: June 2007