Abroad
Abroad
Emigration issues and stories from the Irish diaspora. Members can contribute their own experiences and views
A Kerryman in California: America thinks it’s a beacon for freedom. Freedom from what exactly? Reality?
By Jason Ó Mathúna
Work brings me all over the world, but it’s chats over tea in Mayo that cleanse my soul
By Rita Burke
‘Saying you’re disappointed in Ireland carries weight. In Albania it doesn’t land the same way’
By Olive Keogh
‘None of what I intended to do with my life has materialised but I struggle to make a decision to change it’
By Trish Murphy
An Irishwoman in Australia: I always felt safe here. Since Bondi, I check for escape routes
By Elizabeth Ahern-Flynn
Under the weight of the grey Limerick sky I’d forgotten, I realise there’s no coming home
By Ray Farrell
I am an Irish therapist in Trump’s America: As my clients grow more anxious, I prepare to leave
By E.R.J. McKay
Scattering seeds with my granny felt like magic. What would she make of my exotic garden?
By Gavin Pollock
‘But the weather!’: An Aussie voluntarily moving to Ireland seemed ludicrous to many
By Annalisa Cercone
Grieving my parents abroad: ‘A different kind of hard in a world that never knew they existed’
By Carol O'Donovan
‘There’s definitely a difference in the spuds’: The Irish spending Christmas in ‘County Coogee’
By Jody Coffey in Sydney
I was ready to leave Canada’s winter for Ireland, then came my best Christmas present
By Patrick McKenna
Ireland has Newgrange’s light show, Mexico has a sky dance – both welcome brighter days
By Yvonne Watterson
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