Abroad
Abroad
Emigration issues and stories from the Irish diaspora. Members can contribute their own experiences and views
I can’t tell you how many times someone has said to me: ‘You’re Irish! I’ve always wanted to visit Ireland. Is it really so green?’
By Christopher Burke
A Dane in Dublin: ‘In Denmark death is taboo but in Dublin I’ve been met with a different warmth’
By Joyce Cathleen Hall Andersen
An Irishman in Paris: ‘Getting under the many layers of Parisian culture is a fascinating but neverending endeavour’
By Olive Keogh
‘It’s when you leave Ireland that you fully appreciate how big-hearted and generous in spirit Irish people are’
By Edward Lennon
‘I took to swimming in the morning and writing poetry on a beach towel within a few yards of the Mediterranean’
By Trevor Conway
From Dublin to Vancouver: I knew the move would be challenging, but I didn’t fully grasp just how much
By Doireann Ní Shiochru
A Belfast film-maker in Hollywood: ‘I felt Irish American warmth in New York but nothing prepared me for LA’
By Maeve Murphy
‘We have six cars, one for each of the kids and one for the dog, who has nerve issues’
By Michelle Jackson
An Irishwoman in Paris: I feel a magnetic drag to be Franco-Irish and participate in French politics
By Patricia Killeen
An Irish man in California: what I did first notice was how people talk about themselves. Compared to the typical older Irish man
By Stephen Stack
‘I decided to move to Tunisia alone, fresh out of university, with no connections and no plan’
By Milena Minta Barnes
‘There are stereotypes which may infer Spaniards are not sincere, but that has not been my experience’
By Frank Dillon
I’m sure my daughter’s Spanishness will be questioned by someone who wants to make her feel less
By Eoghan Ryan
Moving to Australia: ‘I would have had a very fixed life in Ireland. I feel very light here’
By Olivia Powell in Melbourne
Life after running Harvey’s Point hotel: ‘We found our little piece of paradise in southwest France’
By Deirdre McGlone
‘In the US I found myself apologising for my humour, as in Ireland we are inclined to be sarcastic’
By Frank Dillon
Imagine if the population of Dublin quadrupled but housing was affordable. Welcome to Singapore
By Kerry O’Shea
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