Brianna Parkins: ‘The Irish have a natural instinct for nosiness’
What better way to spend a hot sunny day than in the park, staking out two strange couples’ proposals?
Irish abroad
Washing up in Iberia: ‘We realised we weren’t ever going to sail the world, so we moved ashore and sold the boat’
Plans changed when this family paid a visit to a little piece of paradise during a round-the-world yacht trip
Irishman in Canada for 50 years: ‘I was about to return home after three years but then things changed’
Patrick McKenna fitted right into the political hothouse in Montreal in 1978, which provided him with the adrenaline rush he had been missing since leaving Belfast
Laura Kennedy: Australians respond differently to nature compared to Irish people
I awoke early one morning in Canberra to a bizarre sound. What the actual f**k is that, I thought, a pterodactyl? It was a magpie, but not like the ones I’d known
I moved to London certain that I’d eventually return home. Now, I’ve settled
This Dubliner has seen a lot of change happen in London, but when will she come back to Ireland?
An Irish woman in Malta: ‘I miss my family and the greenery of home but not the driving rain’
Solicitor Fiona Healy cites the lower cost of living, the international focus and the ease of doing business as reasons why she loves living on the Mediterranean island
Poet Paul Muldoon: ‘My dad, a market gardener, was a guy who could barely write his own name’
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, academic and musician Paul Muldoon on growing up in a nationalist family in Co Armagh, life in Belfast during the Troubles and moving to the US
A Hell’s Kitchen winner on life as a chef in the US
We hear from the man running The Irish Times pub in Prague, as well as some tips for travelling Europe by train and surviving long-distance flights
A Dubliner returning to France after 15 years away: ‘Here are some of the many changes I noticed’
A Dubliner returning to France finds smoky bars replaced by bubblegum clouds from vapes, that you no longer risk going tealess, and you can even ask directions in English
Chef Ryan O’Sullivan: ‘I was like, I have to get back to the States and make something of myself’
O’Sullivan, who hails from Cork, won season 22 of Gordon Ramsay’s US television show Hell’s Kitchen
‘Slow travel? I like travelling using fastest modes. But I’m persuaded to go on a 16-day trip designed around trains’
Tipperary woman Phoebe Moore and Moneer Seify headed on a journey from London-Paris-Marseille-Hyères-Genova-Bologna-Venice
When you return home to Ireland from abroad, you notice that everyone is a little changed
Laura Kennedy: It shouldn’t take a trip back to realise that home is, above all, people
Dublin Bus drivers are practised in the art of soundness. Sydney could learn from them
The girl sprinting for the ferry in Sydney late on a Saturday night was meanly cut off, prompting an unusual display of social solidarity
How working abroad can make it easier to secure a mortgage back in Ireland
Tens of thousands of Irish people go abroad every year: many see it as a short-term plan to turbocharge their homebuying prospects
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?’
‘As the new world invited those of us with unusual names in, and as this country accepted me, I welcome my Venezuelan deliverers to this world where they find themselves – Colombia’
A Dane in Dublin: ‘In Denmark death is taboo but in Dublin I’ve been met with a different warmth’
Grief has given a Danish journalist the strength to live her life in Dublin on her own terms and find healing
An Irishman in Paris: ‘Getting under the many layers of Parisian culture is a fascinating but neverending endeavour’
Wild Geese: Eoghan MacDonagh is a senior associate with the law firm Clifford Chance
Laura Kennedy: Long-haul flight tips from snore-proof ear plugs to tummy-friendly food
Since friends or family giving Irish emigrants helpful information is forbidden in our culture, you can rely on me to do it for you
Coming home to live in Ireland? There will be tax implications for your income and assets
Immigrants and Irish people returning after working abroad need to consider their potential tax liabilities regarding savings, property and pensions
Why has Vancouver become so attractive for Irish immigrants?
I was not disappointed. The natural landscape leads to jam-packed summers brimming with camping trips, sunrise swims and mountain hikes
I feel like I’ve hit the lottery with my partner: I make the money, he makes me lunches
Is this how it feels to have been a man for the best part of the 20th century? Because it’s been pretty great
‘It’s when you leave Ireland that you fully appreciate how big-hearted and generous in spirit Irish people are’
Irishman in Portugal: Life is very different in Porto but it has numerous advantages including good healthcare and transport systems
‘I took to swimming in the morning and writing poetry on a beach towel within a few yards of the Mediterranean’
I feel I’m more relaxed, as a writer and a father, than I’d be if I was living in Ireland
‘Loving life in the slightly slower lane’: From Donegal to the south of France
Gillian Moore writes about moving from Kilkenny to Medellín while Patricia Killeen talks about life in Paris after the Olympics
‘In New York, everything has to be done yesterday’
Wild Geese: Sophie Colgan, New Jersey-based charity auctioneer
From Dublin to Vancouver: I knew the move would be challenging, but I didn’t fully grasp just how much
For this Blackrock native, training gives her days meaning, structure and direction amid other struggles
Choosing to leave home can leave people you love feeling slightly rejected
Laura Kennedy: When I return from Australia to visit home, I sit in the consequences of that choice to leave
A Belfast film-maker in Hollywood: ‘I felt Irish American warmth in New York but nothing prepared me for LA’
When film director Maeve Murphy went to Hollywood - finally - she found a deep Irish connection and inspiration from US independent cinema
‘We have six cars, one for each of the kids and one for the dog, who has nerve issues’
Wild Geese: Jonathan O’Connor lives in Atlanta, Georgia
An Irishwoman in Paris: I feel a magnetic drag to be Franco-Irish and participate in French politics
The Olympics and Paralympics made this Irishwoman proud to live in Paris
An Irish man in California: what I did first notice was how people talk about themselves. Compared to the typical older Irish man
The ubiquity of therapy in Berkeley infuses the words people use and their lifestyles with an odd deliberateness
‘I decided to move to Tunisia alone, fresh out of university, with no connections and no plan’
Her experiences in the north African country have made a piano player and from Wexford feel accepted
‘There are stereotypes which may infer Spaniards are not sincere, but that has not been my experience’
Wild Geese: For Dubliner John McGrail, what began as a six-month trip to Spain after graduation turned into a lifelong love affair with the country
I got Limericked before I even made it out of Shannon Airport – a record, even for me
It’s a joy to be home, but sometimes I wish Ireland would just let you love it without all the complexity
‘I met my husband at a bus stop in Colombia’
A Kilkenny woman fell in love with Medellín, where she now runs a tour company with her husband
I’m sure my daughter’s Spanishness will be questioned by someone who wants to make her feel less
An Irishman in Spain: I hope things change and our daughter will not have to deal with prejudice and hate
Moving to Australia: ‘I would have had a very fixed life in Ireland. I feel very light here’
Despite a high cost of living, young Irish people living and working in Australia praise the social aspect and greater ability to shape their work lives
Life after running Harvey’s Point hotel: ‘We found our little piece of paradise in southwest France’
Starting again after 30 years of running Harvey’s Point was a challenge, but Deirdre McGlone is enjoying the slower pace of life in France
Is the notion of settling down a luxury my generation can’t afford or take for granted?
When you make the decision to emigrate, you’re forced to think about your life and future in a way that you can avoid more easily in familiar surroundings
Almost 70,000 emigrated from Ireland in the last year
The stages of moving abroad; Colm Rush talks about birdwatching in Spain; and Kerry O’Shea compares life in Singapore with life in Ireland
The flamingo whisperer: ‘I figure they have more reason to be nervous than I have’
An Irish man in Spain, an active birdwatcher, is delighted to play his part in the annual flamingo ringing event
‘In the US I found myself apologising for my humour, as in Ireland we are inclined to be sarcastic’
Wild Geese: Aedhmar Hynes, Connecticut
Irish abroad: The seven stages of moving to a new country
Approaching the one-year mark since moving to Vancouver has me wistful with nostalgia and incessant reflection
As an Irish person in Australia, I can try to think of myself as suave and worldly, but I’m nothing of the sort
If you’re Irish, you’re always Irish in every situation. We can’t be anonymous anywhere
Imagine if the population of Dublin quadrupled but housing was affordable. Welcome to Singapore
My wife was baffled by the unreliability of public transport in Dublin, and my son’s phone was almost stolen – both of which would be exceedingly rare in Singapore
‘Being away for so long heightens your appreciation of how special Ireland is’
Wild Geese: Brian Horgan, Rhode Island
‘The contrast between student life in Ireland and the US is striking’
A Galway man writes about significant differences in Irish university life and the US after spending a year in Purdue University
An Irishman in London celebrates the UK becoming a ‘nation once again’
Living in the UK almost 40 years, Peter Benson is thrilled about Labour’s election victory. ‘We have grown-ups in 10 Downing Street now,’ he writes
‘In New York, it doesn’t matter what you know, it’s who you know’
Wild Geese: Seamus Keane on leaving Mayo for the Big Apple and setting up a gym business
No Dunnes Stores but Colombia has plenty more for this Irish man
This month Laura Kennedy shares some lessons about life in Australia; Brianna Parkins reflects on things that her younger self wanted; and Isabel Auld talks about moving to the Caribbean
Laura Kennedy: ‘On the supermarket shelf, Mr Tayto felt as relatable as any other Irish immigrant in a new country. Out of place’
Mr Tayto felt as relatable as any other Irish immigrant in a new country – out of place
The Irish spice bag has arrived in Australia and not everyone is happy
Brianna Parkins: Sometimes, when you’re a big distance from home, it’s the small things that give you comfort
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