An Irish Perspective

AN IRISH IMMIGRANT'S STORY (AS TOLD BY AN IRISH EMIGRANT)
By Brian Havel
For Irish people, I believe, the most extraordinary part of my father's story is that this young Czech artist eventually made his way to Ireland, a country he hardly knew...to become one of the founders of a revived crystal galss industry in the last 1940s and early 1950s.[more...]

YOU'VE BEEN HERE, HOW LONG?
By Brendan Kerlin
You can remember seeing the city skyline through the window of the plane as you approached, hearing the bark of the wheels as they hit the tarmac, and feeling for your Visa in your pocket as you started your two-year plan to sample the adventure of America [more...]

EMIGRATION, RELATIVELY SPEAKING
By Brendan Kerlin
We emigrants are so accustomed to crossing the Atlantic that we rarely think about the distance involved until we're several hours into the flight, cramping up in the narrow airline seats and dreaming of gargantuan strides on solid ground [more...]

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