In the latter part of the 20th century large numbers of Irish emigrants,
for the first time, began to return.
Who returned? Why? What are their stories?
This unique project explores the experiences of 92 emigrants,
from all parts of Ireland and all kinds of backgrounds, in their
own words.
The project, funded by the Higher Education
Authority North-South Programme, was conducted by researchers based
in the Department of Geography (University College Cork) and the
Centre for Migration Studies (Omagh) and School of History, Queen’s
University Belfast. The interdisciplinary project team also involved
the Department of Sociology (University of Limerick). An oral
archive of 92 life narratives has been created and will be available
to researchers into the future. |
