Letters to Ireland - the Emigrant Experience in their own words

This performance draws on a unique archive of thousands of surviving letters of Irish emigrants to America in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries held in the University of Galway, Ireland. How did they write home about their experience in a new country? From social life to the world of work, memories of Ireland, and milestones in America, Letters to Ireland offers a remarkable insight into the thoughts and voices of those who left home but kept their ties to Ireland alive. (45 minutes)