A talk at the splendid Kilkenny Arts Festival:

Migration, both to and from Ireland, has been part of the Irish experience for centuries, but the stories we tell about migrant experiences are often partial and skewed. While successful emigrants (and their descendants) are celebrated and remembered, the countless thousands who struggled have been largely forgotten, and migrants arriving on these shores have not always found the warm welcome on which the nation prides itself.

Further information and tickets available here: https://www.kilkennyarts.ie/festival/programme/selective-memories-ireland-migration-belonging#info