Imirce collection of Irish emigrant stories in the Media
The Imirce project will be featured in the latest season of The History Show with Myles Dungan for RTÉ. The forthcoming episode features a panel of interviews discussing the work of historian Kerby A. Miller and the Imirce digital project that aims to preserve and make available the stories of Irish emigrants who went to North America. Dating across multiple centuries (ca. 1680 to 1990), the collected letters and life stories published to Imirce showcase the Irish emigrants’ place in the formative history of the United States and Canada, and the societal ripple effects of emigration for the Irish who remained. The interviewees include Dan Carey (Professor of English), Marie-Louise Rouget (Digital Archivist and Imirce Project Manager), Helen Hayes Sweeney (History PhD candidate) and Breandán Mac Suibhne (Professor of Modern Irish History) from the University of Galway. The Imirce episode will be released on RTÉ Radio 1 on Sunday 7 September at 6pm. Following the initial broadcast...