AN UNCONSIDERED PEOPLE (NEW ISLAND BOOKS) (PB)

In the 1950s, half a million Irish men were forced by decades of economic stagnation to make their lives elsewhere. For many of these emigrants, mostly young and unskilled, Britain was their only hope of survival. Yet no two emigrant experiences were the same. In a series of compelling interviews, honest, angry, and funny, these vibrant voices reflect the diversity of lives lived away from the homeland, an unconsidered people's struggle to plant new lives in an alien soil. This updated edition contains a foreword by Diarmaid Ferriter.