Abroad

Wild Geese

‘It’s when you leave Ireland that you fully appreciate how big-hearted and generous in spirit Irish people are’

By Edward Lennon

‘I took to swimming in the morning and writing poetry on a beach towel within a few yards of the Mediterranean’

By Trevor Conway

‘Loving life in the slightly slower lane’: From Donegal to the south of France

‘In New York, everything has to be done yesterday’

By Frank Dillon

From Dublin to Vancouver: I knew the move would be challenging, but I didn’t fully grasp just how much

By Doireann Ní Shiochru

Choosing to leave home can leave people you love feeling slightly rejected

By Laura Kennedy

A Belfast film-maker in Hollywood: ‘I felt Irish American warmth in New York but nothing prepared me for LA’

By Maeve Murphy

‘We have six cars, one for each of the kids and one for the dog, who has nerve issues’

By Michelle Jackson

An Irishwoman in Paris: I feel a magnetic drag to be Franco-Irish and participate in French politics

By Patricia Killeen

An Irish man in California: what I did first notice was how people talk about themselves. Compared to the typical older Irish man

By Stephen Stack

‘I decided to move to Tunisia alone, fresh out of university, with no connections and no plan’

By Milena Minta Barnes

‘There are stereotypes which may infer Spaniards are not sincere, but that has not been my experience’

By Frank Dillon

I got Limericked before I even made it out of Shannon Airport – a record, even for me

By Laura Kennedy

‘I met my husband at a bus stop in Colombia’

By Gillian Moore

I’m sure my daughter’s Spanishness will be questioned by someone who wants to make her feel less

By Eoghan Ryan

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