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Memories of New York
When I was a young man, I was studying at the University of Limerick. I had to do two placements and, having already done one in Ireland, I decided I should do the second in New York.
I asked my father if we had any connections there. He said he remembered going to a neighbour's 'American wake' (that was the name given to a kind of ceremony or party to make when someone moved to the United States…
Contributors
- James Collins, Limerick
Subject
- 1990s
- 1920s
- Emigration from Ireland
- Mayors
- Immigration to the United States
- …
- United States of America
- Human migration
- Republic of Ireland
- Banks
- Human migration
Contributors
- James Collins, Limerick
Subject
- 1990s
- 1920s
- Emigration from Ireland
- Mayors
- Immigration to the United States
- …
- United States of America
- Human migration
- Republic of Ireland
- Banks
- Human migration
Providing institution
Aggregator
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- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
Places
- New York, United States
- Limerick
- Republic of Ireland
- Limerick
- Limerick city
Identifier
- http://contribute.europeana.eu/contributions/d49d8640-d76d-0136-6921-6eee0af52bce
Language
- eng
- en
Is part of
- Europeana Migration Collection Day, Limerick, The Hunt Museum, 2018-11-30–2018-12-02
Providing country
- Europe
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2019-07-25T07:45:27.928Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2021-11-03T11:22:04.772Z