The Irish Brawn Drain
Books like The Irish Brawn Drain
Brooklyn
Colm Tóibínabout 4 hours to read
A novel about a young Irish woman who emigrates to New York in the 1950s, covering the personal cost of leaving Ireland for work.
The Irish Diaspora
Donald Harman Akensonabout 5 hours to read
A historical survey of how and why Irish people left Ireland and settled across the English-speaking world.
The American Irish
Kevin Kennyabout 5 hours to read
A history of Irish immigrants in the United States, with attention to their work, communities and settlement.
Black '47 and Beyond
Cormac Ó Grádaabout 5 hours to read
An economic history of the Irish Famine and the emigration that followed it.
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'Tis
Frank McCourtabout 7 hours to read
A memoir of a young Irishman's emigration to New York and his early years working there.
Angela's Ashes
Frank McCourtabout 7 hours to read
A memoir of a poor childhood in Limerick, which shows the economic pressures that pushed many Irish families toward emigration.
The Commitments
Roddy Doyleabout 3 hours to read
A novel about working-class Dublin life and the grit of ordinary young people, a useful companion for the physical side of Irish working life.
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