A new research project to be carried out in Yorkshire asks its participants a key question: “How has your Irish heritage shaped you, your values and lifestyle?”
LISA - Leeds Irish Centre Archive Aural Research Project - is the brain child of Leeds-Irish historian Bernard McGrath and Christine Byrne, archivist for the Leeds Irish Centre. Tonight, the pair are launching the pilot study at the centre and want to hear from Irish-born people or descendants who settled in Yorkshire. “We hope to bring people of Irish ancestry together,” says Christine, of Mayo-heritage.
” Bernard says Ireland has transformed itself over the past 30 to 40 years into a modern, forward-thinking country and is a very different place compared to the homeland which many senior citizens left. He says: “How do they correlate? Is there a pre-Celtic Tiger cultural difference between the new and the old Ireland? “The project will be a snapshot of Irish identity in its many forms.
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