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Thanksgiving in Ireland: The Importance of Sharing Old Traditions and Making New Ones
Each year around Thanksgiving I’m amazed at how many of the Irish I meet are familiar with American Thanksgiving traditions. I know that’s not a typical immigrant experience. Ireland and the U.S. are unnaturally close. But I am heartened to … Continue reading
Posted in Dublin Attractions, Dublin Life, Emigrant/Immigrant Life, Expat Living, Home & A Sense of Place, Irish History, Irish Life & Society, Pubs, Things to See in Ireland
Tagged Dublin, Dublin pubs, emigration, family & friends, fear, feature, holidays, immigration, Living in Dublin, migration, Stag's Head pub, Telling the Tain, Thanksgiving, The Irish, travel, United States
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Immigrant Dreams: Fantasies of Prosperity, Happiness, and a Sense of Place
In light of the recent refugee crisis, many of us have had the migrant’s pursuit of happiness and a better life on our minds. But those of us privileged enough to choose emigration, rather than having it forced on us, … Continue reading
A Better World: The Refugee Crisis and What It Says About Us
I regularly refer to immigrants, emigrants, migrants, and refugees in this blog. And, to some extent that last category has always been a somewhat obligatory attempt to cover all bases. And to my mind, true refugees have, until recently, seemed … Continue reading
The Company you Keep: Celebrating Immigrant Differences
In the ex-pat community you often hear people say that to have a true local experience you shouldn’t hang out with other immigrants, particularly your own kind (Americans if you’re American, the French if you’re from Paris, etc.). “Buswah”, I … Continue reading
Foreign & Domestic: Expat Loyalty & The European Union
Shortly after moving to Dublin, as I started to learn more about the EU, I began to hear locals speak of the U.S. and its Federal Reserve banking system in lofty terms. It seems that out here on the fringes … Continue reading
Posted in Bureaucracy, Emigrant/Immigrant Life, Europe, Irish Economy, Irish Life & Society
Tagged Brexit, Dublin, euro, European commision, European Union, Greece, Grexit, Ireland, Irish economy, nationality, politics, U.K., United States
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Voting In Ireland: An Expat’s Guide To Elections and Local Politics
For many immigrants the ability to vote is a personal symbol that they’ve “made it” and been accepted in their new home, or are considered to be a responsible member of society, capable of making decisions about the social direction … Continue reading
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People Of Faith: The Real Irish Religion
With stores jammed with chocolate bunnies and half of Ireland packed into the off-license the day before the “End Times” (the nationwide Good Friday moratorium on alcohol), religion has been on my mind a bit this week. With visions of … Continue reading
Posted in Dublin Life, Irish Life & Society, Religion, Uncategorized
Tagged Cork, craic, faith, Ireland, It'll Be Grand, Manchester United, religion, The Irish
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Expat Or Immigrant: What’s In a Name
Recent articles in The Guardian the Wall Street Journal’s “Expat” blog have discussed the racial implications of certain migrants being called “expats”, while others are labeled “immigrants”. That got me thinking. And that’s always a dangerous thing…. Yes, “expat” … Continue reading
Posted in Emigrant/Immigrant Life, Expat Living
Tagged Africa, emigration, Europe, expat (expatriate), immigrant, immigration, migration, nationality, refugee, United States
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Learning the Language: Social Context Clues For Expats
One of the first things my wife and I noticed when we arrived in Dublin was that being American (or presumably from anywhere else) was kind of a mixed bag of good and bad. On the one hand, as long … Continue reading
Posted in Dublin Life, Emigrant/Immigrant Life, Expat Living, Irish Life & Society
Tagged Dublin, Dubliners, emigration, Ireland, Living in Dublin, tea, The Irish
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InterNations: A Useful Resource For Expats, Emigrants, & Immigrants
Apologies in advance for the shameless self-promotion, but for those of you who didn’t see it on the Facebook page, I wanted to let y’all know that An American in Dublin was recently profiled on InterNations, a terrific web-based resource … Continue reading
Posted in Dublin Life, Emigrant/Immigrant Life, Expat Living
Tagged Dublin, emigration, expat (expatriate), immigration, Internations, Ireland, Living in Dublin, migration, moving
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