
STORIES of Irish immigrants in post-Famine America are to be told in new book from a Limerick academic.
โOf Memory and the Misplacedโ, by Mary Immaculate College academic Dr Sarah OโBrien, tells the stories of Irish immigrants in post-Famine America.
The book draws from 30 memoirs written between 1900 and 1970 and shows the prevalence of intimate and taboo themes in ordinary immigrantsโ writing, such as domestic violence, same-sex love, and famine-induced trauma.
Combining literary and historical theory, the book highlights voices that have traditionally been silenced and offers a rare and unexplored collection of autobiographical texts to better understand the experiences of Irish immigrants.