Emigrant Remittances and the Family in Post-Famine Ireland

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EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum will host UCD PhD Candidate, Fiona Slevin, as she explores post-Famine emigrant remittances back to Ireland and their impact on family circumstance and the local Irish economy.

Drawing on letters home and other primary sources, this talk will assess the structures and expectations that embedded chain emigration amongst Irish families, and will explore how foreign-earned cash became an essential part of household income for those who received it.

This event is part of the Dublin Festival of History.

Speaker Bio: Fiona Slevin is a PhD candidate in UCD’s School of History. Her thesis focuses on the commercial dynamics of a small, rural town in post-Famine Ireland (1850-1875), including the money flows to ordinary families. Prior to her studies, Fiona had a career in business as a tech entrepreneur and change management consultant. She has published a number of histories of south Leitrim in the nineteenth century as well as a history of the Upper Leeson Street area, Dublin. In 2023, she was awarded the ESHSI New Researchers Prize. See more at .

Host or Publisher EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum