For the times I grew up in I don’t think there were many Irish households quite as diverse as ours. I am one of seven children, adopted by Irish born and bred parents. My two older brothers are my parents biological children and I like to think destiny brought the rest of us together. My … Continue reading Maeve Dalton – #IAMIRISH
Michael Collins was under my arm. His face covered the front of the Peter Hart book that I held with a gleeful pride. There she was, this girl was obviously Irish walking around with the book about a fallen Irish hero. Would I be challenged though, would someone on my long bus ride home challenge … Continue reading Tasneem Filaih – #IAMIRISH
I was born in Kenya and grew up there until I was 14, when I moved to Ireland with my parents and siblings. My ethnicity is made up of Irish, Creole (Seychelles and the Reunion Islands) and Kenyan. I am married to a Kenyan and we are raising our beautiful mixed ethnic daughter in Dublin. … Continue reading Claudia Hoareau Gichuhi – #IAMIRISH
A lot of my story I guess like most family tales, have been told through the filters of numerous people. Some incidences may have been exaggerated over time. I feel some may have been played-down. When growing up, I do feel one thing my family seem to hold in high regard was their privacy. Maybe … Continue reading Jess Kavanagh – #IAMIRISH
The year was 2005 and I was sat in the back row of Mr Colgan’s English class. We were studying ‘’Roll Of Thunder, Hear My Cry” in preparation for our upcoming Junior Cert. It was your typical classroom scenario. Uninterested students combatted by a teacher picking victims to read at random, in the hope of … Continue reading Eoin Heffernan – Why Roll Of Thunder, Made Me Cry – #IAmIrish
With growing racial tensions across the globe and the emergence of far right groups in Ireland, #IamIrish made its mark on home ground to challenge perceptions of what it looks like to be Irish in 2017. From October 2nd – 31st 2017 in Axis Ballymun, #IamIrish presented an exhibition and series of events exploring Identity, Race, … Continue reading #IAMIRISH Exhibition – Axis Ballymum – October 2017