Moving Histories: Irish Women's Emigration to Britain from Independence to Republic

Moving Histories is the first book to detail the lives of women who left Ireland after independence.

Drawing on a wide range of archival material, this book traces new narratives to bring original insights into the migration of thousands of Irish women in the twentieth century. Despite having a strong tendency to leave Ireland like men, women's migration to Britain has been less well studied. Yet Irish women could be found in all walks of life in Britain, from the more familiar fields of nursing and domestic service to teaching, factory work and more.