#ArchiveDiaspora
It's #ArchiveDiaspora Day! 📜🌎

Today we celebrate the stories of the Irish people & the archival collections that document journeys of migration, identity, belonging & home.

Share your records today using #ArchiveDiaspora and tag us so we can help showcase the remarkable collections you hold!
July 15, 2026 at 9:40 AM
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Letter from the Imirce collection from Packy Kelly in Australia to his uncle in Offaly, February 1918
Packy explains that a shipwreck left him and a boat-load of passengers stranded on Easter Island for three years during a voyage from Australia to Chile
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July 15, 2026 at 9:02 AM
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Arthur Shields managed the Abbey Theatre North American Tour, 1931-32
Red markings on the map trace the tour route, the route book records productions performed & a hotel invoice names some actors, including Barry Fitzgerald
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July 15, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Date for your diary - this year's #ArchiveDiaspora campaign will run on Wed 15th July.
Share materials from your archive which relate to Irish people who left Ireland for a life abroad, as well as material relating to those who chose to make Ireland their home.
Use the hashtag & remember to tag us!
July 1, 2026 at 4:41 PM
1 week to go until the #ArchiveDiaspora campaign!

Whether it's a photo, letter, diary or family story, we want to see the records that tell the story of Irish people abroad & those who made Ireland their home 📜

Join us by sharing your items using the hashtag #ArchiveDiaspora and tagging us!
July 8, 2026 at 8:55 AM
Celebrating Irish people who have left Ireland seeking a new life #ArchiveDiaspora Patrick McMahon Glynn, originally from Gort, Co. Galway, was called to the Irish Bar in Easter Term 1879.
August 6, 2025 at 9:34 AM