Abroad

Wild Geese

How to move job, move country and find a new social scene

By Margaret E Ward

The Irish man who bought a home in the US after winning $100,000 on NFL fantasy football

By Frank Dillon

This homesickness is not a yearning for return but rather for reconnection

By Laura Kennedy

‘When I come home, I am quite Scandinavian’: The Waterford photographer who took a trip to Iceland and stayed there

By Deirdre McQuillan

An Irishman in Israel: Is it better for my Israeli daughters to grow up in Tel Aviv or Dublin?

By Paul Kearns

Sun and sand of the Cayman Islands proved too powerful a lure for an accountant in cold and wet Cork

By Frank Dillon

Moving to another country is hard. You’re not failing if you’re not living up to a filtered social media standard

By Brianna Parkins

A ‘gentler’ life in Geneva

By Rebecca Daly

I’m a bad ambassador for Ireland, but it’s part of the package when you emigrate

By Laura Kennedy

Couple ‘couldn’t be happier’ after ditching Dublin for Berlin to buy a home

By Niamh Towey

The experience of Irish Britons: ‘If you’re English and Irish at the same time like I am, it’s a bit of a problem’

By Mark Paul

An Irishman in Geneva. ‘Life here is gentler, but I miss things about Ireland ... fresh air, smiles’

By Olive Keogh

Immigration ‘makes the United States what it is’, Boston-Irish audience told

By Mark Hennessy

The Irishman who helped build Dubai: ‘The metro was our big break’

By Olive Keogh

St Patrick’s Day Quiz 2025: 50 questions to test your Irishology

By Eoin Butler

An Irishman abroad: ‘I’ve meditated in Bosnian mosques, Thai temples and Ukrainian Orthodox churches’

By Peter Flanagan

Autumn in Australia: I wonder if you ever get used to it?

By Laura Kennedy

‘Half the city is without power’: Readers in Australia share their storm experiences

By Conor Pope

‘The Portuguese are very like the Irish in many ways’: the Tipperary man in charge of Denis O’Brien’s luxury Algarve resort

By Frank Dillon

Ex-Cyclone Alfred: Are you Irish and living near Brisbane? Tell us your story

Irish tourist escapes with minor injuries after paragliding crash in Peru

An Irishman in Spain: ‘Salaries are much lower here, but my mental health is far better’

By Scott McCormack

Irish in El Salvador: A ‘jaw-dropping’ adjustment

My mum dangles the question like a golden carrot: ‘You’ll never guess who’s died’

By Emma Dooney

A baronet from Carlow: ‘Just because you’ve a title, people expect you’re born rich’

By Mark Paul

Things aren’t better in Australia than in Ireland, but they are easier

By Laura Kennedy

‘A great way of seeing a new city is to become embroiled in its bureaucracy’

By Orlaith Delargy

‘Last time I tried to park a car in Dublin, I couldn’t get over it’

By Frank Dillon

Irishwoman in El Salvador: I’m 60 and moved halfway around the world. Everything is different

By Maureen Stevens

My mother’s blanket has travelled the world with me, along with her thoughts and dreams

By Christopher Burke

Crafting jewellery in a country where it is considered rude to show your wealth

By Deirdre McQuillan

Ballrooms of romance: ‘I wasn’t the greatest dancer but when we danced together it was like it was meant to be’

By Niamh Linehan

The word ‘now’ is a weapon that Irish people wield as needed. But Australians use it differently

By Laura Kennedy

I’ve worked in 60 countries – here is what people have said to me about Ireland

By Enda Hardiman

An Irish jockey in Australia: ‘The longer you stay, the harder it becomes to go home’

By Olive Keogh

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