'No Irish need apply' - stories of emigrants in England

Often painful story of Irish emigration to Britain over 200 years comes to the Epic museum

‘The Irish were the raw material for the Industrial Revolution in England,’ says exhibition curator Christopher Kissane

‘No Irish need apply’: New research shows emigrants seeking a better life in the UK faced decades of discrimination

Irish immigrants in England faced poverty, exploitation and discrimination.

'No Irish need apply' - stories of emigrants in England

A new exhibition in Dublin called 'No Irish Need Apply? The Economic History of the Irish in England' is examining the lives of Irish emigrants and their descendants in England from the 19th century to the present day.