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Thu 05 May 2010Generations of emigrants neglected, says cultural envoy Gabriel Byrne
IRELAND HAS neglected generations of emigrants and there is a disconnect between the people who live in Ireland and its diaspora abroad, actor Gabriel Byrne has said.
Byrne, who was appointed Ireland’s cultural ambassador in March, said his personal experience showed that Irish emigrants were often defined by their cultural identity and by the experiences of generations of emigrants who had gone before them.
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