New to the Parish: Paulo Cassis Peres arrived from Brazil in 2017
New to the Parish: Kamila Dydyna arrived from Poland in 2007
New to the Parish: Ariana Loyo arrived from Venezuela in 2013
New to the Parish: Eva Milka came to Ireland from Poland in 2005 and ended up starting her own snail farming business
New to the Parish: Polina Cosgrave came to Ireland from Moscow in 2015
New to the Parish: Bhisasha Chayangpath came to Dublin from Bangkok, Thailand, in 2018
New to the Parish: Anabella Parisi arrived from Argentina in 2015
Alima Doumbouya arrived from France in 2007
Carlos Alexander Montilla arrived from Venezuela in 2011 and again in 2014
New to the Parish: Chayla Rowley arrived from the United States in 2019
Although Ireland was welcoming, finding employment was difficult for Somali science teacher Abdullah Hersi, who arrived in Ireland in 1991
New to the Parish: Patrycja Jurkowska arrived from Poland in 2004 and again in 2005
New to the Parish: Imam Rabeeb Mirza and Ayesha Hasmin Mirza arrived from the UK
New to the Parish: Daniel Pereira first arrived from Brazil in 2005 one week before his 16th birthday
New to the Parish: Immanuel Darkwa arrived from Germany in 2007
New to the Parish: Nasir ElSafi, an artist and journalist, arrived from Sudan in 2017
Erin McGathy arrived from Los Angeles in 2016
New to the Parish: Suad Aldarra and Housam Ziad arrived from Syria, via Egypt, in 2014
New to the Parish: Mo Nader arrived from Egypt, via Bristol, in 2014
Oghenetano John Uwhumiakpor, who arrived from Nigeria, via Finland, in 2006, says Irish-born black teenagers are ‘suffering an identity crisis’
New to the parish: Afshin Samali arrived from Iran, via Pakistan, in 1985
New to the Parish: Rachel Waite arrived from the US in 2011
New to the Parish: Persida Caldaras arrived from France in 2002
New to the Parish: Mandla Ncube arrived from Zimbabwe in 2016
Peta Guthridge arrived from Australia in 2015
New to the Parish: Dagogo Hart arrived from Nigeria in 2010
‘For the past five years they have been sacrificing for me but now I can pay them back’
Carlos Gonzalez, from Venezuela, feels he can be 100% himself in Ireland
New to the Parish: Sugandha Arora arrived from India in 2017
New to the Parish: Alex Dalkin originally arrived from Australia in 2016
New to the Parish: Ricardo Filho arrived from Brazil in 2013 and again in 2016
New to the Parish: Cristhian Nuñez Centeno arrived from Nicaragua in 2018
New to the Parish: Hina Khan arrived from Pakistan in 2015
New to the Parish: Waheed Mohiuddin arrived from Pakistan in 2015
New to the Parish: Emese Baranyi arrived from Hungary in 2011
New to the Parish: Milan Sitko arrived from Slovakia in 2006
New to the Parish: Juliana Scodeler has built a life here since coming from Brazil in 2007
New to the Parish: Growing up in Latvia Diana Bucko’s dream was to join the police now she lives in Cork. And loves it.
New to the Parish: Nqobizitha Vella arrived from Zimbabwe in 2015
New to the Parish: Tatjana Klemanskiene arrived from Lithuania in 2008
New to the Parish: Lisa Miao and Yi (Johnny) Zheng arrived from China in 2001
New to the Parish: Salim Yattem arrived from Syria in 2015
New to the Parish: Felicia Olusanya (Felispeaks) arrived from Nigeria via France in 2003
New to the Parish: Ismail Ahmed arrived from Sudan, via Libya and France, in 2017
New to the Parish: Kasia Gwis arrived from Poland in 2006
New to the Parish: Charissa Jaganath arrived from South Africa in 2018
New to the Parish: Alexandra Soares arrived from Brazil, via Germany, in 2015
New to the Parish: Zsuzsanna Rékai from Hungary says Ireland will always be home
Dipa Rai, who arrived in Ireland in 2015, finds Irish mountains ‘flat but tough’
New To The Parish: Nasir Yasin arrived from Somalia in 2005
New to the Parish: Ghaythaa Abdualdahab arrived in Ireland from Syria, via Greece, in 2018
New to the Parish: Dalal Alshohaib arrived from Saudi Arabia in 2015
New to the Parish: Born in Taiwan, Agape Deng arrived in Ireland from the US
New to the Parish: Krzysiek and Iwa Wisniewski arrived from Poland in 2006
New to the Parish: Rwandan who arrived in 2013 is grateful to Ireland
New to the Parish: Evgeny Shtorn arrived from Russia in 2018
New to the Parish: Miriam Kaczor arrived from Poland in 2008
New to the Parish: HaiYing Huang arrived from China in 2002
New to the Parish: Filip Klubicka arrived in Ireland in August 2017
New to the Parish: Daniela Kocis-Fitzgerald arrived from Romania in 2009
New to the Parish: Daniela Vindisova from Slovakia came to Ireland in 2016
Stories of 2018: New to the Parish, Swathi Sasidharan arrived from India in 2005
New to the Parish: Norbert Nkengurutse arrived from Burundi in 2016
New to the Parish: Sibusisiwe (Busie) Mhlophe arrived from Zimbabwe in 2017
Hermon Tsegay is happy in Ireland but critical of a system that left her in limbo
New to the Parish: Bulelani Mfaco arrived from South Africa in 2015
New to the Parish: Christian Dirocie arrived from the Dominican Republic in 2014
Wojciech and Monika Kostka arrived from Poland in 2005 and have settled in Arklow
Anderson Leahy arrived from Brazil in 2013, and married his Irish boyfriend three years later
New to the Parish: Solomon Kong arrived to study accounting and finance in 2015. Settling in Ireland was not straightforward especially when it came to accommodation
New to the Parish: Karen Mukasa arrived from Uganda in 2015
New to the Parish: Tayan Gaedi arrived from Iraqi Kurdistan in 2005
New to the Parish: Senthil Kumar Ramasamy arrived in Waterford from India in 2000
New to the Parish: Rosemary Kunene arrived from Swaziland in 2014
New to the Parish: José Muñoz arrived in Ireland in 2016
New to the Parish: Houda Zghidi arrived from Tunisia in 2014
New to the Parish: Imani Tutu arrived from Tanzania in 2014
New to the Parish: Osama Abou Hajar arrived from Syria via Lebanon in 2014
Aradhana Ghai, from Kenya, moved to Dublin in 2014. When her father died three years later, her young son helped her cope
New to the Parish: Henrique Peinado arrived from Brazil in 2006
New to the Parish: When a Polish woman moved to Wexford and started driving lessons, she acquired more than a licence
New to the Parish: Salah Haddad arrived from Libya via Jordan in 1998 and became an Irish citizen in 2003
New to the Parish: Ljiljana Matkovic arrived from Croatia in 2015
New to the Parish: Asim Mumtaz arrived from Pakistan in 2000
New to the Parish: Chef and entrepreneur Athula Kuruppu Arachchi arrived from Sri Lanka in 2005
Vitor Ferreira arrived from Portugal in 2002
Takashi Miyazaki arrived in Ireland from Japan in 2008
New To The Parish: After over 100 articles in this series, Sorcha Pollak revisited 14 stories for her book
New to the Parish: Vekash Manzoor Khokhar arrived from Pakistan in 2015
New to the parish: Samira and Sara Kaissi arrived from Lebanon in 2017
Judy Li arrived from China in 2004. Her husband died in 2015 and she is grateful for the support she has received
New to the Parish: Fadielah Moses arrived from South Africa in 2013
New to the Parish: Lukeman Owolabi arrived from Nigeria via UK and Sweden in 2015
New to the Parish: The South African-born Richardt Strauss on ‘clean’ Ireland and surviving a major health scare
New to the Parish: Caroline Munyi arrived from Kenya in 2007
Serge Kanyamuhanga arrived from the Congo via Uganda in 2013
New to the Parish: Homayoon Shirzad arrived to Ireland from Afghanistan in 2016
New to the Parish: Mariarita Arenella arrived from Italy in 2013
New to the Parish: Singer Janneke van Nijnanten arrived from the Netherlands in 2011 and is a fan of the Irish music scene
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