Irish Heart, Coventry Home Gallery
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Irish Heart, Coventry Home’ an Oral History exhibition, tells the true experience of Irish families settling in Coventry over three decades from their point of view.
More than 50 people who moved to the city from Ireland between 1940 and 1970 feature in a 30 minute documentary put together by the society, who spent hundreds of hours with interviewees in an effort to get across their story on moving to a different country.
In addition, many photographs and personal items were displayed at the Herbert Art Gallery for one month.
The Charity is delighted that we were able to display the exhibition in Cork City Hall for an additional month in September 2018.
The ‘Irish Heart, Coventry Homes’ project was supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund as well as Cork City Council, the Deeley Group, and Coventry City Council, with a six strong steering group helping to bring the exhibition together alongside Project Officer Ciaran Davis.
The ‘Irish Heart, Coventry Home’ exhibition will be relaunched at our new offices in Eaton House in time for our St Patrick’s Day Festival 2023.
Look out for our Festival Programme for full details.
Simon McCarthy, CEO/Manager of the Coventry Irish Society, said:
“We are incredibly excited to be able to tell the fascinating and true story of so many people who have contributed massively to the culture, infrastructure, and history of Coventry after moving from Ireland between 1940 and 1970.
“The most successful element of the project has been the breadth of our interviewees.
“We have spoken to a wide variety of people including poets, builders, teachers, musicians and more.
“Furthermore, we are pleased to have involved so many female interviewees.
“Women are sometimes left out of narratives of Irish migration, even though they came to England.”
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