By the early 1970’s, “the Italians were by far, the biggest foreign community in this country”. Italian names and businesses were “redolent of youth in Dublin”. Fantastic clip about the history of the Italian community in ireland
By the early 1970’s, “the Italians were by far, the biggest foreign community in this country”. Italian names and businesses were “redolent of youth in Dublin”. Fantastic clip about the history of the Italian community in ireland
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The older wave Italian community is so well established that there’s nothing really Italian about them anymore except their surnames. Went to school with a Magliocco and a Nardone, and they were pure Dubs.
Think their grandparents or great-grandparents came over to run chippers or something like that.
Scap the rat
My Nonno and Nonna are in the full documentary and I always well up seeing them so young. I’d watch another equivalent of another community if anyone knows one.
My grandas, granny was from Italy she lived on the old lodge road and spoke perfect Irish.