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About the Project

The Imirce digital collection makes thousands of Irish emigrant letters and life stories from North America available to researchers and the public alike.
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Explore the Irish emigrant dataset using our interactive visualisations that illustrate how the collection has grown and evolved over time.
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The Imirce team is committed to continuing the work of Kerby Miller and his colleagues by collecting and transcribing Irish emigrant letters and life stories and adding them to the database.
Do you have letters or a life story to contribute to the collection?