Kimberly Brady from Michigan, USA has planted her roots in Cootehill since 2014. Kimberly Brady talks about what it was like growing up in a multicultural community, and her mother who was a Native American – Ogala Lakota—part of the Great Sioux Nation. She…

Venezuelan jeweller Gabriela Romero finds love in Cavan town. Gabriela Romero Saez de Ibarra from Venezuela moved to Ireland in 2022 for love. A beautician back home, she also lived in Costa Rica for 20 years and is now a jeweller in…

Globe trotter Christopher Williams sets up shop in Longford. Christopher Williams traveled the world from a very early age. Born in Lisburn, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, his father uprooted him, his brother and mother to Malaysia for a 2-year job opportunity. Chris finished…

Petya Racheva from Bulgaria believes mastering the English language in Cavan helped her in many ways. Petya Racheva from Gabrovo, Bulgaria came to visit a friend in Ireland in 2007 but stayed for longer than she thought. A barmaid back in her hometown, she…

Marta Pasiecszny from Poland shares her fitness skills in Longford. Marta Pasiecszny described what it was like growing up in Poland where she studied chemical technology but chose to become a professional fitness instructor. She took advanced English lessons after visiting…

Odette Francis from South Africa shares how accountancy brought her to Longford, Leitrim and Cavan. Odette Francis from Durban, South Africa talkes about growing up with English as her first language and the influences of her Portuguese father and her mother who…

Maruska Albanese makes Cavan town her third home. Italian Maruska Albanese talked about her Milanese culture, what the fashion capital is known for and what it was like moving to Cavan to join her son who was an exchange student learning English…

Spanish artist Raquel Montero Calero finds home in the creative community in Cavan. Raquel Montero Calero described what it was like growing up in Cordoba, Spain and how she discovered the artist in her at an early age. She lived in…

Mia Bi from Yunnan, China sets up shop in Longford. A minority ethnic woman from Mai Ye, Yunnan in rural China, Mia Yong Fen Bi met her Northern Irish husband in a tea shop she owned in Beijing on a Chinese Dragon Boat…

Daniel Duggan from Hertfordshire, England finds his way to Cavan Town. Born and raised in Hemel Hempstead, Daniel Duggan had Irish parents from West Cork who migrated to Hertfordshire in the 60’s where he was surrounded by many migrant Irish families. With…