**Apologies, registration full**

EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum will host UCD PhD candidate, Fiona Slevin, as she explores the post-famine economic and social landscape of rural Ireland.

By using examples of letters home and other primary sources, this talk will assess the monetary and social value of emigrant remittances back to Ireland and their impact on family circumstance and the local Irish economy in the post-famine years. Spurring chain emigration and becoming an essential part of household income, foreign-earned cash became instrumental in Rural Irish economy and society at the time.

Note: Limited spaces, booking essential.