Irish America in the 1950s

Dublin Festival of Books presents one of a series of presentations on this year's One City One Book—John Banville’s Christine Falls . While most of the action takes place in the gloomy streets of 1950s Dublin, it intersects with a parallel storyline set in Boston. What does that tell us about the post-war Irish-American experience? What were Irish-American perceptions of the ‘old country’—and vice versa? Join Tommy Graham ( History Ireland ) in discussion with Dan Mulhall (former Irish Ambassador to the US), Bernadette Whelan (University of Limerick) and Michael Kenned y (Documents on Irish Foreign Policy). One City One Book is an annual Dublin City Council festival, led by Dublin City Libraries and Dublin UNESCO City of Literature, and supported by the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport.

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Irish America in the 1950s is an episode from History Ireland by alanheadstuff.

This episode is 54:54 long.

This episode was published on Apr 17, 2026.

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