The Forgotten Irish

Recently, TV3, an Irish television channel broadcast a series of documentaries, titled The Forgotten Irish about the unfortunate plight of the now elderly Irish people who emigrated from Ireland to the UK in the 1940’s and 1950’s and who are now living out their lives in terrible conditions.

My father emigrated to the UK in 1946 and luckily enough was able to return to Ireland in 1975. I was invited to talk on two chat shows about the programme as my parents kept these men in boarding houses in Liverpool.
I am hopeful that we can raise a large amount of money to cater for these people. We would like to help the following charities;

Safe-Home Ireland, is a charity run by Dr. Jerry Cowley and is located at the St Brendan’s Village Centre in Mulranny, Co. Mayo. They organize the return of older Irish people to live out their lives in their assisted living centre. We want to help them add an extension to cater for the demand there is from people using the facilities. At present, the organization has 1,037 people on a waiting list to return home to Ireland.

The Ireland Fund of Great Britain, which is running the Forgotten Irish Campaign in Great Britain, launched by Peter Sutherland 2007 and offers places of sanctuary and help for the old and lonely Irish people across the UK.