Leaving Dublin

10 October 2012

 Personal stories of Irish migrants captured in photographic exhibition

The Immigration Museum's latest exhibition Leaving Dublin: Photographs by David Monahan showcases the stories of Irish migrants who have departed their homeland over the last three years to seek new lives in Australia and elsewhere, in numbers not seen since the dark days of Irish migration following the Great Famine of the 1800s.                          

The stories are told through more than 30 poignant, large-scale photographs taken by Dublin-based photographer, David Monahan. They capture the sense of adventure, excitement, hope, sadness and anxiety of those leaving their home country, in the hope of a better life.

Today's Irish migrants are from a generation considered to be one of the nation's most privileged, having enjoyed the successes of the country's economic boom in the mid-1990s and then experienced the current recession that has left many unemployed and largely in debt.

Leaving Dublin: Photographs by David Monahan will run from 26 October 2012 to 25 August 2013 at the Immigration Museum, 400 Flinders Street, Melbourne.

The exhibition is free with museum entry (adults - $10, children and concessions - free).

Details:  http://museumvictoria.com.au/immigrationmuseum