“In London, you could stand in a pub all night and no one would talk to you. In Ireland, everyone would talk to you,” says Mulligan, who visits the London Irish Centre in Camden three times a week. New IrishYounger Irish emigrants are more likely to meet through social media than at the local Irish pub. Despite the influx of new Irish after Ireland’s economic crash in 2008, the Irish population in the UK is rapidly ageing, and more likely to live alone. The London Irish Centre in Camden, established in 1954, offers a range of services such as befriending groups, hardship grants and welfare advice.

Source: The Irish Times July 20, 2019 04:30 UTC