Postcards from the past – messages of love, loss and home from Irish diasporaUniversity project showcases online collection of messages sent to and from America in 1900sSome of the cards from the Imirce Collection at the University of Galway Library. Photo: Aengus McMahonKathy Donaghy Yesterday at 06:30If a picture paints a thousand words, the postcards sent by people in Ireland to their loved ones in the US in the 1900s speak volumes: stories of love, longing, loss and home.

Source: Irish Independent March 20, 2026 13:14 UTC