University of Galway launches online archive of historical Irish emigrant letters from America

AN ONLINE archive comprising thousands of letters sent from North America by Irish emigrants has been launched by the University of Galway. The Imirce project includes around 7,000 letters, running to more than 150,000 documents, along with other important historical papers, with some dating back to the late 1600s. Launched on Friday, the archive was

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