The website, was set up to collect Irish American stories.

If you have an Irish American story to tell, send it in. If you do not have a story, would you know someone who does? For over one hundred and fifty years thousands of Irish people have moved to the US, yet little is known about the experiences that they had along the way. The Irish are known as storytellers, so here is your chance to write to write a short story.

So what kind of stories?

Stories of coincidence/luck/love/sport/hardship/travel/family/success/ your families journey in America. We are looking for stories from all walks of life and all ages. If you have a personal story or one about a relative/ friend/ colleague that you would like to share, please send it in. Sometimes, the most interesting stories are about the average persons journey in life - the challenges and opportunities that arise. To safeguard these stories we are offering people the opportunity to upload them here for posterity and for the enjoyment of others.

About the Irish American Story Project

The website was set up by Brian Reynolds(me), I grew up in Dublin, but spent a few years in the US. I was always interested in the stories people told me about their families moving from Ireland to to the US, and I thought it would be interesting to set up a website to capture Irish American stories.

This current website was set up in January 2008, and the site has featured in the Irish Times and The Irish Voice. I would like to thank all the writers who have contributed. On the left hand side you will see the stories categorised by Theme, or when they were posted, and also the most recent posts. So click on a few stories, browse the website and enjoy it. If you have an interesting story, please feel free to post it. If you find a story you like in the recent posts, you can email it to a friend.

NOTE: If you are writing a story on the site, write it in a word document first and then copy and paste in to the 'post new story', its easier that way.

When posting your story, you will be asked for your name and email address. A poster asked me if I use the email addresses for any mailing lists etc. The answer is no. I do not keep a database of email addresses. The reason for the email requirment is to avoid spam, and too make sure the story is coming from a person and not a piece of spam software.

If you have any feedback, comments let me know. All feedback and comments are welcome, so let me know who to improve this site

We are also on Facebook under Irishamerican storyproject, feel free to join.

Thank you for taking time out to stop by this website.

Regards,

Brian Reynolds

September 2008