Eimer Kernan, Interview by Meg Cathcart and Marisa Dixon, 17 April 2018
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- Title:
- Eimer Kernan, Interview by Meg Cathcart and Marisa Dixon, 17 April 2018
- Date:
- 2018
- Interviewer:
- Marisa Dixon;Meg Cathcart
- Interviewee:
- Eimer Kernan
- Description:
- Eimer Kernan discusses her experience as an Irish immigrant. She is the youngest of five siblings from Dublin, and first came to the States in the late seventies on a J1 visa, then later came to live here full-time with her American husband. She has worked as a clinician, researcher, teacher, and consultant for thirty years. She comments on the difference in diversity between Ireland and the States, stating that Ireland is very homogenous, especially when compared to the States, and discusses how she “dials” herself back into Irish culture whenever she returns to Ireland. On religion, she remarks that she found the Catholic church restricting from an early age, so she feels that Catholicism, and religion in general, is not a part of her identity, though it did play a role in her upbringing in Ireland. She speaks specifically to her experience as a woman with a career, and of the difficulties that women face in trying to balance work and family. Above all, she maintains her identity as “Irish-Irish,” and considers herself “a bicoastal dual citizen.”
- Collection Title:
- Irish Heritage Oral History Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- College of Charleston Libraries
- Media Type:
- Oral Histories
- Note:
- Eimer Kernan, the youngest of five siblings from Dublin, discusses her experience as an Irish immigrant. She first came to the United States in the late 1970s on a J-1 visa, then later came to live here full-time with her American husband. She has worked as a clinician, researcher, teacher, and consultant for thirty years. She comments on the difference in diversity between Ireland and the States, stating that Ireland is very homogenous when compared to the States, and discusses how she “dials” herself back into Irish culture whenever she returns to Ireland. On religion, she remarks that she found the Catholic Church restricting from an early age. She feels that Catholicism, and religion in general, is not a part of her identity, though it did play a role in her upbringing in Ireland. She speaks specifically of her experience as a woman with a career and of the difficulties that women face in trying to balance work and family. Above all, she maintains her identity as “Irish-Irish,” and considers herself “a bicoastal dual citizen.”
- Personal or Corporate Subject:
- Catholic Church
- Topical Subject:
- Irish, Communities, Emigration and immigration, and Immigrant experience
- Geographic Subject:
- Charleston (S.C.) and Dublin (Ireland)
- S.C. County:
- Charleston County (S.C.)
- Language:
- English
- Date Digital:
- 2018-04
- Digitization Specifications:
- Mp3 derivative audio created with Audacity software. Archival masters are wav files.
- Internet Media Type:
- audio/mpeg
- Copyright Status Statement:
- Copyright © College of Charleston Libraries
- Access Statement:
- All rights reserved. For more information contact Special Collections at College of Charleston Libraries, 66 George St., Charleston, SC 29424.
- Admin ID:
- 220862
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