If there is one message to take from Angela's Ashes and its sequel 'Tis, the sentimental 'record' of Frank McCourt's Dublin childhood and subsequent move to the US, it is that if you are unlucky enough to be born in Ireland, you have to get out as soon as you can and head West. Unlike other migrant communities, the Irish tended not to return - until now. The 'Celtic Tiger', the boom that transformed the economy from a rural outpost of Europe to one with more immigrants than emigrants, demands a new chapter in Irish history.
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