Ireland's global workforce

摘要

The writer James Joyce was unique in many ways, but when he left Ireland in 1904, he was joining a tradition of expatriate Irish writers. Difficulty publishing at home in what was then a conservative country was one reason for his departure: in his 1912 poem, "Gas from a burner", he referred to Ireland as "This lovely land that always sent Her writers and artists to banishment." But Joyce also declared that after his death "Dublin" would be found inscribed on his heart. Today the word "Joyce" is in turn inscribed in Ireland's own heritage.