文档介绍：The Irish International Diaspora Centre
Carlisle Pier Dun Laoghaire Harbour Dublin
Information Memorandum
Dun Laoghaire pany
September 2011
“This has never been a rich or powerful
country, and yet since earliest times, its
influence on the world has been rich and
powerful. No larger nation did more to keep
Christianity and Western culture alive in
their darkest centuries. No larger nation did
more to spark the cause of independence
in America, indeed, around the world. And
no larger nation has ever provided the
world with more literary and artistic genius”
President John F. Kennedy,
Dail Eireann, June 1963
Vision & Purpose
Our vision is to create a world-class Irish International Diaspora Centre
where entertainment, technology and bine in celebration
memoration of the achievements and experiences of the 70
million Irish Diaspora.
The purpose of this Information Memorandum is to seek contributions
towards the seed capital fund of €2 million to enable the project to
move onto the main stage of development.
Irish International Diaspora Centre Information Memorandum September 2011
Dun Laoghaire Harbour, 1845
Contents
1 The Irish Diaspora 15 Forging Cultural & Economic Linkages
3 Ireland’s Contribution to the World 17 Design & Location
4 The Vision 19 Finance & Funding
9 Inward Migration 23 Development Team
11 Past Cultural Exchange 25 Getting Started
Irish International Diaspora Centre Information Memorandum September 2011
Far left: James Joyce
Clockwise from top centre: Arthur Guinness; William
Butler Yeats; Samuel Beckett; Ernest Walton
The Irish Diaspora
Scale & Impact
The dispersal of the Irish throughout the world and their Some of the better known of the Irish Diaspora include:
contribution to the economies and cultures of those
lands is one of the defining elements of our nation’s • John F Kennedy, former US President;
past and present. The Irish Diaspora, or scattering, is
estimated to be in excess of 70 million peo