'Settling back'? A biographical and life-course perspective on Ireland's recent return migration

Irish Geography

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 195-210

  N ́iLaoire, Caitríona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Biographical approach; Ireland; Life course transitions; Narratives; Return migration

Indexed keywords

BIOGRAPHY; CROSS-BORDER RELATIONS; EMIGRATION; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; LIFE CYCLE; RETURN MIGRATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 48449096442     PISSN: 00750778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00750770802076968     Document Type: Article

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