Irish Nurses in the NHS

An oral history

Louise Ryan, Gráinne McPolin and Neha Doshi

“A new book reveals how Irish nurses helped build Britain’s National Health Service … Irish Nurses in the NHS: An Oral History explains how a generation of mostly young women left rural homes when they were just 18 to move to post-war Britain for hospital training and jobs … The book’s authors – Louise Ryan, Grainne McPolin and Neha Doshi – record how Irish toil helped to build a British institution.” Irish Daily Mirror

“Using rich oral history and photography … [this book is] a treasure trove for the family historian … This wonderful social study explores their life experiences as nurses and as Irish migrants in British society which, was generally speaking welcoming and accommodating, but certainly not without its challenges.” Ireland’s Genealogical Gazette