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The Ireland’s links with Barbados run deep

The Prime Minister of Barbados Mia Mottley has officially opened the nation’s embassy on Baggot...

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09.45 12 May 2026


The Ireland’s links with Barbados run deep


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09.45 12 May 2026


The Prime Minister of Barbados Mia Mottley has officially opened the nation’s embassy on Baggot Street in Dublin.  Ireland’s links with this Caribbean nation run deep, with thousands of our forefathers being forcibly sent to Barbados four hundred years ago, to serve as indentured servants. 

Writer, Academic and Filmmaker, Professor Bríona Nic Dhiarmada told the story of the Irish in Barbados.


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