Arlington House is a large hostel for single men in Camden Town. It has been home to many thousands of workers, poets and visionaries over the 105 years of its long history. Among those who have spent the night under its Victorian gothic roof are George Orwell, Brendan Behan, Ho Chi Min and Patrick Kavanagh… Read More
“JOSEPH STALIN stayed in a Rowton House in 1907. Jack London and George Orwell both wrote of these workingmen’s hostels. Arlington House, the last and the biggest of them, was built by the philanthropist Lord Rowton in Camden in 1905, and has been home to more Irish labourers than any other building outside the Emerald Isle, an Irish charity… Read More
The ferry companies were making hay in this sunshine unclouded by invisible dust particles and scalped us almost £100 per head for the privilege. It was the same old Ullyses though, no gold handrails on the stairs from the car deck or goose-feather down on the bunks, nor did we travel via the Mediterranean or… Read More
‘I started work at 14 in a toy factory in Dublin where they used to make furniture for dolls houses. Well, my father was making a dolls house for my younger sister at nights and me and a friend thought that we would rob some bits of dolls furniture from the factory to put in… Read More
We crossed over to Dublin early in December into freezing fog and flooded fields. After breakfast at the always friendly and amazingly generous Collins’s café for freezing emigrants in Portmarnock we were fed and rested after a stressful journey and then headed off into white-out. Niamh Collins and her family always provide an exceptional breakfast… Read More
Aisling Return to Ireland Project is organising another annual comedy benefit night to be held on Dec 6th at the Bloomsbury Ballroom, Victoria House, 37-63 Bloomsbury Square, London WC1B. Tickets are £20 and available from Eventelephant This is the 12th annual charity show organised by Aisling patron Ardal O’Hanlon and Noel Faulkener of the Comedy… Read More
Aisling Support Worker Charlie Conquest & Cian McLaughlin [left] with Cian’s painting of ‘Pops Johnny’ which was auctioned at the Molesworth St. Gallery in Dublin on 28th November raising euro15,000 for Aisling. Recently, Cian visited the Aisling offices in London to present the cheque, and copies of his paintings… Aisling would like to thanks Cian… Read More
“Good morning, I was out for Saint Patrick’s day in Dublin yesterday and had the pleasure of meeting client’s of yours with John, I think his surname was Glynn….it was the first time in my life I was truly touched by a charity or organisation such as your own. My friends took some photos of… Read More
Sometimes things go just right. There is no way of knowing how or when the world is about to turn to our advantage but when it does the wheels on the wagon turn smoother and everyone’s smiles are broader. Well almost everyone. Margaret has had a tough life and there seems to be no sign… Read More
Outside the Irish Centre in Camden we were loading up the minibuses with the returnees who had arrived for the trip to Kerry. We were already half an hour late and four of the clients and one volunteer worker were missing. We asked around the group if anyone had seen the missing lads recently, Donie… Read More
