Coral Atkinson > Biography > Emigration | |||
EmigrationThe 1950s were a difficult and impoverished time for Ireland. The government was conservative and ultra-Catholic, and unemployment was high; thousands of people emigrated. Coral’s father, Cyril, had never settled back into Dublin life after his experiences as an officer in the British army during the Second World War. Offered a chance to take early retirement from his job in the Bank of Ireland, he decided to accept and move with his family to New Zealand.
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