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The fifth in a series of documentaries by Lorelei Harris investigating immigration to Ireland in the early 1990's.
The Fusco family moved to Ireland in the 1960's. Angelo Fusco first went to Caracas in 1953 and worked as an electrician in a factory. The weather was too hot for him and the working hours were too long. He decided to move to to Belfast, but moved to Dublin. Connie came to Ireland in 1951 at age 17. Her aunt was like a second mother to her and she was already living in Ireland. Angelo married Connie in March 1962, after meeting not long before that. They set up their first fish and chip shop in Rialto, Dublin.
Angelo, Connie and Philomena Fusco, their 23 year old daughter describe their lives and the community of Italians in Dublin. Most of the first immigrants came from the Lazio region in Italy from a valley called Valle di Camino.
A lot of cousins came to join the Fuscos in Ireland and the Borza family also moved and opened their own fish and chip shop. These thriving businesses brought cod, plaice, haddock, whiting, scampi accompanied by a bag of crispy golden chips to the people of Dublin.
Produced by Lorelei Harris
First Broadcast 1991.
An Irish radio documentary from RTÉ Radio 1, Ireland - Documentary on One - the home of Irish radio documentaries.