We Dance Together Mini Version

The following unique story comes printed as part of the piece:

Emigrant: Seamus Mc Dermot

Seamus Mc Dermot was born in Manorhamilton, Co leitrim and now Lives in Forest gate, London.  Seamus moved to London in 1969 when he was aged 22 he is now aged 71. He came from a farming background but left because he could could not get work at home.London has been very good to him overall. One regret he has is renting a shared room on his first week in London, as his room mate stole all the money he had brought over from Ireland. Seamus managed to get back on his feet and enjoyed going to the dances in his early London days, he danced with another Irish lady one night, they went onto marry and had two children but in 1989 his wife died of cancer and Seamus brought up the kids on his own after. 

Seamus told me about memories of growing up on the farm and helping his father on the land. He still enjoys writing home to his family in Ireland. But when i asked Seamus what the word home mean’t to him said “ Home is with my wife and children and in the end I would like to be buried with my wife in London”