Introduction This piece began life as part of my MA in Fashion Knitwear at Nottingham Trent University, where we were encouraged to research a theme that spoke deeply to who we are and where we come from. My chosen thread was Culture and Identity — an exploration of how belonging is shaped, expressed, and sometimes divided across places and generations. In developing this project, I found myself drawn to my roots, and the Irish diaspora in England — to that familiar tension

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