Museum to tell story of the diaspora

Emigration is a story that has defined countless generations of Irish, so it’s incredible that a museum has never been established to tell the story of the diaspora for Irish tourists. Until now, that is.

In little over six weeks time, a multimedia museum, funded entirely by an Irish emigrant and former CEO of Coca Cola, will open in the vaults beneath the iconic 19th century CHQ building on Dublin’s docklands.

Epic Ireland is the brainchild of Neville Isdell, who left Co Down with his parents for Zambia in the mid-1950s and became the chairman and CEO of Coca Cola. He long believed his Irishness “opened doors” for him in his life and Epic Ireland is his opportunity to give something back.