I emigrated to New York in 1993. I was 20 years old. I carried two suitcases, $500 and a notebook of poems I had scribbled in secret. The vehicle that got me from Ashbourne in Co Meath to Manhattan was a modeling contract. I wanted to go to college after secondary school, but that was … Continue reading I Thought I Was ready To Leave America. 2017 Changed My Mind. | By Carmel McMahon