Polish teacher Aneta Safiak plants her roots in Ireland when stillborn daughter gets buried in Longford cemetery.
Aneta Safiak shares what it was like growing up in the multicultural city of Wroclaw at then communist country of Poland, how she learned how to speak English from an American friend, and how it felt to be one of four who completed a male-dominated course in Political Science and Human Rights. She was a member of the Irish Admiration Society, fell in love with Irish poetry and moved to Longford with her husband. She worked at a pharmaceutical company then became the first Polish Information Officer at Citizens Information Service, and also got a job as an English teacher. She permanently planted her roots after burying their stillborn child at Longford Cemetery. She is now a full-time carer for her ailing son and has two lovely rainbow daughters. She advises migrants not to expect paradise when they come to Ireland, that they should work very hard and learn the language by integrating in the community, and not depend on translations.
