- Hi, I'm Clare and welcome back to my YouTube channel.
If you are new here,
I'm an Irish YouTuber living in Ireland.
And if you are not new here,
you will know that I didn't always live in Ireland
and that I previously emigrated to Australia.
An Irish person emigrating to Australia;
what a new and unusual concept.
Around six years ago, maybe seven, I emigrated to Australia.
I wanted to live somewhere that wasn't Ireland.
I wanted to see what it was like.
It was definitely an experience.
I had a number of experiences.
While I was over there I made YouTube videos
about how much I missed home,
about what I missed from home.
Listening to hailstones outside when you're in bed.
Irish music and Irish folks.
Just cruising on Grafton Street.
Road trips with Stellar magazine,
Meanies and the Soul Doctors.
♪ When the joyous country came at land ♪
- Spoiler alert: a lot of food items.
Old Irish sweet shops that sell Apple Drops, Vanshibons,
Snacks, Hunky Dorys.
I realize that most Irish videos are food-based,
but I really, really like food.
Sue me.
And just a short year after I emigrated in the first place,
I un-emigrated home.
I arrived home unannounced and surprised
all my friends and family by showing up at their door.
Hi dad.
- Oh Jesus, I don't believe it.
- Un-emigrating can be a big decision and it is costly.
Luckily just before I came home I actually won $5,000
in the Australian version of a local GAA club raffle.
Why am I telling you this?
Our friends at Currency Fair are currently running
a competition for Irish people who are living abroad
and want the opportunity to come home
and set their life back up here.
The Come Home Relocation Package worth 30,000 euros
goes towards the cost of returning home.
For example a year's worth of accommodation,
car insurance, flights, et cetera.
To enter this competition,
all you have to do is tell Currency Fair
why this time is right for you to un-emigrate.
Head to currencyfair.com/comehome
or click the link down below in my description.
I recently went back to Australia to play tag rugby
in the Tag Rugby World Cup.
I would describe it as a bittersweet experience.
Oh my God, it's nap time.
- [Man] And Paddy Markets puked on you.
(laughs)
- I'm not a tourist.
- [Man] Like a tourist.
Interesting.
- We visited the places I lived, we did Bondi Coogee walk.
And I really got a chance to reminisce about the time
that I've been living there.
I absolutely loved living in Australia and I had a fantastic
year away but it was very, very far from home.
I was constantly aware of how fat away I was
from all of my friends and family.
I loved the experiences I had over there
but longterm, I don't want to be anywhere but home.
Some of the biggest reasons I'm glad I un-emigrated
is what's happened to me in my life since I un-emigrated.
We got our own house.
Shortly after we got our house together
I brought home a dog.
Millie.
Sun's out tongues out.
About a year after we got our dog,
we went on a staycation around Ireland.
We did the Ring of Kerry.
I have a couple of videos up on it.
Absolutely brilliant holiday.
Would recommend.
Halfway through it, on a beach, taking a photo,
Alex dropped to one knee.
Around 18 months after he dropped to one knee,
we got married, we got married in Mount Druid in Westmeath
which was the most perfect venue for me and for us.
It was so relaxed.
It was glamping.
There was sheep around the place.
It was the best day of my life.
Seriously though Alex, we have grown up together.
We're both different people than when we met.
We are both better people because of each other.
I'm a smarter, funnier, more capable person.
(crowd laughing)
I'm so glad that we got married at home in Ireland.
And having all of our friends and family
come from all over Ireland to celebrate with us.
Oh, it was such a good day.
Career wise, I ended up working in a big YouTube Channel
here in Ireland.
After that was over, I got onto the Try channel.
I was asked to be in front of the camera
on Try Channel as a result.
And I love making Try Channel videos.
For any of you who follow the Try Channel, I am over there
in some of the videos.
Have a look.
Don't brain shame me.
(laughs)
And not to mention the fact that I can now get Apple Drops
whenever I want.
To summarize, un-emigrating when I did was the single
best decision that I ever made.
My life has just grown exponentially better
ever since I made that decision.
If the time is right for you to make that decision
and come home, head to currencyfair.com/comehome
to be in with your chance to win
the Come Home Relocation Package worth 30,000 euros.
Okay, bye, buh-bye, bye.
Buh-bye, bye, bye.
Bye, bye.
(upbeat music)