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Thu 08 Aug 2006Finding home turfThousands of people migrated from the west to harvest the bogs of the Midlands. Writer Jack Harte's family was among them and he recalls the summers of back-breaking workWhile I was visiting my mother's house in Lanesboro, Co Longford, a few years ago, a young aspiring politician called to the door canvassing for an upcoming election. I asked him what his platform was, and he replied that he wanted to get rid of the economic migrants. I laughed. "You have come to the wrong shop so, because we came here as economic migrants too."