How the South African War transformed nationalist politics across Ireland’s global diaspora In 1899, the British Empire embarked on a deeply controversial war against two small Boer Republics in South Africa. To many Irish nationalists, the Boers were fellow victims
When people migrate, they often perform social and cultural rituals along the way. The idea of rites of passage helps us understand these moments in the process of migration in new and meaningful ways. Rituals of Migration offers snapshots of
Damian Shiels’s Green and Blue explores Irish American service in the United States military by analyzing the written correspondence of ordinary rank-and-file soldiers drawn from across the Union’s armed forces. Using a vast and largely untapped collection of letters penned by Irish
Bringing John McGahern’s 1965 masterpiece back into print in the United States after years of inaccessibility, this new sixtieth-anniversary critical edition includes an introduction aimed at first-time readers, explanatory footnotes, McGahern’s own glossary, and four scholarly essays aimed at guiding
In the first book-length study of Paula Meehan, one of Ireland’s leading contemporary poets emerges as an original voice whose perspectives on gender, class, and ecology are transforming the Irish literary landscape and beyond. Drawing on her own lived experience
The classical Bildungsroman charted an idealized path of human development—the harmonization of individual desires with societal norms in the formation of a well-rounded, liberal subject. But what happens when this Enlightenment blueprint for self-cultivation runs up against the particularities of
This book tells the story of Sligo’s presence in the work of W.B. Yeats and his family through images of their work and commentary that opens new ways of understanding Yeats’s poetry. It incorporates paintings and drawings by John Butler
Irish Materialisms: The Nonhuman and the Making of Colonial Ireland, 1690-1830, is the first book to apply recent trends in new materialist criticism to Ireland. Each of the chapters engages a focused case study of an everyday object in colonial Ireland
Capturing O’Neill is a digital humanities site featuring dedication pages by Capt. Francis O’Neill in his books of Irish traditional music, signed by the author, presented to contextualize 1900s life in Irish America. The 75+ dedication pages in Capturing O’Neill
Holy wells with miraculous healing qualities and resident supernatural beings are the focus of ritual and lore around the globe. Ireland’s holy wells include springs, lakes, and ponds with patron saints, specialized cures, and localized customs related to the site’s