Since the eighteenth century, landscape has played complex psychological and political roles in the narrative of Irishness, entailing questions of memory, family, home, exile, and forgiveness. In Stepping through Origins, Holdridge explores the interplay of these concepts in literature. For
Colm Ó Caodháin: An Irish singer and his world by Ríonach uí Ógáin One of the most sought after aspects of Irish vernacular culture is traditional song. Access to earlier recordings is a way to ensure the best understanding and
The Irish-language and Irish-language literature is a central facet of Galway city’s folklore, heritage and legacy. This anthology of prose and poetry gives an overview of how poets and writers interpreted, imagined and understood Galway city. Within these writings the
Routledge International Handbook of Irish Studies begins with the reversal in Irish fortunes after the 2008 global economic crash. The chapters included address not only changes in post-Celtic Tiger Ireland but also changes in disciplinary approaches to Irish Studies that
For more than 150 years, individuals have traveled the Irish countryside to document the songs, music, and stories shared by communities. As technologies and methodologies have advanced, from pen and paper to tape recorders and video cameras, the task of
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Translated for the first time Ireland [1913] looks at what was happening in Ireland on the eve of World War I. In 1913, the ‘Irish Question’ was hotly discussed in European capitals because on the eve of the Great War, the
Approximately 150,000 Irish officers and men joined the British Army during the First World War. What happened to them when they returned home? What determining role (if any) did they play? Most importantly, did they fall victims of selective revolutionary
This book offers a representative sampling of the still mostly unknown poetry by Romantic-era Irish women. It represents most of the period’s active poets by multiple (rather than only a few) works, demonstrating the diversity and the subject range of
With characteristic lawlessness and connection to the common man, the figure of the rogue commanded the world of Irish fiction from 1660 to 1790. During this period of development for the Irish novel, this archetypal figure appears over and over
After the December 1918 General Elections, Dáil Éireann mandated Irish delegates to represent Ireland at the Peace Conference in Paris. Seán T. Ó’Ceallaigh and George Gavan Duffy wrote to the French President and reasserted Ireland’s claims for sovereignty and self