Are the Irish Different?

Tom Inglis is Professor of Sociology at University College Dublin

• 1. Introduction – Tom Inglis2. Irishness and nationalisms – Siniša Maleševic´3. Where is Ireland in the worlds of capitalism? – Seán Ó Riain4. Just another bubble economy? – Denis O’Hearn5. A Catholic vision of Ireland – Bryan Fanning6. The Irish political elite – Kieran Allen7. The Irish family – different or not? – Tony Fahey8. Single women in story and society – Anne Byrne9. The Irish body – Tom Inglis10. Sexual abuse and the Catholic Church – Marie Keenan11. The difference between Irish and American Catholicism – Michele Dillon12. Postcolonial legacies and the Irish psyche – Geraldine Moane13. Thinking about Ireland and the Irish diaspora – Mary J. Hickman14. Being Irish and male in Britain – Mairtin Mac an Ghaill and Chris Haywood15. The new Irish and the Irish nation – Bryan Fanning16. Conflict and reconciliation in Northern Ireland – Joseph Ruane17. Irish language, Irish nation – Iarfhlaith Watson18. The difference of Irish music – Martin Dowling19. The GAA and the sporting Irish – Katie Liston20. Feeling at home in contemporary Ireland – Ethel Crowley21. Searching for and explaining difference – Tom Inglis22. A new vision of Irish studies – Linda Connolly23. Irish studies between the past and the future – Michael G. CroninIndex