New Perspectives on the Irish Abroad

Mícheál Ó hAodha is visiting lecturer in the Department of History, University of Limerick.Máirtín Ó Catháin is lecturer in history at the School of Education and Social Science, University of Central Lancashire.

Methodologically, this book demonstrates the value of oral history scholarship and archival analysis in unveiling migrant subjectivities and memories. The two editors successfully draw together nine very different but equally engaging chapters that provide stimulating, accessible and varied snapshots into the experiences, emotions and identities of the diasporic Irish.... The rich diversity of the Irish diasporic experience and the fluidity of their ethnic and cultural identities brought about by this book is truly amazing and inspirational to anyone who is interested in the study of migration and globalization. As a whole, it provides the reader with a kaleidoscope of voices, images and stories of people coming from various walks of life....This excellent volume is of great interest to specialists working on Irish diaspora, and will be a useful reference book for postgraduate and undergraduate students studying Irish history and transnational migration in general. It opens up many exciting avenues for future research.

• IntroductionPart 1: VoicesChapter 1: Performing Exile: Oral Histories of Montana’s IrishBernadette SweeneyChapter 2: Patrick and KathleenBill TobinChapter 3: Irish Nuns and Artichokes-The Experiences of Irish Women Religious in a French OrderGráinne O’Keeffe-VigneronChapter 4: The Gaelic Athletic Association and the Irish Diaspora in LondonStephen Moore and Paul DarbyChapter 5: Politics, Community and Nationhood in Irish–Argentine Oral Narrative, 2010-2012Sarah O’BrienPart 2: PlacesChapter 6: Imperial Greenhorns: The Irish in India, c.1758-1922Barry CrosbieChapter 7: Keeping the Old Country Alive: Cultural Connections between Chicago and Ireland,1900-1933Jason R. MyersChapter 8: Revolutionary Internationalists: Irish emigrants in the Spanish Civil WarDavid ConveryChapter 9: Irish-Porteño LiteratureJuan José Delaney