Irish-Argentine Identity in an Age of Political Challenge and Change, 1875−1983

Patrick Speight holds a PhD from Queen’s University Belfast. He is a former BBC radio presenter, reporter and producer who has lived and travelled widely in Latin America. He presented BBC Radio Ulster’s religious affairs programme Sunday Sequence from 1990 to 1995, and produced A State Apart, an archival history of the Troubles. He has also produced websites on notable episodes in Irish history, including William III, the Plantation of Ulster, the Easter Rising, and the Good Friday Agreement.

«A fascinating excursion into a still relatively little-known part of the Irish diaspora, which explores, with assuredness and insight, how the Irish retained an identity into the post-WWII period. An excellent contribution to both diaspora history and the history of Argentina.»(Professor Don MacRaild, Professor of British and Irish History, University of Roehampton)

• CONTENTS: Identity formation in the Irish-Argentine diaspora – The background to Irish emigration to Argentina – The Irish put down roots in Argentina – The Southern Cross equivocates between assimilation andethnic separatism – World affairs through the lens of the Southern Cross – The Irish and Peronism – The Irish-Argentines the Southern Cross ignored – Tensions between the Irish and Irish-Argentine Pallottines – Fr Richards and the Southern Cross during the Dirty War.