Irish migrants in new communities : seeking the fair land?
Irish Migrants in New Communities: Seeking the Fair Land? comprises the second collection of chapters by these editor exploring fresh aspects and perspectives on the subject of the Irish diaspora. This volume, edited by Mícheál Ó hAodha and Máirtín Ó Catháin, develops many of the oral history themes of the first book and concentrates more on issues surrounding the adaptation of migrants to new or host environments and cultures. These new places often have a jarring effect, as well as a welcoming air, and the Irish bring their own interpretations, hostilities, and suspicions, all of which are explored here in a fascinating and original number of new perspectives. Book jacket
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ix, 159 pages ; 24 cm
9780739173824, 9780739173831, 9780739194676, 0739173820, 0739173839, 0739194674
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Part 1: Fitting inChapter 1- Tribal Kings and Tattooed Chiefs: The Hidden Irish of the Pacific World Malcolm CampbellChapter 2- Legends of the Graceville ConamarasBridget ConnellyChapter 3- ‘Je ne suis jamais allé en Irlande’: An Irish Journey to La Beauce, Quebec Noémie Beck and Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráinChapter 4- ‘Nobody’s baby’: Forgotten Irish nationals in post-independence India Kate O’MalleyChapter 5- Sisters in the field: The courageous journey of the pioneering Loreto sisters to India and CanadaTara ManningChapter 6- Irish Soldiers in the American Civil War Patricia B. Swan and James B. SwanPart 2: Shaping upChapter 7- The Irish Wellspring Jay TunneyChapter 8- ‘From Poverty to Posterity’: Assisted Emigration from Connemara in the 1880s Gerard MoranChapter 9- Michael Mooney and the Leadville Miners’ Strike of 1880 James Patrick Walsh Chapter 10- ‘I Wish I Was Back Home in Derry’: Songs Composed in the H Blocks and the Paradox of ExileLachlan Whalen