The Revisionist Debate in Ireland

Whelan, Kevin

doi:10.1215/01903659-31-1-179

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“…This is perhaps unsurprising given the radical tradition of some Irish-language activism, particularly among Northern Republicans (Mac Ionnrachtaigh 2013), as well as the language's role in the Gaelic revival and resistance to colonial linguistic and cultural hegemony in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, although this impetus was arguably abandoned in the Irish state post-independence (Lee 1989;Mac Ionnrachtaigh 2013). Assertions of Irish as 'proxy Catholicism' (Ó Croidheáin 2006), or as part of a post-Independence ideology which 'promoted Irish sports, Catholicism, rural society and economy, and, of course, the Irish language' in an effort 'to create a homogeneous citizenry' (Watson 2002:745), are often based on the political significance invested in Irish in the early years of the Irish state, which wielded language and culture in line with its conservative, regressive, and even counter-revolutionary aims (Whelan 2004;Mac Ionnrachtaigh 2013). However, as Walsh (2019a:56) points out, '[a] comprehensive study of the indexing of the Irish language as conservative has yet to be conducted but the association emerges not only in attitudinal surveys but also in histories and media discourse'.…”

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Ní Saoirse go Saoirse na mBan: Gender and the Irish language in the linguistic landscape of Ireland's 2018 abortion referendum

Strange

2022

Lang. Soc.

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In a 2018 referendum, the Irish public voted to lift the Irish state's near-total constitutional ban on abortion, bucking a recent global trend towards restrictions on reproductive rights. While abortion rights have long been a major concern of Irish feminists, appeals to national identity have often been viewed with suspicion by the women's rights movement in Ireland due to the historic role of national identity construction in perpetuating gender-based inequalities. This article explores the way(s) in which discourses of Irish identity and gender were mediated by the use of Irish in the linguistic landscape (LL) at the time of the vote. Proposing a modified version of Du Bois’ (2007) stance triangle, I argue that signs use Irish as both a means of stancetaking and as an object of stance in itself, thus effectively taking a stance on both the referendum and on Irish national identity, indexed by the language. (Stancetaking, Irish (language), national identity, gender, abortion, Eighth Amendment)

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Ní Saoirse go Saoirse na mBan: Gender and the Irish language in the linguistic landscape of Ireland's 2018 abortion referendum

Strange

2022

Lang. Soc.

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“…87–107). Nevertheless, the academic community greeted the book negatively (Whelan, 2004, pp. 179–205).…”

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A Modest Proposal: New directions in researching and understanding Ireland's Great Famine

Kinealy

2022

History Compass

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The Great Irish Famine of 1845–1852 was a defining event in the development of modern Ireland. As a result of large‐scale and sustained emigration, it was also a transnational event, creating diasporas that regarded the Famine as their foundation story. Following decades of silence and limited scholarship, the 150th anniversary of the first appearance of potato blight in 1995 triggered a global interest that extended far beyond academia. This overview of the historiography and recent debates concerning the Great Famine suggests a vibrancy and an interest that shows no sign of abating. It has resulted in an ever‐growing body of scholarship that is constantly providing fresh and nuanced ways of understanding this tragedy, through the use of new methodological and theoretical approaches and partnerships with professionals outside the academy.

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“…The Great Irish Famine, between 1845 and 1852, resulted in nearly one million deaths: one-eighth of the total population of the island (Boyle and Ó Gráda 1986). The background, course, and outcome of this calamity and, in particular, the role of the British government, remain controversial to this day (Whelan 2004). Most of this controversy lies in the complex historical relationship between Ireland and England, which also determined social policies toward the poor and the marginalized in 19th-century Ireland.…”

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“Against Shameless and Systematic Calumny”: Strategies of Domination and Resistance and Their Impact on the Bodies of the Poor in Nineteenth-Century Ireland

Geber

O’Donnabhain

2020

Hist Arch

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Mid-Victorian British characterizations of Ireland and much of its population blamed race and "moral character" for the widespread poverty on the island. The Irish poor were portrayed as a "race apart" whose inherent failings were at least partly to blame for the mortality they suffered during the Great Famine of 1845-1852. Recent excavations at Kilkenny workhouse and Spike Island convict prison have produced skeletal assemblages from this critical period. These collections have enabled bioarchaeological analysis of parameters mentioned by the Victorians as indicative of the distinctiveness of the Irish poor: stature, interpersonal violence, and tobacco use. Bioarchaeological data indicate that the differences between Irish and British populations in stature and risk of violence were exaggerated. Such characterizations, we argue, were part of a strategy of "Othering" that served to legitimize colonial domination. This exertion of power did not go uncontested, as the pattern of tobacco use may be indicative of forms of passive resistance. Extracto Las caracterizaciones británicas a mediados

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The Revisionist Debate in Ireland

Cited by 29 publications

References 27 publications

Ní Saoirse go Saoirse na mBan: Gender and the Irish language in the linguistic landscape of Ireland's 2018 abortion referendum

Ní Saoirse go Saoirse na mBan: Gender and the Irish language in the linguistic landscape of Ireland's 2018 abortion referendum

A Modest Proposal: New directions in researching and understanding Ireland's Great Famine

“Against Shameless and Systematic Calumny”: Strategies of Domination and Resistance and Their Impact on the Bodies of the Poor in Nineteenth-Century Ireland

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