A place where Irish diaspora historians can ask questions and have discussions about the work that they are currently doing on Irish diaspora histories in all its disciplinary guises. This builds on the discussions that are happening on the Irish Diaspora Histories Network website (https://irishdiasporahistory.wordpress.com).
-
Edmundo Murray deposited Explosive Journey: Perceptions of Latin America in the FARC-IRA Affair (2001-2005) in the group
Irish Diaspora Histories on Humanities Commons 5 years, 7 months agoThe IRA’s alleged connections with FARC, which surfaced in 2001 and continue to appear in the Irish and Colombian media, are an ideal opportunity to analyse perceptions of Latin America in Ireland. Newspaper articles, personal interviews, and the judgement of the Appeals Court in Bogotá have been used to study different attitudes in this puzzling…[Read more]
-
Edmundo Murray deposited The Irish in Latin America and Iberia: An Annotated Bibliography in the group
Irish Diaspora Histories on Humanities Commons 5 years, 7 months agoThis bibliography includes books, book chapters, articles, documentaries and websites grouped in geographic areas: Latin America (general); Central America; the Caribbean; Argentina; Chile, Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru; Brazil; Colombia and Venezuela; Mexico; Paraguay and Uruguay; Portugal and Spain. Thematic lists include: San Patricio Battalion of…[Read more]
-
Edmundo Murray deposited The Irish Road to South America: Nineteenth-Century Travel Patterns from Ireland to the Río de la Plata region in the group
Irish Diaspora Histories on Humanities Commons 5 years, 7 months agoNineteenth-century Irish emigration to Argentina has been studied from different perspectives. There is a growing number of historical, demographic and cultural studies focusing on diverse aspects of this migration, which together with Quebec and Mexican Texas, produced the only Irish settlements in non English-speaking territories. However, with…[Read more]
-
Edmundo Murray deposited Ireland and Latin America: a Cultural History in the group
Irish Diaspora Histories on Humanities Commons 5 years, 7 months agoAccording to Declan Kiberd, “postcolonial writing does not begin only when the occupier withdraws: rather it is initiated at that very moment when a native writer formulates a text committed to cultural resistance.” The Irish in Latin America –a continent emerging from indigenous cultures, colonisation, and migrations– may be regarded as…[Read more]
-
Edmundo Murray deposited “Sighted the coast of Brazil the 28 th”: John Murphy’s journey to South America in 1863 in the group
Irish Diaspora Histories on Humanities Commons 5 years, 7 months agoJohn Murphy (1822-1909) was born in Haysland, Kilrane parish of County Wexford, the eldest son of the farmer Nicholas Murphy and his wife, Katherine, née Sinnott. It was a typical Catholic middle-class family of Wexford farmers. In 1844, as a member of an emigrant group organized by Kilrane merchant James Pettit, John Murphy went to Liverpool,…[Read more]
-
Edmundo Murray deposited Becoming Irlandés: Private Narratives of Irish Emigration to Argentina, 1844-1912 in the group
Irish Diaspora Histories on Humanities Commons 5 years, 7 months ago“Revised edition in English of “Devenir irlandés”, published originally by Eudeba in 2004. This edition abridges some of the documents that make up the bulk of the volume: two memories and two sets of family letters from Irish immigrants in Argentina, without losing any substance. The documents are presented in this volume in their original…[Read more]
-
Sophie Cooper started the topic Welcome in the discussion
Irish Diaspora Histories on Humanities Commons 7 years, 3 months agoHello everyone,
We have some great posts on Irish diaspora histories on the blog
However, it would be fabulous to have a space to go into greater detail about some of the issues raised, ask research questions, and share Irish diaspora histories events. Twitter is useful but we are often constrained by 280 characters and not everyone is on it.…[Read more]