Irish London - A Cultural History 1850-1916

Winner of the 2022 British Association of Irish Studies (BAIS) Book Prize In the years following the Irish Famine (1845-52), London became one of the cities of Ireland. The number of Irish in London swelled to over 100,000 and from this mass migration emerged a distinctive and vibrant culture based on a shared sense of history, identity and experience. In this book, Richard Kirkland brings together elements in Irish London''s culture and history that had previously only been understood separately or indeed largely overlooked (as in the case of women''s'' contributions to London Irish politics and culture). In particular, Kirkland makes resonant cultural connections between Irish and cockney performers in the music halls, Irish trade fairs, temperance marches, the Fenian dynamite war of the 1880s, St Patrick''s Day events, and the later cultural agitation of revivalists such as W.B. Yeats and Katharine Tynan. Irish London: A Cultural History 1850-1916 is both a significant contribution to our understanding of Irish emigrant communities in London at this time and an insightful case study for the comparative fields of cultural history and urban migration studies.>

Product details

• Authors: Richard Kirkland
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2023
• EAN: 9781350230057
• ISBN: 978-1-350-23005-7
• No. of pages: 232
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 232 mm x 12 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; London, Greater London, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Europe / Ireland, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), c 1500 onwards to present day, British & Irish history, Migration, immigration & emigration, Social and cultural history, Migration, immigration and emigration