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Building Irish identity in America, 1870-1915 : the Gaelic revival

Title
Building Irish identity in America, 1870-1915 : the Gaelic revival / Úna Ní Bhroiméil.
Author
Ní Bhroiméil, Úna.
Publication
Dublin : Four Courts, 2003.

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Description
156 pages; 24 cm
Summary
Gaelicization was a deliberate attempt to reclaim the distinctive identity and civilization of the Irish people. The Irish language was at its core. At the end of the 19th century there was a flowering of Irish cultural nationalism in Ireland and in the United States. Although there was a substantial body of Irish speakers in America, language maintenance was not a priority for them. Rather, the formation of Gaelic societies and the cultivation of the Irish language became a building block of ethnic pride. This embracing of ethnicity in its most advantageous form became a tool of assimilation for the American Irish. Although the Gaelic movements in Ireland and in the United States appeared to be one, they were separate with different focuses. To the Gaelic League in Ireland, the language movement in the United States was an inspiration and a valuable financial resource. The League's missions to America were primarily fund-raising tours for the home organization. The Gaelic societies in the United States were focused primarily on the American Irish and on their need for asserting a distinctive and cultured identity in the new world. -- Publisher description
Subject
  • Irish > United States > Ethnic identity
  • Irish > United States > History
  • Irish language > Revival
  • Irish language > United States > Revival
  • Nationalism > Ireland
  • Irish
  • Irish > Ethnic identity
  • Nationalism
  • Ethnische Identität
  • Geschichte 1870-1915
  • Ireland
  • United States
  • USA
  • Iren
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-145) and index.
Contents
A quest for identity -- The Gaelic movement in the United States, c.1870-1905 -- The mission in prospect -- The mission as encounter -- Between the missions: the language movement at home and abroad, 1906-10 -- Later Gaelic League missions to America, 1910-14 -- The final mission, 1914-15.
ISBN
  • 1851827056
  • 9781851827053
LCCN
2004297276
OCLC
  • ocm50403061
  • 50403061
  • SCSB-1294357
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library