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The Philadelphia Irish : nation, culture, and the rise of a Gaelic public sphere /

"This monograph describes the flowering of the Irish American community and the 1890s growth of a Gaelic public sphere in Philadelphia, a movement inspired by the cultural awakening in native Ireland, transplanted and acted upon in Philadelphia's robust Irish community. The Philadelphia Ir...

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Main Author: Mullan, Michael L. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, [2021]
Subjects and Genres:
Irish Americans > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > Ethnic identity.
Irish Americans > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > Social life and customs > 19th century.
Irish > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History > 19th century.
Irish language > Social aspects > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.
Irish Americans > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History > 19th century.
Community life > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History > 19th century.
Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.
History.
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Table of Contents:
  • Outlines of a Gaelic public sphere
  • Inserting the Gaelic in the public sphere
  • Irish Philadelphia in and out of the Gaelic sphere
  • Transatlantic origins of the Irish American Voluntary Association
  • A microanalysis of Irish American civic life : Ireland's Donegal and Cavan emerge in Philadelphia
  • The forging of a collective consciousness : militant Irish nationalism and civic life in Gaelic Philadelphia
  • Sport, culture and nation amont the Irish of Philadelphia
  • A Gaelic public sphere : its rise and fall.

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