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 Irish em...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Mullan, Michael L. (Michael Leigh) (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2021]
Subjects:	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.

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.