The Routledge Handbook of Irish Studies

ABSTRACT

[...]the broad range of essays offer many suggestions for collaboration on research between disciplines. [...]they indirectly build their points around a series of shared events in recent Irish history such as the 2004 referendum on birth-right citizenship, the successful referendums on gay marriage and abortion, the recent uncovering of the full extent of the horror of mother and baby homes, and the struggles of growing wealth inequality from the austerity programs after 2007. Setting the baseline of Irish Studies as it existed before and during the Celtic Tiger period, this collection makes a collective argument that Irish Studies has pulled away from its historic focus on nationalism and church history.