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New Books in Irish Studies

New Books Network
Ireland
Ulysses
Christianity
James Joyce
Dublin
Shakespeare, Memory and Modern Irish Literature
Modernist Literature
Irish History
Irish Women In Religious Orders
Monasticism
Irish Women's Literature
Commodification Of Culture
Famine Migration
St. Patrick's Day
Cultural Perception
Irish American History
Nora Barnacle
Molly Bloom
1922 Shakespeare and Company Edition
Stephen Dedalus

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Irish Digital Cultures: Identity, Contexts, Space (Routledge, 2025) explores how questions of Ireland and Irishness are represented in online environments, and what these phenomena say about contemporary Irish identities both within the country and g... more

Throughout the twentieth century, many women in Ireland and Britain endured shame and institutionalisation for becoming pregnant outside of marriage. In Single Mothers in Twentieth-century Ireland and Britain: Pregnancy, Migration and Institutionaliz... more

How can music change people’s lives? In Music Refuge: Living Asylum Through Music (Oxford UP, Press 2025) Ailbhe Kenny, an Associate Professor in Music Education at Mary Immaculate College Ireland, explores music programmes for, with and by people s... more

Empire and imperial frameworks, policies, practices, and cultures have shaped the history of the world for the last two millennia. It is nation states that are the blip on the historical horizon. Making Empire: Ireland, Imperialism, and the Early Mod... more

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Deirdre Flynn
Inaugural member of Young Academy Ireland; lecturer in 21st century literature at MIC, Limerick
MIC (Mary Immaculate College)
Episode: Deirdre Flynn and Mary McGill eds., "Irish Digital Cultures: Identity, Contexts, Space" (Routledge, 2025)
Mary McGill
Government of Ireland post-doctoral fellow at University of Galway; researcher on gender-based online abuse in Ireland
University of Galway
Episode: Deirdre Flynn and Mary McGill eds., "Irish Digital Cultures: Identity, Contexts, Space" (Routledge, 2025)
Lorraine Grimes
Author of the book, academic researcher
Bloomsbury (publisher)
Episode: Lorraine Grimes, "Single Mothers in Twentieth-century Ireland and Britain: Pregnancy, Migration and Institutionalization" (Bloomsbury, 2025)
Ailbhe Kenny
Author of Music Refuge: Living Asylum through Music
Oxford University Press (book publication)
Episode: Ailbhe Kenny, "Music Refuge: Living Asylum through Music" (Oxford UP, Press 2025)
Dr. Jane Ohlmeyer
Professor of Modern History at Trinity College in Dublin, author of Making Empire
Trinity College Dublin
Episode: Jane Ohlmeyer, "Making Empire: Ireland, Imperialism, and the Early Modern World" (Oxford UP, 2023)
Iria Seijas-Pérez
Researcher of YA literature based in Spain and author
University of Extremadura
Episode: Iria Seijas-Pérez, "Sapphic Adolescent Girls in Irish Young Adult Fiction: Queering Girlhood"(Routledge, 2025)
Manchán Magan
Writer and television documentary maker
Episode: Manchán Magan, "Thirty-Two Words for Field: Lost Words of the Irish Landscape" (Chelsea Green, 2026)
Tina O'Toole
Lecturer at the University of Limerick and founder of LINC, a community resource center for lesbians and bisexual women.
University of Limerick
Episode: Linda Connolly and Tina O’Toole, "Documenting Irish Feminisms: The Second Wave" (Arlen House, 2022)
Linda Connolly
Professor of Sociology at Maynooth University, involved in Gender Studies and Women's Studies.
Maynooth University
Episode: Linda Connolly and Tina O’Toole, "Documenting Irish Feminisms: The Second Wave" (Arlen House, 2022)

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Dr. Miranda Melcher
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Ailbhe Kenny, "Music Refuge: Living Asylum through Music" (Oxford UP, Press 2025)
Q: What role do the interludes between chapters play in the book?
The interludes provide verbatim narratives from musicians in asylum contexts, offering counter-stories that humanize participants and complement the academic analysis with lived experiences.
Ailbhe Kenny, "Music Refuge: Living Asylum through Music" (Oxford UP, Press 2025)
Q: Could you explain why you chose Ireland and Germany as the focal destinations for your study?
Ireland and Germany were chosen because they illustrate contrasting migration histories and policy contexts within the EU, yet both are shaped by shared EU frameworks, allowing a comparative understanding of how asylum and music interact in different urban and social environments.
Manchán Magan, "Thirty-Two Words for Field: Lost Words of the Irish Landscape" (Chelsea Green, 2026)
Q: How do we see the influence of the church in Irish, for example, I was sort of surprised, I guess, reading how much the language still has words related to what I would maybe call magic or fairies?
Magan discusses how the church's influence in Ireland is more complex than seen as it adopted aspects of older, animistic Celtic beliefs, embedding them into the language and culture, resulting in many words related to supernatural beings persisting in modern Irish.
Manchán Magan, "Thirty-Two Words for Field: Lost Words of the Irish Landscape" (Chelsea Green, 2026)
Q: Can you maybe help us understand how you experience those things and why perhaps your knowledge of Irish makes you experience them differently than if you didn't have that?
Magan explains that his experience of natural phenomena, such as a sunrise, is enriched through the Irish language, which describes the sunrise in multiple stages, offering a deeper connection to the world around him compared to the singular English term.
Manchán Magan, "Thirty-Two Words for Field: Lost Words of the Irish Landscape" (Chelsea Green, 2026)
Q: Would you mind starting us off, please, by introducing yourself a little bit and tell us why you decided to write this book?
Manchán Magan introduces himself as a writer and documentary maker from an Irish language community. He explains his motivation to write the book stems from a desire to discuss the significance and nuances of an ancient language, particularly Irish, and the insights it can share about identity and culture.

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Scholarly conversations centered on Irish studies, literature, history, language, feminism, and LGBTQ+ topics drive this series. Episodes feature authors, historians, and researchers discussing recently published works, with guests ranging from literary critics examining Irish identity and modernism to historians exploring empire, gender, and social movements in Ireland and the Irish diaspora. A notable strength is the breadth of interdisciplinary angles—from queer history and feminist archives to language preservation and colonial legacies—giving listeners a well-rounded view of Irish studies through accessible, expert-led dialogue. The format often pairs a prominent author or scholar with another specialist, producing rigorous yet engagin... more

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