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New Books in Irish Studies

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Ireland
Ulysses
Christianity
James Joyce
Dublin
Shakespeare, Memory and Modern Irish Literature
Modernist Literature
Irish History
Irish Women In Religious Orders
Monasticism
Edel Bhreathnach
Irish Women's Literature
Cultural Perception
Irish American History
Famine Migration
Commodification Of Culture
St. Patrick's Day
The Cambridge Centenary Ulysses
Molly Bloom
Stephen Dedalus

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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)
Mary Burke
Professor of English at the University of Connecticut, focuses on Irish and Irish American culture, minorities, and identities.
University of Connecticut
Episode: Mary M. Burke, "Race, Politics, and Irish America: A Gothic History" (Oxford UP, 2023)
Cassandra S. Tully de Lope
Author researching masculinity in Irish literature and former associate lecturer
Routledge
Episode: Cassandra S. Tully de Lope, "Masculinity and Identity in Irish Literature: Heroes, Lads, and Fathers" (Routledge, 2024)
Dr. Deirdre Brady
Assistant Professor at Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, Ireland, and author published widely on Irish writers' groups.
Mary Immaculate College
Episode: Deirdre F. Brady, "Literary Coteries and the Irish Women Writers' Club (1933-1958)" (Liverpool UP, 2021)
Averill Earls
Associate professor at St. Olaf's College and co-founder of 'Dig', a history podcast.
St. Olaf's College
Episode: Averill Earls, "Love in the Lav: A Social Biography of Same-Sex Desire in Ireland, 1922-1972" (Temple UP, 2025)

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Averill Earls
Host of New Books in Irish Studies, Associate professor at St. Olaf's College, co-founder of 'Dig', a history podcast.

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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.
Mary M. Burke, "Race, Politics, and Irish America: A Gothic History" (Oxford UP, 2023)
Q: What exactly is this gothic history that you're studying?
It's about the unfinished Irish history, particularly in non-realist fiction, exploring how Irish trauma and history manifest in various Gothic genres.
Mary M. Burke, "Race, Politics, and Irish America: A Gothic History" (Oxford UP, 2023)
Q: Could you give us just a general overview of what this book Race, Politics, and Irish America is all about?
It's a cultural history of race and centuries of Irishness in the Americas, examining portrayals of the Irish as both victims and colluders within America's racial structure.

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