| Description |
1 online resource (x, 222 pages) |
| Contents |
Front Matter; Contents; List of Contributors; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER 1; Preface; CHAPTER 2; Recycling Irish Popular Culture; CHAPTER 3; 'We Were So Different!': Negotiating Gender on the Showband Stage; CHAPTER 4; Seán Burke, Lion of Lahinch: An IRA Man at The Walker Cup; CHAPTER 5; Corner Boys in Small Town Ireland, 1922-1970; CHAPTER 6; Rethinking Rural/Urban: Traditional Music and Musical Community in 21st -- Century Dublin; CHAPTER 7; The Riddle of Ravenhill: The 1954 Irish Rugby International in belfast; CHAPTER 8 |
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Locating the Centre: Irish Traditional Music and Re-Traditionalisation at the Willie Clancy Summer SchoolCHAPTER 9; Life On-Air: Talk Radio and Popular Culture in Ireland; CHAPTER 10; Neither White Nor Free: Irish Railroad Workers in the Troubled Colony of Cuba, 1835-1837; Endnotes; Index |
| Summary |
Drawing together the strands of music, sport, and popular culture under the umbrella of 'Ordinary Life, ' this engaging new book takes the reader on an entertaining journey through modern Ireland, celebrating the many unique expressions of 'Irishness.' From the folk roots of popular culture in the song The Night Larry Was Stretched, to the showbands and community building among U2 fans; from the Riddle of Ravenhill and the 1954 Irish Rugby International, to The Lion of Lahinch - an IRA man's appearance at the Walker Cup. Everyday life is explored in Corner Boys in Small Town Ireland, while a |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Popular culture -- Ireland
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
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Popular culture
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Ireland
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Fhuartháin, Méabh Ní
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Doyle, David M
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| ISBN |
9780716532101 |
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0716532107 |
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