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Although a number of books have addressed recent changes in Ireland that are related to immigration, both during and after the Celtic Tiger economic boom and bust, they are often limited by a focus on a single aspect of immigration or on either the Republic of Ireland or Northern Ireland.
Race and Immigration in the New Ireland, in contrast, offers a variety of expert perspectives and a comprehensive approach to the social, political, linguistic, cultural, religious, and economic transformations in Ireland that are related to immigration. It includes a wide range of critical voices and approaches to reflect the broad impact of immigration on multiple aspects of Irish society and culture. The contributors address immigration and Irish sports, education systems, language debates, migrant women’s issues, human rights policies, and culture both in the Republic and in the North of Ireland. Further, authors offer a framework for considering this new Ireland in relation to earlier colonial contexts, reading intersections between new racism and old sectarianism.
"This wide-ranging collection of critical voices on the question of migration to Ireland extends the compass of Irish Studies to assess how culture and the state create and respond to social change in the evolving context of global migration. . . . [T]he title Race Immigration and the New Ireland reflects a continuing and vital undertow of change due to Ireland’s most recent experience of ethnic demographic change through inward migration. This is an important collection of critical work, signalling new areas of concern in the study of Ireland’s multi-faceted experience of migration." —Canadian Journal of Irish Studies
Sean O'Brien is assistant professor of English at SUNY Canton.
Chronology
Introduction: Ireland’s New Strangers by Julieann Veronica Ulin
1. Immigration in Ireland: A Keynote Address by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights by Mary Robinson
2. An Interview with Pablo Rojas Coppari of the Migrant Rights Centre Ireland by Julieann Veronica Ulin
3. (M )other Ireland: Migrant Women Subverting the Racial State? by Ronit Lentin
4. Racism in the Six Counties by Robbie McVeigh
5. The Linguistic Challenge of Multicultural Ireland: Managing Language Diversity in Irish Schools by Pádraig Ó Riagáin
6. The Irish Language in Twenty-First-Century Ireland: Exploring Legislative and Policy Protections North and South by Verona Ní Dhrisceoil
7. Integration Through Sport: The Gaelic Athletic Association and the New Irish by Mike Cronin
8. Reflections on Race in Contemporary Ireland by Steve Garner
9. Conclusion: Ireland, Immigration, and the Ethics of Memory by Luke Gibbons
Contributors
Index