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Being Irish: Personal Reflections on Irish Identity Today
Being Irish gathers together a diverse group of people - 100 in all - each trying to identify and give expression to that special something that is (more or less) instantly recognizable as Irish; to detect and describe changes in it; and to record for the present and future generations the rich tapestry that is Irish identity today. The contributors come from the ranks of the famous and not so famous, people at the centre of things and people at the margins, men and women, nationalists and unionists, those who live in Ireland and those who live abroad, and not-Irish-but-interested.
Many come up with insights that are probably as surprising to them as they will be to you; some delve into their personal histories or their sense of place to give meaning to their identities; others deal in political and cultural realities; while others still rely on storytelling, humour and lyricism to approach a tentative sense of identity upwind.
Many come up with insights that are probably as surprising to them as they will be to you; some delve into their personal histories or their sense of place to give meaning to their identities; others deal in political and cultural realities; while others still rely on storytelling, humour and lyricism to approach a tentative sense of identity upwind.
295 pages, Hardcover
First published February 28, 2001
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