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"For at least two centuries, and arguably much longer, Ireland has exerted an important influence on the development of the traditional, popular and art musics of other regions, and in particular those of Britain and the United States. During the past decade or so, the traditional musics of the so-called Celtic regions have become a focus of international interest. The phenomenal success of shows such as Riverdance (which appeared in 1995, spawned from a 1994 Eurovision Song Contest interval act) brought Irish music and dance to a global audience and played a part in the further commoditization of Irish culture, including traditional music. However, there has been until now, relatively little serious musicological study of the traditional music of Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland remains a divided community in which traditional culture, in all its manifestations, is widely understood as a marker of religious affiliation and ethnic identity. Since the outbreak of the most recent 'troubles' around 1968, the borders between the communities have often been marked by music. For example, many in the Catholic, nationalist community, regard the music of Orange flute bands and Lambeg drums as a source of intimidation. Equally, many in the Protestant community have distanced themselves from Irish music as coming from a different ethnic tradition, and some have rejected tunes, styles and even instruments because of their association with the Catholic community and the Irish Republic. Of course, during the same period many other Protestants and Catholics have continued to perform in an apolitical context and often together, what in earlier times would simply have been regarded as folk or country music. With the increasing espousal of a discrete Ulster Scots tradition since the signing of the Belfast (or 'Good Friday') Agreement in 1998, the characteristics of the traditional music performed in Northern Ireland, and the place of Protestant musicians within popular Irish cult"--Provided by publisher.

Folk music --- Irish Americans --- Ethnology --- Irish --- Ethnic music --- Traditional music --- Folklore --- Music --- History and criticism.

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The American political economist Henry George devoted his life to the single tax. Virtually forgotten today, his best seller Progress and Poverty influenced numerous people in the English-speaking world. His fame and fall were due to a temporary alliance with the American Irish Catholics who were agitating for the land war in Ireland and social change in their new homeland. So significant was this tidal wave of support that it swamped the American consciousness in the late 1870s and early 1880s including prelates of the Roman Catholic Church, some of whom were conservatively inclined. George astutely navigated the waters by working with the radical editor of The Irish World, Patrick Ford. But then George made a politically awkward friendship with Father Edward McGlynn, an ardent supporter of modernism and the single tax, who was a constant irritant to the church hierarchy and subsequently excommunicated. The issues that McGlynn raised rocked the American Catholic Church and the Vatican itself. The counter-campaign waged by the church and devout Irish Catholics blocked McGlynn and put an end to George's fleeting success.

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For centuries, African and Irish people have traversed the Atlantic, as slaves, servants, migrants and exiles, as political organizers and cultural workers. Their experiences intersected, their cultures influenced one another. They have competed over work and assimilation. Always they have been defined in relation to one another. This multi-disciplinary volume of essays explores the connections that have defined the 'Black and Green Atlantic' in culture, politics, race, and labour. It explores the relation between two historically oppressed peoples - the dispossessed and colonized Irish, forced into emigration and often indenture, and Africans captured and enslaved - whose experiences of racialization and citizenship differed utterly. The Irish became white while both slaves and free blacks were denied full citizenship and even humanity. But there were also invaluable moments of solidarity and cultural connection between them. Such moments make this volume a history of future possibilities as well as one of past antagonisms.

Irish Americans --- African Americans --- Irish --- African diaspora --- Internationalism --- American literature --- English literature --- Américains d'origine irlandaise --- Noirs américains --- Etats-Unis --- États-Unis --- Irlande --- Littérature américaine --- Littérature britannique --- Race identity. --- Race identity --- Migrations. --- Irish American authors --- History and criticism. --- Irish authors --- History and criticism --- Ethnicité --- Identité collective --- Relations interethniques --- Relations --- Auteurs d'origine irlandaise --- Auteurs irlandais --- United States --- Ireland --- Race relations