Ireland in the World

<p>This international edited book collection of ten original contributions from established and emerging scholars explores aspects of Ireland’s place in the world since the 1780s. It imaginatively blends comparative transnational and personal perspectives to examine migration in a range of diverse geographical locations including Ireland Scotland Wales Australia New Zealand the United States Canada Argentina Jamaica and the British Empire more broadly. Deploying diverse sources including letters interviews press reports convict records and social media contributors canvas important themes such as slavery convicts policing landlordism print culture loyalism nationalism sectarianism politics and electronic media. A range of perspectives including Catholic and Protestant men and women convicts and settlers are included and the volume is accompanied by a range of striking images.</p>