Browsing School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures by Title
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Renunciation: Heidegger, Agamben, Blanchot, Vattimo
(Edinburgh University Press, 2009-02)In the essay Das Wort (Words) in On the Way to Language, Martin Heidegger speaks of 'renunciation' (Verzicht) as the necessary route towards experiencing that which remains otherwise invisible and unsayable. Heidegger ... -
Scéalta Béarla Mháire
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Seán Bán Mac Grianna and 'Christine Keeler'
(Celtic and Scottish Studies, 2014)First publication of the song 'Christine Keeler' by Seán Bán Mac Grianna, made in 1963, with a discussion of its relevance for oral tradition and bard baile (township poetry). -
Seosamh Ó hÉanaí agus Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh: cleasa an chrosáin san Oileán Úr
(New Hibernia Review, University of St. Thomas, 2011)Bhí Seosamh Ó hÉanaí (1919-1984) ar an amhránaí sean-nóis ba mhó le rá san fhichiú haois. Rugadh é ar an Aird Thoir, nó Aird a’ Chaisleáin, i bparóiste Charna. Bhí ainm na háite seo in airde mar cheantar a raibh saibhreas ... -
Space, place and displacement in two Gaelic songs
(Palgrave Macmillan, 2015)A discussion of the texts, music and cultural context of two songs from Tory Island, drawing on contemporary theoretical perspectives on spatiality and place. -
That dangerous serpent: Garibaldi and Ireland 1860 - 1870
(Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 2010-09-28)This article analyses the reaction to Garibaldi in Ireland during the Risorgimento, a reaction which, in its negativity, generally contrasted with the Italian's heroic depiction elsewhere. Attitudes towards Garibaldi ... -
The Threshold and the Topos of the Remnant: Giorgio Agamben
(Taylor & Francis, 2008-04)In this article I will follow Agamben as he conceptualises the space of the threshold. The next section will be devoted to investigating Agamben's reading of Paul, with particular attention to hope and love. I will show ... -
Time and the Traveller: The Case of Coquebert de Montbret
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Traditional song in Ireland: living fossil or dynamic resource
(Festival 500 Sharing the voices, 1997)When I submitted the abstract of this paper, I did not realize that the late Frank Harrison used almost exactly the same title in an 6 Riada memorial lecture at University College Cork, Ireland some years ago (Harrison, ... -
Translating the Vatican: Paul Cullen, power and language in nineteenth-century Ireland
(Taylor & Francis, 2014-09-29)This paper examines how one of the most influential figures in nineteenth-century Ireland, Cardinal Paul Cullen, used language and translation to further his career and his vision for the Catholic Church in this period. ... -
Tráthnóna beag aréir
(LeabhairComhar, 2016-04)A discussion of the song 'Tráthnóna Beag Aréir' by Séamus Ó Grianna (Máire) and its influences. -
Triumphant failure: the return of the Irish Papal Brigade
(Cork Historical and Archaeological Society, 2009)In early 1860, Italian unification was gaining momentum and Pope Pius IX, the temporal ruler of large parts of central Italy, feared an invasion of his extensive territories by the troops of Victor Emanuel of Piedmont ...