Examines the specific role that the metropolis plays in literary portrayals of Irish migrant experience as an arena for the performance of Irishness, as a catal

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With characteristic lawlessness and connection to the common man, the figure of the rogue commanded the world of Irish fiction from 1660 to 1790. During this pe

Mary Saunders' lust for linen, lace and a shiny red ribbon leads her to a life of prostitution.

New updated edition of the seminal work by Catherine Dunne, which charted the lives of the London Irish, in all their variety and color, now with a brand new fo