Memory and foresight in the Celtic world : perspectives from the late medieval through modern periods / edited by Lorna G. Barrow and Jonathan M. Wooding.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Introduction: Wishful Returns and Futures Foreseen -- Cultural Identities and Visions -- Scottish Diasporas -- Irish-Australia -- 1. Fable and Fiction in the Creation of Contemporary Beliefs about the Past in Scottish Life -- 2. Robert Owen and Villages of Unity and Cooperation: a New Concept of Urbanism -- 3. Celticism, Science and the Mnemonic Universe -- II -- III -- IV -- 4. 'One foot in Wales and my vowels in England': the Welshness of Dylan Thomas -- Thomas on Wales -- Gwilym Marles -- Under Milk Wood -- 5. Ireland's Lexical Memory: Irish Words in English-Language Texts, 1800-2016

Appendix: glossary of Irish-language words used in English-language writing 1830-2016 -- 6. Remembering the Celts: Celtic Designs on Modern Coins -- Ireland -- United Kingdom -- Isle of Man -- Continental Europe -- The Rest of the World -- Conclusion -- 7. Scottish Soldiers in Fifteenth-Century France: Remembering an Early Scottish Diaspora -- 8. Memories of a Celtic Past: Challenges to an Old Culture on the Changing Scottish and Australian Frontiers of Life -- Decline of the Gaelic Language -- Memories of a Highland Past in New South Wales -- 9. 'To the Land of My Praise': Memories of Hugh Boyd Laing -- Appendix

10. Nicholas O'Donnell on the Origins of Munster O'Donnells -- Adelaide Attack on Backsliders -- Family Tradition re Ulster Heroes -- Study and Letter Writing -- Medieval O'Donnells of Munster -- Modern Munster O'Donnell Patriots -- Return to Possible Ulster Link -- Scholar and Home Ruler -- 11. 'Dark and rude and strange ... ': Cardinal Patrick Francis Moran and the St Mary's 1904 Fair -- 12. Remembering Easter 1916: Australian Links to the Irish Rebellion -- The Daly Family -- May Gahan (later O'Carroll) -- Conclusion -- 13. Dancing Bodies, Living Memories: Irish Immigrants in Sydney -- The Different Genres of 'Irish Dancing' -- Dancing and Irish Immigrants -- Bodies, Senses and Places -- Memory Evocation and Recent Immigrants -- Conclusion -- About the Authors -- Index.

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Memory and Foresight in the Celtic World delves deep into the experience of Celtic communities and individuals in the late medieval period through to the modern age. Its thirteen essays range widely, from Scottish soldiers in France in the fifteenth century to Gaelic-speaking communities in rural New South Wales in the twentieth, and expatriate Irish dancers in the twenty-first. Connecting them are the recurring themes of memory and foresight: how have Celtic communities maintained connections to the past while keeping an eye on the future?Chapters explore language loss and preservation in Celtic countries and among Celtic migrant communities, and the influence of Celtic culture on writers such as Dylan Thomas and James Joyce. In Australia, how have Irish, Welsh and Scottish migrants engaged with the politics and culture of their home countries, and how has the idea of a Celtic identity changed over time?Drawing on anthropology, architecture, history, linguistics, literature and philosophy, Memory and Foresight in the Celtic World offers diverse, thought-provoking insights into Celtic culture and identity.

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