Irish Migrations and Classical Antiquity

Why should classical antiquity matter to Irish migration? Irish Migrations and Classical Antiquity argues that ancient Greece and Rome have shaped Irish migration narratives from the earliest texts to the 21st century. These classical models emerge in response to four key drivers of migration: war,...

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description Why should classical antiquity matter to Irish migration? Irish Migrations and Classical Antiquity argues that ancient Greece and Rome have shaped Irish migration narratives from the earliest texts to the 21st century. These classical models emerge in response to four key drivers of migration: war, economic need, religious motivation and the pursuit of education. Rather than passive inheritances, Graeco-Roman forms are used both to join and to challenge dominant frameworks, offering tools for cultural participation and strategies of resistance to exclusion. The book traces classical reception in contexts ranging from early Irish origin legends and medieval Latin learning to 21st-century cultural politics, including Irish-language translation, diaspora literature and gendered experiences. Participation appears in assertions of Irish civilisation, synchronistic histories, literary cosmopolitanism and transnational exchange. Resistance surfaces in critiques of marginalisation, defence of minority languages and challenges to aesthetic or political canons. This book rethinks how Irish identities travel across borders, languages and centuries by showing how the ancient world underwrites both movement and its meanings. The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the European Research Council.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1758562026-04-20T09:13:16Z Irish Migrations and Classical Antiquity Torrance, Isabelle Open access James Joyce Classical reception Irish culture Multilingualism Interdisciplinarity Graeco-Roman antiquity Irish emigrants Classics Protestants Writers Catholics Irish classicism Latin Greek Texts Literature Columbanus Sedulius Scottus John Scottus Eriugena thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSB Literary studies: general::DSBB Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DB Ancient, classical and medieval texts Why should classical antiquity matter to Irish migration? Irish Migrations and Classical Antiquity argues that ancient Greece and Rome have shaped Irish migration narratives from the earliest texts to the 21st century. These classical models emerge in response to four key drivers of migration: war, economic need, religious motivation and the pursuit of education. Rather than passive inheritances, Graeco-Roman forms are used both to join and to challenge dominant frameworks, offering tools for cultural participation and strategies of resistance to exclusion. The book traces classical reception in contexts ranging from early Irish origin legends and medieval Latin learning to 21st-century cultural politics, including Irish-language translation, diaspora literature and gendered experiences. Participation appears in assertions of Irish civilisation, synchronistic histories, literary cosmopolitanism and transnational exchange. Resistance surfaces in critiques of marginalisation, defence of minority languages and challenges to aesthetic or political canons. This book rethinks how Irish identities travel across borders, languages and centuries by showing how the ancient world underwrites both movement and its meanings. The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the European Research Council. 2026-04-20T09:13:15Z 2026-04-20T09:13:15Z 2026-04-16T09:52:06Z 2025 book ONIX_20260415T184305_9781350430440_16 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/112321 9781350430440 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/175856 eng Classical Diaspora open access Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Bloomsbury Academic b7fec79e-c133-4cb3-9544-88060a4d4e06 9781350430440 Bloomsbury Academic 400 London open access
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James Joyce
Classical reception
Irish culture
Multilingualism
Interdisciplinarity
Graeco-Roman antiquity
Irish emigrants
Classics
Protestants
Writers
Catholics
Irish classicism
Latin
Greek
Texts
Literature
Columbanus
Sedulius Scottus
John Scottus Eriugena
thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSB Literary studies: general::DSBB Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval
thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DB Ancient, classical and medieval texts
Irish Migrations and Classical Antiquity
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title_short Irish Migrations and Classical Antiquity
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topic Open access
James Joyce
Classical reception
Irish culture
Multilingualism
Interdisciplinarity
Graeco-Roman antiquity
Irish emigrants
Classics
Protestants
Writers
Catholics
Irish classicism
Latin
Greek
Texts
Literature
Columbanus
Sedulius Scottus
John Scottus Eriugena
thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSB Literary studies: general::DSBB Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval
thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DB Ancient, classical and medieval texts
topic_facet Open access
James Joyce
Classical reception
Irish culture
Multilingualism
Interdisciplinarity
Graeco-Roman antiquity
Irish emigrants
Classics
Protestants
Writers
Catholics
Irish classicism
Latin
Greek
Texts
Literature
Columbanus
Sedulius Scottus
John Scottus Eriugena
thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSB Literary studies: general::DSBB Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval
thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DB Ancient, classical and medieval texts
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