The Coming of the Celts, AD 1860
Subtitle: Celtic Nationalism in Ireland and Wales
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
Published: Mar 30, 2018
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 372
ISBN-13: 9780268103378
Description: "Who are the Celts, and what does it mean to be Celtic? In this book, Caoimhín De Barra focuses on nationalists in Ireland and Wales between 1860 and 1925, a time period when people in these countries came to identify themselves as Celts. De Barra chooses to examine Ireland and Wales because, of the six so-called Celtic nations, these two were the furthest apart in terms of their linguistic, religious, and socioeconomic differences. The Coming of the Celts, AD 1860 is divided into three parts. The first concentrates on the emergence of a sense of Celtic identity and the ways in which political and cultural nationalists in both countries borrowed ideas from one another in promoting this sense of identity. The second part follows the efforts to create a more formal relationship between the Celtic countries through the Pan-Celtic movement; the subsequent successes and failures of this movement in Ireland and Wales are compared and contrasted. Finally, the book discusses the public juxtaposition of Welsh and Irish nationalisms during the Irish Revolution."--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Source title: The Coming of the Celts, AD 1860: Celtic Nationalism in Ireland and Wales