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Irish migrants in new communities: Seeking the Fair Land? comprises
the second collection of essays by these editors exploring fresh
aspects and perspectives on the subject of the Irish diaspora. This
volume, edited by Mairtin O Cathain and Micheal O hAodha, develops
many of the oral history themes of the first book and concentrates
more on issues surrounding the adaptation of migrants to new or
host environments and cultures. These new places often have a
jarring effect, as well as a welcoming air, and the Irish bring
their own interpretations, hostilities, and suspicions, all of
which are explored in a fascinating and original number of new
perspectives.
The relationship between Ireland and the diversity of its diasporas
has always been complex and multi-layered, but it is not until
recently that this reality has really been acknowledged in the
public sphere and indeed, amongst the scholarly community
generally. This reality is partly a consequence of both
"push-and-pull" factors and the relatively late arrival of
globalization trends to the island of Ireland itself, situated as
it is on the Atlantic seaboard between Europe and the US. Ireland
is changing however, some would say at an unprecedented speed as
compared with many of its neighbours, and the sense of Irish
identity and connection to the home country is changing too. What
is the relationship of Ireland and the Irish with its diaspora
communities and how is this articulated? The voices who speak in
New Perspectives on the Irish Abroad: The Silent People?, edited by
Micheal O hAodha and Mairtin O Cathain, "talk back" to Ireland and
Ireland talks to them, and it is in telling that we see a new
story, an emerging discourse-the narratives of the "hidden" Irish,
the migrant Irish, the diaspora whose voices and refrains were
hitherto neglected or subject to silence.
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