Musical Culture and the Spirit of Irish Nationalism, 1848–1972

Contents

• Introduction: "Ballads Have Long Lost Their Revolutionary Powers"
• Part I: Nationalism, 1848-1913
• 1. "Oh, What Matter, When for Erin Dear We Fall?": Fenianism, Radical Nationalism and the Irish Soundscape
• 2. Appropriating Radicalism: Nationalist Music and Home Rule
• 3. Gaelicising "The Seonin Maids of Eirinn": The Politics of Ireland's Musical Revivals
• Part II: Revolution, 1913-1923
• 4. "Great Men and Straight Men"?: Music, Radicalisation and Revolution, 1913-1921
• 5. "Oh, How We Worship Our Dora": Seditious Singing and British Laws
• 6. "We Thought We Fought for Ireland": Music and the Civil War
• Part III: Independence, 1923-1972
• 7. "Three-Quarters of a Nation Once Again": Music and Party Politics
• 8. "Folk Music Alone Will Not Supply Our Needs": Music and Cultural Nationalism
• Part IV: Partition, 1923-1972
• 9. "This Morning a Man Was Hanged. This Evening We Had a Concert": Music, Nationalism and Northern Ireland, 1923-1967
• 10. "For the Most Part We Played Rebel Songs": Music and Civil Rights
• 11. "Ireland for the Irish, We Shall Not Be Moved": Music and the Troubles
• Part V: Dance
• 12. Inventing the Irish Dancer, 1848-1923
• 13. "Jazzing the Soul of the Nation Away": Dance and Dissent, 1923-1935
• 14. Modernising Irish Dance, 1935-1972
• Conclusion: Nationalist Communities, Revolution and Musical Mischief