'The Great Famine in Ireland: a Linguistic and Cultural Disruption
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Between 1800 and 1900, Ireland underwent changes that very few countries have ever experienced: a once vibrant language became synonymous with poverty and destitution and on average 20% of its population either left or died. In the process, the rural areas of the island suffered from a dislocation of their traditional communities, a fragmentation of their identities, and ultimately from a sense of loss of their grounding. In the years and decades following the Great Famine, the creation of new sports, the reviving or invention of Gaelic traditions, the rewriting of history, the spread of the Irish language abroad, a sense of self-confidence regained, the recreation and adaptation of a national literature, all point towards significant and constructive consequences. On the other hand, the generalisation of more radical forms of politics, coupled with the association between Catholicism and nationalism after independence, led to an exclusive society seeking a united façade identity at the expense of diversity. This article proposes to examine the far-reaching impact of the Great Famine on Ireland's cultural and linguistic evolutions, as well as on issues of identity, leading to lasting social and political consequences.
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