From gombeen to gubeen: tourism, social class and cultural identity in Ireland 1949-1999
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Only two years after the establishment of the Irish Free State, Daniel Corkery published a book that became an instant classic.The Hidden Ireland was hailed for its depiction of Gaelic Ireland in the eighteenth century, a depiction that subsequently, of course, was the object of much scholarly critique and controversy. 1Corkery's work deliberately sets out to celebrate .theculture outside the Big House, a culture of poetry and poverty, the sacralisation of hardship resonant with the grim asceticism of the new State.
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Only two years after the establishment of the Irish Free State, Daniel Corkery published a book that became an instant classic.The Hidden Ireland was hailed for its depiction of Gaelic Ireland in the eighteenth century, a depiction that subsequently, of course, was the object of much scholarly critique and controversy. 1Corkery's work deliberately sets out to celebrate .theculture outside the Big House, a culture of poetry and poverty, the sacralisation of hardship resonant with the grim asceticism of the new State.
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