Category: Writers Block
Irish Spice
When you think of good old ireland, you think of leppercons, shamrocks, green, st patricks day, and maybe your favorite Irish rock band. However there is more then that meets the eye and it's really not all about green and st patricks day and people who speak English with a interesting accent, that may be hard to understand. I happen to be a great fan of the anglo-sexans. I have done some information gathering about Ireland and their culture, because I was curious to know about their culture ever since I met an Irish person as a little girl who told me that the popular myths about ireland their st patricks day celebration is not so true. Ireland is a country with a long history, and alas people forget that, with all the cool stuff we hear about.
Thesis: The Republic of Ireland becomes more interesting when you take your focus away from the things you have learnt and dig deeper such as their language, roots, beliefs, history, culture, politics, and so forth.
Body preview: All this is interesting, yes, but I don't have time to tell you all about that, if you want an extensive view on Ireland that will cover everything to know you'll have to look somewhere else, but today what I can be able to tell you is about is the return of Gaelic, the popular pub culture in ireland, and the celtic dance.
I. the return of the Gaelic language
(laukaitis, The politics Of Language And National school reform)
sidenote: couldn't find gaelic music so just have a irish free the people song
a. british domination
1. many years English had dominated national language is not English but actual language is gaelic
2. coming back, it helps national identity
3. gaelic was banned from schools.
b. nationalism and pride
1. "The Gaelic League furthered the belief that Irish mattered more to the fate of Ireland than national independence,"
2. School were to have Irish as a class
2. lot of people liked it, english was still more user friendly for international trade.
Ii. pub life
(muñoz, wood, and solomon, real or blarney
b. pub or bar
1. the word pub may not make any sense to you, but in europe and most other places a pub is a bar.
b. popularity
1. very popular lots of people lot more people then the states.
2. widespread interest meetings and celebrations.
3. "For example, Irish flags guinness signage and the sounds of traditional Irish melodies and ballads."
(OCONNELL celtic competition)
"Great pubs are fundamentally about social interaction and interplay) (cooke)
iii. celtic/irish dance
a. stepdancing
1. It's a step dance
2. popular and competitive
3. keep hand by side
4. usually paired up with other dances.
3. "Irish step-dancing as we know it has existed since 1700 back then families in Ireland would pass down folk dances from generation to generation as a way of preserving their culture."
iv. now that I have talk to you about ireland I hope you know a little more about culture and cleared up your misconceptions.