Professor Enda Delaney: 'Making Ireland Modern' There is a widespread misconception that Ireland became 'modern' much later than its neighbours, in the 1960s and 1970s. This is grounded in several enduring stereotypes and caricatures: of Ireland as a 'timeless' and unchanging 'land of saints and scholars'; of its society and culture in the long nineteenth century as puritanical, regressive, or archaic; of Gaelic language and culture as 'backward' or inward-looking in contrast to a 'modern' English counterpart; and of the island as natural and rural in the face of the urban and technological 'progress' of modernity. Drawing on an extensive range of sources, from poetry and novels to contemporary historical documents, acclaimed historian Enda Delaney here offers a reinterpretation of Ireland's encounter with modernity that corrects these stereotypes. Please see ticket options at the link (Eventbrite). Oct 30 2025 19.00 - 20.30 Professor Enda Delaney: 'Making Ireland Modern' Professor Enda Delaney - Professor of Modern History - will be talking about his new book. Blackwell's Edinburgh South Bridge Find Blackwell's Tickets
Professor Enda Delaney: 'Making Ireland Modern' There is a widespread misconception that Ireland became 'modern' much later than its neighbours, in the 1960s and 1970s. This is grounded in several enduring stereotypes and caricatures: of Ireland as a 'timeless' and unchanging 'land of saints and scholars'; of its society and culture in the long nineteenth century as puritanical, regressive, or archaic; of Gaelic language and culture as 'backward' or inward-looking in contrast to a 'modern' English counterpart; and of the island as natural and rural in the face of the urban and technological 'progress' of modernity. Drawing on an extensive range of sources, from poetry and novels to contemporary historical documents, acclaimed historian Enda Delaney here offers a reinterpretation of Ireland's encounter with modernity that corrects these stereotypes. Please see ticket options at the link (Eventbrite). Oct 30 2025 19.00 - 20.30 Professor Enda Delaney: 'Making Ireland Modern' Professor Enda Delaney - Professor of Modern History - will be talking about his new book. Blackwell's Edinburgh South Bridge Find Blackwell's Tickets
Oct 30 2025 19.00 - 20.30 Professor Enda Delaney: 'Making Ireland Modern' Professor Enda Delaney - Professor of Modern History - will be talking about his new book.
