Celebrating Irishness in London

Grainne O'Keeffe-Vigneron (1, 2)

1 CRBC Rennes - Centre de recherche bretonne et celtique
2 SOFEIR - Société Française d’Études Irlandaises

This article will trace how expressions of Irish culture in London have evolved in the period following the Second World War, going from celebrations which took place within the confines of the Irish community in the 1950s and 1960s to more public and open articulations of an Irish identity thirty years later.

Mots clés: Irish in London; celebrations; St.Patrick's day; Irish culture; ethnic minority

Domaines: Sciences de l'Homme et Société

Grainne O'Keeffe-Vigneron. Celebrating Irishness in London. Marie-Claire Considère-Charon, Philippe Laplace, Michel Savaric. The Irish Celebrating Festive and Tragic Overtones, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, pp.180-191, 2008. ⟨hal-00612723⟩