Keeping their heads down: Shame and pride in the stories of Protestants in the Irish Republic
| dc.contributor.author | Nuttall, Deirdre | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-08-11T14:45:25Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2015-08-11T14:45:25Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This study draws on a number of in-depth interviews to explore the ethnic aspect of Protestantism in the Republic of Ireland. We explore themes of shame and pride around issues of identity, together with a sense of loss of a minority rapidly losing cultural distinctiveness. Following Ireland‘s division, the ordinary Protestants of the south, comprising a range of religious denominations bound by history, intermarriage and culture, found themselves in a society in which their story was rarely told. The dominant narrative was one of a Catholic people, long oppressed by a wealthy Protestant minority. The story of ordinary Protestants, including those in rural and urban poverty, went largely unheard. Today, ordinary Protestants – small farmers, shop keepers, housewives – tell the story of Ireland as seen through their family‘s narratives. Themes of pride and shame, often intertwined, form a thread that binds their testimony, drawing on family, personal and local history, folklore and statements of identity. | en |
| dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
| dc.description.version | Published Version | en |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | en |
| dc.identifier.citation | NUTTALL, D. 2015. Keeping their heads down: Shame and pride in the stories of Protestants in the Irish Republic. Journal of the Irish Society for the Academic Study of Religions, 2(1), 47-72 | en |
| dc.identifier.endpage | 72 | en |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2009-7409 | |
| dc.identifier.issued | 1 | en |
| dc.identifier.journaltitle | Journal of the Irish Society for the Academic Study of Religions | en |
| dc.identifier.startpage | 47 | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10468/1883 | |
| dc.identifier.volume | 2 | en |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | ISASR in association with the Study of Religions, University College Cork | en |
| dc.relation.uri | http://jisasr.org/ | |
| dc.rights | ©2015, The Author(s). | en |
| dc.subject | Protestantism | en |
| dc.subject | Republic of Ireland | en |
| dc.subject | Memory | en |
| dc.subject | Narrative | en |
| dc.subject | Minorities | en |
| dc.title | Keeping their heads down: Shame and pride in the stories of Protestants in the Irish Republic | en |
| dc.type | Article (peer-reviewed) | en |
