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Marshall, Melanie L Gale, Emily Rollefson, J. Griffith Fleming, Laura 2024-09-19T09:34:37Z 2024-09-19T09:34:37Z 2024 2024 This project is the culmination of my research into the relationship between Irish cultural Catholicism and queer Irish identity as revealed and complicated through music. For many, queer identity and Irish identity are polarised, situated at a point of tension as a result of the homophobic teachings of the Catholic church, an institution which has historically held immense power in Ireland. I will explore this contentious relationship, drawing from personal experience as well as those of other queer Irish people to examine what it means to be a queer person in Ireland today. With this as the contextual background for my case studies, I will examine the use of religious images, language and symbols by contemporary Irish queer musicians. Finally, I will explore the impact of this for queer listeners, and the participation of these musicians in the imagining of a queer Irish utopia through music. Not peer reviewed Accepted Version application/pdf Fleming, L. 2024. "I'm gonna be free": listening to expressions of queer identity and cultural Catholicism in the music of contemporary Irish artists. MRes Thesis, University College Cork. 116 https://hdl.handle.net/10468/16401 en University College Cork © 2024, Laura Fleming. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ Musicology Queer Catholicism Ireland "I'm gonna be free": listening to expressions of queer identity and cultural Catholicism in the music of contemporary Irish artists Masters thesis (Research) Masters MRes - Master of Researchinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess