Leisure and the Irish in the nineteenth century / edited by Leeann Lane and William Murphy.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lane, Leeann, editor.

Murphy, William, 1974- editor.

Series:

Society for the Study of Nineteenth-Century Ireland.

The Society for the Study of Nineteenth-Century Ireland

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Leisure--Ireland--History--19th century.

Leisure.

History.

Ireland.

Physical Description:

vi, 270 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Liverpool : Liverpool University Press 2016.

Summary:

It has often been argued that 'modern' leisure was born in the period from the mid-nineteenth century to the outbreak of World War One. Then, it has been suggested, that if leisure was not 'invented' its forms and meanings changed. Despite the recent expansion of the literature on Irish popular cultures - perhaps most strikingly sport - the conceptions, purposes, and practical manifestations of leisure among the Irish during this critical period have yet to receive the attention they deserve. This collection represents an attempt to address this. In twelve essays that explore vibrant expressions of associational culture, the emergence of new leisure spaces, literary manifestations and representations of leisure, the pleasures and purposes of travel, and the leisure pursuits of elite women the collection offers a variety of perspectives on the volume's theme.0As becomes apparent in these studies, all manner of activity, from music to football, reading to dining, travel to photography, dancing to dining, visiting to cycling, child's play to fighting and attitudes to these were shaped not just by the drive to pleasure but by ideas of class, respectability, improvement and social control as well as political, social, educational, medical and religious ideologies.

Contents:

Leisure and Associational Culture

1 Politics as Leisure: Brass Bands in Cork, 1845-1918 / John Borgonovo Borgonovo, John 23

2 The Functions of Association Football in the Boys' Brigade in Ireland, 1888-1914 / Brendan Power Power, Brendan 41

Leisure Spaces

3 Muscles and Morals: Children's Playground Culture in Ireland, 1836-1918 / Vanessa Rutherford Rutherford, Vanessa 61

4 Photography and Leisure: The Rise of the Photographic Studio in Mid- to Late-Nineteenth-Century Dublin / Orla Fitzpatrick Fitzpatrick, Orla 80

5 The Establishment and Evolution of Limerick City Municipal Library, 1889-1938 / Matthew Potter Potter, Matthew 99

Leisure in Literature

6 Leisure in Charles Levers Jack Hinton (1842) and the Continuities of Irish Fiction / James H. Murphy Murphy, James H. 119

7 The Fighting Irish: Faction Fighting as Leisure in the Writings of William Carleron / Kevan O'Rourke O'Rourke, Kevan 130

8 The Humours of Provincial Life: Theatre and Tourism in Matthew Archdeacon's Everar / Patrick Maume Maume, Patrick 147

Leisure, Tourism and Travel

9 From Drogheda to Jerusalem, and a Riot: The Travels of Thomas Brodigan of Piltown, 1845-1846 / Philip McEvansoneya McEvansoneya, Philip 169

10 'Bad roads will absolutely nip in the bud the new development': Cycling Tourism in Ireland in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries / Brian Griffin Griffin, Brian 187

Leisure and Female Elites

11 Leisure with a Purpose: Women and the Entertaining Practices of the Irish Landed Élite, c.1860-1914 / Maeve O'Riordan O'Riordan, Maeve 209

12 Lady Charlotte Stopford: A Lady of Leisure? / Rachel Murphy Murphy, Rachel 226.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781781381823

1781381828

OCLC:

910504517

Publisher Number:

99967803516