Franco-Irish Connections in Space and Time: Peregrinations and Ruminations (Reimagining Ireland)

Strong cultural, commercial, literary and intellectual links have existed for many centuries between the Celtic cousins France and Ireland and continue to flourish today. This book explores some of the connections that have been forged over space and time by groups and individuals travelling between the two countries. Covering subjects as varied as travel literature, music, philosophy, wine production, photography and consumer culture, and spanning the seventeenth through to the twenty-first centuries, the collection draws attention to the rich tapestry of interconnections and associations which confirm this unique and mutually beneficial friendship. The book examines the role of figures such as Boullaye-le-Gouz, Coquebert de Montbret, Sydney Owenson, Alain de Lille, Augusta Holmes, Alain Badiou, Wolfe Tone, Jacques Rancière, the ‘Wine Geese’, the O’Kelly family, Marguerite Mespoulet, Madeleine Mignon, Jules Verne, Hector Malot, Harry Clifton, John McGahern, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Kate O’Brien, John Broderick, Brian Moore and François Mauriac. The essays will appeal to both academic and general readers and to anyone with an interest in Franco-Irish relations. Contents Acknowledgements Introduction Part I Travel Literature and Literary Connections Between France and Ireland Grace Neville Things Fall Apart – Boullaye-le-Gouz, An Angevin Traveller to Ireland in 1644 Jane Conroy Time and the Traveller: The Case of Coquebert de Montbret Jeanne Lakatos Sydney Owenson and Alain de Lille: Traversing Philosophical Terrains in France Mary Pierse Close Connections: Nationalism and Artistic Expression in the Opere of Sydney Owenson Part II Philosophical, Cultural and Commercial Exchanges in Space and Time Eugene O’Brien The Year(s) of the French: The French Revolution as a Spatio-Temporal Event Brian Murphy Appellation ‘Éire’ Contrôlée: Historical Links between France’s Wine Heritage Axel Klein Qualité d’Irlandais: The O’Kelly Family in Nineteenth-Century French Musical Life Catherine Maignant Reimagining Ireland through Early Twentieth-Century French Eyes Part III French Writers and Ireland: Kindred Spirits or Passing Ships in the Night? Lauren Clark Children, ‘The Charity Myth’ and Victorian Consumer Culture Benjamin Keatinge ‘The clouds of Ireland gathered over France’: Harry Clifton’s Secular Eden Raymond Mullen ‘How Can Time be Gathered in and Kissed?’ Eamon Maher ‘Beware the Hypocrites and the Pharisees!’: François Mauriac’s Impact Notes on Contributors Index Covering subjects as varied as travel literature, music, philosophy, wine production, photography and consumer culture, and spanning the seventeenth through to the twenty-first centuries, this collection draws attention to the rich tapestry of interconnections and associations which confirm this unique and mutually beneficial friendship.