An Anthropology of the Irish in Belgium by Sean O’ Dubhghaill

Author:Sean O’ Dubhghaill
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9783030241476
Publisher: Springer International Publishing

It is very easy to observe the difficulty in postulating a ‘national identity’, as opposed to something more akin to the deployment of a descriptive label or imagined similarity, at a time when no such object, as such, existed. Many of the Franciscans who worked in Leuven studied the philosophy of Duns Scotus believing him to be Irish, whereas the designation Scoti refers both to the Gaels of Ireland and Scotland. Scotism was nevertheless championed by Franciscans all over Europe.

What can be observed is the Franciscan’s desire to assist those left behind at home, by way of providing liturgical material that was accessible to them, a single discursive representation for those who found themselves in exile after the ‘Flight of the Earls’ as well as the desire to simplify the construction of the language in order to maximise exposure among some of the less-literate Irish folk. This was chiefly an undertaking carried out by Franciscan, and former Arch-Bishop of Tuam, Florence Conry (Irish: Flathraí o Maoil Chonaire):In translating this work, Conry addressed an audience which included the clergy but also literate Gaelic laity. He appeals to Gaelic literati not to criticise the simplicity of it, but rather to understand his pious objective of helping the poorly educated. (O’Connor 2002: 100–101)

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