People from the British and Irish Isles have, for centuries, migrated to all corners of the globe.Wherever they went, the English, Irish, Scots, Welsh, and and even sub-national, supra-regional groups like the Cornish, co-mingled, blended and blurred. Yet while they gradually integrated into new lives in far-flung places, British and Irish Isle emigrants often maintained elements of their distinctive national cultures, which is an important foundation of diasporas. Within this wider context, this volume seeks to explore the nature and characteristics of the British and Irish diasporas, stressing their varying origins and evolution, the developing attachments to them, and the differences in each nation’s recognition of their own diaspora. The volume thus offers the first integrated study of the formation of diasporas from the islands of Ireland and Britain, with a particular view to scrutinizing the similarities, differences, tensions and possibilities of this approach.

A nineteenth century sketch of the old abbey of Tralee and Holy Cross Dominican Church in Co Kerry by Rev John C O'Ryan, OP, first published in 1897 and reproduced with introduction and images. The sketch contains the history of the thirteenth century abbey; of the Geraldines, Earls of Desmonds; of the bishops, martyrs and illustrious members associated with the Tralee community including Daniel O'Daly (Father Dominic of the Rosary) and Father Thadeus Moriarty, hanged in Killarney in 1653. It covers the period of the second foundation with notes on David Moriarty, Bishop of Kerry; benefactors of the church; altar plate and a chronology of the abbey 1221-1827.