Ríona Nic Congáil
Biographic Data
| ID | 4044583 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ríona Nic Congáil |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ríona Nic |
| FAMILY NAME | Congáil |
| SIGNATURE | CONGÁIL R N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Gaelic Athletic Association |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Three Stack Sisters: A New Perspective on 20th-Century Irish-Language Women’s Writing
Within 20th-century Irish-language writing, it is rare to find Irish-speaking women who have documented their lives in print form. To find three sisters who have published their thoughts through the medium of Irish is rarer still. The sisters in question are Cáit, Brighid and Áine Stack and they grew up in the 1900s and 1910s – the height of the revivalist period – in the Irish-speaking stronghold of Smerwick, Co. Kerry. This essay will trace the…
Looking on for Centuries from the Sideline: Gaelic Feminism and the Rise of Camogie
Looking on for Centuries from the Sideline”: Gaelic Feminism and the Rise of Camogie1 Ríona Nic Congáil (bio) In the first decade of the twentieth century women’s rights movements expanded throughout the West, and civil associations grew in number. These two developments converged in new women’s sporting, cultural, health, educational, and political organizations. While some organizations worked toward achieving gender equality, women’s sport—fro…
Life and the Dream: Utopian Impulses Within the Irish Language Revival
The purpose of this essay is to examine the utopian impulses and constructions within the Irish-language social movement known as the Gaelic League, a movement that formed the nucleus of mass Irish cultural nationalism at the fin de siècle. It will determine the influence of utopian thought and action upon the social and political direction of Irish society in the early twentieth century. The conflicts between the Gaelic League's romanticization …
Fiction, Amusement, Instruction: The Irish Fireside Club and the Educational Ideology of the Gaelic League
Fiction, Amusement, Instruction":The Irish Fireside Club and the Educational Ideology of the Gaelic League Ríona Nic Congáil (bio) "'Give me,' says Uncle Remus, 'the youth of a nation.'"1 Through the teachings of the Irish Fireside Club, the largest children's association in Ireland in the late 1880s, thousands of children gained a desire to educate themselves and each other for the benefit of Ireland's future. The Irish Fireside Club's teachings…
Fiction, Amusement, Instruction: The Irish Fireside Club and the Educational Ideology of the Gaelic League
Fiction, Amusement, Instruction":The Irish Fireside Club and the Educational Ideology of the Gaelic League Ríona Nic Congáil (bio) "'Give me,' says Uncle Remus, 'the youth of a nation.'"1 Through the teachings of the Irish Fireside Club, the largest children's association in Ireland in the late 1880s, thousands of children gained a desire to educate themselves and each other for the benefit of Ireland's future. The Irish Fireside Club's teachings…
Looking on for Centuries from the Sideline: Gaelic Feminism and the Rise of Camogie
Looking on for Centuries from the Sideline”: Gaelic Feminism and the Rise of Camogie1 Ríona Nic Congáil (bio) In the first decade of the twentieth century women’s rights movements expanded throughout the West, and civil associations grew in number. These two developments converged in new women’s sporting, cultural, health, educational, and political organizations. While some organizations worked toward achieving gender equality, women’s sport—fro…
Life and the Dream: Utopian Impulses Within the Irish Language Revival
The purpose of this essay is to examine the utopian impulses and constructions within the Irish-language social movement known as the Gaelic League, a movement that formed the nucleus of mass Irish cultural nationalism at the fin de siècle. It will determine the influence of utopian thought and action upon the social and political direction of Irish society in the early twentieth century. The conflicts between the Gaelic League's romanticization …
Fiction, Amusement, Instruction: The Irish Fireside Club and the Educational Ideology of the Gaelic League
Fiction, Amusement, Instruction":The Irish Fireside Club and the Educational Ideology of the Gaelic League Ríona Nic Congáil (bio) "'Give me,' says Uncle Remus, 'the youth of a nation.'"1 Through the teachings of the Irish Fireside Club, the largest children's association in Ireland in the late 1880s, thousands of children gained a desire to educate themselves and each other for the benefit of Ireland's future. The Irish Fireside Club's teachings…
Life and the Dream: Utopian Impulses Within the Irish Language Revival
The purpose of this essay is to examine the utopian impulses and constructions within the Irish-language social movement known as the Gaelic League, a movement that formed the nucleus of mass Irish cultural nationalism at the fin de siècle. It will determine the influence of utopian thought and action upon the social and political direction of Irish society in the early twentieth century. The conflicts between the Gaelic League's romanticization …
Looking on for Centuries from the Sideline: Gaelic Feminism and the Rise of Camogie
Looking on for Centuries from the Sideline”: Gaelic Feminism and the Rise of Camogie1 Ríona Nic Congáil (bio) In the first decade of the twentieth century women’s rights movements expanded throughout the West, and civil associations grew in number. These two developments converged in new women’s sporting, cultural, health, educational, and political organizations. While some organizations worked toward achieving gender equality, women’s sport—fro…
The Three Stack Sisters: A New Perspective on 20th-Century Irish-Language Women’s Writing
Within 20th-century Irish-language writing, it is rare to find Irish-speaking women who have documented their lives in print form. To find three sisters who have published their thoughts through the medium of Irish is rarer still. The sisters in question are Cáit, Brighid and Áine Stack and they grew up in the 1900s and 1910s – the height of the revivalist period – in the Irish-speaking stronghold of Smerwick, Co. Kerry. This essay will trace the…
Irish (4 works) · Irish and British Studies (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Politics (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · History (2 works) · History (2 works)