Articles
The Irish Diaspora and the Nation Beyond the Island
Ireland is one of the rare countries where the tourist identity cannot be fully appreciated within its own borders. Visitors frequently come upon places with meanings that point outward: famine …
Giant’s Causeway and the Borderless Logic of Geological Fame
The Giant's Causeway is one of those places where your initial impression is already divided in two. One aspect is geological: hundreds of basalt columns produced by volcanic processes and put …
Trinity College Library and the Book of Kells
A visit to Trinity College in Dublin typically begins with architecture: old stone, a formal quadrangle, and a sense of intellectual weight. However, the emotional center of the encounter is located inside the Old …