‘Diaspora' and transnationalism: theory and evidence in explanation of the Irish world-wide’

Contribution to a symposium 'perspectives of the Irish Diaspora', with contributions also from Enda Delaney and Kevin Kenny. The article argues for the use of diaspora as a social science typology, such as class or ethnicity, where a basis of evidence of discernible that demonstrates social communication between homeland and new lands, but also between immigrants in the new lands themselves.