Introduction: Cultural Intersections across the Irish Sea

Abstract

A very interesting chapter in the history of international relations would be the narrative of those anciently subsisting between Ireland and Scotland. There exists abundant material for such a compilation; and we are inclined to marvel that no one has yet undertaken it, at least in a formal and connected way. [...] As a nation, we hear little of Ireland; and that which we do hear is obviously “cooked” for our consumption.1