Transcript Pop Culture of Ireland

Pop Culture
of Ireland
By: Jessica Lovins
Technology: Today
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Dublin has become Ireland’s technological
hub in more recent years due to companies
running their international operations through
the city, especially those with intellectual
property.
It allows takes breaks for companies like
Google, Twitter, and Facebook. In 2011
Ireland “won” Twitter’s selection over London
and Berlin which was another huge
technological advancement for the country.
Technology: Popularity of
Twitter
Technology: Internet
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addition to twitter, the top websites for
Ireland are very similar to the U.S.,
including Google, Facebook, Yahoo!,
Youtube, Wikipedia, Linkedin, and
Amazon.
 Some Irish-specific websites are RTE, Allie
Irish Banks, and Irish Independent.
Music
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Popular music performers began making
appearances in the 1940’s. Bridie Gallagher is
known as Ireland’s first international pop star.
1950’s-1960’s: Irish Show bands, which played
covers of songs currently in the record charts
of a variety of genres.
As a result in the rise in popularity of American
Country Music, a subgenre known as
“Country and Irish” became popular. It
incorporates Irish folk music with American
country.
Music: Irish Sands
Music Cont.
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Traditional music fused with popular music later in the
century with bands like Van Morrison using traditional
elements in their songs.
Riverdance became popular after being performed
at the 1994 Eurovision song contest, which Ireland
won. They have won more than any other of the 51
participating countries.
Similar to American Idol; Countries submit a song to
be performed live on television and radio and then
vote on the other country’s songs to determine
which is the most popular.
One of the longest running television programs in the
world, and one of the most watched non-sporting
events.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgGAz
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Starting in the 1960’s major Irish rock bands starting forming,
much like in the United States. (Van Morrison)
As Punk rock emerged in the late 1970’s bands like U2
emerged, and eventually Irish Punk led to alternative music
styles.
In the 1990’s pop bands like The Cranberries became
popular, and in the 2000’s it is continuing to grow with
groups like Snow Patrol.
Celtic music has remained fairly popular throughout while
being incorporated into other genres, whereas a lot of
countries lose their traditional music to the times.
U2 is the top selling Irish act of all time, along with Van
Morrison and the Cranberries ranking in the top 5.
U2’s Sunday Bloody Sunday
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Bloody Sunday Recap: Nonviolent Civil Rights
march held on January 1972 in Derry involving
the death of 13 nonviolent protestors, some
teenagers.
Protesting against inequalities involving the
Catholic minority of Northern Ireland.
British soldiers opened fire.
U2 wrote this song as a part of the album War,
and it is on Rolling Stone’s list The 500 Greatest
Songs of All time.
The band formed in 1976 in Dublin.
U2’s Sunday Bloody Sunday
Sports
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The most popular sports in Ireland include hurling,
Gaelic football, soccer, and rugby.
As far as attendance, Gaelic football or “Gaelic” is
the most popular.
Hurling is native to Ireland and is similar to Hockey. It is
also the second most popular sport and is classified
with Gaelic football under “Gaelic games.” These
traditional Irish games are governed by the GAA.
Football, referred to as soccer in the U.S., is played
and Ireland has taken part in the FIFA world cup.
Rugby has become increasingly more popular in
recent years along with ice hokey in Northern Ireland.
Sports: Hurling
Sports: Gaelic Football
Sports: Rugby
Fashion
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The Irish fashion scene is similar to most
western cultures, constantly changing to fit
the needs and lifestyles of the population.
Today the fashion scene mirrors that of other
countries in Europe and the U.S.
Layers are worn often in Irish culture to help
accommodate the cooler, rainy weather and
sometimes traditional Irish clothing including
hand knit sweaters are still worn.
Fashion: Marilyn Monroe Type
Icons
Fashion: Marilyn Monroe Type
Icons
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Maureen O’Hara: Know for red hair and long time friend of
John Wayne. Now has a magazine named after her.
Anne Sullivan: Lifelong teacher and companion of Helen
Keller, daughter of U.S. immigrants that fled from the Irish
potato famine.
Imelda May: Singer/Songwriter known for her 1950’s look.
Sybil Connolly: Irish fashion designer said to have put Irish
fashion on the map. Know for incorporating everyday Irish
clothing into fashion.
Maude Gonne: Radical revolutionary that got Irish women
involved in 20th century politics. Known for refusing
marriage proposals from a man who wouldn’t convert to
Catholicism.
Fashion: Kilts
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Kilts are sometimes viewed
as traditional Irish dress but
actually originated in
Scotland.
They didn’t actually
become popular until the
1930’s and 40’s through
step-dance culture in
which men wore them to
competitions. Women wore
heavily embroidered
dresses.
They are still worn to similar
occasions today.
Fashion: Stepdance
Then
Now
Film: History
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The history if Irish film is relatively recent compared
to its European counterparts due to lack of state
investment and a smaller domestic audience.
History is put into three categories:
Early Cinema: Silent and Sound Films (1910-1975)
mostly dominated by American and British
producers.
Indigenous filmmaking: “First wave” (1970’s to
1990)
Contemporary Irish Cinema: Early 1990s to today
beginning with the reestablishment of the Irish Film
Board in 1993.
Film: Today
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The Irish Film industry has
grown significantly in recent
years with an expansion of
the Irish Film Board, and
Ireland and has also
become a popular film sight
for American films like
Braveheart, Saving Private
Ryan, and P.S. I love you.
Famous Irish actors: Liam
Neeson, Colin Farrell, Pierce
Brosnan (James Bond),
Michael Gambon
(Dumbledore), Richard Harris
(Original Dumbledore)
“My left foot”1989 double
Oscar winner that set off
indigenous filmmaking.
Irish Television
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Television got started in the 1950’s similarly to the
U.S., but it was first made available in the Republic
of Ireland in 1961 by the public service
broadcaster RTE (Raidió Teilifís Éireann).
They were originally afraid of British influence
picked up by British channels in Northern Ireland,
which began in 1959.
Today RTE, MTV, Comedy Central, and Discovery
Channel are on their top 20 most widely viewed
channels.
A lot of Irish channels are still British influenced, as
well as newspapers and magazines but Irish based
media is growing quickly.
Newspaper and Media
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Independent News and Media (INM) is
Ireland’s leading media company that owns
five market leading national newspapers.
They are the number one newspaper
publisher and the leading wholesale
distributor of newspapers and magazines.
RTE still provides most of the latest Irish and
international news as well as stories on sports,
entertainment, life and style, television, and
radio making it one of the oldest
broadcasters in the world.
 “The
intelligent
read for Ireland’s
smartest women.”
 “Cosmopolitan”
Art
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“Andy Warhol” Jonathan Aiken
focuses on famous political and domestic
icons in his work. Here he focuses on the
60’s.
Pop art: Aiken
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is a work by
Aiken portraying
Ireland’s 108
members of
legislative
assembly.
Sources
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http://www.celticradio.net/php/service_mod.php?ty
pe=Celtic%20Music
http://iconfactorydublin.ie/?p=95
http://www.espnscrum.com/scrum/rugby/story/1025
47.html
http://www.theatlanticwire.com/business/2011/09/d
ublin-dubs-itself-europes-tech-hub/42978/
http://www.ehow.com/about_5388071_kind-clothesdo-wear-ireland.html
http://www.irishfilm.ie/downloads/Irish-film-aw.pdf
http://www.jonathanaiken.com/news.asp?NewsID=7
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http://www.rte.ie/