The Celtic Tiger: A

Sociological and
Post-colonial Look
What is the Celtic Tiger?

The Celtic Tiger refers to the period

of rapid economic growth in Ireland
from the mid-1990s to the late 2000s,
fuelled by foreign direct investment.
This economic boom transformed
Ireland from one of Europe's poorest
countries to one of the top global
economies. The Irish economy grew
significantly during this time, with an
average annual growth rate of 9.4%
between 1995 and 2000. The Celtic
Tiger resulted in a property bubble
that laid the foundation for the
economic recession of 2008.
Its Impact on the Culture and Society

Introduction of Consumerism

Women in the workforce

Irish Past Vs Irish Future

Multiculturalism
Its Impact on Literature

Sociopolitical commentary

Gender and identity

Chick lit

Memory and history

Race, Immigration, and Irishness

Literary Works of the Period

Colum McCann's "This Side of Brightness" (1998)

Éilís Ní Dhuibhne's "The Bray House" (1999)
Roddy Doyle's "The Deportees" (2007)
Anne Enright's "The Gathering" (2007)
Oona Frawley's "Flight" (2014)
Questions that I Want to Ask

How did the Celtic Tiger era change the ways in which Irish people regard and
represent their history and culture?
How did the Celtic Tiger era impact the representation of Irish identity in
literature, and how did this change over time?
How did the Celtic Tiger era influence the representation of non-Irish immigrants
in Irish literature, and what were the literary responses to their presence in
Celtic-Tiger and post-Celtic-Tiger Ireland?
How did the Celtic Tiger era impact the representation of gender, race, and
Irishness in Irish literature, and what were the implications of these
representations for post-colonial readings of Irish literature?
Thank Y’all