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June 19, 2026Irish Journal of SociologyOpen Access

Racialised from the past: Irish genealogies of slavery in the Caribbean

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MBMargaret Brehony

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This article examines the exclusion of Blackness from Irish identity and highlights Irish involvement in Caribbean slavery.

Key Points

  • This article explores the historical exclusion of Blackness from Irish national identity and the acknowledgment of Irish involvement in Caribbean slavery.
  • Interdisciplinary analysis of slavery, race, and gender
  • Focus on Irish and African descended women in Cuba
  • Examination of Irish historiography regarding migration and slavery
  • Demonstrates the omission of Irish complicity in slavery from historiography
  • Challenges the exclusion of Black contributions to Irish identity
  • Calls attention to the historical erasure of Black people from Irish academic discourse

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Margaret Brehony (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a34dfcd65a5b0777af2ec99https://doi.org/10.1177/07916035261452530
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