{"id":497,"date":"2019-06-24T00:55:49","date_gmt":"2019-06-24T00:55:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breaking-the-silence.online\/index.php\/2019\/06\/24\/here-are-our-top-ten-social-taboos-of-ireland\/"},"modified":"2024-09-14T06:25:04","modified_gmt":"2024-09-14T06:25:04","slug":"here-are-our-top-ten-social-taboos-of-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amaliafoka.com\/breaking-the-silence\/index.php\/2019\/06\/24\/here-are-our-top-ten-social-taboos-of-ireland\/","title":{"rendered":"Here are our top ten social taboos of Ireland."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Every country<\/strong> has its own list<\/strong> of topics<\/strong> they would rather not talk about, and Ireland<\/a> is no exception<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Here\u00a0<\/span>are our top<\/strong> ten social taboos<\/strong><\/span><\/strong> of Ireland<\/a>.<\/p>\n

There are, however, some things<\/strong> we would rather not talk about, what we call social taboos<\/strong><\/span><\/strong> in Ireland<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Perhaps you are not familiar with some of these or have never noticed them before, but once you read through our top<\/strong> ten social taboos<\/strong><\/span><\/strong> of Ireland<\/a> list, you will know to choose your topics<\/strong> wisely.<\/p>\n

Of course, having a few scoops is common in Ireland<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Famine \u2013 one of the top<\/strong> social taboos<\/strong> <\/span>in Irish society<\/p>\n

Sure, everyone knows about the famine<\/strong> and the mass<\/strong> emigration from Ireland<\/a> in the 1800s, but there are mixed views on the Great Famine, many of which can be controversial, so we just leave that to the history books.<\/p>\n

We tend to stick to our go to \u2018lighten the mood\u2019 jokes; we don\u2019t want to offend people now, do we? This is easily one of the top social taboos in Irish society. Another of our top<\/strong> social taboos<\/strong><\/span><\/strong> of Ireland<\/a> best to be avoided.<\/p>\n

Most people are familiar with the Troubles of Ireland<\/a>, most of which were based around the two religions, Protestants and Catholics .<\/p>\n

So there you have it, our list of the top<\/strong> ten social taboos<\/strong><\/span><\/strong> of Ireland<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Eliza Hittman is a filmmaker whose movies<\/strong> tackle taboos<\/strong><\/span><\/strong> with equal amounts of care and confidence.<\/p>\n

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I was reading about the death of Savita Halappanavar in Ireland<\/a>, a woman who passed away after being denied a lifesaving abortion<\/strong>, and the journey that women would take from Ireland<\/a> \u2014 across the Irish Sea to London<\/a> and back in one day.<\/p>\n

I wrote a treatment for a movie set in Ireland<\/a>, and then I started thinking about how to transpose the story to the U.S.<\/p>\n

Hittman: All of my films explore taboos<\/strong><\/span><\/strong> in different ways. was one that I was interested in \u2014 it\u2019s such a sort of private taboo<\/span><\/strong> experience.<\/p>\n

It is also highly taboo<\/span><\/strong> in the staunchly Catholic island nation.<\/p>\n

The well-travelled route from Valletta<\/a> to London<\/a> for those needing abortions mirrors the journeys of thousands who had to leave Ireland<\/a> and Northern Ireland<\/a> to end<\/strong> unwanted pregnancies before liberalisation in those countries.<\/p>\n

Charmaine , who travelled to the UK from Malta to end<\/strong> a pregnancy in 2011, describes her country<\/strong> as \u00ablike Ireland<\/a> on steroids\u00bb when it comes to abortion<\/strong> \u2013 \u00abin terms of how small we are, how tight-knit we are, how difficult it is to to leave the country<\/strong>\u00bb.<\/p>\n

The headline on this article was amended on 15 June 2020 to remove a reference to Ireland<\/a>, where abortion<\/strong> is now legal, as stated in the article.<\/p>\n

In Newgrange, Ireland<\/a>, there is a 5,000-year-old Neolithic-era monument, carved with mysterious symbols, marking the elaborate tomb of an important ancient man.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

These kinds of tombs<\/strong> are found all over Ireland<\/a> but the one in Newgrange is the most famous and, most think, belonged to a king.<\/p>\n

The discovery suggests that those who ruled Ireland<\/a> thousands of years ago were practitioners of incest, one of human society\u2019s most consistent taboos<\/strong><\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Understanding for whom these tombs<\/strong> were constructed is one step towards understanding the social world of Neolithic Ireland<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The discovery is interesting precisely because it is so taboo<\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Where this almost universally agreed-upon taboo<\/span><\/strong> is most regularly flaunted, however, is among members of the socio-political elite.<\/p>\n

Cassidy argues that something<\/strong> similar was happening among Neolithic Irish elites: It\u2019s \u00aba way that elites can separate themselves \u2014 they get to break a taboo<\/span><\/strong>, they get to break a social convention that others aren’t allowed to\u00bb.
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Naphtali Lewis further notes that far from being taboo<\/span><\/strong> such marriages were celebrated, publicly announced, and in all respects \u2018ordinary. \u2019 There is no ancient commentary on genetic flaws or unsuccessful relationships.<\/p>\n

In the rest of the Roman empire these kinds of unions were a social taboo<\/span><\/strong>; accusations of incest were levied against outsiders, including early Christians, as a sign of their moral depravity and barbarian nature.<\/p>\n

Some of the first farmers to arrive in Ireland<\/a> erected this monument, called Newgrange, nearly 1000 years before Stonehenge or Egypt<\/a>\u2019s first pyramids were built.<\/p>\n

Across cultures, incest is almost always taboo<\/span><\/strong>\u2014except in inbred royal families.<\/p>\n

Its genetic traces at Newgrange suggest social hierarchy took hold in Ireland<\/a> earlier than thought, according to a new study.<\/p>\n

The Neolithic settlers who arrived in Ireland<\/a> around 3700 B.C.E. were the westernmost limit of that expansion.<\/p>\n

Hundreds of such passage tomb monuments are found across Ireland<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Comparing NG10\u2019s DNA and that of other Neolithic burials with DNA from people living on the island centuries earlier shows Neolithic farmers arrived in Ireland<\/a> as part of a mass<\/strong> migration, and soon swamped or eliminated the genetic legacy of earlier hunter-gatherers, says geneticist Daniel Bradley, a co-author also at Trinity College Dublin.<\/p>\n

\u00abMatings like that are taboo<\/span><\/strong> pretty much universally, with very few exceptions,\u00bb she says.<\/p>\n

\u00abI believe we\u2019re seeing a similar social dynamic at play<\/strong> among colonists of Neolithic Ireland<\/a>,\u00bb Cassidy says.<\/p>\n

\u00abThe question is whether this arose in Ireland<\/a> or whether they were importing existing social structures into the island,\u00bb Cassidy says.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

She\u2019s written for Autostraddle, Broadly, and Diva, and is currently working on a book on the supernatural women of Ireland<\/a> for Wolfenhowle Press.<\/p>\n

COUNTY MEATH, Ireland<\/a> \u2013 Recent genetic analysis from remains interred at Newgrange, the largest of Ireland<\/a>\u2019s great passage tombs<\/strong> built over 5000 years ago, shows that one of the few buried there was the product of an incestuous union \u2013 something<\/strong> many academics believe indicates the presence of a deified ruling<\/strong> class like the pharaohs of ancient Egypt<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Known as first-degree incest, these kinds of unions are almost universally taboo<\/span><\/strong> in human societies.<\/p>\n

Exemptions to that taboo<\/span><\/strong> almost always involve a ruling<\/strong> class who set themselves so far above the rest of society that the normal human rules don\u2019t apply, with their flouting of those rules serving as a symbol of their elevated status.<\/p>\n

\u00abI believe we\u2019re seeing a similar social dynamic at play<\/strong> among colonists of Neolithic Ireland<\/a>,\u00bb said Cassidy.<\/p>\n

Given as supporting evidence of this theory are the results from the genetic testing of the other remains found in passage tombs<\/strong> across Ireland<\/a>.<\/p>\n

However, marriages within a wider kin group don\u2019t necessarily indicate the acceptance of first-degree incest, and many cultures that condone marriage between cousins still hold parent-child or sibling unions as taboo<\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Based on this alone the conclusion that Neolithic Ireland<\/a> had an incestuous ruling<\/strong> class with a mystical or even divine bloodline would seem tenuous \u2013 however, the structure of Newgrange itself coupled with a piece of local folklore suggests it may be the correct one after all.<\/p>\n

All we do know for sure<\/strong> is that a relatively small kin group was buried in the passage tombs<\/strong> across Ireland<\/a> and that at least one individual, interred in the largest and presumably most high status of those tombs<\/strong>, was the product of first-degree incest.<\/p>\n

\u00abThe question is whether this arose in Ireland<\/a> or whether they were importing existing social structures into the island,\u00bb Cassidy says.<\/p>\n

Every country<\/strong> has their own list<\/strong> of topics<\/strong> they would rather not talk about, and Ireland<\/a> is no exception<\/strong>, so here is our top<\/strong> 10 social taboos<\/strong><\/span><\/strong> in Irish society.<\/p>\n

There are, however, some things<\/strong> we would rather not talk about and some things<\/strong> that make us feel slightly uncomfortable, which is what we call a social taboo<\/span><\/strong> in Ireland<\/a>.<\/p>\n

However, once you read through our top<\/strong> 10 social taboos<\/strong><\/span><\/strong> in Irish society list, you will know to choose your topics<\/strong> wisely.<\/p>\n

Of course, having a few scoops is common in Ireland<\/a>. we are the master drinkers but we are also masters at handling our alcohol.<\/p>\n

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I had raised the question of race and racism in Ireland<\/a>, and Cork in particular, and was abruptly told that these were all \u00abUSA issues\u00bb that I should now leave behind.<\/p>\n

Even though we long ago divided our worlds between \u2018east\u2019 and \u2018west\u2019 and \u2018north\u2019 and \u2018south\u2019, all is not lost: now more than ever before, we are having open debate and discussion right here in Ireland<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here in Ireland<\/a> our culture is full of \u2018mammy\u2019 stories \u2014 from Baz Ashmawy\u2019s \u201950 Ways to Kill Your Mammy\u2019 to Brendan O\u2019Carroll\u2019s \u2018Mrs Brown\u2019s Boys\u2019 \u2014 we are now connecting things<\/strong> we see here with other places.<\/p>\n

It is recognition that Ireland<\/a> has seen a twofold rise in inward migration and that we need to find ways of bridging our divides.<\/p>\n

Race is an issue that has been well and truly brought into the spotlight here in Ireland<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Back home in Ireland<\/a>, Croke Park<\/a> \u2014 named after the Catholic Bishop Thomas William Croke \u2014 has announced that it will welcome Muslims to congregate to offer Eid prayers at the end<\/strong> of this month.<\/p>\n

\u00abLooking for abortion<\/strong> advice?\u00bb \u00abHow far along am I?\u00bb The bright orange speech bubbles attached to stock images of smiling medical experts purport to inform women about abortion<\/strong> options that became legally available in Ireland<\/a> on Jan.<\/p>\n

In May, Ireland<\/a> voted decisively to cast aside one of the world\u2019s most restrictive abortion<\/strong> bans, approving a new law that guarantees unrestricted abortion<\/strong> up to the 12th week of pregnancy, and longer in situations in which there is a serious risk to the life or health of a woman, or in which there are fatal fetal abnormalities.<\/p>\n

When does \u00abUp the RA\u00bb not mean \u00abUp the RA\u00bb? When the England<\/a> footballer, Declan Rice, who played for the Republic of Ireland<\/a> before switching allegiance, apologised for using the pro-IRA slogan on a recently unearthed social media post he made as a 16-year-old it added to a strange momentum the aesthetics of Irish republicanism are gaining as they are repurposed by a new generation.<\/p>\n

For others, it\u2019s subversive and transgressive; playing with a taboo<\/span><\/strong> with the safe benefit of distance.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately it has also come at a time when there are renewed tensions over the border, and Brexit has reinvigorated the drive for a united Ireland<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, at the St Patrick\u2019s Day parade in New York<\/a>, Mary Lou McDonald<\/a> stood cheerfully behind a banner that declared \u2018\u00abEngland<\/a> get out of Ireland<\/a>\u00bb, something<\/strong> her political rivals jumped on, but a sentiment that speaks to Sinn F\u00e9in<\/a>\u2019s base<\/strong>, and quickly, inevitably, became a meme.<\/p>\n

The rise of patriotism in Ireland<\/a> among younger people feels more like claiming and shaping a contemporary Irish identity rather than sectarian.<\/p>\n

This irony, plus that storied Irish history of satire, absurdism and surrealism, matched with the edginess of joking about something<\/strong> that was once taboo<\/span><\/strong>, filtered through meme culture, has combined to create this current moment in Irish popular culture.<\/p>\n

United Kingdom<\/a>, London<\/a> \u2013 04-11-2019 \u2014 From Coffin Ships To Crowdfunding \u2013 Ending The Great Hunger Taboo The Great Hunger Movie \u2013 Famine in Times of Plenty A crowdfunding project is launched today to fund the first feature length movie to tell the whole story of the Irish Famine, including the role of the English Prime Minister, Lord John Russell and his infamous henchman Trevelyan.<\/p>\n

\u00abIt is a grave injustice that no feature film has ever told the whole story of the greatest humanitarian tragedy of 19th century Europe<\/a>. With the help of the worldwide Irish diaspora, we are going to use crowdfunding to break this taboo<\/span><\/strong>. We are going to break through the censorship and make the movie the establishment doesn\u2019t want made\u00bb says Tim Pat Coogan<\/a>, associate producer for the movie and Ireland<\/a>\u2019s most famous historian.<\/p>\n

The Great Hunger Movie is an action drama set in Ireland<\/a> in the 1840\u2019s.<\/p>\n

The text of this article was generated by the Breaking The Silence<\/a> system that collected 11<\/strong> news articles posted on the web from January 2019 to September 2020 and clustered for the taboo subjects related to Ireland<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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