Patrick O’Farrell’s 1986 book The Irish in Australia casts a long shadow on the study of the Irish in Australia. The first academic book to grapple with the long and complex histories of the Irish who first came to the Australian colonies in 1791, it provided scholars with a strong starting point, particularly with regard to the Catholic Church in Australia. However, O’Farrell’s work was problematic in a number of ways. The most glaring problems were his reliance on New South Wales to speak for the whole of ‘Australia’ and his emphasis on ‘Gaelic Catholic’ Irishness. Elizabeth Malcolm and Dianne Hall provide a much needed and welcome response to O’Farrell’s work in A New History of the Irish in Australia. Published by the University of New South Wales Press in Australia and Cork University Press in Europe, Malcolm and Hall update O’Farrell’s conclusions focusing on three main themes: race, stereotypes and politics.

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书评：澳大利亚爱尔兰人的新历史

帕特里克·奥法雷尔（Patrick O'Farrell）于1986年出版的《澳大利亚的爱尔兰人》对澳大利亚的爱尔兰人的研究投下了长长的阴影。第一本针对爱尔兰人悠久而复杂的历史的学术著作于1791年首次进入澳大利亚殖民地，为学者提供了一个强大的起点，尤其是在澳大利亚天主教会方面。但是，O'Farrell的工作在许多方面都存在问题。最明显的问题是他依靠新南威尔士州来代表整个“澳大利亚”，以及他对“盖尔天主教”爱尔兰语的强调。伊丽莎白·马尔科姆（Elizabeth Malcolm）和黛安娜·霍尔（Dianne Hall）对奥法雷尔（O'Farrell）在《澳大利亚爱尔兰的新历史》中的工作提出了非常需要的欢迎报告。马尔科姆和霍尔由澳大利亚新南威尔士大学出版社和欧洲科克大学出版社出版，它们更新了奥法雷尔关于三大主题的结论：种族，刻板印象和政治。