ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD GOMBEENISM
From Irish Gaelic gaimbín interest on a loan, from Middle English cambie exchange, barter, from Latin cambium.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GOMBEENISM»
Discover the use of
gombeenism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
gombeenism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Pastoralists at the Periphery: Herders in a Capitalist World
I agree with Liam Kennedy that the study of gombeenism too easily becomes an
exercise in demonology, but I also believe that the real impact of gombeenism on
Donegal life must be delineated carefully in terms of those aspects of ...
Claudia Chang, Harold Albert Koster, 1994
2
Thinking Aloud - A Spark Can Destroy a Forest
the word “equality” lives up to its true meaning and ensure the present political
gombeenism is ostracised from our society forever. Within gombeenism we have
the very vehicle for its mobility, namely, party politics. This party system have ...
3
Irish Republican Terrorism and Politics: A Comparative Study ...
from the early 1970s in which the armed struggle is mentioned as complementary
to economic, cultural and political resistance in the fight 'against all the forces of
British imperialism and native Gombeenism',3 to get a rather different view of ...
4
Interpreting the Political: New Methodologies
I am suggesting that the existence of 'strokes' and Gombeenism, a point that is
confirmed by all narrators either implicitly or explicitly, can be aligned to this '
furbo' or deceptive activity. All narrators in this project see Raymond's party being
...
Terrell Carver, Matti Hyvarinen, 2013
This practice has come into prominence in the past more particularly in
connection with the admitted evils of " gombeenism." '* Gombeenism." 171 .
Generally speaking, a " gombeen " man may be described as a local money-
lender, often a ...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, 1914
Trust or hf'-'Ci'edit ” Auctions :—-Fictitious and Real Sales ; Area and scope of the
system ; Trust Auct-ionsin Scotland. firedi t advanced to Farmers by Shopkecpe-
rs :-'~“ Gombeenism ” ; “ Long Credit ” and “ Barter ” ' Aid om Sho kce ers where ...
Commonwealth Shipping Committee, 1919
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Report: together with the proceedings of the committee, ...
In respect to this gombeenism you have mentioned, one knows the old
gombeenism is dead; that is to say, where the shopkeeper found the mone ?—
Oh, no. 2227. \ ere he lent a sovereign and compelled the borrower to take 4l. or
5l. worth of ...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on Money Lending, 1898
8
The British Isles: A History of Four Nations
'Landlordism' had been undermined in the south though cynics suggested '
gombeenism' (from the Irish word gamba, 'a little portion' – ofinterest) had
replaced it. With the land question solved and Home Rule on the statute book, it
seemed not ...
9
Century of Endeavour: A Biographical and Autobiographical ...
Credit had been handled at village level via the village bania who originally
acted as a sort of community banker, without the bad odour associated with
gombeenism. Once land-ownership at the individual level came in, credit
became based ...
10
A Companion to the British and Irish Novel 1945 - 2000
O'Brien's sense of Ireland as a land frozen in fear – ''fear of church, fear of
gombeenism, fear of phantoms, fear of ridicule, fear of hunger, fear of annihilation
'' (1976b: 127) – is echoed in lines such as ''if only I had a sweetheart, something
to ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GOMBEENISM»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
gombeenism is used in the context of the following news items.
Added baggage to hosting global games
... featured issues: that of 'elite capture', a seductive modern term which translates in Irish political discourse as 'gombeenism', pure and simple. «Irish Examiner, May 15»
Friday is the chance to take a stance and vote 'yes'
You needn't all shout at once about the thousands of other instances of gombeenism that have popped up in the intervening century. Friday is a ... «Irish Examiner, May 15»
The Complicitous 'Objectivity' of the Irish Media
Indeed just below the lofty cynical political rhetoric, gombeenism is the default position of the official body politic. Certain establishment media ... «CounterPunch, Apr 15»
Wasting anger.
Fitzmaurice is chair of the burn-the-environment turfcutters, a cross of the earnestness of Peter Mathews and the gombeenism of Jackie Healy ... «Village, Mar 15»
Money from America helps rewrite Sinn Fein story
... and eventually Labour became the pawns of gombeenism and big farmers. Only Sinn Fein remained true to the original ideal, quietly working ... «Irish Independent, Mar 15»
The world according to Ian O'Doherty
But, regardless of the scorn many of us held for the shameless gombeenism on display, and the depressing ease with which so many people ... «Irish Independent, Jul 14»
The crucifix – symbol of hope or discrimination?
... as is often the case with local council matters, it has become embroiled in gombeenism, sloganeering and, this being Ireland, absenteeism. «Irish Independent, Apr 14»
The emigrant's guide to surviving Christmas back in Ireland
When you're putting the nation to rights over pints in the local, tell your pals that Ireland is fundamentally banjaxed and the level of gombeenism ... «Irish Post, Dec 13»
In Pictures: Gerry Kelly's speech in full
In the South we are providing the credible, radical republican opposition to the gombeenism, corruption and lack of vision of a political ... «Belfast Newsletter, Aug 13»
Support rallies for Sean Quinn is everything that's wrong with Ireland …
Sean Quinn is merely the latest exhibit to prove that Ireland will never be a country free of corruption, gombeenism or a near-feudal loyalty to ... «IrishCentral, Aug 12»
