If Ireland's relations with the Western world have been the object of numerous scientific
publications its links with the East have been neglected by research. The aim of this book is
to redress that imbalance by proposing studies of various aspects of Ireland's interactions
with the East. It is a multidisciplinary publication dealing with some of the historical
political religious cultural demographic and sociological connections between Ireland - both
North and South - and the East. The chapters which offer novel perspectives for the field of
Irish studies are organised in a chronological sequence from the mid-19th century to the
present. They focus on three main areas: the links between Ireland and the Asian continent
notably India China and Turkey its interactions with the Jewish people and the state of
Israel and its relations with Eastern European countries in particular Poland and Lithuania.
