Hi Will, thanks for your opinion. The Pogues, as far as I know, never intended to change the image of Ireland. I'm not familiar with the nomenclature, so maybe I'm mistaken, but the way you've described it, it sounds to me like 'Nation Branding' implies intent. Probably my mistake. Here, Nation Bran...

Thanks for your quick response. I appreciate it very much and it's great to get an impression "from the inside". The "concept of Irishness" is neither here nor there, really - it's whatever a person who considers himself Irish or Irish-ish says it is at any given time - and among...

Hello everyone, I'm a student of history at the University of Cologne, Germany and I'm currently writing my final paper on the Pogues and Nation Branding. Nation Branding is first and foremost a theory which is applied as a method by states and governments. Nowadays nearly every state is involved in...