Campo ; Conflicto ; Discurso ; Identidad nacional ; Irlanda ; Paisaje cultural ; Poscolonialismo ; Propiedad privada ; Ruralidad ; Vivienda rural
The paper explores how collective memories of place have framed contemporary planning conflicts in a rural arena. It charts the emergence of the IrishRuralDwellersAssociation (IRDA) as a vocal campaigner for private property rights and a laissez
-faire approach to accommodating new housing development in the open countryside. For the IRDA, postcolonial narratives and national(ist) identities provide an important vocabulary for protest and opposition to state regulation. The A. questions
the authenticity of this policy narrative and addresses the validity of self-acclaimed knowledge within the landscape and rural policy arena.