James Alfred George Patrick Irish, generally known as George Irish or J. A. George Irish ( 1942 – February 12, 2019), was a

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, musician, composer of the

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, community leader and social engineer.Skinner, Jonathan
Before the volcano: reverberations of identity on Montserrat
(2004) () Irish was a graduate of the

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, and the first recipient of that institution's

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degree in Spanish. He taught at UWI, where he headed the Department of Spanish, in the

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at the Universidad Autonoma de Santo Domingo (UASD), and in the

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at the

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(CUNY) where he was Professor of Caribbean and Latin American Studies. Irish also headed the Caribbean Research CenterMcAllister, Jared (16 June 1996)
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'', Retrieved December 7, 2010 ("George Irish, Executive Director of the Caribbean Research Center and pastor of Spiritual Awakening Ministries")McKenna, Sheila (24 December 1994)
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'', Retrieved December 7, 2010 and the Office of International Programs at

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(part of CUNY).The Centers at MEC Caribbean Research Center
, Retrieved December 7, 2010 (listing Irish as executive director) He was Editor-in-Chief and founder of the scholarly Journal of

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studies, ''Wadabagei'',Wadabagei: City University Window On the Caribbean and Its Diaspora
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Matters'' (Summer 2001), retrieved December 7, 2010 and President of the Caribbean Diaspora Press Inc. and Caribbean American Research Foundation Inc. in New York. He was co-founder and Chancellor of the Universidad Popular de Desarrollo Sostenible de Las Americas (UNIPOP) and founding Board member of the International Center for Sustainable Development (CIDES) in

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. He authored/edited thirty two (32) books including: *''Visions of Liberation in the Caribbean'', 1992 () *''Life in a Colonial Crucible'', 1991 *''Growth of a Revolutionary Consciousness'', 1990 * ''Evolution of a Global and Diasporic Vision'' * ''Discourses from Alliouagana and the Diaspora''

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