Liminality if interpreted as a concern with borders and states of inbetweenness is a widespread theme in Irish literature and culture which is perhaps not surprising considering the colonial and postcolonial background of Ireland. The liminal from the Latin word limen meaning a threshold can be broadly defined as a transitional place of becoming. It is a borderland state of ambiguity and indeterminacy leading those who participate in the process to new perspectives and possibilities. This col