From Patrick O'Sullivan

There is an entry point to the text of the Acheson Report at...

http://www-hcs.derby.ac.uk/informatics/resources/inequ/ih.htm

Independent Inquiry into Inequalities in Health Report

Chairman: Sir Donald Acheson

published by The Stationery Office
as ISBN 0 11 322173 8

Which leads on to this...
http://www.official-documents.co.uk/document/doh/ih/part2h.htm

And an article in the latest issue of Ethnicity and Health takes the discussion furthere -
citation pasted in below...

P.O'S.

Journal name Ethnicity and Health
ISSN 1355-7858 electronic:1465-3419
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Issue 2000 - volume 5 - issue 1

The New 2001 Census Question Set on Cultural Characteristics: is it useful for the
monitoring of the health status of people from ethnic groups in Britain?
Aspinall, J.

Keywords
CENSUS, ETHNIC GROUP, RELIGION, ETHNIC MONITORING,

Abstract
The health of minority ethnic groups has been accorded a priority position in the British
government's strategy to improve the population's health, including the provision of the
necessary information to address inequalities. The independent Acheson Inquiry has also
called for improvements in the capacity to monitor inequalities in health of ethnic groups
which requires the use of appropriate ethnic group categories. The new 2001 Census
question set includes a substantially revised ethnic group question and a new question on
religion which address some of the shortcomings in the 1991 Census question. However, the
token breakdown of the white group and its unsatisfactory capture of those of Irish
origin, the use of Indian subcontinent groups that ignore ethno-religious differences and
have little saliency amongst those being described, and the omission in Scotland of a
subdivided white group and the religion question, are important deficiencies. The use of a
few pan-ethnic racial groups in the proposed census tables is a major drawback. It is
important that these changes are widely debated.

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From Patrick O'Sullivan

The History of Women Religious Conference usually includes themes of interest to Irish
Diaspora Studies. Below is the latest Call For Papers, forwarded on behalf of...
Elizabeth McGahan
emcgahan[at]nbnet.nb.ca

P.O'S.


Subject: CFP: Women Religious and Change, Milwaukee (June 17-21, 2001)


Individuals in Community: Women Religious and Change - Past, Present, Future
Location: Wisconsin, United States
Call for Papers Date: 2000-08-01

The fifth triennial conference sponsored by the History of Women Religious
Conference will be held at Marquette University, June 17-20, 2001. This
conference aims to explore the history of Women Religious by addressing
questions, themes or issues which have shaped, and/or continue to
influence, the historical evolution of religious congregations. Sessions
might focus on encouraging vocations, education, foundation, community
governance, changing ministries, ethnic, linguistic or racial tensions,
demographic composition, relations with clergy and hierarchy, spiritual
tradition, or emerging models of religious life.

Papers which explore themes from anthropological, spiritual, sociological,
historical, theological, cultural studies and material cultural
perspectives are especially welcome.

Proposals for papers in the form of a one-page abstract accompanied by a
one-page c.v. are requested by letter, email or fax (506-648-5799) by
August 1, 2000. Panel proposals are encouraged but individual proposals
are also acceptable. The language of the conference is English but
proposals may be submitted in French.

Website: http://www.unbsj.ca/arts/history/emcgahan/conference.htm

email: emcgahan[at]nbnet.nb.ca

Contact information:
Elizabeth McGahan
Dept. of History and Politics
University of New Brunswick
P.O. Box 5050
Saint John, New Brunswick
Canada E2L 4L5
Email: emcgahan[at]nbnet.nb.ca

Call for Papers website:
http://www.unbsj.ca/arts/history/emcgahan/conference.htm

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From: FNeal33544[at]aol.com
Subject: Re: Ir-D Are the Irish black?


Patrick

I have read the article by Bill Rolston you refer to.He places events in
Ireland in the more general context of anti-colonial struggles elsewhere in
the world.After identifying what he believes to be evidence of racism on the
part of Irish abroad(American police,workers,Irish in the British army in the
19 century ,Irish workers in the NewYork riots etc.) he then juxtaposes
examples of Irish adopting opposite positions.He concludes the Irish are
clearly not black but the struggle against the British mirrors anti-colonial
struggles elsewhere and that for all involved lessons are to be learned from
studying all such conflicts.


I think thats a fair resume!

Frank

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From: owner-irish-diaspora[at]Bradford.ac.uk
[mailto:owner-irish-diaspora[at]Bradford.ac.uk]On Behalf Of
irish-diaspora[at]Bradford.ac.uk
Sent: 30 May 2000 08:39
To: irish-diaspora[at]Bradford.ac.uk
Subject: Ir-D Are the Irish black?




>From Patrick O'Sullivan

The following citation has been brought to our attention.

Has anyone seen the actual article?

P.O'S.


A World to Win
essays in honour of A Sivanandan
- Understanding imperialism - Are the Irish black?
Rolston, Bill
Race and Class
1999 - volume 41 - issue 1- 2 - page 95 - 102

From Patrick O'Sullivan


Forwarded on behalf of
Margaret Kelleher
English Dept, National University of Ireland, Maynooth,
Co. Kildare,
Ireland.
E-mail: margaret.kelleher[at]may.ie
Tel: 353-1-7083451; Fax: 353-1-6289373

NINETEENTH-CENTURY STUDIES IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
A SYMPOSIUM

Society for the Study of Nineteenth-Century Ireland
NUI Maynooth, 23 - 24 JUNE 2000

The purpose of this two-day symposium is to provide a forum for
discussion and debate regarding current trends and potential
future developments in the study of nineteenth-century Ireland.
Panels will focus on the areas of political and social history,
literature and cultural studies, anthropology and social
sciences.


PROGRAMME

Friday (23 June):
6.00 - 7.30 pm: Registration & Wine Reception
(Conference Centre, South Campus)

7.30 - 9.00 pm: Keynote Lecture (Callan Hall, South
Campus)
Professor Joep Leerssen, University of Amsterdam
Title: "Tradition and Identity in Nineteenth-Century
Ireland"


Saturday (24 June): Callan Hall, South Campus

9. 30 - 11.00 Panel A: Anthropology and Social Sciences
Professor Larry Taylor, Dept of Anthropology, NUIM
Professor Joan Vincent, Barnard College
Dr Eamonn Slater and Dr Jane Gray, Dept of Sociology,
NUIM

Coffee: 11.00 - 11.30

11.30 - 1.00 Panel B: Historical Studies
Professor Gary Owens, University of Western Ontario
Dr Jacinta Prunty, Dept of History, NUIM
Dr Peter Gray, University of Southampton.

Lunch: 1.00 - 2.30

2. 30 - 4.30 Panel C: Literary and Cultural Studies
Dr Colin Graham, Queen's University, Belfast
Dr Claire Connolly, Cardiff University
Dr Seán Ryder, National University of Ireland, Galway


Registration costs: £25 (full registration: including
refreshments and lunch on Sat.)
£20 (full registration; without lunch)
£15 (student registration, with lunch)
£10 (student registration, without lunch)

To facilitate the arrangement of lunch on Saturday, please
register before June 9th. Lunch cannot be guaranteed for those
registered after that date.

On-campus accommodation is available (for Friday and Saturday
nights) at NUIM; single room, per night (bed and breakfast) £20.
Accommodation bookings will only be accepted before June 9th.

For further information and registration forms, contact:
Dr. Margaret Kelleher, English Dept, National University
of Ireland, Maynooth, Co. Kildare,
Ireland. E-mail: margaret.kelleher[at]may.ie; Tel:
353-1-7083451; Fax: 353-1-6289373
The Society for the Study of Nineteenth-Century Ireland
gratefully acknowledges the support of the British Council in
organising this conference.

From: Sara Brady
Subject: CFP: _Encyclopedia of Colonialism_ (fwd)

Dear Paddy,
The following cfp might interest some on the Irish Diaspora list:

>
>
>ENCYCLOPEDIA OF COLONIALISM
>
>The _Encyclopedia of Colonialism_ (_EoC_)--a 1,200-page, three-volume,
>illustrated reference work--is soliciting entry writers. Professor Melvin E.
>Page is serving as General Editor of the _EoC_, which is being produced by
>East River Books and will be published by ABC-CLIO in 2001.
>
>The _EoC_ will be a unique, contemporary, and comprehensive reference work
>covering the subject of colonialism and imperialism in the modern (post-1400)
>period, including significant anti-colonial movements. We expect it to be the
>definitive reference work on the subject for years to come, and it will be
>periodically updated to reflect developments in the field.
>
>Presently we are soliciting statements of interest in the project and are
>also actively seeking contributing authors for approximately eighty major
>entries as well as over 500 additional general indexed entries. We are
>particularly interested in identifying contributors who would be able to
>undertake delivery of completed entries within relatively short deadlines,
>necessary to met the projected publication schedule.
>
>If would like more information, including a list of entries, please contact:
>
> Melvin E. Page
> General Editor, _Encyclopedia of Colonialism_
>
>
>While electronic communications are preferred and will constitute the chief
>means of continuing contact with contributors, you may also write to:
>
> Melvin E. Page
> General Editor, _Encyclopedia of Colonialism_
> Department of History
> East Tennessee State University
> P. O.Box 70672
> Johnson City, TN 37614
> USA
>
>
>
Sara Brady
Managing Editor, TDR
Tisch School of the Arts
721 Broadway, 6th floor
New York, NY 10003-6807
212-998-1626 phone
212-998-1627 fax

Read TDR on the Web at:
http://mitpress.mit.edu/TDR

Forwarded by Danny Cassidy
From: DanCas1[at]aol.com Danny,

This notice will appear in the SF Chronicle and Examiner, Wednesday and Thursday next.

It has been requested that people give memorial donations to the Irish Studies
Program, New College, San Francisco.

- ----

O'HARA, Noel -- On May 28, 2000, in Berkeley. A professor in the Irish
Studies Program at New College of San Francisco, Noel had been diagnosed
recently with leukemia, but his death was unexpected. He was 64.

A native of Dublin, Ireland, Noel was a graduate of University College,
Dublin, where he received a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering
and a master's in industrial engineering. He retired in 1986 after more
than twenty-five years as an electrical engineer and a member of the
board of directors of the ESB, Ireland's Electricity Supply Board. He
also worked in the African country of Lesotho, where he was the managing
director of LEC, the Lesotho Electricity Co.

After his retirement, Noel turned to his avocation, literature, writing
essays for magazines and newspapers and researching the lives and work of
Irish-American writers. He had taught on Irish and American literature
for the past three semesters at New College and was planning a fall
course on James Joyce's "Ulysses." Since 1988 he had been spending most
of his time in the United States, although he still maintained a home in
Bray, Ireland.

While working for the ESB, Noel published a book of his essays, "The
Fur Coat and the Wardrobe." At the time of his death he was working on a
book-length study of Irish-American writers, parts of which have been
published by the American Irish Historical Society in its journal
The Recorder. Noel had an extraordinary love and knowledge of America and
her literature, and he traveled widely throughout the U.S. in search of
writers' roots. Noel's first published work of fiction, "Dying for a
Cigarette in
Las Vegas," will appear in the Autumn 2000 issue of The Recorder. His
writing also appeared in the Los Angeles Times and the Irish Independent.

Noel is survived by his wife, the former Esther (Hetty) Harris, a special
education teacher at Sand Pass Academy, San Francisco; they celebrated
their
fortieth wedding anniversary in March. Also surviving are his four
daughters, Dr. Ruth O'Hara, Palo Alto, assistant professor at Stanford
University; Dr. Susan O'Hara, Davis, assistant professor at Sacramento
State University; Gwenn O'Hara, Esq., El Cerrito, an attorney with Graham
and
James, San Francisco; and Fiona O'Kirwan, Santa Monica, a biostatistician
with the University of California, Los Angeles; his sons-in-law Joseph
McBride, Karl Van Dessel, and Stuart Bennett; his three grandchildren,
John McBride, Karl Van Dessel Jr., and Natasha Van Dessel; his mother,
Mary O'Hara, who lives in Dublin, Ireland, and his six siblings, Paddy,
George, Bernard, Kenneth, Jack, and Ann Carroll, all of whom live in
Ireland.

A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Fri., June 2, 2000, at St.
Patrick's Catholic Church, 756 Mission St. San Francisco 94103. Funeral
arrangements are being handled by Ellis Olson Mortuary, 727 San Pablo
Avenue, Albany. Viewing will be held at the mortuary chapel on Thursday
from 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. The family suggests
memorial donations to New College of California, 777 Valencia St., San
Francisco 94110, c/o Daniel Cassidy, director of
the Irish Studies Program. Flowers may be sent to the home of Gwenn and
Karl Van Dessel, 1029 Everett St., El Cerrito 94530.

####




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From: "Anthony McNicholas"
Subject: Saothar

Dear Ir-D list
Does anyone know where I could get hold of a copy of the first issue of
Saothar, the journal of the Irish Labour History Society v1 n1 Mayday
1975. The British library has subsequent issues, but not the first.
Similarly, Senate House at the University of London has most issues but
again not the first. I am interested in an article by Cormac O'Grada on JP
McDonnell, journalist, Fenian and labour leader in the USA. Any suggestions?

Anthony McNicholas
- ----

From Patrick O'Sullivan

The latest issue of the Charlotte Austin Review, an online literary journal, is now
displayed at...
www.charlotteaustinreview.com

This issue includes a review of Chris Arthur's book of essays, Irish Nocturnes (previously
mentioned on the Irish-Diaspora list), plus an interview with Chris Arthur. Who, as it
happens, in that interview, quotes from the Irish-Diaspora list...

Now, there's a thing...

P.O'S.


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Head of the Irish Diaspora Research Unit
Email Patrick O'Sullivan
Irish-Diaspora list
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University of Bradford
Bradford BD7 1DP
Yorkshire
England

From: Sarah Morgan
Subject: Seminar: Social Determinants of Health

Paddy,

this may be of interest to Ir-D list members looking at health and Irish
people in Britain.

Sarah

On Mon, 05 Jun 2000 09:33:37 +0000 (GMT) Nina Bullen
wrote:


> The following seminar may be of interest. It is being held at
> University College, London. For details on how to get there, see:
> http://www.ucl.ac.uk/UCL-Info/AboutUCL/whereweare.html
>
> Please RSVP if you wish to attend to:
> Patricia Crowley
> email: p.crowley[at]public-health.ucl.ac.uk
>
>
> International Centre for Health & Society Public Seminar
>
> UCL, Wednesday 14 June, 5pm
>
> RSVP attendance essential
>
> Speaker: Michael Marmot
>
> Topic: 'Social Determinants of Health'
>
> Introduced by: Sir Donald Acheson
>
>
> Abstract:
> Social inequalities in health are generated through the effects of
> social and economic forces acting through the lifecourse. The
> determinants of inequalities in health within countries may be
> similar to the determinants of inequalities between countries.
> Understanding the pathways linking social position to ill health
> requires the work of different disciplines examining the effects of
> material factors, behaviour and its determinants and psychosocial
> factors on physiology and disease. Recent research from a variety
> of studies conducted by members of the International Centre for
> Health and Society at UCL will be reviewed and fitted into a
> conceptual framework for the social determinants of health. The
> evidence suggests that psychosocial factors play an important
> role both in explaining inequalities in health in Britain and
> accounting for variations across Europe.
>
> Professor Sir Michael Marmot is Head of the Department of
> Epidemiology & Public Health & Director of the International Centre
> for Health & Society, UCL. He was recently knighted for services
> to Epidemiology and understanding Health Inequalities.
>
>
> Patricia Crowley
> Centre Administrator
> International Centre for Health and Society
> Dept of Epidemiology & Public Health, UCL
> 1 - 19 Torrington Place
> London WC1E 6BT
> Tel: (International code +44 20) or (Domestic code 020) 76791708
> Fax: (International code +44 20) or (Domestic code 020) 7813 0280
> Email: p.crowley[at]Public-health.ucl.ac.uk
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> Dr. N. Bullen
> MIMAS, Manchester Computing
> University of Manchester
> Oxford Road
> MANCHESTER M13 9PL
>
> Tel: +44 (0)161 275 6967
> Fax: +44 (0)161 275 6040
> Email: N.Bullen[at]man.ac.uk
> --------------------------------------------------

---------------------------
Sarah Morgan (Dr),
Irish Studies Centre,
University of North London.

From: ultan cowley
Subject: Re: Ir-D Saothar


Anthony
The Labour History Museum (if thats what its called - I can't
remember exactly) in the former Beggar's Bush Barracks in Dublin, where the
Labour Court is located, has many if not most isues of Saothair.
Best wishes
Ultan Cowley





At 06:39 05/06/00 +0000, you wrote:
>
>From: "Anthony McNicholas"
>Subject: Saothar
>
>Dear Ir-D list
>Does anyone know where I could get hold of a copy of the first issue of
>Saothar, the journal of the Irish Labour History Society v1 n1 Mayday
>1975. The British library has subsequent issues, but not the first.
>Similarly, Senate House at the University of London has most issues but
>again not the first. I am interested in an article by Cormac O'Grada on JP
>McDonnell, journalist, Fenian and labour leader in the USA. Any suggestions?
>
>Anthony McNicholas
>----
>
>

From: Kerby Miller
Subject: Re: Ir-D Saothar

Why not contact Cormac directly at cormac.ograda[at]ucd.ie
Kerby Miller


>From: "Anthony McNicholas"
>Subject: Saothar
>
>Dear Ir-D list
>Does anyone know where I could get hold of a copy of the first issue of
>Saothar, the journal of the Irish Labour History Society v1 n1 Mayday
>1975. The British library has subsequent issues, but not the first.
>Similarly, Senate House at the University of London has most issues but
>again not the first. I am interested in an article by Cormac O'Grada on JP
>McDonnell, journalist, Fenian and labour leader in the USA. Any suggestions?
>
>Anthony McNicholas
>----

From: Jim McAuley
Subject: RE: Ir-D Saothar

Try the Linen Hall Library in Belfast. It has a super Irish
Political Collection which can be searched on
http://quclient.qub.ac.uk/lh_www-bin/www_talis

best,
Jim


> ----------
> From: irish-diaspora[at]Bradford.ac.uk
> Reply To: irish-diaspora[at]Bradford.ac.uk
> Sent: Monday, June 5, 2000 6:39 am
> To: irish-diaspora[at]Bradford.ac.uk
> Subject: Ir-D Saothar
>
>
> From: "Anthony McNicholas"
> Subject: Saothar
>
> Dear Ir-D list
> Does anyone know where I could get hold of a copy of the first issue of
> Saothar, the journal of the Irish Labour History Society v1 n1 Mayday
> 1975. The British library has subsequent issues, but not the first.
> Similarly, Senate House at the University of London has most issues but
> again not the first. I am interested in an article by Cormac O'Grada on JP
> McDonnell, journalist, Fenian and labour leader in the USA. Any
> suggestions?
>
> Anthony McNicholas
> ----
>

From: "alex peach"
Subject: 116th or Fingall Regiment

Has anybody heard of or know anything about the 116th or Fingall =
Regiment?=20
A letter to a Colonel McDonnell of Great Suffolk Street from a =
regimental officer of the Royal Birmingham Volunteers in Birmingham in =
1795 stating;


"Dear Colonel,

I am sorry to inform you there is at the moment a most dreadful riot =
here with an Irish regiment, I believe the 116th or Fingall Regiment, =
all the Dragoons are now draw up opposite the Swan Inn but the Irish =
lads to bid them defiance. They have drawn their bayonets on their =
officers and have behaved very roughly, in short they seem determined =
not to march until some demands they make are complied with yet the =
consequences be what they may. Its improbable for you to have the =
smallest idea what a wretched set of fellows they are."

There were links between Ireland and Birmingham (UK) in the 17th and =
18th century, the Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers, were formed in 1673, =
from English and Irish troops. The Regiment, as it then was, came to =
England in 1688, with William of Orange and though predominantly =
consisting of Roman Catholic soldiers, fought under William at the =
Battle of the Boyne in 1690, and in Flanders from 1690 to 1696. I =
wondered if anyone on the network had any clues about where I might find =
out more?

Many thanks,

Alex Peach

DeMontfort University=20

Leicester

UK.







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A letter to a Colonel McDonnell of Great Suffolk =
Street from a=20
regimental officer of the Royal Birmingham Volunteers in Birmingham in =
1795=20
stating;


"Dear Colonel,
I am sorry to inform you there is at the moment a most dreadful riot =
here=20
with an Irish regiment, I believe the 116th or Fingall Regiment, all the =

Dragoons are now draw up opposite the Swan Inn but the Irish lads to bid =
them=20
defiance. They have drawn their bayonets on their officers and have =
behaved very=20
roughly, in short they seem determined not to march until some demands =
they make=20
are complied with yet the consequences be what they may. Its improbable =
for you=20
to have the smallest idea what a wretched set of fellows they =
are."
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18th=20
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1673,=20
from English and Irish troops. The Regiment, as it then was, came to =
England in=20
1688, with William of Orange and though predominantly consisting of =
Roman=20
Catholic soldiers, fought under William at the Battle of the Boyne in =
1690, and=20
in Flanders from 1690 to 1696. I wondered if anyone on the network had =
any clues=20
about where I might find out more?
Many thanks,
Alex Peach
DeMontfort University
Leicester
UK.
 
 
 
 

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From: "Elizabeth Malcolm"
Subject: Saothar

I have a complete run of Saothar, including the first issue. If Anthony
McNicholas wants an article from the first issue, I can send him a
photocopy if he lets me have his postal address.
Elizabeth Malcolm
Liverpool

From Patrick O'Sullivan


I have been asked if I know anything about the present state of the Irish Studies journal,
Bullan, or the whereabouts of its General Editor Ray Ryan. I have not seen an issue of
Bullan since the 1998 edition - and I really had to chase that one up. Evidently there
was some administrative confusion when the journal moved its base from Oxford, England, to
Notre Dame, Indiana.

There is a bit of gossip in the usual place...
Bullán: Irish Studies Journal
An Irish-American Bullán. Has Bullán died the death? On 17 March 1997 we received a letter
from the editors of...
http://www.ulst.ac.uk/faculty/humanities/lang+lit/iasil/newslett/archive/vol_4-01/03_bulla
.htm

And Bullan's new Web site with its new publisher seems to be maintained...
Univerity of Notre Dame Press Bullán
Bullán. Bullán is a twice-yearly, inter-disciplina... journal of Irish Studies. It makes
available new work from established...
http://www.undpress.nd.edu/undpbullan.htm

[As usual, note that your own line breaks might fracture these long Web addresses.]

But no news of anything in the pipeline. Does any one know more?

P.O'S.


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Yorkshire
England

From: "Brian McGinn"
Subject: Re: Fingal Regiment

Alex,

The index to The Irish Sword shows a Note on the 118th (Fingal) Regiment of
Foot, 1794-5, by J. Robert Williams in Vol. XIII, No. 52 (1978 & Summer
1979), 272-275.

John L. Garland, a regular contributor to The Irish Sword, identified the
118th as one of a score of short-lived Irish infantry regiments raised
starting in 1793, of which only four outlasted the Napoleonic war. See
Garland, "Irishmen in the British Military Service" in Burke's Landed
Gentry of Ireland, 4th ed., 1958, xxvi-xxix.

For more details, suggest checking the Journal of the Society for Army
Historical Research (London). Vols. 1 through 28 (1921-1950), at least, are
indexed.

Brian McGinn
Alexandria, Virginia

From: "Anthony McNicholas"

Subject: RE: Ir-D Saothar

Thank you to Kerby, Ultan, Jim and Elizabeth and anyone else who this post
misses, for your replies to my request. They were much appreciated.


Anthony McNicholas

From Patrick O'Sullivan

Forwarded from the CAIS list...

James Joyce fans in the Toronto area may be interested in the schedule
for the Bloomsday 2000 Festival:

FRIDAY, June 16, 2000
Bloom on the Beaches 8.30 AM - 12.00 NOON
Discover Toronto's daftest festival; recreate the world of Ulysses as
the Beaches becomes Dublin for a day. Readings at different locations.
Mid-point concert. Costumes welcome. FREE. Info:(416)365.7877.
Assembly: 8.30am TTC Loop Neville Park. Follow the balloons and the
sound of the musicians.

Bloomsday Brunch at Quigley's Bistro 12.00 noon
Leopold Bloom's favourite dishes including fried kidneys available in
the Davy Byrne's atmosphere of Quigley's Bistro, 2232 Queen St East.
Readings and music. Info: (416)699.9998

Bloomsday Hooley at the Mockingbird (580 King Street West) 8 PM
Magical evening of Joyce. A feast of glorious words, laughter, song, and
merriment. Superb cast of actors, singers and musicians. Tickets: $20:
available at Irish Traditions 444 Yonge St; Allen's 143 Danforth Ave;
P.J.O'Brien's 39 Colborne St (behind the King Edward Hotel) Info:
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1.
From: Patrick Maume
Subject: Re: Ir-D Bullan

From: Patrick Maume
I believe a new issue of Bullan is about to appear (the last one, as
you say, was autumn 1998 which appeared in January 1999). I'm working
on a book review for the one after that so it certainly hasn't
disappeared - just been delayed. Ray Ryan is no longer running it -
I have the name & address of the new kahuna if anyone wants it & will
post it when I find it
Best wishes,
Patrick Maume

2.
From: Patrick Maume
Subject: Re: Ir-D Bullan

From: Patrick Maume
BULLAN can be contacted via
Nathan Wallace
wallace.12[at]nd.edu

or by snail mail to
BULLAN
1148 Flanner Hall
Notre Dame, (Indiana) IN46556
(219) 631-6250
USA

Hope this is some use,
Patrick





On Tue 6 Jun 2000 07:39:00 +0000 irish-diaspora[at]Bradford.ac.uk wrote:

> From:irish-diaspora[at]Bradford.ac.uk> Date: Tue 6 Jun 2000 07:39:00
+0000
> Subject: Ir-D Bullan
> To: irish-diaspora[at]Bradford.ac.uk
>
>
>
> From Patrick O'Sullivan
>
>
> I have been asked if I know anything about the present state of the
Irish Studies journal,
> Bullan, or the whereabouts of its General Editor Ray Ryan. I have
not seen an issue of
> Bullan since the 1998 edition - and I really had to chase that one
up. Evidently there
> was some administrative confusion when the journal moved its base
from Oxford, England, to
> Notre Dame, Indiana.
>
> There is a bit of gossip in the usual place...
> Bullán: Irish Studies Journal
> An Irish-American Bullán. Has Bullán died the death? On 17 March
1997 we received a letter
> from the editors of...
>
http://www.ulst.ac.uk/faculty/humanities/lang+lit/iasil/newslett/archi
ve/vol_4-01/03_bulla
> .htm
>
> And Bullan's new Web site with its new publisher seems to be
maintained...
> Univerity of Notre Dame Press Bullán
> Bullán. Bullán is a twice-yearly, inter-disciplina... journal of
Irish Studies. It makes
> available new work from established...
> http://www.undpress.nd.edu/undpbullan.htm
>
> [As usual, note that your own line breaks might fracture these long
Web addresses.]
>
> But no news of anything in the pipeline. Does any one know more?
>
> P.O'S.
>
>

From Patrick O'Sullivan

This one will interest the military history folk - at least a footnote on the notion of
'the Pale'...

Reviewed for H-Albion by Barrett L. Beer
Gervase Phillips. _The Anglo-Scots Wars, 1513-1550: A Military
History_. Warfare in History. Woodbridge, Suffolk and
Rochester, N.Y.: The Boydell Press, 1999. 291 pp. Maps,
glossary, bibliography, and index. $75.00 (cloth),
ISBN-0-85115-746-7.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=11993959965211

P.O'S.

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