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14 February 1999 11:00  
  
Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 11:00:09 +0000 Reply-To: irish-diaspora[at]bradford.ac.uk Sender: From: irish-diaspora[at]Bradford.ac.uk Subject: Ir-D Film Fleadh, Correction MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <1312884590.bcBCF92.5704[at]bradford.ac.uk> [IR-DLOG9902.txt]
  
Ir-D Film Fleadh, Correction
  
We have been sent a correction to an earlier Ir-D list posting about the
Film Fleadh and seminar, New York...

Film Fleadh: Irish International Film Festival, will be held at the DGA
Theater, 110 West 57th Street in New York City March 11-14th. This event
includes four days of film screenings and an Irish Breakfast Seminar on
Saturday, March 13th from 10:00-12:30pm, focusing on contemporary
Irish, Irish-American, and Irish diasporic themes. For more information,
contact the festival office: 212-966-3030 - ext. 224, or visit the website:
http://www.filmfleadh.com for schedule (to be announced in late February).

[The correction, then, is that the Center for Media, Culture and History at New York
University is not actually hosting the Film Fleadh: Irish International Film
Festival - the Center is simply passing on the information. P.O'S.]
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14 February 1999 16:00  
  
Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 16:00:09 +0000 Reply-To: irish-diaspora[at]bradford.ac.uk Sender: From: irish-diaspora[at]Bradford.ac.uk Subject: Ir-D Tyneside Irish MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <1312884590.C7Fd44893.5704[at]bradford.ac.uk> [IR-DLOG9902.txt]
  
Ir-D Tyneside Irish
  
Frank Neal
  
From: Frank Neal


Dear Patrick

vis a vis the Irish in the north east, I did a long piece entitled 'English-
Irish Conflict in the north east of England' This paper was published in P
Buckland & J.Belchem(eds), THE IRISH IN BRITISH LABOUR HISTORY (Liverpool,1993)
In addition, I am in the middle of a large scale study of the irish in the
north east, based on census enumerators sheets. I have all the census data for
Newcastle and Gateshead for 1851 and 1861. I also have large amounts of data on
Sunderland .Tynemouth, Consett, Seaham and other places. In my recent
book 'Black'47: Britain and the Famine Irish', there is a section on the typhus
epidemic and the Irish in the north east.

Frank
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16 February 1999 11:00  
  
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 11:00:09 +0000 Reply-To: irish-diaspora[at]bradford.ac.uk Sender: From: irish-diaspora[at]Bradford.ac.uk Subject: Ir-D Public Lecture Series, London MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <1312884590.CBa3a109.5704[at]bradford.ac.uk> [IR-DLOG9902.txt]
  
Ir-D Public Lecture Series, London
  
Forwarded on behalf of...
Sarah Morgan (Dr),
Deputy Director, Irish Studies Centre,
University of North London.

The Irish Studies Centre at the University of North London is pleased to
announce the programme for this year's annual Public Lecture Series. All
lectures are free and commence at 19:30 sharp, with a reception afterwards.

Thursday 18th February
EDNA O'BRIEN
"James Joyce: a personal view"

Thursday 25th February
DR BILL ROLSTON, University of Ulster
"The Murals of Northern Ireland: past present and future"

Thursday 25th March
FINTAN O'TOOLE
"Green, White and Black: Ireland and racial identity"

Thursday 15th April
BERTIE AHERN, Taoiseach na hEireann
"Ireland, Britain and Europe"

Please note that admission to Bertie Ahern's lecture will be by ticket only
(apply to Tony Murray, Irish Studies Centre, University of North London,
0171-753-7018; isc[at]unl.ac.uk). All lectures are free; admission to the first
three lectures is on a first come basis.
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16 February 1999 11:00  
  
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 11:00:09 +0000 Reply-To: irish-diaspora[at]bradford.ac.uk Sender: From: irish-diaspora[at]Bradford.ac.uk Subject: Ir-D Irish Seminar, Dublin MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <1312884590.F603108.5704[at]bradford.ac.uk> [IR-DLOG9902.txt]
  
Ir-D Irish Seminar, Dublin
  
Seamus Deane, now Keough Professor of Irish Studies and Director, Keough
Institute of Irish studies, University of Notre Dame, Indiana, USA, has
sent us information about...

The Irish Seminar
an international graduate program in Irish Studies
Memory, History, Fiction: The Creation of Ireland 1500-2000
to be held at the
Keough-Notre Dame Centre
Newman House
Dublin
Ireland

29 June to 23 July 1999

The Irish Seminar begins with a reading by Seamus Heaney on the evening
of July 29, and the lectures involve other big names. There is a Web
site
http://www.nd.edu/~sumsess/

I have to say that this looks expensive at $2500 - which includes
accommodation, but not food or travel. But perhaps it all makes sense
within the American Irish Studies market.

P.O'S.
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17 February 1999 11:00  
  
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 11:00:09 +0000 Reply-To: irish-diaspora[at]bradford.ac.uk Sender: From: irish-diaspora[at]Bradford.ac.uk Subject: Ir-D Public Lecture Series, London MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <1312884590.ADBDBf113.5704[at]bradford.ac.uk> [IR-DLOG9902.txt]
  
Ir-D Public Lecture Series, London
  
Patrick O'Sullivan
  
From Patrick O'Sullivan

Gossip from London tells us that a portion of text from the Museum of
London's Cromwell exhibition has been removed from the display - after
objections from members of the public and from Irish members of staff.

The Connolly Association is planning to protest outside the Museum.

It is not at this stage clear what exactly was found objectionable in
the display - but there are no prizes for guessing.

This exhibition has been noted in major British newspapers, and there
was an item, 'Cromwell Warts and All' in History Today , January 1999.

The Cromwell exhibition runs from January 8th-February 28th, Museum of
London, London Wall, London EC2Y 5HN - (0171) 600 3699.

P.O'S.

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Patrick O'Sullivan
Head of the Irish Diaspora Research Unit
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Irish Diaspora Research Unit
Department of Interdisciplinary Human Studies
University of Bradford
Bradford BD7 1DP
Yorkshire
England
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17 February 1999 11:00  
  
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 11:00:09 +0000 Reply-To: irish-diaspora[at]bradford.ac.uk Sender: From: irish-diaspora[at]Bradford.ac.uk Subject: Ir-D Curse of Cromwell, London MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <1312884590.4dDAb77114.5704[at]bradford.ac.uk> [IR-DLOG9902.txt]
  
Ir-D Curse of Cromwell, London
  
Patrick O'Sullivan
  
From Patrick O'Sullivan

Gossip from London tells us that a portion of text from the Museum of
London's Cromwell exhibition has been removed from the display - after
objections from members of the public and from Irish members of staff.

The Connolly Association is planning to protest outside the Museum.

It is not at this stage clear what exactly was found objectionable in
the display - but there are no prizes for guessing.

This exhibition has been noted in major British newspapers, and there
was an item, 'Cromwell Warts and All' in History Today , January 1999.

The Cromwell exhibition runs from January 8th-February 28th, Museum of
London, London Wall, London EC2Y 5HN - (0171) 600 3699.

P.O'S.

PS Sorry, got distracted. Gave earlier version of this message wrong
Subject line...
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Patrick O'Sullivan
Head of the Irish Diaspora Research Unit
Email Patrick O'Sullivan
Irish-Diaspora list
Irish Diaspora Studies http://www.brad.ac.uk/acad/diaspora/

Irish Diaspora Research Unit
Department of Interdisciplinary Human Studies
University of Bradford
Bradford BD7 1DP
Yorkshire
England
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18 February 1999 11:00  
  
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 11:00:09 +0000 Reply-To: irish-diaspora[at]bradford.ac.uk Sender: From: irish-diaspora[at]Bradford.ac.uk Subject: Ir-D History/Fiction etc. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <1312884590.a4Bb123.5704[at]bradford.ac.uk> [IR-DLOG9902.txt]
  
Ir-D History/Fiction etc.
  
I gather that some people have responded directly to Jill Blee's queries
- - that is, not through the Ir-D list. So, apologies if this duplicates
anything.

1.
History/Fiction
The turning of history into fiction, or into fictions (thus including
poetry and drama) is a major preoccupation of 'Irish Studies'. Indeed
at times it is the only interest of 'Irish Studies' - and if you want a
working definition of 'Irish Studies' that might be it: the study of
the inter-connections between Irish history and Irish literatures...

If you want to be posh, you could say 'dialectical inter-connections...'

(All this is simply an observation - not necessarily a criticism. But
it does mean that those of us who want to do other things often find no
comfortable home within 'Irish Studies'.)

See, for example, Declan Kiberd, Inventing Ireland, Joep Leerssen' books
(previously mentioned on the Ir-D list), Christopher Morash, Writing the
Irish Famine. I recall Joep commenting, in an aside during a conference
paper, that, in Ireland, it was the historical novels that carried
footnotes. (Though in fact many European C19th historical novels have
footnotes.)

2.
Summer Schools
Many, most - if not all - Summer Schools in Ireland how have a Web site,
or get listed on Web sites. I did have the Web address of a Web site
that tried to list all the Summer Schools - but lost it in a computer
crash. (Can anyone help?) But a Web search - I've just tried one -
will turn up many Irish Summer Schools. And, yes, many studying inter-
connections between history and literatures.

I do always warn people that - whilst I am a total convert to the Summer
School idea (after a lovely experience at the Parnell Summer School some
years ago) - Summer Schools are, in part, part of the Irish
heritage/tourism industries. And Ireland is not a cheap place to visit.

3.
O'Connell
There is a nice chapter, Diarmaid O Muirtithe, 'O'Connell in Irish Folk
Tradition', in Kevin B. Nowlan and Maurice R. O'Connell, eds, Daniel
O'Connell, Portrait of a Radical, Fordham University Press, NY, 1985,
and Appletree Press, Belfast. It is an interesting trawl through the
folklore archives and literature - eg, folklore stories about sexual
prowess collect around O'Connell. I can let Jill have a photocopy of
this chapter, if need be - but the whole book is of interest, if it can
be found. Eg John A. Murphy on 'O'Connell and the Gaelic World'.

4.
The 'Keegan' fiasco.
I have a good run of the Irish Literary Supplement here, and can supply
a photocopy of the Kornblum article, ILS, 11, 1. It's only one (big A3)
page. Can anyone help with the Jim Jackson, Irish Review, article? Or
has all this already been done?

I have to add that the whole 'Keegan' fiasco is a model of how not to do
things - and I found Brian McGinn's comments very depressing.

P.O'S.
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Patrick O'Sullivan
Head of the Irish Diaspora Research Unit
Email Patrick O'Sullivan
Irish-Diaspora list
Irish Diaspora Studies http://www.brad.ac.uk/acad/diaspora/

Irish Diaspora Research Unit
Department of Interdisciplinary Human Studies
University of Bradford
Bradford BD7 1DP
Yorkshire
England
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19 February 1999 16:45  
  
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 16:45:01 +0000 Reply-To: irish-diaspora[at]bradford.ac.uk Sender: From: irish-diaspora[at]Bradford.ac.uk Subject: Ir-D Population Studies - Call for Papers MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <1312884590.d6Bd3a7127.5704[at]bradford.ac.uk> [IR-DLOG9902.txt]
  
Ir-D Population Studies - Call for Papers
  
Caitriona Ni Laoire
  
From: Caitriona Ni Laoire


The British Society for Population Studies is moving overseas to Dublin
for its annual conference this year, and will include a strand devoted to
Irish population studies.

It will be held at UCD from 6-8th September 1999.

Papers are invited on any aspect of Irish population studies, historical or
contemporary, but of particular interest to the Irish Diaspora list, I hope,
are the following suggested themes...

migration and identity, gender and migration, conceptualising/constructing
Irish migration, Ireland - an immigrant country?

Please send abstracts (400 words) by 31st March to me at the address
below. Student bursaries are available - apply to the BSPS office as
soon as possible (pic[at]lse.ac.uk).

Do get in touch if you have any queries,

Caitriona Ni Laoire
Centre for Studies in the Social Sciences
Edge Hill College of HE
Ormskirk
Lancs L39 4QP.
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22 February 1999 15:55  
  
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 15:55:50 -0000 Reply-To: irish-diaspora[at]bradford.ac.uk Sender: From: irish-diaspora[at]Bradford.ac.uk Subject: Ir-D Irish language in England MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <1312884590.afd4cd071.5704[at]bradford.ac.uk> [IR-DLOG9902.txt]
  
Ir-D Irish language in England
  
Elizabeth Malcolm
  
From: "Elizabeth Malcolm"


My colleague Dr Mairead Nic Craith, who teaches the Irish language in the
Institute of Irish Studies here in Liverpool, has asked me to pass on the
following reference regarding the use of Irish in England during the 19th
and 20th centuries:
Mairead Nic Craith and Janet Leyland, 'The Irish Language in Britain: a
Case Study of North West England', Language, Culture and Curriculum, x, 3
(1997), pp 171-85.
Elizabeth Malcolm
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23 February 1999 18:55  
  
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1999 18:55:50 -0000 Reply-To: irish-diaspora[at]bradford.ac.uk Sender: From: irish-diaspora[at]Bradford.ac.uk Subject: Ir-D UK Census 2001 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <1312884590.572ddcAb73.5704[at]bradford.ac.uk> [IR-DLOG9902.txt]
  
Ir-D UK Census 2001
  
There was an item in the Guardian newspaper, February 10, 1999,
reporting discussions on the proposed ethnic and the religion questions
for the UK Census in the year 2001. The Commission for Racial Equality
is supportive. And David Owen, of The Centre for Research in Ethnic
Relations, Warwick, says the religion question will 'give a richer
description...'

The UK Government will issue a White Paper (a statement of government
policy) next month. Many UK Government policy documents, or at least
summaries of them, now get posted on the Web - so we will watch out for
that.

I also came across the following reference in one of the databases....

TI: Challenging the Black/White binary: The need for an Irish
category in the 2001 Census
AU: Walter_B
NA: ANGLIA POLYTECH UNIV,CHELMSFORD,ESSEX,ENGLAND
JN: PATTERNS OF PREJUDICE, 1998, Vol.32, No.2, pp.73-86
IS: 0031-322X
DT: Article
CR: 1994, S REPORT ETHNIC GROU
CENTR STAT OFF, 1994, ANN POP MIGR EST 198
BALLARD_R, 1996 Vol.30 p.3, PATTERNS PREJUDICE
BRADLEY_J, 1996 Vol.30 p.35, PATTERNS PREJUDICE
BRAH_A, 1996, CARTOGRAPHIES DIASAP
CLIFFORD_J, 1994 Vol.9 p.302, CULT ANTHROPOL
COHEN_P, 1988 p.14, MULTIRACIST BRITAIN
COHEN_P, 1996 Vol.30 p.15, PATTERNS PREJUDICE
CURTIS_L, 1984, NOTHING BUT SAME OLD
GLYNN_S, 1981 Vol.8 p.50, IRISH EC SOCIAL HIST
HARDING_S, 1996 Vol.312 p.1389, BRIT MED J
HICKMAN_M, 1997, DISCRIMINATION IRISH
HICKMAN_M, 1995 Vol.50 p.5, FEMINIST REV
HICKMAN_M, 1995, RELIG CLASS IDENTITY
KELLS_M, 1995, IRISH STUDIES CTR OC
LENNON_M, 1988, WATER IRISH WOMENS L
MILES_R, 1993, RACISM RACE RELATION
MODOOD_T, Vol.30 p.3, PATTERNS PREJUDICE
MODOOT_D, 1997, ETHNIC MINORITIES BR
OLEARY_P, 1991 Vol.5 p.27, LLAFUR J WELSH LABOU
PEARSON_M, 1990 Vol.3, PAPERS IRISH STUDIES
PINK_S, 1990, BELFAST LONDON CASE
ULLAH_P, 1985 Vol.12 p.310, NEW COMMUNITY
WALSHAW_RS, 1941 p.77, MIGRATION BRIT ISLES
WALTER_B, 1995 Vol.13 p.35, ENVIRON PLANN D
WALTER_B, 1997, LOCATIONS DISLOCATIO

P.O'S.

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Patrick O'Sullivan
Head of the Irish Diaspora Research Unit
Email Patrick O'Sullivan
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Irish Diaspora Studies http://www.brad.ac.uk/acad/diaspora/

Irish Diaspora Research Unit
Department of Interdisciplinary Human Studies
University of Bradford
Bradford BD7 1DP
Yorkshire
England
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23 February 1999 18:56  
  
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1999 18:56:50 -0000 Reply-To: irish-diaspora[at]bradford.ac.uk Sender: From: irish-diaspora[at]Bradford.ac.uk Subject: Ir-D Navvies MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <1312884590.b7eC72.5704[at]bradford.ac.uk> [IR-DLOG9902.txt]
  
Ir-D Navvies
  
...And I came across this reference...

TI: 'The hands here are disposed to be turbulent': Unrest among
the Irish trackmen of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, 1829-
1851
AU: Mason_ME
NA: UNIV MARYLAND,COLLEGE PK,MD,20742
JN: LABOR HISTORY, 1998, Vol.39, No.3, pp.253-272
IS: 0023-656X
DT: Article

P.O'S.
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Patrick O'Sullivan
Head of the Irish Diaspora Research Unit
Email Patrick O'Sullivan
Irish-Diaspora list
Irish Diaspora Studies http://www.brad.ac.uk/acad/diaspora/

Irish Diaspora Research Unit
Department of Interdisciplinary Human Studies
University of Bradford
Bradford BD7 1DP
Yorkshire
England
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24 February 1999 08:56  
  
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 08:56:50 -0000 Reply-To: irish-diaspora[at]bradford.ac.uk Sender: From: irish-diaspora[at]Bradford.ac.uk Subject: Ir-D Navvies MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <1312884590.3Bc44bd074.5704[at]bradford.ac.uk> [IR-DLOG9902.txt]
  
Ir-D Navvies
  
FNeal33544@aol.com
  
From: FNeal33544[at]aol.com


Dear Patrick

thanks for the reference.it will be checked out immediately!
Best wishes

Frank
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24 February 1999 09:56  
  
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 09:56:50 -0000 Reply-To: irish-diaspora[at]bradford.ac.uk Sender: From: irish-diaspora[at]Bradford.ac.uk Subject: Ir-D Languages MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <1312884590.A08675.5704[at]bradford.ac.uk> [IR-DLOG9902.txt]
  
Ir-D Languages
  
Patrick O'Sullivan
  
From Patrick O'Sullivan


These are the references about the Irish language, and 'Hiberno-English'
that we thought worth pursuing. One repeats the reference kindly
supplied by Elizabeth Malcolm and her colleague.


ERIC_NO: EJ561198
TITLE: The Irish Language in Britain: A Case Study of North West
England.
AUTHOR: Craith, Mairead Nic; Leyland, Janet
JOURNAL_CITATION: Language, Culture and Curriculum; v10 n3 p171-85 1997
LANGUAGE: English
DESCRIPTORS: Case Studies; Diachronic Linguistics; Foreign Countries;
*Heritage Education; *Immigrants; *Irish; Second Language Learning;
Uncommonly Taught Languages
IDENTIFIERS: *England
ABSTRACT: Sketches presence of Irish language in Britain in nineteenth
and twentieth centuries. First, reviews emigration of Irish-speakers
from Ireland in nineteenth century. Attention focuses on problems
encountered by speakers of Irish in England in last century. Offers a
profile of number of people who learn Irish in evening classes in North
West of England, and outlines views of vitality of Irish in Britain.
(Author/JL)
CLEARINGHOUSE_NO: FL527821
PUBLICATION_TYPE: 080; 143
PUBLICATION_DATE: 1997
REPORT_NO: ISSN-0790-8318



ERIC_NO: ED344466
TITLE: Papers on Irish English.
AUTHOR: O Baoill, Donall P., Ed.
LANGUAGE: English
DESCRIPTORS: Applied Linguistics; *English; Foreign Countries; *Grammar;
*Interference (Language); Language Research; *Language Role; Language
Variation; Linguistic Theory; *Phonology; *Regional Dialects; Research
Methodology; Sentence Structure
IDENTIFIERS: *English (Irish); Ireland
ABSTRACT: Six papers on Irish English are presented. "The Study of
Hiberno-English" (Jeffrey L. Kallen) surveys some aspects of research on
the language and offers a historical context for the subsequent papers.
"A Tape-Recorded Survey of Hiberno-English in Its Context" (T. M.
Tilling) reports on the early stages of an island-wide survey of the
English speech of Ireland, combining traditional dialect geography and
sociolinguistics. In "Linguistic Cross-Links in Phonology and Grammar"
(G. B. Adams), the phonological and grammatical similarities between
Irish and English resulting from extended language contact and
bilingualism are examined. "The Hiberno-English 'I've It Eaten'
Construction: What Is It and Where Does It Come From?" (John Harris)
looks in greater detail at the Irish influence evident in one
construction. Problems created by differences in structure in Irish and
English are examined in "Observations on Thematic Interference Between
Irish and English" (Markku Filppula), and "A Global View of the English
Language in Ireland" (Kallen) urges a broader-based approach to the
study of Hiberno-English than that commonly adopted, incorporating
examination of all grammar and discourse phenomena, bilingualism,
sociolinguistics, and reference to other English variations, not just
standard English usage. (16 references) (MSE)
GEOGRAPHIC_SOURCE: United Kingdom; Ireland
CLEARINGHOUSE_NO: FL020220
INSTITUTION_NAME: Irish Association for Applied Linguistics, Dublin.
PUBLICATION_TYPE: 020
PUBLICATION_DATE: 1985
EDRS_PRICE: EDRS Price - MF01/PC04 Plus Postage.
COMMENTS: 85p.
PAGE: 85; 1
REPORT_NO: ISBN-0-9509132-2-7
LEVEL: 1

Also, I have long thought that Alan Bliss's book did not get the
attention it deserved...
Alan Bliss, Spoken English in Ireland, 1600-1740, 27 Representative
Texts, Dolmen Press, Dublin, 1979 - also Cadenus Press, and Humanities
Press, NJ. Perhaps the title mis-leads. The book is mostly an
exploration of the Irish accent in English literature, and on the stage
- - Shakespeare, Jonson, The Irish Masque, Farquhar, Sheridan...

IASIL, I recall, has a long term project about 'Hiberno-English' - but
what stage that is at I do not know.

P.O'S.
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Patrick O'Sullivan
Head of the Irish Diaspora Research Unit
Email Patrick O'Sullivan
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Irish Diaspora Research Unit
Department of Interdisciplinary Human Studies
University of Bradford
Bradford BD7 1DP
Yorkshire
England
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24 February 1999 14:56  
  
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 14:56:50 -0000 Reply-To: irish-diaspora[at]bradford.ac.uk Sender: From: irish-diaspora[at]Bradford.ac.uk Subject: Ir-D Famine commemoration MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <1312884590.C2be42582.5704[at]bradford.ac.uk> [IR-DLOG9902.txt]
  
Ir-D Famine commemoration
  
[We are posting this message again, with a small correction to the contact details.]


From: Frank Neal
Subject: Irish Famine commemoration service in the heart of Irish Liverpool


On October 3 1997 a service was held at St. Anthony's Catholic church in
Scotland Road, Liverpool. The service was attended by the Catholic Archbishop of
Liverpool, Patrick Kelly and Fr. Tom Williams officiated. This church is in the
heart of what was the greatest concentration of Irish in any British town and
during the Famine refugee crisis of 1847 this area bore the brunt of the
impact. St. Anthony's was built before the famine tragedy and its clergy played
a central role in ministering to the needs of the destitute refugees. During
the year 1847 ten of the Catholic priests in Liverpool died as a direct result of
visiting the Irish who contracted typhus, measles and diarrhoea in the horrific
slum areas of Liverpool. On the basis of all the official records it is highly
probable that between 5000 to 6000 Irish died in Liverpool during the year.
Liverpool's Medical Officer of Heath described Liverpool during 'lack'47' as
'the cemetery of Ireland'. Over the whole of the Famine crisis, 1845-1851, it is
likely that as many as 10000 refugees died in Liverpool.

The service at St. Anthony's in 1997 was held to commemorate these terrible events
and pray for the souls of those who died. The church was packed, an estimated
650 people attending. Interestingly, the majority were local people of the
parish who, until then, regarded their Irish descent somewhat lightly. At the back
of the church, we mounted an exhibition. This consisted of blown up copies of the
press reporting of events in Liverpool during 1847, displayed chronologically. In
addition lists were exhibited, giving the names of the 7500 paupers who were
buried in pauper graves in Liverpool during 1847. The names are listed
alphabetically, surname first, then christian or given name, religion
and age at burial. In the case of these pauper burials, 70% were Catholics. In
addition another list gives similar information on 2300 Catholics buried at
St. Anthony's over the same period. Also exhibited was an engraving (produced in
1848) of the ten priests who died in 1847.

The service was accompanied by a group of young musicians from local schools
who provided traditional Irish music as did some soloists. Some of the hymns
were in Irish.

I gave an address, describing the events of 1847 in Liverpool (based on the
research I had undertaken for my recent book 'Black'47: Britain and the Famine
Irish').

A booklet has been published containing a transcript of the whole service. In
addition, this book contains all the press cuttings which were exhibited at the
church, the lists of names referred to above, and the engraving of the priests
who died. Profits made will be given to the CAFOD and the Liverpool Famine
Commemoration Committee.

The price of this publication is 5.50 (inc. post) and it can be obtained from :

Fr. Tom Williams
St. Anthony's Church
Scotland Road
Liverpool L5 5BD
England

Telephone:0151 207 0177 Fax:0151 298 2112

Cheques should be made payable to 'St. Anthony's Famine History Account'.

Anyone who is interested in the events of 1847, and in the Irish famine refugees,
and anyone who wants references etc can contact me directly.

Frank Neal
University of Salford
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Ir-D Famine commemoration
  
Frank Neal
  
From: Frank Neal
Subject: Irish Famine commemoration service in the heart of Irish Liverpool


On October 3 1997 a service was held at St. Anthony's Catholic church in
Scotland Road, Liverpool. The service was attended by the Catholic Archbishop of
Liverpool, Patrick Kelly and Fr. Tom Williams officiated. This church is in the
heart of what was the greatest concentration of Irish in any British town and
during the Famine refugee crisis of 1847 this area bore the brunt of the
impact. St. Anthony's was built before the famine tragedy and its clergy played
a central role in ministering to the needs of the destitute refugees. During
the year 1847 ten of the Catholic priests in Liverpool died as a direct result of
visiting the Irish who contracted typhus, measles and diarrhoea in the horrific
slum areas of Liverpool. On the basis of all the official records it is highly
probable that between 5000 to 6000 Irish died in Liverpool during the year.
Liverpool's Medical Officer of Heath described Liverpool during 'lack'47' as
'the cemetery of Ireland'. Over the whole of the Famine crisis, 1845-1851, it is
likely that as many as 10000 refugees died in Liverpool.

The service at St. Anthony's in 1997 was held to commemorate these terrible events
and pray for the souls of those who died. The church was packed, an estimated
650 people attending. Interestingly, the majority were local people of the
parish who, until then, regarded their Irish descent somewhat lightly. At the back
of the church, we mounted an exhibition. This consisted of blown up copies of the
press reporting of events in Liverpool during 1847, displayed chronologically. In
addition lists were exhibited, giving the names of the 7500 paupers who were
buried in pauper graves in Liverpool during 1847. The names are listed
alphabetically, surname first then christian or given name, religion
and age at burial. In the case of these pauper burials, 70% were Catholics. In
addition another list gives similar information on 2300 Catholics buried at
St. Anthony's over the same period. Also exhibited was an engraving (produced in
1848) of the ten priests who died in 1847.

The service was accompanied by a group of young musicians from local schools
who provided traditional Irish music as did some soloists. Some of the hymns
were in Irish.

I gave an address, describing the events of 1847 in Liverpool (based on the
research I had undertaken for my recent book 'Black'47: Britain and the Famine
Irish').

A booklet has been published containing a transcript of the whole service. In
addition, this book contains all the press cuttings which were exhibited at the
church, the lists of names referred to above, and the engraving of the priests
who died. Profits made will be given to the CAFOD and the Liverpool Famine
Commemoration Committee.

The price of this publication is 5.50 (inc. post) and it can be obtained from :

Fr. Tom Williams
St. Anthony's Church
Scotland Road
Liverpool L5 5BD
England

Telephone:0151 207 0177 Fax:0151 298 2112

Anyone who is interested in the events of 1847, and in the Irish famine refugees,
and anyone who wants references etc can contact me directly.

Frank Neal
University of Salford
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Ir-D Languages
  
KP Corrigan
  
From: KP Corrigan
Subject: Re: Ir-D Languages

Dear Patrick,
I will urgently pursue Elizabeth Malcolm's reference. I agree with
you about the lack of publicity surrounding Bliss (1979) and the adverse
criticism which it received on publication from Henry (1981: 319/320), for
instance, who completely rejected the work on the basis that it was:
"narrowly philological" and a "socio-linguistic study of colonialism".
However, while Bliss' analyses of the Middle and Early Modern English
aspects of language contact during the second phase of colonisation are, in
fact, relatively accurate, his unfamiliarity with the Irish language (which
I can personally confirm having been his last postgraduate student)
seriously detracts from his comments on the substrate. Additionally, many
of the dramatic texts are clearly unreliable from a historical linguistic
perspective on the basis that the authors are known not to have had any
direct contact with Ireland. Alan's work has, however, recently been
'resurrected' and shown to be invaluable for highlighting the existence of
certain short-lived linguistic features (including subjectless sentences
reminiscent of Irish) at an early stage of language contact in Ireland. For
a fuller discussion, see:

Corrigan, Karen P. (1993) 'Hiberno-English Syntax: Nature vs Nurture in a
Creole Setting', "Newcastle and Durham Working Papers in Linguistics", Vol.
1, pp.95-131.
Corrigan, Karen P. (1997) "The syntax of South Armagh English in its
socio-historical perspective" (Unpub. PhD., UCD), Chapter 3.
Kelly, P. (forthcoming) 'A seventeenth century variety of Irish English:
"Spoken English in Ireland" revisited, in Tristram, H.L.C. (ed.) "Celtic
Englishes II". Carl Winter.

With regard to more recent research on Hiberno-English there are a number
of items worth pursuing including: (1) T.P. Dolan (ed.) (1990) "Irish
University Review" Vol. 20, No.1., pp.91-109 which is dedicated to the
memory of Alan Bliss; (2) "Celtic Englishes I" (also edited by Tristram
above) and (3) Jeff Kallen's (1997) edition "Focus on Ireland" published in
Amsterdam by Benjamins.

I have an extensive bibliography on Hiberno-English should anyone wish
further information - a subsection of which is published as:

Corrigan, Karen P. (1990) 'Northern Hiberno-English: The State of the Art',
"Irish University Review", Vol. 20, No.1., pp.91-109.

Regards,

Karen.


******************************************************************************
Dr. Karen P. Corrigan,
Department of English Literary and Linguistic Studies,
Percy Building,
University of Newcastle,
Newcastle-Upon-Tyne,
NE1 7RU
Telephone: 0191 222 7757
Fax: 0191 222 8708
http://www.ncl.ac.uk/~ncrl1/
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Ir-D Irish language in England
  
cornelius mcnicholas
  
From: "cornelius mcnicholas"
aka anthony mcnicholas


Dear Ir-D list,

A reference I found on Irish language learning in England might be of
interest. There was a newspaper published in 1869 in Manchester called
the Keltic Journal and Educator, specifically to teach Irish to the
Irish in Britain. The publisher was one James Ronan and
UJ Burke of St Jarlath's was the language expert. I think it was
monthly. I do not know how long it lasted, nor where any surviving
copies may be. I would be interested to know.

On another topic, I came across a paper in Colindale [the main British
newspaper archive] - New Ireland, published and printed by John O'Connor
in London in 1870. He claimed it was to be the "avante courier" of the
New Ireland party. Can anyone enlighten me as to who or what that might
be?


anthony mcnicholas mcnichc[at]wmin.ac.uk



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Ir-D News from Galway
  
AMERICAN CONFERENCE OF IRISH STUDIES PRESIDENT TO DELIVER NUIG LECTURES
- - Professor Lucy McDiarmid, President of the American Conference for
Irish Studies (ACIS), will deliver a keynote lecture and two seminars
at NUI, Galway next week in a series hosted by the University's
Department of English. The schedule is as follows:
. "Flowers, Fabric, Fine Art: Hugh Lane and the Politics of Interior
Decoration", - Monday March 8, 1999 in the O'Flaherty Lecture
Theatre, 17:00-18:00;
. "The Man Who Died for Dissing the Bishops: Father Michael
O'Hickey", - Tuesday March 9, 1999 in A114 (The New Board Room)
beginning at 17:00-17:30;
. "The Socialists, The Priests, and the Stolen Children of 1913, -
Wednesday March 10, in A114 at 12 noon. All are welcome to
attend.

NUIG TO MARK 150 YEARS OF STUDENT ENROLMENT
- - A series of events is being planned this year to mark 150 years of
student enrolment at the National University of Ireland, Galway. The
first students, 68 men, enrolled in October 1849, in Queen's College
Galway as it was then called. Women were not admitted until 1886.
Today there are almost 9,000 students with more than 1,000 staff on
campus. The first event in the calendar will take place next Monday,
March 1 when Dr Patrick Murphy, Professor of Business Ethics,
University of Notre Dame, Indiana, U.S.A. will deliver a special
lecture on "Business Ethics and the Celtic Tiger". The lecture will
be chaired by Sean Mac Carthaigh, Irish Times Business journalist.
Mr Pat Rabbitte TD, Labour Spokesperson on Enterprise, Trade and
Employment and a graduate of NUI, Galway, will also address the
subject. In the coming months other high profile personalities who
have made a significant contribution in their own areas will also
speak at the University. These include Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney
and US Senator George Mitchell. One of the highlights of the
celebrations will be a Gala Banquet in October when Her Excellency
Mrs Mary McAleese, President of Ireland will be Guest of Honour.


Courtesy of
Editor: Liam Ferrie
http://www.emigrant.ie
- --
Patrick O'Sullivan
Head of the Irish Diaspora Research Unit
Email Patrick O'Sullivan
Irish-Diaspora list
Irish Diaspora Studies http://www.brad.ac.uk/acad/diaspora/

Irish Diaspora Research Unit
Department of Interdisciplinary Human Studies
University of Bradford
Bradford BD7 1DP
Yorkshire
England
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Ir-D St. Patrick's Day Competition, 1999
  
Patrick O'Sullivan
  
From Patrick O'Sullivan

It is that time of year when we must begin to think about the Irish-
Diaspora list's traditional St. Patrick's Day competition...

[MUST. There's an interesting word. Must we? Anyway, we had a
competition last year, and we can have one this year, if we want to...]

Last year's competition was highly successful, in that all the entries
(both of them) were of very high standard, scholarly and funny.

[Last year's competition was an exercise in research methodology -
involving observation and typology. Competitors had to report on some
aspect of St. Patrick's Day celebration in their part of the world, and
assign it to a typological category...]

But the real measure of the success of the competition was that
everywhere I went for months afterwards people would chuckle about the
competition, and would report observations which would certainly have
won prizes, had they been entered.

This year I thought we might have a St. Patrick's Day Irish Diaspora
quiz.

[If anybody is the slightest bit interested...]

The idea is that we have a good spread of questions, spread in time and
in space. Since the ethos of the Irish-Diaspora list is scholarly
answers to the quiz questions will have to be sourced. And marks will
be assigned according to strict scholarly criteria, thus...

Primary source, 2 marks
Secondary source, 1 mark
Look, I saw it with my very own eyes, 0 marks

The quiz will be posted to the Irish-Diaspora list on March 1, and all
entries to the competition will have to be emailed back - to a special
Ir-D competition email address - by March 17 at the latest. Team
entries are acceptable. Anyone who can find a way to cheat should try.

Usual prizes.

Paddy O'Sullivan
- --
Patrick O'Sullivan
Head of the Irish Diaspora Research Unit
Email Patrick O'Sullivan
Irish-Diaspora list
Irish Diaspora Studies http://www.brad.ac.uk/acad/diaspora/

Irish Diaspora Research Unit
Department of Interdisciplinary Human Studies
University of Bradford
Bradford BD7 1DP
Yorkshire
England
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Ir-D Irish language in England
  
Patrick Maume
  
From: Patrick Maume



UJ Burke is Rev Ulick Burke who taught in the Tuam Catholic Diocesan seminary,
St. Jarlath's, one of the few (perhaps the only one) to teach Irish in mid-century.
Quite a few of his students, like Dr. Mark Ryan the celebrated and long-lived
London IRB man, went on to be Fenians (see Oliver Rafferty's article in the Winter
97/Spring 98 BULLAN). This is an interesting contact for him to have.
Best wishes,
Patrick Maume.



>
> From: "cornelius mcnicholas"
> aka anthony mcnicholas
>
>
> Dear Ir-D list,
>
> A reference I found on Irish language learning in England might be of
> interest. There was a newspaper published in 1869 in Manchester called
> the Keltic Journal and Educator, specifically to teach Irish to the
> Irish in Britain. The publisher was one James Ronan and
> UJ Burke of St Jarlath's was the language expert. I think it was
> monthly. I do not know how long it lasted, nor where any surviving
> copies may be. I would be interested to know.
>
> On another topic, I came across a paper in Colindale [the main British
> newspaper archive] - New Ireland, published and printed by John O'Connor
> in London in 1870. He claimed it was to be the "avante courier" of the
> New Ireland party. Can anyone enlighten me as to who or what that might
> be?
>
>
> anthony mcnicholas mcnichc[at]wmin.ac.uk
>
>
>
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