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Dear Paddy,=20
Here's the information about next year's Grian conference at NYU's =
Glucksman
Ireland House. I hope people from the Irish Diaspora list will be
interested in presenting a paper. If anyone has questions, you can use =
the
e-mail listed below or respond back to me at EGilmar100[at]aol.com. =
Thanks,

Elizabeth Gilmartin


=20

CFP 7th Annual Grian Conference

March 4-6, 2005

Glucksman Ireland House at New York University

=20

Ireland and Race

Recent events in Ireland, such as the passing of the citizenship =
referendum
amending the Republic=92s constitution on 11 June 2004 and the increase =
of
bias crimes in Dublin and Belfast, have highlighted the changing social
demographics of Ireland. After centuries of sustained Irish emigration,
Ireland finds itself in the position of receiving immigrants and their
reception has not always been welcoming. The points of contact between =
the
cultures of Ireland and those beyond its immediate archipelago have =
ranged
from the exceedingly violent to the richly productive. Grian is =
accepting
abstracts for an interdisciplinary conference that explores the =
relationship
between Ireland and Race. While much work has been done debating =
Ireland=92s
racial identities, we seek papers that confront the contact zone and
internationalize notions of what it means to be Irish both in Ireland =
itself
and the Irish globally. The conference will address this theme in a =
broad
manner and we seek papers from diverse fields, such as history, =
literature,
visual and performing arts, anthropology, economics, sociology, among =
other
disciplines.=20

=20

Possible topics include:

Irish concepts/myths of Race and Indigeneity

Position and History of immigrants in Ireland (North and South)

Frederick Douglass=92s 1845 trip to Ireland

Civil Rights Movements in U.S. and Northern Ireland

Irish Contact Zones and the Global Diaspora

Cross-cultural influences in the arts, literature, music, dance

Appropriation of Celticism by White Nationalism

Citizenship and Authenticity

Hybridity and Creolit=E9

Irish role in Imperialism

Irish slavery, slave trade, and slave ownership

Irish involvement in Boer War

Irish in Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean

Black Irish and the Black Atlantic

The Travelers=20

Irish government, law and the position of the family

Constitutional change and Irish identity

Grian is an Irish Studies organization, based at Glucksman Ireland House =
at
New York University, comprised of emerging and established scholars
affiliated with numerous New York area universities. Please send one =
page
abstracts to Ireland.grian[at]nyu.edu by
December 1. Select proceedings of the conference will be published in =
the
journal Foilsi=FA. Housing may be available for graduate student =
presenters.

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Terry Eagleton reviewed Roddy Doyle's new novel in The Guardian last
Saturday...

'The Irish write about history as habitually as the English write about
suburbia. For one thing, there is a lot of it about in Ireland, much of =
it
of the turbulent kind, which lends itself to gripping fic tion. For =
another
thing, there is an Irish literary tradition of using individual =
characters
to represent a wider history, a tactic which makes sense in a country =
where
the private/public divide has always been less emphatic than it is =
across
the water...'

'Irish nostalgia has often been interwoven with a ferocious hunger for =
the
modern, and one name for modernity in Ireland is America. Dublin is a =
lot
closer to Detroit than it is to Harrogate...'

Full text at...

http://books.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,1300987,00.html


Ireland on my mind

The second in Roddy Doyle's Henry Smart trilogy, Oh, Play That Thing,
doesn't quite convince Terry Eagleton

Saturday September 11, 2004
The Guardian
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Oh, Play That Thing
by Roddy Doyle
352pp, Jonathan Cape, =A316.99

P.O'S.

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Pauline Prior's article appeared in the journal, History of Psychiatry, in
June 04.

It will be of special interest to those of us who are interested in that
network of ideas around the theme of the Irish and mental health issues.
That section on 'emigration as a form of after-care...' is of course of
special interest. The examples are from an earloier Prior article - and
involve the release of 2 men who had killed women, one to go to South
Africa, the other to 'America'...

Do note that the History of Psychiatry is a Sage Journal...

http://www.sagepub.com/Journalhome.aspx

Sage Journals have a new Web interface - and to celebrate this they are
allowing free access 'through October 31' - which, I think, is American
English for 'until October 31'.

So that this article is freely available to everyone.

Indeed it is worth having a jolly good browse and search of the Sage site...
Much stuff of interest.

P.O'S.


Pauline M. Prior
Prisoner or Patient? The Official Debate on the Criminal Lunatic in
Nineteenth-Century Ireland
History of Psychiatry, Jun 2004; 15: 177 - 192.

History of Psychiatry, Vol. 15, No. 2, 177-192 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/0957154X04039349
C 2004 SAGE Publications

Prisoner or Patient? The Official Debate on the Criminal Lunatic in
Nineteenth-Century Ireland
Pauline M. Prior

School of Sociology and Social Policy, The Queen's University of Belfast,
Belfast BT7 1NN, Northern Ireland.p.prior[at]qub.ac.uk

Nineteenth-century Ireland was colonized and strictly controlled from
Britain. In this highly regulated society, reports of the Inspectorate of
Lunacy in Ireland were used to express an official medical view on criminal
lunacy. This view was based on experiences gained in the Central Criminal
Lunatic Asylum for Ireland, opened at Dundrum in 1850. This paper will
examine some of the ideas expressed in these reports, including views on the
treatment of criminal lunatics, on their potential for dangerous behaviour,
and on emigration as a form of after-care.

Key Words: asylums . criminal insanity . Dundrum . Ireland . history .
nineteenth century

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Dear all,

I was wondering whether anyone has to hand a copy of Patrick J Duffy (ed) To
and from Ireland: planned migration schemes c1600-2000 (Dublin: Geography
Publications, 2004) that was announced on this list over the summer.

Can someone please let me know what chapter titles/authors specifically deal
with nineteenth-century migration schemes.

Many thanks.

Oliver Marshall

Centre for Brazilian Studies
University of Oxford
e-mail: oliver.marshall[at]brazil.ox.ac.uk

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Brian Dooley's book about Second Generation Irish people in Britain is =
now
available...

Information from the publisher's web site pasted in below...

P.O'S.

________________________________
=20
Choosing the Green?
Second Generation Irish and the Cause of Ireland
Brian Dooley
=20
(Beyond the Pale Press, www.btpale.com)
=20
What does it mean to be second or third generation Irish in Britain
today? Phil Chevron claims the Pogues could only have happened
from outside Ireland. Johnny Rotten's Irish background came out in
virulently anti-English songs but he did not support Irish =
Republicanism.
Shane MacGowan on the other hand gave second generation Irish a voice -
=ADhe was the first person to stand up and not be embarrassed about it.
=20
Who "chooses the green' and why?
=20
Brian Dooley traces the history of prominent and unsung second/third
generation individuals in the founding of the modern Irish state, =
including=20
the story of the Kimmage garrison. The GPO was full of Scottish and =
English=20
accents on Easter Monday 1916. Dooley takes us through the War of=20
Independence and the Civil War. He discusses the extraordinary career=20
of John Stephenson =AD- Se=E1n MacStiof=E1in -=AD who joined the IRA =
before=20
even setting foot in Ireland and who became the first Chief of Staff of =
the=20
Provisional IRA in 1970.
=20
The impact of IRA actions in Britain on victims, on the justice system =
and=20
on second and third generation activists is considered in detail.The
author's=20
assessment of how the armed conflict helped shape modern second/third=20
generation Irish identity in Britain includes the role of Irish people =
in
the=20
British Army -=AD misfit soldiers.
=20
Finally, Dooley shows the importance of second generation Irish in the
peace process.
=20
This is a remarkable book helping to explain how Tony Cascarino and=20
Andy Townsend have come to replace MacStiof=E1in as the new Cockney
Irish heroes.
=20
=20
196 x 128mm
192pp=20
Paperback ISBN 1-900960-26-5 Price =A38.99

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Subject: Re: [IR-D] Duffy, To and from Ireland: planned migration schemes

To: Oliver Marshall,
I have a copy. It's an excellent study of planned migration
schemes. Contact me at harrisrd[at]bc.edu.
Ruth-Ann Harris


>From: Oliver Marshall
>oliver.marshall[at]brazilian-studies.oxford.ac.uk
>Subject: Duffy, To and from Ireland: planned migration schemes
>
>Dear all,
>
>I was wondering whether anyone has to hand a copy of Patrick J Duffy (ed)
To
>and from Ireland: planned migration schemes c1600-2000 (Dublin: Geography
>Publications, 2004) that was announced on this list over the summer.
>
>Can someone please let me know what chapter titles/authors specifically
deal
>with nineteenth-century migration schemes.
>
>Many thanks.
>
>Oliver Marshall
>
>Centre for Brazilian Studies
>University of Oxford
>e-mail: oliver.marshall[at]brazil.ox.ac.uk

Ruth-Ann M. Harris
Adjunct Professor of History and Irish Studies, Boston College
Phone: 617-522-4361; weekends and summer, 603-938-2660.

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A brief report on email problems...

For the past few days irishdiaspora.net has been besieged by junk email, or
spam. At one point yesterday emails were arriving at the rate of 1 every 2
seconds...

There were a number of stages to the process. At first hundreds of junk
emails were sent to genuine irishdiaspora.net email addresses, picked up
from various sources - like our web site... Later there was what is called
a 'dictionary attack' when thousands of emails were sent to every posible
combination of words, letters and numbers [at]irishdiaspora.net.

I do not think that this was a malign attack on irishdiaspora.net as such.
I think that this is just what spammers do.

Here, we do use email in a number of ways - for example to construct our
databases. But I monitor all that - and can solve problems that arise
there. Also, I do monitor emails for a small number of people who have
material on the web site, www.irishdiaspora.net - I will have to make some
changes to the way we do that.

However, I do have to say that this is not good news - and does not bode
well for the future of email generally.

Patrick O'Sullivan

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Margaret Kelly

A celebrated figure in Parisian nightlife, she founded the Bluebell Girls

Patrick O'Connor
Thursday September 16, 2004
The Guardian

'Margaret Kelly, "Miss Bluebell", who has died aged 94, was the founder and
driving force behind the Bluebell Girls, and for more than 50 years one of
the key personalities in Paris nightlife.

She was born in Dublin, but at two weeks, her mother gave her up for
adoption, and she was taken by a foster mother, Mary Murphy. The infant had
such clear blue eyes that one of the doctors nicknamed her "Bluebell", and
the name stayed with her.

She said she had never attempted to trace her parents. "I never wanted to.
After all, they never did anything for me."...'

Full text at
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Founder of Bluebell Girls dies at 94

Tributes to adopted daughter of an Irish nurse who went on to run Paris's
famous cabaret troupe

Amelia Gentleman in Paris
Wednesday September 15, 2004
The Guardian

'Dancers from around the world will gather in Paris tomorrow to mourn the
death of Margaret Kelly, the creator of the legendary Bluebell Girls cabaret
troupe.

Messages of condolence for her children have arrived over the past few days
from hundreds of the 14,000 Bluebell girls who were trained by the dancer
during an extraordinary career which stretched over six decades...'

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Two items about the Battle of the Boyne from the BBC. Muriel Gray's radio
programme about the landscape is charming and interesting - I listened to it
on the car radio during the afternoon school run... The Dan and Peter Snow
Battlefield Britain programmes have not all quite worked - but I thought
that their Boyne programme did work. Again, the landscape made clear - and
really clear how one side was out-generalled...

P.O'S.

1.
Battlefield Ramblings
with Muriel Gray
The Boyne - County Louth
First broadcast Friday 10 September 2004, 3.00-3.30 p.m.

Muriel Gray presents Battlefield Ramblings on BBC Radio 4
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/ramblings.shtml

(There is a Listen Again button on that web site.)

Companions: Claidhbh O'Gibne and Geraldine Stout

King William of Orange said that the Boyne Valley was land worth fighting
for. Muriel Gray walked in this beautiful part of the Republic of Ireland
with local artist Claidhbh O'Gibne and archaeologist Geraldine Stout.
Claidhbh grew up in this area and every corner of the landscape is rich in
his childhood memories and swelling with inspiration for his traditional
Celtic art work. Geraldine is an archaeologist with the Archaeological
Survey of Ireland, Department of Arts and the Gaeltacht. Her book Newgrange
and the Bend of the Boyne is based on personal exploration and field
evidence gathered over some 20+ years. She loves this area, lives here and
is passionate about the landscape and the people. She first came to the site
in 1976 as a first year archaeological student. She is still very much
involved in the archaeology of the area and is a keen walker.

1.
Battle of the Boyne

In July 1690 William III and James II faced each other across an Irish river
in a battle for the British Crown. However, the Boyne was also about wider
issues - it was a struggle for the political soul of Europe.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/programmes/battlefield_britain/index.shtml

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From: P.Maume[at]Queens-Belfast.AC.UK
Subject: Re: [IR-D] CFP ACIS University of Notre Dame April 13-17, 2005

From: Patrick Maume
I'm thinking of offering a paper on the IRISH INDEPENDENT and Parnellite
politics in the 1890s. Anyone out there interested in putting together a
panel on newspapers, Parnellism, or related subjects?
BTW they've changed the name of the QUB server from fujin to staffmail -
don't know how this will affect messages to the list.
Best wishes,
Patrick

On Tue, 7 Sep 2004 11:32:58 +0100 Patrick O'Sullivan
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> Email Patrick O'Sullivan
>
> For information...
>
> P.O'S.
>
> http://www.nd.edu/~irishstu/conferences.html
>
> http://www.acisweb.com/data/cfp.php
>
> CALL FOR PAPERS
>
> Ireland Beyond Borders
>
> American Conference for Irish Studies Annual General Meeting April
> 13-17, 2005
>
> University of Notre Dame
> South Bend, Indiana
>
> "Ireland Beyond Borders" hopes to explore new conceptions of Ireland,
> Irishness, and Irish Studies that challenge the boundaries that
> politics, the academy, and culture have set for them. The theme is
> intentionally open-ended. Topics might include, for example,
> globalization, partition, the Internet age, gender and sexuality,
> critical race theory, popular culture, music, dance, the visual arts,
> contemporary literature, the Irish language, or Irish studies as an
> academic discipline; however, that list is not intended to be
> prescriptive or exclusive. We encourage submissions that reach across
> traditional disciplinary boundaries, and submissions on topics outside
> the areas of history and literary criticism. The deadline for
> submitting proposals is October 15, 2004. Participants must be members
> of the American Conference for Irish Studies. Visit www.acisweb.com to
become a member.
>
> We will mark the 25th anniversary of the Field Day Theater Company
> with appearances by founding members Seamus Deane and Stephen Rea.
> Other featured speakers include Nuala O'Faolain, Angela Bourke, Tom
> Kilroy, Joep Leerssen, Cathal S Searcaigh, David Roediger and James R.
> Barrett, and Katie Trumpener. There will also be performances by Irish
> dancer Jean Butler and musical group Altan. Margaret Corcoran's show
> An Enquiry will be on display in the Snite Museum of Art and the
> Special Collections department of the Hesburgh Library will mount an
> exhibit highlighting the recently-acquired Loeber Collection of Irish
> Fiction. An Irish film series will run at the Performing Arts Center
throughout the conference.
>
> We encourage participants to submit panel proposals. We will give
> equal consideration to individual proposals. However, we have found
> that panels organized by the participants are often more coherent and
> generate better discussions than those put together by the conference
> organizers. We recommend three participants per panel. We will be
> happy to accept proposals written in Irish.
>
> Panel Proposals: Submit one 250-word abstract from each participant
> along with a cover letter giving the title and a brief description of the
panel.
>
> Individual Proposals: Submit one 250-word abstract, including a title,
> your contact information, and a brief description of the paper.
>
> Electronic Submission: Email proposals to acis2005[at]nd.edu.
>
> Surface Mail: Send proposals to:
> ACIS 2005
> Keough Institute for Irish Studies
> 422 Flanner Hall
> Notre Dame, IN 46556
>
> For more information, visit the Keough Institute website or contact
> Susan Harris at sharris2[at]nd.edu or Sarah McKibben at smckibbe[at]nd.edu.

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patrick maume

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Patrick
an excellent treatment of the Gifffen paradox is Roger Mason,_Robert Giffen
and the Giffen Paradox_.

Published by Philip Allan, 1989 The ISBN is 0-86003-804-1

Frank Neal

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From: Joe Bradley
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Subject: Stirling Sports Research Seminars Flyer

Below is the new programme for our research seminars at Stirling - a few
might be of interest to the Diaspora List.

An Adobe Acrobat pdf poster is available, if anyone would like to display
it.

Thanks

Joe


University of Stirling Department of Sports Studies Research Seminars
2004/05



Thursday 21st October

Dr Derek Ball, School of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen
Integrating Fat and Carbohydrate Utilization at rest and under
metabolic demand


Thursday 11th November

Professor Stefan Szymanski, Tanaka Business School, Imperial College
London
The economics of baseball and soccer: a comparison


Thursday 25th November

Sean Kelly, (an Uachtaran Cumann Luthchleas Gael) President of the
Gaelic Athletic Association
The GAA and the challenge of soccer and professionalism in Ireland


Thursday 3rd March

Dr Alan Bairner Reader in the Sociology of Sport, Loughborough
University
Gramsci, Marxism and Sport


Thursday 14th April

Professor Celia Brackenridge Managing Director, Independent Research
and Consultancy in Sport and Leisure
A difficult berth: child abuse research and the sport policy agenda


Thursday 21st April

Mr Mark Dingwall, Founder and Editor, 'Follow Follow'
Glasgow Rangers: 'offical' Club literature and optional views'


All seminars will take place at 5.30pm in the Tennis Centre Meeting Room,
Gannochy Sports Centre, University of Stirling.

Presentations will begin at 5.30pm sharp. From 5pm tea and coffee will be
available in the seminar room, courtesy of the Department of Sports Studies.


For further information please contact Dr Joe Bradley,

Tel. 01786 466493, e-mail j.m.bradley[at]stir.ac.uk

All staff, students and members of the public are welcome to attend

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Subject: Ulster Literary Theatre Symposium, 22-23 October 2004


Theatre Symposium: The Ulster Literary Theatre and its Legacy

22-23 October 2004

Drama Department, Queen's University Belfast

This year commemorates the centenaries of both the Ulster Literary Theatre
(ULT) and the Abbey Theatre, and although the ULT was launched two weeks
before the opening of the Abbey in 1904, its output and impact has been
neglected by scholars and practitioners alike. Consequently, in a year
replete with Irish cultural centenaries, QUB's Drama Department and the
Linen Hall Library's Theatre and Performing Arts Archive will host a one-day
symposium with speakers from throughout the UK and Ireland giving papers on
the ULT, its historical context and cultural legacy, in the new Theatre
Building at Queen's. Following the symposium there will be a number of
staged readings of ULT material, followed by a production of George Shiels'
Bedmates

In terms of the broad schedule/structure of the symposium, the opening
keynote lecture, 'Northern Revivals: Cultural Nationalism and Political
Identity in Ulster 1900-1920', will be delivered by Dr Richard Kirkland in
the Linen Hall Library on Friday 22nd October. This will be followed by a
wine reception and the opening of a commemorative exhibition celebrating the
Ulster Literary Theatre's work.

On Saturday 23rd October, the symposium will move to the Drama Department's
new Theatre Building, (formerly the old Queen's Film Theatre site, behind
University Square), where it will inaugurate the opening of the new
Theatre. Saturday's symposium will also feature a second keynote lecture by
Lionel Pilkington entitled, 'Stormont and the Politics of Theatre in
Northern Ireland in the Post-War Period'. This will be followed by dinner
and later that evening there will be performances of Thompson in Tir-na-nOg
and George Shiels' Bedmates in the new theatre.


For further information, please consult the conference page:
http://www.qub.ac.uk/lla/drama/news.htm

For any other enquiries, contact Mark Phelan: m.phelan[at]qub.ac.uk


________________________________
Mark Phelan
Lecturer in Drama
School of Languages, Literature and Arts
Queen's University Belfast

Phone: 0044 (0)2890 335107 office
Email: m.phelan[at]qub.ac.uk

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From: Patrick Maume
Dear Paddy,
Here's a curiosity I came across - a dotty ultra-Protestant site in New
York State which claims Lord John Russell (a secret Jesuit) and Pius IX
orchestrated the Famine in order to spread Catholic influence across the
world.
I don't know whether to laugh or cry. Crying is probably more
appropriate.
http://www.reformation.org/irish_famine.html
Best wishes,
Patrick
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patrick maume

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The following Article appeared in The Southern Cross, September 2004 =
(Vol.
129 N=B0 5892).

Forwarded to the IR-D list, with permission...

P.O'S.


Irish Passport? No, Thank You
By Edmundo Murray

In March 2002, on the eve of one of the toughest social crises in =
Argentina,
a small group of Argentines with Irish ancestors decided to write and =
submit
a petition to the Irish Minister of Justice Michael McDowell to request =
that
he 'allow Argentine-born great-grand children of Irish nationals to =
become
Irish nationals themselves or in the alternative to be able to seek and
obtain employment in Ireland as if they were Irish nationals.'* =20
The petition appealed to two main evidences: the friendly welcome that
nineteenth-century Irish emigrants generally encountered when they =
arrived
in Argentina, and the need for 'basic levels of security, health and
education' among their twenty-first century descendants. On a more =
emotional
note, we added: 'We need help. Now. We Argentines, on grounds of
humanitarian reasons, need help from our respective mother countries.' =
About
two thousand persons signed the petition and it was sent to Ireland.

I was one of the first to sign it, on the hope that Ireland would help =
to
ease the traumatic situation of several Argentines, in the same way that
during a century of Irish immigration up to the 1930s Argentina was an =
open
land. But I will not indulge myself on patriotic or communitarian =
reasons: I
wanted to have an Irish passport too. Although the only official =
response
came in the form of an acknowledgment of receipt, the petition =
represented a
small success. Without public relations experience, budget or =
connections,
and thanks to many friends and the influential website of the Irish in
Argentina, it elicited a high level of adherence, enthusiasm, and =
support.
=20
Certainly, not everybody agreed. There were messages from the Irish
Argentines stressing the duty to stay in the country 'to fight with all =
our
forces for our place and our family.' The traditional Irish-Argentine
organisations and media were cautious, to say the least. Some messages =
in
Irish email forums were openly against it: 'Are these the same so-called
Irish people who condemned generations of indigenous South Americans to
poverty by establishing huge ranches on land that was never theirs?' or =
'Why
didn't they want Irish passports when times were good over there?' or =
even,
'What's so good about Ireland anyway, its constantly raining here.'

Nevertheless, the petition got strong support both in Ireland and in
Argentina. Irish newspapers -The Irish Times among them- published =
articles
and some politicians helped to make the campaign known. In Argentina, on =
26
September 2002 the Buenos Aires Herald published Michael Geraghty's =
article
'Homeward Bound.' He noted that the movement 'struck a chord of sympathy
among Irish Argentines who were in the same situation. Support began to =
pour
in from Argentina and all around the world: Ireland and Europe, USA and
Canada, all over South America and from as far away as Japan.'
=20
At the present the petition is sleeping in some bureaucrat's drawer. And =
no
wonder, with the newly accepted government proposal that cuts the Irish
citizenship rights to immigrants. On 12 June 2004, an overwhelmingly
majority of Irish voters backed a constitutional amendment to tighten
citizenship laws. When the amendment is effective, automatic citizenship =
to
anybody born on the island of Ireland will not be granted anymore (a =
rule
unique among the twenty-five nations of the European Union). Guess who
launched the government campaign for "Yes"? Indeed, the same Justice
Minister Michael McDowell who received our petition. One lesson learned =
is
to better prospect our appeals.

To say that the Irish people are xenophobes and racists would be =
xenophobe
and racist. To affirm that most of the Irish do not want foreigners as =
their
next-door neighbour, particularly if they are from Nigeria, Romania, or
Latin America, or that they are afraid of different colour skins, =
languages,
and odours would be an unfair generalisation. I think this is nothing =
else
than bourgeois selfishness and insensitivity. Personally, it is hard to
imagine how difficult would be to live every day in an self-centred =
society
like that one.

That is why I changed my mind. That is why I do not want an Irish =
passport.

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From: jamesam[at]si.rr.com theories

I checked this site out; apparently it's Conspiracy Theory 101. I was afraid
at first that it was run by the Rev. Ian Paisley, but a fast scroll of the
main menu shows:

'The Reformation Online is brought to you by the Leon Kilkenny Family, with
a further address:

C Copyright 2004
The Reformation Online
P.O. Box 302
Albertson,
New York, 11507 U.S.A.

Someone clearly has too much time on their hands.'

BTW, they are blaming the Rockefellers for the assassinations of both John
and Robert Kennedy. This is the mother of all conspiracy theories!

Best regards,

Patricia Jameson-Sammartano



----- Original Message -----
> From: P.Maume[at]Queens-Belfast.AC.UK
> Subject:Famine conspiracy theories
>
> From: Patrick Maume
> Dear Paddy,
> Here's a curiosity I came across - a dotty ultra-Protestant site in
> New York State which claims Lord John Russell (a secret Jesuit) and
> Pius IX orchestrated the Famine in order to spread Catholic influence
> across the world.
> I don't know whether to laugh or cry. Crying is probably more
> appropriate.
> http://www.reformation.org/irish_famine.html
> Best wishes,
> Patrick
> ----------------------
> patrick maume
>

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jamesam[at]si.rr.com
Subject: Re: [IR-D] Famine conspiracy theories

By the way, the links posted at this site include the New Jersey Famine
curriculum for secondary schools(Irish Holocaust and Genocide Education),
the Irish Famine Genocide Committee which boasted membership by respected
lawyers like Frank Durkin of Brian O'Dwyer's office and -- now I'm blanking,
too much schoolwork -- Seamus Metress (?) from Notre Dame who wanted to put
the Brits on trial for genocide back in the mid-90's. I can't get into the
Irish Famine Home Page, but the URL is www.edunet.ie/stlaur/irelandais.html
and I think it may have been Christopher Smith's back in the '90's.

Anyway, I'm off to sleep ROTFLOL at this silly website.

Slan,

Patricia Jameson-Sammartano

(Moderator's Note:
ROTFLOL = Rolling on the floor laughing out loud.
Computer chat shorthand.
Not to be encouraged.)

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From: Kerby Miller
MillerK[at]missouri.edu
Subject: Re: [IR-D] Famine conspiracy theories 3

Seamus Metress is/was from the U. of Toledo or the U. of Dayton (both in
Ohio), not from Notre Dame.
KM


>jamesam[at]si.rr.com
>Subject: Re: [IR-D] Famine conspiracy theories
>
>By the way, the links posted at this site include the New Jersey Famine
>curriculum for secondary schools(Irish Holocaust and Genocide Education),
>the Irish Famine Genocide Committee which boasted membership by respected
>lawyers like Frank Durkin of Brian O'Dwyer's office and -- now I'm
blanking,
>too much schoolwork -- Seamus Metress (?) from Notre Dame who wanted to put
>the Brits on trial for genocide back in the mid-90's. I can't get into the
>Irish Famine Home Page, but the URL is www.edunet.ie/stlaur/irelandais.html
>and I think it may have been Christopher Smith's back in the '90's.
>
>Anyway, I'm off to sleep ROTFLOL at this silly website.
>
>Slan,
>
>Patricia Jameson-Sammartano
>

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Subject: Literature of Irish Exile 5


The Fifth Literature of Irish Exile

Autumn School

Centre for Migration Studies at the Ulster-American Folk Park, Omagh

Saturday, 16 October 2004


The Literature of Irish Exile Autumn School is now in its fifth year. =
Our
focus will again be on how emigrants from Ireland have given expression =
in
words to feelings of exile. Part of the programme will take place in the
stimulating setting of the Outdoor Museum of the Ulster-American Folk =
Park.
The rest will be in the warmth of the library of the Centre for =
Migration
Studies. The aim is to give members of the public a friendly opportunity =
to
meet and mix with experts on some of the less well-known aspects of =
'exile'
in Irish literature.

Speakers

Dr Sophia Hillan, who spoke at the Autumn School in 2002, recently =
directed
the Michael McLaverty Centenary Colloquium, is a member of the Estyn =
Evans
Centenary Committee and is currently working on a collection of short
stories, one of which will appear in the Faber Book of Irish Short =
Stories,
edited by David Marcus, in March 2005. She is Academic Director of the =
Irish
Studies International Summer School at Queen=92s University, Belfast.

Dr Johanne Devlin Trew is Research Fellow, based at CMS, Omagh, working =
on
the =91Narratives of Migration and Return Project=92. She previously =
taught in
Memorial University, Newfoundland.

Dr Patrick Fitzgerald is Lecturer and Development Officer at CMS, Omagh =
and
teaches the QUB MSSc degree in Irish Migration Studies.=20

Mr Dan McCall was formerly a teacher of history and currently, among =
other
duties, is inspector of history in schools and colleges in Northern =
Ireland.
He has lectured extensively on cultural diversity and pluralism in =
Northern
Ireland, on the teaching of history in a divided society, and on the =
need
for education to equip young people with the capabilities to meet the
challenges of life in a divided community. =20

Mr Joseph Farrell from Grand Junction, Colarado, USA, has edited and
published One Lifetime is not Enough, the autobiography of his cousin,
Patrick Kelly, who emigrated from Gallon, near Newtownstewart, County =
Tyrone
to Australia in 1924 and, after a varied career, made a return visit to
Gallon in 1978 when he was aged 73.

Saturday 16 October, 2004=20

10.45 Registration (CMS Library at Ulster-American Folk Park, Omagh)

Tea / Coffee on arrival

11.00 Welcome (CMS Library)

11.05 Sophie Hillen, =91The =93Wordhoard=94 of Emigrants and Exiles: a =
literary
journey=92

Chair: Brian Lambkin

11.45 Discussion

12.00 Johanne Devlin Trew, =91The Narratives of Migration and Return
Project=92, including demonstration of the =91Breaking the Silence=92 =
on-line Oral
History Archive=92, =20

Chair: Brian Lambkin

12.30 Discussion

12.45 Lunch, Ulster-American Folk Park Visitor Centre

1.45 Patrick Fitzgerald, =91Writing Home=92: a walk in the Outdoor =
Museum,
through the ship to a fireside in the New World, discussing extracts =
from
letters about =91home=92,=20

3.00 Afternoon Tea (CMS Library)

3.15 Dan McCall, =91Voices: Kilkelly, Ireland and Mankato, Minnesota, =

1858 - 1927=92=20

This presentation will explore the background to and contents of the
letters sent from County Mayo during the years 1858-1893 which provided =
the
inspiration for the emigration ballad =93Kilkelly=94, and the vigorous
anti-emigration sentiments contained in a letter from an Irish priest in
Minnesota in the 1920s. The letters will also be set within a context =
of
perceptions of emigration reflected in street murals in Northern =
Ireland.


Chair: Patrick Fitzgerald

4.00 Reception

4.30 Book Launch: One Lifetime Is Not Enough by Patrick Kelly.

Joseph Farrell of Colorado, USA, who is a cousin of the
author, will speak about the book which he has edited and published.

Chair: John Bradley, Chairman of the West Tyrone Historical
Society.=20

4.45 Close

Fee: =A320.00 stg (=A315.00 concession for students, unwaged and senior
citizens)

This includes: registration, morning tea/coffee, lunch, afternoon

tea/coffee and drinks reception.

Contact

Tel: 028 8225 6315; Fax: 028 8224 2241; Email:
Christine.Johnston[at]ni-libraries.net

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The eagle has landed...

Don MacRaild's new contact details in New Zealand...

Professor Donald MacRaild
School of History, Philosophy, Politics and International Relations
Victoria University of Wellington
PO Box 600
Wellington
New Zealand
phone: 0064-4-463-5448
fax: 0064-4-463-5261
email:donald.macraild[at]vuw.ac.nz

Paddy