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From: Michael Donnelly
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I think one of the most interesting aspect of the linen industry is the
trade between Ulster and America
--- involving linseed, linen and immigrants.

In Ulster, linseed was harvested earlier to make linen, whereas linseed from
America was allowed to mature and was exported to Ulster and other places
for fertilizer, animal feed, and other uses.

Many weavers from Ulster went to America where they also worked as weavers.
Apparently one of causes of the violence in Philadelphia in 1844 was the
conflict between older Scotch-Irish loom-weavers and the newer Irish
Catholics who started to work in the early factories producing machine-made
fabrics.

Michael Donnelly

"The Philadelphia Riots of 1844" by Michael Feldberg (based on his PhD work)
is one of the only significant works on this important topic.

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We are happy to announce the posting of new contents to the web site of
the Society for Irish Latin American Studies:=20
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- "How British Sports Became Argentine Passions: Paddy McCarthy, Irish
Footballer and Boxer in Argentina".
- The IAHS Changes its Name: Society for Irish Latin American Studies.
- Irish Latin American Research Fund: The Selection Committee announces
new Grant Recipients 2005-2006.=20
- Mary Anglim appointed Honorary Member. More than 200 letters,
photographs and documents of the Murphys of Haysland, Kilrane parish in
Co. Wexford, have been donated by Mary Anglim to the Manuscripts and
Rare Books Collection.


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Funded M.A. Opportunities

Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates to work on the
following theme: "The French Connection: The Impact of Flaubert, Proust and
Camus on the Fictions of John McGahern." This opening comes about as a
result of funding awarded under the Strand I Postgraduate Programme to the
National Centre of Franco-Irish Studies in IT Tallaght. The successful
candidate will have her/his fees and registration covered and will receive a
trainee allowance of EUR900 a month for the 24 months it will take to
complete the research.
Applicants should ideally have a 2:1 Honours Degree or better in English
(Irish Studies) and French (or at least demonstrate a competence in the
latter). This opening will be advertised also in the national media during
the month of August.
Interested parties should submit a CV to:
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I must share with the Irish Diaspora list the very sad news that has just
reached us...

Brian McGinn died on Wednesday July 20, 2005, after 3 years bravely fighting
brain cancer.

He died at home in his own bed, with his family beside him.

I have pasted in below details of the funeral arrangements.

Our thoughts are with Brian's wife, Mary, and his son, Michael...

Patrick O'Sullivan


The home address is:

7213 Rebecca Drive
Alexandria VA 22307

Here are the arrangements:

Friday, July 22, 2005 - Demaine Funeral Home, 520 South Washington
Street, Alexandria, VA 22314 (703-549-0074) between 3:00 - 5:00 pm and
7:00 - 9:00 pm

Funeral Services will be at 10:00 am on Saturday, July 23, 2005 at
St. Louis Church, Popkins Lane, Alexandria, VA followed by burial at Mt.
Comfort Cemetery, Alexandria, VA at 11:30 am.


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From: Guillermo Mac Loughlin
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Subject: RE: [IR-D] Brian McGinn RIP

From Argentina we pay our homenage to our friend Brian McGinn. For many
years we shared information about the Irish Diaspora and he was a good
friend and advisor.

Since he got ill Alicia and I were praying for his recovery. Now the Lord
has decided that he might rest in peace.

We also join all the List in this sad news and we send our sincere sympathy
to Mary and Michael.

Guillermo MacLoughlin
Buenos Aires
Argentina
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I must share with the Irish Diaspora list the very sad news that has just
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Brian McGinn died on Wednesday July 20, 2005, after 3 years bravely fighting
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He died at home in his own bed, with his family beside him.

I have pasted in below details of the funeral arrangements.

Our thoughts are with Brian's wife, Mary, and his son, Michael...

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The home address is:

7213 Rebecca Drive
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Here are the arrangements:

Friday, July 22, 2005 - Demaine Funeral Home, 520 South Washington
Street, Alexandria, VA 22314 (703-549-0074) between 3:00 - 5:00 pm and
7:00 - 9:00 pm

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H-NET BOOK REVIEW
Published by H-War[at]h-net.msu.edu (March, 2005)

Peter Hart. _The I.R.A. at War, 1916-1923_. Oxford: Oxford University
Press, 2003. xvi + 274 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography,
index. $40.00 (cloth), ISBN 0-1992-5258-0.

Reviewed for H-War by William Kautt, U.S. Army Command and General Staff
College.

Revisiting the Irish Revolution

For almost seven years, between 1916 and 1923,
Ireland endured major changes in its political
and social fabric. These changes were brought
about primarily through violence and, to a
certain extent, are still felt today. This
upheaval wrenched most of Ireland from the United
Kingdom and inexorably changed its political
landscape. In the last thirty-five years, there
has been a re-examination of this conflict with a
view toward ridding the field of politically
flavored accounts. Most recently, a new
generation of historians has taken the lead in
this re-evaluation. Foremost among them is Peter
Hart, who burst onto the scene with his masterful
work, _The I.R.A. and its Enemies_ (1998), on the
social makeup of the I.R.A. conflict in County
Cork. Since the publication of his first text,
Hart has become the standard-bearer for the
empirical study of the conflict and has made
major contributions in the field.

Almost anticlimactically, Hart's latest book is
an anthology of his previously published
articles, albeit with critical updates and
additions. The major strength of this compilation
is that it brings together his best ideas, mostly
using statistical methodology, on the war. He
does this in the hopes of sparking a new debate
about the nature of the conflict. Indeed, in the
title of his introductory chapter he calls this
"A New Revolutionary History." Here, Hart
explains that Ireland's fight for independence is
important in a wider context because, in a very
real way, the I.R.A. "invented modern
revolutionary warfare" (p. 3). He continues,
arguing further that its relevance is firmly
rooted in the fact that it was one of the
best-documented wars of its kind in history.

However, before proceeding, it is important to
note that this work is not military, but rather,
social history. In some respects, this hurts his
analysis when he delves into more military
topics. In fact, Hart, in questioning the
usefulness of guerrilla theory, appeals to a
social scientific approach. Importantly, he says,
"if nationalist explanations for the course of
events fail to meet empirical and logical tests,
they should be discarded" (p. 5). Yet what he
does not recognize is that by divorcing
theory--partly the explanation of actions--from
guerrilla warfare, one loses the meaning and
intent of sometimes obscure or seemingly
indefensible actions by the insurgents. Still
more importantly, the symbolic nature of actions
is lost. With this slightly narrow-minded view,
Hart then proceeds to describe his vision of
revolution, which actually differs little from
commonly accepted definitions.

Despite this shortcoming, Hart's introduction
rightly points out that the war has no proper
name--it is variously known as the "Anglo-Irish
War" (which is unacceptable because it implies
that it was a war solely against the English);
the "War of Independence" (objectionable because
it implies that the republicans won the war); and
the "Tan War" (which is too specific, being the
name of only one group of combatants) (p. 4).
Such confusion and contradiction in terms
perfectly and appropriately captures the
perplexing and often controversial nature of the
conflict. Hart makes the case for using "Irish
Revolution" because of the tremendous change in
Irish society and politics resulting from the
conflict. Perhaps it is reasonable to use this
general term because there were multiple phases
of the conflict--specifically the 1916 Easter
Rising, the 1919-1921 "Tan War," and the Irish
Civil War (1922-23) to name a few.

One of Hart's greatest contributions to Irish
historiography has been his judicious use of
statistical analysis. The second chapter,
"Geography of Revolution," is a revision and
expansion of his May 1998 _Past and Present_
article of the same name. The original article
was hailed as groundbreaking in its use of
statistics to track and map violence in Ireland
during the war. It confirmed what was popularly
known from the time of the war, that violence and
its manifestations were quite varied by location
throughout Ireland in terms of number and
frequency. There was, however, a flaw in the
original statistical methodology; Hart chose his
sample of locations for deliberate, and therefore
biased, reasons. By doing this, rather than
selecting randomly or examining the entire
population, he introduced sample selection bias
into his results. In his newly revised chapter 2,
Hart corrects this deficiency by examining all
thirty-two counties in Ireland. In the process,
he confirms his
earlier findings.

Unfortunately, Hart's methodology is still not
completely sound, because he only examines 1917
to 1923, thus ignoring the critical 1916 Easter
Rising, despite acknowledging the Rising as the
beginning of the revolution. Hart also errs by
using problematic sources such as the monthly
police reports from 1917 to 1921 (they ceased in
1922); the _Irish Times_, the _Cork Examiner_,
and the _Times_, all from 1917 to 1923; and the
_Freeman's Journal_ for 1921-23. These sources
not only cover different times, but also are
disparately biased. For example, using only one
regional newspaper (the _Cork Examiner_), which
covered only some of the six counties of the
province of Munster cannot possibly capture what
Hart purports to be measuring. He should either
have eliminated that source or found its
equivalent in the three other provinces. Thus,
his data are not a representative sample and, as
a result, he reintroduces sample selection bias
into the study. From this also stems concerns
about content validity. Clearly, his claim of 90
percent accuracy is impossible to substantiate
empirically or otherwise.

That said, this does not mean that Hart's
conclusions are wrong. Based on the available
qualitative evidence (of which there is a great
quantity, hence the need for statistical means to
examine it), his original article and his new
evidence are likely correct. Therefore, one
cannot, nor should one attempt, to dismiss the
study. Rather, Hart deserves great credit for
introducing statistical methods into recent Irish historiography.

Hart's general weakness in military history
resurfaces in chapter 3 with a flaw that touches
on a question about when the middle conflict
(generally 1919-1921) actually began. Hart states
that by measuring levels of violence, one could
argue that the war really began only in January
1920, rather than January 1919. Here he makes the
error of equating a low level of violence with an
absence of war. Simply put, causing a stone
bridge to collapse by removing the keystone is
not directly violent, but if it blocks an avenue
of approach and secures the I.R.A.'s flank in an
arms raid on a police barracks, it is no less
offensive than blowing it up; or indeed leaving a
blocking force to attack a relief party. Hart
misses the concept of preemptive or preventative
action in guerrilla war, which is a critical
omission because much in this type of warfare is
preparatory or symbolic. His later description of
guerrilla war as "mass homicide" (p.
89)--referring to the numerous assassinations and executions--only
serves to amplify this point. Obviously, one need _not_ be a military
historian to write about war, but clearly one should demonstrate a sound
knowledge and understanding of it when addressing a military topic.

Although Hart's misunderstanding of the nature of
military strategy in general and guerrilla
warfare specifically is present throughout his
work, it only hampers analysis in specific cases.
For instance, by questioning the war's starting
date, one would have to accept that the British
Cabinet, in late 1919, radically altered
long-standing policy by reinforcing the greatly
beleaguered Royal Irish Constabulary (R.I.C.)
with non-Irishmen without a sufficient reason.
Yet even these reinforcements, arriving in early
spring 1920, were insufficient to stem the tide
of the on-going R.I.C. general withdrawal (they
themselves sometimes referred to it as a
"retreat") from the countryside and smaller towns
to cities, which began in January 1920. Thus, his
claim defies logic, for why would the police
retreat unless they were already losing forces in
the war? It is highly unlikely that the R.I.C.,
experiencing less than a month at war (going by a
January 1920 start date) were so demoralized as
to require a general withdrawal. Further, the
Inspector-General of the R.I.C.,
Brigadier-General Byrne, was so depressed by the
conflict that he was relieved in March 1920 after
having held the position for four years. These
are, perhaps, minor points, but are indicative
and are actually made more apparent by Hart's
outstanding prose and otherwise flawless logic.

A less problematic issue, which is also
reflective of this general weakness in Hart's
work, is that he only counts those wounded or
killed by bombs and firearms as casualties of the
conflict. Yet there were several well-documented
instances of I.R.A. members and police being
burned when the latter used arson against R.I.C.
barracks during raids. Were these injuries not
wounds received in action? There are many ways to
wound or kill, but Hart's justification that
gunshot wounds and bombings are almost always
reported is well taken, if not entirely correct.
It is important not to overstate the case, but
methodology is still important.

Another statistically based chapter on I.R.A.
violence follows and compliments the previous
geographical one. Likewise, Hart's chapter 5 on
Irish republicans and their activities in Britain
is a very good survey of the subject, but adds
little to his earlier article of the same name
("Operations Abroad," _English Historical
Review_, 115 (2000): pp. 71-102).

However, one chapter that stands out is his
demographic survey of the IRA rank and file. By
charting their social background, including
economic activities and employment, familial
connections, and religion, Hart gives the reader
an excellent view of these men. Indeed, a general
work on this topic is much needed. He goes into
greater detail than his original and excellent
exposition in his _I.R.A. and its Enemies_, which
contained a great deal of such information, but
was limited to County Cork.

At first, chapter 8, on the long-standing
question of whether Michael Collins ordered the
murder of Northern Irish loyalist Field Marshal
Sir Henry Wilson in 1922 seems out of place
because it reads more like "true crime" than
history. But his excellently written discussion,
almost in the form of a crime report, takes the
reader through the competing theories, and in so
doing, bridges the gap between the end of the
I.R.A. war against British rule and the beginning
of the Irish Civil War in 1922.

This chapter on the murder of this champion of
the loyalist north leads naturally to his last
two chapters on the experience of Protestants,
who were mostly loyalist, in the heavily
republican south. In detailing this, he brings
the ugly past of republican-initiated violence to
the fore. Although not officially sanctioned by
the provisional government, this is a topic that
most researchers have avoided. Hart addresses it
head-on and brings his impressive statistical
skills soundly to bear once again, demonstrating
the magnitude of the situation and juxtaposing it
briefly with the plight of Catholics in the north.

In the final chapter, Hart examines these
northern Catholics and their response to
violence, privation, and harassment. He places
both the southern Protestant and the northern
Catholic persecutions into context by comparing
them. His treatment of these two related topics
is impressive and completely objective--a rare
quality on such a sensitive issue. This is, no
doubt, due to his statistical basis for the
evidence.

Hart's book suffers somewhat from the
disjointedness of seemingly disparate topics
that, in reality, should be joined together by
the common thread of the Irish Revolution.
Several chapters are repetitive, an issue that
would not be present if written or edited in a
more complementary fashion. Adding to this
problem is the complete lack of a concluding
chapter, which causes an untimely end that
squanders the opportunity to unite the various
factors.

Hart wanted to start a new discussion of the era
of the revolution as a whole. Instead, he simply
brings some of his best work together into one
volume. Whether his work will spark debate
depends largely on how his results are received.
I cannot fault his demographic work, nor his
discussion and treatment of the southern
Protestants and northern Catholics. Also, I
accept his explanation of the geography of
violence with the provisos already stated. Nor
can I find fault with his chapter on the
"operations abroad," except to say that much
remains to be done in that area, but his
introduction of the topic is very good. Finally,
I agree with his argument in choosing "Irish
Revolution" as the appropriate name for the
conflict. In the end, I see little to debate
because Hart has basically gotten it right.

Aside from the issues about the nature of
guerrilla war and the sampling methodology, this
is an excellent work. And although not a military
history, nor really meant to be, it is absolutely
essential for any serious student of the war or
of the era in Ireland.

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Subject: IRA statement
Importance: High

"The leadership of =D3glaigh na h=C9ireann has formally ordered an end =
to the
armed campaign.
This will take effect from 4pm this afternoon.
All IRA units have been ordered to dump arms. All Volunteers have been
instructed to assist the development of purely political and democratic
programmes through exclusively peaceful means. Volunteers must not =
engage in
any other activities whatsoever.
The IRA leadership has also authorised our representative to engage with =
the
IICD to complete the process to verifiably put its arms beyond use in a =
way
which will further enhance public confidence and to conclude this as =
quickly
as possible.
We have invited two independent witnesses, from the Protestant and =
Catholic
churches, to testify to this.
The Army Council took these decisions following an unprecedented =
internal
discussion and consultation process with IRA units and Volunteers.
We appreciate the honest and forthright way in which the consultation
process was carried out and the depth and content of the submissions. We =
are
proud of the comradely way in which this truly historic discussion was
conducted. The outcome of our consultations show very strong support =
among
IRA Volunteers for the Sinn F=E9in peace strategy. There is also =
widespread
concern about the failure of the two governments and the unionists to =
fully
engage in the peace process. This has created real difficulties. The
overwhelming majority of people in Ireland fully support this process.
They and friends of Irish unity throughout the world want to see the =
full
implementation of the Good Friday Agreement.
Notwithstanding these difficulties our decisions have been taken to =
advance
our republican and democratic objectives, including our goal of a united
Ireland. We believe there is now an alternative way to achieve this and =
to
end British rule in our country. It is the responsibility of all =
Volunteers
to show leadership, determination and courage. We are very mindful of =
the
sacrifices of our patriot dead, those who went to jail, Volunteers, =
their
families and the wider republican base. We reiterate our view that the =
armed
struggle was entirely legitimate.
We are conscious that many people suffered in the conflict. There is a
compelling imperative on all sides to build a just and lasting peace.
The issue of the defence of nationalist and republican communities has =
been
raised with us. There is a responsibility on society to ensure that =
there is
no re-occurrence of the pogroms of 1969 and the early 1970s. There is =
also a
universal responsibility to tackle sectarianism in all its forms.
The IRA is fully committed to the goals of Irish unity and independence =
and
to building the Republic outlined in the 1916 Proclamation.
We call for maximum unity and effort by Irish republicans everywhere.
We are confident that by working together Irish republicans can achieve =
our
objectives.
Every
Volunteer is aware of the import of the decisions we have taken and all
=D3glaigh are compelled to fully comply with these orders.
There is now an unprecedented opportunity to utilise the considerable =
energy
and goodwill which there is for the peace process. This comprehensive =
series
of unparalleled initiatives is our contribution to this and to the =
continued
endeavours to bring about independence and unity for the people of =
Ireland.
Irish Republican Army orders an end to armed campaign The IRA is fully
committed to the goals of Irish unity and independence and to building =
the
Republic outlined in the 1916 Proclamation Our decisions have been taken =
to
advance our republican and democratic objectives, including our goal of =
a
united Ireland. We believe there is now an alternative way to achieve =
this
and to end British rule in our country=20

HISTORIC STATEMENT READ BY S=C9ANNA WALSH
THE historic IRA statement was visually recorded and read by S=E9anna =
Walsh at
the request of the leadership of =D3glaigh na h=C9ireann. S=E9anna =
served over 21
years as a Republican Prisoner of War in both the Cages and the H-Blocks =
of
Long Kesh. He was among the first republicans 'on the blanket' after his
arrest in 1976, the year the British Labour Government began its policy =
of
attempting to criminalise IRA prisoners. S=E9anna was a friend and =
cellmate of
Bobby Sands, the Officer Commanding in the H-Blocks and the first of the
Hunger Strikers who died in 1981.
Since his release S=E9anna Breatnach has played a key role working with =
Sinn
F=E9in's negotiating team and advancing the republican peace strategy." =

=20
=20
ENDS
=20
=20

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FYI


> EMBASSY OF IRELAND
> 2234 MASSACHUSETTS AVE, NW
> WASHINGTON DC 2008
>
>
> PRESS CONTACT:JOE HACKETT
> TEL. (202) 3492043
> MAILTO:joseph.hackett[at]dfa.ie
>
>
>
> JOINT STATEMENT BY THE TAOISEACH (IRISH PRIME MINISTER) AND BRITISH
> PRIME MINISTER,
> 28 JULY 2005
>
>
> "We welcome today's developments concerning the IRA.
>
> The end of the IRA as a paramilitary organisation is the outcome the
> Governments have been working towards since the cessation of military
> activity in 1994. We acknowledge the significance of the IRA statement.
> Both Governments are hopeful that the practical elements of this
> statement will be implemented in the terms set out. If the IRA's words
> are borne out by actions, it will be a momentous and historic
> development.
>
> "We also acknowledge that trust has been damaged and will take time to
> rebuild. Independent verification will be vitally important to enable
> trust and confidence to be restored. Vital roles in the verification
> process will be played by the Independent International Commission on
> Decommissioning and the Independent Monitoring Commission. We have
> asked the IMC to produce an additional report in January 2006, three
> months after their next regular report. Their reports will help the
> Governments to assess whether all paramilitary and criminal activity
> on the part of the IRA has come to a decisive end and whether
> decommissioning has been fully completed.
>
> "Verified acts of completion will provide a context in which we will
> expect all parties to work towards the full operation of the political
> institutions, including the Northern Ireland Assembly and Executive,
> and the North-South structures, at the earliest practicable date.
>
> "We also expect all parties and community leaders to use their
> influence to bring loyalist paramilitary and criminal activity to an
> end, including the full decommissioning of weapons.
>
> "The normalisation of society in Northern Ireland also requires that
> all parts of the community support and enjoy the protection of the police.
> It is more important than ever that progress is made in extending
> support across all sections of the community for the new policing
> arrangements throughout Northern Ireland.
>
> "There has been great progress in recent years. The benefits of the
> Good Friday Agreement for the people of Ireland have been immense. The
> two Governments are committed to its full implementation. It is our
> intention to work closely in partnership to grasp this opportunity to
> inject renewed momentum into the process.
>
> "We urge all political leaders, and everyone with a genuine interest
> in bringing peace and stability to Northern Ireland, to join with us
> in our determination to ensure continued and rapid progress."
>
> ENDS

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Attached is An Taoiseach's statement in reaction to the IRA statement...

Statement by An Taoiseach

Today's developments herald a new era for all of the people of the island of
Ireland. This is a day that we have been working towards for over a decade.

All of us know that the history of modern Ireland has often been a
blood-stained one. But history's tide can and will be reversed by people of
goodwill refusing to be held as prisoners to the past.

The tradition of using violence to advance political objectives has a long
history in this country. In all the upheavals and change over the
centuries, we have never succeeded in bringing an end to that violent
tradition. I hope and believe that today can mark the day when the
tradition of violence finally comes to an end.

I welcome the commitment by the IRA to end its armed campaign, to complete
the process of decommissioning and to use exclusively peaceful means. This
statement is unprecedented. If the IRA's words are borne out by verified
actions, it will be a momentous and historic development.

It is important today that we remember the victims of violence - the
thousands on all sides who were killed and injured, and the families who
lost loved ones. Today will be a difficult day for them and they are in our
thoughts.

Our focus now is on the completing the implementation of the Good Friday
Agreement, which has brought such immense benefits to this country.

As Prime Minister Blair and myself make clear in our joint statement, there
are difficult issues to be addressed. These include policing, the end to
loyalist paramilitary activity and the restoration of the political
institutions.

This will require hard work to reach agreement with all of the people of
this island, including the representatives of the Unionist community. I
know that they will judge the IRA based on its behaviour and activity.

The Irish and British Governments will also judge this statement based on
actions. Independent verification will be vitally important to enable trust
and confidence to be restored. Vital roles in the verification process will
be played by the Independent International Commission on Decommissioning and
the Independent Monitoring Commission

This is a great day for the constitutional republican tradition represented
by the Irish Government and other parties, North and South. The statement
by the IRA - although very late in the day - is a clear acknowledgement of
the moral imperative of constitutional republicanism: that violence has no
place in securing Irish unity.

It is also a great day for the British Government and people, under the
leadership of Tony Blair. His contribution to peace in Ireland has been
immense. His commitment and energy have remained undimmed, even in very
difficult times in recent weeks. I thank him for his contribution.

Finally, I would like to say that is a very important day for me personally
and for many others who have worked with me.
I have always believed that the peace process is the most important work of
any Irish political leader. It is a privilege to be involved as Taoiseach
on a day like today.

There are challenges still ahead, but today is a good day for Ireland.

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My name is Chris Berchild and I am a professor of theatre at Indiana State
University. I would like to take this opportunity to inform all of you who
may be in the west of Ireland during the next week of a performance that my
theatre department's professional summer repertory company is touring to
Sligo and the Yeats International Summer School.

We are performing the world premiere production of Sword Against the Sea, an
adaptation of Yeats' Cuchulain plays by Arthur Feinsod and directed by Sam
McCready (former artistic director of the Lyric Theatre in Belfast). The
show also features Irish actor Ciaran McCauley of Blue Raincoat fame. I
have served as production dramaturg. This is a beautifully adapted,
designed, directed, and performed production that excited audiences in
Indiana with its bold production values.

Our production, produced in cooperation with The Yeats Society (The Yeats
International Summer School) and IT Sligo, will be performing only once in
Ireland, at the Hawk's Well Theatre in Sligo on Saturday, 6 August at 8pm.

More information can be found at:
http://www.yeats-sligo.com/html/summer/readings.html
and
http://www.hawkswell.com/html/events.html
and production shots can be viewed at:
http://www.indstate.edu/theatre/summerstage05images.htm

I hope to see some of you there!

Best,
Chris Berchild


Dr. Christopher Berchild
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thberch[at]isugw.indstate.edu

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STAGE REVIEW
Irish tragedy 'Skull' stays in your head
By Louise Kennedy, Boston Globe Staff | July 27, 2005

STOCKBRIDGE -- Two Irishmen walk into a jail cell. One comes out bloody.

This could be the beginning of a very bad joke or an even worse play, but in
fact it's the setup for a genuinely astonishing night of theater.
Passionate, heartbreaking, and funny as only Irish tragedy can be, Ron
Hutchinson's 'Rat in the Skull" puts us right in the cell with those guys
-- one a suspected IRA bomber, the other a detective -- and breaks open not
only their heads but their hearts. And ours, too.

The Berkshire Theatre Festival's production combines all the elements
required to make a strong play stronger -- skillful direction, expert
design, and above all a set of intensely committed, intelligent, and vividly
real performances -- to create a truly rare experience. The word gets thrown
around too much, but there are times when nothing less will do. BTF's 'Rat
in the Skull" is great.

At the center of its greatness stand the two actors whose powerful
connection with each other and with the audience gives the production its
force. For more than two hours, Jonathan Epstein and Phil Burke imbue every
word, every gesture, every glance and shrug and sigh, with life. Together,
they are utterly engaged in the play's slow and deadly dance of fury and
fatigue. Burke plays the young IRA radical, Michael Patrick de Valera Demon
Bomber Roche, and Epstein the aging cop, Detective Inspector Nelson of the
Royal Ulster Constabulary. They hate each other; they exhaust each other;
they understand each other. By the end, it feels like a strange kind of
love.

What makes the evolution of their relationship remarkable is that
Hutchinson's language, dense and lyrical and true, holds the love and the
hate and the weariness all together, entwined but separate. His story, too,
is complex but never muddled. Roche, arrested with bomb-making materials, is
being held in a London cell, watched by a young constable (fiercely played
by Michael Crane) and then interrogated by Nelson, a seasoned RUC man, in
hopes of 'converting"
him (the word's religious implications are not accidental) into an
informant. Somehow, the constable is persuaded to leave the two men alone,
and that's when Nelson, as he freely admits, beats Roche bloody.

But it may not be that simple, as Hutchinson skillfully reveals through a
series of narratives that interweave past action with present reflection.
Under questioning from a senior British officer, Malcolm Ingram's cynical
Detective Superintendent Harris, each man in turn tells a part of the tale.
Dennis Garnhum's direction keeps the shifts between past and present
razor-sharp, as the men move from the raised metal platform of the
remembered cell to set designer Alexander Dodge's gritty, debris-strewn
stage. The movement, like the language, clarifies and deepens the tensions
not just between Roche and Nelson, but between them and the English cops who
despise them both.

Devotees of recent Irish history will note that Nelson's affiliation with
the Royal Ulster Constabulary, which in 1991 was renamed the Police Service
of Northern Ireland, dates the play to an earlier, more troubled time. And,
indeed, it was written and is set in 1984, when the 'troubles" were boiling
over. But its insights are anything but dated.
In its thoughtful, searing analysis of sectarian hatred and missed
opportunities for healing, 'Rat in the Skull" feels universal. It's a story
of Ireland, but more than that it's a story of human beings, wounded and
wounding through all time.

It's hard to take, yes, and even harder to forget. But Hutchinson knows how
to spin a fine Irish joke out of horror, and Garnhum has pushed his cast to
a finely tuned balance of laughter and tears. Like the fluorescent tubes
buzzing under the cell's grated floor, 'Rat in the Skull" nags brilliantly
at the mind. It irritates. It illuminates. It glows.


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At the recent IASIL conference there was, I am told, a meeting to discuss
the formation of an Irish Society for Theatre Research (ISTR).

The contact person is
Dr Paul Murphy
Lecturer in Drama
School of Languages, Literatures & Performing Arts Queen's University
Belfast Northern Ireland
BT7 1NN

p.murphy[at]qub.ac.uk
028 9097 3402

I have pasted in, below, extracts from Paul Murphy's note.

Interested people should contact Paul Murphy directly.

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FROM p.murphy[at]qub.ac.uk

The growth in Irish Theatre studies is manifest in the sheer number of
papers at this year's IASIL conference which focus specifically on Irish
theatre/drama. When this growth is combined with the long held desire by
many scholars on the island of Ireland to have some kind of persistent
framework within which theatre research can be facilitated, then the
emergence of an ISTR seems to be both necessary and required.

The primary aim of ISTR is to foster research links between theatre scholars
on the island of Ireland and between scholars of Irish theatre in the
international community. The way in which such research links could be
manifested are: a yearly conference; a journal of Irish theatre studies; a
webpage with links to related theatre research societies; a regular
newsletter; strategy meetings to research funding applications.

The steering group membership currently includes: Dr. Lisa Fitzpatrick
[WIT], Dr Eamon Jordan [IES], Dr Tom Maguire [UU], Prof. Anna McMullan
[QUB], Dr. Paul Murphy [QUB], Prof. Shaun Richards [Staffordshire], Prof.
Brian Singleton [TCD], Dr Bernadette Sweeney [NUI Cork].

Best wishes,

Dr Paul Murphy
Lecturer in Drama
School of Languages, Literatures & Performing Arts Queen's University
Belfast Northern Ireland
BT7 1NN

p.murphy[at]qub.ac.uk
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Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2005 09:08:50 -0400
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Subject: REV: McMahon on Sisson, _Pearse's Patriots_

REVIEW:

H-NET BOOK REVIEW
Published by H-Albion[at]h-net.msu.edu (July 2005)

Elaine Sisson. _Pearse's Patriots: St. Enda's and the Cult of Boyhood_.
Cork:
Cork University Press, 2004. ix + 233 pp. Illustrations, notes,
bibliography, index. $49.00 (cloth), ISBN 1-8591-8325-5.

Reviewed for H-Albion by Timothy G. McMahon, Department of History,
Marquette University

Little Lad of the Tricks

In the opening chapter of this stimulating work, Elaine Sisson notes =
that
Patrick Pearse remains such an iconic figure in Ireland that his many
legacies are a matter of frequent, sometimes provocative, debate. As the
leader of the Easter Rising in 1916, Pearse's name is forever associated
with the gun in Irish politics, and his prolific oeuvre (in English and
Irish) has led to considerable conjecture about his personal and =
political
life, including in Ruth Dudley Edwards's masterful biography _The =
Triumph of
Failure_ and Sean Farrell Moran's more recent psycho-history.[1] Seamas =
=D3
Buachalla, meanwhile, has concluded that Pearse's greatest legacy may =
well
have been as an educator who decried what he called the "murder machine" =
of
the Irish national and intermediate school systems.[2] Sisson--in an =
effort
to engage many of the questions raised about Pearse the revolutionary,
educator, and man--turns her attention to the central project of his =
adult
life: the founding of a bilingual intermediate school, St. Enda's, in =
1908.

To be sure, there is irony in the ongoing fascination with the socially
awkward Pearse (1879-1916). Before his rather late conversion to
revolutionary nationalism--he did not join the Irish Republican =
Brotherhood
until 1913--he was a second-tier, if well-known, player in nationalist
circles. Having taken a degree in law through the Royal University of
Ireland, he became an advocate for the revival of the Irish language and
Irish culture. A leading member of the Gaelic League and editor of its
weekly newspaper for nearly six years, Pearse traveled widely to =
encourage
the preservation of Irish as a medium of everyday speech and to study =
the
ways in which other countries, including Belgium, incorporated more than =
one
language into school curricula.

Never an original thinker, he nonetheless was creative, weaving lessons =
from
this array of experiences into an educational philosophy that was
child-centered and overtly nationalist. In 1908, he put these ideas into
practice at St. Enda's School, which would differ from Ireland's leading
secondary schools in three key areas: it would be a bilingual academy; =
it
would be under lay control; and it would instill a love of things Irish =
in
its students rather than directing their attention to educational and
employment opportunities in the British empire. Critically, Sisson =
argues,
this patriotic message was wrapped around the figures of boy-heroes,
including especially the mythic hero Cachulainn, whose image adorned the
walls of the school and whose imaginative presence was so palpable that =
one
former student considered him "an 'important if invisible member' of the
staff" (p. 80). The impact of its message became apparent in 1916 when =
more
than thirty current and former students volunteered to fight alongside
Pearse in the General Post Office and when Pearse and four other members =
of
his faculty faced firing squads for their roles in the rebellion.

At its foundation, as Sisson points out, St. Enda's created a buzz among
Irish-language enthusiasts, including the founders of the Gaelic League,
Eoin MacNeill and Douglas Hyde, as well as nationally-minded artists, =
such
as W. B.
Yeats. But its enrollment declined rapidly after 1910. For all his
assimilative creativity, Pearse was never a business person, and for the
rest of his life, the school's financial future was in doubt. (Indeed, =
its
sister academy, St. Ita's, failed in 1912.) Although the association of =
St.
Enda's with the revolutionary movement helped it to limp forward after =
1916,
the school eventually closed its doors in 1935.

Informed by postcolonial and gender studies, Sisson's work casts a fresh =
eye
over the well-traveled ground of early-twentieth-century Dublin through =
its
use of correspondence, newspapers, periodicals, and memoirs, as well as =
more
ephemeral matter such as playbills and postcards. Even readers familiar =
with
other major figures of the era, from Yeats to James Larkin, may find =
some
revelations in the connections Sisson draws. While the author clearly =
states
that the lion's share of attention to Pearse's project came from those
nationalists associated with the Gaelic revival, she also demonstrates =
that
it garnered interest from a broader spectrum of Irish and, indeed, =
British
imperial society. Among Pearse's correspondents were Sir Robert Baden =
Powell
and Rabindranath Tagore, the latter of whom led a school that Yeats =
dubbed
the "Indian St. Enda's" (p. 70).

The arc of the book moves from an examination of the college as an
educational experiment toward an interpretation of Pearse's various
idealizations of boyhood. According to Sisson, Pearse created an
early-twentieth-century homosocial community designed to train young men =
not
merely to be Irish nationalists but to be a particular kind of =
nationalist,
much as medieval monasteries had created monks who lived by specific =
rules
in male-only environments. She further situates the school in a variety =
of
contemporary discourses, ranging from the cult of athleticism which
addressed Social Darwinist fears of societal decline to Wagnerian opera, =
but
she does so with varying degrees of success. Thus, while able to show =
that
Pearse enjoyed opera and had actually visited the Wagner Festspiel at
Bayreuth, Sisson claims perhaps too close a connection between the music
drama and the school master's plays and tableaux vivantes. Over the span =
of
two pages, for example, the adverb "undoubtedly" appears three times in
assertions that are inspired conjecture and that may be correct, but =
they
are not proved by direct evidence.

Sisson is on much firmer ground when interpreting the productions =
themselves
in the context of Pearse's wider canon. Some readers, especially those =
wed
to the image of the saintly martyr of 1916, may shy away from her frank
discussion of Pearse's sexuality and its relationship to his art. Much =
like
Thomas MacDonagh and Joseph Mary Plunkett, who tried to dissuade Pearse =
from
publishing his pederastic 1909 poem "Little Lad of the Tricks," they may =
not
want to acknowledge that such impulses existed. But as Sisson =
persuasively
argues, there is a difference between impulse and action. And "it was," =
she
notes, "the sublimation of Pearse's sexuality that produced such a
remarkable interweaving of discourses on aesthetics, martyrdom, =
masculinity
and nationhood" (p. 152). In numerous plays, stories, and poems, Pearse =
the
artist fixated on the figure of the fair-haired macaomh, who sacrificed =
for
others or inspired them to act. Meanwhile, through stagecraft, Pearse =
the
educator encouraged his students to embody these same boys, figuratively =
at
least--a message which was not lost on the students themselves or on =
their
audiences.

Ultimately, _Pearse's Patriots_ is a noteworthy addition to Irish =
studies
for its application of gender theory to images of masculinity and =
boyhood.
Those with an interest in early-twentieth-century Irish cultural and
political history will profit from its insights.

Notes

[1]. Sean Farrell Moran, _Patrick Pearse and the Politics of Redemption: =
the
Mind of the Easter Rising, 1916_ (Washington, D.C.: Catholic University =
of
America Press, 1994); Ruth Dudley Edwards, _Patrick Pearse: The Triumph =
of
Failure_ (London: Faber and Faber, Ltd., 1979 ed.).

[2]. Seamas =D3 Buachalla, _A Significant Irish Educationalist: the
Educational Writings of P. H. Pearse_ (Dublin: Mercier Press, 1980).



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This article is a little tour de force by Mervyn Busteed, placing the
Manchester processions within a wide variety of discussions, in a number of
disciplines - whilst its feet are firmly planted in Mervyn's own discipline,
geography. Place is all important. This will be a very useful article to
anyone teaching subaltern studies, control of public spaces and the like.

There is one little oddity. The very complete discussion does not mention
The Wearing of the Green: A History of St. Patrick's Day by Mike Cronin &
Daryl Adair. I wonder if the article was submitted before the publication
of that book. I'll bring this point to Mervyn Busteed's attention.

Note that this article ha not yet been assigned a place in a printed edition
of the journal.

Usual between the lines conditions apply to this important article.

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Parading the green - Procession as subaltern resistance in Manchester in
1867

Mervyn Busteed

School of Geography, Manchester University, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL,
United Kingdom

Available online 25 July 2005.


Abstract

This paper discusses the use of procession as a technique of subaltern
resistance in a situation where hegemonic power is particularly dominant.
After a review of the literature on hegemony, resistance and the origin and
nature of processions, it discusses the situation in Manchester in late 1867
following the execution of the three Irishmen who became known as "The
Manchester Martyrs". Using contemporary British and Irish newspapers of
varied outlook, it analyses processions of sympathy held on 24 November and
1 December. The organisation, route and composition of the processions and
the dress and behaviour of the participants are analysed to demonstrate how
procession can express resistance. The case study demonstrates how hegemony
and resistance are closely intertwined and that spaces for resistance exist
even in the most difficult circumstances, provided those organising
resistance show sufficient understanding of the opportunities offered by
national and local cultural traditions and local power relationships, and
are able to persuade their followers to tailor their act of resistance to
that context.

Keywords: Procession; Subaltern; Resistance; Manchester Martyrs


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Rats...

The tidying up process seems to have lost the name of the journal... Which
is...

Political Geography
Copyright C 2005 Elsevier Ltd All rights reserved.

Sorry.

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Parading the green - Procession as subaltern resistance in Manchester in
1867

Mervyn Busteed

Corresponding Author Contact Information, E-mail The Corresponding Author

School of Geography, Manchester University, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL,
United Kingdom

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Parading the green - Procession as subaltern resistance in Manchester in
1867

Mervyn Busteed

School of Geography, Manchester University, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL,
United Kingdom

Available online 25 July 2005.


Abstract

This paper discusses the use of procession as a technique of subaltern
resistance in a situation where hegemonic power is particularly dominant.
After a review of the literature on hegemony, resistance and the origin and
nature of processions, it discusses the situation in Manchester in late 1867
following the execution of the three Irishmen who became known as "The
Manchester Martyrs". Using contemporary British and Irish newspapers of
varied outlook, it analyses processions of sympathy held on 24 November and
1 December. The organisation, route and composition of the processions and
the dress and behaviour of the participants are analysed to demonstrate how
procession can express resistance. The case study demonstrates how hegemony
and resistance are closely intertwined and that spaces for resistance exist
even in the most difficult circumstances, provided those organising
resistance show sufficient understanding of the opportunities offered by
national and local cultural traditions and local power relationships, and
are able to persuade their followers to tailor their act of resistance to
that context.

Keywords: Procession; Subaltern; Resistance; Manchester Martyrs

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re-writtem, and the uses of history revised.

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Citation: GROUP ANALYSIS VOL 38; NUMB 2 219-236
Year: 2005
ISSN: 0533-3164
Language: English

Hungering for Revenge: the Irish Famine, the Troubles and Shame-Rage Cycles,
and their Role in Group Therapy in Northern Ireland

Cecil A. Rice

cecil.rice[at]comcast.net

Jarlath F. Benson

Northern Ireland, jarlath.f.benson[at]btinternet

The authors assert that one may view intractable political violence as a
genre of 'emplotted' action in which society enacts, writes and organizes
its narratives into a symbolic system and a mode of historical explanation
and a configuration of group relations, which have a storytelling capacity
of their own. We demonstrate that in Northern Ireland there is a constant
making and narrating of history and that this repetitive and reciprocal
ritual of reliving history is a means of managing a profound psychic trauma
and displacement which engenders and entrenches political violence, that
profoundly affects therapists and their group members.

Key Words: Northern Ireland . history . political violence . chosen trauma .
Societal Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

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Dear all

I have been asked to edit a special edition around the theme of Diaspora
for Contexts The Journal of Arts and Practice in Ireland. The remit is qu=
ite
wide (and isnt simply the Irish diaspora). I'm looking for expressions of
interest for contributions of short (<1500 word) pieces or suggestions fo=
r
contemporary art works that deal with the concept of diaspora which could=
be
featured. The readership is mainly, but not exclusively, artists, communi=
ty
arts practitioners and academics here in Ireland and the journal is very =
lively.
You can visit the website at www.communityartsireland.com to get some ide=
a of
its scope.

This special edition will be published in December, so I'm afraid the lea=
d time
isn't very long, completed articles would need to be with me probably no =
later
than the end of October, possibly earlier. So if you have anything suitab=
le let
me know. As an added incentive, there will be a small fee paid for publis=
hed
articles (how small depends on what budget they give me.)

Look forward to receiving your expressions of interest.

Liam Greenslade
Department of Sociology
Trinity College Dublin

Tel +353 (0)16082621
Mobile +353 (0)87 2847435

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I have pasted in below the Conference Programme.

For further information contact
Debbie Hughes [D.Hughes1[at]salford.ac.uk]

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EUROPEAN STUDIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Irish Studies Centre, University of Salford and the=20
British Association for Irish Studies

Conference Organisers: Prof. Frank Neal, Dr Chris Boyle, Mervyn Busteed,
Prof. Jon Tonge


IRISH PROTESTANT IDENTITIES

Provisional Programme
Research & Graduate College, Faraday House, University of Salford

Friday 16 September 2005 =20

2.00pm =96 3.50pm Registration and Refreshments (Conference Reception =
Area)
=09
3.50pm =96 4.00pm Opening Address (Rayleigh Room)
Kevin Conwy, Irish Embassy

4.00pm =96 5.30pm Paper Sessions

Session A (Pankhurst Room =96 RG005)
Identities (1) Evolution and Absorption
Tom Hennessey (Canterbury Christ Church College)
The evolution of national identity amongst Ulster Protestants during the
twentieth century
Harvey Cox (Institute of Irish Studies, University of Liverpool)
A sense of Britishness: political socialisation in the Troubles era
Tony Fahey (ESRI Dublin)
Values and attitudes of Protestants and Catholics in Northern Ireland =
and
the Republic of Ireland
Cathall McCall (Queens University Belfast)
Ulster Protestants and the Irish Border: From Barrier to Bridge?

or

Session B (Rayleigh Room =96 RG109)
A Gender Dimension
Myrtle Hill (Queens University, Belfast)
Negotiating identities: gender, culture and the spiritual empire
James McPherson (University of Sunderland)
=91Sisters of the brotherhood=92: female Orange lodges in the north of =
England,
c. 1900-1970
Catherine O=92Connor (NUI Limerick)
The Church of Ireland diocese of Ferns, 1945-65: a female perspective

or




Session C (Bronte Room =96 RG004)
The Religious Dimension (1) Finding a Place
David Butler (University College, Cork)
=91Survival of the fittest=92: Protestant dissenting congregations of =
Munster,
1660-1861
Martin Maguire (Dundalk Institute of Technology)
=91Our people=92: middle and working class Protestants in Dublin =96 the =
Church of
Ireland experience, 1870-1970
Daithi O=92Corrain (Trinity College, Dublin)=20
=91If a house be divided against itself that house cannot stand=92: the =
Church
of Ireland and the political border, 1949-73

or

Session D (Gaskell Room =96 RG003)
Aspects of History
Olivier Coquelin (Quimper University, France)
=91Native=92 Nationalism and Unionism: towards the advent of two =
antithetical
nationalisms in 19th century Ireland
Charles Callan (Independent Scholar, Dublin)
Irish Protestant house painters in Dublin =96 an analysis of the 1911 =
Census=20

6.00pm Plenary Address (Rayleigh Room =96 RG109)
Professor Henry Patterson
Whatever happened to Protestantism in Ireland?

Dinner in Manchester
Venue TBC (nb: not included in price)
=09



Saturday 17 September 2005=20

9.00am =96 10.30am Paper Sessions

Session A (Rayleigh Room =96 RG109)
Identities (2) Aspects of Loyalism
Zouhain Abassi (Societe Francaise d=92etudes Irlandaises)
Unionism in Northern Ireland: the loyalist case: political identity and =
the
possibilities of change
Lyndsey Harris (University of Ulster)
Duck or Rabbit? The strategic tradition of loyalism
Peter Shirlow & Brian Graham (University of Ulster)
Containment and the Politics of Loyalist based Conflict Transformation

or


Session B (Bronte Room =96 RG004)
Ascendancy (1) Fears and Insecurities
John Gibney (Trinity College, Dublin)
The memory of 1641 and Protestant identity in Ireland
Karine Bigand (Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris)
Crisis as an identity enhancing factor: the evidence of the 1641 =
depositions
Mervyn Busteed (University of Manchester)
Ascendancy insecurities: cross pressures on an 18th century improving
landlord
Caroline Baraniuk (Stranmillis University College)
James Orr: Presbyterian, Patriot and Poet of 1798

or

Session C (Pankhurst Room =96 RG005)
The Overseas Dimension (1) Migration & Identity
Geraldine Vaughan (Sorbonne, Paris)
A hidden community? Irish Protestant immigrants in the west of Scotland,
1851-1914
Joe Bradley (Stirling University)
=91British is Best=92: Protestant identity and Ulster Scots in Scotland
L. M. Hagan (Stranmillis University College)
Ulster-Scots Cultural Identity and the Dialogue of Peace
Se=E1n Stitt (University of Bolton)
This Blessed Famine! God be Praised! =96 The Role and Attitudes of Irish
Protestants During the Potato Famine


or


Session D (Gaskell Room =96 RG003)
The Religious Dimension (2) Identities
Mark Doyle (Boston College, U.S.A.)
A primarily visible movement: the 1859 revival and communal identity in
Belfast
Patrick Mitchel (Irish Bible Institute)
Evangelical Christians and Irish Identity: a case study
Claire Mitchell (Queens University, Belfast)
The oscillating religious content of Protestant ethnic identity
Bronwen Walter (Anglia Polytechnic University) & Sara Morgan (TBC)
=91No we are not Catholics=92: =91illogical=92 intersections of faith =
and ethnicity


10.30am =96 11.00am Refreshments (Conference Reception Area)

11.00am =96 12.30pm Panel Discusssion (Rayleigh Room =96 RG109)
Panel Members:=20
Professor Edna Longley (Queens University Belfast)=20
Dr Peter Shirlow (Queens University Belfast) =09
Dermot Nesbit MLA (Ulster Unionist Party)
A Community Under Siege?
=09
12.30pm =96 2.00pm Buffet Lunch (Conference Reception Area)





2.00pm =96 3.30pm Paper Sessions

Session A (Rayleigh Room =96 RG109)
Identities (3) Tensions and Divisions
Neil Ferguson (Liverpool Hope University College)
A divided people
Graham Walker (Queens University, Belfast)
The Protestant working class and the fragmentation of Ulster Unionism
Aaron Edwards (Queens University, Belfast)
The Northern Ireland Labour Party and Protestant Working Class Identity.
Stephen Hopkins (University of Leicester)
=91A Weapon in the Struggle=92? Loyalist paramilitaries and the politics =
of
auto/biography in contemporary Northern Ireland

or

Session B (Pankhurst Room =96 RG005)
Ascendancy (2) Adjusting to a Changing Ireland
Adeline Tissier (Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris)
From disillusionment to disestablishment: the Protestant community and =
Irish
National Schools, 1831-69
Jennifer Redmond (Trinity College, Dublin)
Protestant identity, Protestant emigration: new formulations in the New =
Free
State
Johanne Devlin Trew (Queens University, Belfast)
Irish Protestant migration in the late 20th century

or

Session C (Gaskell Room =96 RG003)
The Overseas Dimension (2) Another Context
James Doan (Nova Southeastern University, U.S.A.)
Eighteenth century radical thought in America: Ulster Presbyterian
influences
Patrick McKenna (AAIU?)
The Economic Strategy underlying Religious Difference among the =
Nineteenth
Century Irish Community in Argentina
Ian McKeane (Institute of Irish Studies)
What satire could be more eloquent than reality? Reporting the Northern
Unionists in the French press, 1919-22
Wm. Jenkins (York University, Toronto)
=91If I forget thee O Ireland, may my right hand lose its cunning=92: =
Irish
Protestant identities in Toronto, 1870-1920


3.30pm =96 4.00pm Refreshments (Conference Reception Area)


4.00pm =96 5.30pm Panel Discussion (Rayleigh Room =96 RG109)
Panel Members: David Ervine A.M. (Progressive Unionist Party) & =
Professor
Jim McAuley (University of Huddersfield) =09
What About The Workers?
Ken Reid, Political Editor, Ulster Television


7.00pm Drinks Reception (University House)
=20
8.00pm Conference Dinner (University House)
After Dinner Speaker:=20
Dr Arthur Aughey, University of Ulster



Sunday 18 September 2005 =20

9.00am =96 10.30am Paper Sessions

Session A (Gaskell Room =96 RG003)
Identities (5) Edgy Relationships
=09
Anna Bryson (Queen Mary College, London)
Protestant Identity in mid Ulster, 1945-69
K Simpson & H Donnan (Queens University, Belfast)
Power, identity and northern Irish border Protestants
Kevin Bean (Institute for Irish Studies, University of Liverpool)
Being nice to Protestants? The Provisionals, the =91Protestant =
community=92 and
identity politics in Northern Ireland
Fintan Vallely (Dundalk Institute of Technology)
Fiddlesticks in the closet: Ulster Protestant suspicions of traditional
music

or

Session B (Rayleigh Room =96 RG109)
Ascendancy (3) Literary Representations of Doubt, Decline & =
Disappearance
Christina Morin (Trinity College, Dublin)
There are two gods: religion and the search for identity in Charles =
Robert
Maturin=92s =91The Wanderer=92=20
Clare Nally (University of Manchester)
Anglo-Irish Protestantism and Leo Africanus: cultural politics and the
discarnate states of W.B. Yeats=92 =91A Vision=92
Deirdre O=92Byrne (Loughborough University)
Last of their Line? The disappearing Anglo-Irish in 20th century =
fictions &
autobiographies
R McDonald (University of Reading)
Darwinism and Natural History in the Protestant Literature of the Irish
Revival

or

Session C (Pankhurst Room =96 RG005)
The Orange Order
Peter Day (Institute of Irish Studies, University of Liverpool)
Pride before a fall? Orangeism in Liverpool since 1945
Eric Kaufman (Birkbeck College)
From deference to defiance: the transformation of the Orange Order in
Northern Ireland from 1950 to the present
Jim MacAuley (University of Huddersfield) & Jon Tonge (University of
Salford)
The contemporary Orange Order in Northern Ireland
=09
10.30am Refreshments (Conference Reception Area)

Close =09

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Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, a biannual, fully-refereed journal
published in the Department of Government at the London School of
Economics, invites the submission of :

High-quality articles of no more than 8,000 words - including bibliography
and references - on issues pertaining to ethnicity, nationalism, conflict,
identity and related topics.

The editors welcome submissions of both theoretical and empirical work, work
in progress as well as contributions from professionals and postgraduate
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Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, a biannual, fully-refereed journal
published in the Department of Government at the London School of
Economics, invites the submission of :

High-quality articles of no more than 8,000 words - including bibliography
and references - on issues pertaining to ethnicity, nationalism, conflict,
identity and related topics.

The editors welcome submissions of both theoretical and empirical work, work
in progress as well as contributions from professionals and postgraduate
students.

Recent articles include:

Friendly Africans, Deceptive White Men: Ghanaian Narratives
Laura J. Dull, University of New York, New York

The Szlonzokian Ethnolect in the Context of German and Polish Nationalisms
Tomasz Kamusella, John W. Kluge Center, Library of Congress, Washington DC

Why Orthodoxy? Religion and Nationalism in Greek Political Culture
Nikos Chrysoloras, London School of Economics and Political Science

Visual Narration of a Nation: Painting and National Identity in Turkey
Cemren Altan, Maryse Eloy Arts School, Paris

Building the Spanish Nation: The Centre-Periphery Dialect
Diego Muro and Alejandro Quiroga, King's College London

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Absence makes the heart grow fonder: transatlantic Irish
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Absence makes the heart grow fonder: transatlantic Irish nationalism and =
the
1867 Rising

Author: Mulligan, Adrian N. 1

Source: Social & Cultural Geography, June, 2005, vol. 6, no. 3, pp.
439-454(16)

Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group


Abstract:

L'=E9loignement renforce l'affection: le nationalisme irlandais
transatlantique et l'insurrection de 1867=20

While nationalist temporal narratives continue to be demythologized,
relatively little comparative work has been done to demythologize
nationalist spatial narratives. Consequently, the theorizing of =
nationalism
often remains safely corralled within the territorial boundaries of a
respective nation-state. In order to advance theoretical understandings =
of
nationalism, it is imperative that geographers break this sedentary =
spell.
This paper seeks to do just that, through analysis of a particularly
vehement brand of nineteenth-century Irish nationalism known as =
Fenianism,
and by revealing the crucial role that the Irish diaspora played in the
transatlantic development of Irish nationalism.

Keywords: nationalism; Ireland; transatlantic; diaspora; Fenianism;
nationalisme; Irlande; transatlantique; diaspora; F=E9; nianisme;
nacionalismo; Irlanda; transatl=E1; ntico; di=E1; spora; Fenianismo

Language: Unknown

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1080/14649360500111402

Affiliations: 1: Department of Geography, Bucknell University, =
Lewisburg,
PA, 17837, USA