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BJSW Advance Access published online on October 18, 2005
British Journal of Social Work, doi:10.1093/bjsw/bch211

C The Author 2005. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The
British Association of Social Workers. All rights reserved.

Article
Irish Social Workers in Britain and the Politics of (Mis) Recognition
Paul Michael Garrett 1*

1 Department of Political Science and Sociology at the National University
of Ireland, Galway

* To whom correspondence should be addressed.
Paul Michael Garrett, E-mail: PM.Garrett[at]nuigalway.ie

Abstract

The article focuses on the perceptions of Irish social workers working in
'children and families' settings in Britain. These respondents cannot be
seen as representative of all Irish social workers in Britain, yet they do
provide insights into five significant themes: the approach to 'race' and
ethnicity in social work education; Irish identities in Britain; racism and
stereotyping; children and families who are Irish Travellers; and an agenda
for the future. The discussion considers some of the issues raised in the
context of what has been referred to as the 'politics of recognition'.
Keywords: Irish in Britain, vulnerability, 'race', complexity of Irish
identities, stereotypes.

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=93Where's Whitey?=94: Black Mass, ethnic criminality, and the problem =
of the
informant

Author: Wilson, Christopher1

Source: Crime, Law and Social Change, Volume 43, Numbers 2-3, April =
2005,
pp. 175-198(24)

Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers

Abstract:
The essay is an interdisciplinary examination of the popular American
tradition of organized-crime narratives based on the testimony of =
criminal
informants. Primarily, it examines the most prominent current instance =
of
this tradition: a book entitled Black Mass: The Irish Mob, the FBI, and =
a
Devil's Deal (2000), depicting the recent scandal involving James =
=93Whitey=94
Bulger. While this book is often received as a contemporary expos=E9 of =
the
ethical perils of informant use in combating organized crime, it =
actually
reiterates the chronic interpretive pitfalls of more traditional =
=93gangland=94
informant narratives like Murder, Inc. (1951) or Peter Maas's The =
Valachi
Papers (1968). Black Mass's adoption of a classical =93noir=94 literary =
form,
meanwhile, imports certain traditional assumptions that often make these
popular narratives immune to recent academic revisions: assumptions =
about
the =93Fordist=94 character of criminal organization, about the uncanny =
but
invisible skills of modern ethnic gangsters, and about the relationship =
of
the state to organized crime.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1007/s10611-005-6709-1

Affiliations: 1: English and American Studies, Boston College, Chestnut
Hill, MA,USA, Email: wilsonc[at]bc.edu

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Watching the BBC Horizon programme last week... =20

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/tvradio/programmes/horizon/ghostgenes.shtml

...could not help thinking about the Irish famine...

The background is the continuing debate/mystery about how the genes =
actually
work. The Human Genome Project discovered far fewer that was
expected/predicted - and the search has been on for another level of
complexity. The Pembrey/Bygren hypothesis suggests that life =
experiences
and trauma can put down genetic markers or triggers, and can so affect
subsequent generations.

P.O'S.

EXTRACT
The conventional view is that DNA carries all our heritable information =
and
that nothing an individual does in their lifetime will be biologically
passed to their children. To many scientists, epigenetics amounts to a
heresy, calling into question the accepted view of the DNA sequence =96 =
a
cornerstone on which modern biology sits.

Epigenetics adds a whole new layer to genes beyond the DNA. It proposes =
a
control system of 'switches' that turn genes on or off =96 and suggests =
that
things people experience, like nutrition and stress, can control these
switches and cause heritable effects in humans.

In a remote town in northern Sweden there is evidence for this radical =
idea.
Lying in =D6verkalix's parish registries of births and deaths and its =
detailed
harvest records is a secret that confounds traditional scientific =
thinking.
Marcus Pembrey, a Professor of Clinical Genetics at the Institute of =
Child
Health in London, in collaboration with Swedish researcher Lars Olov =
Bygren,
has found evidence in these records of an environmental effect being =
passed
down the generations. They have shown that a famine at critical times in =
the
lives of the grandparents can affect the life expectancy of the
grandchildren. This is the first evidence that an environmental effect =
can
be inherited in humans.
EXTRACT ENDS

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Is anyone who has worked on Irish miners interested in being part of a panel
for the 2006 Midwest meeting of the ACIS in DeKalb, Illinois? [De Kalb is
near Chicago.] If so, please let me know.

Bill Mulligan

William H. Mulligan, Jr., Ph.D.
Professor of History
Murray State University
Murray KY 42071-3341 USA

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The American Italian Historical Association is proud to announce the =
opening
of THE DREAM...per non dimenticare---an exhibit on the history of the
Italian Diaspora in the US on November 17 at 5 pm at the Archivio =
Centrale
dello Stato in Rome. Our partnership with the Archivio, the National
Italian American Foundation, San Paolo Bank, Bucci Studios Chicago, the
Fondazione Agnelli and many, many friends has produced a vehicie that =
will
challenge Italians and Italian Americans to move boldly in the =
preservation
of Italian AMERICAN history and culture. The exhibit contains 400 =
photos
from a score of collections in the US and Italy, the art works of Meo
Carbone on the pain and glory of the migration process, a new exhibition
created by Maddalena Tirabassi for the Agnelli Foundation on worldwide
Italian migration, the poetry of Joseph Tusiani, materials relating to =
the
Flight of Italo Balbo in 1933, and art works by Italian school children =
that
expresss the feelings of the younger generation on the subject of =
Italina
migration. The run of the show is brief---until December 10, 2005, but =
we
welcome invitations to travel and expand the exhibit and we hope that =
this
effort stimulates movement for permanent exhibits on emigration in Italy =
and
the United States.=20

Please forward this announcement appropriately to help us reach the =
largest
possible audience with our message of preservation of the Italian =
American
cultural heritage.

For more information, contact Dominic Candeloro at
D-Candeloro[at]govst.edu :

Dominic Candeloro, Meo Carbone, Laura Monachesi

=20

From Joseph Tusiani's Song of the Bicentennial

Ora, ora soltanto per ogni ingiustizia subita

Finalemente scopro la mia identit=E0:

sono la enorme folla italiana

Sono il presente perch=E9 sono il passato

Di quanti per il loro furturo son giunti,

umili ed innocenti eppure scacciati.

Io sono il sogno del loro giorno eterno,

il sogno sognato in miniere senza luce;

io sono il loro buio e il loro raggio supremo,

il loro silenzio e la lor voce: parlo e scrivo

perch=E9 loro sognarono ch'io scrivessi e parlassi

dela lor morte in nessun registro notata

O gloria! Sono il pane ch'essi vennero a cercare.

Il tralcio piantato per la loro unica estasi,

il loro pi=F9 solenne picco duraturo.

A questa mia vita ha fatto ampio largo la lor morte.

From Joseph Tusiani, "Song of the Bicentennial," in Gente Mia and Other
Poems translated by Maria Pastore Passaro

Italian AMERICAN history and culture is at risk of being lost. Direct =
memory
of the grand saga of Italian migration to the United States, the Little
Italies that they built, the family-based culture that they kept, their
broken English, their political radicalism, their brand of religion, and
their dreams are almost forgotten on both sides of the Atlantic.
Emigration/Immigration have been basic themes in recent Italian history =
and
in American history. Indeed, the movement of peoples is an important =
factor
in all history. "The Dream...per non dimenticare" is an eclectic =
collection
of photographic material from 20 important collections of Italian =
Americana
in the USA and Italy. We accept the poet's mission to speak and write =
about
the humble immigrants and their dreams.

From this exhibit we get glimpses and echoes of the Italian American =
past.
They material is rich, but it is not complete, indicating both how far =
we
have come in reconstructing Italian American history and how much =
further we
need to go to complete the story. The American Italian Historical
Association and its members along with the Fondazione Agnelli and =
various
study centers in Italy have made heroic efforts and produced many books =
and
articles. Professor Frank Cavaioli has contributed images of, Giovanni
Schiavo, and Leonard Covello, the pioneering scholars of Italian =
American.
There remains much work to be done in collecting additional historical
materials, especially from the post World War II migration. Advanced
technology will allow additional tools for collection and interpretation =
of
data.=20

This exhibit also begs the question: Is this slice of history worth =
saving?
In this third millenium, with all of our preoccupation with problems =
like
terrorism, global warming, the explosion of information on the Internet =
and
our fascination with sports and dozens of other interests that compete =
for
our attention, do we have the energy and will to preserve and =
disseminate
small page in world history? Are we (Italians, Americans, and Italo
Americans) sufficiently interested in this material because of what it =
tells
us about ourselves and our respective countries? Or, as we move toward a
global culture, will we satisfy ourselves with the superficial =
stereotype of
the poor hardworking immigrants whose Italian American children and =
American
grandchildren moved up in the world and whose Italian names and memories
dissolved into the American "Melting Pot"? Italian American =
organizations
that protest against mafia stereotyping, promote religious festivals, =
and
celebrate Columbus Day will always be there. Italian business, cultural, =
and
governmental entities which can benefit from an Italian American =
identity,
no matter how superficial, will also be present. The question is whether
future generations on both sides of the Atlantic will have access to the
rich authentic details of Italian American political, cultural, and =
social
life? "The Dream...per non dimenticare" is our modest effort to preserve =
the
vestiges of a culture to which we owe so much.

Since the initiative for this exhibit began with the travelling version =
of
the "Italians in Chicago" exhibit, images from that city are most =
numerous
in "The Dream...per non dimenticare." In these photos, collected from
individuals and families over a two year period, we see the proud =
workers,
even at humble jobs, small businessmen posing proudly in front of their
stores, families and societies enjoying picnics and weddings, and mutual
benefit societies celebrating religious festivals. A dozen Italian =
Catholic
churches and church schools under the tutelage of the Scalabrini Fathers
tended to the religious and social needs of the various "Little Italies" =
of
Chicago.=20

Despite all the challenges of emigration, Italians showed a remarkable
capacity for hard work and self sufficiency. . The "Con Le Nostri Mani"
segment of the exhibit comes to us from Laura Ruberto and her colleagues =
in
the San Francisco Bay Area. The images remind us that the immigrants =
brought
with them the resourcefulness and practical skills especially of Italian
women. The immigrants tended gardens, canned tomatoes and other =
vegetables,
and made their own wine and sausage. The barbers, tailors, bakers, and =
even
some doctors and lawyers helped to make institutionally complete Italian
neighborhoods in the 1920s and 1930s.

Perhaps the most exciting single day in the history of Italians in =
Chicago
was July 15, 1933 when Italo Balbo arrived with his squadron of =
seaplanes at
the Century of Progress World's Fair. Thousands of Italians flocked to =
see
Balbo and thousands more read the newspaper notices. After suffering =
from
the negative images of being poor, illiterate immigrants as well as the
Capone-gangster stereotype, with Balbo, Chicago Italians at last has
something wonderful of which to be proud. The material on display from =
both
sides of the Atlantic, well-illustrates the joy and pride that Italo =
Balbo
's flight engendered in the Italian American people. These happy =
feelings
and the pride that Italians took in the progress of the Fascist Regime
turned to ashes in 1941 when Italy became an enemy in World War II.

Nicholas Ciotola, Curator of the Italian American Collection of the =
Western
Pennsylvania Historical Association, has provided images depicting the
Italian community in Pittsburgh at work, at play, and making wine. These
photos trigger a nostalgia for a time past when a sense of community was
strong, even if the members of the community were not well off.

The most colorful element of the exhibition is contributed by Paul =
Porcelli
of Newark, New Jersey. A scholar fascinated with Italian American =
religious
street festivals, Porcelli is working on a book, "When the Saints come
Marching Out." He has personally attended and photographed over 240 of =
the
300 Italian saint procession in the US. While the number of festivals =
has
declined from 3000 in the 1920s, the strong survival of 300 into the =
Twenty
First Century is still clear testament to the strength of Italian
religiosity and ethnicity. These festivals also remind us that the lives =
of
immigrants and their descendants consisted of much more than the =
deprivation
and alienation that are the hallmark of the migration process.

Bobby Tanzilo, a member of the Monferrini in America Society, has =
provided
images typical of the photos of the period: Stiff, format portraits that
suggest the stubborn determination of the immigrants to succeed.

Professor Salvatore LaGumina shares with us his images of Italians on =
Long
Island, New York. Here in "Marconiville" (Copiague) or Deer Park =
immigrants
could retreat from city life where they could own a home, a plot of land =
for
a garden, and abundant fishing.Professor Jerome Krase of Brooklyn =
College
has contributed a photo essay on Italian American use of urban spaces. =
His
focus is on the continuity and change in the oldest and newest Italian
enclaves in New York City. His "New York City's Little Italies: =
Yesterday,
Today- and Tomorrow?" was featured in a recent exhibit curated by the =
late
Professor Philip Cannistraro. The article can be found in the "The =
Italians
of New York" catalogue which is available for those who want to know =
more
about New York Italians.

New Orleans Italians are descended from a large Sicilian migration from =
such
towns as in the early 1880s. Many became successful in the produce and
shipping businesses.. Perhaps too successful. In 1891 a crowd of several
thousand lynched 11 Sicilians who had been accused, but acquitted of the
murder of the New Orleans police chief. This was the largest single mob
action in American history. Though many more African Americans have been
lynched principally in the South, no other such event had more victims. =
Nor
was this lynching an isolated case; prejudice against Italian immigrants
resulted in several dozen mob murders. Nevertheless, Sicilian Americans =
in
New Orleans have persevered to the point that their political and =
financial
influence in New Orleans and Louisiana is quite formidable. Images
contributed by Joseph Maselli's American Italian Renaissance Museum in =
New
Orleans depict the landing of immigrant ships directly from Palermo to =
New
Orleans. An 1890s Labor Bureau poster boasts that Italian immigrants =
were
"mostly strong, healthy, and able bodied industrious men. As Laborers =
they
have no superior." Other images include "Nipotini Italiani" in a parade, =
the
Monteleone Hotel, the construction of a monument to the immigrants on =
the
New Orleans wharf, and Victor Schiro who served as mayor of New Orleans =
from
1961 to 1970.

World War II changed everything. Young people lost their pride in their
Italian identity and shunned the use of the Italian language. In the
segments of "The Dream...per non dimenticare" contributed by Lawrence
DiStasi dedicated to "Una Storia Segreta" we learn of the internment and
maltreatment of hundreds of Italians as "enemy aliens." This was a =
national
event. More than 600,000 Italian Americans were directly restricted, =
with
collateral effects on their immediate families,friends, and descendants. =
It
was not until 1999 that the US government formally recognized the =
excesses
in the treaztment of Italian Americans in the 1940s with an apology. The
full English language version of "Una Storia Segreta" is available on =
the
web and in book form. In the material supplied by Peter Belmonte from =
his
book on Italian Americans in World War II we see the faces of the young
Italian AMERICANS who served in the American armed forces during the =
War.
Estimates are that almost 1,000,000 of the 15,000,000 American soldiers =
were
Italian Americans---the largest single ethnic group in the army. Medal =
of
Honor winner, John Basilone is the symbol of the sacrifices of Italian
Americans in World War II. These young men were Americanized by their
experience and they earned post war benefits that often helped them to =
move
up into the middle class and out of "Little Italy" to more attractive
residences. On the other hand, conditions in "war torn" Italy triggered
another wave of emigration to the United States that revitalized =
Italianit=E0
among many immigrant communities in the US for the next 50 years.

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Anthony Riccio has conducted an extensive number of oral history =
interviews
in preparing for his forthcoming book, "The Italian American Experience =
in
New Haven: Images and Oral Histories."

Depictions of women in sports, fishing, and contra mal occhio practices
highlight this section of the display.

As a reminder that Italian immigrants penetrated the American landscape =
far
beyond New York and the East Coast, we include in our exhibition photos
collected by Nicholas Ciotola of Italians in Albuquerque, New Mexico =
where
the miners even formed and Italian brass band. Milwaukee, though known =
as a
German-American city, grants from Puglia, Campania, Calabria, Abruzzo, =
and
Sicily settled there at the turn of the century. Their descendants are =
the
proud sponsors of the biggest Festa Italiana in the US, drawing over =
100,000
attendees annually. The photos compiled by journalist Martin Hintz =
represent
achievement/acceptance in sports as well as business and religious
activities. The images from Colorado supplied by Alisa Ahllers of the
Colorado Historical Society are a preview of a major exhibit and book =
that
will focus on the immigrants who went to Colorado to work as miners and
truck farmers. Their descendants in Denver find themselves in conflict =
with
the Native Americans of that city over the validity of Columbus Day. =
Ernesto
Milani has amassed a collection of documents related to migrants from
Northern Italy in places like Mississippi, from he salvaged sack used by
Nello Gasparini to pick cotton in the 1920s. Milani's other =
contributions
include envelopes and letter sent by the immigrants to their families. =
In
his quest to document Italian American history, Milani asserts that it =
is
easier to find archeological remains of the ancient Romans than it is to
find letters and documents relating to the Italian American diaspora in =
the
early Twentieth Century. From Professor Rudolph Vecoli and Joel Wurl the
Immigrant History Research Center at the University of Minnesota we have
several striking images, including railroad workers, the establishment =
of a
Columbus monument, and Italian American women doing folk dances. =
Filmmaker
Michael DiLauro of Pennsylvania has contributed some pictures of =
California
Italians and a delight photo of a group from Vineland, NJ perched on a =
1920s
automobile. Vineland was one of the few places (including Colorado and
California) in the US where Italian immigrants engaged in =
agriculture-"truck
farming" of staple fruit and vegetables for local urban markets.

The "Milestones" posters in the exhibit represent the highlights of a
chronology created by Salvatore LaGumina and John Marino for the =
National
Italian American Foundation. "Milestones" focuses on the important
achievements, often little known, of Italians in the United States from =
1492
to the present. This element provides a welcome complement to the photo
display which is essentially social history of "ordinary" Italian =
immigrants
and their families.

Finally the Fondazione Agnelli exhibit produced by Maddalena Tirabassi =
of
Torino helps to place the Italian (North) American experience into the
context of Italian migration throughout the globe. In a sense the =
millions
who migrated and their descendants, the Italian-Americans, Canadians,
Australians, Brasilians, Argentinians, Venezuelans, and untold others =
have
created a cultural immigrant empire. Estimates are that there are as =
many
people of Italian origin abroad as there are in Italy. The communities =
are
in various stages of integration, with the Italian AMERICAN culture most =
at
risk of being lost.

We invite visitors of all ages to look deeply into the photos and to see
themselves and their grandparents, uncles, aunts and cousins making =
their
way in the American culture and the American economy. Imagine their =
fears,
their strength, and ingenuity as they applied the ways of their parents =
and
their villages to this new world. Consider what Italy would be like if =
this
emigration had not taken place, the impact of remittances on Italian
families and the Italian economy. Think of the core value of hospitality
which Italian Americans have maintained. Their story enlightens our
understanding of the movement of peoples throughout history. Think of =
the
revelation experienced by the Joseph Tusiani that his mission was to
perpetual the story of the immigrants. Their story is our story....per =
non
dimenticare

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But this more complete version of that TOC has just reached me, and makes a
point that I have often noted - the strength of ISR's book review section...

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IRISH STUDIES REVIEW -BATH-
VOL 13; NUMB 4; 2005
ISSN 0967-0882

pp. 451-468
The treachery of wetness: Irish Studies, Seamus Heaney and the politics of
parturition Sullivan, M.

pp. 469-478
Edna O'Brien, Irish dandy
O Connor, M.

pp. 479-498
A Swiss soldier in Ireland, 1689-90
Lenihan, P.; Sheridan, G.

pp. 499-504
The politics of delight: A revolutionary reading of Burke's Reflections
Duddy, T.

pp. 505-516
Translating nationalism: Ireland, France and military history in Beckett's
Mercier et Camier Barry, E.

pp. 517-530
Nature, gender and nation: An ecofeminist reading of two novels by Irish
women Ingman, H.

p. 531
Memories of West Wicklow 1813-1939 by William Hanbidge and Mary Ann
Hanbidge, edited by W. J. McCormack Dooley, T.

pp. 532-533
Belfast Politics by William Bruce and Henry Joy, edited by John Bew Mahony,
R.

pp. 534-535
The Correspondence of Catherine McAuley 1818-1841 edited by Mary C. Sullivan
Mangion, C.

pp. 536-537
Charitable Words: Women, Philanthropy, and the Language of Charity in
Nineteenth-century Dublin by Margaret H. Preston Wydenbach, J. S.

p. 538
Irish Recollections by Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna, edited by Patrick Maume
Ryan, K. M.

pp. 539-540
Parnell and His Island by George Moore, edited by Carla King Boyce, D. G.

pp. 541-542
Sun and Wind by Standish James O'Grady, edited by Edward A. Hagan Cronin, M.

pp. 543-544
Irish Peasants: Violence and Political Unrest, 1780-1914 edited by Samuel
Clark and James S. Donnelly Jr James, K. J.

pp. 545-546
De Valera's Irelands edited by G. Doherty and D. Keogh Douglas, R. M.

p. 547
Ireland: The Union and its Aftermath by Oliver MacDonagh Dougherty, J. E.

pp. 548-550
The End of Irish History? Critical Reflections on the Celtic Tiger edited by
Colin Coulter and Steve Coleman Edmondson, R.

pp. 551-552
Politics in the Republic of Ireland edited by John Coakley and Michael
Gallagher Lync, D.

pp. 553-555
The Green Republic by A. P. A. O'Gara
Fegan, M.

pp. 556-557
The Silence of Barbara Synge by W. J. McCormack Davis, A.

pp. 558-560
Gaelic Prose in the Irish Free State, 1922-1939 by Philip O'Leary Mooney, S.

p. 561
Robert Frost and Northern Irish Poetry by Rachel Buxton Schreibman, S.

pp. 562-563
Elizabeth Bowen: The Enforced Return by Neil Corcoran Culleton, C. A.

p. 564
Well Dreams: Essays on John Montague by Thomas Dillon Redshaw Morse, D. E.

pp. 565-566
Contexts for Frank McGuinness's Drama by Helen Heusner Lojek Dean, J. F.

pp. 567-568
Beyond Borders. IASIL Essays on Modern Irish Writing edited by Neil Sammells
Luftig, V.

pp. 569-570
Irish Fiction and Postmodern Doubt: An Analysis of the Epistemological
Crisis in Modern Irish Fiction by Neil Murphy Bracken, C.

pp. 571-572
Terry Eagleton by David Alderson
Hand, D.

pp. 573-576
Paul Muldoon. Critical Essays edited by Tim Kendall and Peter McDonald
Goodby, J.

pp. 577-580
The Testament of Cresseid by Seamus Heaney; Medley for Morin Kuhr by Paul
Muldoon Moi, R.

pp. 581-583
Social Work and Irish People in Britain. Historical and Contemporary
Responses to Irish Children and Families by Paul Michael Garrett Walsh, T.

pp. 584-586
Truth, Power and Lies. Irish Society and the Case of the Kerry Babies by Tom
Inglis Allen, N.

p. 587
Making the Grand Figure: Lives and Possessions in Ireland, 1641-1770 by Toby
Barnard Leighton, C. D. A.

pp. 588-591
The Representation of Ireland/s: Images from Outside and from Within edited
by Rosa Gonzalez McLaughlin, C.

pp. 592-593
Dictionary of Irish Philosophers by Thomas Duddy Hart, W.; O Keefe, T.

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From: MacEinri, Piaras
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Subject: RE: [IR-D] Opening of THE DREAM...per non dimenticare: an exhibit
on the history of the Italian Diaspora in the US

Fascinating stuff Paddy - looks like a great project. And yes, for me
anyway, it does raise, once again, the indifference to the Diaspora within
Ireland itself.

The Celtic Tiger generation seems to be suffering from some kind of
collective amnesia. We are now happily abusing Filipina and Polish and
Nigerian workers in Ireland on a grand scale and the hell with any
historical resonances it might have in terms of our own experiences. The
most shocking single story I have heard, although it is only one among the
multitudes, concerns a Polish lorry driver employed by a certain haulage
firm in the South-East of Ireland, long known for its stubborn resistance to
any kind of union recognition or modern work practices. This unfortunate
employee felt poorly while at the wheel of his lorry, pulled off the road
and got out, whereupon he apparently suffered a heart attack and died on the
spot, at the side of the road. The haulage firm in question refused to pay
any death benefits or repatriation costs, on the grounds that he was not at
his place of work at the time of this death. Thank God for the bureaucrats
of the Southern Health Board, who stepped in where a predatory private
sector employer would not take his own responsibilities and paid for the
man's body to be sent home.

We owe it to the Irish worldwide, but also to everyone living in Ireland
now, of whatever ethnic background, to tell the whole story about our own
Diaspora. I'm not sure about the name of the Italian project, 'The Dream'.
What about 'The Nightmare' of those forced out of Italy, or Ireland, because
they had the wrong politics, or social class, or religion, or sexual
orientation? Jim Gralton was deported from Ireland in 1933 because as a
Communist he tried to organise some social amenities in rural Leitrim and
fell out with the local parish priest. Some of those who felt it expedient
to leave Ireland because they were on the wrong side in the Civil War never
looked back either, although a few of them turned up, more than fifteen
years later, in another war, in Spain this time. Protestants left Sligo in
the 1930s, forced out by an economic boycott by powerful Catholic merchant
interests. More recently, I had a student working some years ago on
HIV-positive people in the Munster area, but she gave up, because most of
the people who had been diagnosed as HIV-positive at the time decided they
would be better off in England, whether as a place to be cared for or even
as a place to die. What kind of country is this?

I hope the Italian exhibition tells the whole story - the good, the bad and
the ugly. One of our own Irish students went on an Erasmus year abroad to
Northern Italy in the early 1990s. She was Italian as well as Irish - she
spoke Italian with a southern accent as her people were from the far south.
She hated her year in Bologna, which was punctuated by numerous direct
personal experiences of the most blatant racism. And that's only between
Italians...

Best

Piaras

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From: Carmel McCaffrey
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Subject: Re: [IR-D] BBC HORIZON, The Ghost in Your Genes

I found this to be very interesting and a great addition to the results we
are already getting on DNA and ethnic origin - or lack of. Did the programme
mention any specific publications that deal with this subject?

Carmel McC


>Email Patrick O'Sullivan
>
>Watching the BBC Horizon programme last week...
>
>http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/tvradio/programmes/horizon/ghostgenes.shtml
>
>...could not help thinking about the Irish famine...
>
>The background is the continuing debate/mystery about how the genes
>actually work. The Human Genome Project discovered far fewer that was
>expected/predicted - and the search has been on for another level of
>complexity. The Pembrey/Bygren hypothesis suggests that life
>experiences and trauma can put down genetic markers or triggers, and
>can so affect subsequent generations.
>
>P.O'S.
>

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Carmel,

I did some web searches after the programme, to see what was visible...

Some of the original research is in Swedish... =20

Swedish - how difficult can it be?

A web search for the 2 main researcher names, Pembrey and Bygren, will =
show
stuff. Some in English...

For example...=20

http://www.mindfully.org/Health/2002/Diabetes-Parents-NutritionNov02.htm =


'Overfeeding and overeating in families are traditions that are often
transferred from generation to generation. Irrespective of these family
traditions, food availability might lead to overfeeding, in its turn =
leading
to metabolic adaptations. Apart from selection, could these adaptations =
to
the social environment have transgenerational effects? This study will
attempt to answer the following question: Can overeating during a =
child=92s
slow growth period (SGP), before their prepubertal peak in growth =
velocity
influence descendants=92 risk of death from cardiovascular disease and
diabetes? Data were collected by following three cohorts born in 1890, =
1905
and 1920 in =D6verkalix parish in northern Sweden up until death or =
1995...'

http://diss.kib.ki.se/2005/91-7140-300-0/

'Abstract:
The late effects in adulthood of nutrition during adolescence, =
childhood,
infancy, and the fetal and embryonic stages of development have =
attracted
much attention in research, but less so the time of development of the
genome. The issue of fetal origins of adult disease has particularly
attracted interest. The effects are caused by nutritional constraints at
critical phases of key fetal organ development.'

There is an overview of 'Genomics' with particular refernce to drug
addiction (one of my research areas) at
http://www.foresight.gov.uk/Brain_Science_Addiction_and_Drugs/Reports_and=
_Pu
blications/ScienceReviews/Genomics.pdf

Some of the observations lead in unexpected directions - thus, low food
availability for grandfather leads to a DECREASE in cardiovascular =
problems
for the grandchild. Or it might be the other way round - overeating by =
the
grandfather leads to an increase in problems for the subsequent =
generations.

A web search of those names also finds discission and comment. And of
course there has been further comment since the tv programme - some of =
it
involving the relaunching of bandwagons, and a renewed debate about =
Lamarck.
But see, for example...=20

http://www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=3D5911

I watch with interest. And I am very cautious about some of the claims =
for,
and uses of, genetic study. But this remains a very interesting use of
historical research material.

Paddy


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Subject: Re: [IR-D] BBC HORIZON, The Ghost in Your Genes

I found this to be very interesting and a great addition to the results =
we
are already getting on DNA and ethnic origin - or lack of. Did the =
programme
mention any specific publications that deal with this subject?

Carmel McC


>Email Patrick O'Sullivan
>
>Watching the BBC Horizon programme last week... =20
>
>http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/tvradio/programmes/horizon/ghostgenes.shtml
>
>...could not help thinking about the Irish famine...
>
>The background is the continuing debate/mystery about how the genes=20
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>complexity. The Pembrey/Bygren hypothesis suggests that life=20
>experiences and trauma can put down genetic markers or triggers, and=20
>can so affect subsequent generations.
>
>P.O'S.
>

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I forward, below, a Press Release we have received from Gill and =
Macmillan, Dublin...

P.O'S.


THE ORIGINS OF THE TROUBLES

THOMAS HENNESSY

Do we really know anything about the origins of the troubles? Thomas =
Hennessey=E2=80=99s complete study of The Troubles up to their =
disastrous culmination in 1968 is based on new records from the London, =
Belfast and Dublin archives. As a result the author comes to some =
controversial conclusions about exactly what the origins of the troubles =
were.

Hennessey perceives the events of 1968 and beyond as a =
=E2=80=98sleepwalk to disaster=E2=80=99. The reasons for this are =
analysed with studies of the central characters. The author acknowledges =
the problem in writing about this era when key players in the events =
don=E2=80=99t agree on who or what was instrumental in causing The =
Troubles. He talks about the myths surrounding these individuals and in =
this contentious study he seeks to explode them. The availability of new =
archive material allows the writer to correlate high politics and events =
on the ground making this book stand out and present a different =
perspective.

Beginning with the premiership in 1963 of Terence O=E2=80=99 Neill, who =
challenged some of the basic assumptions of what Northern Ireland stood =
for, Hennessey works backwards seeking to answer the question =
=E2=80=98Why did The Troubles begin when they did and why did the people =
of Northern Ireland have to be condemned to such a trauma?=E2=80=99 =
Hennessey controversially concludes that there was no justification for =
the Provisional IRA=E2=80=99s campaign started in 1970. His work is a =
controversial, definitive and complete revision of the origins of the =
troubles.

By the early 1960s, it seemed that this old pattern of distrust was =
being replaced by a growing rapprochement between the two communities. A =
new generation of political leaders in Belfast and Dublin opened a =
dialogue that held out great promise. In the north, the Nationalist =
Party accepted the role of official loyal opposition in 1965, a major =
psychological concession. But the liberal temper of the times proved to =
be an illusion. The old antagonisms were too enduring: the result was =
tragedy. This book tells, in a step by step account, how the bright =
promises of the 1960s were shown to be false. It is the most complete =
account we have of the sleepwalk to disaster.

This book is published by Gill and Macmillan at =D1=9429.99/=C2=A324.99 =
and is available in all good bookshops now or alternatively you can buy =
on-line, at 20% discount, by visiting our =
website=E2=80=A6=E2=80=A6=E2=80=A6 =
www.gillmacmillan.ie

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The latest issue of Ethnic and Racial Studies has a number of articles of
interest, about constructions of nationhood, construction of identity...

In particular the Article by Kevin Howard - information pasted in below -
will be of great interest to many IR-D members. It takes the form of a
critical history of the very recent past...

(Because of this expected interest I have obtained a copy of the article as
a pdf file. And therefore usual between the lines conditions apply...)

The name of Kevin Howard is new to me. He is Assistant Lecturer at the
Dundalk Institute of Technology, Ireeland...

They nurture brave folk in Dundalk...

P.O'S.



Ethnic and Racial Studies
Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group
Issue: Volume 29, Number 1 / January 2006
Pages: 104 - 123
URL: Linking Options
DOI: 10.1080/01419870500352439

Constructing the Irish of Britain: Ethnic recognition and the 2001 UK
Censuses

Kevin Howard

A1

Abstract:

Since multicultural policies in modern liberal democracies depend on the
official institutionalization of ethnic diversity, systems of ethnic
classification, such as those incorporated in the national population
census, acquire a particular political significance. Ethnic activists who
regard their group's identity and culturally specific needs as being
'excluded' from the multicultural framework can be expected to mobilize to
secure inclusion. Ultimately it is politicians who decide which ethnic
groups should or should not be included in systems of ethnic classification.
In this way, official ethnic classifications have become sites of contest in
contemporary identity politics. Through an analysis of the dynamics that led
to the inclusion of an 'Irish' option on the ethnic group questions for the
2001 Censuses of Great Britain, this article shows how radical changes to
the list of ethnic designations used on censuses can be driven by political
expediency rather than considered understandings of sociological reality.

Keywords:

Ethnic invisibility, anti-Irish racism, 2001 census, UK devolution

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Forwarded on behalf of=20
Toner Quinn, Editor
JMI =96 The Journal of Music in Ireland

________________________________


The November-December issue of JMI: The Journal of Music in Ireland is =
now
available...

Please see the contents of the latest issue below. For subscription
information, or for details of shops that stock JMI, please visit our
website http://www.thejmi.com

November-December 2005

Contemporary Music? =96 Ronan Guilfoyle
Challenging and complex it may be, but jazz today =96 unlike =
contemporary
music =96 succeeds in attracting a large and loyal audience worldwide. =
The
reason, argues Ronan Guilfoyle, is that it is rooted in the rhythm, =
pulse
and groove of Western society. It begs the question: how =
=91contemporary=92 is
contemporary music?

MacMahon=92s Ghosts: The Making of Port na bPuca=ED =96 Peter Woods
Recently broadcast on RT=C9 radio, Port na bPuca=ED was a powerful =
documentary
on the traditional musician Tony MacMahon. Peter Woods, Series Producer =
of
=91Documentary on One=92, discusses the ideas behind the programme and =
the life
and work of this influential figure

A Short Obituary of Irish Pop =96 John Waters
Once the pulse of youth, pop has now become repetitive and =
self-referential
=96 the tedious soundtrack to a society that does not want to grow old. =
Two
new books on the history of Irish rock and pop present not a moment of
celebration, argues John Waters, but a reminder of failed promise.

Composition as Vandalism: The Music of Donnacha Dennehy =96 Bob Gilmore
Bob Gilmore talks to Donnacha Dennehy, founder of the renowned Crash
Ensemble and a leading figure in a new wave of young Irish composers.

New Music: Classic Ephemera =96 John McLachlan
Composers and politics, RTE's The Symphony Sessions, and Elaine Agnew's =
'The
Sixth of January'

Traditional Music: The Pressure to Conform =96 Toner Quinn
Traditional music radio and the non-conformists

The Art of Atmosphere: Masters of Traditional Festival 2005 =96 Pat =
Ahern
The Masters of Tradition Festival in Bantry House, Cork

The Menacing & the Sublime: Composers=92 Choice 2005 =96 Barra =D3 =
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This year=92s =91composers=92 choice=92 at the National Concert Hall =
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concerts.

New Work Notes
Roger Doyle, Cormac Breatnach and Martin Dunlea
Reviewed by J=FCrgen Simpson

=91Winter Finding=92 =96 Ian Wilson
Reviewed by Fergal Dowling

Letters: Looking for the Irish Bartok; Music Education: where do we go =
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FROM Sarah Morgan

Paddy,

See pasted in below notification of a new online journal which should be of
interest to Ir-D list members.

Sarah.


The Irish Migration, Race and Social Transformation Review (IMRSTR) has gone
online at http://www.imrstr.dcu.ie

Please help publicise this launch by passing this message on to any other
mailing list of which you are a member.

Please consider publishing in IMRSTR and making contributions to it in the
future. Contributions are currently being invited for the first issue. All
contributions should be e-mailed as an attachment to
Torben.Krings[at]dcu.ie. Submission deadline for the first issue is 31-12-05.

For further information please go to http://www.imrstr.dcu.ie/authors.html

From the Web site...

Irish Migration, Race and Social Transformation Review
a new irish inter-university, open-access e-journal

The IMRSTR invites contributions from the social sciences, humanities and
law studies. It also welcomes contributions of NGOs, community groups and
other groups from civil society. It will address the following topics
amongst others:

* globalisation and migration
* state and racism
* work and welfare
* gender and class
* interculturalism and education
* integration and social exclusion
* human rights and citizenship
* transnationalism and diaspora
* culture and media
* governmentality and NGOs

The IMRSTR includes the following sections:

Articles
Research and analysis that address the complex interactions between
'race' and migration in contemporary Ireland.
Practice Platform
The e-journal provides a platform for NGOs, agencies and practitioners.
Legal Notes
Recent developments in human rights, citizenship, migration and racism
from a legal perspective.
Review Section
Review of relevant books, websites/internet resources and cultural
expressions.

The E-journal's Open Access Policy:

The mission of the IMRSTR is to disseminate information on research and
policy debates around migration and racism in Ireland in support of a
greater exchange of knowledge between academics and practitioners. The
e-journal is freely available to read, download, copy and reproduce for any
legitimate purposes without asking the author or publisher for permission to
do so. However, the source of the article must be clearly indicated.
Copyright is retained by the author.

Editors
* Alice Feldman
* Ronaldo Munck

managing editor
* Torben Krings
torben.krings[at]dcu.ie

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The preliminary program for the Affecting Irishness Conference at TCD,
January 13 and 14, 2006 is now available:
http://www.affectingirishness.com/files/Affecting_Irishness_Draft_Schedul=
e_o
f_Panels2.doc

Quite a bit of interest to the list. =20

Bill Mulligan

William H. Mulligan, Jr., Ph.D.
Professor of History
Murray State University
Murray KY 42071-3341 USA=20
=20
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Having exhausted many on-line sources and other sources I am unable to find
out who holds the copyright for Patrick Kavanagh's poem 'The Great Hunger'


Would anyone by chance know this?


Thanks


Liam Clarke

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Liam,

Patrick Kavanagh died in 1967, so, under the standardised European rule,
copyright lasts for 70 years after his death.=20

His wife Katherine Kavanagh died in 1989.

In recent years, when I have seen quotes from Kavangh, they have been
acknowledged thus...
copyright trustees of the estate of the late Katherine B. Kavanagh.

(Though people sometimes mis-spell her first name.)
=20
There is some information on the TCD Patrick Kavanagh web site...
http://www.tcd.ie/English/patrickkavanagh/

http://www.tcd.ie/English/patrickkavanagh/thetrust.html

The Tustees listed there are...=20
Leland Bardwell, Patrick MacEntee, Eil=E9an N=ED Chuillean=E1in, Eunan =
O'Halpin,
and Macdara Woods.

But TCD should be able to help further.

In the Irish papers a few years ago there was some talk of a =
'long-running'
legal battle about ownership of the copyright, but I have seen some
instances where Clarification has been demanded...

Thus...

http://archives.tcm.ie/businesspost/2001/11/18/story828778828.asp

'Clarification
Kavanagh's Literary Estate: In an article published on 11 March 2001
entitled 'Keeper of Kavanagh's Literary Flame' we referred to the =
ownership
of the copyright in the works of the late Patrick Kavanagh, poet. We are
happy to acknowledge that ownership of this copyright is vested in =
Trustees
by virtue of the terms of the will of the late Kathleen Kavanagh, widow =
of
the poet, who in turn became entitled to the copyright on the death of =
her
husband. Further we acknowledge that these trustees have at all times =
sought
to ensure regular publication of Kavanagh's works and have applied the
resultant proceeds to the support of deserving writers. Insofar as our
article stated or implied otherwise, we apologise wholeheartedly to the
Trustees.'

P.O'S.

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Of Liam Clarke
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Subject: [IR-D] inquiry

Having exhausted many on-line sources and other sources I am unable to =
find
out who holds the copyright for Patrick Kavanagh's poem 'The Great =
Hunger' =20


Would anyone by chance know this?


Thanks


Liam Clarke =20

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The Table of Contents of the latest issue of the journal Immigrants and
Minorities has been flagged up by our systems...

It is the Enda Delaney/Donald M MacRaild Special Issue, Irish Migration,
Networks and Ethnic Identities...

Our congratulations to Enda and Don, and it is good to see so many IR-D list
members there... And to see published papers first heard at quick dash
conferences...

This is a Taylor & Francis journal, so it has a good web presence - IR-D
members in academia may find they have access...

However... Abstracts and full text have not yet appeared on the web site...
They will, soon.

But I thought I had better display the TOC here, good and early.

P.O'S.


publication
Immigrants and Minorities

ISSN
0261-9288 electronic 1744-0521

publisher
Taylor & Francis Group

year - volume - issue
2005 - 23 - 2/3



articles

Irish Migration, Networks and Ethnic Identities Since 1750: An Introduction
Delaney, Enda - MacRaild, Donald M

'Women of the Wild Geese': Irish Women, Exile and Identity in Spain,
1750-1775
Knox, Andrea

Metropole and Colony: Irish Networks and Patronage in the Eighteenth-Century
Empire
Bailey, Craig

'We are Irish Everywhere': Irish Immigrant Networks in Charleston, South
Carolina, and Savannah, Georgia
Gleeson, David T - Buttimer, Brendan J

Priests, Publicans and the Irish Poor: Ethnic Enterprise and Migrant
Networks in Mid-Nineteenth-Century Liverpool
Belchem, John

'Operating in the Ethnic Sphere': Irish Migrant Networks and the Question of
Respectability in Nineteenth-Century South Wales
Miskell, Louise

Networking Respectability: Class, Gender and Ethnicity among the Irish in
South Wales, 1845-1914
O'Leary, Paul

Exporting Brotherhood: Orangeism in South Australia
Fitzpatrick, David

Networks, Communication and the Irish Protestant Diaspora in Northern
England, c.1860-1914
MacRaild, Donald M

'Bands of Fellowship': The Role of Personal Relationships and Social
Networks Among Irish Migrants in New Zealand, 1861-1911
McCarthy, Angela

Deconstructing Diasporas: Networks and Identities among the Irish in Buffalo
and Toronto, 1870-1910
Jenkins, William

Imagined Irish Communities: Networks of Social Communication of the Irish
Diaspora in the United States and Britain in the Late Nineteenth and Early
Twentieth Centuries
O'Day, Alan

Transnationalism, Networks and Emigration from Post-War Ireland
Delaney, Enda

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There were extracts from Frank McCourt's new book, Teacher Man, in
yesterday's Guardian...

Opening paras below...

P.O'S.


A lesson to chew on

Frank McCourt spent 30 years as teacher in New York, a time recalled in his
new book, Teacher Man, from which we publish these exclusive extracts. Here
he describes his first day at work. It was March, 1958. And the trouble
began with a sandwich ...
Frank McCourt
Tuesday November 22, 2005

Guardian
Here they are. The door slams against the shelf that runs along the base of
the blackboard, stirs a cloud of chalk dust. Entering a room is a big deal.
Why couldn't they simply walk into the room, say Good morning, and sit? Oh,
no. They have to push and jostle. One says, Hey, in a mock threatening way
and another one says, Hey, right back. They insult one another, ignore the
late bell, take their time sitting. That's cool, baby. Look, there's a new
teacher up there and new teachers don't know shit. So? Bell? Teacher? New
guy. Who is he? Who cares?

They talk to friends across the room, lounge in desks too small for them,
stick out their legs, laugh if someone trips. They stare out the window,
over my head at the American flag, or the pictures taped to the walls by
Miss Mudd, now retired, pictures of Emerson, Thoreau, Whitman, Emily
Dickinson and - how did he get here? - Ernest Hemingway. It's the Life
magazine cover and that picture is everywhere. They gouge their initials on
desk tops with penknives, declarations of love with hearts and arrows
alongside the long-ago gougings of their fathers and brothers. Some old
desks are gouged so deep you can see your knees through holes where hearts
and names used to be. Couples sit together, hold hands, whisper and gaze
into each other's eyes while three boys against the back closets sing
doo-wop, bass, baritone and high notes, man, snap fingers, tell the world
they're just teenagers in love.

Five times a day they push into the room. Five classes, thirty to
thirty-five in each class. Teenagers? In Ireland we saw them in American
movies, moody, surly, driving around in cars, and we wondered why they were
moody and surly. They had food and clothes and money and still they were
mean to their parents. There were no teenagers in Ireland, not in my world.
You were a child. You went to school till you were fourteen. If you were
mean to your parents they'd give you a good belt in the gob and send you
flying across the room. You grew up, got a labouring job, got married, drank
your pint on a Friday night, jumped on the wife that same night and kept her
pregnant forever. In a few years you emigrated to England to work on the
building sites or to enlist in His Majesty's forces and fight for the
Empire...

Full Text at...
http://books.guardian.co.uk/print/0,3858,5338056-101750,00.html

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Train of thought...

P.O'S.

Review of

Memoir
John McGahern
Faber & Faber

'Long before Frank McCourt made an entire publishing industry out of
twinkly-eyed accounts of the poverty and institutionalised brutality of
mid-20th-century rural Ireland, John McGahern, Ireland's greatest living
novelist, had already shone wise and unsparing light on this same world in
his novels, The Barracks (1963) and The Dark (1965). The latter was banned
in Ireland as pornographic and cost McGahern his career as a teacher.'

'The shadows of his mother and father fall long across this book,
diametrically opposed to one another. ...McGahern's recollection of his
relationship with his mother borders on veneration. His enduring love for
her is profound and yearning - he refers to her repeatedly as 'my beloved' -
but she fulfils a greater role than mother in his early years.

She is also his defender against the raw violence of his father, who lived
for the most part in the barracks 20 miles from the family farm and returned
only sporadically.'

Text at...
http://books.guardian.co.uk/reviews/biography/0,,1577199,00.html#article_con
tinue

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Paddy,
I wonder if someone on this list would have any information about =
Panathinaikos FC of Greece. The club wears green and white jerseys, but =
of more interest to me is the fact that the club's logo appears to be a =
shamrock. =20
Thanks,
Matthew

Matthew Barlow

Department of History
D=E9partement d'Histoire
Universit=E9 Concordia University

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