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Regarding Tom's comments on Canada, I know there is a tendency on the part
of some migration people, especially non-Canadians, to idealise the Canadian
system.

It's true that the policy of multi-culturalism was in part a pragmatic
response to the awkward question of what to do about the French-speakers.
It's also true, I think, that Paul Yuzyk's solution, taken up by Trudeau,
was a breakthrough idea. Yuzyk, as a Ukrainian Canadian, saw that the
French/Anglo tension actually provided an opportunity as well as
constituting a threat. Once the First Nations communities were included, it
at least provided a roadmap for the future and for the integration of
Canadians of whatever ethnic background, however flawed the actuality on
occasions.

I think Canadian immigration policy is certainly open to criticism, notably
in the way in which it cherry-picks only the kind of migrants that Canada
really wants. This kind of thing is easier to do if you happen to govern
Canada or NZ and don't have next-door neighbours of the kind we have in the
Mediterranean or the US has south of the Rio Grande. But there is a plus to
the Canadian approach as well - not so much on the issue of immigration but
rather on integration. Canadian citizenship is itself a fragile flower which
may yet wither in the face of an irrendentist Quebec (and what will happen
to the maritime provinces then?). But Canada does recognise that when it
invests in immigration it is investing in future citizens. The US does as
well, but I think Canada goes a good deal further in fostering citizenship
and integration as an ideology. For all its faults, when you measure the
standard indices like inter-ethnic marriage, socio-economic advancement and
political participation, there is a good deal of good news about Canadian
integration, although it has apparently proved a more difficult process in
the past decade than heretofore and there is no denying that issues like
pre-arrival education and qualifications, cultural distance and numbers have
something to do with it. But it's better than Ireland, where any foreigner
will soon find that s/he is always going to be seen as a foreigner - we may
have fairly generous citizenship laws but being accepted in the court of
public opinion is another matter entirely.

I agree with Tom about European nationalisms. In that sense the EU project
really has run of steam - the 1990s has not just witnessed the vanishing of
the Warsaw Pact but also the end of any illusion that an over-arching
European identity would some day supplant national atavisms. For that
matter, as the debate concerning the Treaty of Maastricht (1992) showed all
too clearly, the concept of 'European Citizenship' was never going to be an
inclusive one, allowing us all to transcend the exclusivities of the nation
model and providing a safe haven for migrants, refugees and minorities.
Instead we chickened out and decided that if you were a citizen of a Member
State you must be an EU citizen as well, but no-one else was. Meanwhile all
the larger states look to their own interests, not the EU collectively.
Looking at geopolitics, we see the British clinging to the archaic belief
that they still have some kind of 'special relationship' with the US, while
France still thinks it's a super-power, God help us, and the Germans have an
economy which is in too much of a mess, with 5m unemployed, for them to pay
much attention to world affairs apart from their half-hearted campaign for a
permanent seat at the UN. It's true that the US has lots of old-new friends
in 'new Europe'of the former Warsaw bloc, but that's primarily an insurance
policy against the Russian bear.

Readers may remember an incident in the early 1990s when an American spy
plane was apparently forced down on Chinese territory. I saw a discussion at
the time on French tv with a Sinologue who, after much heavyweight analysis
of the implications for US-Chinese relations, was asked what the Chinese
might hope for in terms of European diplomacy. He laughed 'l'Europe? Pour
les Chinois, c'est un musee magnifique...'

I am less pessimistic, all the same, about what Tom describes as 'culturally
militant types'. The Mediterranean has always been a region of exchange and
hybridity. There is something of a crisis at present concerning Islam and
Europe. Turkey was certainly a factor in the attitudes which led to the
collapse of the project for a European constitution last year. But peaceful
coexistence is more common that riots and flag-burning. Ireland is an
interesting case in this respect, for it is, in Ullrich Beck's terminology,
experiencing that 'secord modernity' in which, as in our neighbouring
countries, secularism is not so much seen as opposed to religions but as
constituting a belief system like any other. In the Irish case it seems to
me that this is nuanced by the fact that Ireland is really a palimpsest, not
a postmodern non-Christian society; elements of the old religion seep
through everywhere. And while agnostics like me may regret that, we also
have to accept that most of our fellow-citizens are believers. I think this
might actually make relations with the Islamic community here easier. That's
a view that is shared by others - the Islamic community in Dublin only
opened its first school (a normal state school, with an additional religious
curriculum) in the past 10 years; they were smart enough to appoint a Roman
Catholic as head.

Piaras

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Thanks to Piaras for an excellent and temperate statement. It is a fine
balance for my mischievous glee in tipping over of sacred cows. In reality,
much of what Europeans say about the US is shallow, and what Americans say
about Europe can be equally silly. Of course, most Americans don't say much
about Europe; they're dismissive of it. They think of Europe as the
decrepit grand aunt you have to invite to the family gathering because she
was grandma's sister, but who you know will be a pain in the neck the whole
time she's there and won't even put you in the will. :)

Overall, our exchanges will have been a good exercise if they actually help
us develop non-politicized criteria for assessing policies and outcomes and
perhaps even examine the values that define what positive outcomes are.

Tom

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Nicola NicAoidh


-----Original Message-----
From: Nicola NicAoidh [mailto:sm00na[at]groupwise.uhi.ac.uk]=20
Subject: Rannsachadh na G=E0idhlig 2006

RnG 2006: An d=E0rna gairm airson ph=E0ipearan=20
(Second call for abstracts: English follows below)

'S e seo an d=E0rna gairm airson ghe=E0rr-chunntasan airson co-labhairt
Rannsachadh na G=E0idhlig 2006. Th=E8id Rannsachadh na G=E0idhlig a =
chumail am
bliadhna aig Sabhal M=F2r Ostaig san Eilean Sgitheanach, air 18-21 an =
t-Iuchar
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Cuirear f=E0ilte air p=E0ipearan fa chomhair gach cuspair aig a bheil =
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Tha s=F9il ri suas ri 80 p=E0ipear, 20 mionaid de dh'fhaid, le =F9ine a =
bharrachd
airson deasbaid. Gu ruige seo, chaidh gabhail ri timcheall air 35
ge=E0rr-chunntasan -'s urrainnear am faicinn air
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Mar sin, tha cothrom ann fhathast ge=E0rr-chunntas a chur a-staigh. =
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ro 21
an Giblean 2006.

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ENGLISH version:
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Rannsachadh na G=E0idhlig - Rannsachadh na G=E0idhlig 2006, to be held =
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18-21 July 2006 at Sabhal M=F2r Ostaig, Skye.

Academic papers pertaining to Gaelic are welcomed, from a range of =
academic
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or
English. =20

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Papers
should be 20 minutes in length, while some time will be given to the
discussion of each paper. Until now, approximately 35 abstracts of =
papers
have been accepted. These abstracts can be viewed on
http://www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/rng2006=20

The deadline for abstracts has been extended to 21st April 2006. It is
kindly requested that abstracts are sent to: sm00rng[at]groupwise.uhi.ac.uk =


Papers will be presented in themed sessions.

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they book accommodation and meals, as required, as soon as possible, =
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D=F9rachdan
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Mapping Irish Studies in the Twenty-First Century
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This book alert has fallen into our nets and will interest many IR-D
members...

A really interesting Beschreibung...

P.O'S.


Titel des Buches Ireland Beyond Boundaries

Untertitel des Buches Mapping Irish Studies in the Twenty-First
Century

Autor(en) des Buches Harte, Liam, Whelan, Yvonne

Verlag des Buches Pluto Press

Erscheinungsdatum des Buches 2006

ISBN des Buches 0745321860 ISBN/ISSN 0745321860
Auflage des Buches 240 pp. hardback

Beschreibung Seeking to advance the understanding of Irish
Studies as an interdisciplinary subject, this work provides an assessment of
the development of Irish Studies. It examines some of the key debates that
have underpinned the scholarship in the field and analyses the critical
concerns, which have shaped the subject's remarkable growth.

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Susanna Ashton has placed the text of John Boyle O'Reilly's novel, Moondyne,
on the CELT web site...

The text is prefaced with Susanna Ashton's paper, John Boyle O'Reilly and
Moondyne (1878), which many IR-D members will find of interest and use.

P.O'S.

See...
http://celt.ucc.ie/published/E850005-001/E850005-001.html

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I have been waiting for, and then looking for, the TOCs of recent issues of
the Canadian Journal of Irish Studies.

Does anybody have them, or know where they are now displayed?

I particularly wanted to note the Special Issue edited by Kevin James and
Jason King, which moves forward significantly Canadian Irish, and therefore
Irish Diaspora, Studies...

P.O'S.

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Immigrants & Minorities has long been a very significant scholarly journal
over here...

http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/02619288.asp

"Immigrants & Minorities, founded in 1981, provides a major outlet for
research into the history of immigration and related studies. It seeks to
deal with the complex themes involved in the construction of 'race' and with
the broad sweep of ethnic and minority relations within a historical
setting. Its coverage is international and recent issues have dealt with
studies on the USA, Australia, the Middle East and the UK. The journal also
supports an extensive review section..."

It now has, at last, a web presence with Routledge T & F - with, as yet,
very little on the web site...

However the free sample issue is

Immigrants & Minorities
Issue: Volume 23, Number 1 / March, 2005

A number of interesting articles, including...

Angela McCarthy
Personal Letters, Oral Testimony and Scottish Migration to New Zealand in
the 1950s: The Case of Lorna Carter pp. 59 - 79

...for those who want to add to their Angela McCarthy collection (and who
does not?)...

Krista Maglen
Importing Trachoma: The Introduction into Britain of American Ideas of an
'Immigrant Disease', 1892-1906 pp. 80 - 99

...continuing the Ellis Island connection, and for those who study the ways
in which discourse of health and the immigrant get intertwined...

When I visited Ellis Island I found the emphasis on trachoma quite hard to
understand. But now I have read Krista Maglen...

Willie Thompson's review essay is also worth a look, and the large Review
section - wrongly labelled on the web site - includes a review of Pamela
Sharpe's volume (2001). Which included 'Gender and twentieth-century Irish
migration 1921-71' by Enda Delaney. And reviews of Catherine Hirst's book
on Belfast. And David Gleeson, The Irish in the South, reviewed by Enda
Delaney...

P.O'S.

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Paddy

Does anybody on the list know of any study of the role and function in the
diaspora of the Irish National Foresters? Membership was restricted to
those of Irish birth or descent. In Liverpool the membership extended from
City Councillors to IRB activists and 'suspects', and there were separate
branches for women and sections for juveniles. Dressed in uniform and
Robert Emmet costumes, they formed the guard of honour whenever any Irish
notable was visiting Liverpool. And they tried to promote the Irish
language and gaelic sports. Here then was collective mutuality, ethnic
associational culture and nationalist unity. Was this the pattern
elsewhere? Any help and advice much appreciated. John Belchem

Professor John Belchem
School of History
University of Liverpool
9 Abercromby Square
Liverpool L69 7WZ
email: j.c.belchem[at]liv.ac.uk
phone: (0)151-794-2370
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I have heard of the group in the US, but they were not active in the =
Copper
Country in Michigan as far as I know. Have you looked at Michael =
Funchion's
reference book on Irish American organization? It was published by
Greenwood a number of years ago. I've used it but do not have access to =
a
copy (time to go to abebooks.com I guess) but it is pretty =
comprehensive,
especially for the national level organizations, based on the research =
that
had been done when it appeared. . =20

Bill Mulligan=20

William H. Mulligan, Jr., Ph.D.
Professor of History
Murray State University
Murray KY 42071-3341 USA=20
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IR-D members have commented before on uninformative titles to article...

This is a very peculiar example. I have added a note of explanation to =
the
title in our Subject line, above.

This article simply would not have been noticed if we did not have =
alerts
searching the Abstracts. I do not have access to it, but it looks like =
a
significant piece of work.

P.O'S.

=20
`DWELLING IN DISPLACEMENT'

Authors: Malone, Mary; Dooley, John

Source: Community, Work & Family, Volume 9, Number 1, Number 1/February
2006, pp. 11-28(18)

Publisher:Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group

=20
Abstract:
This paper is a successor to an earlier one (Malone, Community, Work &
Family, 4 (2), 195=96213, 2001) which described the development of a
`community saved' among first-generation Irish immigrants in North-West
London, UK. A distinct and health-enhancing `sense' of community founded =
on
mutual helping networks, a belief in family ties, the importance of paid
work and the Roman Catholic Church was identified within this Irish
immigrant group. For the second generation or London Irish, upon whom =
this
paper focuses, `community' and `sense' of community have meanings which
differ significantly from those of their first-generation forebears. The
London Irish describe the anonymity they experience within their
contemporary urban `home' and yearn, instead, for an idyllic but =
mythical
`homeland' =97 the rural Ireland of long ago. Disparities between the =
two
groups yield insights into those elements which truly shape experience =
of
`community' and `sense' of community and which can only be understood =
within
the conceptual, geographical and intellectual boundaries of what has =
been
called the `diasporic space'.=20

Ce papier suit =E0 un pr=E9c=E9dent (Malone, Community, Work & Family, 4 =
(2),
195=96213, 2001) qui a d=E9peint le d=E9veloppement d'une `communaut=E9 =
sauv=E9' parmi
les immigrants irlandais de la premi=E8re g=E9n=E9ration au nord-ouest =
de Londres.
Un `sentiment de communaut=E9', =E0 la fois marqu=E9 et assanisant, et =
fond=E9 sur
des r=E9saux d'assistance r=E9ciproque, le croyance dans les liens =
familiaux,
l'importance du travail salari=E9, et l'Eglise Catholique, a =E9t=E9 =
identifi=E9
parmi ce groupe immigrant irlandais. Pour les immigrants de la =
deuzi=E8me
g=E9n=E9ration, ainsi nomm=E9 les `London Irish', et sujet de ce =
papier-ci, `la
communaut=E9' et `le sentiment de communaut=E9' ont des significations =
tr=E8s
diff=E9rentes de la premi=E8re g=E9n=E9ration. Les London Irish parle de =
l'anonyme
de leur exp=E9rience dans le domicile urbain, ils br=FBlent de revoir le =
`terre
patrie', idylle mythique d'un Irlande rural du bon vieux temps. Ces
diff=E9rences fournissent des aper=E7us des =E9l=E9ments qui forment =
l'exp=E9rience de
`la communaut=E9' et du `sentiment de communaut=E9', =E9l=E9ments qui ne =
sont
compris que dans les bornes de la conception, de la g=E9ographie et de
l'intellect, bornes de ce qui a =E9t=E9 d=E9sign=E9 `l'espace =
diasporique'.

Keywords: London Irish; sense of community; diaspora; transgenerational;
homeland

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1080/13668800500420947

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A number of IR-D members are interested in pilgrimage.

This item =96 though now quite old =96 has turned up as the databases =
move
backwards in time

P.O=92S.

Annals of the Association of American Geographers
Volume 73=A0Page 421=A0 - September 1983
doi:10.1111/j.1467-8306.1983.tb01426.xVolume 73 Issue 3=A0

Irish Pilgrimage: The Different Tradition

Mary Lee Nolan1

Abstract
The geographer's contribution to the study of religious phenomena is of
special importance under circumstances in which scholars representing
various disciplines tend to make generalizations based on a few, =
possibly
nonrepresentative examples. The understanding of contemporary Western
European pilgrimage is currently clouded by lack of generally available =
data
on continental shrines and a tendency toward overreliance on Irish cases
without adequate consideration of the highly atypical nature of the =
Irish
pilgrimage tradition. This paper, grounded in data on 5,130 currently =
active
Roman Catholic shrines in Western Europe, provides a cultural-historical
explanation for the uniqueness of Irish pilgrimage and analyzes the =
major
structural differences between Irish pilgrimage traditions and those =
found
elsewhere in Europe.


Patrick O'Sullivan
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Department of Social Sciences and Humanities University of Bradford =
Bradford
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Subject: Eighth Annual Grian Conference: 3-5 March 2006,
NYU - full schedule now available
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From: Scott B Spencer [mailto:scott.spencer[at]nyu.edu]=20
Subject: Eighth Annual Grian Conference: 3-5 March 2006, NYU - full =
schedule
now available

=A0
GRIAN is an Irish Studies organization, based at Glucksman Ireland House =
at
NYU, comprised of scholars affiliated with numerous New York area
universities.=20

Each year GRIAN hosts an interdisciplinary conference on a theme =
pertinent
to Irish Studies and produces a journal entitled Foilsu.
=A0
Please join us for our 2006 conference:
"Eat, Drink, and Be Hungry: Ireland and Consumption"
Eighth Annual Grian Conference: 3-5 March 2006

Click here for the Schedule for the 2006 conference!
http://irelandhouse.fas.nyu.edu/object/grian2006.html

HIBERNET is GRIAN's associated listserv: a forum for event =
announcements,
calls for papers, conference planning, and socializing. If you are
interested in any aspect of Irish Studies and would like to join =
HIBERNET,
please visit the NYU forum website.=20
http://forums.nyu.edu/cgi-bin/nyu.pl?enter=3Dhibernet

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Subject: NISN (Nordic Irish Studies Network) Symposium, Dalarna, Sweden

You are cordially invited to a one-day NISN (Nordic Irish Studies Network)
Symposium: "Remembering and Forgetting in Irish Literature and Politics" at
Dalarna University College, Sweden, on Monday, May 8. The Symposium is
centred round the visit of Prof. Richard Kearney, who will be coming to
Sweden to be opponent at Elin Holmsten's disputation, which takes place at
Uppsala University on Sat May 6.

The Symposium will be officially opened by the Irish Ambassador to Sweden,
Mr Barrie Robinson, and the key speakers include:

Dr Shane Alcobia-Murphy (School of Language & Literature, University of
Aberdeen) "Unfinished Narratives: Memory and the Representation of Bloody
Sunday"

Prof Richard Kearney (Philosophy Dept, Boston College): "Poetics of
Remembrance in Contemporary Irish Culture"

Docent Helena Wulff (Dept of Social Anthropology, Stockholm University):
"Memories in Motion: Place and Travel of Irish Dance"


Welcome to Dalarna!

Irene Gilsenan Nordin


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Fil Dr Irene Gilsenan Nordin, Senior Lecturer
Director DUCIS (Dalarna University Centre for Irish Studies)
Dept. of Arts and Languages
Dalarna University College
SE 791 88 Falun, SWEDEN

Tel: +46 23 778308, Fax: +46 23 778080
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Hi Patrick,

Could you please post the following CFP on the IR-D?
best
Joseph=20
____________________________
Joseph Lennon, Assistant Professor
Department of English
Manhattan College





A C I S / M L A Panels=20
Submission Due By: 2006-03-01
ACIS Affiliated: yes
CFP Posted on: 2006-01-09 20:29:20


Modern Language Association (MLA) / ACIS panels, 2006, Philadelphia. =
Three possible panels are listed below; depending on the response, two =
of the following will be chosen for the MLA panel in 2006. If you have =
additional suggestions or questions, please send them to Joseph Lennon. =
All panelists must be ACIS members by the time of the MLA.=20

IRISH WRITERS / FOREIGN AUDIENCES: Papers should address how Irish =
writers have represented Ireland and Irish culture or Irish characters =
with foreign audiences in mind. Irishness long ago became an interest to =
audiences in England, continental Europe, Asia, and North and South =
America. Papers with a theoretical and/or rhetorical focus are welcome. =
The panel may include writers from a range of periods and genres, but =
each paper should pay close attention to either the history of Irish =
publishing abroad or (to use a contemporary phrase) the marketing of =
Ireland in other countries. Papers may discuss Irish writers who have =
lived abroad, including Irish-American authors.=20

GENDER AND MINOR THEMES / AUTHORS OF CELTIC REVIVALS: Gender issues in =
Celtic Revivals, both those of the 18th and 20th centuries, were not =
discussed for many years. Much valuable scholarship has been done in the =
last decades on gender and "major" Revival figures. How do these =
insights compare in the work of "minor" figures and cultural themes? How =
do they gender their characters, their poetry, their nationalism, their =
religious/spiritual, and political issues. How does gender play a role =
in themes beyond nationalism-of spiritualism, Irish-language, suffrage, =
Orientalism, anti-vivisection, labor, hunger, rural, or other =
representations?=20

COLUM MCCANN: Colum McCann is one of the preeminent Irish fiction =
writers today, yet he rarely sets his fiction in Ireland. Papers should =
address one of his novels, his short stories, or his screenplays / =
films. One film of his short story, "Everything in this Country Must" =
was nominated for an Academy Award in 2004-perhaps we could arrange to =
screen the 20-minute film and have papers discussing it? His novels are =
not limited to Irish issues, and neither should these papers be so =
limited.=20

300-500 word abstracts due by March 1 to Joseph Lennon, ACIS Literature =
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Contact Joseph Lennon
Department of English, Manhattan College, Manhattan College Parkway
Bronx, NY 10471
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This is an excerpt of a chapter I wrote for The Irish Parading Tradition (e=
dt Fraser) around 1998 - it helps give a picture of the Foresters importanc=
e in Scotland.
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Dr Joe Bradley
University of Stirling=20
=20

The Irish National Foresters (I.N.F.) was one of the most significant organ=
isations which incorporated major parades into its calendar of events, this=
at a time when such demonstrations were viewed as integral to many contemp=
orary cultural practices. The Foresters functioned as an insurance, welfar=
e, friendly and political association, and was one of the most obvious mani=
festations of Irish identity in Scotland continuing links with home and her=
itage in Ireland. A vast number, if not the majority, of Catholic families=
amongst the diaspora in Scotland contained members of the Foresters. Towa=
rds the end of the 19th and throughout the early decades of the 20th centur=
ies, the I.N.F. was a primary Irish organisation in Scotland.=20=20

In 1903 the I.N.F. held a well attended sports day at the Glasgow home of t=
he immigrants sporting heroes, Celtic Football Club.12 However, ten years =
later the annual demonstration of the I.N.F. was viewed as being partly res=
ponsible for inhibiting a greater attendance at the Glasgow/Scotland versus=
Kilkenny exhibition G.A.A. hurling match also held at Celtic Park. On the=
same day at Whifflet in Coatbridge, ten miles east of Glasgow, a Foresters=
demonstration took place and many thousands of Irish Catholics attended. =
With an estimated 100,000 members in Scotland on the eve of the First World=
War, men women and juniors, the I.N.F. held the allegiances of many member=
s of the Catholic community. It is not surprising that a minority sporting=
occasion, Irish or otherwise, had failed to attract widespread interest am=
ongst the immigrants.13 ..............................=20

............................... The Irish National Foresters remained impo=
rtant amongst the plethora of Catholic and Irish bodies in Scotland until a=
t least the Second World War. By 1936 the Foresters still retained over 5,=
000 in its juvenile section alone.18 Nevertheless, the growth of the Ancie=
nt Order of Hibernians in Scotland rivalled the strength and marching prowe=
ss of the Foresters, although membership of both organisations frequently o=
verlapped. Despite being a distinct organisation, the A.O.H. at this time =
was similar to the Foresters, at least in relation to its members Catholici=
ty, politics and Irishness, as well as its friendly status. Both organisat=
ions demonstrations served a number of functions and they allowed the Irish=
to congregate, to maintain a sense of community and celebrate its Irishnes=
s and Catholicity. At the annual demonstration of the A.O.H. in Hamilton i=
n 1912, over 30,000 nationalists were reported to have taken part. Resolut=
ions were passed congratulating Redmond and the Irish National Parliamentar=
y Party, and the meeting resolved to assist them by every means within its =
power in its endeavours to place the government of Ireland in the hands of =
the Irish people. After the march:

the procession of the different contingents, headed by their bands and bann=
ers, through the town formed an imposing spectacle, which was witnessed by =
thousands of spectators. Forty-five different bodies marched in the proces=
sion which was led by the famous O Neill War Pipe Band, Armagh.19

A year later, 50,000 Hibernians took part in a procession in Kilmarnock, be=
fore being addressed by their national president, Joseph Devlin.20 Many of=
the bands which participated in Hibernian and similar demonstrations were =
Church and Catholic parochial associations and bodies.=20=20

In 1919 in the Lanarkshire village of Glenboig, twenty-nine male divisions =
and fourteen female divisions marched for the annual demonstration of the L=
anark County on the 30th of August.21 .......................

......................In 1929, 35,000 people took part at an A.O.H. parade =
in Dumbarton, 40,000 took part in Hamilton in 1930, 10,000 participated at =
a rally in Edinburgh in 1931 and 30,000 walked in a demonstration held in t=
he Lanarkshire town of Blantyre in 1932.23 At one of the last major rallie=
s held in Scotland shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War, 40,=
000 people collected to march in the strongly Hibernian village of Carfin, =
Lanarkshire, in west-central Scotland.24=20=20

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I have heard of the group in the US, but they were not active in the Copper
Country in Michigan as far as I know. Have you looked at Michael Funchion's
reference book on Irish American organization? It was published by
Greenwood a number of years ago. I've used it but do not have access to a
copy (time to go to abebooks.com I guess) but it is pretty comprehensive,
especially for the national level organizations, based on the research that
had been done when it appeared. .=20

Bill Mulligan

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





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The following is apparently the American Civil Liberty Union's recent
perspective on some pending U.S. immigration legislation and how it
would affect Irish visitors, Irish-born people (not US citizens) in
the US, etc.:

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The following alert is from the ACLU
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I wanted to give you an update on the immigration
legislation being considered by Congress that poses a
serious threat to the civil liberties of the Irish
community.

Our time is running out to stop or improve this
legislation so it is going to be crucial that we
jump into action. In the upcoming weeks the Irish
community has a unique opportunity to have an influence
on the final drafts of legislation that will be moving
forward.

Please feel free to circulate this email to
other leaders in the Irish-American community who could
take action on these issues.

Thanks for all of your hard work and dedication to this.

Matt Bowles
(ACLU's National Field Organizer)

----

WHICH BILL WILL MOVE:

As you know, the Sensenbrenner-King bill has already
passed the House and poses a grave threat to Irish
immigrants. There are currently multiple immigration
bills that have been introduced in the Senate, some
better than others. I know some of the Irish groups have
endorsed McCain-Kennedy, but the reality is that McCain-
Kennedy is not going to move. The immigration bill that
will be the vehicle in the Senate, and that will
ultimately have to be conferenced with Sensenbrenner-
King if it passes, is a bill by Senator Arlen Specter
that will be circulated later this week. As Chair of
the Judiciary Committee he will be taking parts of the
different bills and putting them together to create his
own. So, it will be imperative for the leadership of
the Irish community to tell Specter that he should
include the good parts of the McCain-Kennedy bill and
not to include the bad parts we have seen in the
Sensenbrenner-King bill.

TIMETABLE:

Chairman Specter will circulate a draft of his bill on
Thursday, February 28th. That means that we have
Tuesday and Wednesday of this week to pressure him to
improve his draft bill before it is released publicly.
Please call (and write if you have time) Senator Specter
before next Thursday.

After it is introduced on Thursday, there will be
Judiciary Committee mark-ups of the bill on each of the
following three Thursdays (March 2, 9, and 16). During
those markups, Senators on the Judiciary Committee will
be able to propose amendments to the Specter bill.
During these three weeks, it will be very important for
the Irish American community to pressure the members to
the Judiciary Committee to support amendments that
improve the bill, and oppose amendments that make it
worse. And finally it will be important to pressure
other Senators to support good amendments on the floor
and oppose bad ones when this comes to a vote, probably
by early April.

TOP TARGETS FOR IRISH PRESSURE:

Specter (R-PA) - Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee
DeWine (R-OH) - Judiciary Committee Member
Biden (D-DE) - Judiciary Committee Member
Feinstein (D-CA) - Judiciary Committee Member
Schumer (D-NY) - Judiciary Committee Member
Clinton (D-NY)
Lugar (R-IN)
Voinovich (R-OH)

IRISH TALKING POINTS ON IMMIGRATION BILL

We have seen the Sensenbrenner-King bill and we
understand that a new bill will be introduced by Senator
Specter in the Senate relating to Immigration. We wish
to convey to the Senator our concerns about provisions
in these other bills, which pose a direct threat to the
Irish immigrant community in America, and ask that he
not include any such provisions in his bill. The
problematic provisions that raise serious concerns for
us are the following:

INDEFINITE DETENTION

The Sensenbrenner bill would explicitly authorize
detention of Irish non-citizens for an unlimited time if
they cannot be removed from the United States. So, if
Ireland or the UK refused to accept an Irish non-citizen
being deported from the US (for example, because they
deemed that person a national security risk as a result
of that person's prior involvement with the IRA), the
bill would permit the indefinite detention of of that
person in the US.

Furthermore, if an Irish non-citizen were charged even
with very minor immigration violations, but the US
deemed that person a national security risk, they could
also be held indefinitely.

CRIMINALIZING IMMIGRATION STATUS

The Sensenbrenner bill will make every immigration
violation, however minor, into a federal crime. The
bill would create a new federal crime of "illegal
presence" - even without any intent to violate the
immigration laws.

Furthermore, the overbroad definition of "smuggling"
could criminalize the work of Catholic churches or Irish
refugee organizations acting in good faith. Harboring
anyone from Ireland who is illegally in the US is made a
crime, even if the church or Irish organization
assisting the individual had no intent of financial
gain. It makes it criminal for churches or refugee
organizations to try to help and treats such
organizations the same as smuggling operations.

COURT STRIPPING

The Sensenbrenner bill empowers the US government to
revoke the visas of Irish temporary residents without
judicial review. Irish visitors, students, guest
workers to the U.S. who hold non-immigrant visas (e.g.,
students, guest workers, etc.) must sign a waiver of
their right to judicial review to obtain a visa.

Deportation of Irish immigrants based on secret evidence
of involvement in a terrorist group or merely
'endorsing' or 'espousing' terrorism will no longer have
judicial review.

Furthermore, all federal immigration cases would be
funnelled into a separate court of appeals for
immigration, ghettoizing deportation cases away from the
regular justice system with serious consequences to the
quality of justice.

EXPANDS EXPEDITED REMOVAL

Requires the border patrol to pick up and deport -
without even an administrative hearing - Irish non-
citizens arriving within 100 miles of the border that an
agent thinks are undocumented immigrants who have been
present less than 14 days. This includes ports of entry
such as airports in New York and Boston.

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Zadvydas v. Davis
533 U.S. 678 (2001)
Docket Number: 99-7791
Abstract

Argued:
February 21, 2001

Decided:
June 28, 2001

Subjects: Civil Rights: Deportation


Facts of the Case
After a final removal order is entered, an alien ordered removed is held in
custody during a 90-day removal period. If the alien is not removed in those
90 days, the post-removal-period detention statute authorizes further
detention or supervised release. After being ordered deported based on his
criminal record, efforts to deport Kestutis Zadvydas failed. When he
remained in custody after the removal period expired, Zadvydas filed a
habeas action. In granting the writ, the District Court reasoned that his
confinement would be permanent and thus violate the Constitution. In
reversing, the Court of Appeals concluded that Zadvydas' detention did not
violate the Constitution because eventual deportation was not impossible.
Conversely, in ordering Kim Ho Ma's release, the District Court held that
the Constitution forbids post-removal-period detention unless there is a
realistic chance that an alien will be removed, and that no such chance
existed here because Cambodia has no repatriation treaty with the United
States. In affirming, the Court of Appeals concluded that detention was not
authorized for more than a reasonable time beyond the 90-day period.


Question Presented
Does the post-removal-period statute authorize the Attorney General to
detain a removable alien indefinitely beyond the 90-day removal period?


Conclusion
No. In a 5-4 opinion delivered by Justice Stephen G. Breyer, the Court held
that "the statute, read in light of the Constitution's demands, limits an
alien's post-removal-period detention to a period reasonably necessary to
bring about that alien's removal from the United States" and "does not
permit indefinite detention." "Based on our conclusion that indefinite
detention of aliens in the former category would raise serious
constitutional concerns, we construe the statute to contain an implicit
'reasonable time' limitation, the application of which is subject to federal
court review," wrote Justice Breyer.


********************

My understanding is that the government can hold a person longer than 90
days if removal remains a possibility. The detention, however, must be
frequently reviewed.

Tom

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From Monday's Washington Post





Irish Immigration Slips Into Reverse
As Post-9/11 Security Increases Pressure on the Undocumented, Emerald Isle
Offers Haven

By Michelle Garcia
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, February 20, 2006; A03

NEW YORK -- By now the shipping container carrying Jonathan Langan's
material life in the United States has arrived in Ireland. The plush green
furniture, his American flag and the construction tools of his trade are all
gone from his Queens apartment.

Langan, a lanky, red-haired Irishman, was bidding a final farewell to his
adopted country. He didn't leave for want of work -- his fledgling
construction company was booming. Success was his problem. The more
prosperous his company became, the more Langan feared he would get snared by
immigration agents.

"You don't want to give off red flags because you're not supposed to be
working," said Langan, 24, who lived illegally in the United States for
three years. "It's too dangerous, what happens if you get caught."

The green is draining out of the Irish immigration boom that revitalized
neighborhoods across New York over the past two decades. Fear of getting
caught in a post-Sept. 11 net coupled with the booming economy in Ireland is
drawing thousands of Irish back to the Emerald Isle. Numbers vary on how
many have left: The Irish government estimates that about 14,000 Irish
returned from the United States since 2001, with more than half of them
coming from New York. The Census Bureau reported that between 2000 and 2004,
the Irish population throughout the United States shrank by 28,500 people,
to 128,000.

A more vivid picture of the exodus is the Gaelic downtown of the northern
Bronx, on the border with Yonkers, where green signs and shamrocks decorate
store windows.

The Padded Wagon, a popular moving company among the Irish, shipped 30
containers to Ireland in the past three months, each containing the
possessions of an Irish family. The Irish games -- Gaelic football and
hurling -- have suffered losses. More than 200 players returned to Ireland
in the past year, said Seamus Dooley, president of the Gaelic Athletic
Association, which has its games at Gaelic Park in the Bronx.

Last month, the Irish minister for social affairs visited New York, to
unveil "Returning to Ireland," a guide for Irish preparing for a permanent
return trip.

"A travel agent was saying they had sold 1,700 one-way tickets to Ireland,"
said Geraldine McNabb, an Irish-born naturalized citizen, while she sipped a
cranberry cocktail at a pub. "They're not coming back."

Post-Sept. 11 security procedures have disrupted life for the city's
undocumented Irish, who number about 20,000, according to estimates by Irish
officials and activists. Few experience immigration raids in their homes and
job sites. In 2005 just 43 Irish nationals were deported from the United
States, none from the New York area, according to U.S. immigration
officials.

But federal and state policy changes, the fingerprinting of foreign
nationals at airports and a crackdown on driver's licenses have made it much
more difficult to hop a plane to visit relatives or drive a car. And tighter
scrutiny of banking transactions to prevent the financing of terrorism has
scared off families and made starting a business far more dicey.

"What's more alarming to me is people who've been here for years and years
are packing up. Families are moving," said Nollaig Cleary, president of the
women's division of the New York Gaelic Athletic Association. "You've had
the community people who set up business and their families, they're going."

Brenda Flannagan, 31, immigrated illegally to the United States in her
twenties, looking for adventure. Now she has a husband and a baby, and is
looking to settle down. A trip back to Ireland to visit her parents could
leave her open to discovery by immigration officials -- so she is going home
for good.

Raising a child will only compound her difficulties here. "You can't drive.
It will get more difficult," said Flannagan, who expects to leave in the
fall. "Things like play dates and after-school activities."

With fewer immigrants pouring in, and so many Irish packing up, pub talk
revolves around the question of the survival of the Irish spirit in New
York. Irish immigrants poured in by the hundreds of thousands in the 19th
century and again in the early 20th century.

A third wave came in the 1980s when the Irish economy tanked, and it
rejuvenated Irish culture in New York, as politically inspired Irish rock
and hip-hop bands worked the club scene, and Irish theater and poetry spread
throughout the city.

"You have a great Irish neighborhood beginning to crumble," said Niall
O'Dowd, publisher of the Irish Voice and chairman of the newly formed Irish
Lobby for Immigration Reform. "Unfortunately Americans are mixing up
terrorism and immigration."

The Irish, however, retain considerable political clout. Fifteen years ago,
they successfully lobbied Congress to direct tens of thousands of green
cards into the hands of undocumented Irish.

O'Dowd and other activists recently rallied the fighting Irish spirits at
Rory Dolan's pub in Yonkers, as they begin lobbying for an immigration
reform that includes a path to citizenship.

The Irish government contributed 30,000 euros, ($40,000 at today's rate) to
the effort. Tim O'Connor, Ireland's consul general in New York, stresses
that the United States played a vital role in helping to stimulate Ireland's
economic boom with investments.

"It's in the interest of both countries that we have people who have the
ability to go back and forth between both countries," said O'Connor, noting
that 15 percent of new businesses in Ireland were built by returning Irish.

Some Irish take their leave with optimism, looking to the jobs and
construction boom in their homeland.

"Everything is so good in Ireland," said Flannagan, while her husband, John,
a carpenter, was at the pub enjoying "a few sociables." "There's a lot of
construction work for the guys."

Flannagan held her baby girl, a U.S. citizen and last link to the United
States. "Maybe she can sponsor us when she's 21," she said. Then, she added,
"I think the notion of coming back, by then, will be gone."

(c) 2006 The Washington Post Company


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Call for papers: Migration and Citizenship 1500 =AD 2000

Date of Conference: October 19, 2006

The History Department of the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) =
and
the Transatlantic History Student Organization (THSO) are sponsoring the
Seventh Annual Graduate Student Symposium on Transatlantic History. =
Since
1999, this symposium has proved to be a venue for the discussion of
comparative and transnational/transcultural character of the =
interrelations
and interactions between peoples of the Atlantic World.

Since North and South America have been populated by migrants from =
Europe,
Africa and Asia, millions of people have relocated to this =B3New =
World.=B2
These migrants, arriving voluntarily or involuntarily on the new =
continent,
brought with them their cultures, customs, and languages. Throughout the
past these new citizens contributed to a distinctive merging of =
societies in
North and South America. We invite papers that deal with the multitude =
of
social, cultural, linguistic, economic, and political aspects of =
migration
while incorporating definitions of citizenship. Students are encouraged =
to
use a broad and imaginative interpretation of this topic.

Graduate students from history and other disciplines are invited to =
submit
a 300-word abstract and abbreviated curriculum vitae by May 31, 2006.
Authors of papers accepted for a 20-minute presentation will be notified =
by
June 30, 2006. Selected participants will be awarded a small travel =
stipend
to help offset expenses. Please e-mail your abstract to: Paul Rutschmann =
at
prutsch[at]uta.edu and Dr. Thomas Adam at adam[at]uta.edu.

Note: Be sure to include your e-mail and regular mailing address to =
ensure
that you can be reached during the summer of 2006.

Paul Rutschmann=20
President of Transatlantic History Student Organization
University of Texas at Arlington=20
University Hall, room nr. 318
Tel: 817 845 6498
Email: prutsch[at]uta.edu

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Subject: TOC Irish Political Studies, Volume 21, Number 1 / February 2006
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Email Patrick O'Sullivan

Below I have pasted in the TOC of the latest Irish Political Studies...

Perhaps in due course the Irish Political Studies buffs will let us know
what it means...

P.O'S.



Irish Political Studies
Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group
Issue: Volume 21, Number 1 / February 2006

The Northern Ireland 'Peace Polls' pp. 1 - 14
Colin Irwin

Republic of Ireland pp. 15 - 84

Northern Ireland pp. 85 - 111