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Subject: University of North Florida seeks Director of Irish Studies
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Forwarded on behalf of

Richard Bizot, Chair
Irish Studies Search Committee
University of North Florida

Please distribute...

P.O'S.



The University of North Florida
seeks to hire as
Director of Irish Studies
a Professor or Associate Professor of English

Mission: to take a thriving Irish Studies program to the next level.

Requirements:
Ph.D. in English or Comparative Literature.
A specialty within the field of Irish literature.
Broad knowledge of Irish literature and culture.
A record of outstanding teaching and scholarship.
Organizational and entrepreneurial skills.

Expertise in additional, especially contiguous, areas of study welcome.

Terms:
Appointment to begin August 2007.
Salary: competitive, negotiable.
Two-two teaching schedule.

To apply, complete one-page online application at http://www.unfjobs.org
(position # 335000)
and mail letter of application + current CV + three letters of
recommendation.
Postmark deadline for applications: October 30, 2006.

Nominations/applications/inquiries to:
Richard Bizot, Chair
Irish Studies Search Committee
Department of English
University of North Florida
4567 St. Johns Bluff Road, South
Jacksonville, FL 32224-2645, U.S.A.

For further information contact Richard Bizot at rbizot[at]unf.edu.

UNF is an Equal Opportunity/Equal Access/Affirmative Action Institution.

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Subject: CFP Performing Violence in Contemporary Ireland
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Forwarded on behalf of
Dr. Lisa Fitzpatrick
Lecturer in Drama
University of Ulster

Performing Violence in Contemporary Ireland
Call for Papers=20

Scholars and practitioners working on topics in any discipline related =
to
the performance of violence in Ireland are invited to submit proposals =
for
publication in an edited volume of essays.
=20
The editors are interested in papers that address the performance of
violence in the public arena, including paramilitary displays, cultural =
and
political parades and marches, public protests and street performance, =
in
addition to theatre, opera and dance.

Essays (5,000 to 7,000 words) are particularly sought on the following
topics, although we would be happy to hear from potential contributors =
with
other perspectives on the central theme:
=95=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 The Performing Body
=95=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Issues of Representation
=95=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Violence and Efficacy
=95=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Performing Power: social, political and =
economic
=95=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Performance of violence and cultural =
identity
=95=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Rituals of Violence
=95=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Victimhood, Witness and Spectatorship

This collection further develops themes to be debated at the conference
=93Acts of Aggression: the performance of violence in contemporary Irish
Theatre Practice=94, to be held November 17-18 2006 at the University of
Ulster. It is expected to be one element in a major research project on =
the
issue of the Performance of Violence.

Please note that this is not a volume of conference proceedings. Any =
essays
based on conference presentations will be expected to be substantially
revised.

Abstracts for proposed essays must be received by October 30, 2006 to
receive full consideration for inclusion. Contributors will be notified =
in
mid-November. Completed essays will be due to the volume editor by =
December
31st (unless otherwise mutually agreed upon).
=20
Negotiations with publishers are currently in progress and details will =
be
announced shortly. Publication is expected to fall within the RAE 2008
publication period.

Inquiries and abstracts should be sent via e-mail or post to:
Dr. Lisa Fitzpatrick
Lecturer in Drama
University of Ulster
Northland Road, Derry=A0 BT48 7JL
l.fitzpatrick[at]ulster.ac.uk=A0
Inquiries about the November conference are also welcome.

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Subject: REEL 2006 - SCOTTISH/ IRISH FILM FESTIVAL, Edinburgh
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This is a note from

James McKenzie
Filmhouse
Edinburgh

P.O'S.


From: James McKenzie [mailto:jamesm[at]filmhousecinema.com]=20
Subject: REEL 2006 - SCOTTISH/ IRISH FILM FESTIVAL

...between the 28th October and the 9th November we will be running a
festival of Scottish and Irish cinema and associated cultural events.
=A0
Should you require further information on the festival, please do not
hesitate in contacting me on 0131-623-8020.
=A0
Best Wishes

James McKenzie
Filmhouse
Edinburgh

REEL 2006=A0Ticket Deals=20
See any three films in the REEL 2006 season for =A312/=A37.50 =
concessions, or
any six for =A318/=A312 concessions. OR see Across the Waters or Into =
the West
in a group of three or more including at least one child for only =A32 =
per
ticket.

As I stood in the foyer during the Thessaloniki Film Festival I chanced =
upon
a publication =96 REEL Ireland, a showcase of the best in Irish cinema =
old and
new. It was a package being presented at film festivals throughout the
world. It got me thinking, why don=92t we have a similar package for =
Scottish
filmmakers? It was in discussions round this very subject with Cliona
Manahan from the Irish Consulate that the idea of a Scottish-Irish film
festival was born, named REEL after its Irish inspiration.
=20
Both the Irish Film Institute and Scottish Screen were quick to lend =
their
support. The Irish films were selected in collaboration with REEL =
Ireland
and represent the best of recent Irish productions (and co-productions),
along with an in-depth look at Scottish cinema, from teenage filmmakers =
to
student productions, independently produced short films, low budget =
features
and high-profile feelgood movies.=20

The potential for Scottish film runs throughout these productions and, =
with
the opening of the new Screen Academy, supported by Media Access Centres =
and
the continuance of innovative funding and training schemes, Scottish =
film is
on the up, something confirmed by the success of the feature Red Road,
arguably the best Scottish film since Ratcatcher.

James McKenzie
=A0
=A0
www.hottinroof.co.uk=A0=20


First Lights=20
Sat 28 Oct at 1.00pm=20
Various | Britain/Ireland 2005 | 1h30m | BETA SP | U=20
Meet the young filmmakers of the future as they find their voice for the
first time, writing, casting, shooting, lighting, directing and =
producing
their own films.=20
Films screening will be selected from the award winners from Ireland's =
Young
filmmaker of the Year Award (Fresh Film Festival), the National =
Lottery's
First Light scheme, the Futures in Motion schools competition and the
Discovery Youth Screen Project Award =96 dedicated to the memory of
Filmhouse's irreplaceable Education Officer and founder of Scottish Kids =
Are
making Movies, Shiona Wood.

=A0=20
Blind Flight
Sat 28 Oct at 6.00pm
John Furse | Britain 2003 | 1h36m | 35mm | 15
Cast: Linus Roache, Ian Hart, Bassem Breish, Mohamad Chamas, Ziad =
Lahoud.
Two outstanding performances are the bedrock of this valuable and =
heartfelt
dramatic realisation of the Beirut hostage experiences of Brian Keenan =
and
John McCarthy. Ian Hart is the wiry and quick-witted teacher Keenan, a
Belfast Protestant with Republican sympathies and an Irish passport; =
Linus
Roache is McCarthy, the more urbane English journalist. They are =
kidnapped,
and spend a terrifying four years together in grim captivity - polar
opposites unexpectedly finding a passionate friendship and comradeship =
in
adversity.
Roache and Hart are terrific: especially when McCarthy breaks down, as =
his
captors =96 with an ambiguous mix of cruelty and kindness =96 show him a =
video
of his mother pleading for her son's freedom.
PLUS SHORT
The Way We Played
Samir Mehanovic, Scotland/Bosnia and Herzegovina 2005, 13 min, BETA SP,
Serbo-Croatian with English subtitles, 12
On the eve of the war in Bosnia two boys go looking for treasure. =
Oblivious
to the encroaching danger, what they discover changes their lives =
forever.
=A0=20
Adam & Paul
Mon 30 Oct at 3.30pm & 9.00pm and Tue 31 Oct at 3.30pm
Leonard Abrahamson | Ireland 2004 | 1h26m | 35mm | 15
Cast: Tom Murphy, Mark O'Halloran, Gavin Dowdall, Luke Keeler, Deirdre
Molloy.
This uncompromisingly bleak comedy, about a couple of junkies drifting
around Dublin on the lookout for a fix or some cash or just some =
affection
from someone, has an impressive conviction and strong performances from =
its
two leads. There are nods to Beckett and Laurel and Hardy, but these
influences are worn lightly and intelligently.
Adam and Paul's day takes them into the middle of town where they =
encounter
low-lifes and dealers, but also many of their former acquaintance and =
loved
ones, who are deeply wary of letting them into their lives. Subtly, we =
see
how Adam and Paul look to people who remember them as children: ordinary
people ruined by smack, but who are now beyond saving and simply =
represent a
dangerous vortex to those nearby, an influence that could suck other =
people
under.
PLUS SHORT
Fluent Dysphasia
Daniel O'Hara, Ireland 2004, 16min, BETA SP, PG
Murph doesn't have much to say to his fifteen-year-old daughter Jane, =
until
he wakes up one day speaking perfect Irish, but not understanding a word =
of
English.

=A0=20
Short Cuts
Mon 30 Oct at 6.30pm
Various | Britain/Ireland 19952005 | 1h10m | Various formats | PG
One of the great Scottish and Irish success stories of recent times has =
been
in the breadth and quality of short film production. This session will
consider some of the best short films in recent years and look at the
transition from short to feature film production. Films to be screened:
Gasman
Lynne Ramsey 1997 14 mins
A beautiful, lyrical, story about father-daughter relationships and =
sibling
rivalry. Cannes award winner.
New York Diary
Adrian Meade 2001 14 mins
Adaptation of Christina Rossetti's poem Echo, updated to modern day New
York.
Thirty-Five-A-Side
Damien O'Donnell 1999 27 mins
Philip is having a hard time in his new school. He is the only one left =
out
of the football team and is being bullied at school. With his father in =
jail
it falls upon his mother to sort his classmates out. Outrageous comedy =
from
the director of East is East.
My Name is Ming
Daniel O'Hara 2003 13 min
Yu Ming, fed up with life in China, decides to emigrate. Pin in hand, he
spins his globe and chooses Ireland. By the time he reaches the Irish =
shores
he speaks fluent Irish, only problem being that most of the Irish people =
he
meets speak English.
After the screening Ed Blackburn (curator of the short film forum, Shoot
First) will be in conversation with Adrian Meade (New York Diary) and =
Damien
O'Donnell (Thirty-Five-A-Side).

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Night People
Tue 31 Oct at 8.15pm
Adrian Meade | Britain 2005 | 1h40m | 35mm | 15
Cast: Kelly Anne Farquhar, Anthony Beselle, Katrina Bryan
Night People is that rare beast =96 a multi-character drama-comedy in =
which
each and every one of the interweaving stories holds the audience's
attention from beginning to end. Edinburgh emerges as a glittering
night-time mosaic of familiar landmarks and hidden corners where each
character confronts a moment of darkness before the screenplay's =
unexpected
revelations lead towards a new dawn. Night People is all the more =
remarkable
for being a debut feature, heralding the arrival of a fresh talent in =
the
British film Industry.
After the screening director Adrian Meade, producer Clare Kerr and
cinematographer Scott Ward will participate in a post-film discussion.
PLUS SHORT
Toll
Matt Lloyd, Scotland 2005, 9 min, BETA SP, PG
Working the lonely nightshift, a tollbooth operator is haunted by a =
memory
that will not lie still.

=A0=20
Ratcatcher
Wed 1 Nov at 2.30 & 8.15pm and Thu 2 Nov at 3.30pm
Lynne Ramsay | Britain 1999 | 1h33m | 35mm | 15
Cast: Tommy Flanagah, Mandy Matthews, William Eadie, Michelle Stewart, =
Lynne
Ramsay Jnr.
Set in and around a Glasgow tenement block during a dustman's strike in =
the
mid-'70s, Ramsay's astonishingly assured feature debut centres on a
12-year-old (Eadie) who, haunted by the (secret) role he played in a =
pal's
accidental death by drowning, gradually retreats into a private world of
solitude, strange friendships and consoling dreams of a new home for his
family. That's about it, story-wise, but Ramsay's bold visual sense, =
droll
wit and tender but unsentimental take on the various characters and =
their
relationships makes for a distinctly poetic brand of gritty realism.
PLUS SHORT (with the 8.15pm screening only)
Half Life
Matt Hulse, Scotland 2005, 6 min, BETA SP, PG
Office workers carry out tasks as pointless as they are surreal; there =
is,
behind the activity an overriding sense of desperation and futility =
that's
only too familiar to those of us unable to quite lead the lives of =
indolent
leisure that we would like. As ever in Hulse's work the soundtrack is =
finely
detailed (by Daniel Padden) and exquisite, and his innate sense of
composition is apparent in every frame

=A0=20
Hard Road to Klondike
Wed 1 Nov at 5.00pm
Desmond Bell | Ireland 1999 | h55m | BETA SP | PG Documentary
Based on Donegal-born Mici MacGiobhain's (1865-1948) much loved
autobiography, this award winning documentary retells MacGioban's epic =
trek
as a migrant worker through Scotland as a tattie howker, then to America =
as
an exile caught up in the Gold Rush. The film not only provides an
invaluable insight into the Irish diaspora at the turn of the century, =
but
explores the relation between traditional storytelling and filmic =
narrative.
MacGiobhan's story is interwoven with archival footage and photos and
interviews with Irish storyteller and folklore collector, Sean O =
hEochaidh,
who transcribed Mac Giobhan's memoirs. Irish actor Stephen Rea narrates =
the
story.
The Director Desmond Bell, chair of film studies at Queen's University,
Belfast will introduce the film and take queastions afterwards This =
event
has been organised in conjunction with the Scottish International
Storytelling Centre. Tickets can be purchased for the event on its own
(=A35.40/=A33.90), or a joint ticket can be purchased for this screening =
and the
Storytelling Centre's event at 7.30pm, Across the Water: Music, Migrants =
and
Songs, www.scottishstorytellingcentre.co.uk (=A38.50/=A36.50)
Part of the Scottish International Storytelling Festival.
=A0
Across the Water: Myths, Magic and Folklore
Thu 2 Nov at 6.00pm
Various | Britain/Ireland 20002005 | 55m | Various formats | PG
A selection of Irish and Scottish shorts exploring storytelling through
film, including:
The Boy with the Ever Open Jaw
Maeve Clancy & Jamie Hannigan Ireland 2005 4 mins
The Boy with the Ever Open Jaw lives a happy and uneventful life until =
he
meets The Most Beautiful Girl in the World...
Cuilin Dualech
Nora Twomey Ireland 2005 12 mins
Cuilin lives in a small town in the West of Ireland. Cuilin strives to =
fit
in as best he can, but that can be a difficult thing when your head is =
on
backwards. Winner of Best Animated film at the Kerry Film Festival.
Skeleton Woman
Edith Pieperhoff Scotland 2005 7 mins
Haunting Inuit folktale telling of a fisherman who unwittingly hooks a
skeleton. Terrified he races home trailing the bones in his line, but as =
he
sleeps, the skeleton woman sings back her human form.
The Green Man of Knowledge
Rachel Bevan Baker 2000 13 min
A boy seeks to win the hand of his own true love from her spiteful =
father.
Narrated by an all star cast including Shirley Henderson, Russel Hunter =
and,
as the vengeful father, a terrifying Brian Cox.
The Witches
Elizabeth Hobbs Scotland 2002 7 min
New laws against witchcraft trouble three fishwives from North Berwick =
in
1590. As with The True Story of Swaney Beane, Elizabeth Hobbs' animation =
is
breathtakingly beautiful.
The True Story of Sawney Beane
Elizabeth Hobbs Scotland 2005 11 min
The 'true' story of Scotland's notorious cannibal and his mum, Betty. =
Told
in rhyme, the narrative has all the fun of Roald Dahl with characters =
that
could easily have been drawn by Quentin Blake, playing out their drama
against breathtaking landscapes.
The films will be introduced by Edinburgh's own animation studio, Red =
Kite,
who were responsible for 4 of the films in the programme
Part of the Scottish International Storytelling Festival.

=A0=20
If I Should Fall From Grace: The Shane McGowan Story
Thu 2 Nov at 8.15pm
Sarah Share | Ireland 2001 | 1h31m | BETA SP | 12A Documentary
Poignant documentary on the life and times of the lyricist and singer =
who
popularised Irish folk songs for the post-punk generation and whose =
band,
The Pogues, provided a spark of life and energy during the bleakness of
Thatcher's Britain. The film takes as its base a candid interview with
McGowan himself, punctuated by music videos, archival footage and =
interviews
with his peers and friends and family. The result is a portrayal of an
independent and free-spirited genius, damaged by, but unrepentant about, =
his
addiction to alcohol.

=A0=20
John McGahern: A Private World
Fri 3 Nov at 9.00pm
Pat Collins | Ireland 2005 | h55m | BETA SP | PG Documentary
Since the publication of his first book in 1963, the late John McGahern =
has
been at the cultural heart of Irish life, universally praised by critics =
and
widely loved by the reading public. Through intimate interviews, a =
strong
and compelling sense of the man and his background emerges, offering a =
rare
insight into the creative process. Winner of best documentary at the =
2005
Irish Film & Television Awards.
PLUS SHORT
Idir Dha Shaol
John Mallon, Ireland 2005, 33 min
Short Irish-language documentary about homelessness in London, telling =
the
painful and heartrending story of Connemara man, Willie Walsh, who =
emigrated
to London in the 1960's.

=A0=20
Pavee Lackeen
Fri 3 Nov at 5.30pm
Perry Ogden | Ireland 2005 | 1h29m | 35mm | 15
Cast: Winnie Maughan, Paddy Maughan, Rosie Maughan, Bonnie O'Brian.
Photographer Perry Ogden makes his directorial debut with Pavee Lackeen, =
an
unsparing and unsentimental portrait of Ireland's marginalised traveller
community.
Casting conventional plotting aside, the film follows suspended =
schoolgirl
Winnie, who lives with her alcoholic mother and myriad siblings by the =
side
of the road in an industrial Dublin wasteland. Without leaping on a =
soapbox,
Ogden captures a stark sense of the poverty and prejudices his subjects =
face
on a daily basis. It's a grim tale, but Ogden doesn't try to grind the
viewer down. He blames the bureaucrats without turning them into cartoon
baddies. He gives the disenfranchised a resilient voice without making a
song and dance about it. In the end, the film's understatement is all =
but
overwhelming.
PLUS SHORT
Last in the Line
Dylan Drummond & Blair Scott Scotland 2006 13 mins
At seventy, ballad singer Sheila Stewart is the last in the line of a =
long
lineage of traditional travellers and storytellers, who is battling to
ensure that her culture does not die with her.
How are the lives of traditionally marginalised Travellers conveyed =
through
film? Are these representations authentic and how can traditional and
contemporary artforms bridge the divide between Travellers and the wider
community. After the film Donald Smith (Director of the Scottish
Storytelling Centre) will host a debate with Perry Ogden (director of =
Pavee
Lackeen), Sheila Stewart MBE (storyteller, ballad singer, author and =
subject
of the film Last in the Line), Jess Smith (storyteller and author) and =
John
Collins (storyteller and traditional singer).
Part of the Scottish International Storytelling Festival.

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Into the West
Sat 4 Nov at 1.00pm
Mike Newell | Ireland/UK 1992 | 1h42m | 35mm | PG
Cast: Gabriel Byrne, Ellen Barkin, Ciar=E1n Fitzgerald, R=FAaidhr=ED =
Conroy, David
Kelly, Colm Meaney, Brendan Gleeson.
When Grandpa Ward arrives one day with a majestic white stallion, the =
horse
takes an instant shine to his youngest grandson, Ossie and he and his
brother decide to keep it hidden in their tenement flat in Dublin. When =
the
children, and the horse, go on the run, their father, once king of the
Travellers, comes to terms with his past and enlists the help of his old
allies in the Traveller community to track down the boys. Drawing on the
Irish myth of Tir na nOg (the land of the young), this is a =
heart-warming
tale of magic, adventure and folklore for all the family.
Part of the Scottish International Storytelling Festival.

=A0=20
My Left Foot
Sat 4 Nov at 4.00pm
Jim Sheridan | Ireland/UK 1989 | 1h43m | 35mm | 15
Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Brenda Fricker, Ray McAnally, Hugh O'Conor, Ruth
McCabe, Cyril Cusack.
Daniel Day-Lewis gives an extraordinary performance in this remarkable =
film,
based on the autobiography of Christy Brown, who overcame severe =
physical
limitations to become an accomplished painter and writer. The film =
describes
the astounding arc of Brown's life, starting with a childhood in which =
his
debilitating cerebral palsy causes everyone but his mother to believe he =
is
brain-damaged. Brown begins to shatter this perception by using his left
foot and a piece of chalk to scrawl a one-word message on the floor to =
his
mother.

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The Rocket Post
Sat 4 Nov at 6.15pm
Stephen Whittaker | Britain 2002 | 1h51m | 35mm | 12A
Cast: Ulrich Thomsen, Shauna Macdonald, Gary Lewis, Kevin McKidd, Eddie
Marsan, Patrick Malahide.
Set in the Hebrides, with breathtaking cinematography, The Rocket Post =
is
based on the true story of Gerhard Zucker (Ulrich Thomsen), a dashing =
German
rocket scientist, employed by the British in 1936 to link a remote =
Scottish
community to the mainland by a rocket postal service. As Zucker =
struggles to
assemble his new invention, the inhabitants react with a mixture of =
humour,
scepticism and distrust. Just when he seems to be making progress, he is
pressured by his fatherland to assist with its preparations for war. =
Arguing
that his work is for the betterment of mankind not its destruction, =
Zucker's
courage is tested to breaking point...

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Bridging the Gap
Sun 5 Nov at 1.00pm
1h19m | BETA SP | 15
A programme of new short Scottish documentaries, made as part of =
Bridging
the Gap. Among the films screened will be:
The Angelmakers
Astrid Bussink, Scotland/Hungary/Netherlands 2005, 33 min
The story of the women in a sleepy Hungarian village who poisoned their
husbands.
A Difficult Case
Alice Nelson, Scotland 2005, 11 min
In 1984, Mrs A heard voices in her head. They said "Don't be afraid." =
They
said she wasn't crazy. And they informed her she had a brain tumour...
The Rest is Silence
Andrew Henderson, Scotland 2005, 10 min
The journey of an anonymous, unclaimed body from discovery to cremation.
Fine
Hazel Baillie, Scotland 2005, 8 min
An exploration into the power of expression through words, music and
gesture.
I Felt Nothing
Vicky Mohieddeen, Scotland 2005, 8 min
A short film exploring in retrospect the first sexual experiences of a
cross-section of young women. Some of the filmmakers will be present to
discuss their work after the screening.
Bridging the Gap is a short documentary new talent initiative run by
Scottish Documentary Institute which links training to production. More
information on www.scottishdocinstitute.com

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Napier University Showreel
Sun 5 Nov at 3.30pm
Various | Scotland 200506 | 1h30m | 35mm | 15
Discover the Lynne Ramsay of the future with this compilation of short =
films
from Napier University graduates of 2005 and 2006. Films include the
hilarious mockumentary, Tickets and Regulations, the Kafkaesque, The =
Appeal,
the poetic Giacomo, the harrowing story of rent boys and drug addiction,
Rent , a sensitive treatment of mental illness in Too Late For Fruit, =
the
daft but funny Gene/Jeanie, the elegy to broken dreams, Madam, I'm Adam, =
and
the pastiche to a well know German film, Run Toni Run.

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Bloody Sunday
Sun 5 Nov at 5.45pm
Paul Greengrass | Britain/Ireland 2002 | 1h50m | 35mm | 15
Cast: James Nesbitt, Allan Gildea, Gerard Crossan, Mary Moulds, Tim
Pigott-Smith.
Thirteen died in Londonderry on Sunday, 30 Jan 1972, and this dramatic
reconstruction, based on eyewitness accounts, uses a 24-hour timeframe =
to
piece together the tragic course of events. Confrontation looms as local
Protestant MP Ivan Cooper (Nesbitt) decides to press ahead with a banned
march against internment without trial. He determinedly distances =
himself
from the IRA, but the British army decides to target the occasion to =
take
out the ringleaders. With a prowling handheld camera and relentless =
cutting,
the film builds almost unbearable tension before erupting into carnage.

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Poetic Cinema
Mon 6 Nov at 5.45pm
Margaret Tait/ Bernard McLaverty/ Neil Kempsell | Britain 19602005 | =
1h30m |
Various formats | PG
Three entirely different approaches to film poetry. From Margaret Tait =
we
have three of her 'film poems' - Where I Am Is Here (1964), Colour Poems
(1974) and Hugh MacDiarmid; A Portrait (1964); from Neil Kempsell, his
visual interpretation of Sorley Maclean's poem Halliag , about the =
tragic
loss and memories of a highland community on the Island of Raasay; and =
from
Bernard MacLaverty, his adaptation of the Seamus Heaney poem, Bye-Child, =
a
superb example of how to create a poetic language for the cinema.
After the screening Bernard MacLaverty, Andrew Bonner and Neil Kempsell =
will
discuss their films and the challenges of adapting poems for the cinema.
Event organised in conjunction with the Scottish Poetry Library.

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Shoot First
Mon 6 Nov at 9.00pm
Various | Scotland | 1h20m | DVD | 15
Welcome to Shoot First, Edinburgh's independent short film event.
This November, Shoot First is very proud to taking part in REEL 2006. As
this is a special event, we've decided to showcase some of the best =
Scottish
work that we've shown over the previous months. As well as this, we'll =
also
be hoping to screen a selection of new Scottish work that'll satisfy =
your
filmmaking urges!
At the time of writing, the programme for the event is yet to be =
confirmed,
but we know the screening will be an excellent addition to the REEL 2006
Festival. Never stop shooting!
If you have any work that you think might fit the criteria for the event
please contact Ed at shootfirst[at]filmhousecinema.com for details.
=A0
Hallaig =96 The Landscape and Poetry of Sorley MacLean
Tue 7 Nov at 6.00pm
Timothy Neat | Britain 1984 | 1h5m | 35mm | PG Documentary
Timothy Neat's documentary on the Scottish poet Sorley MacLean is a =
truly
wonderful evocation of poetry and landscape.
There will be a twenty minute introduction to the film by its director
Timothy Neat , placing the works of Sorley McLean into the broader =
context
off Scottish culture and linking him to the folklorist and poet Hamish
Henderson. Organised in conjunction with the Carrying Stream Festival
(www.edinburghfolkclub.org.uk).
=A0
The next generation:
Film training and talent development in Scotland and Ireland
Tue 7 Nov, time tbc
A discussion sponsored by the Screen Academy Scotland, a Skillset Screen
Academy, with representatives of the talent development agencies in =
Scotland
and Ireland. Further details will be available soon.
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Solid Air
Wed 8 Nov at 8.15pm
May Miles Thomas | Britain 2003 | 1h53m | 35mm | 15
Cast: Maurice Roeves, Brian McCardle, Kathy Kiera Clarke, Gary Lewis
Dark noirish, tale, set in the worlds of high stake gambling and =
Corporate
law, switching between Robert Houston Junior's fight for justice for his
father, who has contracted asbestosis, and his gambling addiction. As =
the
plot develops Houston's motivations and the morality of himself and =
those
around him, with the exception of his father who maintains a calm
preternatural distance from the events around him, become muddied. A =
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heartfelt , and all too familiar story.
After the screening director May Miles Thomas and producer Owen Thomas =
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The Flying Scotsman
Thu 9 Nov at 8.30pm
Douglas MacKinnon | Britain 2006 | 1h45m | 35mm | PG
Cast: Brian Cox, Jonny Lee Miller, Billy Boyd, Laura Fraser, Morvern
Christie, Niall Greg Fulton.
Back in 1993, an unemployed amateur, Graham Obree, came out of nowhere =
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the tale of a man haunted by depression and a fierce mistrust of =
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is a
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After the screening director Douglas MacKinnon will be available for a
question and answer session.
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Andrea Arnold | Britain 2006 | 1h54m | 35mm | 18=20
Cast: Kate Dickie, Tony Curran, Martin Compston, Nathalie Press, Andrew
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British director Andrea Arnold delivers bigtime on the promise of her
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the
dark, sensual, atmospheric thriller, Red Road.
Kate Dickie (also in her feature film debut) plays Jackie, a CCTV =
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north of Glasgow is disrupted when she sees a man she hadn't expected =
nor,
apparently, wished, to see. As her surveillance of this man turns into =
an
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One of the main talking points at this year's Cannes Film Festival (not =
only
a rare competition appearance for a debut feature but also, even rarer, =
one
of two British films in competition this year), Arnold walked away with =
a
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milieu
it depicts and unflinching in its portrayal of female sexuality, Red =
Road
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I think this will be of interest to many.
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David
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Call for papers =96INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE : 22-23 November 2007
Contemporary Irish cinema: Assessment and Perspectives
Facult=E9 des lettres et des sciences humaines
39E, rue Camille Gu=E9rin
87036 Limoges Cedex - France

The early 1980s can be considered as a landmark period in the history of
Irish cinema since substantial and consistent film production started to
emerge with Neil Jordan (Angel, 1982), Bob Quinn (Poitin, 1978) and Joe
Comerford (Traveller 1981) initiating the so called new wave of Irish
cinema. Twenty five years later what assessment can be made of Irish =
film
production and what perspectives lay ahead of it? The aim of this =
conference
is to explore Irish cinema (its films and film industry) within its
economic, social, political and cultural dimensions and from different
perspectives ranging from Irish studies, film studies, gender studies,
postcolonial studies, cultural studies, political and historical studies
amongst others. Papers can explore, but are not limited to, the =
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areas:

*Cinematographic representations of Ireland:
-The country, landscape and its people.
-Clich=E9s and stereotypes.
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-Representations of Irish history ( the conflict in the North, the peace
process=85)
-Revisiting/revising history.
-Outside perspectives (Hollywood, diaspora, etc.)
-Reception of =93Irish films=94 in Ireland, in Great Britain, etc. =
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Alternatively, you can send your proposal to Isabelle Lecorff, IUFM site =
de
Vannes, 32 avenue Roosevelt, 56000 Vannes, France.
Also give your full name and university affiliation..=20

The deadline for proposals is Thursday, 31 May 2007.=20
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Forgive me if this has been bruited about the list before, but someone asked
me: is there a good newpaper article, etc.,about the Beatles' Irish
backgrounds in Liverpool, or their families in Ireland?

Not a scholar's enquiry, just idle curiosity on the part of a caller.

Sorry if this has been discussed before -- I don't remember it

Jim Rogers
NEW HIBERNIA REVIEW

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Subject: "A Catalogue of Errors" (Education Guardian,
September 26)
To: letters[at]guardian.co.uk

Dear Overseas Colleagues,

Regarding "A Catalogue of Errors" (Education Guardian,
September 26) and its quotations from an essay of
mine, Harvard students eager to read Irish
or Scottish Gaelic titles such as Na Blianta Corracha
were able with the start of this term to access these
books by title through the Harvard libraries'
computerized catalogue. The not quite a dozen titles
previously affected by a linguistic glitch now
require no extra undergraduate keystrokes.

The 'missing millions' of books and 'Lengths of
shelving . . . packed exclusively with titles that
begin with that word "na"' dwell only in the
alternate universe that is the mind of humor
columnists.

Joyce Flynn


--- Patrick O'Sullivan
wrote:

> Email Patrick O'Sullivan
>
>
> I thought that this item from The Guardian would be
> of interest...
>
> When using my own bibliographic software the easiest
> way to create an entry
> for a book is to capture the catalogue entry from a
> major library - I often
> use the Bodleian or the LOC. And many times I have
> looked at the catalogue
> entry and the book on my desk in front of me - and I
> have disagreed with the
> cataloguer's decisions...
>
> P.O'S.
>
>
>
> A catalogue of errors
>
> Libraries' missing millions
>
> Marc Abrahams
> Tuesday September 26, 2006
> The Guardian
>
> How many books written in seemingly obscure
> languages are misfiled and
> languishing unfindable in libraries? Joyce Flynn's
> experience at Harvard
> suggests the answer is: a lot.
>
> Flynn, a researcher in Celtic languages, discovered
> some common mishaps that
> no one discusses much.
>
> Sometimes, cataloguers and shelfers did strange
> things with books written in
> foreign languages. They mangled the catalogue
> listings, and tucked the books
> away on the wrong shelves.
>
> Then later, when libraries converted their paper
> card catalogues to
> computerised systems, most of the books with
> screwed-up paper records stayed
> or went deeper into library limbo. Even though the
> books themselves may be
> sitting on library shelves, hardly anyone will ever
> be able to find them. In
> libraries where only the staff are allowed to wander
> through the book
> stacks, a mere patron might never even know those
> books exist. This all
> happened to foreign-language films and other items,
> too.
>
> About 25 years ago, as a graduate student, Flynn
> took a summer job involving
> Harvard's library collection of audiovisual
> materials. "I came across goofy
> mistakes in some main entries in Scottish Gaelic and
> in Modern Irish. Titles
> and artists that were plural nouns had been
> catalogued by 'na' (the
> equivalent of English 'the') as the first word of
> the titles or of the
> performing group's name." Lengths of shelving were
> packed exclusively with
> titles that begin with that word "na".
>
> "I tried to track how the same mistake could have
> happened so frequently. It
> turned out that a staff cutback, years earlier, had
> eliminated the library
> cataloguer familiar with the languages. The library
> had assigned cataloguing
> in Celtic to someone else. As a result, book titles
> beginning with 'na', for
> something like Na Fir (The Men), had been catalogued
> under 'na' (the) as the
> first word in the title. Many items catalogued under
> 'n' belonged
> elsewhere."
>
> Imagine if The Great Gatsby, The Sound and the Fury,
> and The Tragedy of
> Hamlet, Prince of Denmark were all filed under "T."
>
> Recently, Flynn checked Harvard's
> less-than-25-year-old computer-based
> catalogue system, and discovered that many - perhaps
> most - of the Gaelic
> and Irish books with Na ... titles are miscatalogued
> and so, in this odd
> way, are half-missing. That catalogue system is now
> the only way the public
> can access titles in the Harvard College Library
> collections.
>
> "The issue goes beyond just Harvard's Widener
> Library," Flynn says. "Because
> Widener is often the first North American library to
> acquire and catalogue
> an obscure foreign language title, Widener's
> cataloguing data frequently
> become the standard for libraries that acquire the
> book later.
>
> "Imagine," Flynn mutters, "a row of titles written
> in non-global languages,
> waiting to be checked out for the first time - but
> invisible to scholars
> seeking them. Imagine a future in which these books
> no longer wait for
> Professor Godot to borrow them, because libraries
> have discarded them -
> because their circulation statistics show that they
> were never requested by
> readers."
>
> To how many books has this happened, in how many
> languages, in how many
> libraries around the world? Nobody knows.
>
>
http://education.guardian.co.uk/egweekly/story/0,,1880490,00.html
>


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I'd like a little information on this too. My guess would be that McCartney
is likely to have Irish origins, Starr (Starkey) perhaps, Lennon maybe, and
Harrison less likely.

Tom

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Of Jim O'Keeffe
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Jim

On a personal and academic level, it would be interesting to learn about
the Irish roots of the Beatles. I have a family connection with the
Wirral, which is not Liverpool, but is close enough to stimulate an
interest.

A side issue here is the Irish connection to the Wirral.

Regards

Jim



> Forgive me if this has been bruited about the list before, but someone
> asked
> me: is there a good newpaper article, etc.,about the Beatles' Irish
> backgrounds in Liverpool, or their families in Ireland?
>
> Not a scholar's enquiry, just idle curiosity on the part of a caller.
>
> Sorry if this has been discussed before -- I don't remember it
>
> Jim Rogers
> NEW HIBERNIA REVIEW
>
>

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I don't have an article or other academic source, but there was a documentary done a few years back, "From a Whisper to a Scream: The Living History of Irish Rock" (it's available on DVD), that had a segment on the Beatles and their influence on Irish rock and roll. It had a clip of the Beatles interviewed before a concert in Belfast. The group was asked about their Irish connections, and Lennon (whose father was Irish), I believe, replied that all of them were "Irish." The segment didn't go into much further into depth regarding their Irish roots, but I found Lennon's immediate response regarding the group's Irish identity very interesting.

Meaghan
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617/552-3267
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| On Mon, 2 Oct 2006 14:08:42 -0500
| "Thomas J. Archdeacon" wrote:
| I'd like a little information on this too. My guess would be that McCartney
| is likely to have Irish origins, Starr (Starkey) perhaps, Lennon maybe, and
| Harrison less likely.
|
| Tom
|
| -----Original Message-----
| From: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [mailto:IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf
| Of Jim O'Keeffe
| Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 1:08 PM
| To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK
| Subject: Re: [IR-D] Beatles
|
| Jim
|
| On a personal and academic level, it would be interesting to learn about
| the Irish roots of the Beatles. I have a family connection with the
| Wirral, which is not Liverpool, but is close enough to stimulate an
| interest.
|
| A side issue here is the Irish connection to the Wirral.
|
| Regards
|
| Jim
|
|
|
| > Forgive me if this has been bruited about the list before, but someone
| > asked
| > me: is there a good newpaper article, etc.,about the Beatles' Irish
| > backgrounds in Liverpool, or their families in Ireland?
| >
| > Not a scholar's enquiry, just idle curiosity on the part of a caller.
| >
| > Sorry if this has been discussed before -- I don't remember it
| >
| > Jim Rogers
| > NEW HIBERNIA REVIEW
| >
| >

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I think the mothers of Harrison and McCartney were Irish and Lennon's
father. Think Ringo Starr only one without Irish origins.


Paddy Walls

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Thanks everybody -- that's more than *I* need to know but it will impress my
caller.

Jim R

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From: Sean Campbell [mailto:sean.campbell117[at]NTLWORLD.COM]
Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 3:00 PM
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Jim,

Paul McCartney and George Harrison both had Irish-born mothers, and Lennon's

paternal grandfather was born in Dublin. These details are included in The
Beatles Anthology (Chronicle, 2000), as well as in Ray Coleman's biography
of Lennon (McGraw-Hill, 1984).

The latter book cites the 'decidedly Irish heritage' of John Lennon (p. 18),

who on occasion offered a self-ascriptive identification with Irishness
during his Beatles career (see, for example, Ritchie Yorke, 'Ringo's Right
We Can't Tour Again', New Musical Express, 7 June 1969, p. 3). Lennon also
became involved with Irish Republican politics during the early 1970s (see
Liam Clarke, '"Pro-IRA" Lennon spied on by FBI', Sunday Times, 5 October
1997, p. 10). At this time both Lennon and McCartney's solo work began to
display an identifiably Irish dimension. See, for example, the Lennon album
tracks 'Sunday Bloody Sunday' and 'The Luck of the Irish' (Some Time in New
York City, Apple, 1972), and the McCartney single 'Give Ireland Back to the
Irish' (Parlophone, 1972).



There's also a fan-based website that deals with the issue of the Beatles'
Irish provenance. See http://www.iol.ie/~beatlesireland/index.htm

Best wishes,
Sean Campbell.

Co-author, Beautiful Day: Forty Years of Irish Rock (Cork University Press,
2005).

----- Original Message -----
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Subject: [IR-D] Beatles


> Forgive me if this has been bruited about the list before, but someone
> asked
> me: is there a good newpaper article, etc.,about the Beatles' Irish
> backgrounds in Liverpool, or their families in Ireland?
>
> Not a scholar's enquiry, just idle curiosity on the part of a caller.
>
> Sorry if this has been discussed before -- I don't remember it
>
> Jim Rogers
> NEW HIBERNIA REVIEW
>

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Jim

On a personal and academic level, it would be interesting to learn about
the Irish roots of the Beatles. I have a family connection with the
Wirral, which is not Liverpool, but is close enough to stimulate an
interest.

A side issue here is the Irish connection to the Wirral.

Regards

Jim



> Forgive me if this has been bruited about the list before, but someone
> asked
> me: is there a good newpaper article, etc.,about the Beatles' Irish
> backgrounds in Liverpool, or their families in Ireland?
>
> Not a scholar's enquiry, just idle curiosity on the part of a caller.
>
> Sorry if this has been discussed before -- I don't remember it
>
> Jim Rogers
> NEW HIBERNIA REVIEW
>
>

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Email Patrick O'Sullivan

Sean Campbell gives some discussion and references...

Campbell S. Whats the story?: rock biography, musical routes and the
second-generation Irish in England. Irish Studies Review. 2004;
12:63-75(13).

See also
The "Beatles" as Musicians
By Walter Everett
ISBN: 0195141059
Oxford University Press US
2001

There is a web site
Beatles Ireland

http://www.iol.ie/~beatlesireland/index.htm

Which has much on the genealogies...

Paddy


-----Original Message-----
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Of Rogers, James
Sent: 02 October 2006 15:28
To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: [IR-D] Beatles

Forgive me if this has been bruited about the list before, but someone asked
me: is there a good newpaper article, etc.,about the Beatles' Irish
backgrounds in Liverpool, or their families in Ireland?

Not a scholar's enquiry, just idle curiosity on the part of a caller.

Sorry if this has been discussed before -- I don't remember it

Jim Rogers
NEW HIBERNIA REVIEW

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Jim,

Paul McCartney and George Harrison both had Irish-born mothers, and Lennon's
paternal grandfather was born in Dublin. These details are included in The
Beatles Anthology (Chronicle, 2000), as well as in Ray Coleman's biography
of Lennon (McGraw-Hill, 1984).

The latter book cites the 'decidedly Irish heritage' of John Lennon (p. 18),
who on occasion offered a self-ascriptive identification with Irishness
during his Beatles career (see, for example, Ritchie Yorke, 'Ringo's Right
We Can't Tour Again', New Musical Express, 7 June 1969, p. 3). Lennon also
became involved with Irish Republican politics during the early 1970s (see
Liam Clarke, '"Pro-IRA" Lennon spied on by FBI', Sunday Times, 5 October
1997, p. 10). At this time both Lennon and McCartney's solo work began to
display an identifiably Irish dimension. See, for example, the Lennon album
tracks 'Sunday Bloody Sunday' and 'The Luck of the Irish' (Some Time in New
York City, Apple, 1972), and the McCartney single 'Give Ireland Back to the
Irish' (Parlophone, 1972).



There's also a fan-based website that deals with the issue of the Beatles'
Irish provenance. See http://www.iol.ie/~beatlesireland/index.htm

Best wishes,
Sean Campbell.

Co-author, Beautiful Day: Forty Years of Irish Rock (Cork University Press,
2005).

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rogers, James"
To:
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Subject: [IR-D] Beatles


> Forgive me if this has been bruited about the list before, but someone
> asked
> me: is there a good newpaper article, etc.,about the Beatles' Irish
> backgrounds in Liverpool, or their families in Ireland?
>
> Not a scholar's enquiry, just idle curiosity on the part of a caller.
>
> Sorry if this has been discussed before -- I don't remember it
>
> Jim Rogers
> NEW HIBERNIA REVIEW
>

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Half of the Beatles have a Irish pedigree. John Lennon's grandfather James
Lennon was from Dublin, and his grandmother Mary Maguire was Irish. Paul
McCartney's great-grandfather James McCartney was Irish, and his mother's
father Owen Mohin was from Tullynamalrow, Monaghan. His mother's mother was
Mary Teresa Danher, of Irish-Glaswegian stock. I've long argued that their
Irish heritage - whether of the genes variety or the fact that the Liverpool
I remember from the 1950s/60s was awash with Irish music - has been
seriously overlooked. To label them as 'Rock and Roll' - as if they were in
the same box as the Rolling Stones - or to talk only of the American
influence on their music is to miss the special melodic quality which made
them unique. Experts have pointed out that the basic structure of many of
their most poignant melodies - notably Eleanor Rigby - use the Dorian Mode,
which characterized much ancient European music.

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Hi all
I covered the Beatles Irish identity/Lennon's (and Yoko's) contacts with the Irish civil rights movement etc in a few pages in my book 'Choosing the Green? Second Generation Irish and the Cause of Ireland' (BTPale 2004). Nothing overly academic but a summary of their Irishness and Lennon/McCartney's interventions and comments on The Troubles, including Lennon and Yoko meeting Irish civil rights activists in NY on their famous bed....

Brian Dooley

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Thanks everybody -- that's more than *I* need to know but it will impress my
caller.

Jim R

-----Original Message-----
From: Sean Campbell [mailto:sean.campbell117[at]NTLWORLD.COM]
Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 3:00 PM
To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: Re: [IR-D] Beatles

Jim,

Paul McCartney and George Harrison both had Irish-born mothers, and Lennon's

paternal grandfather was born in Dublin. These details are included in The
Beatles Anthology (Chronicle, 2000), as well as in Ray Coleman's biography
of Lennon (McGraw-Hill, 1984).

The latter book cites the 'decidedly Irish heritage' of John Lennon (p. 18),

who on occasion offered a self-ascriptive identification with Irishness
during his Beatles career (see, for example, Ritchie Yorke, 'Ringo's Right
We Can't Tour Again', New Musical Express, 7 June 1969, p. 3). Lennon also
became involved with Irish Republican politics during the early 1970s (see
Liam Clarke, '"Pro-IRA" Lennon spied on by FBI', Sunday Times, 5 October
1997, p. 10). At this time both Lennon and McCartney's solo work began to
display an identifiably Irish dimension. See, for example, the Lennon album
tracks 'Sunday Bloody Sunday' and 'The Luck of the Irish' (Some Time in New
York City, Apple, 1972), and the McCartney single 'Give Ireland Back to the
Irish' (Parlophone, 1972).



There's also a fan-based website that deals with the issue of the Beatles'
Irish provenance. See http://www.iol.ie/~beatlesireland/index.htm

Best wishes,
Sean Campbell.

Co-author, Beautiful Day: Forty Years of Irish Rock (Cork University Press,
2005).

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rogers, James"
To:
Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 3:27 PM
Subject: [IR-D] Beatles


> Forgive me if this has been bruited about the list before, but someone
> asked
> me: is there a good newpaper article, etc.,about the Beatles' Irish
> backgrounds in Liverpool, or their families in Ireland?
>
> Not a scholar's enquiry, just idle curiosity on the part of a caller.
>
> Sorry if this has been discussed before -- I don't remember it
>
> Jim Rogers
> NEW HIBERNIA REVIEW
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Me too please, because of a possible language connection. The movie 'A Hard=
=20
Day's Night' has the Irish grandfather character (Wilfred Bramble) advise=20
Paul on 'sheilas': this may be a reference to prostitutes. I'm curious to=20
know if this word is Liverpool dialect as in Scouse, or if it comes from=20
Liverpool Irish English-if there is such a thing. My interest is because I=
=20
have proposed that Australian sheila has an ultimate origin in Irish Sile a=
=20
word meaning 'homosexual' (its anglicized version sheela used in Irish=20
English means 'effeminate male'). Irish English in Liverpool may be the=20
missing link for me between the Irish male attribution of Sile/sheela and=20
the female Australian shelia.
The script for 'A Hard day's Night' was written by Alun Owen, a Welshman=20
who lived in Liverpool, I believe.





At 14:08 02/10/06 -0500, you wrote:
>I'd like a little information on this too. My guess would be that=
McCartney
>is likely to have Irish origins, Starr (Starkey) perhaps, Lennon maybe, and
>Harrison less likely.
>
>Tom
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [mailto:IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On=
Behalf
>Of Jim O'Keeffe
>Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 1:08 PM
>To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK
>Subject: Re: [IR-D] Beatles
>
>Jim
>
>On a personal and academic level, it would be interesting to learn about
>the Irish roots of the Beatles. I have a family connection with the
>Wirral, which is not Liverpool, but is close enough to stimulate an
>interest.
>
>A side issue here is the Irish connection to the Wirral.
>
>Regards
>
>Jim
>
>
>
> > Forgive me if this has been bruited about the list before, but someone
> > asked
> > me: is there a good newpaper article, etc.,about the Beatles' Irish
> > backgrounds in Liverpool, or their families in Ireland?
> >
> > Not a scholar's enquiry, just idle curiosity on the part of a caller.
> >
> > Sorry if this has been discussed before -- I don't remember it
> >
> > Jim Rogers
> > NEW HIBERNIA REVIEW
> >
> >


le gach dea ghu=ED
Dymphna


Dr Dymphna Lonergan
Professional English Convener
Room 282, Humanities, Flinders University
(08) 8201 2079

1966-2006
Flinders 40th Anniversary

Research interests: Business English, Plain English, Australian English,=20
Hiberno English, Irish language words in English, Anglo-Irish literature,=20
Irish Australian literature

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Irish Newspaper Archive website
www.irishnewspaperarchives.com

I have had some discussions with Andrew Martin of National Micromedia Ltd
and Irish Newspaper Archives
Andrew Martin [andrew.martin[at]irishnewspaperarchives.com]

If you look at the web site you will see that it is an online searchable,
browseable, archive of Irish national and local newspapers...

Currently available are 10 titles...
The Connacht Tribune
The Freeman's Journal
Irish Farmers Journal
Irish Independent
Leitrim Observer
Meath Chronicle
Sunday Independent
The Anglo-Celt
The Connaught Telegraph
The Tuam Herald

With small samples from
Ulster Herald
Connacht Tribune

So, in some cases we have newspaper runs going back over 100 years, and one
going back over 250 years.

There are plans to add further titles - I have appended a full list to this
email. And Andrew Martin tells me that further additions might include The
Nation, An Gaodhal 1881-1904 (Boston USA), Butte Independent (Montana),
Irish Parliamentary documents & Irish Statutes, some Northern Ireland
titles, and the Lawrence collection of photographs.

We have to start by recognising that this is a commercial project, by
National Micromedia Ltd., trying to utilise the resource that is their
microfilm archives. I am assured that the permission of the titles'
proprietors was given before this material was scanned and published on the
web.

I do think that the Irish Newspaper Archives have the potential to be an
extraordinary research resource. For example, I can see the Archives
changing the whole way that local history in Ireland is researched and
studied. The advantages for far-flung members of the Irish Diaspora list,
and for other Irish Studies scholars and historians of Ireland are obvious.


There is already enough on the web site to see how the thing might work. The
Irish Newspaper Archive website
www.irishnewspaperarchives.com
is already a very useful resource. For example, I was recently able to use
the Archive to track over recent decades the debates within Ireland about a
possible vote for emigrants.

The actual images, when you retrieve them, are very good. But there are
some problems, which I have discussed with Andrew Martin...

I did have trouble getting my head round the pricing arrangements. If you
go in at the smallest level, 10 euros, the web site says that you are paying
0.5 euros per IMAGE. But it seemed to me I was paying 0.5 (or whatever
price) per BROWSE, NOT per IMAGE.

Because of the way that SEARCH and BROWSE work there is no way of knowing
beforehand if a certain page is going to be useful or not. You have to pay
to actually read the page, and only then do you find out if it is of any
use. Usually, of course, by the nature of things, the page you see is of no
use. And your credits click away...

This is not so much of a problem, of course, if you know you are looking for
a specific page - to check a quote or a reference.

And the matter of costs might not matter for very well funded organisations
or research projects... It will certainly matter for more isolated scholars
like myself...

Of course when the alternative is to find a way of funding a trip to Dublin
and sit in the libraries all day, turning pages, people might be happy to
pay per Browse...

Andrew Martin tells me that they are to look again at their pricing
arrangements. And of course they are particularly interested in coming to
some arrangement with large libraries and research institutions. If you
need to know more contact
Andrew Martin [andrew.martin[at]irishnewspaperarchives.com]

I do think that this project has the potential to unlock a great deal...

Patrick O'Sullivan

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National Titles Digital Archive

The Irish Independent
1904
Current
The Sunday Independent.
1905
Current
The Irish Farmers Journal
1950
Current
The Irish News
1891
Current
The Evening Herald.
1891
Current

Regional Titles

The Meath Chronicle.
1897
Current
The Anglo-Celt.
1908
Current
The Tuam Herald.
1980
Current
The Connaught Telegraph.
1977
Current
The Connacht Tribune
1909
Current
The Galway City Tribune.
1975
Current
The Connacht Sentinel.
1925
Current
The Sligo Champion.
1879
Current
The Munster Express.
1860
Current
The Ulster Herald.
1901
Current
The Southern Star.
1889
Current
The Drogheda Independent
1884
Current
The Fingal Independent.
1974
Current

Out of Print titles
The Freeman's Journal.
1763
1924
The Nation.
1842
1897
Finn's Leinster Journal
1767
1828


In Process of Digitisation
The Strabane Chronicle.
1896
Current
The Fermanagh Herald
1901
Current
The Donegal News & Derry People.
1901
Current
The Kerryman/The Corkman
1904
Current

In Negotiations
The Nationalist & Leinster Times
The Northern Standard.
The West Meath Examiner.
The West Meath Independent.
The Offaly Independent.
The Irish Press.

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Nice to see that Beatlemania is alive and well on the list:-)

Having grown up in and around Liverpool, I don't ever recall hearing the
term Sheila applied to women in this way except by Australian relatives =
and
visitors. I would imagine its Australian roots derived from the penal
transportations of the 19th Century which often went via Liverpool.

The preferred traditional slang for a female of approximately =
marriageable
age or a girlfriend was always 'Judy'. As in the phrase 'I can't go for =
a
pint I'm seeing the Judy tonight' or 'The place was minging with =
Judies'.=20

It's a term rarely heard in these PC times but its origin is unknown to =
me.
There was a very famous Punch and Judy show which performed on the St
George's Plateau in the centre of the city for many years and a pub =
named
after it. It might possibly derive from that.

Another term for women (and homosexuals) used in the city during my
childhood was 'Mary-Ellen'. This was used to describe a shrewish woman =
or an
effeminate man. The phrase 'Don't come the Mary-Ellen with me' had quite
different implications depending on the gender of the addressee! It =
derives
from a generic term for the women of Irish birth and descent who sold
flowers on the streets surrounding the old St John's market from the =
19th
Century onwards and were the Liverpool equivalent of Dublin's Moore St
market traders.=20

Fritz Speigel's little books 'Lern yerself Scouse' and 'The Little
Dictionary of Scouse' might prove invaluable to Dymphna. They may or may =
not
still be in print. They emerged on the coat-tails of the Beatle boom in =
the
1960s when everything Liverpool, including the football team, was great =
and
they were still to be found in bookshops around the city as late as the
1990s.

There is no doubt in my mind that Scouse dialect is in part a version of
Hiberno-English, one only has to compare it with the working class =
Dublin
vernacular to recognise that in both vocabulary and syntax. However, it =
also
contains distinct influences from Welsh, American, and Scandinavian =
sources,
most notably the term scouse, which derives from a Norwegian word for =
the
version of Irish stew so often served up by the Liverpool Irish boarding
house land-ladies at the end of the 19th Century.

Interestingly enough, Alun Owen's script for Hard Day's Night also =
contained
at least one neologism which was immediately incorporated into scouse =
argot:
'grotty' meaning naff (another neologism) tacky or tasteless.=20

Best to all

Liam
-----Original Message-----
From: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [mailto:IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On =
Behalf
Of Dymphna Lonergan
Sent: 03 October 2006 03:02
To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: Re: [IR-D] Beatles

Me too please, because of a possible language connection. The movie 'A =
Hard=20
Day's Night' has the Irish grandfather character (Wilfred Bramble) =
advise=20
Paul on 'sheilas': this may be a reference to prostitutes. I'm curious =
to=20
know if this word is Liverpool dialect as in Scouse, or if it comes from =

Liverpool Irish English-if there is such a thing. My interest is because =
I=20
have proposed that Australian sheila has an ultimate origin in Irish =
Sile a=20
word meaning 'homosexual' (its anglicized version sheela used in Irish=20
English means 'effeminate male'). Irish English in Liverpool may be the=20
missing link for me between the Irish male attribution of Sile/sheela =
and=20
the female Australian shelia.
The script for 'A Hard day's Night' was written by Alun Owen, a Welshman =

who lived in Liverpool, I believe.





At 14:08 02/10/06 -0500, you wrote:
>I'd like a little information on this too. My guess would be that
McCartney
>is likely to have Irish origins, Starr (Starkey) perhaps, Lennon maybe, =
and
>Harrison less likely.
>
>Tom
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [mailto:IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On
Behalf
>Of Jim O'Keeffe
>Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 1:08 PM
>To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK
>Subject: Re: [IR-D] Beatles
>
>Jim
>
>On a personal and academic level, it would be interesting to learn =
about
>the Irish roots of the Beatles. I have a family connection with the
>Wirral, which is not Liverpool, but is close enough to stimulate an
>interest.
>
>A side issue here is the Irish connection to the Wirral.
>
>Regards
>
>Jim
>
>
>
> > Forgive me if this has been bruited about the list before, but =
someone
> > asked
> > me: is there a good newpaper article, etc.,about the Beatles' Irish
> > backgrounds in Liverpool, or their families in Ireland?
> >
> > Not a scholar's enquiry, just idle curiosity on the part of a =
caller.
> >
> > Sorry if this has been discussed before -- I don't remember it
> >
> > Jim Rogers
> > NEW HIBERNIA REVIEW
> >
> >


le gach dea ghu=ED
Dymphna


Dr Dymphna Lonergan
Professional English Convener
Room 282, Humanities, Flinders University
(08) 8201 2079

1966-2006
Flinders 40th Anniversary

Research interests: Business English, Plain English, Australian English, =

Hiberno English, Irish language words in English, Anglo-Irish =
literature,=20
Irish Australian literature