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It would some time to pull together a complete list, but this was a very
popular genre in the 1930s and 40s. James Cagney often played the gangster
-- beginning with The Public Enemy (1931).

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

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It's a long time since I read it but doesn't Maurice O'Sullivan's book 20
Years A-growing have an account of one? Or am I mixing it up with some other
Blasket Islander?

Liam

On 10/10/06, Liam Clarke wrote:
>
> Can anyone point me towards anything (scholarly: non-fiction) written
> about the 'American Wake'
>
> Nothing in the British Library as far as I can see
>
>
> Many thanks
>
>
> Liam Clarke
>



--
Liam Greenslade
Research Associate
Academic Theme Leader's Office
Dublin City University
Glasnevin
Dublin 9

Tel 00 353 1 7005053

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I just re-read this post.=20

One reason for a Boston setting would be -- James J. "Whitey" Bulger,
currently a fugitive from the FBI, was long-time head of an Irish =
organized
crime operation in South Boston - while his brother, William "Billy", =
was a
successful politician serving as president of the state senate and later
president of the University of Massachusetts while his brother was on =
the
most FBI wanted list. Billy was forced to resign as university =
president in
2003 after testifying about his brother.=20

The Irish played a prominent and dominant role in organized crime in the =
US
well into the 20th Century. Al Capone took out Dion O'Bannion, among
others, for example. T.J. English - Paddy Whacked: The Untold Story of =
the
American Gangster (2005) and Timothy J. Gilfoyle, A Pickpocket's Tale: =
The
Underworld of Nineteenth-Century New York (2006) are two recent works =
from a
large literature -- as well as numerous motion pictures. =20

William H. Mulligan, Jr., Ph.D.
Professor of History
Murray State University
Murray KY 42071-3341 USA=20
=20
=20

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I've not seen "The Departed," but it is far from the only film with such
themes. "Q and A" (Nolte and Hutton), "Ash Wednesday" (Edward Burns),
"State of Grace" (Sean Penn), "Mystic River" (Sean Penn), "Monument =
Avenue"
(Denis Leary & Martin Sheen), and "25th Hour" (Edward Norton) =
immediately
come to mind in the crime genre, and even "Good Will Hunting" (Damon) =
has an
Irish neighborhood under-theme (the Damon character's fight with an
Italo-American in a playground makes sense only in the context of
Irish-American & Italian-American stereotypes -- dated ones at that). =
"Q
and A" is a bit of a stretch, because it focuses on cops rather than =
crooks,
but including it allows me to make another point. "Q&A" and several of
these other movies contain a trope that I first encountered in "Fort =
Apache,
the Bronx" (Paul Newman) -- the Irish guy made human and even decent by =
his
romance with a dark-skinned Puerto Rican. "Sidewalks of New York," =
another
Ed Burns film, but of the non-crime variety, also features such a
relationship. I suppose it works because portraying an Irish-American =
guy in
a romance with an African-American might break too many stereotypes, and =
the
Puerto Rican girl and the guy implicitly or explicitly share =
Catholicism.
The crime films often tend to be heavy into novena lights and =
crucifixes.
Of course, for males in American film and TV, the crucifix on a chain is =
a
talisman of Catholic identity, but it works better with Italians and
Hispanics than with Irish-Americans, who, in my experience, rarely wear
crucifixes.

Tom

=A0

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Thanks for these

Ive also found in the british library a ? book ? Pamphlet called
'Blennerville' published by a Tralee community programme which has two
descriptions: one is based on poorer comunities where keening/lamenting
seems to be the nmain thing and another where more prosperous people
make it a more festive event with songs.=20

Having been doing the rounds of the 'Brigadoon' type ethnographies in
the west of Ireland I am sometimes at a loss as to what is real and what
isn't about these authored places: I am still reeling from
Scheper-Hughes's efforts in Co. Kerry. =20

Liam Clarke =20

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It's a long time since I read it but doesn't Maurice O'Sullivan's book
20 Years A-growing have an account of one? Or am I mixing it up with
some other Blasket Islander?

Liam

On 10/10/06, Liam Clarke wrote:
>
> Can anyone point me towards anything (scholarly: non-fiction) written=20
> about the 'American Wake'
>
> Nothing in the British Library as far as I can see
>
>
> Many thanks
>
>
> Liam Clarke
>



--
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Research Associate
Academic Theme Leader's Office
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Tel 00 353 1 7005053

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Christopher Shannon's recent article "Public Enemies, Local Heroes: The
Irish-American Gangster Film in Classic Hollywood Cinema, "in New =
Hibernia
Review 9, 4 (Winter 2005), pp 48-64 might be helpful.

Jim Rogers

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From: ciaran ward [mailto:ciaranward[at]hotmail.com]=20
List - "The Departed"

I recently saw The Departed, a cops=A0and gangsters film=A0by Martin =
Scorsese
set=A0in the criminal underworld of Boston's Irish community.=A0 It's =
an
entertaining=A0thriller in its own right, but the background of the =
Boston
Irish community makes it interesting.=A0 Films of this genre are more =
commonly
set in=A0New York's Italian communities, familiar territory for both =
Scorsese
and many of the actors he tends to cast.=A0 Why he chose to transplant =
it to
the Boston-Irish community is open to speculation, but may stem from
complaints from Italian-American lobby groups about stereotyping.
=A0
One of the recurring themes of the film is the concept of immigrants =
trying
to better themselves by climbing the social ladder.=A0 It is suggested =
that
the priesthood,the police=A0and=A0criminality all offer escape routes =
from
poverty - a theme common to both=A0Irish and=A0Italian-American =
communities as
depicted in popular culture=A0- but the distinction between the three
occupations is portrayed as somewhat blurred with corrupt elements =
existing
with the church and the police.=A0 Other films exploring such themes =
include
Goodfellas, Godfather and Sleepers.=A0 The influence of the Catholic =
church is
also evident.=A0 An early=A0scene depicts one of the main characters as =
an altar
boy in his youth and later on Costello, the gangster chief played by =
Jack
Nicholson appears to be extorting money from a priest in return for =
keeping
quiet about alleged paedophile activities.
=A0
The theme of ethnic identity is also touched upon.=A0 Although several
generations removed from the old country with ancestry going back over =
150
years - and with possibly no surviving links to the motherland - the
protagonists=A0with names like Costello, Sullivan and Costigan are =
decribed as
"Irish" in a nominal sense, suggesting a tight-knit community which has
remained static over the years.=A0 One of the minor characters appears =
to have
a Glasgow accent, suggesting a Glasgow-Irish background.
=A0
My knowlegde of other films dealing with similar themes is limited, but
Primal Fear starring Richard Gere and Edward Norton and The Devil's Own =
with
Harrison Ford and Brad Pitt immediately spring to mind.
=A0
I would be interested to hear any other list members' comments on the =
above
and would be grateful if anyone could fill me in on
films/novels/plays/general popular culture=A0about Irish American =
communities
(particularly on the east coast)=A0or academic studies on the subject.
=A0
I have also reviewed the film on my website and would welcome =
any=A0comments.
=A0
http://thelonglane.blogspot.com/2006/10/departed.html
=A0
Many thanks.
=A0
Ciaran Ward
=A0
ciaranward[at]hotmail.com
=A0
=A0

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I believe there have been quite a few movies set among Irish-American
gangs, none of them very good. 'State of Grace' with Gary Oldman comes to
mind, as does 'Mystic River', which stresses the insularity of the Irish
community and its criminals. Apart from the terrible performance by Sean
Penn which so marred the film (and got bizarrely rewarded), the movie also
missed much of the point of the book, which was about class, and conflicts
within the community,, as exemplified by the ganster and the cop.

But others I'm sure can tell you much more on this subject.

Peter Hart


On Tue, 10 Oct 2006, Patrick O'Sullivan wrote:

> From: ciaran ward [mailto:ciaranward[at]hotmail.com]
> List - "The Departed"
>
> I recently saw The Departed, a cops=A0and gangsters film=A0by Martin Scor=
sese
> set=A0in the criminal underworld of Boston's Irish community.=A0 It's an
> entertaining=A0thriller in its own right, but the background of the Bosto=
n
> Irish community makes it interesting.=A0 Films of this genre are more com=
monly
> set in=A0New York's Italian communities, familiar territory for both Scor=
sese
> and many of the actors he tends to cast.=A0 Why he chose to transplant it=
to
> the Boston-Irish community is open to speculation, but may stem from
> complaints from Italian-American lobby groups about stereotyping.
> =A0
> One of the recurring themes of the film is the concept of immigrants tryi=
ng
> to better themselves by climbing the social ladder.=A0 It is suggested th=
at
> the priesthood,the police=A0and=A0criminality all offer escape routes fro=
m
> poverty - a theme common to both=A0Irish and=A0Italian-American communiti=
es as
> depicted in popular culture=A0- but the distinction between the three
> occupations is portrayed as somewhat blurred with corrupt elements existi=
ng
> with the church and the police.=A0 Other films exploring such themes incl=
ude
> Goodfellas, Godfather and Sleepers.=A0 The influence of the Catholic chur=
ch is
> also evident.=A0 An early=A0scene depicts one of the main characters as a=
n altar
> boy in his youth and later on Costello, the gangster chief played by Jack
> Nicholson appears to be extorting money from a priest in return for keepi=
ng
> quiet about alleged paedophile activities.
> =A0
> The theme of ethnic identity is also touched upon.=A0 Although several
> generations removed from the old country with ancestry going back over 15=
0
> years - and with possibly no surviving links to the motherland - the
> protagonists=A0with names like Costello, Sullivan and Costigan are decrib=
ed as
> "Irish" in a nominal sense, suggesting a tight-knit community which has
> remained static over the years.=A0 One of the minor characters appears to=
have
> a Glasgow accent, suggesting a Glasgow-Irish background.
> =A0
> My knowlegde of other films dealing with similar themes is limited, but
> Primal Fear starring Richard Gere and Edward Norton and The Devil's Own w=
ith
> Harrison Ford and Brad Pitt immediately spring to mind.
> =A0
> I would be interested to hear any other list members' comments on the abo=
ve
> and would be grateful if anyone could fill me in on
> films/novels/plays/general popular culture=A0about Irish American communi=
ties
> (particularly on the east coast)=A0or academic studies on the subject.
> =A0
> I have also reviewed the film on my website and would welcome any=A0comme=
nts.
> =A0
> http://thelonglane.blogspot.com/2006/10/departed.html
> =A0
> Many thanks.
> =A0
> Ciaran Ward
> =A0
> ciaranward[at]hotmail.com
> =A0
> =A0
>

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Liam
In RTE radio archives there is a good description of one by an elderly
Cushendall lady many years ago.

Sean

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Can anyone point me towards anything (scholarly: non-fiction) written
about the 'American Wake'

Nothing in the British Library as far as I can see


Many thanks


Liam Clarke


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From: ciaran ward [mailto:ciaranward[at]hotmail.com]=20
List - "The Departed"

I recently saw The Departed, a cops=A0and gangsters film=A0by Martin =
Scorsese
set=A0in the criminal underworld of Boston's Irish community.=A0 It's an
entertaining=A0thriller in its own right, but the background of the =
Boston
Irish community makes it interesting.=A0 Films of this genre are more =
commonly
set in=A0New York's Italian communities, familiar territory for both =
Scorsese
and many of the actors he tends to cast.=A0 Why he chose to transplant =
it to
the Boston-Irish community is open to speculation, but may stem from
complaints from Italian-American lobby groups about stereotyping.
=A0
One of the recurring themes of the film is the concept of immigrants =
trying
to better themselves by climbing the social ladder.=A0 It is suggested =
that
the priesthood,the police=A0and=A0criminality all offer escape routes =
from
poverty - a theme common to both=A0Irish and=A0Italian-American =
communities as
depicted in popular culture=A0- but the distinction between the three
occupations is portrayed as somewhat blurred with corrupt elements =
existing
with the church and the police.=A0 Other films exploring such themes =
include
Goodfellas, Godfather and Sleepers.=A0 The influence of the Catholic =
church is
also evident.=A0 An early=A0scene depicts one of the main characters as =
an altar
boy in his youth and later on Costello, the gangster chief played by =
Jack
Nicholson appears to be extorting money from a priest in return for =
keeping
quiet about alleged paedophile activities.
=A0
The theme of ethnic identity is also touched upon.=A0 Although several
generations removed from the old country with ancestry going back over =
150
years - and with possibly no surviving links to the motherland - the
protagonists=A0with names like Costello, Sullivan and Costigan are =
decribed as
"Irish" in a nominal sense, suggesting a tight-knit community which has
remained static over the years.=A0 One of the minor characters appears =
to have
a Glasgow accent, suggesting a Glasgow-Irish background.
=A0
My knowlegde of other films dealing with similar themes is limited, but
Primal Fear starring Richard Gere and Edward Norton and The Devil's Own =
with
Harrison Ford and Brad Pitt immediately spring to mind.
=A0
I would be interested to hear any other list members' comments on the =
above
and would be grateful if anyone could fill me in on
films/novels/plays/general popular culture=A0about Irish American =
communities
(particularly on the east coast)=A0or academic studies on the subject.
=A0
I have also reviewed the film on my website and would welcome =
any=A0comments.
=A0
http://thelonglane.blogspot.com/2006/10/departed.html
=A0
Many thanks.
=A0
Ciaran Ward
=A0
ciaranward[at]hotmail.com
=A0
=A0

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New Hibernia Review 10, 3 (Autumn 2006) is in the mail, or for some of =
you ,
already in your mailbox. Here is a TOC and abbreviated editors' =
notes

Val Mulkerns, "'Did You Once See Shelley Plain?' Dublin, The Bell, the
Fifties ," pp. 9-23
An extract from Val Mulkerns's recently completed memoir Friends With =
the
Enemy that opens a window on The Bell and its milieu. Mulkerns was =
associate
editor for the eccentric, often crotchety, but always humane Peadar
O'Donnell; other literary figures, among them David Marcus, Miche=E1l
MacLiamm=F3ir, Richard Power, and Frank O'Connor also appear here,

Enda Leaney, "Phrenology in Nineteenth Century Ireland," pp. 24-24
Enda Leaney of NUIG tracks phrenology's history in Ireland from its =
arrival
in 1815--where it gained a significant following among the small, but
influential, Unitarian and dissenting community-through to its fading =
away
after midcentury. Notably, the "science" was used to give =
physiological
support to the theorizing of the Anglo-Saxon superiority over the Celt. =
=20

Gerald Dawe, Filiocht Nua: New Poems, pp 43-52
Gerald Dawe of Trinity College Dublin offers a suite of poems, drawing =
on
two environs: the Victorian suburbs of Dublin and the neighborhood of =
Boston
College, where Dawe recently spent a year in residence.=20

Laura G. Eldred, "Francie Pig vs. The Fat Green Blob from Outer Space:
Horror Films and The Butcher Boy," pp. 53-67
Laura Eldred of the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill traces the
influence of horror-film conventions on the structure of Patrick =
McCabe's
dark 1992 novel. The protagonist of his novel, twelve-year-old Francie
Brady, internalizes the moral universe of such movies. Eldred draws on =
both
the Kristevan concept of the abject and on critical theorizing of
contemporary horror movies.

Temple Cone, "Knowing the Street Map by Foot: Ciaran Carson's Belfast
Confetti," pp. 68-86.
Temple Cone of the US Naval Academy examines Ciaran Carson's =
intricately
layered 1989 collection Belfast Confetti as a study in the poet's
negotiation with the uncertainty created by free-floating surveillance.
Cone's reading is informed by Foucault's model of the panopticon in
Discipline and Punish.

Eoin Cannon, "The Heavyweight Champion of Irishness: Ethnic Fighting
Identities Today," pp. 87-107.
Cannon, of Boston University, discusses the phenomenon of conspicuously
Irish prizefighters, all but extinct in the American ring since the =
1930s,
becoming a staple of fight cards in New England and elsewhere. Such
present-day fighters as Kevin McBride and Mickey Ward are both heirs to
Irish stereotypes, and progenitors of something new: ethnicities of
convenience, born out of marketing needs. =20

Karen Vandevelde, "'What's All the Stir About?'" Gerald Macnamara, =
Synge,
and the Early Abbey Theatre, " pp. 108-21
Karen Vandevelde of the University of Ghent examines Gerald MacNamara's
antic and not-very-successful 1909 curtain-raiser The Mist That Does Be =
On
The Bog. She proposes several reasons for its flop, including the
possibility it was ahead of its time: Dubliners of the day had little =
taste
for postmodern misgivings about representation and the commodification =
of
culture. =20

Jill Franks, "Sex, Guns, and Death: Deborah Warner's Adaptation of The =
Last
September," pp 122-36
Franks (Austin Peay State University) considers the 1999 adaptation by
director Deborah Warner and screenwriter John Banville and finds that =
in
changing certain "cardinal functions" of the plot, the adaptation =
reflects
an intertextuality with its own political and cultural moment. Warner =
and
Banvile brought a new understanding of womens' lives, sexuality, and =
agency
to the film version.

Claire-Louise Bennett, "Embodying Individualism, Re-Imagining =
Community:
Irish Theater in 2005," pp 137-154
In New Hibernia Review's annual survey of Irish theater from students =
in the
M.A. in Drama at NUI, Galway, Claire-Louise Bennett looks to such =
companies
as CoisC=E9im, Blue Raincoat, and the Dublin Fringe Festival for fresh =
energy;
she contends that the Irish stage under-nourishes the physical =
discipline of
performance. Bennett closes by ruminating on what the concept of a =
"national
theater" can mean today.

Reviews, pp. 145-160. Seven new publications in Irish Studies are =
reviewed
by various authors.



James S. Rogers
Managing Director/Center for Irish Studies
Editor/New Hibernia Review
University of St Thomas #5008
2115 Summit Ave
St Paul, MN 55105-1096
(651) 962-5662
www.stthomas.edu/irishstudies

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I don't think anyone has mentioned The Friends of Eddie Coyle, starring,
brilliantly as always, Robert Mitchum. Made from the George V. Higgins
novel. Nineteen seventy something. Boston Irish crime setting.

JM

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Email Patrick O'Sullivan

We have heard from Virginia Crossman, now at Oxford Brookes =
University...

Dr Virginia Crossman
Senior Lecturer in History
Oxford Brookes University
Gipsy Lane
Oxford
OX3 0BP

Virginia Crossman has just been awarded an ESRC project grant to =
investigate
the operation of the poor law in Ireland 1850-1921. Our sincere
congratulations to Virginia.

This project has places for 3 postdoctoral research assistants working =
in
local archives in Ireland. The advertisement for the first of these =
posts
has just been posted on jobs.ac.uk=20
http://www.jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/QE389.html

Please distribute this message and bring this project to the attention =
of
potential candidates.

P.O'S.


Postdoctoral Research Assistant
Welfare regimes in Ireland 1850-1921
School of Arts and Humanities
Oxford Brookes University
Closing date: 13 October 2006
Full details are available at:
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/QE389.html

Postdoctoral Research Assistant
Welfare regimes in Ireland 1850-1921
School of Arts and Humanities

Starting salary: =A321,467, rising annually to =A323,457

To work on an ESRC-funded project on welfare regimes in Ireland =
1850-1921,
under the directorship of Dr Virginia Crossman. The post will involve =
travel
and field work in Ireland. The successful candidate will have research
experience in modern Irish history and/or poor law history. He or she =
will
ideally have research interests in the social history of Ireland and/or =
the
regional character of welfare practices, and will have experience in the =
use
of computer databases. The successful candidate will be part of the =
history
of welfare research cluster within the History Department and will be on
track to obtain a strong research and publications profile.
=20
You will be responsible for:

* collection and storage of historical data from archives in Britain =
and
Ireland
* inputting data onto a computer database
* interpretation and analysis of data independently and under the
direction of the project leader
* participation in written and oral dissemination of research =
findings

You should have:

* a PhD or equivalent in Irish history/poor law history or =
appropriate
field
* experience of archival research
* experience in the use of computer databases

Ref: 045/15852/JP

Closing date: 13 October 2006

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Hi Ciaran and other listers,

Don't forget Scorsese's "Gangs of New York" which has a fantastic
performance by Daniel Day Lewis - this film is clearly about social
mobility and ethnic rivalry. There is also the Coen Brothers' "Miller's
Crossing" which deals with the Italians' attempt to usurp the position of
the Irish gangsters, with a fine performance by Gabriel Byrne. I think
you're right on the money in identifying this as a definite sub-genre.

Chad Habel

At 16:55 10/10/06 -0500, you wrote:
>Christopher Shannon's recent article "Public Enemies, Local Heroes: The
>Irish-American Gangster Film in Classic Hollywood Cinema, "in New Hibernia
>Review 9, 4 (Winter 2005), pp 48-64 might be helpful.
>
>Jim Rogers
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Patrick O'Sullivan [mailto:P.OSullivan[at]bradford.ac.uk]
>Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 2:21 PM
>To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK
>Subject: [IR-D] The Departed
>
>From: ciaran ward [mailto:ciaranward[at]hotmail.com]
>List - "The Departed"
>
>I recently saw The Departed, a cops and gangsters film by Martin Scorsese
>set in the criminal underworld of Boston's Irish community. It's an
>entertaining thriller in its own right, but the background of the Boston
>Irish community makes it interesting. Films of this genre are more commonly
>set in New York's Italian communities, familiar territory for both Scorsese
>and many of the actors he tends to cast. Why he chose to transplant it to
>the Boston-Irish community is open to speculation, but may stem from
>complaints from Italian-American lobby groups about stereotyping.
>
>One of the recurring themes of the film is the concept of immigrants trying
>to better themselves by climbing the social ladder. It is suggested that
>the priesthood,the police and criminality all offer escape routes from
>poverty - a theme common to both Irish and Italian-American communities as
>depicted in popular culture - but the distinction between the three
>occupations is portrayed as somewhat blurred with corrupt elements existing
>with the church and the police. Other films exploring such themes include
>Goodfellas, Godfather and Sleepers. The influence of the Catholic church is
>also evident. An early scene depicts one of the main characters as an altar
>boy in his youth and later on Costello, the gangster chief played by Jack
>Nicholson appears to be extorting money from a priest in return for keeping
>quiet about alleged paedophile activities.
>
>The theme of ethnic identity is also touched upon. Although several
>generations removed from the old country with ancestry going back over 150
>years - and with possibly no surviving links to the motherland - the
>protagonists with names like Costello, Sullivan and Costigan are decribed as
>"Irish" in a nominal sense, suggesting a tight-knit community which has
>remained static over the years. One of the minor characters appears to have
>a Glasgow accent, suggesting a Glasgow-Irish background.
>
>My knowlegde of other films dealing with similar themes is limited, but
>Primal Fear starring Richard Gere and Edward Norton and The Devil's Own with
>Harrison Ford and Brad Pitt immediately spring to mind.
>
>I would be interested to hear any other list members' comments on the above
>and would be grateful if anyone could fill me in on
>films/novels/plays/general popular culture about Irish American communities
>(particularly on the east coast) or academic studies on the subject.
>
>I have also reviewed the film on my website and would welcome any comments.
>
>http://thelonglane.blogspot.com/2006/10/departed.html
>
>Many thanks.
>
>Ciaran Ward
>
>ciaranward[at]hotmail.com
>
>

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Forwarded On Behalf Of Claire Connolly
Subject: Wales-Ireland seminar series

Dear all

We're writing with information of a new interdisciplinary series of
seminars on the topic of Wales and Ireland, to be inaugurated on
Monday October 23 in Cardiff University by Professor Terence Brown, =20
from Trinity College Dublin, who'll be talking about Dylan Thomas and
Ireland.

The Irish Consul will be in attendance and will be providing some
post-seminar drinks. You are warmly invited to
attend and we'd be very grateful also if you could forward this
listing to any colleagues or students who might be interested.

thank you
Claire Connolly and Katie Gramich
Cardiff University

Cardiff School of English, Communication and Philosophy
Yr Ysgol Saesneg, Cyfathrebu ac Athroniaeth yng Nghaerdydd

Wales-Ireland Seminar Series 2006-7
Cyfres seminar Cymru-Iwerddon 2006-7

This seminar series, organized by Drs Claire Connolly and Katie Gramich =
of
ENCAP, will offer an opportunity to hear distinguished scholars from a =
range
of disciplines explore the many cultural, social and historical links
between Ireland and Wales over the centuries.=20
Seminars take place in room 2.47 in the Humanities Building, Cardiff
University (Colum Drive) on Mondays at 5.15 p.m.Cynhelir y seminarau yn
ystafell 2.47 yn Adeilad y Dyniaethau, Prifysgol Caerdydd (Rhodfa Colum) =
ar
ddydd Llun am 5.15 y prynhawn

October 23/Hydref 23, 2006
Professor Terence Brown (Trinity College, Dublin): =93The Irish Dylan =
Thomas=94
Yr Athro Terence Brown (Coleg y Drindod, Dulyn): =93Y Dylan Thomas =
Gwyddelig=94

November 27/Tachwedd 27, 2006
Dr. Siobh=E1n Kilfeather (Queens University, Belfast): " Next of Kin: =
Irish
and Welsh characters in 1940s=92 Cinema"
Dr. Siobh=E1n Kilfeather (Prifysgol Queens, Belfast): " Cyfneseifiaid:
Cymeriadau Gwyddelig a Chymreig yn Sinema=92r 1940au=94

December 11/Rhagfyr 11, 2006
Dr. Paul O=92Leary (University of Wales, Aberystwyth):=94'Was there =
really a
=91murder machine=92? Language, culture and demographic crisis in =
Ireland and
Wales, c.1780-1970=94
Dr. Paul O=92Leary (Prifysgol Cymru, Aberystwyth): =93Oedd yna mewn =
gwirionedd
=91peiriant llofruddio=92? Iaith, diwylliant ac argyfwng demograffig yn =
Iwerddon
a Chymru, c. 1780-1970=94

February 19/Chwefror 19, 2007
Dr. Katie Gramich (Cardiff University): =93Branwen=92s Starling Flies =
Back:
Contemporary Welsh and Irish Women=92s Poetry=94
Dr. Katie Gramich (Prifysgol Caerdydd): =93Drudwy Branwen yn hedfan yn =
=F4l:
Barddoniaeth Gyfoes gan Fenywod yng Nghymru ac Iwerddon=94

March 26/Mawrth 26, 2007=20
Professor Colin Williams (Cardiff University): 'Foras na Gaeilge and =
Bwrdd
yr Iaith: Yoked but not yet shackled'.
Yr Athro Colin Williams (Prifysgol Caerdydd): 'Foras na Gaeilge a Bwrdd =
yr
Iaith: ynghlwm ond nid mewn cyffion'.

April 23/Ebrill 23, 2007
Dr Daniel Williams (Swansea University): =93Pan-Celticism and
Post-colonialism=94=20
Dr Daniel Williams (Prifysgol Cymru, Abertawe): =93Y Pan-Geltaidd a=92r
=D4l-trefedigaethol=94

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From: ciaran ward [mailto:ciaranward[at]hotmail.com]=20
Sent: 11 October 2006 14:45
Subject: RE: Irish Disapora List - "The Departed"

Paddy
Thanks to all the list members who contributed to the discussion.=A0 I =
wasn't
aware that there was such a broad canon of works on the subject, so was
pleasantly surprised.

Ciaran Ward
=A0
ciaranward[at]hotmail.com

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Forwarded On Behalf Of Leon Litvack
Subject: Ireland and Europe in the Nineteenth Century: book launch reminder

Dear friends,

The book launch will be held tomorrow, 12 October, at 6:30 in McMordie Hall,
School of Music at Queen's.

We look forward to seeing you there. Refreshments will be served.

All best wishes,

Leon

-------------------
Dr Leon Litvack
Reader in Victorian Studies
School of English
Queen's University
Belfast BT7 1NN
Northern Ireland, UK
L.Litvack[at]qub.ac.uk


http://www.four-courts-press.ie/cgi/bookshow.cgi?file=irelandEuro.xml



Ireland and Europe in the nineteenth century

COLIN GRAHAM & LEON LITVACK, editors

This collection of essays is published in association with the Society for
the Study of Nineteenth-Century Ireland; subjects examined include
philologists and universities in Ireland and Germany; Fenianism; mass
literacy; Irish reactions to the Franco-Prussian war, 1870-1.

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School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures
Faculty of Humanities
The University of Manchester


CALL FOR PAPERS
=A0
CONFERENCE: =91IDENTITY FORMATION=92
=A0
WEDNESDAY 4 APRIL 2007
=A0
GUEST SPEAKERS:=20
=A0
PROF. CHARLES FORSDICK=20
&=20
PROF. ADRIAN ARMSTRONG
=A0
SCHOOL OF LANGUAGES, LINGUISTICS=20
& CULTURES
THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER
=A0
CALL FOR PAPERS
=A0
This will be the first ever conference to incorporate all the discipline
areas in the School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures at The =
University
of Manchester.=A0 This exciting inaugural event aims to be all inclusive =
and
embrace all languages; it will treat the notion of =91Identity =
Formation=92 in
literature, art, film and media studies under three main themes:
=A0
1. The role of philosophy/ideology in the formation of identity:
=A0
-=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 this addresses how the individual acts/forms =
his identity as a
result of his philosophical ideas/ideological beliefs.
-=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 it could include the philosophical ideas and =
values of, for
example, the Enlightenment; the Counter-Enlightenment; Irrationalism;
Existentialism; Post-Structuralism; Post-Colonialism etc.=A0 Likewise, =
it
could include the ideologies of a particular class of people or =
historical
era.
=A0
2. Diasporic and transcultural identities:
=A0
-=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 this could include the notion of =
=93becoming=94 identities; of
identities being interchangeable; the concept of hybridity; and the =
effects
of migration on identities.
=A0
3. Narrative identity:
=A0
- =A0=A0=A0 this addresses identity as a result of narration, which can =
be
analysed by looking at the parts that constitute it - in particular =
plot,
time and place.
Guest Speakers:
=A0
The guest speakers will be the distinguished scholars PROFESSOR CHARLES
FORSDICK, The University of Liverpool, and PROFESSOR ADRIAN ARMSTRONG, =
The
University of Manchester.
Professor Forsdick, who occupies the James Barrow Chair of French at the
University of Liverpool, went to Liverpool in 2001. He previously =
studied at
New College, Oxford and Lancaster University where he obtained his
doctorate. Before being appointed to the University of Liverpool, he =
taught
for five years at the University of Glasgow.=A0=20
His research and teaching interests include exoticism, travel =
literature,
postcolonial literature in French, the francophone dimensions of
postcolonial theory, and the contemporary French novel.=A0 He has =
recently
published Travel in Twentieth-Century French and Francophone Cultures =
(OUP,
2005), and is currently working on the links between travel and cultural
diversity.=A0 His forthcoming publications include Francophone =
Postcolonial
Studies (co-editor, Arnold) and editions of Victor Segalen's Essai sur
l'exotisme and Equip=E9e (Champion), and he is currently working on
representations of the Haitian revolutionary Toussaint Louverture.
At this conference, Professor Forsdick will, amongst other subjects, =
discuss
postcolonial representation and the effects of displacement, migration =
and
travel.
=A0
Professor Armstrong completed his undergraduate degree and D.Phil. at
Oxford, and spent a year as a Research Fellow in Cambridge before =
joining
Manchester in 1995. Since then he has also taught as a visiting lecturer =
at
Cambridge and Lyon-III.=A0=20
=A0
His research centres around grand rh=E9toriqueur poetry; late medieval =
and
early Renaissance literature; manuscript studies and bibliography; and =
the
influence of book form upon literature. =A0His principal interests are
literary, and he has published work on various writers, including =
Villon,
Molinet, Lemaire, Bouchet, and Jean Marot. However, his concerns with =
the
book as object are also linked to literary questions by an interest in =
text
editing, a discipline of fundamental importance for literary scholarship
which is currently eliciting much methodological reflection. Besides a
forthcoming edition of Jean Bouchet's Jugement poetic de l'honneur =
femenin,
a pro-feminist text printed in 1538, he has co-edited a collection of
occasional writing by the major rh=E9toriqueur Jean Lemaire de Belges =
from the
period 1511-1513, with Jennifer Britnell (Soci=E9t=E9 des Textes =
Fran=E7ais
Modernes).=20
=A0
At this conference, Professor Armstrong will discuss how to successfully
pursue a career in academia as a postgraduate student and will address
issues of learning and teaching within higher education.
=A0
Please join us for an exploration of this compelling subject of identity
formation.=A0=20
Postgraduate students are cordially invited to submit abstracts relating =
to
one of the three aforementioned panel subjects.
=A0
=A0
=A0
Guidelines for Abstracts and Papers
=A0
Please follow these instructions carefully:
=A0
- Abstracts [and papers] should be in English and no longer than 150 =
words.=A0

=A0
- All citations in both the abstract and the paper should be given in
English.
=A0
- Abstracts should indicate clearly which of the three panels they
correspond to; please put the title of the panel you are applying to as =
the
e-mail's subject.=A0=20
=A0
- Abstracts must be simply pasted/written into the e-mail and not =
attached
as a Word [or other] document.=A0 Please also indicate the proposed =
title for
the paper at the start of the abstract.
=A0
- Please state whether you will require PowerPoint/an overhead projector =
for
your paper.
=A0
- The papers are to be 20 minutes in length and no longer, with
approximately 10 minutes for questions.
=A0
- Abstracts should be sent to langsconference[at]yahoo.com=20
=A0
- The submission deadline is 15 January 2007.=20
=A0
Conference Registration:
=A0
- Registration is via e-mail. =A0Please send your name, faculty, =
institution
and contact telephone number to langsconference[at]yahoo.com=A0=20
Please enter the title =91Registration=92 in the subject field of the =
e-mail.
Registration closes on 25 February 2007.
=A0
- Please send a cheque for ten pounds by 25 February 2007 payable to the
following address:
=A0
Ms. Michela Baldo [S3.8]
School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures
Faculty of Humanities
The University of Manchester
Oxford Rd.
Manchester
M13 9PL
=A0
Registration fees include refreshments, lunch and a reception in the
evening.
=A0
- Enquiries should be addressed to Louise Crowther at:
langsconference[at]yahoo.com
Please enter the title =91Enquiry=92 in the subject field of the e-mail.
=A0
We look forward to seeing you at this exciting and inaugural event.=A0=20
=A0

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I just want to send greetings to all Wildeans on this day - Oscar's
birthday. Also thanks to the Paddy and the Diaspora list for
facilitating the Oscholars and giving access to data.

Carmel


>

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Liam Neeson did it successfully - more so than Fry in my opinion. And
as Paddy has noted MacL was not Irish - just another wannabe!

Carmel

Liam Clarke wrote:
> To the list
>
> Robert Morley, Peter Finch, Stephen Fry
>
> Has ever an Irish actor played Oscar? MacLiammoir maybe (if Ive spelled
> that right)
>
> Perhaps it has to be an English actooor??
>
>
> Liam Clarke
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [mailto:IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On
> Behalf Of Carmel McCaffrey
> Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 2:16 PM
> To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: [IR-D] A Wilde Day
>
> I just want to send greetings to all Wildeans on this day - Oscar's
> birthday. Also thanks to the Paddy and the Diaspora list for
> facilitating the Oscholars and giving access to data.
>
> Carmel
>
>
>
>>
>>
>
> .
>
>

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To the list

Robert Morley, Peter Finch, Stephen Fry

Has ever an Irish actor played Oscar? MacLiammoir maybe (if Ive spelled
that right)

Perhaps it has to be an English actooor??


Liam Clarke

=20

-----Original Message-----
From: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [mailto:IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On
Behalf Of Carmel McCaffrey
Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 2:16 PM
To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: [IR-D] A Wilde Day

I just want to send greetings to all Wildeans on this day - Oscar's
birthday. Also thanks to the Paddy and the Diaspora list for
facilitating the Oscholars and giving access to data.

Carmel


> =20