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I think that it reads as a bit of patronising tosh - the Irish are a
'nation of storytellers' - no more so than the Scots whose native
tradition actually shares most of the same stories as the Irish
tradition. It is more of a comment on how far Scotland has lost sight
of its own traditions - Finn McCool is as important in Scottish story
telling as he is in Irish (if not more so).

I also don't like the part about generous lashings of Jamesons -
Paddy's is nicer :-)

Muiris


On 24/04/07, Joe Bradley wrote:
> The following from 'The Herald' (18/4/07) newspaper in Glasgow/Scotland
> forms the introduction to a short article regarding the recent successes
> of the Irish cricket team. How do list members read this?
> I realise that context, history, etc are important in deconstructing
> such language/comments - nonetheless, what do people see when they read
> this?
>
> Joe
>
>
>
> 'As a nation of story-tellers, Ireland have never been short of a good
> fairytale amid a mythology which extends from rainbow-dwelling
> leprechauns to the causeway building giant Finn McCool. Extra doses of
> blarney, washed down with a generous lashing of Jameson's, could barely
> have concocted such an improbable yet heart-warming yarn as that
> delivered by the Emerald Isle's cricketers over the past month'.
>
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Ah, Al Sharpton, master of both outrage and inconsistency.

I have to say, I feel beseiged by such dead phrases and sentiments - in
newspapers, magazines, students=E8 papers, in political rhetoric and argu=
ment,
popular fiction, movies, tv (been watching cable again lately after sever=
al
years away). How often do we encounter badly recycled words - I feel lik=
e Im
living in a sea of repetition. Thank God for Geoffery Hill.

Which is leading to a point about what matters is who said something - Im=
not
sure about that in any mass media. Theres just a sea of verbiage out the=
re,
endlessly generated at a very low intellectual/creative level, meaning no=
thing
necessarily. I can see the anger when a white radio host refers to black
college athletes in derogatory racial terms (latest US race scandal, ecli=
psed
by latest US student massacre) but I dont see this sort of thing in those=
terms
at all. Otherwise I could spend all day being outraged by demeaning port=
ayals
of professors, historians, and on down the list.

Peter Hart

Quoting "Thomas J. Archdeacon" :

> I agree with Peter and Matthew that opening is boilerplate that it coul=
d have
> appeared anywhere, including an Irish source, and that even writers of =
Irish
> descent might have written it. =20
>=20
> I suppose the questions are:
> 1. Is such boilerplate harmful?
> 2. Do you have to be member of MOPE (most oppressed people ever) to co=
mplain
> about it?
> 3. What draws the line between groups about whom such comments would n=
ot be
> allowed and those about whom they are tolerated?
> 4. Should the Irish point out such inconsistent standards when they
> encounter them?
> 5. Does not bemoaning the inconsistent standards make the Irish look l=
ess
> like bigots?
> 6. Where is Al Sharpton when we need him?
>=20
> Tom
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Please see attached information from the Society for Irish Latin
American Studies (SILAS). Apologies for cross postings.

Dear IR-D members and friends,=20

The SILAS website www.irlandeses.org has been refurbished and includes
new contents. In addition to the latest and previous issues of "Irish
Migration Studies in Latin America", navigation is now easier and new
pages have been added.

Among them, "The Diary of Roberto Murphy, 1887-1934" is now available to
all visitors. The Diary is a scanned version of forty-seven annual
volumes, including daily entries written by a landowner of Lobos, Buenos
Aires province. Most of theses entries include five to ten hand-written
lines recording ranch business, family news, visits, local affairs,
travel reports and remarks about the weather, market prices, movements
of neighbours or political upheavals. Cash accounts close every year,
and miscellaneous materials like press clippings or notes are
occasionally inserted with some entries. The digitisation and access
system design were performed by Proyecto Patrimonio Historico, Instituto
de Historia Argentina y Americana "Dr. Emilio Ravignani" (Facultad de
Filosofia y Letras), and Laboratorio de Sistemas Distribuidos
Heterogeneos (Facultad de Ingenieria), of the University of Buenos
Aires.

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The response to this question shows exactly why an issue like this is
not one with easy answers - a lot depends on personal experience,
identity - a big one - and how words can cut into that. The Imus is a
good case at hand. His remarks on his early morning show meant nothing
to me when I hear them a day or two later. I was not at all familiar
with the language he used but I was soon alerted to the offense by some
African-American colleagues who found his words deeply offensive and
disturbing and welcomed the opportunity to have their complains heard.
Imus opened wounds and I had to respect that, even if they were not my
wounds. I don't find the argument that what was written in the Herald
could have been written elsewhere a comfort - so that makes it all right
then? As for not wanting to be classed amongst the MOPE - who invents
this stuff? - for fear of ridicule - well then, just let the bullies
have their way, don't mind us, we'll just sit here in the corner and
apologize for existing.

Carmel


> .
>
>

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The ever-energetic Eamon Maher has asked me to send along notice of the
upcoming Third Annual Conference of the Centre for Franco-Irish Studies,
which will be held May 10-11 at ITT Dublin (Tallaght).



In addition to panels, the program features plenary addresses by Dr John
McDonagh, Fintan O'Toole, and Dr Brigitte Le Juez.



Interested persons should follow the links at this site for the detailed
program:
http://www.ittdublin.ie/humanities/languages/francoirishstudies/conferences/
upcomingevents/furtherinfo,15124,en.html




Or contact Eamon himself at Eamon.Maher[at]ittdublin.ie

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Joe,

my response is partly a weary sigh at the laziness of the imagery. I =
haven't followed the cricket so can't say whether this has been typical =
of the response to Ireland's world cup campaign, although overall I do =
like and have enjoyed the description of the Irish cricket fans as the =
'Blarney Army' (English cricket fans being the 'Barmy Army') which has =
been widely used. In the context of Scotland, of course, I guess this =
piece (or extract) may have a particular resonance which might not be =
the case in other parts of the world where Irish identities are more =
firmly established and accepted?

When I did my own doctoral research, I looked at newspaper =
representation, and this sort of imagery was used - often to signify =
Ireland as different and a bit backward (occasionally this was positive, =
in the sense of Ireland retaining things which England, in particular, =
had lost), while Irish people (usually men) were friendly but too fond =
of drink (typically whiskey or Guinness) and prone to exaggeration.

International sports reporting - as you will know Joe - often touches on =
national pride - so how did Scotland do??? (NB I do not want to open a =
discussion on the cricket world cup, marvellous though Ireland's success =
was!)

Sarah.
----- Original Message -----=20
From: Joe Bradley=20
To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK=20
Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 11:26 AM
Subject: Re: [IR-D] Herald comment


The following from 'The Herald' (18/4/07) newspaper in =
Glasgow/Scotland
forms the introduction to a short article regarding the recent =
successes
of the Irish cricket team. How do list members read this?
I realise that context, history, etc are important in deconstructing
such language/comments - nonetheless, what do people see when they =
read
this?

Joe



'As a nation of story-tellers, Ireland have never been short of a good
fairytale amid a mythology which extends from rainbow-dwelling
leprechauns to the causeway building giant Finn McCool. Extra doses =
of
blarney, washed down with a generous lashing of Jameson's, could =
barely
have concocted such an improbable yet heart-warming yarn as that
delivered by the Emerald Isle's cricketers over the past month'.

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Dear Paddy,

The Ireland and Southern Africa Project is planning a new volume in the
occasional series Southern African-Irish Studies. If any member of the
list would be interesting a contributing a chapter on either an aspect
of the Irish in southern Africa or on Irish-southern African links then
I should be delighted to receive a brief proposal from them.

Regards

Donal


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From D.C. Rose

SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS

CICLaS =AD Universit=E9 Paris Dauphine
Bureau B.307
Place du Mar=E9chal de Lattre de Tassigny
75775 Paris Cedex 16
France

ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL TWO-DAY CONFERENCE
Thursday 11 & Friday 12 October 2007
NATIONALISM(S), POSTNATIONALISMS)

In the Age of Globalisation a certain discourse of crisis has arisen =
around
the notions of national identity, culture and sovereignty, and some have
declaimed the loss of local cultural and social values in favour of a
nebulous globalised system. For some we are already in a postnational =
world
in the 21st century and the political, social, economic and =
philosophical
notions implied are food for debate and discussion.
This conference invites participants to discuss how European and
Postcolonial societies are imagining themselves in this historical =
moment.

Enquiries and submissions (=B1 300 words) + biographies (=B1 100 words) =
should
be sent to Martine PIQUET and Deirdre =
GILFEDDER
by 31 May 2007.
Submissions for the forthcoming no 13 issue of Les Cahiers du CICLaS =
(ISSN
1637-7060) on the same theme are also welcome.

William H. Mulligan, Jr., Ph.D.
Professor of History
Graduate Program Coordinator=20
Murray State University
Murray KY 42071-3341 USA=20
Office: 1-270-809-6571
Fax: 1-270-809-6587=20
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Forwarded on behalf of Brian Lambkin.

XVII ULSTER-AMERICAN HERITAGE SYMPOSIUM
'Changing perspectives, 1607-2007'
Centre for Migration Studies at the Ulster-American Folk Park,=20
Omagh, Northern Ireland
25-28 June, 2008
CALL FOR PAPERS
The Centre for Migration Studies at the Ulster-American Folk Park, =
Omagh, is
pleased to host next year the Seventeenth Ulster-American Heritage
Symposium, 25-28 June, 2008, in partnership with the University of =
Ulster,
Queen's University Belfast and the National Museums and Library Service =
of
Northern Ireland. Since 1976 the Ulster-American Heritage Symposium has =
met
every two years, alternating between co-sponsoring universities and =
museums
in Ulster and North America. Its purpose is to encourage scholarly study =
and
public awareness of the historical connections between Ulster and North
America including what is commonly called the Scotch-Irish or =
Ulster-Scots
heritage. The Symposium has as its general theme the process of
transatlantic emigration and settlement, and links between England,
Scotland, Ireland and North America. Its approach is multi-disciplinary,
encouraging dialogue between those working in different fields including
history, language, literature, geography, archaeology, anthropology,
religion, folklife and music.=20

The particular theme of the meeting in 2008 will be 'Changing =
Perspectives,
1607-2007' with the aim of presenting and exploring recent research that
challenges habitual ways of thinking about the historical relationship
between Ulster and North America over the last four hundred years.=20

The keynote speaker will be Professor David Cannadine, Director of the
Institute of Historical Research in the University of London and author =
of
Mellon: An American Life (2006).=20

The organisers will be especially pleased to receive offers of papers on =
the
following: the nineteenth century; Canada; the role of women; relations =
with
other ethnic groups; regional, local community and family studies; =
foodways;
and recent developments in Scotch-Irish / Ulster-Scots culture, history =
and
heritage. Papers from postgraduate students are particularly welcome. =
With
2008 being the four hundredth anniversary of Bushmills distillery, the =
offer
of papers relating to whiskey production and consumption will also be
welcome. As at the last Symposium in Knoxville, Tennessee in 2006, there
will be an excursion on offer on Wednesday 25 June. Our plan is to visit
Ramelton and Rathmullan in County Donegal.

Deadline for proposals for individual papers or panels: October 31 2007. =

Please submit abstracts (250-300 words) and brief c.v. to the =
organizers, Dr
Brian Lambkin and Dr Patrick Fitzgerald at:=20
brian.lambkin[at]magni.org.uk , patrick.fitzgerald[at]magni.org.uk
For accommodation details see:
http://www.qub.ac.uk/cms/events/UAHS_2008_Accomodation.htm


William H. Mulligan, Jr., Ph.D.
Professor of History
Graduate Program Coordinator=20
Murray State University
Murray KY 42071-3341 USA=20
Office: 1-270-809-6571
Fax: 1-270-809-6587=20
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Forwarded on behalf of
Professor Maria Luddy at m.luddy[at]warwick.ac.uk
and Professor James Smith at smithbt[at]bc.edu

who are to be congratulated on this initiative.

This is one of the areas that really needs development, especially =
within
Irish Diaspora Studies.

As I can confirm, as myself an child emigrant...

Patrick O'Sullivan


CFP: Children, Childhood, and Irish Society

Call for Papers: Children, Childhood, and Irish Society, 1700-2007.

=C9ire-Ireland: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Irish Studies welcomes
submissions for a Spring/Summer 2009 special issue that will consider =
the
theme of "Children, Childhood, and Irish Society, 1700-2007."=A0 =
Childhood
figures insistently across a wide range of contemporary discussions and
representations of Irish life, from constitutional referenda and =
tribunals
of inquiry to blockbuster films, memoirs and award-winning novels, from =
the
emergence of Gaelscoileanna to the citizenship debate. The guest editors
seek essays that place these recent developments in a broader social,
cultural, and historical context. We are especially interested in essays
that offer interdisciplinary perspectives from history, literature, =
visual
culture, social welfare and social policy. We also invite submissions
informed by new sources of archival research. We encourage articles
responding to the following areas:

Changing conceptions of childhood in Irish society in the period 1700 to =
the
present.=20
The child and the state=20
The child and religion=20
Childhood and social class=20
Childhood and educational policy/practice=20
Childhood in the two Irelands: Anglo and native, North and the Republic=20
The marginalised and/or institutionalized child=20
Irish childhood and the Diaspora=20
Children and family: nuclear, single parent, adopted, foster=20
Idealised childhood and nostalgia=20
Childhood sexualities=20
Imaging children and childhood in film, documentary, and art.=20
Literary Childhoods: fiction, poetry, drama, and memoir=20

The deadline for the receipt of proposal (two pages) is November 1, =
2007,
and completed articles (6000-8000 words) will be due by April 15, =
2008.=A0
Send proposals to Professor Maria Luddy at m.luddy[at]warwick.ac.uk and
Professor James Smith at smithbt[at]bc.edu

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I wonder if this link will be of interest to members of the Diaspora. It
describes the fact that building of a motorway to link the North-West of
Ireland to Dublin has had to be stopped after only having just commenced
on Monday because of the discovery of major prehistoric archaeological
discoveries close to the Hill of Tara. I am sure that this possibility
was widely predicted. Perhaps others members, especially those in
Ireland, can add to this matter.=20

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http://www.rte.ie/news/2007/0502/meath.html

=20

Dr. Steven McCabe=20

Faculty of Law, Humanities, Development and Society

University of Central England in Birmingham

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Muireann Ni Bhrolch=E1in, of the School of Celtic Studies,in Maynooth has=
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long been campaigning to stop this new road. She has gathered thousands=20
of signatures and submitted her concerns to all concerned. This has to=20
be a great boost to her campaign and I for one am delighted.

Carmel


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Thats odd - I always understood that 'The Road to Tara leads through Holyhead'!!!

Seriously, this isn't really a motorway per.se; its more of a feeder route for commuter-belt Dubliners from counties Meath and Cavan. It MAY become part of an eventual motorway to the North-West given that Donegal is about to be re-assimilated into the original province of Ulster. The Road to Reunification, one might say...

This new road passes through the so-called Tara Valley, albeit a mile and a half from the actual Hill (which is still, as it was in my childhood, just a grassy hillock with no distinguishing features). Nevertheless it was inevitable, given the antiquity of the site, that archeological remains would be unearthed ANYWHERE within an ass's roar of it. Bound to be a political hot potato...

Ultan

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Explanations of depression among Irish migrants in Britain

Gerard Francis Leavey a, b, Corresponding Author Contact Information, E-mail
The Corresponding Author, Gerard Leaveyc, E-mail The Corresponding Author,
Louise Ryanb, E-mail The Corresponding Author and Michael Kingb, E-mail The
Corresponding Author
aBarnet, Enfield & Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust, St. Ann's Hospital, St.
Ann's Road, London, UK
bUniversity College London, UK
cDepartment of Mental Health Sciences, University College London, UK

Available online 19 April 2007.



Abstract

Irish geographical and cultural propinquity to the UK might be considered as
an advantage to migrants. However, research over 40 years shows Irish
migrants to have consistent high vulnerability to mental disorders. Only
recently have researchers begun to explore the reasons for this morbidity.
Taking a previous epidemiological study on depression and Irish migrants as
a point of departure, we explored the reasons for this morbidity-we
hypothesised that depression may be related to unprepared or spontaneous
migration. We report on a qualitative study in order to clarify how, from
the migrant's perspective, migration might be related to depression. These
perspectives were obtained through in-depth interviews with Irish-born
migrants aged 18 and over living in London in order to explore psychological
distress through a contextualised 'insiders' account. The interviews were
completed with men and women who experienced depression and others who had
not. We found that previous theories on Irish migrant psychiatric disorder
such as racial discrimination were not supported by the narratives of Irish
migrant experience. For many participants, the origins of distress are
located in Ireland or in difficult life events and circumstances without a
direct relationship to migration. This paper examines the causal attributes
to depression among Irish migrants in the UK in the context of pre- and
post-migration experiences with particular focus on gender and age.

Keywords: Ireland; Depression; Migrants; Migration; Alcohol; Causal
attributions; Mental health; UK


Corresponding Author Contact Information
Corresponding author. Barnet, Enfield & Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust,
St. Ann's Hospital, St. Ann's Road, London, UK. Tel.: +44 0208 8442 6503;
fax: +44 0208 442 6503.


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Email Patrick O'Sullivan

This article is actually a very important contribution to Irish Diaspora
Studies by Bertie Mandelblatt of the Department of Geography of Royal
Holloway, University of London.

As well as showing the Irish economy to be plugged into the economy of =
the
wider Atlantic, and specifically the slave plantations, it shows the =
beef
trade managed by diasporic families and networks - ironically helped by
obstacles to the exportation of beef to England.

Mandelblatt's Irish sources include Cullen, Nash, Truxes and Joseph T.
Leydon, =91The Irish Provisions Trade to the Caribbean, c. 1650=961780: =
an
Historical Geography=92, PhD thesis, University of Toronto, 1995. =
Another
source, L=E9on Vignols, =91L=92Importation en France au XVIIIe si=E8cle =
du boeuf
sal=E9 d=92Irlande: ses emplois, les tentatives pour s=92en passer=92, =
Revue
historique 159, Sept.=96Oct. 1928, is new to me.

P.O'S.


A Transatlantic Commodity: Irish Salt Beef in the French Atlantic World

Author: Mandelblatt, Bertie

Source: History Workshop Journal, Volume 63, Number 1, 2007, pp. =
18-47(30)

Publisher: Oxford University Press


EXTRACT
A number of questions arise concerning this singular commodity and the =
set
of transatlantic trade networks it set in motion that lasted throughout =
the
pre-revolutionary eras in the French Caribbean. First, and most =
pressingly,
what does it mean to investigate the slave as a consumer, instead of as =
a
commodity and producer of commodities? What were the multiple effects of
this massive and ever-growing Caribbean consumer population in Ireland =
and
in France? After considering how Irish salt beef figured in a French
Atlantic world of commodities centred on slaves and sugar, this paper
follows that trail, beginning in Ireland, the place of production of =
salt
beef, moving to the French Atlantic ports of Nantes, la Rochelle and
Bordeaux which oversaw its passage, and ending in the Caribbean, its =
place
of consumption.=20

Such a focus =96 using a single commodity and its =
production-to-consumption
network to study historical relationships between places, objects and
subjects =96 has characterized much recent work. Ian Cook's examination =
of
papayas, for example, reveals the historical geographies of the social =
and
commercial connections between Jamaica and England.17 In Daniel Miller's
project on Coca Cola in Trinidad, the soft drink emerges as something
utterly local, indeed indigenized, confounding critics who claim that =
Coca
Cola is unambiguously an instrument of American cultural hegemony.18 In
terms of the Atlantic world studies of alcohol have been particularly
significant: David Hancock has examined how the transatlantic =
circulation of
Madeira wine resulted in its =91product innovation=92.19 Other recent =
works have
focused on Caribbean rum,20 Portuguese wine and Brazilian sugar cane
brandy.21...

...Irish salt beef was not simply liable to rules that generally =
regulated
import of goods from Ireland. Rather, it was treated as an exceptional
commodity, defined as much by its specific provenance and destination as =
by
its status as an internationally traded good.=20

The import of salt beef into France from Ireland was to significant =
degree
controlled by resident Irish communities in Bordeaux, Nantes and La
Rochelle, unlike the export of salt beef from Cork and Dublin which was =
not
influenced at all by resident French merchants. The histories of these =
Irish
communities in France provide rich narratives for the exploration of
diasporic settlement and early modern commerce, both stimulated in this =
case
by the consumption demands of the enslaved labour of the French sugar
colonies.71 The Irish merchant community in Bordeaux in particular =
managed
that port's meteoric development of the trade in salt beef and other
provisions, and expanded because of it. French economic historian Paul =
Butel
describes the salt-beef and wine trade there, and the =91... vital role =
played
by the British colony since the beginning of the eighteenth century: as =
of
1715, its involvement in wine exports was matched by its participation =
in
the trade to the Islands in indispensable Irish salted provisions, =
either
sent through Bordeaux, or obtained directly by French merchant vessels
[armateurs] from Cork or Dublin=92.72 The =91British colony=92 to which =
Butel
refers was dominated by Irish merchant families, and this was also true =
of
the English-speaking communities established throughout the port cities =
of
southern Europe and Spain.73=20

Cullen notes that the growth of these Irish diasporic settlements was =
due as
much to successful commercial networks established through family ties
across national boundaries as to political or religious persecution at =
home.
Often different branches of the same family would reside in Cork or =
Dublin
and in Bordeaux, facilitating links created from the provisions trade.
Indeed, as John Mannion has discovered, some Irish families had members
based throughout the Atlantic world =96 =91... beef merchants [in =
Waterford]
emphasized the West Indies, the continent and London. ... Dominick =
Farrell
and his son Thomas emphasized Bordeaux and Cadiz, where branches of the
family resided=92.74 In another study, Mannion investigates the =
Aylwards, an
Irish family active in the colonial provisions trade which had family
members resident in Plaisance =96 centre of the French cod fishery in
Newfoundland =96 as well as in Nantes, Cadiz and Waterford.75 Cullen =
expands
on the early importance of the Waterford connection to the French =
Atlantic
port cities, observing, though, that as the wine and then beef markets =
grew
in the eighteenth century, the Irish community in Bordeaux came to be
dominated by those with connections in Cork and Dublin, and these
connections then extended to other ports along the French and Spanish
Atlantic coasts.=20

In this way, the soaring demand for salt beef in the French colonies
contributed to the commercial success and continued growth of Irish
expatriate merchant communities, which established themselves and =
developed
in relation to their ability to facilitate this expanding trade. This =
direct
relationship is shown by nothing as clearly as by the decline of the =
trade,
which began at the outbreak of the revolutions in France and =
Saint-Domingue.
Although the effects of the revolutions on the wine and brandy trades =
were
more diffuse, the loss of the Saint-Domingue market brought the =
Franco-Irish
trade in salt beef to an abrupt close. Cullen remarks =91... it is =
doubtful if
anything could have saved the general [Irish] merchant houses [in =
Bordeaux]
geared to a disappearing and archaic trade in salt beef, ... [destroyed =
by]
a Saint-Domingue in revolt ...=92

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Forwarded on behalf of
Elke D=92hoker (elke.dhoker[at]arts.kuleuven.be)

Second Call for Papers - extension of the deadline for proposals to May
30th.=20
=A0
Conference
IRISH WOMEN WRITERS:
Irish and European Contexts

University of Leuven, Belgium
Wednesday 24 October =96 Saturday 27 October 2007
=A0
Confirmed Plenary speakers: Patricia Coughlan, Ann Owen Weekes, Anne =
Fogarty
and Sin=E9ad Morrissey
=A0
With such recent publications as Volumes IV and V of the Field Day
Anthology, the Greenwood Guide to Irish Women Writers and the Dictionary =
of
Munster Women Writers, literature by Irish women has come to enjoy an
unprecedented critical attention. Across the different genres of modern
literature, the writing of Irish women has turned out to be more varied,
rich and interesting than had previously been thought. This conference =
wants
to demonstrate this richness by providing a platform for exchange of
research and critical discussion on all aspects of the literature of =
Irish
women writers, both in English and in Gaelic. We invite historical,
theoretical, political, cultural or textual analyses of literary texts =
and
would particularly welcome papers that seek to situate these texts =
within
the larger framework of a female literary tradition, both in an Irish =
and in
a European context. The larger cultural context of literary production =
and
reception for Irish women writers of the last three centuries also =
provides
topics for discussion.=20
=A0
The conference is hosted by the University of Leuven and The Louvain
Institute of Ireland in Europe. The conference will take place in the =
old
Irish college in Leuven, which celebrates its 400th anniversary in 2007.
=A0
Papers should be in English and should not exceed 2500-3000 words (20
minutes=92 delivery).=20
=A0
For further information , you can contact=A0 Elke D=92hoker (
elke.dhoker[at]arts.kuleuven.be) or look at the website:
http://www.arts.kuleuven.be/literary_studies/index.htm

=A0=20
Proposals for papers (250 words) should be sent by e-mail to Elke =
D=92hoker by
May 30th 2007.=20
=A0
Elke D'hoker
Postdoctoral Researcher FWO
KULeuven - Faculteit Letteren=20
English Literature=20
Blijde Inkomststraat 21
B-3000 Leuven
016/324883=20

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H-NET BOOK REVIEW
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Roger Turvey. _The Treason and Trial of Sir John Perrot_. Cardiff:
University of Wales Press, 2005. xii + 208 pp. Illustrations, notes,
bibliography, index. $74.95 (cloth), ISBN 0-7083-1912-2.

Reviewed for H-Albion by Pauline Croft, Department of History, Royal
Holloway University of London

A Great Elizabethan?

Dr. Roger Turvey wrote the _ODNB_ (_Old Dictionary National Biography_)
entry for Sir John Perrot (1528-92), Lord Deputy of Ireland from 1584 to
1588, and his aim here is, as noted on the front cover, to "restore a =
great
Elizabethan who hailed from Wales to his rightful place in history." In
February 1589, some months after his return from Ireland, Perrot was
elevated to the English privy council, but then suffered a spectacular
downfall, being charged with treason in 1590. He was tried in April =
1592.
Found guilty, he was not executed but died in the Tower seven months =
later,
and his family was treated leniently. The first part of the book tells =
the
story of Perrot's life and end. The second prints the earliest surviving =
and
most complete account of his trial, from BL Lansdowne MS 72. The =
manuscript
formed the basis of T. B. Howell's account in _State Trials_ vol. 1 =
(London,
1809), now superseded by this valuable edition. Turvey usefully =
demolishes
the notion that Perrot was an illegitimate son of Henry VIII, apparently =
an
unfounded libel by Sir Robert Naunton, but follows Hiram Morgan in =
accusing
Lord Burghley of master-minding a secretive, deadly attack on Perrot, in
order to cover up the corrupt administration of Ireland after Perrot's
departure by Lord Deputy Fitzwilliam, a second cousin of Burghley's late
wife.[1]

However, neither William Camden nor Sir James Perrot, Perrot's bastard =
son
and biographer, saw Burghley in this light, and in his will Perrot was
"resolute in his belief that Burghley was to be accounted among his most
loyal and steadfast friends" (p. 87). For Turvey this was "misplaced =
faith,"
additional evidence of Burghley's serpentine duplicity. It is always
worrying when modern historians insist that they have uncovered =
mysterious
plots unknown to Tudor contemporaries. Here, plenty of evidence is cited
that undermines any conspiracy theory. Firstly, there is no denying that
Perrot was a violent, brawling, and vituperative character, who had made
many enemies in his native Wales before going on to make even more in
Ireland, where the privy council in Dublin was already deeply divided.
Perrot alienated influential Irishmen, including the powerful Thomas =
earl of
Ormond, a personal friend of Queen Elizabeth, and also Adam Loftus,
Archbishop of Dublin and Lord Chancellor of Ireland. Turvey notes that =
Lord
Deputy Fitzwilliam was in many ways an unwitting instrument of Loftus's
sustained malice against Perrot (p. 69). It was Loftus, not Burghley, =
whom
Perrot blamed in his will. Back in England, with the added status of a =
privy
councillor, Perrot lent his support to all those who were enemies of
Fitzwilliam and Loftus: they in turn saw him as worryingly well placed =
to do
them harm. Into this fraught situation came a very dubious priest, Denis
O'Roughan. To get himself out of jail, O'Roughan produced a letter =
allegedly
from Perrot to Philip II of Spain, offering to aid him in the conquest =
of
Ireland in return for dominion in Wales. Fitzwilliam then wrote directly =
to
Elizabeth, not Burghley and the English privy council, with this =
sensational
allegation. That made it impossible to avoid an enquiry, particularly as
Perrot wrote to Burghley insisting on being charged so that he could =
clear
his name. On the queen's express order, he was placed under house arrest =
in
Burghley's luxurious mansion in the Strand, and only later sent to the
Tower.

Burghley clearly thought O'Roughan was a rogue, but the queen also =
commanded
Sir Nicholas White, one of Perrot's supporters on the Irish privy =
council,
to be placed in confinement at the house of the Dean of St Paul's. Other
charges against Perrot emerged which seemed to have rather more =
substance.
Apparently he had released, unpunished, certain rhymers who composed
seditious songs and poems against Elizabeth, and he had been too lenient
with the rebel Sir Brian O'Rourke, who ceremonially trashed an image of =
the
queen. The final blow came with the revelation that Perrot had expressed =
his
frustrations over what he saw as Elizabeth's inadequate support of him =
with
phrases such as "God's wounds, this is to serve a base bastard piss =
kitchen
woman," and "Ha, silly woman, ha, fiddling woman, now she shall not rule =
me,
now she shall not curb me." Turvey views these as merely "indiscretions
uttered in public" (all quotes, p. 114), but they immediately made =
Perrot
vulnerable to the accusation of treasonous words, under the act of 1571. =
At
the end of his trial, most unusually, Perrot was granted an interview =
with
his judges, and judgment was delayed until the queen was consulted. =
However,
the death sentence was finally pronounced in June 1592, although Perrot =
was
simply left in jail.

There is little discussion here of wider Elizabethan politics. Instead =
we
are offered the catch-all solution of "faction," with Lord Burghley as a
paranoid factional leader. But it is noticeable how many other friends =
of
Perrot fell away from him, including the influential Sir George Carew =
and
Roger Manners, eminence grise of the dukes of Rutland. The young Robert =
earl
of Essex, whose sister Dorothy was married to Perrot's son and heir =
Thomas,
stood back until after Perrot's condemnation, then asked Burghley for
support in stopping sentence being pronounced. Significantly, Essex =
noted
that it would be hard to move the queen, who seemed "very resolute in =
it"
(p. 86). Concentrating on Wales and Ireland, Turvey largely ignores the
whole sequence of plots in England, from Roberto di Ridolfi in 1571, =
which
first convinced Elizabeth that Philip II was her enemy, through Francis
Throckmorton and Parry to Anthony Babington in 1586, where Mary Queen of
Scots explicitly consented to a plan to assassinate the English queen. =
These
were to be followed by further plots in the 1590s, including that of the
hapless Dr. Roderigo Lopez whose fate in many ways is reminiscent of =
Perrot.
To the modern mind the plots may seem absurdly incoherent, but they were =
a
powerful influence on Elizabethan thinking, not least that of the queen
herself. The significance of Perrot's public description of Elizabeth as =
a
"base bastard" is simply ignored in this book, but it was explosive,
especially in wartime. If she was illegitimate (as all Catholics =
contended),
then she had no right to the throne. So who was the rightful ruler? Was
Perrot perhaps a secret supporter of the Infanta Isabella, proclaimed by =
her
father Philip II as queen of England as soon as the Armada should remove
Elizabeth? In the immediate aftermath of 1588, there were fears that =
Philip
might think of attacking England afresh, perhaps by planting troops in
Ireland, and the king was quick to start rebuilding his naval strength. =
The
two proclamations against seminary priests, written by Lord Burghley in
October 1591, bring home vividly the current atmosphere of paranoia in
England. Perrot's many enemies in Dublin could raise just enough concern
that he was a loose cannon, a man of poor judgment who despised his =
queen as
a bastard and had no scruples over insulting her in public. Drunken old =
men
on alehouse benches who cast similar aspersions on the queen's parentage
were hauled before the assize judges as a warning; such slanders coming =
from
a Lord Deputy of Ireland could not be tolerated. Against this tense, =
fearful
background it seemed possible that Perrot might have been tempted into
treacherous schemes with Spain. At the very least, if Elizabeth's public
reputation had gone undefended (as with the seditious rhymers and =
O'Rourke's
ceremony of ritual degradation), even more so if she personally took =
umbrage
at Perrot's outrageous comments (as indicated by Essex), then Burghley =
and
other privy councillors were unlikely to go out of their way to help =
him.
But that was not the same as deliberately and elaborately plotting to =
bring
Perrot down, in pursuit of unsubstantiated and rather tenuous factional
advantage.

Perhaps the most surprising aspect of Perrot's career was his elevation =
as a
privy councillor. With Robert earl of Leicester dead and Sir Francis
Walsingham mortally ill, the council needed reinforcement, and the =
situation
worsened with the unexpected demise of Sir Christopher Hatton in 1591. =
Yet
thereafter the queen was increasingly reluctant to fill vacancies. It =
seems
likely that she grew wary after the disastrous choice of Perrot. Sir =
James
Perrot realized that his father had largely brought his troubles on =
himself.
"If he had byn able to bridle that passion of choler, wherto he was by
nature much adicted, and to forbeare over free speach when he was =
offended,
his dayes might have byn longer and his ende more happie" (p. 184). Even =
to
his son, it was obvious that Sir John Perrot was his own worst enemy.

Note

[1]. Hiram Morgan, "The Downfall of Sir John Perrot," in _The Reign of
Elizabeth I: Court and Culture in the Last Decade_, ed. John Guy =
(Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press, 1995): 109-125.

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interest to people here.

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H-NET BOOK REVIEW
Published by H-Albion[at]h-net.msu.edu (April 2007)

Tony Crowley. _Wars of Words: The Politics of Language in Ireland
1537-2004_. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005. x + 253 pp. Index.
$65.00
(cloth), ISBN 0-19-927343-X

Reviewed for H-Albion by Brian =E2 Conchubhair, Department of Irish Langua=
ge
and Literature, University of Notre Dame

The Irish Language in Ireland

The role of language in Irish history, despite its cultural, literary,
political, and symbolic importance, has attracted limited scholarly
attention until recently. Such consideration as it had previously received
tended either to be published in the Irish language, frequently with a
cultural nationalist bias, or to be philological in focus and all but
impenetrable to non-specialists. Tony Crowley's _Wars of Words:
The Politics
of Language in Ireland 1537-2004_, written in clear lucid English and
spanning five centuries, is, therefore, a landmark publication. Not only
does it offer an overarching narrative charting the various debates,
controversies, and alternating policies, but it also provides a broad swee=
p
across several centuries in a style accessible to students and academics
alike. The history of the Irish language, as Crowley admits in his
introduction, is often highly complex and has suffered from
reductionism and
over simplification. All too frequently, critics and scholars ignore the
role of language in history or, having made a vague reference to it, duly
fail to incorporate it into their argument. So widespread is this practice
that it is erroneously perceived as the norm. The exception being the stud=
y
that engages with source material in Irish. The story of Irish is too ofte=
n
ignored or simplified into an inconsequential tale of persistent decline.
Any text that attempts to fill such a gap is to be commended. Such a study
as Crowley undertakes here is long overdue and it is to his credit that he
counteracts that convenient narrative and charts the language's fluctuatin=
g
fortunes.

Yet any welcome accorded to _Wars of Words_ has to be a qualified welcome.
Crowley challenges certain received versions of this history and argues
that
this approach is useful not just because the more complicated account is
more accurate, but because the simplified versions are misleading and
therefore dangerous. The author makes clear that this book "is not an
attempt to render a precise history of the development of the Gaelic and
English languages in Ireland, nor does it seek to sketch the history of th=
e
literatures in the two languages, nor is it in any sense a philological
study of the languages. What this book does try to achieve is to work
within
the broad confines of the field of the politics of language in order to
study the roles of language in history in a particular space over a given
time; roles that are linked to issues such as identity, legitimacy,
proprietorship, cultural struggle, and memory to mention but a few" (p. 8)=
.
For the novice, the text plots the history of English and Irish on the
island over the past five centuries; for the scholar, it offers a detailed
sweep far better than that available elsewhere. Much of this book
is devoted
to the tensions and politics of proselytism and education Crowley is
particularly strong on the Crown's cultural policy and the fluctuating
policies advocated and applied by London. Prominent themes include
proprietorship, sovereignty, cultural struggle, progress, purity, racial
identity, proselytism, education, authenticity, and religion. In compariso=
n
to other recent publications that proclaim to be guides and overviews, it
is
vastly superior. Crowley is at his best when critiquing debates on the
Irish
language conducted in English-language sources. Following, and indeed
relying extensively, on the work of Michael Cronin, Patricia Palmer, and
Philip O'Leary, he lays the groundwork for future scholars who will find
this text a useful guide and indispensable reference work for the role of
Irish in their particular period. For the non-specialist Crowley avoids th=
e
various academic disputes that characterize certain periods. He alludes to
the debates, directs the reader to the relevant texts and maintains his
focus. That he leaves the reader anxious to delve deeper is a tribute to
this writing and ability to simplify without dumbing down.

A recurring problem throughout the text is the names used to describe the
indigenous language--"Irish" or "Gaelic." Alternating, as he does, between
"Irish" and "Gaelic" leads to confusion, especially when discussing
Scotland, and even more so when "Gaelic" and "Irish" are used in the same
sentence. Despite its numerous merits, _Wars of Words_ has serious flaws
from the view of incorporating Irish-language criticism and writing. Only =
a
handful of the secondary texts listed in the bibliography appear in the
text
and, while admittedly superior to rival publications, it is remiss in
failing to note important studies. Notable omissions include its neglect o=
f
Irish-language sources, in particular the Cois Life series, _L=FAb ar Ph=
=E1r_,
and writings by Liam =E2 Rinn, Niall =E2 D=F3naill, Se=E1n =E2 Riain, Muiri=
s
=E2 Laoire,
Maolmhaodh=F3g =E2 Ruairc, Alan Titley, M=EDche=E1l Dubhshl=E1ine, Brighid
N=ED Mh=F3r=E1in,
T=F3m=E1s Mac S=EDom=F3in, and Caoimhe M=E1irt=EDn. Important articles and =
books by
M=E1irt=EDn =E2 Cadhain and P=E1draig =E2 Riag=E1in are conspicuously lacki=
ng as
are the
_Aimsir =E2g_ pamphlets and surprisingly no use is made of the invaluable
quarterly reports in _=C9ire-Ireland_. Columnist Kevin Meyers receives no
mention.

Despite this, there is still no denying that Crowley's latest work on
Ireland's linguistic history is the most comprehensive and detailed survey
available. Yet one cannot help but feel that there is a more nuanced and
detailed narrative to be told. Simply put, scholarship that aspires to be
definitive and authoritative demands mastery of primary sources, which of
course requires competency in the language in which they are written. Such
criticism is emblematic of a wider trend pertaining not only to history bu=
t
literary criticism, cultural studies, and beyond. Nevertheless the student
approaching Irish studies for the first time will find no better guide to
the socio-linguistic history of Ireland. Crowley's _Wars of Words_ fills a=
n
enormous gap in Irish studies. It will be read, taught, and quoted at
length, and it will dictate how future generations will read the history o=
f
the Irish language. Moreover, despite the noted reservation, it is the
best
book in print and a valuable contribution. Crowley is the first into the
arena and has made an excellent start. It has to be hoped that his work
will now stimulate the interest of researchers to build on the rich source=
s
he has so expertly assembled and that his narrative will invite
constructive
criticism. For those who lament the weak use of Irish-language material,
the
gauntlet has been thrown down.





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Email Patrick O'Sullivan

We used to get regular emails from the Tarawatch group - they seem now o
most of their work through the web site
http://www.tarawatch.org/

I'm afraid that I tended to assume that all interested folk were already
involved.

The official M3 motorway site is at

http://www.m3motorway.ie/M3Background/

If the latest discovery is indeed a henge it is very significant.

Paddy

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Of Steven Mccabe
Sent: 02 May 2007 12:10
To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: [IR-D] Construction of new motorway halted

I wonder if this link will be of interest to members of the Diaspora. It
describes the fact that building of a motorway to link the North-West of
Ireland to Dublin has had to be stopped after only having just commenced
on Monday because of the discovery of major prehistoric archaeological
discoveries close to the Hill of Tara. I am sure that this possibility
was widely predicted. Perhaps others members, especially those in
Ireland, can add to this matter.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2007/0502/meath.html
Dr. Steven McCabe

Faculty of Law, Humanities, Development and Society

University of Central England in Birmingham

B42 2SU

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On 5/2/2007, "Ultan Cowley" wrote:

>This new road passes through the so-called Tara Valley, albeit a mile and a >half from the actual Hill (which is still, as it was in my childhood, just >a grassy hillock with no distinguishing features). Nevertheless it was >inevitable, given the antiquity of the site, that archeological remains >would be unearthed ANYWHERE within an ass's roar of it. Bound to be a >political hot potato...
>
>

"...no distinguishing features" ??? I assume then one would be
oblivious to the banking and ditching that surrounds the complex and the
small
megalithic tomb and standing stone...

Best, Mark Hall
NAGPRA DIvision
Hearst Museum
UC Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720