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One that comes to mind is James E. Doan, "How the Irish and Scots Became
Indians: Colonial Traders and Agents and the Southeastern Tribes," New
Hibernia Review,3, 3 (Autumn, 1999), 9-19. It's terrific



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Another promising subject is the relations between Irish settlers and people
from diverse ethnic origins. In my area there is some incipient research on
the Irish planters and slaves in certain Caribbean islands, Irish and
Chinese navvies in the Panama Railroad and Canal, and sheep-farmers and
black servants in the city and province of Buenos Aires. Are there any other
studies that are worth to add to the list?

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Alex Haley did explore his Irish ancestry in the book 'Queenie', which was
published posthumously.

The question of possible Irish language influence on Black American English
has hardly been explored but I have seen arguments made for words such as
'dig' in such usage as 'do you dig what I'm saying' as being from Irish
'Tig' (the mutated question form is an dtuigeann t=FA). I also saw a book
published in the late 1800s which was supposedly based on real life events
and which says that some black people (crew) on a boat were speaking to eac=
h
other in Irish. As the book would have been published more or less a few
years after the author heard the conversation it is possible that they
were speaking Irish - unfortunately I don't recall the name of the book but
if I ever get access to the stacks of the National Library of Wales again I
think I might remember where it is (but then it has been nearly 20 years
since I worked there so I might not!)

The question of language and identity of 'black Irish' was also explored by
Tarlach =D3 hUid in his novel 'An Bealach Chun an Bhearnais' which traces t=
he
adventures of a black Irishman from the America who encounters racism and
rejection in the Irish community in America but who eventually makes his wa=
y
back to Bearnas M=F3r in Donegal where he dies (If I remember correctly). O=
ne
of the character's ancestors had been born there and had been shipped off t=
o
the Caribbean by Cromwell.

The one drop idea of 'race' (not that I believe that such a thing exists as
race is a social phenomonen not a scientific one), can lead to some very
interesting surprises, for example Queen Elizabeth II has black ancestry
(via the de Suza family of Portugal). A programme on UK TV recently looked
in depth at a group of 'English' people's DNA, including a 'comedian' who
argued that no one with any black ancestry, or indeed foreign ancestry of
any sort including German, could really be English. He changed his mind whe=
n
they showed him that he had a high percentage of Sub Saharan African genes
and the expert opinion was that an ancestor had recently - about great
grandfather or great great grandfather level, immigrated from Sub Saharan
Africa. It has also been reported today that a mother and daughter have
discovered that they have native American mitrochondrial DNA and the
suggestion is that that they are descended from native Americans who were
either enslaved, came over with Pocahontas (who has thousands of descendant=
s
in the UK now, and I used to teach one of them - whose family are all Welsh
speaking but as a Rolff she could prove the descent), or came over with man=
y
of the other diplomatic missions from Native American nations to the variou=
s
kings of England (and Scotland) of the time.

Muiris


On 05/05/07, Thomas J. Archdeacon wrote:
>
> In his book "Postethnic America," David Hollinger made a point similar to
> Ward's and developed it more formally. He cited the case of Alex Haley, =
the
> writer credited with "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" as well as
> "Roots." The latter became a phenomenon in the U.S. in the late 1970s
> when it was turned into a miniseries for television. It, of course, trac=
ed
> the effort of Haley, a descendant of slaves, to do what many considered
> impossible -- trace his family to a specific place and people in
> Africa. Among other contributions, "Roots" touched on the topic of the
> Muslim origins of many Africans and of the survival of certain words from
> African languages in the U.S. After Haley's death, researchers brought
> some core parts of Haley's evidence and analysis into question. Picking
> sides in that debate is not germane here.
>
> Hollinger noted that Haley could have as logically looked for his roots i=
n
> Ireland as in Africa. Why did that possibility never occur to him or to
> those who read or viewed his story? Hollinger tied the reason to the "on=
e
> drop" tradition that made any person with any quantum of black African
> heritage black in U.S. society. His argument was obvious, but he then
> went on to make more important points about the mutability of ethnic
> identification and against the reification of existing identities. He
> criticized, in particular, the efforts of some in the U.S. to prevent the
> census from allowing people to identity multiple racial origins. (The
> "some" were often civil rights advocates who worried that such a procedur=
e
> could dilute black identity).
>
> Tom
>

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Has anyone mentioned Akenson's book on Montserrat, "If the Irish Ruled the World"? Mischievous, as always. I don't recall specific demographic information, but the evidence of close relations between Irish and Africans is beyond doubt.

Tom

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Another promising subject is the relations between Irish settlers and =
people from diverse ethnic origins. In my area there is some incipient =
research on the Irish planters and slaves in certain Caribbean islands, =
Irish and Chinese navvies in the Panama Railroad and Canal, and =
sheep-farmers and black servants in the city and province of Buenos =
Aires. Are there any other studies that are worth to add to the list?

Edmundo Murray

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Behalf Of Muiris Mag Ualghairg
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Subject: Re: [IR-D] Latest Irish-American Presidential Candidate


Alex Haley did explore his Irish ancestry in the book 'Queenie', which =
was
published posthumously.

The question of possible Irish language influence on Black American =
English
has hardly been explored but I have seen arguments made for words such =
as
'dig' in such usage as 'do you dig what I'm saying' as being from Irish
'Tig' (the mutated question form is an dtuigeann t=FA). I also saw a =
book
published in the late 1800s which was supposedly based on real life =
events
and which says that some black people (crew) on a boat were speaking to =
each
other in Irish. As the book would have been published more or less a few
years after the author heard the conversation it is possible that they
were speaking Irish - unfortunately I don't recall the name of the book =
but
if I ever get access to the stacks of the National Library of Wales =
again I
think I might remember where it is (but then it has been nearly 20 years
since I worked there so I might not!)

The question of language and identity of 'black Irish' was also explored =
by
Tarlach =D3 hUid in his novel 'An Bealach Chun an Bhearnais' which =
traces the
adventures of a black Irishman from the America who encounters racism =
and
rejection in the Irish community in America but who eventually makes his =
way
back to Bearnas M=F3r in Donegal where he dies (If I remember =
correctly). One
of the character's ancestors had been born there and had been shipped =
off to
the Caribbean by Cromwell.

The one drop idea of 'race' (not that I believe that such a thing exists =
as
race is a social phenomonen not a scientific one), can lead to some very
interesting surprises, for example Queen Elizabeth II has black ancestry
(via the de Suza family of Portugal). A programme on UK TV recently =
looked
in depth at a group of 'English' people's DNA, including a 'comedian' =
who
argued that no one with any black ancestry, or indeed foreign ancestry =
of
any sort including German, could really be English. He changed his mind =
when
they showed him that he had a high percentage of Sub Saharan African =
genes
and the expert opinion was that an ancestor had recently - about great
grandfather or great great grandfather level, immigrated from Sub =
Saharan
Africa. It has also been reported today that a mother and daughter have
discovered that they have native American mitrochondrial DNA and the
suggestion is that that they are descended from native Americans who =
were
either enslaved, came over with Pocahontas (who has thousands of =
descendants
in the UK now, and I used to teach one of them - whose family are all =
Welsh
speaking but as a Rolff she could prove the descent), or came over with =
many
of the other diplomatic missions from Native American nations to the =
various
kings of England (and Scotland) of the time.

Muiris


On 05/05/07, Thomas J. Archdeacon wrote:
>
> In his book "Postethnic America," David Hollinger made a point similar =
to
> Ward's and developed it more formally. He cited the case of Alex =
Haley, the
> writer credited with "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" as well as
> "Roots." The latter became a phenomenon in the U.S. in the late 1970s
> when it was turned into a miniseries for television. It, of course, =
traced
> the effort of Haley, a descendant of slaves, to do what many =
considered
> impossible -- trace his family to a specific place and people in
> Africa. Among other contributions, "Roots" touched on the topic of =
the
> Muslim origins of many Africans and of the survival of certain words =
from
> African languages in the U.S. After Haley's death, researchers =
brought
> some core parts of Haley's evidence and analysis into question. =
Picking
> sides in that debate is not germane here.
>
> Hollinger noted that Haley could have as logically looked for his =
roots in
> Ireland as in Africa. Why did that possibility never occur to him or =
to
> those who read or viewed his story? Hollinger tied the reason to the =
"one
> drop" tradition that made any person with any quantum of black African
> heritage black in U.S. society. His argument was obvious, but he then
> went on to make more important points about the mutability of ethnic
> identification and against the reification of existing identities. He
> criticized, in particular, the efforts of some in the U.S. to prevent =
the
> census from allowing people to identity multiple racial origins. (The
> "some" were often civil rights advocates who worried that such a =
procedure
> could dilute black identity).
>
> Tom
>

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Jim,

Thanks for the recommendation. I also wrote another essay comparing the
relations between the Irish/Scots and Native American tribes with their
counterparts in Australia:

"The Scotch-Irish in 18th century America and their Counterparts in 19th
century Australia: A Comparative Study of Relations between Colonists and
Natives on Two Frontiers," in Peter Kuch and Julie-Ann Robson, eds.,
Irelands in the Asia-Pacific (Gerrards Cross: Colin Smythe, 2003), 265-80.

Cheers,

James E. Doan, Ph.D., Professor of Humanities, Humanities Major
Chair, and President, South Florida Irish Studies Consortium
Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences
Nova Southeastern University
3301 College Ave., Davie-Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33314
954-262-8207; Fax: 954-262-3881


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One that comes to mind is James E. Doan, "How the Irish and Scots Became
Indians: Colonial Traders and Agents and the Southeastern Tribes," New
Hibernia Review,3, 3 (Autumn, 1999), 9-19. It's terrific



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Another promising subject is the relations between Irish settlers and people
from diverse ethnic origins. In my area there is some incipient research on
the Irish planters and slaves in certain Caribbean islands, Irish and
Chinese navvies in the Panama Railroad and Canal, and sheep-farmers and
black servants in the city and province of Buenos Aires. Are there any other
studies that are worth to add to the list?

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Irish Government Senior Scholarship
History and Culture of Ireland
History Faculty

The scholarship is attached to Hertford College, under the aegis of the
Carroll Professor of Irish History, and is tenable for one year from 1
October 2007.

Preference will be given to candidates who have recently been awarded a
postgraduate degree and wish to develop their work further or initiate a new
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The Irish Government Scholar, who will be a member of the Hertford MCR, will
receive accommodation, a maintenance grant, appropriate SCR dining rights,
and fees where applicable. Limited teaching may be available.
Applications (by curriculum vitae and covering letter with a programme of
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There is also an article by Michael D. Higgins on the Irish in Montserrat in
a collection of essays, The Irish Emigrant Experience, which was published
by the Galway Labour History Society.

Gerard Moran,
Dept of History,
NUI, Galway


On 5/7/07, Thomas J. Archdeacon wrote:
>
> Has anyone mentioned Akenson's book on Montserrat, "If the Irish Ruled the
> World"? Mischievous, as always. I don't recall specific demographic
> information, but the evidence of close relations between Irish and Africans
> is beyond doubt.
>
> Tom
>

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Forwardewd from H-Migration

6th MESEA Conference

June 25=E2=80=9328, 2008
Leiden University
The Netherlands
Call for Papers
The Society for Multi-Ethnic Studies:
Europe and the Americas

6th MESEA Conference

MIGRATION MATTERS: IMMIGRATION, HOMELANDS, AND BORDER CROSSINGS IN
EUROPE AND THE AMERICAS


Largely driven by economics, migration today is a global and
globalizing phenomenon that renders , national borders obsolete and
calls into question the viability of nation states and national
identities. Yet , precisely because it undermines national
structures, migration also has contributed to the reinvention of ,
the historically highly problematic concept of =
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reconstruction of increasingly , impenetrable borders. It is,
moreover, in local situations and contexts that the impact of global
migration is , experienced, debated, and contested most directly
and urgently. This conference, then, aims to focus on , the ways in
which migration matters locally as well as transnationally and
globally, in the realms of , politics and culture, history and
sociology, economics and law, language, literature and the arts in
Europe , and the Americas. The following list of topics is meant to
be suggestive rather than restrictive:

=E2=96=BA Migration and the reinvention of (national and transnational, =
real
and imaginary) =E2=80=9Chomelands=E2=80=9D and/or , the reconstruction =
of
(external and internal, national, ethnic and racial, cultural and
mental, political and
economic) borders
=E2=96=BA Global migrations and fluid geographies in terms of physical
mappings and shifting , populations
=E2=96=BA Migration and national/ethnic/cultural/aesthetic border =
crossings
=E2=96=BA Migration and , modernization
=E2=96=BA Immigration debates in various national contexts
=E2=96=BA Images of the host countries in , countries/continents of
migratory origin
=E2=96=BA Immigration restrictions and human rights; legal and extra- ,
legal status of immigrants
=E2=96=BA Circulation and impact of migrant peoples and cultures in =
specific
rural and , urban spaces; cultural diversity in local societies
=E2=96=BA New immigrant literatures as world and/or national , =
literature;
representation in and impact on regional cultures, literatures,
media, and arts
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processes; rethinking the sociology of literature ,
=E2=96=BA Cultural production (literature, film, visual art, =
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=E2=96=BA Migration and the reinvention of religious identities
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refashioning:
conflict and/or reconciliation
=E2=96=BA Historical case studies of migrancy and , diaspora; evolving
diaspora cultures
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bonded
labor
=E2=96=BAMigration and linguistic , diversity
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Please submit three hard copies of a 300-word abstract (including a
maximum of five keywords) or full , panel proposals (including a
description of the panel, chair, respondents, and individual
abstracts) as well , as an electronic copy to MESEA=E2=80=99s Program
Director, Yiorgos Kalogeras, Department of English, Aristotle ,
University, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece by November 15, 2007:
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Forwarded on behalf of Piaras Mac =C9inr=ED

From today's New York Times.
=20
Can I assure list readers who haven't been in Ireland recently that most
ordinary Irish live like their counterparts in other average developed
countries. It's just that a neo-liberal economic policy, a government =
which
imposes virtually no checks or restraints on unbridled capitalism, =
extreme
levels of exploitation of migrant workers, widespread corruption =
(notably in
the property sector here at home - Fianna Fail is colloquially known as =
the
Builders' Party) have generated a new generation of fatcat super-rich =
who,
having ripped off their own country, would now like to rip off other =
people.
At least many American capitalists put something back through =
philanthropy;
most of these people have no ethics and no loyalty to anything except =
money
and themselves. Meantime, back in the real world, we have health and
education services towards the bottom or the OECD rankings, a shambolic
intrastructure (the public water supply in Galway is currently =
undrinkable),
laughably inadequate public services generally, corrosive cynicism and a
self-congratulatory smugness to beat the band.
=20
When the Irish do get rich do they do something creative and productive =
with
their money? No, they just buy more property...
=20
Piaras



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May 8, 2007
An Irish Taste for Real Estate in Manhattan=20
By PATRICK McGEEHAN
They live an ocean away, but that has not stopped the Irish from lining =
up
to buy condominiums in Midtown Manhattan, often years before they are =
built.


In some cases, entire buildings or large blocks of apartments in =
unfinished
high-rises are being sold to Irish investors hungry to own a piece of =
New
York City.

Neil McCann, an entrepreneur in Belfast, joined the rush of would-be
Manhattan landlords last year when he said he signed a contract to buy a
one-bedroom apartment near Gramercy Park for $600,000.=20

"It's an Irishman's dream to be able to go to Manhattan and be able to =
buy
property there," said Mr. McCann, 36, who added that he hoped to buy =
more
New York apartments.

With a weak dollar, Mr. McCann said, the New York apartments are =
relative
bargains compared with real estate in Ireland and Britain.=20

After a long economic boom that earned their country the nickname the =
Celtic
Tiger, the Irish are flush with cash and searching the globe for places =
to
invest it.=20

The westward flow of money "seems to be another example of how, in the =
wake
of the Celtic Tiger, the relationship between Ireland and the United =
States
has flipped," said Linda Dowling Almeida, who teaches Irish studies at =
New
York University.=20

The buyers do not even have to travel to New York, because the sellers =
are
coming to them. Armed with glossy brochures about amenity-laden towers, =
New
York brokers like Anne Marie Moriarty, of the Corcoran Group, have been
dropping in to Dublin and Belfast and taking deposits.

"Most of these people are buying one or two apartments at a time," said =
Ms.
Moriarty, who has specialized in selling to the Irish for about two and =
a
half years.

"Many of them buy off plan, because they're fearless," she added, =
referring
to the custom of putting money down on apartments long before they are
completed.

Of course, people from all over the world have been contributing to the
sustained demand for apartments in Manhattan. But developers and brokers
said the Irish seem to be the voracious newcomers of the moment, though
their purchases have drawn less attention than previous buying sprees by =
the
Japanese and the Saudis, who made splashes by acquiring trophy =
properties
like Rockefeller Center and the Plaza Hotel.=20

"Because of the weak dollar, we're seeing a lot of European buyers and =
it
just seems like there's a disproportionate amount from Ireland," said
Jonathan J. Miller, president of Miller Samuel, a real estate consulting
company.

Jules Demchick, who has developed several buildings in Manhattan, said =
the
Irish are following a long parade of foreign buyers. "I've seen the =
Persians
and the French and the Dutch and the Germans and the South Americans do
this," said Mr. Demchick, the president of J. D. Carlisle.=20

Still, he said he was surprised when Cathal McGinley, managing director =
of
the Irish broker Kean Mahony Smith, offered to take a block of =
apartments in
the Centria, a high-rise near Rockefeller Center, and sell them in =
Ireland.

After Mr. McGinley's company quickly sold the first 25, he came back for
more. Eventually, most of the units in the building were sold to Irish
investors, most of whom planned to rent them.

"Bar none, the No. 1 investment strategy for an Irish person is through
property," Mr. McGinley said. "Your average Joe on the street has =
probably
got two, three, four, five residential assets. It's considered to be a =
safe
play."

To them, an apartment in the center of Manhattan, no matter if it =
measures
only 800 square feet, is a "trophy asset," Mr. McGinley said.

His company also sold more than 60 apartments in the Atelier, a new =
building
on the west end of 42nd Street.

Jay Eisenstadt, whose company, Esplanade Capital in Manhattan, is =
developing
a 43-story condominium on Eighth Avenue in the theater district, said he
planned to sell all 122 units in the building to a company based in =
Dublin,
the Sorrento Group, which would then resell them to investors. Selling =
them
as a block is more cost-effective than lining up buyers one by one, Mr.
Eisenstadt said.

"The amount of money floating around over here is just phenomenal," said
Bryan Turley, Sorrento's chief executive. "At some stage it has to leave =
the
island. If you follow where Irish money is going, a good deal of it is =
going
into property."

Mr. Turley said his company had bought a piece of land near the Empire =
State
Building, where a construction company owned by two brothers from County
Kerry will build a 110-unit apartment building. Sorrento will then buy =
the
finished building and sell the apartments, probably mostly to Irish =
buyers,
he said.

At the heart of this investment surge lies some simple math, brokers =
said.
With the dollar at historically low levels against the euro and the =
British
pound, apartments generally cost less in Manhattan than in Dublin or =
London.
But they still rent for more in Manhattan.

"Even if they could afford to buy in Dublin," Ms. Moriarty said, "they =
could
not get rent anywhere near what they get here."

Kevin Harmon, a broker with Savills Hamilton Osbourne King, a real =
estate
company in Dublin, used the example of a luxurious one-bedroom apartment =
in
Manhattan that would sell for $900,000, equivalent to about 665,000 =
euros.=20

"For 665,000 euros, you'd buy a very nice two- or three-bedroom =
apartment in
a good development" in the Dublin area, Mr. Harmon said. But the rent on =
the
apartment in Dublin would be about 2,000 euros, or $2,700 a month, while =
the
place in New York would rent for about $4,000 a month, he said.

"Going to New York and looking at those prices in dollars, there was a =
time
when they would be a shock," Mr. Harmon said.=20

Now, with the Irish property market cooling after a long, steep run, he
added, "People feel there is better opportunity for capital appreciation
there."

To experienced property buyers like Mr. McCann, investing in real estate
almost anywhere sounds safer then buying stocks on the exchange in =
Dublin or
London. Mr. McCann, who said he had never owned a share of company =
stock,
said he largely agreed with Mr. McGinley's view that trusting one's
retirement to the vagaries of the financial markets would be "utter
madness."

Many of their countrymen have shown less hesitation, sinking their
self-directed retirement funds into apartments far from home, even in a
country that they have never visited.

They have bought so much property in England, Spain and in countries in
Eastern Europe that they have been dubbed Crispies - short for cash-rich
Irish seeking properties in Europe.

Irish newspapers feed the obsession with weekly sections filled with
articles about far-flung markets. A recent edition of The Irish Times
carried one article about buying apartments in Sofia, Bulgaria.

By comparison, Manhattan, with a well-established set of rules for =
buying
and selling apartments, appears to be an island of stability, Mr. McCann
said.

"It's not like you're investing in old Communist countries where =
landowners
have only recently received title to their property," Mr. McCann said.

Still, not everybody in the real estate business in Manhattan sees it as =
a
sure thing. William Fegan, a partner with a real estate development =
company,
Tribeach Holdings in New York, said he feared that many Irish buyers =
were
too focused on the potential rental income and not enough on all of the
other costs of owning an apartment in New York.

"For the life of me I haven't been able to figure it out," Mr. Fegan =
said.
"If I was to advise them, I'd probably tell them not to do it. Carrying =
an
apartment in New York City is an expensive proposition."

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Office: 1-270-809-6571
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I picked this up from H-Museum and thought it useful to forward as of =
Ulster interest. My apologies if not. It is two paragraphs down.

The VICTORIA list is carrying at the moment a correspondence about the =
influence of Sir Walter Scott on the anglicisation of society in the Old =
South (of North America). Given the interest on IR-D on the Irish =
presence there, it may be worth looking at. It even has implications =
for the discussion of African-American/Irish-American intermarriage (or, =
if you will, interbreeding): it is clear that 'race' is a social or =
legal or cultural construct and one can align oneself with it either as =
personal choice or through societal convention. We now have a President =
of France who was denounced by Le Pen for being Hungarian. Remember the =
Irish soccer team a few years back? Or the Irish rugger XV that =
attracted the remark 'what do you mean, Irish? Fourteen Protestants and =
a Jew!' - the latter being Bethel Solomons. And that ties in with the =
stereotyping discussed a couple of weeks ago. 'Are you gay?' 'No, I'm =
Irish' - Jamie O'Neill, author of At Swim Two Boys.

A summer holiday task: to come up with some anti-stereotypes, such as =
'Your average dashing and laughter-loving Swede' or 'Your average =
taciturn Italian' ... or even 'Your average teetotal and punctual =
Irishman'...

David Rose.

From: Adriaan Linters
Subject: Flax Museum / mus=E9es du lin
Date: Fri, 04 May 2007 22:41:55 +0200
-----------------------------------------------

I am forwarding this request on behalf of the Flemish Association for
Industrial Archaeology (http://www.vvia.be), so please don't answer to =
my
e-mail address but send your mails directly to vvia[at]vvia.be

They are actually preparing a list of flax heritage in Europe linked =
with
the preparation of flax fibres (growing, harvesting, retting, scutching,
combing and hackling, ...) and the side-products of this process =
(linseeds,
flax chaff, flaxstraw, etc.), not the spinning and weaving of flax.

They would like to receive information about
- museums and collections that document these processes
- buildings and sites connected to these processes that have been =
preserved
or protected by law

As one of their member-associations recently restored a small flax =
scutching
windmill (http://www.preetjesmolen.be), they are especially interested =
to
know if anywhere in Europe another mill of this type is still existing

Many thanks on behalf of the association
Adriaan Linters

------------------------------------

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Vredelaan 72
B-8500 Kortrijk
Flanders - Belgium
T. +32.56.253373
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F. +32.56.255173
mailto:alinters[at]conservare.be

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Some IR-D members will be aware of The Research Methods Programme of the
ESRC, part of Council's strategy to improve the standards of research
methods across the UK social science community.

http://www.ccsr.ac.uk/methods/

If you click on Publications, in the left hand column, you will see material
of interest...

Already there in the Briefings section is...

1
A spatio-temporal analysis of the Great Irish Famine
Ian Gregory, Paul Ell, Matthew Woollard

And a new arrival is...

24
The Isonymic Analysis of Historical Data: Irish Migrants in Britain,
1851-1901
Malcolm T Smith, Don MacRaild and Tony Hepburn

All this material is freely available as pdf downloads.
This link takes you direct to the pdf file
www.ccsr.ac.uk/methods/publications/documents/MSmith.pdf

This link takes you to the Briefings section
http://www.ccsr.ac.uk/methods/publications/#Briefings

This link takes you to Malcolm Smith's lecture notes
www.ccsr.ac.uk/methods/festival2004/programme/Fri/pm/C/documents/malcomsmith
summary_000.doc

Isonymy is a quantitative method for the analysis of surname frequencies
derived from models based in population genetics.

P.O'S.

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Human capital accumulation in an open labour market: Ireland in
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Economic Modelling
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Copyright C 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Human capital accumulation in an open labour market: Ireland in the 1990s

Adele Bergina and Ide KearneyCorresponding Author Contact Information, 1, a,
E-mail The Corresponding Author
aEconomic and Social Research Institute, Whitaker Square, Sir John
Rogerson's Quay, Dublin 2, Ireland
Accepted 27 February 2007. Available online 7 May 2007.


Abstract

Large-scale investment in education in Ireland began in 1967 and has led to
a dramatic increase in the relative supply of skilled labour over the past
four decades. Furthermore the supply of labour in Ireland is traditionally
highly elastic through migration, which in the 1990s was predominantly
high-skilled. This combination of rising education levels and an open labour
market meant that employment and incomes rose rapidly in the 1990s, while
Ireland still maintained a strong competitive position in terms of relative
labour costs.

In this paper we develop a new macro-economic framework to formally analyse
these mechanisms. We estimate a small structural model of the Irish labour
market, separately identifying high-skilled and low-skilled labour. We find
that this model captures key characteristics of the Irish labour market in
the 1990s.

Keywords: Human capital; Labour market; Migration

JEL classification codes: E24; J24


Corresponding Author Contact InformationCorresponding author.
1 Tel.: +31 20 6930020.


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Forwarded on behalf of=20
The Centre for Tourism and Cultural Change (CTCC), Leeds Metropolitan
University...

And of interest to anyone who has ever had to take a car into a hedge to
dodge a tourist bus on the Ring of Kerry...

P.O'S.


The Centre for Tourism and Cultural Change (CTCC), Leeds Metropolitan
University warmly invites you to the following guest lecture:
=A0=A0
Dr Tim Edensor
Reader in Cultural Geography
Department of Environmental and Geographical Sciences,=20
Manchester Metropolitan University
=A0
The bus tour: the intersection of tourist and rural rhythms
=A0
Thursday 24 May 2007=20
The Old School Board, Calverley Street, Leeds LS1 3ED
Board Room
4:30-5:30pm
=A0=A0
This presentation will examine the multiple, intersecting and changing
rhythms produced by a well-worn tourist bus excursion around the highly
symbolic Ring of Kerry in the West of Ireland. The aim of the paper is
threefold. Firstly he investigates the numerous embodied and sensual,
technological and representational rhythms that occur and recur through
immersion in a particular form of mobility across and within a =
particular
space. In so doing he emphasises that landscape, rather than an inert =
and
visually apprehended entity should be conceived as a volatile space of
rhythms, pulsing with intersecting trajectories and temporalities. =
Secondly,
he argues that in investigating temporalities, geographers can highlight =
how
humans are =91rhythm-makers as much as place-makers=92 (Mels, 2004: 3). =
Thirdly,
and more specifically, he deconstructs the over-determined depictions =
and
reifications of tourism and replaces them with tourism as processual,
ever-changing, replete with planned and unplanned happenings, always and
inevitably embodied, sensual, affective and informed by the dynamic
characteristics and processes of the space within which it occurs.
=A0
If you would like to attend RSVP to d.carl[at]leedsmet.ac.uk or call =
0113-283
8541.=20
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From: Patrick Maume
There is a Linen Heritage Centre in Lisburn, Co. Antrim (in the old Town
Hall) which has displays on the process of linen-making and the history of
the linen industry in Ulster. The displays are geared towards school trips
and the tourist market (the development of the industry is traced in loving
detail, but its C20 decline as a mass-employment industry is glossed over i=
n
favour of a hard-sell for its current status as a niche industry supplying =
a
semi-luxury market). It's several years since I visited the place, so it
has probably changed a bit.
Best wishes,
Patrick Maume


On 5/8/07, D C Rose wrote:
>
> I picked this up from H-Museum and thought it useful to forward as of
> Ulster interest. My apologies if not. It is two paragraphs down.
>
> The VICTORIA list is carrying at the moment a correspondence about the
> influence of Sir Walter Scott on the anglicisation of society in the Old
> South (of North America). Given the interest on IR-D on the Irish presen=
ce
> there, it may be worth looking at. It even has implications for the
> discussion of African-American/Irish-American intermarriage (or, if you
> will, interbreeding): it is clear that 'race' is a social or legal or
> cultural construct and one can align oneself with it either as personal
> choice or through societal convention. We now have a President of France
> who was denounced by Le Pen for being Hungarian. Remember the Irish socc=
er
> team a few years back? Or the Irish rugger XV that attracted the remark
> 'what do you mean, Irish? Fourteen Protestants and a Jew!' - the latter
> being Bethel Solomons. And that ties in with the stereotyping discussed =
a
> couple of weeks ago. 'Are you gay?' 'No, I'm Irish' - Jamie O'Neill, aut=
hor
> of At Swim Two Boys.
>
> A summer holiday task: to come up with some anti-stereotypes, such as
> 'Your average dashing and laughter-loving Swede' or 'Your average tacitur=
n
> Italian' ... or even 'Your average teetotal and punctual Irishman'...
>
> David Rose.
>
> From: Adriaan Linters
> Subject: Flax Museum / mus=E9es du lin
> Date: Fri, 04 May 2007 22:41:55 +0200
> -----------------------------------------------
>
> I am forwarding this request on behalf of the Flemish Association for
> Industrial Archaeology (http://www.vvia.be), so please don't answer to my
> e-mail address but send your mails directly to vvia[at]vvia.be
>
> They are actually preparing a list of flax heritage in Europe linked with
> the preparation of flax fibres (growing, harvesting, retting, scutching,
> combing and hackling, ...) and the side-products of this process
> (linseeds,
> flax chaff, flaxstraw, etc.), not the spinning and weaving of flax.
>
> They would like to receive information about
> - museums and collections that document these processes
> - buildings and sites connected to these processes that have been
> preserved
> or protected by law
>
> As one of their member-associations recently restored a small flax
> scutching
> windmill (http://www.preetjesmolen.be), they are especially interested to
> know if anywhere in Europe another mill of this type is still existing
>
> Many thanks on behalf of the association
> Adriaan Linters
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Adriaan Linters
> Vredelaan 72
> B-8500 Kortrijk
> Flanders - Belgium
> T. +32.56.253373
> GSM +32.496.377791
> F. +32.56.255173
> mailto:alinters[at]conservare.be
>
> http://www.heritageconsultants.be
> http://www.conservare.be
> http://www.eur-heritage.org
> http://www.vvia.be
> http://www.e-faith.org
> http://www.historici.net
>
> --
> H-MUSEUM
> H-Net Network for Museums and Museum Studies
> E-Mail: h-museum[at]h-net.msu.edu
> WWW: http://www.h-museum.net
>

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Hello All,

I want to thank Patrick O'Sullivan for posting the upcoming release of =
Orser's edited volume concerning the various aspects of the social history =
and archaeology of Ballykilcline. I would like to also state that the book =
is more than a critque of history, but instead it is a more nuance =
interpretation of the period in Irish history leading up to the Great =
Hunger and the people/households formed part of the larger Irish Diaspora. =
I contributed two chapters to the book and worked closely with Charles =
Orser for 7 years. His work in Co. Roscommon, Co. Sligo, and now Co. =
Donegal is groundbreaking (excuse the pun) not only in Irish archaeology, =
but also in the realm of historians. As historical archaeologists, we have =
data reflecting the daily lives of the Irish rural poor that goes =
virutally unrecorded in primary and secondary historical sources. =
Archaeology can provide an alternative, or as stated above a more nuanced =
or focused, picture of how the rural Irish lived/negotiated their position =
in a colonial society that ultimately lead most of them to be evicted and =
forced to leave Ireland.

The book, as well as the continuing field work, will contribute not only =
to the history of the Irish rural poor during the first half of the 19th =
century, but also to the historical archaeology of the Irish abroad. My =
work rests mainly with the Irish in America and Orser's work in Ireland =
provides that up-till-now missing comparable data to understand the =
material changes that ultimately lead to an Irish-American identity by the =
late 19th/early 20th century.=20

I think that there should be a strong link or discourse between historians =
and historical archaeologists of the Irisih Diaspora, as both disciplines =
can be complimentary and together create insights into understanding the =
transgenerational and transnational facets of the Irish Diaspora. I would =
be happy to send/post any publications and I am sure Charles would be =
willing to do the same.

Sincerely,
Stephen=20

Stephen A. Brighton
Assistant Professor
Department of Anthropology
Rm 0132 Woods Hall
Affiliate, Center for Heritage=20
Resource Studies
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
phone: 301-405-3700
fax: 301-314-8305
email: sbrighton[at]anth.umd.edu
>>> P.OSullivan[at]BRADFORD.AC.UK 05/09/07 7:07 AM >>>
Email Patrick O'Sullivan

I twice visited Charles Orser's archaeological dig at Ballykilcline.

The first time I was traveling with my young sons. We pitched our tent on =
the hill overlooking the lake, next to the dig - very beautiful, but at =
night very cold. A beautiful field with portaloos - what more could you =
ask?

We assisted, a little bit, with the digging, and enjoyed the company of =
Charles Orser, his colleagues and students.

The second time I was there to witness the unveiling of the inevitable =
monument, by the lake - these events are always a complex socio-cultural =
experience. Everyone who was there remembers the cows over the fence, =
paying close attention to the politicians' speeches. The actual monument =
is quite a nice piece of sculpture.

It was at Ballykilcline that I encountered a most intense version of that =
Irish-American intensity - often discussed informally on and off this =
list. I remember in particular a young couple coming into the landowner's =
kitchen, where we were talking, and asking for some sort of receptacle. =
It turned out that they wanted to take some soil back to the USA - a =
little jar was found for them. One of Charles' colleagues led them to the =
dig, where that morning the signs of a turf pile had been uncovered near a =
back door.

I looked at that young couple's intensity. And I thought, This is real - =
this is not to be sneered at. Whatever Irish Diaspora Studies does, it =
does NOT sneer at these feelings...

For more on the Ballykilcline families see
http://www.ballykilcline.com/

One of Charles Orser's students has created this web site
http://www.aon-celtic.com/ballykilcline/

Of course, having talked to Charles Orser and his team, and having =
followed their work, I have been looking forward to the appearance of the =
book.

The title of the Orser volume refers, of course, to the title of another =
book...

Scally, R.J. 1995, The end of hidden Ireland, Oxford University Press, New =
York.

And there is a suggestion already in Charles Orser's published articles =
that the archaeology is going to critique the history.

In fact, for those involved in teaching, there is a most interesting =
exercise here. I am struggling to find anything else quite like this...

We have Bob Scally's book, an important book - as good a piece of work as =
you can find within the discipline of history. Now, alongside Bob =
Scally's book we can put Charles Orser's book, studies of the very same =
patch of ground, by the disciplines of archaeology. Will these different =
kinds of knowledge clash or complement each other?

And then we have, in this discussion, the contributions of the Ballykilclin=
e families, considering that patch of hallowed ground.

I am looking forward to reading...

Unearthing Hidden Ireland: Historical archaeology and anthropology at =
Ballykilcline, County Roscommon
Charles Orser (ed.)

Wordwell, Published 2006, hardback, 288pp, 40 colour and mono plates.
ISBN 1869857941
=8040.00
=09
http://www.wordwellbooks.com/book.php?id=3D434

Patrick O'Sullivan

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Email Patrick O'Sullivan Email Patrick =
O'Sullivan Personal Fax 0044 (0) 709 236 =
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Irish Diaspora Studies http://www.brad.ac.uk/acad/diaspora/
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Department of Social Sciences and Humanities University of Bradford =
Bradford BD7 1DP Yorkshire England

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An outsider comments on corruption in the republic of Ireland...

That may be a strange way to read the latest version of the Nigerian scam,
'Spanish Prisoner' fraud...

But it is certainly one way to read the latest version of this email scam,
which has popped up in my junkmail filter...

The email is actually quite well, unusually well, written. It purports to
be from...

'Maureen Haughey, widow of former Taoiseach of the Republic of
Ireland, Charles J. Haughey and daughter of former Taoiseach of the
Republic of Ireland and heir to de Valera, Sean F. Lemass...'

The text shows that a little bit of research has been done by the writer,
mentions Haughey's affairs and the tribunals. Web sources are given. The
trope of the grieving, aggrieved widow is developed nicely...

'I write to you, an old weary woman, sick and almost tired of living.
My end is near but I will not depart until my final mission is
accomplished and I also write this with an unshaken belief in the
power of aspirations and dreams of a human being.'

It then invites the recipient to take part in plainly criminal deception to
recover Haughey's hidden millions from a secret bank account.

If anyone wants to read the full text I have not yet deleted it. It is
certainly interesting that recent Irish history should lend itself so
smoothly to development as a standard Nigerian scam email.

For background to the scam see, for example,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advance_fee_fraud

and many places on the web.

P.O'S.

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Subject: Book Announced, Orser (ed.),
Unearthing Hidden Ireland: Historical archaeology and
anthropology at Ballykilcline, County Roscommon
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A new book has appeared at the Wordwell publisher web site...

This book will interest many IR-D members, including myself...

I'd better write a separate note about that...

Publisher material pasted in below...

P.O'S.

Unearthing Hidden Ireland: Historical archaeology and anthropology at =
Ballykilcline, County Roscommon
Charles Orser (ed.)

The subject of this book is one townland in northern County Roscommon =
called Ballykilcline. It seeks to demonstrate the power of an =
archaeology of the modern world that self-consciously and unashamedly =
examines a period of history that is gone, but clearly not forgotten. =
Ballykilcline was depopulated, with the aid of coercive force, in 1848. =
The vast majority of its residents ended their lives in the United =
States, far from the cabins of their birth. The cultural history of =
Ballykilcline is thus both unique and common. It is unique because of =
the specific events that occurred there, and because the women, men, and =
children who lived there were distinct individuals, each with personal =
hopes, dreams, and anxieties. Ballykilcline is also commonplace. It was =
one of thousands of similar townlands that existed in early =
nineteenth-century Ireland. People there did what other small farmers =
did throughout rural Ireland: they lived their lives as best they could =
given the circumstances within which they found themselves. Townland =
residents had friendships and animosities, aptitudes and foibles; they =
were sometimes afraid and often bold, they told stories and occasionally =
believed fantastic lies. In other words, they were human.

American historian Daniel Boorstin once observed that we know more about =
some aspects of daily life in ancient Babylon than we do about quotidian =
life in Europe and America one hundred years ago. In an Irish context, =
and speaking strictly from an archaeological point of view, it is fair =
to state that today we know more about elements of Neolithic life than =
we do about the early nineteenth century. Our fondest hope is that this =
book begins to change this situation and that increasing numbers of =
research archaeologists will decide to challenge Ireland's recent =
history to reveal itself.

Chapter 1. Discovering Our Recent Pasts: Historical Archaeology and =
Early Nineteenth-Century Ireland=E2=80=94Charles E. Orser, Jr. Chapter =
2. From Farmers to Defendants: Ballykilcline and Its Historical =
Context=E2=80=94David Ryder and Charles E. Orser, Jr. Chapter 3. History =
Underground: Archaeological Research History, Methods, and =
Results=E2=80=94Katherine L. Hull. Chapter 4. The Peoples' Pottery: =
Irish Coarse Earthenwares and Their Cultural =
Significance=E2=80=94Charles E. Orser, Jr. Chapter 5. Pots and Position: =
Coarse Earthenware and Agri-Social Position in Rural Ireland=E2=80=94 =
Katherine L. Hull Chapter 6. Teacups, Saucers, and Dinner Plates: =
English Ceramic Imports to Ballykilcline=E2=80=94Stephen A. Brighton and =
Jessica M. Levon White Chapter 7. Forget Me Not:The Role of Women at =
Ballykilcline=E2=80=94Katherine L. Hull. Chapter 8. To Drain and =
Cultivate: Agriculture and 'Improvement' at =
Ballykilcline=E2=80=94Katherine L. Hull. Chapter 9. Enter the Levellers: =
The Archaeology of the Ballykilcline Eviction=E2=80=94Charles E. Orser, =
Jr. Chapter 10. To Begin Again Elsewhere: Archaeology and the Irish =
Diaspora=E2=80=94Stephen A. Brighton. Chapter 11. Seeking Hidden =
Ireland: History, Meaning, and Material Culture =E2=80=94Charles E. =
Orser, Jr.
=09
Published 2006, hardback, 288pp, 40 colour and mono plates.
ISBN 1869857941
=E2=82=AC40.00
=09
http://www.wordwellbooks.com/book.php?id=3D434

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I twice visited Charles Orser's archaeological dig at Ballykilcline.

The first time I was traveling with my young sons. We pitched our tent =
on the hill overlooking the lake, next to the dig - very beautiful, but =
at night very cold. A beautiful field with portaloos - what more could =
you ask?

We assisted, a little bit, with the digging, and enjoyed the company of =
Charles Orser, his colleagues and students.

The second time I was there to witness the unveiling of the inevitable =
monument, by the lake - these events are always a complex socio-cultural =
experience. Everyone who was there remembers the cows over the fence, =
paying close attention to the politicians' speeches. The actual =
monument is quite a nice piece of sculpture.

It was at Ballykilcline that I encountered a most intense version of =
that Irish-American intensity - often discussed informally on and off =
this list. I remember in particular a young couple coming into the =
landowner's kitchen, where we were talking, and asking for some sort of =
receptacle. It turned out that they wanted to take some soil back to =
the USA - a little jar was found for them. One of Charles' colleagues =
led them to the dig, where that morning the signs of a turf pile had =
been uncovered near a back door.

I looked at that young couple's intensity. And I thought, This is real =
- this is not to be sneered at. Whatever Irish Diaspora Studies does, =
it does NOT sneer at these feelings...

For more on the Ballykilcline families see
http://www.ballykilcline.com/

One of Charles Orser's students has created this web site
http://www.aon-celtic.com/ballykilcline/

Of course, having talked to Charles Orser and his team, and having =
followed their work, I have been looking forward to the appearance of =
the book.

The title of the Orser volume refers, of course, to the title of another =
book...

Scally, R.J. 1995, The end of hidden Ireland, Oxford University Press, =
New York.

And there is a suggestion already in Charles Orser's published articles =
that the archaeology is going to critique the history.

In fact, for those involved in teaching, there is a most interesting =
exercise here. I am struggling to find anything else quite like this...

We have Bob Scally's book, an important book - as good a piece of work =
as you can find within the discipline of history. Now, alongside Bob =
Scally's book we can put Charles Orser's book, studies of the very same =
patch of ground, by the disciplines of archaeology. Will these =
different kinds of knowledge clash or complement each other?

And then we have, in this discussion, the contributions of the =
Ballykilcline families, considering that patch of hallowed ground.

I am looking forward to reading...

Unearthing Hidden Ireland: Historical archaeology and anthropology at =
Ballykilcline, County Roscommon
Charles Orser (ed.)

Wordwell, Published 2006, hardback, 288pp, 40 colour and mono plates.
ISBN 1869857941
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http://www.wordwellbooks.com/book.php?id=3D434

Patrick O'Sullivan

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Britons: Jacobites at Home and Jacobites abroad
Location: United Kingdom
Conference Date: 2007-07-11

The first event organised by the Jacobite Studies Trust, this two-day
conference (11-12 July 2007) is intended to reflect the current state of
Jacobite history and to stimulate debate as to where the subject should
progress next. Speakers will include Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie, Jonathan
Clark, Patrick O'Brien, Nathalie Genet Rouffiac, Murray Pittock, Eamonn
O'Ciardha, David Womersley, Christopher Duffy, Daniel Szechi, Paul Monod,
Edward Corp and Aidan Bellenger. Venue: British Academy, 10 Carlton House
Terrace, London.

Dr. Eveline Cruickshanks,
Full Point,
off Clarendon Road,
Sevenoaks,
KENT TN13 1EU
UNITED KINGDOM

Visit the website at http://www.jacobitestudiestrust.org/activities.html

http://www.jacobitestudiestrust.org/index.html

In response to a growing interest in Jacobitism, especially since the 1970s,
the Jacobite Studies Trust was formed in 2003 and became a registered
charity in 2004. Distinguished scholars agreed to serve as Trustees and as
members of the International Committee who help to direct its academic
programme.

The Objects of the Trust are to promote the study and understanding of
Jacobite history, ideologies, arts and music from 1688 to 1807, as well as
the debate between Whig and Tory/Jacobite protagonists.

The Jacobite Studies Trust will organise and publish the proceedings of
conferences and award bursaries to young scholars. It plans to found
teaching posts tenable at universities.

Huge numbers of Jacobites went into exile to Europe, the USA, Canada and the
West Indies and greatly contributed to the life of the host countries. This
is virtually virgin territory and a systematic survey of these exiles is
planned.

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Liam

Only just read this. The organiser was Nessan Danaher, Saor Valley
College, Leicester. They published each year the proceedings of the
previous year's conference.

Hope this helps.

Mary Hickman


> Can someone help with this:
>
> Mary hickman contributed a paper to an annual conference called:
>
> 'Irish Dimensions in British Education'
>
>
> This was the 6th National Annual Conference held on Februrary 11th
>
> Does anyone know the organisation/university that organises this
> conference?
>
> Who publishes the conference's proceedings??
>
>
> Much thanks
>
>
> Liam (Clarke)
>
>


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