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You might also look at Emily DeBurgh-Daly's "An Irishwoman in China". =
She was a medical missionary--her memoir was published in London in =
1916. =20
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Maria McGarrity
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Brooklyn, New York

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Hi everyone,



A student of mine is looking for references on the Irish in Asia. I =
cannot think of any but maybe someone on the list can help?



Thanks in advance,

Caitriona.



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

Dr. Caitr=EDona N=ED Laoire

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University College Cork

Cork.



Tel. +353-214903656

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Missionaries, journalists, musicians, merchants... Cf.
http://www.irelandinjapan.jp/content/view/36/125/

On Lafcadio Hearn, see the very good entry in=20
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Katharine Chubbuck, 'Hearn, (Patricio) Lafcadio Carlos (1850-1904)',
first published Sept 2004, 820 words
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/41244

Edmundo Murray

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From: Patrick Maume
I did an entry for the forthcoming DICTIONARY OF IRISH BIOGRAPHY on Francis
McCullagh, a journalist from Omagh who became a roving foreign
correspondent. He edited an English-language newspaper in Thailand in the
1890s and wrote a memoir of his experiences covering the Russo-Japanese War
which has been reprinted and is available on Amazon. (He also accompanied
Kolchak's White Army in Siberia during the Russian Civil War as a British
military attache, and wrote a book about the Young Turk revolution c.1911).
His views, by the way, were pretty right-wing and pro-British Empire; he
was also a fairly outspoken Catholic and wrote books on religious
persecution in Russia and Mexico (he was quite right to object ot the
persecution, but his suggested political remedies have nasty political
implications) as well as an eulogy of the Franco side in the Spanish Civil
War.
I may write a piece on him for HISTORY IRELAND sometime if I can ever fin=
d
the time - a common complaint of mine.
Best wishes,
Patrick
On 7/31/07, Joseph Lennon wrote:
>
> As well as the other texts already mentioned, your student might look at:
>
> _Enemies of Empire: New Perspectives on Imperialism, Literature and
> History_. Four Courts, 2007.
>
> _India and Ireland: Colonies, Culture, and Empire_, eds. Maureen O'Connor
> and Tadhg Foley, IAP, 2006
>
> And, not to toot my own horn, your student might find helpful: _Irish
> Orientalism: A Literary and Intellectual History_ (Syracuse UP 2004),
> which
> has a couple chapters on the Irish abroad, particularly in India, but als=
o
> elsewhere. I list many other relevant texts in the bibliography.
>
> Best of luck!
> Joseph
>
>
> ____________________________
> Joseph Lennon, Associate Professor
> Department of English
> Manhattan College
> 718-862-7112
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Behalf
> Of Maria McGarrity
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> Subject: Re: [IR-D] Irish in Asia?
>
> You might also look at Emily DeBurgh-Daly's "An Irishwoman in China". Sh=
e
> was a medical missionary--her memoir was published in London in 1916.
>
>
> Maria McGarrity
>
> Long Island University
> Brooklyn, New York
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: The Irish Diaspora Studies List on behalf of Ni Laoire, Caitriona
> Sent: Mon 30/07/2007 13:37
> To: IR-D[at]jiscmail.ac.uk
> Subject: [IR-D] Irish in Asia?
>
>
>
> Hi everyone,
>
>
>
> A student of mine is looking for references on the Irish in Asia. I canno=
t
> think of any but maybe someone on the list can help?
>
>
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Caitriona.
>
>
>
> **************************************************
>
> Dr. Caitr=EDona N=ED Laoire
>
> Marie Curie Excellence Research Fellow
>
> Department of Geography
>
> University College Cork
>
> Cork.
>
>
>
> Tel. +353-214903656
>
> Email: c.nilaoire[at]ucc.ie
>
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As well as the other texts already mentioned, your student might look =
at:=20

_Enemies of Empire: New Perspectives on Imperialism, Literature and
History_. Four Courts, 2007.

_India and Ireland: Colonies, Culture, and Empire_, eds. Maureen =
O=92Connor
and Tadhg Foley, IAP, 2006

And, not to toot my own horn, your student might find helpful: _Irish
Orientalism: A Literary and Intellectual History_ (Syracuse UP 2004), =
which
has a couple chapters on the Irish abroad, particularly in India, but =
also
elsewhere. I list many other relevant texts in the bibliography.

Best of luck!
Joseph


____________________________
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=20
=20
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=20
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Subject: [IR-D] Irish in Asia?



Hi everyone,



A student of mine is looking for references on the Irish in Asia. I =
cannot
think of any but maybe someone on the list can help?



Thanks in advance,

Caitriona.



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

Dr. Caitr=EDona N=ED Laoire

Marie Curie Excellence Research Fellow

Department of Geography

University College Cork

Cork.



Tel. +353-214903656

Email: c.nilaoire[at]ucc.ie

http://migration.ucc.ie/children

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Unfortunately we do not have a prepared reading list on the Irish in Asia=
here at CMS but I know we have quite a bit of relevant material in the=
collection (at least 20 books and articles) some already mentioned, others=
not. These are mostly related to migrants in India and China. In addition=
to some references within the Irish Emigration Database it would merit a=
visit, particularly if one considers what is held by PRONI in Belfast.
Paddy Fitzgerald
CMS UAFP

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Thanks in advance,

Caitriona.

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=0D

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http://migration.ucc.ie/children

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Maria Edgeworth. _Castle Rackrent_. Edited by Susan Kubica Howard.
Indianapolis and Cambridge: Hackett Publishing, 2007. xxxviii + 87 pp.
Map, introduction, note on the text, abbreviations for works
consulted, works cited. $27.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-87220-878-0; $9.95
(paper), ISBN 978-0-87220-877-3.

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English, Le Moyne College

Castle Rackrent: Redux?

In her "Note on the Text" to the latest published edition of Maria
Edgeworth's short novel, _Castle Rackrent_, editor Susan Kubica Howard
explains that she "ha[s] annotated the novel with an eye to providing
an undergraduate reader with the tools to read this edition as easily
and fully as possible, and a more advanced reader the sources to go
further in-depth with his or her inquiries" (p. xxxvi). To that end,
Howard provides an introduction that examines the text and Edgeworth's
authorship from a variety of perspectives, as well as footnotes that
define Irish usages and offer historical or literary
contextualization. Howard also converts Edgeworth's own footnotes to
endnotes, relocating them after the glossary and providing additional
editorial footnotes to gloss the author's own. While some of the
editorial annotations will likely prove helpful for readers new to
_Castle Rackrent_ and to an Irish context more generally, the intended
"more advanced" readers may have some reservations about this edition
of the novel.

Howard's edition is the latest in a string of reprints of this small
but complicated novel written during the time of the Act of Union.
These include, most recently, the New Riverside Edition, and the
Pickering and Chatto edition.[1] The steady activity in reissuing the
novel attests to consistent interest in Edgeworth's canon and Irish
women's authorship more generally, and perhaps to growing interest in
the nature of the nineteenth-century Irish novel in recent critical
debate.

What may be most helpful here is the provision in this edition of
definitions from a variety of sources, ranging from the _Old English
Dictionary_ to earlier editions of the novel--usually the Oxford
University Press editions edited by George Watson {1964 and 1995} and
Marilyn Butler's 1992 Penguin edition. Expressions in the text that
may be unfamiliar; examples of Hiberno-English, political terms, and
relevant English and Irish history are lucidly and concisely defined,
which would invariably assist the new reader. Given that many of these
definitions are actually drawn from earlier editions, however, one
cannot help but wonder about the originality of this edition's
contribution.

The introduction also provides contexts that would assist a reader new
to the history of Ireland. In order to situate the narrative and
composition times of the novel, Howard broadly reviews the plantation
of Ireland, the Penal Laws, absenteeism, and the events of 1782-1801
in a section entitled "Historical and Literary Contexts." While
clearly an overview, such contextualization would certainly help an
undergraduate reader ground his or her reading and understand the
forces at work on Edgeworth at the time of the novel's composition.

Perhaps most interesting is Howard's literary placement of Edgeworth
in this section of her introduction. Clearly approaching from an
eighteenth-century perspective, Howard traces Edgeworth's
compatibility with Charlotte Lennox and Susan Ferrier, aligning the
three authors in terms of their use of a colonial setting. She also
traces Edgeworth's "debt to Defoe and Richardson" and her seeming
sensitivity to the Romantic Movement through "her valuation ... of
common language and subjects" (p. xxiii). While not entirely original,
this reminder that Edgeworth hailed from a wider British
eighteenth-century literary milieu is useful in situating the author's
work. Howard's review of the influence of _The Black Book of
Edgeworthstown_, a family memoir written by Richard Edgeworth in the
1760s, also provides a relevant context within which to view the work
(pp. xxiv-xxxi).

These potential strengths of the edition also prove to be its greatest
weakness, however; for the editor's treatment of the novel risks
downplaying the significant complexity that makes _Castle Rackrent_ a
must-read in the first place. While providing an array of contexts may
help a novice reader to approach the text, the ordering of categories
in the introduction is a bit illogical and sometimes misleading. For
example, Howard begins her introduction with a section entitled
"Composition, Publication, and Early Reception." Her suggestion that
"Edgeworth may have created the Glossary to clarify and expand on
cultural phenomena ... to better represent the gifts Ireland would
bring to a union" (pp. x-xi.) presents a fairly unproblematized view
of the glossary, which is generally recognized as at least potentially
subversive. It is not until the last section of the introduction,
strangely entitled "Unions," that Howard returns to the glossary and
recognizes the importance of the editorial apparatus; moreover, she
alludes to very little of the large body of scholarly work discussing
this crucial aspect of the novel.[2] (It is possible that this edition
was delayed in publication, as its most recent works cited were
published in 2002, which may account for some of the more surprising
oversights, but not all.)

Similarly, in arguing Edgeworth's sensitivity to the Romantic
Movement, Howard seems to imply that Thady M'Quirk is, in fact,
relaying "a plain unvarnished tale" (a somewhat reductive reading of
the _Lyrical Ballads_ [1798], as well). Again, only much later in her
introduction does Howard address the common critical understanding
that Thady is anything but reliable. Such curious divisions in
discussing these aspects of the novel downplay what is generally
considered among the most important elements of the text.

The decision to remove Edgeworth's own notes from the corresponding
pages and to move them to the very end is perhaps the most problematic
editorial move. This edition adheres to Edgeworth's 1832 edition of
_Castle Rackrent_, "because it was the last edition for which
Edgeworth's oversaw revisions" (p. xxxiv). Ironically, both decisions
undermine Howard's own recognition of Edgeworth's eighteenth-century
literary milieu, both by disrupting the conventional
eighteenth-century placement of notes and by privileging a much later
version of the text. [3] Just as importantly, relocating Edgeworth's
own notes ruptures the visual effect of the competing editorial voice
that so problematizes and enriches this work. Without seeing the
contest between these competing voices in the text written out
spatially on the page, it is difficult to appreciate the complexity of
the novel and the difficulty these editorial gestures present.

There are several such moments in this edition of _Castle Rackrent_
(which space precludes addressing) that reinforce the sense that this
novel, and its historical and cultural placement, may not have been
entirely digested before it was edited; for example, see the
discussion of why Edgeworth "chose" to use English rather than Irish
in writing the novel (pp. xxiv-xxv). Ultimately, Howard's new edition
may prove helpful to a reader new to Ireland and this novel because of
the accessibility and clarity of most of its glosses. However, the
structure and argument of the introduction--which, regrettably, also
has many painfully long sentences and awkward constructions--and the
relocation of Edgeworth's own notes compromise the ability of this
edition to support more sophisticated readings of this novel.

Notes

[1]. The New Riverside edition is entitled _Two Irish National Tales,
Maria Edgeworth's Castle Rackrent and Sydney Owenson's The Wild Irish
Girl_, ed. M. Smith (Boston: Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2005). The
Pickering and Chatto edition is edited by Marilyn Butler, Jane Haville
Desmarais, and T. O. McLoughlin (London: Pickering and Chatto, 1999).

[2]. One might consider, for example, Mary Jean Corbett, "Another Tale
to Tell: Postcolonial Theory and the Case of _Castle Rackrent_,"
_Criticism_ 36, no. 3 (Summer 1994): 383-400; Kathryn Kirkpatrick,
"Putting Down the Rebellion: Notes and Glosses on _Castle Rackrent_,
1800," _=C9ire-Ireland_ 30, no. 1 (Spring 1995): 77-90; or Rebecca
Shapiro, "Educating the English: Maria Edgeworth's _Castle Rackrent_
and _Essay on Irish Bulls_," _Women's Writing_ 10, no. 1 (2003): 73-92

[3]. See, in contrast, the Smith edition, "Note on the Texts" p. 16.



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Black Hand of Irish Republicanism: the Fenians and HistoryA Conference
marking the 150th anniversary of the founding of the IRB

Belfast, June 20-21 2008

The Irish Republican Brotherhood was a secret, oath-bound organisation =
which
plotted political revolution in Ireland between the 1850s and the War of
Independence, 1919-21. Far from being an exclusively Irish entity, =
Fenianism
represented an international phenomenon with a well-organised presence
throughout Britain, North America, and the Pacific. As well as =
orchestrating
military operations in several states, Fenians constructed political
machines in urban America, participated in political struggles in =
Ireland,
and infiltrated the island's literary and sporting cultures. This joint
University of Ulster and Queen's University of Belfast conference - =
marking
the 150th anniversary of the founding of the IRB - seeks to bring =
scholars
working on Fenianism together to consider the history of the =
organisation.
Papers looking at the IRB in a diasporic, transnational, or imperial =
context
are particularly welcome. Other key themes include memory and =
commemoration,
British counter-intelligence and counter-insurgency, and popular =
culture,
religion, and identity. =20

Fearghal McGarry, School of History, Queen's University Belfast,=20
Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT7 1PA or James McConnel, School of History,
University of Ulster, Londonderry, Northern Ireland, BT48 7JL
Email: irbat150[at]yahoo.co.uk
=20


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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Subject: CFC:"Encyclopedia of Blacks in European History and Culture"
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This may be of interest to the list.

The two-volume "Encyclopedia of Blacks in European History and Culture,"
scheduled to be published by Greenwood Press in 2008, currently seeks
contributors.

Candidates must be willing to write entries totaling at least 1,000 words.
Preference will be given to college professors, published writers, and
advanced graduate students, but others qualified to write on entries
focusing on the depiction and contribution of black Africans in European
history and literature will also be considered. Deadline for submissions
will be four months after the date of assignment. Please do not respond to
this call unless you are confident that you can complete your
contribution(s)by that date. Compensation for accepted entries will $25 per
1,000 words. Those whose entries total 4,000 words or more may choose
instead to receive the set of the encyclopedia, which will be sent to
contributors at publication.

If you are interested in writing for this important reference work, please
send a CV to:

Eric Martone: Blacks_in_Europe_Project[at]hotmail.com

Qualified candidates will receive a listing of available entries.
Prospective contributors will receive an assignment, contributors'
guidelines, and sample entries (if needed)by e-mail followed by a release
form mailed from the publisher to be signed and returned. Completed entries
are subject to the normal editing process required for quality publications
and are accepted for publication at the discretion of the editor, advisory
board, and publisher.

Eric Martone, Editor
Doctoral student, Stony Brook University

Email: blacks_in_europe_project[at]hotmail.com


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

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I am sorry that I did not read this before the memorial. I was in Britain
about 10 days before and did not view John's old e-mail whilst I was there.
He is buried with his parents in western Cemetery and the memorial was well
attended. Rob Stradling, one of his students from Saint Illytid's told me that
University of Wales Press is still interested in publishing John's updated
Urban Catholics. It was his very last wish to have it published.

Susan Hickey



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From the New York Times

DOVER, N.H. (AP) -- Acclaimed Irish singer, songwriter and storyteller =
Tommy
Makem has died of cancer, ending a worldwide entertainment career that
spanned more than five decades. He was 74.=20
"It is with great sadness that I have to report Tommy Makem passed away
tonight after a long bout with lung cancer," said a message posted on =
his
web site Wednesday night. Makem died in Dover, where he lived.=20
Makem grew to international fame while performing with the band The =
Clancy
Brothers And Tommy Makem in the late 1950s and 1960s.=20
President Mary McAleese of Ireland led the tributes, saying Makem =
brought
happiness and joy to fans all over the world.=20
"Always the consummate musician, he was also a superb ambassador for the
country, and one of whom we will always be proud," McAleese said.=20
Liam Clancy also remembered his life-long music partner.=20
"Tommy was a man of high integrity, honesty, and his courage really =
shone
through towards the end," he told RTE Radio in Dublin, Ireland.=20
Clancy and Makem teamed up after emigrating to the United States from
Ireland in the late 1950s where they began careers in acting, before =
turning
to music.=20
Armed with his banjo, tinwhistle, poetry, stagecraft and his baritone =
voice,
Makem helped spread stories and songs of Irish culture around the world. =

"He just had the knack of making an audience laugh or cry... holding =
them in
his hands," Clancy said.=20
In New Hampshire, Makem performed at the Statehouse this year for Gov. =
John
Lynch's inaugural celebration.=20
"It was known that he was not well, yet he played with typical passion =
and
wit, evoking tears of joy and sadness from those assembled," Lynch said =
on
Thursday.=20
He called Makem a state, national and international treasure.=20
"With a strong voice and even stronger spirit, Tommy inspired millions,"
Lynch said.=20
An ailing Makem visited Belfast last month to receive an honorary degree
from the University of Ulster and returned to his native Armagh.=20
Makem was best known for songs such as The Green Fields of France, =
Gentle
Annie and Red is the Rose.=20
With the Clancy Brothers, he appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show, the =
Tonight
Show and on every major television network show in the United States, =
and
they soon became the four most famous Irishmen in the world, according =
to a
biography on his web site.=20
They played to audiences from New York's Carnegie Hall and London's =
Royal
Albert Hall to every major concert venue in the English-speaking world.=20
Even while battling cancer, Makem was maintaining a performance =
schedule,
with gigs listed through this fall.=20
His web site reported that Makem once was asked if he planned to retire. =

"Yes, of course," he said. "I retire every night and in the morning when =
I
awake I realize just how lucky and privileged I am to be able to =
continue
doing the things I love to do."=20

On the Web: www.makem.com

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
=20
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From: Patrick O'Sullivan
Subject: TOC EIRE IRELAND VOL 42; NUMB 1/2; 2007
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EIRE IRELAND
VOL 42; NUMB 1/2; 2007
ISSN 0013-2683

pp. 11-57
Amongst Empires: A Short History of Ireland and Empire Studies in
International Context.
Cleary, J.

pp. 58-81
"Come Out of Such a Land, You Irishmen": Daniel O'Connell, American Slavery,
and the Making of the "Irish Race".
Nelson, B.

pp. 82-107
Defining Irish Nationalist Anti-Imperialism: Thomas Davis and John Mitchel.
Lynch, N.

pp. 108-131
"Their Colonial Condition": Connections Between French-Canadians and Irish
Catholics in the Nation and the Dublin University Magazine.
King, J.

pp. 132-156
The Imperial Politics of Famine: The 1873-74 Bengal Famine and Irish
Parliamentary Nationalism.
Bender, J.

pp. 157-179
Race and Empire in Nineteenth-Century British Intellectual Life: James
Fitzjames Stephen, James Anthony Froude, Ireland, and India.
Peatling, G.

pp. 180-200
Skirmishing, The Irish World, and Empire, 1876-86.
Whelehan, N.

pp. 201-228
"No Imperial Privilege": Justin McCarthy, Home Rule, and Empire.
Townend, P.

pp. 229-255
The Dominion of Ireland: The Anglo-Irish Treaty in an Imperial Context.
Knirck, J.

pp. 256-289
"The Mosquito Press": Anti-Imperialist Rhetoric in Republican Journalism,
1926-39.
Bheachain, C. N.

pp. 290-310
India or North America? Reflections on Nicholas Mansergh's Partition
Paradigm.
Mioche, A.

pp. 311-335
Edward Said and Irish Criticism.
McCarthy, C.

pp. 336-361
Postcolonial Literary Studies, Nationalism, and Feminist Critique in
Contemporary Ireland.
Nolan, E.

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Subject: Article,
Gendering ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland,
plus others
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The latest issue of=20

Ethnic and Racial Studies: Volume 30 Issue 5=20

Contains a number of items of interest...

Gendering ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland: A comparative
analysis of nationalist women's political protests p. 766
Authors: Fidelma Ashe

Abstract
This article examines and develops a comparison of the Holy Cross School
conflict and the campaign by Robert McCartney's sisters and partner to =
bring
those responsible for his murder to justice in Northern Ireland. Both =
events
involved women who identify with the Irish nationalist community in =
public
protest. The article employs a feminist theoretical framework to =
investigate
the ethno-gender dynamics of these particular manifestations of women's
political protest. By engaging in a comparative analysis of both =
protests,
the article exposes how these specific expressions of women's political
agency and the political discourses and images that they stimulated were
influenced by, reflected and disturbed notions about the role of women =
in
nationalist societies.

Keywords: Gender; nationalism; Northern Ireland; McCartney campaign; =
Holy
Cross school; feminism

See also...

Revisiting the rural/race debates: A view from the Welsh countryside p. =
741
Authors: Charlotte Williams

Which suggests comparisons with recent Irish debates andexperiences...

Home Visits: Transnationalism among Australian Migrants p. 817
Authors: Martin O'Flaherty;=A0 Zlatko Skrbis; Bruce Tranter

Which critiques the ways in which the concept of 'transnationalism' has =
been
subsumed into one academic discipline - in this case, social =
anthropology.
This is, I think, a recurring problem with interdisciplinary studies...

P.O'S.

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Dear Patrick O'Sullivan,

Irish Educational Studies: Volume 26 Issue 3=20

This new issue contains the following articles:

Editorial p. 215
Authors: Ciaran Sugrue;=A0 Dympna Devine;=A0 Paul Conway; Emer Smyth

The role and impact of the Regional Curriculum Support Service in Irish
primary education p. 219
Authors: Keith Johnston;=A0 Damian Murchan;=A0 Andrew Loxley;=A0 Helen =
Fitzgerald;
Micheline Quinn

Exploring who we are in the context of global reforms in education: the
Second Level Support Service in conversation p. 239
Authors: Kevin McDermott;=A0 Deirdre Henchy;=A0 Della Meade; Kieran =
Golden

Racism and citizenship education in Northern Ireland p. 253
Authors: Eamonn Gallagher

Rhetoric and reality: are integrated schools in Northern Ireland really
making a difference? p. 271
Authors: Claire McGlynn

Towards inclusion: the development of provision for children with =
special
educational needs in Ireland from 1991 to 2004 p. 289
Authors: Brian MacGiolla Ph=E1draig

Discovery and innovation in the undergraduate learning experience p. 301
Authors: Finbarr Bradley

BOOK REVIEW p. 315

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There has been much discussion of The end of Operation Banner, and I think
it right to just note this on the Irish Diaspora list...

Below, some links to The Guardian's coverage... A web search will find
more...

P.O'S.

The end of Operation Banner (14 pictures)

http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/gallery/2007/jul/31/northernireland?picture=3
30305298

Army takes valuable lessons to Iraq and Afghanistan

Richard Norton-Taylor and Owen Boycott
Wednesday August 1, 2007
The Guardian

Operation Banner began in August 1969. Over the following 38 years, the
army, and their political masters, learnt lessons, often painful ones, which
military commanders say are highly relevant to current counterinsurgency
operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/military/story/0,,2139009,00.html


Making peace not war

Leader
Wednesday August 1, 2007
The Guardian

An army that entered Northern Ireland 38 years ago, bayonets fixed, ended
operations last night. A garrison of just over 5,000 soldiers remains, but
from today they will have the same legal status as troops in England,
Scotland or Wales. No bugle sounded the end of Operation Banner, and no flag
was lowered: a moment that should have been one for celebration muted by
events in Iraq and Afghanistan, where British forces are discovering the
limits of peacemaking. In Afghanistan six soldiers died in action last
month.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,2139016,00.html

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Subject: Book announced, Hugh F. Kearney,
Ireland: Contested Ideas of Nationalism and History
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This collection of Hugh Kearney's essays will interest many IR-D members.

The earliest item is a 1957 review essay, on Edwards and Williams, The Great
Famine - and prompts reflection on why that volume did NOT shape the
discourse and the research agenda... The book collects a number of essays
from decades of scholarship, always engaged, always sane...

Of particular interest is the Preface, of some 30 pages, On being a
historian in four countries. A good read, an exploration of the sociology
of a profession, and the personalities of a profession - why some things get
done and others do not...

Note that on the publisher web site you can see the Table of Contents, and
Read the Introduction (but not that interesting Preface), as pdf files...

P.O'S.

Hugh F. Kearney
Ireland: Contested Ideas of Nationalism and History (NYU Press, 2007)


From the web site...

http://www.nyupress.org/books/Ireland-products_id-5009.html

Ireland Contested Ideas of Nationalism and History
Hugh F. Kearney
ISBN 0814748007
368 pages

View the Table of Contents. Read the Introduction.

"Kearney's work has brilliantly illuminated, from a distinctive comparative
perspective, Anglo-Irish relations over several centuries. Ireland collects
his seminal articles, framed by historiographical reflections on his unique
experience of 'doing history' in four countries: Ireland, England, Scotland,
and the United States."
- J. J. Lee, New York University

What is the Irish nation? Who is included in it? Are its borders delimited
by religion, ethnicity, language, or civic commitment? And how should we
teach its history? These and other questions are carefully considered by
distinguished historian Hugh F. Kearney in Ireland: Contested Ideas of
Nationalism and History.

The insightful essays collected here all circle around Ireland, with the
first section attending to questions of nationalism and the second
addressing pivotal moments in the history and historiography of the isle.
Kearney contends that Ireland represents a striking example of the power of
nationalism, which, while unique in many ways, provides an illuminating case
study for students of the modern world. He goes on to elaborate his
revisionist "four nations" approach to Irish history.

In the book, Kearney recounts his own development in the field and the key
personalities, departments, and movements he encountered along the way. It
is a unique portrait not only of a humane and sensitive historian, but of
the historical profession (and the practice of history) in Britain, Ireland,
and the United States from the 1940s to the late 20th century-at once public
intellectual history and fascinating personal memoir.

Hugh F. Kearney is Amundson Professor Emeritus at the University of
Pittsburgh, where he taught from 1975 to 1999. He has also taught at
universities in Dublin and Sussex and at Edinburgh, where he was Richard
Pares Professor of history from 1970-75. Ireland $39.00
Contested Ideas of Nationalism and History
Hugh F. Kearney
ISBN 0814748007
368 pages
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