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IRISH HISTORICAL STUDIES
NUMB 137; 2006
ISSN 0021-1214

pp. 1-16
Sir Richard Bolton and the authorship of `A declaration setting forth how,
and by what means, the laws and statutes of England. From time to time came
to be of force in Ireland', 1644.
Kelly, P.

pp. 17-39
Republicanism, agrarianism and banditry in the west 6 Ireland, 1798-1803.
Patterson, J. G.

pp. 40-60
Sisters of the brotherhood: female Orangeism on Tyneside in the late
nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
MacPherson, D. A. J.; MacRaild, D. M.

pp. 61-80
`Ireland in his heart north and south": the contribution of Ernest Blythe to
the partition question.
Corrain, D. O.

pp. 81-98
The `itinerant problem': the attitude of Dublin and Stormont governments to
Irish Travellers, 1922-60.
Bhreatnach, A.

pp. 99-116
Revisionist historians and the modem Irish state: the conflict between the
Advisory Committee and the Bureau of Military History, 1947-66.
Gkotzaridis, E.

pp. 117-122
Review article: * Savage' Irishman? William Johnson and the variety of
America'.
Doyle, D. N.

p. 123
Belfast, part I, to 1840. By Raymond Gillespie and Stephen Royle.
Bartlett, T.

pp. 124-125
Regions and rulers in Ireland, 1100-1650: essays for Kenneth Nicholls.
Edited by David Edwards.
Ryan, S.

p. 126
Queenship and political discourse in the Elizabethan realms. By Natalie
Mears.
Caball, M.

pp. 127-128
The census of Elphn, 1749. Edited by Marie-Louise Legg.
Connolly, S. J.

pp. 129-130
Rebellions: memoir, memory and 1798. By Tom Dunne.
Jeffery, K.

p. 131
The Congested Districts Board of Ireland, 1891-1923: poverty and development
in the west of Ireland. By Ciara Breathnach.
Crossman, V.

pp. 132-133
The I.R.A. at war, 1916-1923. By Peter Hart.
Augusteun, J.

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The Role of Gaelic Games in the lives of the Irish Diaspora in Europe

Author: David Hassan - David Hassan, University of Ulster at Jordanstown,
Shore Road, Newtownabbey, County Antrim, Northern Ireland BT37 0QB.

Published in: journal Sport in Society, Volume 10, Issue 3 May 2007 , pages
385 - 401
Subjects: Sociology of Sport; Sport in the Global Society;
Previously published as: Culture, Sport, Society (1461-0981) until 2004


Abstract
It was only during the latter part of the twentieth century that the Irish
emigrated to mainland Europe in sufficient numbers to warrant investigation
into their motivations for doing so. [1] In most cases this has simply meant
a search for better employment whilst an improved lifestyle has also been a
common concern amongst migrants. [2] Aside from their qualifications and
skills some of these individuals have brought long standing cultural
interests and pastimes with them. Foremost amongst these have been the
indigenously Irish games organized and promoted by the Gaelic Athletic
Association (GAA). Whilst Gaelic Games have been played, albeit
unofficially, throughout Europe since the mid-twentieth century, it is only
of late that they have come under the control of a formal governing body,
Coiste Chontae na hEorpa (European County Board). [3] The games attract a
cross section of followers but the administration and management of GAA
proceedings remains the preserve of young, well-educated Irish
professionals, the embodiment of the so-called 'Ryanair generation' of the
late 1980s. [4] The dominant ethos underpinning GAA activity on mainland
Europe is inclusivity and is defined by a policy of equal opportunities for
all. That said one of the most noteworthy aspects of the GAA scene in Europe
is the way its presence allows opportunities for localized sub-groups to
further underline their separation from established states.

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Hi Muiris and Colleagues

Glorious day here in Cork: 22c at least. We are having the summer we didn't
have earlier..

The 2004 citizenship referendum and accompanying changes in the law are
quite complex. The following notes which I wrote as part of a commissioned
report some weeks back (for an EU-wide 'European Integration Index', to be
published in the next month) might be useful (they are in part taken
verbatim from official sources).

CHANGES IN CITIZENSHIP ENTITLEMENT AFTER 1 JANUARY 2005

The citizenship entitlement of every person born on the island of Ireland on
or after 1 January 2005 depends on the citizenship of the person's parents
at the time of the person's birth. At least one parent must be:

(a) an Irish citizen or entitled to be an Irish citizen;
(b) a non-national entitled to reside in the State without any restriction
on his or her period of residence (including in accordance with a permission
granted under section 4 of the Immigration Act 2004);
(c) a British citizen;
(d) a non-national entitled under the immigration laws of the United Kingdom
to reside in the United Kingdom (and thus Northern Ireland) without any
restriction on his or her period of residence; OR
(e) a non national, other than a non national to whom (b), (c) or (d) above
applies, who satisfies the "reckonable residence" requirement at the time of
the child's birth.

It will be seen from the above that a child's entitlement to Irish
citizenship is automatic if at least one parent is Irish or entitled to be
Irish (e.g. a Northern Unionist who has never asserted Irish citizenship is
still legally 'entitled' to be Irish). But the child is also entitled to
citizenship if at least one parent is a permanent resident in the State
(i.e. the 26 county jurisdiction), a British citizen, a person entitled to
permanent residence in the UK, or a person who has resided in Ireland
(either part) for the minimum number of years required by the legislation
('during the period of four years immediately preceding the birth of a child
he or she had been resident in the island of Ireland for a period of not
less than three years, or periods the aggregate of which is three years').
The period of residence does not include periods spent in Ireland for study
purposes or while awaiting an asylum application to be decided, or while the
person was not lawfully in the country.

All in all it is a curious and interesting definition, not least because
entitlements to Irish citizenship depend in certain cases on determinations
concerning residence and/or legal status made in another jurisdiction.

>If a parent was born in Ireland, Irish citizenship is automatic for
the child of that parent.This, of course, is different to a number of countries, some of which
are more generous in the male line (Germany where it seems to go on
for ever in the male line) and some are less generous (the UK where
having a British born mother doesn't give you the right to Citizenship
if you were born abroad and your father was a citizen of another
country).The difference in citizenship laws between Ireland and the UK were
exploited in recent years by illegal immigrants who had children in
Northern IrelandThey also changed the rules about foreign births, and if I remember
correctly citizenship used to flow to the grandchild of an Irish citizen
automatically without foreign births book registration, now any child born
after a certain date has to be registered in the foreign births book.<

As far as I know entry into the FBR was always a requirement in cases where
the parent of such a child was himself/herself born outside Ireland.

Piaras

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Towards a dirty theory of narrative ethics: Prolegomenon on
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This article might interest the sports history folk, as a big lump of theory
ready to go...

The category 'dirt' is developing its own place in literary and social
theory, with all the usual problems when an ordinary everyday word starts
carrying a load of stuff. This is 'dirt' in the Mary Douglas sense, 'matter
out of place'.

See also
Haughton, Hugh. "'The bright garbage on the incoming wave': rubbish in the
poetry of Derek Mahon." Textual Practice 16.2 (2002): 323 - 343.

Isn't there a chapter somewhere in Mary Douglas, Natural Symbols, called
'The Bog Irish'?

P.O'S.


Wenner, Lawrence A. "Towards a dirty theory of narrative ethics:
Prolegomenon on media, sport and commodity value." International Journal of
Media and Cultural Politics 3.2 (2007): 111-129.

Using sport as a lens to illuminate a path for broader cultural analysis,
this essay argues for a three-pronged theoretical approach to the critique
of commodity value in contemporary narratives. Three elements of an analytic
strategy for the critique of commodity aesthetics are considered. First, the
concept of communicative dirt posed by Leach (1976) and Hartley (1984) is
considered in the service of creating commodity value from the cultural
logic of sport. Second, the merits of a reader-oriented approach as used in
literary criticism, reliant on understandings of Fish's (1976) notion of
interpretive community and the variant ways that texts work to control
reading, are considered as complementary to understanding the workings of
communicative dirt. Third, the value of ethical criticism in providing an
overarching frame for deconstructing the manufacture of commodity value,
including strategies for using communicative dirt to construct readers and
control the reading act, is assessed. A case study of a television
commercial "banned" from the 2005 Super Bowl broadcast illustrates the
tripartite approach. In conclusion, the study argues for the applicability
of this dirty theory of narrative ethics to postmodern concerns with media
in increasingly commodified contemporary culture.

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A propos of the discussions on the list about citizenship and related =
matters, the following article from media presenter and economist David =
McWilliams has appeared in today's Sunday Business Post, a =
business-oriented newspaper. No doubt people will have a range of views =
about it!

Piaras

Calling our children home

Sunday, 09 September 2007

In this extract from his latest book, David McWilliams talks about =
imagining a New Hibernia in which Ireland calls home her lost =
generations.

With that parting shot, Roy Keane is alleged to have walked out of the =
Irish football team at Saipan in 2002.

But Roy had used the word that can never be spoken in polite society. He =
used the E-word.

He called Mick McCarthy 'English' and in so doing, opened up the =
debate about what constitutes an Irishman.

Is it enough to have Irish blood or do you have to be born here? What =
about those who live in an Irish area of Queens or London, have Irish =
parents and relations, feel themselves to be Irish, sing 'The Fields of =
Athenry', yet sound Scouse, Bostonian, Cape Townian, Cockney or =
Canadian?

Is the diaspora truly Irish? Have we, the Irish born here, forgotten =
that these people are the Irish footprint around the world?

The best Irish football teams, the most successful ones, were those in =
the Jack Charlton era who represented the widest-possible definition of =
Irishness. At the time, many soccer commentators lamented the fact that =
there were so many of what was termed derogatorily 'Plastic Paddies' on =
the team.

But these men were the demographic echo of the 500,000 Irish emigrants =
who left for Britain from 1949 to 1961.

These were the sons of men and women who were driven out by Eamon de =
Valera's economic nationalism.

They pulled on the jersey and, as far as we were concerned, they were as =
Irish as anyone else. When Kevin Sheedy scored against the country in =
which he had been brought up, we didn't question his bona fides.

When Ray Houghton scored against Italy at the Giants Stadium and against =
England at the Neckar Stadium, did we care that he was brought up in =
Scotland ? When Alan McLoughlin's drive saved us at Windsor Park, =
Belfast, in November 1993, in a night of sectarian madness, we didn't =
ask whether his Manchester accent made him any less one of us than Gary =
Kelly, Packie Bonner or Roy himself.

The sons of exiles added enormously to the potential of the team, giving =
it options and talents that we would not otherwise have had. This was a =
post-nationalist, national soccer team, the very essence of =
globalisation.

Like the football team, if we 'want to compete at the highest level', =
the Irish economy has to find a unique advantage, because globalisation =
has changed the pace of everything. Every time you are ahead of the =
posse, someone copies you; every time you think you've found a new idea, =
it is downloaded and customised.

When once we thought we had a comparative advantage, we are now only =
seeing a temporary monopoly.

Where once we were the only country at the multinational game, now =
India, China and Indonesia can photocopy the Irish game plan, implement =
it and execute it at a fraction of the cost.

So what are we going to do? What can Ireland do that might make us =
special? Education? That can be copied. EU membership? Not unique. Tax =
policy? Not unique. Geography? Nope. Capital? No, that's available to =
any country with a good idea and trade is open to almost anyone. People? =
Well, yes and no.

Is there anything in our history, our culture or brains that makes us =
different? What, to use the business vernacular, is our unique selling =
point, or to use the technological term, what's our killer application?

The most recent IDA Ireland advertising for the nation suggests that it, =
too, is self-conscious.

Our recent national campaign is not a litany of statistics about =
competitiveness, costs or the like. It is a Louis le Brocquy drawing of =
Bono's head with the title, The Irish Mind.

The implication is that we think differently, that the Irish have mental =
agility that others don't have and that, even if we are getting =
expensive, we're worth it, because we'll do your thinking for you. But =
there aren't that many of us and capacity is crucial.

Now think about the potential economic impact of the Irish diaspora. =
This is one thing we have that so few other countries have. This is our =
biggest and most unique resource and yet we don't appreciate its value.

Like Roy Keane, many of us are, if not hostile, not particularly =
welcoming to the exiles.

But all our great-grandparents are from the same root.

Now, four generations after the Famine, it could well be that the =
history and culture of the Irish people - one of the world's great clans =
- is about to fuse with the demands of the Irish state to ensure that we =
remain one of the world's most successful economic jurisdictions.

This is the next part of the Irish story: a 21st-century economic =
narrative conceived in the demographics of 19th-century emigration.

Homecoming

Sheila and Eileen Geoghegan turned up at the Irish Embassy in Buenos =
Aires in 2002, just months after the collapse of the Argentinian =
economy.

The sisters, aged 18 and 20, wanted to claim Irish citizenship through =
their great-grandparents who had arrived on the ship the City of Dresden =
with 2,000 other Irish emigrants in 1889. They wanted to come home.

Sheila and Eileen have Irish blood on both sides, going back to their =
eight great-grandparents. As far as they are concerned, Ireland is their =
homeland. They are from a town called Duggan, north of Buenos Aires, =
where 60 per cent of the people can trace their ancestors back to County =
Westmeath.

English is their first language. They were taught by Irish nuns and =
priests. They know the words to Danny Boy.

Their parents still speak with Midlands accents. They are part of a =
500,000-strong Irish Argentinian population.

Yet these sisters were refused entry visas. They were one generation too =
late. Had their grandparents been born here, they would have qualified. =
But as their grandmother, Mabel Ryan, who speaks with a flat Mullingar =
accent, was born in Argentina, the family were not Irish enough.

We refused entry to two young women, educated, sophisticated, willing to =
work, with invaluable ties to Latin America, fluent in the second most =
widespread language in the world and, most crucially, committed =
emotionally to Ireland.

If brain power is soft power, networks are invaluable and people are the =
only asset that counts in our new competitive world, then surely this =
refusal makes no sense.

These people are potentially pioneer immigrants who want to come home =
and have a deep, vested interest in our culture, but we snub them. These =
are the people who keep the Irish flag flying in the remotest parts of =
the world, the people who suffered most under our colonial past, who =
sent money home to Ireland when we hadn't a bean and who took other =
destitute Irish into their communities when wave after wave arrived on =
the docks in Argentina.

They are emotionally drawn to us, they are our history - and yet modern =
Ireland gives them the finger.

There are 3.5 million Irish citizens living outside the country. But the =
greater diaspora is considerably bigger. In economic terms, the 70 =
millionstrong Irish tribe is the 21st-century equivalent of a huge oil =
deposit.

In the same way as oil guarantees Saudi Arabia's future, the Irish tribe =
could be the key to Ireland's prosperity in the next century. Unlike =
oil, because the tribe exists inside the minds of millions of Irish =
people around the world, if we cultivate it properly, it is a resource =
that won't run out.

It is time to see the island of Ireland in the 21st century as the =
cradle of a global nation.

This nation extends all over the world, gelled together by the shared =
experience of previous generations.

We should institute a 'right of return' policy and extend citizenship =
to people of Irish descent, extending beyond the present cut-off point =
of two generations. This would create a strong bond between the tribe =
and the mother country.

The exiles could boost our labour force and, in the new, soft world, =
their brains are invaluable.

There is a featherlight economic army of grey matter and these people =
could be at our disposal. All we have to do is imagine a new Hibernia.

The Generation Game

One hundred years ago, Irish writers, academics and dreamers imagined a =
New Ireland.

This New Ireland would be free from English domination, free to do as =
she pleased, free to express herself and to frame her own destiny.

But the achievement of geographical and political sovereignty should be =
looked at as only the first chapter of independence for the Irish =
nation.

In the first phase of Irish independence, Ireland was a narrowgauge, =
26-county concept. For the first 70 years of its existence, from 1922 to =
1992, the limits of this ambition were not so evident because the world =
was a place of fixed borders, territorial wars, managed trade, =
ideological power blocs and very little international migration.

Given the global background noise, such a limited geographic definition =
of Irishness was understandable.

In contrast, the modern world is a nomadic one, of free movement of =
practically everything.

People are on the move constantly. Quite apart from the new global =
reality, which should of itself get us thinking, the coming slowdown in =
Ireland should focus our minds and be seen as a chance to go back to the =
drawing board.

A house-price collapse is not a long-term disaster; it is an opportunity =
to re-prioritise. For example, in 1990, Finland suffered a dramatic =
house price slump.

The Finns reacted to this positively with a root-andbranch reform of =
their society.

They realised that land and land speculation were fool's gold, so they =
invested heavily in technology and education.

They even went as far as improving the health of the nation by =
successfully changing the national diet. They re-invented themselves.

Today, Finland tops almost every index of political, social and economic =
achievement. Ireland should do something similar - not by copying the =
Finns, but by playing to our own strengths.

We need, once more, to re-imagine Ireland and to use all the resources =
at our disposal to take advantage of the new globalised world. In a =
sense, we need a post-nationalist, national project.

In years to come, the big political battleground will not be the 20th =
century set-piece battles between left and right, capital ism and =
socialism, coloniser and occupier or rich and poor. Free-market =
capitalism and its handmaiden, liberal democracy, have produced =
unassailable results in terms of political freedom, economic self =
fulfilment and societal sophistication.

This is likely to remain the template for successful countries such as =
Ireland.

The next battle will be framed by the enormous movement of people around =
the globe and particularly, migration from the poor south of the globe =
to the rich north.

Therefore, the new fault-line is likely to be between the demands of the =
market state and the foundations of the nation state.

Mass immigration and multiculturalism, which might be necessary to =
create an efficient economy, will not be tolerated by people who value =
the uniqueness of the nation. There is a trade-off between culture and =
economics and, in the years ahead, culture will matter at least as much =
as economics.

Whether we like it or not, mass global migration threatens cultures in =
the same way as mass global communications do. If people begin to feel =
alienated in their own country, they will wonder what the point is of =
having a successful economy when the long-term cost is that Ireland =
turns into Connecticut with bad weather.

The dilemma for modern nations will be how to remain flexible and open =
without threatening the traditional culture that makes them different.

Too much cosmopolitanism dilutes the very Hibernianism that makes us =
Irish. Finding that particular sweet spot, where we get the best =
economic performance point without undermining our culture, is almost =
impossible.

The lesson from the rest of Europe is that it is easy to get the balance =
wrong.

Culture Matters

Now that Ireland has become an immigrant nation and we have seen that =
the country can absorb considerably more people than any of us imagined =
possible a few years ago, we should consider what type of immigrants we =
want.

In our successful economy and tolerant society, we have created =
something of value, something that has a price on it, something which =
should be cherished, not given away cheaply.

A successful economy and society is like a well-tended garden. The =
gardener spends time and effort thinking about which plants to plant, =
which will flourish, which will allow others enough light to blossom and =
how the entire ecosystem works.

This doesn't happen overnight, but via a process of trial and error =
that, in most cases, takes years to perfect. The gardener will be =
cautious about introducing new plant, which might overshadow some of the =
existing varieties.

He is always weighing up, assessing and imagining what fits where. =
Societies and immigration policy are likely in the future to be =
similarly selective and planned.

There is nothing new in this contention. Most mature countries have =
arrived at this conclusion.

So Canada and Australia have an exclusive immigration policy based on =
qualifications. If you have a skill that these countries are lacking, =
then you can acquire the requisite points for entry.

This is a highly restrictive and discriminatory policy, but it works. At =
the moment, free travel within the EU, a community of 456 million =
people, means that Ireland - given that we are a magnet for immigrants =
and that we make up only 1 per cent of the total EU population - could =
find its culture diluted quite easily.

When you are small, it doesn't take a lot of people to alter the social =
balance. So Ireland's dilemma, of getting the best economic performance, =
while at the same time not jeopardising the culture significantly, will =
not be solved by current EU policies.

But if we look at the difference between us and other EU countries, we =
see that they do not have an ace up their sleeves - they do not have a =
literate, urban, global tribe of exiles. The exiles are precisely the =
soft power that countries yearn for and most importantly, if we =
cultivate them, our exiles will give us that competitive advantage while =
reinforcing Irishness.

This appears to be a win-win situation where both the economy and the =
traditional culture are strengthened at once.

Do the Right Thing

Not only does this make sense from a future economic perspective, it is =
also the right thing to do.

For years, Ireland survived on emigrants' remittances.

If you examine the Irish balance of payments figures in the 1930s, =
1940s, 1950s and into the late 1960s, you'll find that the cash inflow =
from emigrants sending money home kept this country afloat.

It is only right that we repay the children of these people who gave so =
much to us while in exile. In addition, embracing the prodigal sons and =
daughters would be a true sign of Irish economic success and maturity.

In 1990, Germany extended its financial generosity to 100,000 ethnic =
Germans living in Russia - the Volga Germans.

By doing so, the large paternalist German state was throwing its arms =
around people of German culture, even though their ancestors had left =
Germany four centuries previously.

The German state repatriated tens of thousands of these people. It was a =
generous gesture that arguably, only a rich state at ease with itself =
could have carried through.

Likewise, the Finnish government extended passports to Finnish =
communities in Karelia, northern Russia. This is another example of the =
home state taking responsibility for the tribe.

As the returning Jews have done in Israel - which extends citizenship to =
every Jewish person around the world - the returning Irish exiles would =
inject vibrancy and enthusiasm into both our contemporary and =
traditional culture, while at the same time opening up economic =
opportunities all over the world.

Anything that makes the tribe stronger makes the homeland stronger.

In time, the relationship becomes symbiotic. The brand gets deeper and, =
ultimately, we could turn the Irish tribe into the largest sales force =
in the world, selling Ireland first to themselves and then to others. =
Think about the opportunities for trade alone.

By building a worldwide community, we open up opportunities in the =
remotest parts of the world with people who are equally at home here and =
there. This is like having a global network of ambassadors for Ireland, =
Irish products, Irish culture and Irish know-how.

Internationally, we would be pushing an open door because, unlike the =
Israelis, we have no enemies. We are neutral, we didn't take anyone's =
land and we didn't invade anyone's country. We have no need for brute =
strength.

Who could object to the Irish state seeking to look after the global =
Irish tribe who supported us for so long? This idea threatens no-one. =
Our present EU commitments mean that the door would still be open to =
European workers. It is not an either/or idea.

The driving force behind this type of Irish renaissance would be =
primarily an economic policy, with positive cultural spin-offs. This =
makes it the opposite of the old-fashioned nationalist initiatives which =
put culture first and economics second.

This idea is open-armed Hibernianism for a cosmopolitan age, rather than =
closed-shop nationalism for an imperial age.

It is often said that Ireland punches above its weight on the =
international stage. Others marvel at how such a small country can grab =
a disproportionate share of the global limelight. Well, it's not so much =
that the Irish punch above their weight, but that the Irish state lets =
us all down, all 70 million of us, by the paucity of its own ambition. =
The state is the custodian of the tribe. Ireland has a responsibility to =
the Irish.

Without active guardianship from the home country, the tribe will not =
flourish and, in a few generations, this extraordinary opportunity will =
dissipate. For generations, Irish communities abroad have been =
replenished by new migrants, new exiles who constantly topped up the =
diaspora, ensuring that the cycle of emigration, settling down, passing =
on and resuscitating the tribe repeated itself. This is no longer =
happening.

We appear to punch above our weight because, up to now, we have not told =
anyone - ourselves included - how substantial we actually are. Ireland =
doesn't realise how strong the Irish brand is.

Irishness has been constructed inside the minds of, and propagated by, =
the diaspora since the Famine. It is time for the Irish state to live up =
to its responsibility to be the dynamo behind an Irish renaissance that =
transcends borders.

We can reimagine Ireland and reposition ourselves for the 21st century.

Globalisation could be the golden era of the Irish. We can turn our =
historical defeat into a future victory. In the successful Republic of =
Ireland, we have the platform, in the peaceful North we have the symbol =
and in the diaspora we have the unique resource.

For years, the exiled Irish reminded us of our economic failure back at =
home. They were traditionally the victims of a failed Ireland; in our =
globalised future, they will be the saviours of a successful Ireland.

All we need is the courage to imagine a Greater Ireland that transcends =
geography, where the country is the mothership and the tribe is the =
nation. There is nothing particularly new in this generational idea. The =
Irish Constitution aspires to it.

As Article 2 states: 'the Irish nation cherishes its special affinity =
with people of Irish ancestry living abroad who share its cultural =
identity and heritage." Let's make this 'special affinity' a reality =
by calling them home.

David McWilliams new book, The Generation Game, is published on =
Wednesday. A three-part television series based on the book will start =
on RTE1 on Monday, September 17, at 9.30pm.

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What needs to be added to this discussion at this point is that this
issue of the mass movement of people across international borders is not
at all necessarily a "right wing" vs "left wing" one. In the US for
example, it is those on the right of the political spectrum who most
favour mass immigration - and most especially the illegals. Georg Bush
adamantly supports the illegals coming across the Mexican border and
supports amnesty for those already in the US illegally.. Why? It is
cheap labour of course - the more people who enter the labour force the
lower the wage level is. Big business loves this mass movement and has
learned to develop some shout down rhetoric around the question. To tag
your opponents- very often those most affected by the competition for
jobs .- as "racist" is a clever attempt to silence them. Likewise the
Catholic Church in the US is very vocal in support of the illegals -
why? Numbers of course.

We are mioving into a global economy which looks like it is giving us an
economic divide in the west that certainly does not favour ordinary wage
earners. I think this ought to be a consideration in this discussion
and not allow ourselves to be blindsided by rhetoric.

Carmel
> I certainly agree with Dymphna - us Antipodeans do appreciate the
> context, thanks Piaras. What struck me is that although Ireland is
> (obviously) quite a distance from Australia, Myers' rhetoric sounded
> familiar - we get very much the same sorts of arguments from our more
> right-wing commentators and politicians. It seems to have a lot to do
> with the paradoxical siege mentality of the nation-state in this age
> of globalisation...
>
> Cheers
> Chad
>
>
>>
>

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I certainly agree with Dymphna - us Antipodeans do appreciate the
context, thanks Piaras. What struck me is that although Ireland is
(obviously) quite a distance from Australia, Myers' rhetoric sounded
familiar - we get very much the same sorts of arguments from our more
right-wing commentators and politicians. It seems to have a lot to do
with the paradoxical siege mentality of the nation-state in this age of
globalisation...

Cheers
Chad

Dymphna Lonergan wrote:
> From someone very far away in Australia I am extremely grateful for
> Piaras' explication of the issues involved and about the writer. I
> wonder if that was the same writer who raised the alarm about tinkers
> camping at the base of the Sugar Loaf mountain in Wicklow some years
> ago:leaving their litter around and spoiling the place for the locals?
> I was alarmed at that time that there was no rebuttal in the Press by
> a tinker-friendly organisation or even in letters to the editor.
> Whatever happened to the tinkers anyway?
>
> MacEinri, Piaras wrote:
>> Surely it would be better to attend to the facts and arguments of the
>> matter rather than simply endorsing someone else's view as 'spot-on'
>> and an analysis which 'could not be more obvious'? I happen to think
>> that it is a mindless, unthinking, and entirely inaccurate analysis.
>> It is 'obvious' only in the sense that it reflects a degree of
>> ignorance and prejudice which is unfortunately widespread here and
>> elsewhere, but that doesn't mean it is true.
>> Anyone who wishes is of course free to disagree with my analysis -
>> isn't that the point of an academic discussion list? But it would be
>> polite, as well as intellectually more defensible, to give reasons.
>>
>> Piaras
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: The Irish Diaspora Studies List
>> To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK
>> Sent: 06/09/2007 18:17
>> Subject: [IR-D] immigration
>>
>> Ireland is a very small island and extraordinarily vulnerable these days
>> to the effects of industrial expansion, tourism, road projects and, for
>> certain, immigration. Myers is spot on--not particularly to his credit,
>> since his analysis could not be more obvious, as he himself notes.
>>
>> JMorgan
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>> Jack Morgan
>> Research Professor of English
>> University of Missouri-Rolla
>> Rolla, MO. 65401
>>
>>
>

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In light of the recent discussions on nationality etc. this article on
the BBC Website might be of interest.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/6988778.stm

An unmarried father in the Irish Republic will learn later if a
landmark High Court battle to have his twin boys returned from England
is successful.
Mr G is taking the case against his former partner, who moved to
Manchester with his two-year-old boys in December.

He claims they were taken without warning and without his consent.

He wants them returned to Ireland. But under Irish law an unmarried
father has no rights over a child unless he has been appointed a legal
guardian.

The case is the first of its kind in the Republic and, if successful,
it could redefine the status of unmarried fathers in Ireland.

Mr G's legal team includes former Irish deputy prime minister and
minister for justice Michael McDowell as senior counsel.

They have argued that under the terms of the European Convention on
Human Rights unmarried fathers have the same rights as married
fathers.

The case was heard in camera earlier in September by Mr Justice Liam
McKechnie, who must also decide whether the children's removal from
the state was unlawful.

His judgement was to be delivered on Monday, but was deferred when it
emerged all parties concerned were not present.

The judge said it was essential everybody be given the opportunity to
attend from England and elsewhere.

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TOC -- NEW HIBERNIA REVIEW 11,3 (Autumn 2007)=20
_____ =20


Friends,

=20

Autumn returns, and with the new school year, a flood of reasons -- =
both
good and bad-- for falling behind on our reading. Withal, the most =
recent
New Hibernia Review (volume 11, number , Autumn 2007), which mails on
September 14, offers abundant reasons to carve out a little reading =
time .
Here is a Table of Contents and an abbreviated description of each
article.=20

=20

Kieran Bonner, University of Waterloo

"A Fry-up and an Espresso: Bewley's Caf=E9 and Cosmopolitan Dublin" pp. =
9-27

=20

Sociologist Bonner surveys the history and the paradox of the famous =
coffee
shops, employing present-day commentary on globalization, the "Culture =
of
Cities" model, and Oldenburg's concept of the "third place" that is =
both
like and unlike home, to interpret the closing and reopening of the =
Dublin
institution.
=20

Sara Brady, Trinity College Dublin

"Home and Away: The Gaelic Games, Gender, and Migration" pp 28-43

=20

In considering how the playing of such sports as hurling, Gaelic =
football,
and camogie construct a postcolonial Irish identity, the creation of
satellite organizations in the United States and women's leagues has
complicated the GAA's claims to indigenousness. Brady argues that these
developments have disrupted attempts to establish Irish identity as =
male and
rooted in the home country. =20

=20

Joseph Lennon

"Fili=F3cht Nua: New Poetry," pp. 44-50

=20

The author of Irish Orientalism (2004) and the outgoing poetry editor =
of The
Recorder offers a suite new sonnets and other work, opening with =
"1981," in
which a Midwestern boy feels common cause with "strikers starving a =
world
away" in Ireland. =20

=20

Martin Dowling, Queen's University Belfast

"Confusing Culture and Politics: Ulster Scots Culture and Music," pp. =
51-80


=20

Dowling, formerly traditional arts officer of the Arts Council of =
Northern
Ireland presents an auto-ethnographic reflection on his work in that
capacity, informed by interviews with former colleagues and practicing
musicians. Dowling invokes the Lacanian concept of "suture" to explain =
the
potential for Ulster Scots culture to arise out of a seeming vacuum. =
He
asserts a "nakedly constructed character" of much that is termed =
Ulster
Scots culture.

=20

Margaret Rose Jaster, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg=20

"Mythologizing Shane O'Neil," pp. 81-97

=20

Ciaran Brady's authoritative 1996 biography of Shane appeared only =
after
four hundred years of legend and fantasy had accrued. As early as the
sixteenth century, chroniclers described Shane as afflicted with pride,
highly sexed, and uniquely savage in battle--which Jaster shows have =
been
adapted in historical novels and elsewhere down to our own time.

=20

=20

Ryan D, Dye, St. Ambrose University

"Irish-American Ambivalence Toward the Spanish American War," pp.98-115

=20

At the close of the last century, Irish Americans-having only recently
"arrived" in socioeconomic terms-registered deep uneasiness about that =
war's
imperialist subtexts, and were still more apprehensive about the United
States' rapprochement with Britain. Dye finds that these misgivings =
were
voiced not just in the Irish enclaves of the East, but also in the very
heart of nativism, the American Midwest.

=20

Eugene O'Brien, Mary Immaculate College

"Guests of a Nation; Geists of a Nation," pp. 114-30

=20

Starting with Frank O'Connor's classic short story about reprisal =
killings
during the Anglo-Irish War, O'Brien demonstrates that these =
flesh-and-blood
killings also partake of something spectral. Certain sorts of "ghosts" =
can
be central to nation-building. Using concepts taken from Derrida, =
O'Brien
considers the processes by which community-sanctioned violence can turn
guests into ghosts and hospitality into hostility. =20

=20

Brian Leahy Doyle, Lehman College, CUNY

"'In the Pocket': Larry Kirwan's Restless Writings," pp. 131-44

=20

A study of the literary life of the founder of the rock group Back 47,
whose output includes novels, plays, and memoir-much of it with a =
political
edge. Doyle discerns Kirwan's search for self-expression, his feeling =
for
the evanescence of time, and a pursuit of fleeting moments of artistic
unity.

=20

=20

Sheila McCormick, NUI-Galway

"Back on Stage: Movements in Irish Theater, 2006," pp. 145-52

=20

McCormick notes with discernible relief that in 2006, the long-running
sideshows of funding cuts and the Abbey building did not dominate the
theatrical scene. Instead, theatrical energies in went into a series of
impressive productions and initiatives, and welcome stirrings on the =
part
of arts practitioners to assert their political and cultural vigor.

=20

Subscription information, contributor guidelines, and much else can be
found at www.stthomas.edu/irishstudies
, or send an e-mail to
jrogers[at]stthomas.edu =20

=20

Jim Rogers

Editor

.

=20

=20

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Many thanks Jim,

Looks like a CRACKING issue!! :-)

I look forward to seeing it in print and thanks again for the =
opportunity!

All the best,
=20
Eugene
=20
Dr Eugene O'Brien,
Head, Department of English Language and Literature
Mary Immaculate College
University of Limerick
Email: Eugene.OBrien[at]mic.ul.ie
Phone: 353 61 204989
Fax: 353 61 313632
Director
MIC Irish Studies Centre
=20
-----Original Message-----
From: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [mailto:IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On =
Behalf Of Rogers, James
Sent: 11 September 2007 22:32
To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: [IR-D]

TOC -- NEW HIBERNIA REVIEW 11,3 (Autumn 2007)=20
_____ =20


Friends,

=20

Autumn returns, and with the new school year, a flood of reasons -- both
good and bad-- for falling behind on our reading. Withal, the most =
recent
New Hibernia Review (volume 11, number , Autumn 2007), which mails on
September 14, offers abundant reasons to carve out a little reading time =
.
Here is a Table of Contents and an abbreviated description of each
article.=20

=20

Kieran Bonner, University of Waterloo

"A Fry-up and an Espresso: Bewley's Caf=E9 and Cosmopolitan Dublin" pp. =
9-27

=20

Sociologist Bonner surveys the history and the paradox of the famous =
coffee
shops, employing present-day commentary on globalization, the "Culture =
of
Cities" model, and Oldenburg's concept of the "third place" that is =
both
like and unlike home, to interpret the closing and reopening of the =
Dublin
institution.
=20

Sara Brady, Trinity College Dublin

"Home and Away: The Gaelic Games, Gender, and Migration" pp 28-43

=20

In considering how the playing of such sports as hurling, Gaelic =
football,
and camogie construct a postcolonial Irish identity, the creation of
satellite organizations in the United States and women's leagues has
complicated the GAA's claims to indigenousness. Brady argues that these
developments have disrupted attempts to establish Irish identity as male =
and
rooted in the home country. =20

=20

Joseph Lennon

"Fili=F3cht Nua: New Poetry," pp. 44-50

=20

The author of Irish Orientalism (2004) and the outgoing poetry editor of =
The
Recorder offers a suite new sonnets and other work, opening with =
"1981," in
which a Midwestern boy feels common cause with "strikers starving a =
world
away" in Ireland. =20

=20

Martin Dowling, Queen's University Belfast

"Confusing Culture and Politics: Ulster Scots Culture and Music," pp. =
51-80


=20

Dowling, formerly traditional arts officer of the Arts Council of =
Northern
Ireland presents an auto-ethnographic reflection on his work in that
capacity, informed by interviews with former colleagues and practicing
musicians. Dowling invokes the Lacanian concept of "suture" to explain =
the
potential for Ulster Scots culture to arise out of a seeming vacuum. He
asserts a "nakedly constructed character" of much that is termed Ulster
Scots culture.

=20

Margaret Rose Jaster, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg=20

"Mythologizing Shane O'Neil," pp. 81-97

=20

Ciaran Brady's authoritative 1996 biography of Shane appeared only after
four hundred years of legend and fantasy had accrued. As early as the
sixteenth century, chroniclers described Shane as afflicted with pride,
highly sexed, and uniquely savage in battle--which Jaster shows have =
been
adapted in historical novels and elsewhere down to our own time.

=20

=20

Ryan D, Dye, St. Ambrose University

"Irish-American Ambivalence Toward the Spanish American War," pp.98-115

=20

At the close of the last century, Irish Americans-having only recently
"arrived" in socioeconomic terms-registered deep uneasiness about that =
war's
imperialist subtexts, and were still more apprehensive about the United
States' rapprochement with Britain. Dye finds that these misgivings =
were
voiced not just in the Irish enclaves of the East, but also in the very
heart of nativism, the American Midwest.

=20

Eugene O'Brien, Mary Immaculate College

"Guests of a Nation; Geists of a Nation," pp. 114-30

=20

Starting with Frank O'Connor's classic short story about reprisal =
killings
during the Anglo-Irish War, O'Brien demonstrates that these =
flesh-and-blood
killings also partake of something spectral. Certain sorts of "ghosts" =
can
be central to nation-building. Using concepts taken from Derrida, =
O'Brien
considers the processes by which community-sanctioned violence can turn
guests into ghosts and hospitality into hostility. =20

=20

Brian Leahy Doyle, Lehman College, CUNY

"'In the Pocket': Larry Kirwan's Restless Writings," pp. 131-44

=20

A study of the literary life of the founder of the rock group Back 47,
whose output includes novels, plays, and memoir-much of it with a =
political
edge. Doyle discerns Kirwan's search for self-expression, his feeling =
for
the evanescence of time, and a pursuit of fleeting moments of artistic
unity.

=20

=20

Sheila McCormick, NUI-Galway

"Back on Stage: Movements in Irish Theater, 2006," pp. 145-52

=20

McCormick notes with discernible relief that in 2006, the long-running
sideshows of funding cuts and the Abbey building did not dominate the
theatrical scene. Instead, theatrical energies in went into a series of
impressive productions and initiatives, and welcome stirrings on the =
part
of arts practitioners to assert their political and cultural vigor.

=20

Subscription information, contributor guidelines, and much else can be
found at www.stthomas.edu/irishstudies
, or send an e-mail to
jrogers[at]stthomas.edu =20

=20

Jim Rogers

Editor

.

=20

=20

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From: "Murray, Edmundo"
Subject: New issue of "Irish Migration Studies in Latin America " Vol. 5
N=?iso-8859-1?Q?=B0?= 2 (July 2007)
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Dear IR-D members,

We are happy to announce a new issue of "Irish Migration Studies in =
Latin America" (www.irlandeses.org), the open-access journal of the =
Society for Irish Latin American Studies. The following contents are =
available in: www.irlandeses.org

ISSN 1661-6065=20
Volume 5, Number 2 (July 2007)
Editors: Edmundo Murray, Claire Healy, Helen Kelly
Guest Editor: Igor Perez Tostado

TABLE OF CONTENTS=20
- "Ireland and Iberia: An Introduction" by Igor Perez Tostado (p. 93)
- "Spain in Irish Literature 1789-1850: An Approach to a Minor =
Representation" by Asier Altuna-Garcia de Salazar (96)
- "John Aldridge: A 'Real' Irishman" by Matthew Brown (102)
- "A Description of the Irish in Seville: Merchants of the Eighteenth =
Century" by Manuel Fernandez Chaves and=20
Mercedes Gamero Rojas (106)
- "Immigration, Social Dialogue and Economic Growth in the Old Periphery =
of Europe: The Celtic and Latin Tigers?"=20
by Oscar Molina (112)
- "A Nation of Emigrants or Immigrants? The Challenge of Integration in =
Ireland and Portugal" by Claire Healy (117)
- "When merit alone is not enough: Money as a 'parallel route' for Irish =
military advancement in Spain"=20
by Oscar Recio Morales (121)
- "The Spanish Habsburgs and their Irish Soldiers (1587-1700) by =
Mois=E9s Enrique Rodriguez (125)
- "Richard Wall, the Irish-Spanish Minister" by Diego T=E9llez Alarcia =
(131)
- "Review of Susana Taurozzi's 'Los Pasionistas en Argentina y Uruguay: =
Cien a=F1os de historia'" by Edward Walsh (135)
- "James Rooke (1770-1819), commander of the British Legion in =
Bol=EDvar's army" by Moises Enrique Rodr=EDguez (137)
- "Alexandre O'Neill (1924-1986), poet" (139)
- "Jos=E9 Santiago Healy (1895-1968), media entrepreneur" (140)
- "Mateo Banks (1872-1949), family murderer" (141)
- "Jorge Patricio Dillon (1953-c.1977), student activist and social =
worker" (142)

Society for Irish Latin American Studies=20
Maison Rouge (1268) Burtigny, Switzerland=20
+41 22 739 50 49
Email: contact[at]irlandeses.org
Visit the website at http://www.irlandeses.org=20

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Forwarded from H-Atlantic. This may be of interest to the list.=20

XV AHILA INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE. LEIDEN (NETHERLANDS), 26-29 AUGUST =
208.=20
CALL FOR PAPERS: SYMPOSIUM ON IMMIGRATION, XENOPHOBIA, AND NATION IN =
LATIN
AMERICA, 1900-1940=20

The symposium seeks to address the problematic and conflictive =
relationship
between immigration and the public policies designed to regulate and/or
restrict the arrival and settlement of foreigners in Latin America, from =
the
fin-de-si=E8cle to the outbreak of World War II. We are interested in =
papers
dealing with the origins and nature of the overseas immigration flows =
and
the ensuing legal, political, and scientific engineering devised by the
Latin American states to cope with the newcomers, as well as the =
different
manifestations of social conflict that resulted from the encounter =
between
natives and foreigners. Topics such as xenophobic and ethnic =
mobilization;
the intertwinement of race, culture, and population policy, and the =
impact
of ethnic-based scientific and disciplinary discourses will be given =
special
attention.=20

Those interested in participating should send a paper proposal to the
Symposium Chairs (see below) indicating the following:=20
Full name
Email address
Institutional affiliation
A 200-250 word abstract clearly stating the subject and aims of the =
paper
(please use Word, Times New Roman 12, double space)=20

The deadline for submitting the proposals is January 15th, 2008. Answers
will be sent by January 30th, 2008.=20

Symposium Chairs:
Andr=E9s H. Reggiani. Universidad Torcuato Di Tella. Buenos Aires. =
Argentina.
areggiani[at]utdt.edu=20

Pablo Yankelevich. Instituto Nacional de Antropolog=EDa e Historia. =
M=E9xico.
py1987[at]yahoo.com.mx
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
=20

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CONSTRUCTIONS OF FOREIGNNESS AND MIGRATION IN 20th CENTURY
WESTERN EUROPE
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Forwarded from H-Migration. This may be of interest to the list.

CFP (2nd) FAMILIES, CONSTRUCTIONS OF FOREIGNNESS AND MIGRATION IN 20th
CENTURY WESTERN EUROPE

CONFERENCE to be held at Leuven University, BELGIUM, May 15-16 2008

Historians increasingly compare migration across specific periods as
well as societies. So far, the comparisons have mainly dealt with either
ethnic groups or societies of settlement. This conference aims to deepen
the comparative endeavour by adding a comparison from a new angle.
Instead of comparing ethnic groups or nation-states as a whole, which
runs the risk of overemphasizing ethnic and national differences, it
invites researchers to compare time-specific policies and experiences of
migration and family. In other words, at the heart of the comparison
will be conditions of migration - with or without relatives - and their
impact on experiences of migration and settlement.

One striking difference between then and now, and here and there, is
indeed the meaning attached to the 'migrant family', i.e. the close or
less close relatives of the recognized central actor (male or female) of
the migration process. Family boundaries widen and narrow, of course,
according to circumstances. Like gender, family is first of all a social
construction. Specifically, it is the construction of meaningful
relationships with regard to sex as well as generation. Since the 1970s,
studying family has lost significance in migration research in favour of
the analysis of gender dynamics. Bringing family back in is important,
however, for two reasons. First of all, 'family' was and is an
experiential category of both migrants themselves and policy makers. For
most of the twentieth century, 'family' was far more central to people's
thoughts, conversations and experiences than gender. Secondly, it is
time to analyse the interrelationship of gender and generation more
thoroughly. In that way, we will get to know more about age- and
kin-related changes in gender roles.

Three perspectives will receive particular attention at the conference.
Firstly, policies and their implications will be discussed. Societies,
whether sending or receiving nation states or smaller social
environments, define and redefine their boundaries in ethnocultural,
biological, economic, legal and other terms. These changing
constructions of who is one of 'us', what 'we' need and who is 'foreign'
imply time-specific policies of family and migration. Importantly, in
the course of the twentieth century Western European nation-states have
increasingly affected migrants and their families, as states became the
principle regulators of migration as well as the main providers of
welfare. Welfare regimes entailed new categorisations, like the category
'second generation'. We hope to gather papers which highlight not only
policies, but also their implications on positions and identities of
migrants or their relatives who either migrated or stayed behind.

Secondly, the conference will draw attention to the relationship between
the family situation and the stereotyping of migrants or their
descendants. Constructions of foreignness have been highly gendered in
the last century, as several scholars have shown. As such, in the
heydays of male guestworker migration female migrant workers remained
largely invisible in Western European societies. Less explored is how
children or elders and singles versus families have been constructed as
'foreign'. Participants are invited to discuss different ways of
perceiving migrants according to their family situation and the ways in
which people of migrant origin negotiated those stereotypes.

Thirdly, we are interested in research starting from the perspective of
migrants or their relatives themselves. How did they construct family
and how did family cultures affect their experiences and self-identities
as migrants or relatives of migrants? Family cultures, which were of
course embedded in changing social and political contexts, have given
way to different patterns of (network) migration as well as to specific
forms of economic, social and political participation in societies of
arrival and/or in societies of departure. Instead of treating
transnational ties as a side issue, the conference encourages to look at
the involvement of migrants in receiving and sending societies alike.

Proposals may deal with migration for family reasons as such, for
instance migration in the case of adoption, marriage or family reunion,
as well as with labour migration, colonial migration or refugee
migration, as long as the experiences of family involved in these
migrations are highlighted. In other words, rather than starting from
the given categories of migration research, the aim is to explore
possible new ones.

You are cordially invited to send proposals of approx. 500 words to Leen
Beyers, Leuven University (Belgium), leen.beyers[at]arts.kuleuven.be, by
October 1st, 2007. All people submitting proposals will be informed by
the end of October 2007. Papers will be due on April 14 2008. A
selection of the conference proceedings will be published.

Leen Beyers
Postdoctoral researcher
Department of History, Modernity and Society 1800-2000 Leuven
University, Belgium Phone 32 -(0)16 - 32 49 96


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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Roma: The Demonisation of Difference
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The following has come to our attention and may be of interest to the =
lsit.=20

Travellers, Gypsies, Roma: The Demonisation of Difference, eds. Michael
Hayes and Thomas Acton, UK: Cambridge Scholars Press, (2007)

http://www.c-s-p.org/Flyers/Diaspora-Identities-and-the-Expression-of-Dif=
fer
ence.htm

The issue of multiculturalism is not one which is particularly new to =
Irish
society as a number of contributors to this volume point out. What is =
new
however is an increased acknowledgement of diversity and =
multiculturalism in
Ireland and Europe as a whole. Such an acknowledgement makes increased
dialogue between "mainstream" society, older minorities such as the =
Irish
Travellers and the many newer immigrant communities such as the Roma all =
the
more necessary. For such constructive dialogue to take place it is vital
that migratory peoples and their particular expressions of postcolonial
identity be voiced and valued. These identities are both complex and =
diverse
and frequently straddle a number of countries and national identities. =
It is
hoped that this volume will go some way towards the cultivation of such
dialogue.

Professor Thomas Acton is Professor of Romani Studies at the School of
Social Sciences, University of Greenwich, UK. He is the first person to =
hold
a chair in Romani Studies at any university and has always believed in =
the
practical contribution scholarship can make to providing equality of
opportunity and treatment for the Roma. Amongst his many published books
are: =20
Acton, T. (ed.) (1997) Gypsy Politics and Traveller Identity; Herts:
University of Hertfordshire Press=20

Acton, T. and Mundy, G. (eds.) (1997): Romani Culture and Gypsy =
Identity;
Herts: University of Hertfordshire Press=20

Acton, T. (ed.) (2000) Scholarship and the Gypsy Struggle; Herts: =
University
of Hertfordshire Press=20

Dr. Michael Hayes works as a Lecturer at the University of Limerick =
where he
lectures on a number of English, History, Politics and Social Studies
courses incorporating Traveller, Roma and Migration Studies. He has =
written
over twenty books, his publications in this area examining the literary
representation and development of a number of different
socio-cultural-groups within the (traditionally nomadic) Irish Traveller
communities. His publications in this area include: The Candlelight =
Painter
(2004); Irish Travellers: Representations and Realities (2006). The =
Stranger
in Ourselves: Ireland's "Others" (2007) - (Edited with D. O'Donnell,
(University of Limerick) and Colm Power (Centre for Ethnicity and =
Health,
University of Central Lancashire, UK); Road Memories: Aspects of Migrant
History (2007). His primary research interests include Creative writing,
postcolonial literatures, nationalism, Irish Republican history, and the
representation of "Marginal" and Diaspora literatures and identities. He =
has
been involved in community work with Travellers, asylum-seekers and =
other
marginalised groups both in Liverpool, England and in Limerick, Ireland =
for
the past twelve years.=20

=20
illiam 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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Irish Political Studies: Volume 22 Issue 3 is now available online at
informaworld (http://www.informaworld.com).

This new issue contains the following articles:

=91Europeanisation as Implementation=92: The Impact of the European =
Union on
Environmental Policy-making in Ireland p. 265
Authors: Jane O'Mahony

Assessing the Level of the Political Mobilisation of the Unemployed in
Ireland from 1991 to 2005 p. 287
Authors: Fr=E9d=E9ric Royall

=91Preaching to the Choir?=92 An Analysis of DUP Discourses about the =
Northern
Ireland Peace Process p. 303
Authors: Gladys Ganiel

Attitudes towards a Truth Commission for Northern Ireland in Relation to
Party Political Affiliation p. 321
Authors: Patricia Lundy; Mark McGovern

Truth Cohabitation: A Truth Commission for Northern Ireland? p. 339
Authors: Ryan Gawn

Commentary: Truth, Reconciliation and Political Accommodation p. 363
Authors: Adrian Guelke

The Northern Ireland Assembly Election 2007 p. 367
Authors: Joanne McEvoy

Book Reviews p. 383
Authors: Sandra Buchanan;=A0 Rebecca L. Graff;=A0 Brendan Lynn;=A0 Gary =
Murphy;=A0
Peter Hart; Colin Reid

Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy - =
Special
Issue on Intervening in Northern Ireland
Read the free editorial at =
www.informaworld.com/10.1080/13698230600941879

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Subject: Reminder: Irish Australia conference 23-26 Sept, La Trobe
University
From: J.Ridden[at]latrobe.edu.au

A reminder that the 15th Irish Australian Conference commences next
Sunday. This will be an outstanding event with three exceptional keynote
speakers from Ireland and Britain, as well as numerous papers by other
international visitors and local Australian contributors.

Full details and registration form at
http://www.latrobe.edu.au/history/irish_conference07.html or ring 9479
3479 or email M.Ingate[at]latrobe.edu.au
best wishes,

Jennifer



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La Trobe University
Bundoora VIC 3086
T: +61 3 9479-5082
F: +61 3 9479-1942
E: Irish_Conf[at]latrobe.edu.au or
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Second Call for Papers:=20
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." 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.
The child and the state
The child and religion
Childhood and social class
Childhood and educational policy/practice
Childhood in the two Irelands: Anglo and native, North and the Republic
The marginalised and/or institutionalized child
Irish childhood and the Diaspora
Children and family: nuclear, single parent, adopted, foster
Idealised childhood and nostalgia
Childhood sexualities
Imaging children and childhood in film, documentary, and art.
Literary Childhoods: fiction, poetry, drama, and memoir

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.
Send proposals to Professor Maria Luddy at m.luddy[at]warwick.ac.uk and
Professor James Smith at smithbt[at]bc.edu

_____________
James M. Smith
Associate Professor
Department of English and Irish Studies Program
Boston College
Connolly House
300 Hammond Street
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
617-552-1596
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A feature of tv genealogy programmes over here in Britain, like Who Do You
Think You Are?, is that again and again participants seem keen to have sort
of Irish connection - and any ancestor with some Irish connection will be
claimed as proving why the participant feels at 'home' in Ireland... And
see earlier IR-D discussions...

Whilst baby-sitting for neighbours the other evening I idly watched the
latest episode. Poor John Hurt discovering that his family's legends of
Irish connections were started by a con man claiming some connection with
the Marquis of Sligo... Why, it's worse than having your innards eaten by
aliens...

Nancy Banks-Smith, the Guardian's great tv correspondent, is good on this.

There has been some discussion too about programmes like Who Do You Think
You Are? are doing for the study of history, and the visibility of history
on television.

Links and extracts, below...

P.O'S.


1.
John Hurt set off to explore his glorious Irish ancestry - and got a rather
nasty surprise

Nancy Banks-Smith
Friday September 14, 2007
The Guardian

John Hurt knew he was Irish. He knew he was Irish as soon as he arrived in
Ireland to act at the Abbey Theatre. "The minute I put foot in Dublin, I
said, 'Home!' The feeling was so immediate." Dammit, he even looks Irish, as
if he had spent the intervening 40 years living the life of Riley. Rawboned,
haunted, incinerated. Who Do You Think You Are? (BBC1) would simply put the
guinea stamp on the gold...

...Which is not to say he was grateful for his ingenious genes. Everything
in his face turned down. He complained with steadily increasing grumpiness:
"I am not who I believed I was. That really upsets me. I am not going to
dance with pleasure to find out that one of the bankers in my life, my Irish
identity, isn't true. Am I? When I went to Ireland, I felt it was home. It
isn't." Surely, the director ventured, that didn't alter his feelings. He
got his head snapped off for his solicitude. "Of course it does! It alters
my feelings completely! I'll probably laugh about it but I don't feel like
laughing now."

We had noticed. Not so much Hurt as bloody furious.

Full text at
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv_and_radio/story/0,,2168919,00.html


2.
The time bandits
Television history is now more about a self-indulgent search for our
identity than an attempt to explain the past and its modern meaning

Tristram Hunt
Monday September 10, 2007
The Guardian

... In an era of mass migration, multi-culturalism and a British identity
breaking at the constitutional seams, history on television is in danger of
telling comforting stories about ourselves to ourselves, rather than
confronting the past. Of course, some of this history has been superb...
http://media.guardian.co.uk/mediaguardian/story/0,,2165609,00.html

. Tristram Hunt presents The Protestant Revolution, starting on Wednesday,
BBC4, 9pm


3.
Who do you think you are, Tristram Hunt?

Last week Tristram Hunt attacked 'comforting' TV history. Here the chief
executive of Wall to Wall, makers of Who Do You Think You Are?, hits back

Alex Graham
Monday September 17, 2007
The Guardian

You would think that anyone with an interest in history would welcome the
fact that the highest rated series on television right now (outside of the
soaps) is a history programme; that a programme dealing with the injustices
of apartheid and the horrors of the Nazi occupation of Eastern Europe can
attract an audience bigger than Silent Witness, Holby City or even
Emmerdale.

But not for Tristram Hunt. For him, the success of a show like Who Do You
Think You Are?, whose fourth series launched last week with a record
breaking 6.5 million viewers, is just another nail in the coffin of serious
history on television. In fact, he can't find enough insults to throw at it.
It's "history as therapy". It's "warm bath television". A "comforting
meander around the nooks and carries of our sensibility". Which makes me
wonder whether Hunt has ever watched the show.

http://media.guardian.co.uk/mediaguardian/story/0,,2170498,00.html

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From: Brian Lambkin [mailto:Brian.Lambkin[at]magni.org.uk]=20

Dear All,
We are pleased to announce the programme for our Eighth Literature of =
Irish
Exile Autumn School to be held on Saturday 20 October.
=20
It is no surprise, perhaps, that our special theme this year is the =
Flight
of the Earls!=20

Details are at:
http://www.qub.ac.uk/cms/events/8thLIE_2007/LIE_Autumn_School_2007.htm

We do hope that you will find the programme attractive and come if you =
can.

With best wishes

Brian Lambkin

PS Another date for the diary: Saturday 26 January 2008, when Professor =
Don
MacRaild, University of Ulster, will give the Seventh MSSc Irish =
Migration
Studies Reunion Lecture=20

http://www.qub.ac.uk/cms/events/Reunion_Lecture_2008/reunion_lecture_Jan2=
008
.htm


Brian Lambkin (Dr)
Director
Centre for Migration Studies
Ulster-American Folk Park
Castletown, Omagh, Tyrone
Northern Ireland BT78 5QY
Brian Lambkin (Dr)
Director
Centre for Migration Studies
Ulster-American Folk Park
Castletown, Omagh, Tyrone
Northern Ireland BT78 5QY
Tel:=A0 0044 28 82256315
Fax: 0044 28 82242241
www.qub.ac.uk/cms and www.folkpark.com=20

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Continuing a theme - how do other diasporas do it?

I am pleased to report that our friend and colleague,

Dr. Gloria Totoricag=FCena Egurrola, Director, Center for Basque =
Studies,
University of Nevada, Reno, USA,=20

Has been offered a new post by the Office of the Presidency of the =
Basque
Autonomous Government. In the special project, "Euskadi and the
Basques in the Age of Globalization," she has been appointed as the =
General
Director for issues related to the Basque diaspora.

Gloria Totoricag=FCena will be known for her years of work at the
London School of Economics, the Center for Basque Studies, Reno, and =
with
the international Basque communities. There is some background on our
website, www.irishdiaspora.net, where I give an account of my own visit =
to
the Basque Country/Euskadi. I know that Brian Lambkin has recently =
visited
too to share his knowledge of museums of emigration and diaspora.

Gloria will stay in Reno, Nevada, and work and travel from there. Her
charge is to research how globalization and innovation can be positively
used to promote and improve Basque Country science, academics, arts and
culture, lifestyle, and environment.=20

She will serve as a consultant to a team that reports to the Basque =
Country
President and his cabinet. Her new role begins on October 1, when she =
will
formally leave UNR and the Center for Basque Studies.

It is an interesting way of doing things, and most probably a logical
development of the Basque Government's formal involvement with its =
diaspora
in recent years.

Our sincere congratulations and good wishes to Gloria Totoricag=FCena.


Patrick O'Sullivan

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