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Colleagues who have made use of my now quite old Research Note on
'Travellers' will find this article of use and interest. It will be
recalled that I observed that theories of origins shaped social policy - I
know I can be criticised for my rather abstract approach to these complex
issues. But I think we have here a classic example of the power of theory
and the political power of research to do good or evil in the real world.

Andre Liebich, in this article, puts these arguments in a wider European
context, but does make good use of British - but not Irish - research
material. Again, colleagues will know that the British and Irish material
overlap. So, his references and his outline of the shape of the debates
will be useful.

References include...
Thomas Acton, "Modernity, Culture and 'Gypsies': Is There a Meta-Scientific
Method for Understanding the Representation of 'Gypsie'? And Do the Dutch
Really Exist," in Nicholas Saul and Susan Tebbutt (eds.), The Role of the
Romanies: Images and Counter-Images of Gypsies/Romanies in European Cultures
(Liverpool: At the University Press, 2004)

Judith Okely, "Some Political Consequences of Theories of Gypsy Ethnicity:
The Place of the Intellectual," in Allison James, Jenny Hockey and Andrew
Dawson (eds.), After Writing Culture: Epistemology and Praxis in
Contemporary Anthropology (London: Routledge, 1997)

And the very recent - which I have not yet seen -
Deborah Epstein Nord, Gypsies and the British Imagination, 1807-1930 (New
York: Columbia University Press, 2006)

On a train of thought...

Has anyone been watching Minnie Driver and Eddie Izzard in 'The Riches'?

P.O'S.


Roma Nation? Competing Narratives of Nationhood
Author: Andre Liebich a
Affiliation: a Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva

Published in: journal Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, Volume 13, Issue 4
October 2007 , pages 539 - 554
Subjects: Citizenship - Political Sociology; Nationalism; Race & Ethnic
Studies;

Abstract
This article considers two alternative accounts of Romani ethnogenesis, an
ethnic narrative exuding the romance of exoticism and a functional one
underpinning the pathos of deprivation. Neither of these accounts conveys
the specificity of the Romani condition which cannot be defined by mythical
nomadic lifestyle, by the legal and political situation of an ethnic
minority, or by social economic status. The article argues that the
imbrication of the twin accounts of ethnogenesis and of their corresponding
structures of legitimization has distorted both analysis and policy with
respect to the "Roma Question" in East Central Europe.

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Working with English is
an online, peer-reviewed journal designed to promote the original research
of new scholars in the field of English Studies

http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/english/working_with_english/index.htm

Our attention has been drawn to the following item, which will be of use and
interest to a number of Ir-D members.

"The Uncle Tom's Cabin of Nativism:" Anti-Catholic Novels, Politics and
Violence in the Antebellum United States
by O. R. Butler, University of Nottingham

Literary Fads and Fashions
Volume 2.1 Autumn 2006

Guest Editors: Rosy Aindow, Mark Hollingsworth and Kristen Sipper
Editorial Assistants: Mark Fairbanks, Vicky Smith, Simon Turner, and Ben
Woolhead


There is also a Call for Papers, about one of my favourite genres, the
Footnote.

Who was it who said that in nineteenth century Irish writing it was the
novels that had the footnotes? I remember - Joep Leerssen...

CFP pasted in below...

P.O'S.



Call for Papers:

Working With English: Special Issue:

'The Romantic-period Footnote and Paratext'

edited by Ourania Chatsiou, University of Wales, Swansea

CALL FOR PAPERS

The online, peer-reviewed journal Working with English: medieval and modern
language, literature and drama invites proposals for a forthcoming special
issue on 'The Romantic-period Footnote and Paratext. This issue aims to give
a snapshot of the prominence of the paratext in the late eighteenth and
early nineteenth century literary culture.

Gerard Genette's Paratexts: Thresholds of Interpretation (1987,
trans.1997) and Anthony Grafton's The Footnote: A Curious History (1997)
announced the significance of paratext in modern literary studies. Recent
scholarship has also marked the re-emergence of formalism in Romantic
Studies, through various theoretical approaches informed by deconstruction,
new historicism, feminism and new technology. This special issue will
explore this renewed focus on Romantic textuality, by re-introducing the
paratext's significance and relating it specifically to the study of the
romantic text.

Since the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, the
footnote replaced the gloss as an act of commentary, and evolved into a
subversive literary device conveying the highly ironic and satiric acts of
criticism of leading writers such as Jonathan Swift, Alexander Pope,
Laurence Sterne and Edward Gibbon. In the nineteenth century, the paratext -
assuming various forms such as the introductory elaborative/theoretical
preface, the footnote, endnote, marginal gloss, and illuminated
illustrations - continues to be a defining formal aspect of the works of
many canonical writers, such as William Blake, William Beckford, Sir Walter
Scott, S.T. Coleridge, Robert Southey, Lord Byron, and Percy Bysshe Shelley,
as well as of some currently marginalised writers, such as Charlotte Smith,
Maria Edgeworth, Walter Savage Landor, Sydney Owenson (Lady Morgan), and
John Cam Hobhouse.

The study of the paratext provides original analyses of
canonical texts, the ideas of nationalism and orientalist/imperialist
politics, the relationships between author/reader and form/text, as well as
a reassessment of neglected writers. Possible topics include: reading
audiences, reading practices, print culture, editorial history, typography,
illustrations, e.t.c. (this list is only suggestive and, by no means,
restrictive).

Please, submit a 350-word abstract (approx.) along with your
name, institutional affiliation, mailing and email addresses, telephone
numbers and a brief biography, by 15 November 2007. Send your proposal by
email attachment (in Microsoft Word format) to Ourania Chatsiou
(rania_chatsiou[at]yahoo.com).

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In today's Guardian...

Obituary
Conor Fallon

Irish sculptor whose studies of wildlife grace landmarks across the Republic

David Whittaker
Friday November 16, 2007
The Guardian

The milking of cows and the shaping of sleek, modernist sculpture went hand
in hand for one of Ireland's leading sculptors, Conor Fallon, who has died
of cancer, aged 68. But it took a visit to Cornwall for him to discover his
flair for the medium - and also find personal happiness...

... In 1972, the family - Conor and Nancy, with their recently adopted
children John and Bridget - moved to Kinsale, County Cork, where they
remained for 15 years before finally settling in County Wicklow.

Fallon threw himself full time into sculpture, working mainly in steel and
occasionally bronze. His subjects were primarily wildlife, particularly
hares, horses, fish and birds (all part of the Celtic tradition). He
retained a passion for birds of prey, their balance of taut energy in
stillness with rapid movement of attack being perfect examples for the
clean, aerodynamic lines that gave his work its poetry in motion. In
contrast, his crows were more solid, earthbound creatures...

... His application to sculpture on his return to Ireland bore fruit, and
throughout the 1980s and 90s, various high-profile commissions followed in
quick succession. Large-scale works are familiar at venues throughout
Ireland, including Enniscorthy Bridge (County Wexford), University College
Cork, and in the capital, St Patrick's hospital, the Bank of Ireland Centre,
University College Dublin, and a landmark piece for Independent Newspapers.
He was awarded the Oireachtas gold medal for sculpture in 1980. Fallon also
devoted a great deal of time and energy to his role as secretary of the
Royal Hibernian Academy and board member of the National Gallery of Ireland.

A perfectionist craftsman and highly articulate, he died within a year of
Nancy, and is survived by their children.

. Conor Fallon, sculptor, born January 30 1939; died October 3 2007

Full text at...

http://arts.guardian.co.uk/news/obituary/0,,2211968,00.html

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Did anybody get to see the Masquerade and Spectacle--Circus and
Traveling Fair in the works of Jack B. Yeats just concluded at the Yeats
Museum. I couldn't get there. Any suggestions as to how I might come by
literature &c related to the exhibit?

Jack Morgan












Jack Morgan
Research Professor of English
University of Missouri-Rolla
Rolla, MO. 65401

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I am sort of kicking around an idea for a conference paper about leprechauns
in popular culture (though you can understand how the prospect of once again
viewing "Finian's Rainbow" and "Darby O'Gill and The Little People" would
cause me to hesitate).

But as background, can the members of the members of the list recommend good
books, articles, etc on leprechauns in Irish folklore and literature?

Thanks in advance.

Jim Rogers
New Hibernia Review

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Dear Friends,

Can anyone tell me what piece of music Mary Jane Morkan plays at the piano =
in John Huston's film 'The Dead'? In Joyce's short story it is identified =
only as her Academy piece, and I can find no reference to it in material on=
the film. I can see from watching the performance that it is a complex com=
position, but my knowledge of music is like Ulysses S. Grant's who could re=
cognize two tunes Yankee Doodle Dandy and another one.

Thanks for your help.

Michael

Michael Patrick Gillespie
Louise Edna Goeden Professor of English

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From: Ward, Ciaran [mailto:cward[at]leevalleypark.org.uk]=20
Sent: 16 November 2007 16:16


Reviewed in today's Independent:

http://arts.independent.co.uk/books/reviews/article3164589.ece

Luck and the Irish, By RF Foster=20
Why Irish eyes are smiling=20
Reviewed by Ivan Fallon=20
Published: 16 November 2007=20


The transformation of Ireland in the past 20 years is one of the =
miracles of
the modern economic age and already a subject for theses the world over. =
How
did Europe's basket-case economy become, almost overnight, the most
successful? Those who, like me, grew up in the Ireland of the Fifties,
remember barefoot children, an all-powerful Catholic Church, endless =
poverty
and mass emigration. We also remember happier aspects too: poetry, song =
and
a respect and knowledge of age-old culture and mythology.=20

It has changed, not quite utterly, but certainly beyond easy =
recognition.
The Ireland of today is bursting with prosperity and success, with the
highest income per capita in Europe, and richer even than the US. A few
years ago The Economist, somewhat dubiously, ranked it number one in the
world for "quality of life". Foreign investment pours in and exports of
high-value-added microelectronics and pharmaceuticals pour out. =
Emigration
has reversed, although Ireland is probably the only country in the world
whose population is less today than it was a century ago.

So how did the Irish pull it off? Roy Foster's answer is simple: they =
"got
lucky". The boom was set off, and accompanied, by a series of what he =
calls
"interconnected crises": scandal and corruption in government, a =
succession
of political crises, planning blight, incompetent (and worse) leaders, =
and
violence in the North. But it was also accompanied by the hugely =
successful
creation of Brand Ireland, much copied by emerging countries from India =
to
South Africa, by a low tax structure, EU money and, of course, enormous
piles of foreign cash.

The cash won. But it was almost by accident. No one planned it, presided
over it, chided it along or took responsibility for it. It just sort of
happened - despite, rather than because of, everything those in power =
did to
try to stop it.

Foster, professor of Irish history at Oxford, previously wrote a widely
praised history of modern Ireland which stopped in 1972, the year of =
Bloody
Sunday and the burning of the British embassy in Dublin. Luck and The =
Irish
(note: not the hackneyed "Luck of the Irish") takes it up to the end of =
the
millennium.

Except it doesn't. This book is more a collection of finely-drawn =
essays,
loosely connected by the theme of modern Ireland, than it is a history. =
It
doesn't seriously try to tackle the why, although the book is focused on =
the
preconditions and the circumstances. The overwhelming evidence actually
points to tax - hence Northern Ireland's attempts to persuade Gordon =
Brown
to level the playing field and give them a corporate rate of 12.5 per =
cent.
But no one understood the impact a 10 (now 12.5) per cent corporation =
tax
rate would have when it was first introduced in the Republic. So luck =
will
do just as well.

Charles Haughey gets an essay all to himself, and he thoroughly deserves =
it.
Foster doesn't think much of him or his legacy and has a great deal of =
fun
(there is a lot of fun in Foster's elegant writings) at his expense. =
Charlie
is his big villain, his malign influence hanging over the whole period =
of
modern Irish history.

Haughey's story is a truly amazing one: IRA gun-runner turned =
millionaire
taoiseach (three times), collecting cash from friends and supporters and
spending it on extravagant luxuries, including his own private island =
and an
impressive collection of vintage wine. Thanks to the endless official
inquiries and ongoing tribunals, we now know more than we want to know =
of
Haughey's long, long trail of corruption, including the fact that he =
took
payments equivalent to =A330m between 1979 and 1996 and "granted favours =
in
return".

Despite the volumes of evidence, we still don't know exactly what those
favours were, and Haughey has taken his secrets to the grave. But we do =
know
that they included approval for some of the most awful property =
developments
ever seen in Ireland and the creation of a great deal of wealth for =
former
bricklayers who became billionaires. Property developers have been the
biggest beneficiary of the Irish boom.

That's the bad bit. There are good bits too - lots of them. Foster is =
much
taken with the unexpected blossoming of the new Irish culture, which has
gone global and which was born of this period of dislocation, crisis and
change: the popular music of Bono, Geldof, Van Morrison and Enya (at one
stage the most played musician in the world), inspiring an even larger
number of second-generation Irish such as Shane MacGowan, Johnny Rotten
(actually John Lydon), Liam and Noel Gallagher, and Elvis Costello. =
There
was dance, too, with Riverdance; and the arrival of a new genre of =
novelist,
notably John Banville, Colm Toibin, Anne Enright and Roddy Doyle, who =
have
won more than their share of literary prizes.

Above them all, of course, is the towering figure of Seamus Heaney, with
firm roots in the old Ireland but not to be left out of the new. All of
these strut the world stage as the cultural output of no other European
country does.

At the end of the day, Foster is not entirely certain whether the Celtic
Tiger is a good or bad thing, and concludes, rather tentatively for such =
a
self-assured historian, that it is probably a bit of both. It is a =
story, he
says, citing the history of Haughey, of shade as well as light. And he =
is
clearly tempted to conclude that the breakneck speed of change =
experienced
by Ireland could mirror previous eras in Irish history, which "often =
ended
in some great and traumatic upheaval".

Whenever he toys with that thought, however, he quickly draws back in =
the
face of the sheer force of the change on every front in this period. The
Catholic Church has been broken by a combination of women's emancipation =
and
revelation after revelation of long-buried child abuse; there is peace =
in
Northern Ireland, now the Mexico to the Republic's US; there are =
world-class
businesses and economic numbers the rest of the developed world can only
envy. So why not enjoy it? For centuries, Ireland had it so bad. Now, =
for
the first time in centuries, it has never had it so good.

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CFP: Irish and Scottish Migration and Settlement: Intellectual, Political
and Environmental Frontiers

The AHRC Centre for Irish and Scottish Studies at the University of
Aberdeen will host a series of three one-day interdisciplinary
conferences in 2008 looking at the global experiences of Irish and
Scottish migrants and their descendants.

Participants are invited to
consider the varied ways in which Irish and Scottish overseas
settlement led to the exploration of new intellectual, political
and environmental "frontiers."

Keynote speakers include Patrick Griffin
(Univ. of Virginia), John MacKenzie (Lancaster University), Lindsay
Proudfoot (Queen's University Belfast), and David Wilson (Univ. of
Toronto).

Each one-day event will focus on a different theme:
Intellectual Frontiers (23 February 2008);
Political Frontiers (3 May 2008);
and Environmental Frontiers (21 June 2008).

Proposals for
papers (100-200 words) should be sent by 15 December 2007 to Dr.
Michael Brown (m.brown[at]abdn.ac.uk) or to Dr. Rosalyn Trigger
(r.trigger[at]abdn.ac.uk).

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Subject: The Ninth Annual Ernie O'Malley Lecture , Thomas Truxes ,
New York at War, Thursday, November 29, 2007
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The Ninth Annual Ernie O'Malley Lecture

Thomas Truxes is the author of Irish American Trade, 1660-
1783 (Cambridge University Press, 1988) and Letterbook
of Greg & Cunningham, 1756-57: Merchants of New York and
Belfast (Oxford University Press for The British Academy,
2001), correspondence from the most successful Irish-
American trading firm of the colonial period.

His talk will be based on his current book project entitled

New York at War: Trading with the Enemy and the Roots of the American
Revolution,

which will be published by Yale University Press in 2008.

Glucksman Ireland House, the Center for Irish & Irish-American Studies at
New York University,
presents

Ireland, New York,
& the 18th Century Atlantic World
by Professor Thomas M. Truxes of Trinity College, Hartford, CT

Thursday, November 29, 2007
at 7pm
NYU's Kimmel Center for University Life
60 Washington Square South, Room 914

Though built almost entirely upon archival research in Britain, Ireland, and
North America, New York at War is a narrative history
intended for a wide audience. Readers will see the central role Irish
merchants played in New York's extensive trade with the French
enemy during the Seven Years' War (our French and Indian War) and how that
trade led to the involvement of key figures in the city's
Irish community in the early phase of the Revolution.

Please RSVP to Glucksman Ireland House NYU at 212-998-3950, option 3, or
ireland.house[at]nyu.edu

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Hi Jim

I'm currently reading an excellent novel (popular but not very scholarly
- it won a raft of awards for fantasy, SF and horror) which features a
leprechaun by the name of Mad Sweeney as a minor character in the first
part of the story. The novel is called American Gods written by Neil
Gaiman (the author is British but has since moved to the United States).
It may interest you because the novel is concerned with the ways in
which gods and other objects of worship migrate to the New World along
with their believers, and so it has an interesting diaspora element to
it as well. Not sure if it's what you're looking for but it may serve as
an interesting footnote.

Good luck
Chad

Rogers, James wrote:
> I am sort of kicking around an idea for a conference paper about leprechauns
> in popular culture (though you can understand how the prospect of once again
> viewing "Finian's Rainbow" and "Darby O'Gill and The Little People" would
> cause me to hesitate).
>
> But as background, can the members of the members of the list recommend good
> books, articles, etc on leprechauns in Irish folklore and literature?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Jim Rogers
> New Hibernia Review
>
>

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Answer to Jim on Leprechauns

There is an article by Diane Negra which discusses the use of the Leprechau=
n of the Lucky Charms cereal.

Negra, Diane. 2001. Consuming Ireland: Lucky Charms cereal, Irish Spring so=
ap, and 1-800-SHAMROCK. Communication Abstracts 24 (5): 591-738.

Also, the horror film Leprechaun (1993) starring Jennifer Aniston! I think =
there was a sequel (Leprechaun 2). I picked it up in a remaindered bin and =
used a segment for one of my classes. It stimulated a very productive discu=
ssion.

Johanne

Johanne Devlin Trew, PhD
AHRC Research Fellow
Centre for Migration Studies &
School of History and Anthropology
Queen's University Belfast
j.trew[at]qub.ac.uk
tel: 028-8225-6315
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From: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [IR-D[at]jiscmail.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Ro=
gers, James [JROGERS[at]stthomas.edu]
Sent: 16 November 2007 22:01
To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: [IR-D] leprechauns

I am sort of kicking around an idea for a conference paper about leprechaun=
s
in popular culture (though you can understand how the prospect of once agai=
n
viewing "Finian's Rainbow" and "Darby O'Gill and The Little People" would
cause me to hesitate).

But as background, can the members of the members of the list recommend goo=
d
books, articles, etc on leprechauns in Irish folklore and literature?

Thanks in advance.

Jim Rogers
New Hibernia Review

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With this sort of query I usually suggest that people search the Irish
Diaspora list archives, for you pick up all sorts of references and
gossip...

I can think immediately of 2 items of interest...

There was discussion some time ago of the horror movie Leprechaun. Johanne
has reported further on this, below...

I brought the list's attention to a story about Colm Meaney, the actor who
plays Miles O'Brien in the Star Trek series. The scriptwriters wrote a
leprechaun themed episode for his character, and Meaney asked them to think
again, saying that all Irish actors/people were fed up with leprechauns. In
the final script, and the story that aired, the leprechaun became
Rumpelstiltskin.

Before writing this reply I checked our archive first, to make sure that my
memory worked. And could not get in.

It turns out that the University of Leeds web systems are in lock down,
after a massive hacker attack. How? Why? And how long will it last? No
one knows...

Extraordinary...

See also

Keohane, Kieran. November 2005. Trickster's Metempsychosis in the Mythic Age
of Globalization: The Recurrence of the Leprechaun in Irish Political
Culture. Cultural Politics: an International Journal 1:257 - 278.

Paddy


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Subject: Re: [IR-D] leprechauns

Answer to Jim on Leprechauns

There is an article by Diane Negra which discusses the use of the Leprechaun
of the Lucky Charms cereal.

Negra, Diane. 2001. Consuming Ireland: Lucky Charms cereal, Irish Spring
soap, and 1-800-SHAMROCK. Communication Abstracts 24 (5): 591-738.

Also, the horror film Leprechaun (1993) starring Jennifer Aniston! I think
there was a sequel (Leprechaun 2). I picked it up in a remaindered bin and
used a segment for one of my classes. It stimulated a very productive
discussion.

Johanne

Johanne Devlin Trew, PhD
AHRC Research Fellow
Centre for Migration Studies &
School of History and Anthropology
Queen's University Belfast
j.trew[at]qub.ac.uk
tel: 028-8225-6315

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From; Patrick Maume
I saw it - it was a little exhibition in 2 small rooms. Try
contacting the National Gallery directly - they may still have a
pamphlet on it.
Best wishes,
Patrick

On Nov 16, 2007 9:34 PM, Morgan, John Matthew wrote:
> Did anybody get to see the Masquerade and Spectacle--Circus and
> Traveling Fair in the works of Jack B. Yeats just concluded at the Yeats
> Museum. I couldn't get there. Any suggestions as to how I might come by
> literature &c related to the exhibit?
>
> Jack Morgan
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Jack Morgan
> Research Professor of English
> University of Missouri-Rolla
> Rolla, MO. 65401
>

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For Jim on Leprechauns

Sorry Jim, just realised I gave reference to abstract instead of article, b=
ut include abstract as well:

Negra, Diane. 2001. 'Consuming Ireland: Lucky Charms cereal, Irish Spring s=
oap, and 1-800-SHAMROCK.' Cultural Studies 15 (1):76-97.

This article analyzes some of the most prominent and long-lasting U.S. adve=
rtising campaigns that have engaged themes of Irishness. The trend toward u=
sing Irishness to sanitize the commodified nature of goods and services in =
a variety of U.S. television commercials accelerated dramatically at the en=
d of the 1990s. Expanding on the formative campaigns discussed in this arti=
cle, corporate brands as varied as General Foods International Coffees, AT&=
T Long Distance Service, the cholesterol medication Zocor, Folger's Coffee,=
Dr. Pepper soda, Platinum MasterCard, and Mobil Oil have deployed advertis=
ing that references Irishness as a mode of transformative identity, a form =
of ideological camouflage, an accessory discourse to "family values," or a =
catalyst for the pleasures of White ethnic heritage. Limited in its scope, =
but attentive to the strategies of some of the most formative campaigns tha=
t inspired these trends, this piece seeks to indicate some of the most prom=
inent coordinates on the expanding map of Irishness in contemporary U.S. po=
pular culture.

On television since the early 1960s, the ads produced by General Mills in s=
upport of Lucky Charms cereal centre around =91Lucky=92, a merry Leprechaun=
. In the campaign=92s stock scenario, Lucky attempts to keep the =91magical=
ly delicious=92 cereal for himself, is thwarted by two children and then ce=
lebrates the pleasures of the commodified Lucky Charms...

Johanne Devlin Trew, PhD
AHRC Research Fellow
Centre for Migration Studies &
School of History and Anthropology
Queen's University Belfast
j.trew[at]qub.ac.uk
tel: 028-8225-6315
________________________________________
From: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [IR-D[at]jiscmail.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Pa=
trick O'Sullivan [P.OSullivan[at]bradford.ac.uk]
Sent: 19 November 2007 10:56
To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: Re: [IR-D] leprechauns

With this sort of query I usually suggest that people search the Irish
Diaspora list archives, for you pick up all sorts of references and
gossip...

I can think immediately of 2 items of interest...

There was discussion some time ago of the horror movie Leprechaun. Johanne
has reported further on this, below...

I brought the list's attention to a story about Colm Meaney, the actor who
plays Miles O'Brien in the Star Trek series. The scriptwriters wrote a
leprechaun themed episode for his character, and Meaney asked them to think
again, saying that all Irish actors/people were fed up with leprechauns. I=
n
the final script, and the story that aired, the leprechaun became
Rumpelstiltskin.

Before writing this reply I checked our archive first, to make sure that my
memory worked. And could not get in.

It turns out that the University of Leeds web systems are in lock down,
after a massive hacker attack. How? Why? And how long will it last? No
one knows...

Extraordinary...

See also

Keohane, Kieran. November 2005. Trickster's Metempsychosis in the Mythic Ag=
e
of Globalization: The Recurrence of the Leprechaun in Irish Political
Culture. Cultural Politics: an International Journal 1:257 - 278.

Paddy


-----Original Message-----
From: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [mailto:IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behal=
f
Of Johanne Devlin Trew
Sent: 19 November 2007 09:49
To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: Re: [IR-D] leprechauns

Answer to Jim on Leprechauns

There is an article by Diane Negra which discusses the use of the Leprechau=
n
of the Lucky Charms cereal.

Negra, Diane. 2001. Consuming Ireland: Lucky Charms cereal, Irish Spring
soap, and 1-800-SHAMROCK. Communication Abstracts 24 (5): 591-738.

Also, the horror film Leprechaun (1993) starring Jennifer Aniston! I think
there was a sequel (Leprechaun 2). I picked it up in a remaindered bin and
used a segment for one of my classes. It stimulated a very productive
discussion.

Johanne

Johanne Devlin Trew, PhD
AHRC Research Fellow
Centre for Migration Studies &
School of History and Anthropology
Queen's University Belfast
j.trew[at]qub.ac.uk
tel: 028-8225-6315

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From: Kerby Miller
Subject: query
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whelani[at]mville.edu, jl91[at]nyu.edu, j.lee[at]UCC.IE, kennyka[at]bc.edu,
oneillk[at]bc.edu, Kevin.M.Whelan.12[at]nd.edu, kevwhe[at]indigo.ie,
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I'd be grateful for some advice.

A student of mine, here at the University of Missouri, is in charge
of organizing an "Alternative Spring Break" experience for students
who want to spend their spring vacations helping to ameliorate, and
learning about, social problems, rather than partying on Florida
beaches.

To do this, she plans on taking some 5-10 students to a site in
Ireland or Northern Ireland in spring 2008.

One option she's learned about--but about which I know nothing--is
the Gyreum Ecolodge, which its blurb describes as "a center of
bio-friendly sustainability located in the natural beauty of Co.
Sligo's Riverstown, [where participants will] discover a way of life
which minimizes the negative effects of pollution and maximizes
conservation. Students will help with activities such as
eco-friendly construction projects, gardening, and education about
sustainability," as well as "learn about the Irish Irish history of
the region by exploring the surrounding ruins or attending a local
tour."

I'd like to enquire . . .

First, do you know anything about the Gyreum Ecolodge or its programs?

Second, do you know about any other "centers," in Ireland or Northern
Ireland, that have programs (with living/dining accommodations or
arrangements, however rudimentary) in which these students might
participate for a week in Spring 2008?

Other suggested "centers" or programs would not have to have the
Gyreum Ecolodge's environmental focus. They could focus on any sort
of social awareness issues that would enable the kind of temporary,
volunteer participation (and learning) experience that our
"Alternative Spring Break" is designed to provide.

Many thanks for your help,

Kerby


Kerby Miller
Professor of History
University of Missouri

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From: "Catherine.E.Foley"
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=20

=20

Dance Research Forum Ireland's 2nd International Conference

=20

Thursday 26th - Sunday 29th June, 2008

=20

Hosted by=20

=20

The Institute of Technology, Tralee, Co. Kerry, Ireland

=20

=20

Second Call for Proposals=20

=20

=20

Dance Research Forum Ireland (DRFI) invites proposals for its 2nd
International Conference: Mediating Movement: Communication and Dance.
The conference, in keeping with the aims and objectives of DRFI,
provides a platform for both dance academics and dance artists in
Ireland and abroad. Included in its programme are academic-based paper
presentations, practice-based research presentations, lecture
demonstrations, dance workshops, a student poster exhibition, and dance
performance contributions. Please visit DRFI's website at:
www.danceresearchforumireland.org
=20

=20

The conference explores the diverse concepts and methods through which
we perform, research, communicate and contextualise dance. What are the
challenges and rewards of embracing 21st century culture and how do we
share our experience, knowledge and histories of dance? How and what
does dance communicate? What are the evolving methodologies for looking
at communication and dance? What is the performer-audience relationship?
What is the teacher-student relationship? How are aesthetics in dance
or other cultural movement systems communicated?

=20

Abstracts of presentations addressing the above or any other topic
relevant to the theme of the conference should be forwarded to Dr
Catherine Foley, The Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, University
of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland.=20

=20

Deadline for Submission of Proposals is Friday, 30th November, 2007. =20

=20

For further information and for proposal formats and guidelines please
visit Dance Research Forum Ireland's website at
www.danceresearchforumireland.org. Alternatively please contact Dr
Catherine Foley at Catherine.e.foley[at]ul.ie or telephone 00 353 61
202922.=20

=20

=20

=20

Dr Catherine Foley

Course Director MA in Ethnochoreology

Course Director MA in Irish Traditional Dance Performance

The Irish World Academy of Music and Dance

University of Limerick

Limerick

Ireland

Tel: +353 61 202922

Fax: +353 61 202589

Email: catherine.e.foley[at]ul.ie =20

www.irishworldacademy.ie

=20

=20

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Our attention has been drawn to the following item...

http://www.beyondendurance.ie/

Beyond Endurance

Welcome to our 2007 expedition to the South Pole, lead by Pat Falvey. Our
South Georgia expedition in 2006 saw us retracing the footsteps of heroic
Irish explorers.

Find out more about this year's upcoming expedition;


http://www.beyondendurance.ie/goals

2007 Beyond Endurance Goals

1. First Irish Team to walk to the South Pole
2. First Irish Female to reach the South Pole
3. First Irish Team to traverse the Antarctic Continent

This Irish Beyond Endurance Expedition, lead by Pat Falvey, will capture the
imaginations and hearts of the people of Ireland and throughout the world.

http://www.beyondendurance.ie/history

* Edward Bransfield
* Ernest Shackleton
* Mortimor & Tim McCarthy
* Patrick Keohane
* Robert Forde
* Tom Crean

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From: "MacEinri, Piaras"
Subject: Re: query
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doyldemps[at]iol.ie, gerard.moran[at]gmail.com, whelani[at]mville.edu,
jl91[at]nyu.edu, "Lee, Joe" ,
kennyka[at]bc.edu, oneillk[at]bc.edu, Kevin.M.Whelan.12[at]nd.edu,
kevwhe[at]indigo.ie, L.Kennedy[at]Queens-Belfast.AC.UK,
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Hi Kerby

I sent a version of this a few minutes ago but I think it never left my =
laptop (if it did, ignore this).

I have not heard of the place you mention although it sounds =
interesting. There is a well-known organic centre nearby in Rossinver, =
Leitrim (http://www.theorganiccentre.ie). They organise a range of =
courses and programmes - mostly of the practical rather than 'social =
action' kind, I think.=20

There are many NGOs in Ireland dealing with a range of social issues, =
some more hard-edged than others. Afri (Action from Ireland) deals with =
issues such as disarmament, anti-war campaigning, famine =
(http://www.afri.ie). Comhlamh (http://www.comhlamh.org) runs campaigns =
on solidarity issues, food security, anti-racism and so so. The =
Corrymeela and Glencree Centres (http://www.corrymeela.org and =
http://www.glencree.ie) have programmes in peace and reconciliation =
studies. =20

A good clearing house for the voluntary and community sector is the =
Wheel (http://www.wheel.ie). It coordinates contacts between more than =
700 organisations and has a good website and communications facilities.=20

I would guess that a lot of organisations would feel that a week is not =
long enough to make a meaningful contribution or learn a meaningful =
amount. In my own sector (immigration/integration) we do have students =
on placement from programmes such as our MA in Migration and Diaspora =
Studies but the placements are spread over 10 weeks. Many NGOs have =
waiting lists of students who would like to work with them.

Hope this helps

best

Piaras


-----Original Message-----
From: Kerby Miller [mailto:MillerK[at]missouri.edu]
Sent: Mon 19/11/2007 18:19
To: macsuibhne.1[at]nd.edu
Cc: MacEinri, Piaras; IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK; "Brian Gurrin (LMI)"; =
cormac.ograda[at]ucd.ie; gleesond[at]cofc.edu; david.doyle[at]ucd.ie; =
doyldemps[at]iol.ie; gerard.moran[at]gmail.com; whelani[at]mville.edu; =
jl91[at]nyu.edu; Lee, Joe; kennyka[at]bc.edu; oneillk[at]bc.edu; =
Kevin.M.Whelan.12[at]nd.edu; kevwhe[at]indigo.ie; =
L.Kennedy[at]Queens-Belfast.AC.UK; mick.moloney[at]nyu.edu; =
P.OSullivan[at]bradford.ac.uk; MEAGHER[at]cua.edu
Subject: query
=20
I'd be grateful for some advice.

A student of mine, here at the University of Missouri, is in charge=20
of organizing an "Alternative Spring Break" experience for students=20
who want to spend their spring vacations helping to ameliorate, and=20
learning about, social problems, rather than partying on Florida=20
beaches.

To do this, she plans on taking some 5-10 students to a site in=20
Ireland or Northern Ireland in spring 2008.

One option she's learned about--but about which I know nothing--is=20
the Gyreum Ecolodge, which its blurb describes as "a center of=20
bio-friendly sustainability located in the natural beauty of Co.=20
Sligo's Riverstown, [where participants will] discover a way of life=20
which minimizes the negative effects of pollution and maximizes=20
conservation. Students will help with activities such as=20
eco-friendly construction projects, gardening, and education about=20
sustainability," as well as "learn about the Irish Irish history of=20
the region by exploring the surrounding ruins or attending a local=20
tour."

I'd like to enquire . . .

First, do you know anything about the Gyreum Ecolodge or its programs?

Second, do you know about any other "centers," in Ireland or Northern=20
Ireland, that have programs (with living/dining accommodations or=20
arrangements, however rudimentary) in which these students might=20
participate for a week in Spring 2008?

Other suggested "centers" or programs would not have to have the=20
Gyreum Ecolodge's environmental focus. They could focus on any sort=20
of social awareness issues that would enable the kind of temporary,=20
volunteer participation (and learning) experience that our=20
"Alternative Spring Break" is designed to provide.

Many thanks for your help,

Kerby


Kerby Miller
Professor of History
University of Missouri

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From: Patricia
Subject: Colm Meaney(was leprechauns)
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Totally off the first topic; Meaney played Phil Hogan in last year's =
"Moon
for the Misbegotten," first at the Old Vic, then on Broadway. He was
nominated for the Olivier Award, and rightfully so.

My theatre companion that evening was not impressed by Kevin Spacey; she =
had
seen Jason Robards do the role of Jamie Tyrone. However, she did say =
Meaney
played the strongest Phil Hogan she'd ever seen. It seemed a far cry =
from
Miles O'Brien, because this was Meaney doing high culture.

My review of the play is at: =
http://www.thewildgeese.com/pages/moon_mis.html

Patricia Jameson-Sammartano
Culture Editor, www.thewildgeese.com=20

-----Original Message-----
From: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [mailto:IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On =
Behalf
Of Patrick O'Sullivan
Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 5:56 AM
To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: Re: [IR-D] leprechauns

With this sort of query I usually suggest that people search the Irish
Diaspora list archives, for you pick up all sorts of references and
gossip...

I can think immediately of 2 items of interest...

There was discussion some time ago of the horror movie Leprechaun. =
Johanne
has reported further on this, below...

I brought the list's attention to a story about Colm Meaney, the actor =
who
plays Miles O'Brien in the Star Trek series. The scriptwriters wrote a
leprechaun themed episode for his character, and Meaney asked them to =
think
again, saying that all Irish actors/people were fed up with leprechauns. =
In
the final script, and the story that aired, the leprechaun became
Rumpelstiltskin.=20

Before writing this reply I checked our archive first, to make sure that =
my
memory worked. And could not get in.

It turns out that the University of Leeds web systems are in lock down,
after a massive hacker attack. How? Why? And how long will it last? =
No
one knows...

Extraordinary...

See also

Keohane, Kieran. November 2005. Trickster's Metempsychosis in the Mythic =
Age
of Globalization: The Recurrence of the Leprechaun in Irish Political
Culture. Cultural Politics: an International Journal 1:257 - 278.

Paddy


-----Original Message-----
From: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [mailto:IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On =
Behalf
Of Johanne Devlin Trew
Sent: 19 November 2007 09:49
To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: Re: [IR-D] leprechauns

Answer to Jim on Leprechauns

There is an article by Diane Negra which discusses the use of the =
Leprechaun
of the Lucky Charms cereal.

Negra, Diane. 2001. Consuming Ireland: Lucky Charms cereal, Irish Spring
soap, and 1-800-SHAMROCK. Communication Abstracts 24 (5): 591-738.

Also, the horror film Leprechaun (1993) starring Jennifer Aniston! I =
think
there was a sequel (Leprechaun 2). I picked it up in a remaindered bin =
and
used a segment for one of my classes. It stimulated a very productive
discussion.

Johanne

Johanne Devlin Trew, PhD
AHRC Research Fellow
Centre for Migration Studies &
School of History and Anthropology
Queen's University Belfast
j.trew[at]qub.ac.uk
tel: 028-8225-6315

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Someone I don't see listed on these pages is Capt. Francis Crozier, from
Banbridge, Co. Down, who commanded one of the ships ('Terror') on the
Antarctic expedition of 1841-1843. Many Irish explorers (including
Ernest Shackleton) visited the Falkland Islands in numerous occasions on
their way to Antarctica or returning.=20

Edmundo Murray

-----Original Message-----
From: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [mailto:IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On
Behalf Of Patrick O'Sullivan
Sent: 19 November 2007 20:01
To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: [IR-D] First Irish Team to walk to the South Pole


Our attention has been drawn to the following item...

http://www.beyondendurance.ie/

Beyond Endurance

Welcome to our 2007 expedition to the South Pole, lead by Pat Falvey.
Our
South Georgia expedition in 2006 saw us retracing the footsteps of
heroic
Irish explorers.

Find out more about this year's upcoming expedition;


http://www.beyondendurance.ie/goals

2007 Beyond Endurance Goals

1. First Irish Team to walk to the South Pole
2. First Irish Female to reach the South Pole
3. First Irish Team to traverse the Antarctic Continent

This Irish Beyond Endurance Expedition, lead by Pat Falvey, will capture
the
imaginations and hearts of the people of Ireland and throughout the
world.

http://www.beyondendurance.ie/history

* Edward Bransfield
* Ernest Shackleton
* Mortimor & Tim McCarthy
* Patrick Keohane
* Robert Forde
* Tom Crean