8241 | 13 December 2007 12:32 |
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 12:32:55 -0600
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From: "Rogers, James" Subject: Re: Black MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain I was just about to complain that this thread has wandered too far afield, but now can't resist -- The Urban Dictionary website -- which can be astoundingly vulgar--offers as its first definition of "mighty white": 1 to do an act of kindness for another "hey bro, that was mighty white of you to water my plants while i was away" (Incidentally, that particular posting on the site was submitted by someone signing himself as Dark Lord of the Anus. Perhaps skepticism is indicated) JR -----Original Message----- From: Joe Bradley [mailto:j.m.bradley[at]STIR.AC.UK] Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 11:44 AM To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: Re: [IR-D] Black Jim/anyone Could you enlighten us as to the use of that particular phrase? "that's very white of them." Joe ________________________________ From: The Irish Diaspora Studies List on behalf of Jim Doan Sent: Thu 13/12/2007 15:40 To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: Re: [IR-D] Black Bruce's use of "that's very Protestant of them" reminds me of the former parlance in the U.S.: "that's very white of them." It probably boils down to the same types of ethnic and racial stereotyping. Jim Doan -----Original Message----- From: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [mailto:IR-D[at]jiscmail.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Don MacRaild Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 9:15 AM To: IR-D[at]jiscmail.ac.uk Subject: Re: [IR-D] Black Bruce, a minor corrective (mostly for our non Ireland/UK chums) The Black Country is the coal-mining and iron-working region of the industrial Midlands, which isn't the nort of England. To the north of that, but still in the Midlands, is the Potteries. No prizes for guessing how either of these Midlands' micro-regions got their names! Cheers, Don MacRaild Ulster (too). ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patrick O'Sullivan" To: Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 1:52 PM Subject: [IR-D] Black > From: "Bruce Stewart" > To: "'The Irish Diaspora Studies List'" > Subject: RE: [IR-D] Black > Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 13:36:22 -0000 > > I think that the industrial north of England is also known as the 'Black > Country'. The Black Hills of Dakota is probably due to the coloration > rather than that of the inhabitants. 'Very protestant' is common > parlance for a well-done job here in Ulster. 'Straight as a Protestant > spire' is in Patrick Kavanagh. As a taigue with a proddish name I own up > to be slack and lazy. The UK is still the longest working week in the > EU, with ROI second. That surprised me. I thought the Celtic tiger had > surpassed the inventors of factory hours and then some. All the > stereotypes are up for revision, right enough. You've got to give it to > the Poles - taking four out of five new jobs in Ireland. Now that's very > Protestant of them! Bruce > > Dr. Bruce Stewart > Languages & Lit. > University of Ulster > Coleraine, Co. Derry > N. Ireland BT52 1SA > www.ricorso.net > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [mailto:IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On > Behalf Of Anthony Mcnicholas > Sent: 10 December 2007 22:01 > To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK > Subject: Re: [IR-D] Black > > > Has anyone mentioned the Royal Black Institution or Black Preceptory? > Would this have any relevance for black as protestant? anthony > > Dr Anthony McNicholas > CAMRI > University of Westminster > Harrow Campus > Watford Road > Harrow > HA1 3TP > 0118 948 6164 (BBC WAC) > > -- The University of Stirling is a university established in Scotland by charter at Stirling, FK9 4LA. Privileged/Confidential Information may be contained in this message. If you are not the addressee indicated in this message (or responsible for delivery of the message to such person), you may not disclose, copy or deliver this message to anyone and any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. In such case, you should destroy this message and kindly notify the sender by reply email. Please advise immediately if you or your employer do not consent to Internet email for messages of this kind. | |
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8242 | 13 December 2007 13:33 |
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 13:33:33 -0500
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From: Carmel McCaffrey Subject: Re: Black In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Correction: Joe, The phrase is certainly NOT unique to the US - I heard it growing up in Ireland and also on British TV. It's the "white man's burden" mentality and I assumed dated to the imperialist days of empire. That "white" is superior and will act accordingly. It's the same as "it's the British thing to do" i.e. the "supposed" decent thing - which comes up frequently on TV comedy show and only recently I heard it on one of Judi Dench's BBC comedies. Carmel Joe Bradley wrote: > Jim/anyone > > Could you enlighten us as to the use of that particular phrase? > > "that's very white of them." > > Joe > > ________________________________ > > From: The Irish Diaspora Studies List on behalf of Jim Doan > Sent: Thu 13/12/2007 15:40 > To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK > Subject: Re: [IR-D] Black > > > > Bruce's use of "that's very Protestant of them" reminds me of the former > parlance in the U.S.: > "that's very white of them." It probably boils down to the same types of > ethnic and racial stereotyping. > > Jim Doan > > -----Original Message----- > From: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [mailto:IR-D[at]jiscmail.ac.uk] On Behalf > Of Don MacRaild > Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 9:15 AM > To: IR-D[at]jiscmail.ac.uk > Subject: Re: [IR-D] Black > > Bruce, a minor corrective (mostly for our non Ireland/UK chums) > > The Black Country is the coal-mining and iron-working region of > the industrial Midlands, which isn't the nort of England. > > To the north of that, but still in the Midlands, is the Potteries. > > No prizes for guessing how either of these Midlands' micro-regions > got their names! > > Cheers, > > Don MacRaild > Ulster (too). > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Patrick O'Sullivan" > To: > Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 1:52 PM > Subject: [IR-D] Black > > > >> From: "Bruce Stewart" >> To: "'The Irish Diaspora Studies List'" >> Subject: RE: [IR-D] Black >> Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 13:36:22 -0000 >> >> I think that the industrial north of England is also known as the 'Black >> Country'. The Black Hills of Dakota is probably due to the coloration >> rather than that of the inhabitants. 'Very protestant' is common >> parlance for a well-done job here in Ulster. 'Straight as a Protestant >> spire' is in Patrick Kavanagh. As a taigue with a proddish name I own up >> to be slack and lazy. The UK is still the longest working week in the >> EU, with ROI second. That surprised me. I thought the Celtic tiger had >> surpassed the inventors of factory hours and then some. All the >> stereotypes are up for revision, right enough. You've got to give it to >> the Poles - taking four out of five new jobs in Ireland. Now that's very >> Protestant of them! Bruce >> >> Dr. Bruce Stewart >> Languages & Lit. >> University of Ulster >> Coleraine, Co. Derry >> N. Ireland BT52 1SA >> www.ricorso.net >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [mailto:IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On >> Behalf Of Anthony Mcnicholas >> Sent: 10 December 2007 22:01 >> To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK >> Subject: Re: [IR-D] Black >> >> >> Has anyone mentioned the Royal Black Institution or Black Preceptory? >> Would this have any relevance for black as protestant? anthony >> >> Dr Anthony McNicholas >> CAMRI >> University of Westminster >> Harrow Campus >> Watford Road >> Harrow >> HA1 3TP >> 0118 948 6164 (BBC WAC) >> >> >> > > > > | |
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8243 | 13 December 2007 13:50 |
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 13:50:43 -0500
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Re: Black | |
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From: Jim Doan Subject: Re: Black In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Dear Joe, From Wikipedia: "Play the white man is a term used in parts of England meaning to be decent and trustworthy in one's actions. The term is considered by some to be derogatory against non-white people because they believe it carries the implication that only Caucasians are decent and trustworthy. Originating in colonial England, the term is losing popularity in common parlance. A similar expression in the southern United States is "That's mighty white of you," meaning, "Thank you for being fair." The term "play," in African American slang, can sometimes mean "cheat" or "swindle," and "the white man" is often a reference by minorities for the historical collective oppression of Caucasians upon non-Caucasians. Thus if used by non-whites, the term "play the white man" may carry a connotation of "cheat the oppressor." A reference is also given there to an article published at Goldsmith College dealing with the use of this term in sport (specifically soccer). And from "Mother Tongue Annoyances" (http://www.mtannoyances.com), "The slang expression 'That's mighty white of you' evidently means that your action was magnanimous in some way, shape or manner to the racist in question. However, it doesn't take an IQ much higher than room temperature to notice that this expression is horrendously insulting and ought to be avoided at all costs. The Phrase Finder Web site has this to say regarding this repulsive phrase (I've made minor formatting changes to their text): Does anyone know the origin? I would guess the Old South. 'Mighty white of you' referring to the perceived superiority of the white race over others. Another phrase along that line -"free, white and [over] 21" - meaning someone with the freedom to do anything that he or she wants... The phrase has an entry in Eric Partridge's "A Dictionary of Catch Phrases: American and British, from the Sixteenth Century to the Present Day," which says it's of 20th-century origin... "Orig. Southern US, it soon became gen. U.S., and has been heard in UK since the 1930s, often with an understood implication of its origin. Of the U.S. usage, Prof. John W. Clark, 1977, has noted that it was, at first, used seriously-'like a white man, not like a Negro. Now used everywhere, by everyone to anyone, but always jestingly (and sometimes sarcastically), and with full consciousness that it is a provincial expression-and NOT racist'. . . . [British usage:] Sometimes, in the services, parodying the legendary British Empire builders, 'Sir, you're a white man!'" Apparently, the expression is still quite widespread in U.S. (particularly Southern) parlance. Jim Doan -----Original Message----- From: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [mailto:IR-D[at]jiscmail.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Joe Bradley Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 12:44 PM To: IR-D[at]jiscmail.ac.uk Subject: Re: [IR-D] Black Jim/anyone Could you enlighten us as to the use of that particular phrase? "that's very white of them." Joe ________________________________ From: The Irish Diaspora Studies List on behalf of Jim Doan Sent: Thu 13/12/2007 15:40 To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: Re: [IR-D] Black Bruce's use of "that's very Protestant of them" reminds me of the former parlance in the U.S.: "that's very white of them." It probably boils down to the same types of ethnic and racial stereotyping. Jim Doan -----Original Message----- From: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [mailto:IR-D[at]jiscmail.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Don MacRaild Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 9:15 AM To: IR-D[at]jiscmail.ac.uk Subject: Re: [IR-D] Black Bruce, a minor corrective (mostly for our non Ireland/UK chums) The Black Country is the coal-mining and iron-working region of the industrial Midlands, which isn't the nort of England. To the north of that, but still in the Midlands, is the Potteries. No prizes for guessing how either of these Midlands' micro-regions got their names! Cheers, Don MacRaild Ulster (too). ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patrick O'Sullivan" To: Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 1:52 PM Subject: [IR-D] Black > From: "Bruce Stewart" > To: "'The Irish Diaspora Studies List'" > Subject: RE: [IR-D] Black > Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 13:36:22 -0000 > > I think that the industrial north of England is also known as the 'Black > Country'. The Black Hills of Dakota is probably due to the coloration > rather than that of the inhabitants. 'Very protestant' is common > parlance for a well-done job here in Ulster. 'Straight as a Protestant > spire' is in Patrick Kavanagh. As a taigue with a proddish name I own up > to be slack and lazy. The UK is still the longest working week in the > EU, with ROI second. That surprised me. I thought the Celtic tiger had > surpassed the inventors of factory hours and then some. All the > stereotypes are up for revision, right enough. You've got to give it to > the Poles - taking four out of five new jobs in Ireland. Now that's very > Protestant of them! Bruce > > Dr. Bruce Stewart > Languages & Lit. > University of Ulster > Coleraine, Co. Derry > N. Ireland BT52 1SA > www.ricorso.net > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [mailto:IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On > Behalf Of Anthony Mcnicholas > Sent: 10 December 2007 22:01 > To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK > Subject: Re: [IR-D] Black > > > Has anyone mentioned the Royal Black Institution or Black Preceptory? > Would this have any relevance for black as protestant? anthony > > Dr Anthony McNicholas > CAMRI > University of Westminster > Harrow Campus > Watford Road > Harrow > HA1 3TP > 0118 948 6164 (BBC WAC) > > -- The University of Stirling is a university established in Scotland by charter at Stirling, FK9 4LA. Privileged/Confidential Information may be contained in this message. If you are not the addressee indicated in this message (or responsible for delivery of the message to such person), you may not disclose, copy or deliver this message to anyone and any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. 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8244 | 13 December 2007 14:26 |
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 14:26:46 -0500
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From: Jim Doan Subject: Re: Black In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit As my fuller response indicates, I think the term is generally used sarcastically, at least to my recollection. James E. Doan, Ph.D. Professor of Humanities, Humanities Major Chair and President, South Florida Irish Studies Consortium, Inc. Nova Southeastern University 3301 College Avenue Davie/Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33314 954-262-8207; Fax: 954-262-3881 -----Original Message----- From: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [mailto:IR-D[at]jiscmail.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Rogers, James Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 1:33 PM To: IR-D[at]jiscmail.ac.uk Subject: Re: [IR-D] Black I was just about to complain that this thread has wandered too far afield, but now can't resist -- The Urban Dictionary website -- which can be astoundingly vulgar--offers as its first definition of "mighty white": 1 to do an act of kindness for another "hey bro, that was mighty white of you to water my plants while i was away" (Incidentally, that particular posting on the site was submitted by someone signing himself as Dark Lord of the Anus. Perhaps skepticism is indicated) JR -----Original Message----- From: Joe Bradley [mailto:j.m.bradley[at]STIR.AC.UK] Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 11:44 AM To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: Re: [IR-D] Black Jim/anyone Could you enlighten us as to the use of that particular phrase? "that's very white of them." Joe ________________________________ From: The Irish Diaspora Studies List on behalf of Jim Doan Sent: Thu 13/12/2007 15:40 To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: Re: [IR-D] Black Bruce's use of "that's very Protestant of them" reminds me of the former parlance in the U.S.: "that's very white of them." It probably boils down to the same types of ethnic and racial stereotyping. Jim Doan -----Original Message----- From: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [mailto:IR-D[at]jiscmail.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Don MacRaild Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 9:15 AM To: IR-D[at]jiscmail.ac.uk Subject: Re: [IR-D] Black Bruce, a minor corrective (mostly for our non Ireland/UK chums) The Black Country is the coal-mining and iron-working region of the industrial Midlands, which isn't the nort of England. To the north of that, but still in the Midlands, is the Potteries. No prizes for guessing how either of these Midlands' micro-regions got their names! Cheers, Don MacRaild Ulster (too). ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patrick O'Sullivan" To: Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 1:52 PM Subject: [IR-D] Black > From: "Bruce Stewart" > To: "'The Irish Diaspora Studies List'" > Subject: RE: [IR-D] Black > Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 13:36:22 -0000 > > I think that the industrial north of England is also known as the 'Black > Country'. The Black Hills of Dakota is probably due to the coloration > rather than that of the inhabitants. 'Very protestant' is common > parlance for a well-done job here in Ulster. 'Straight as a Protestant > spire' is in Patrick Kavanagh. As a taigue with a proddish name I own up > to be slack and lazy. The UK is still the longest working week in the > EU, with ROI second. That surprised me. I thought the Celtic tiger had > surpassed the inventors of factory hours and then some. All the > stereotypes are up for revision, right enough. You've got to give it to > the Poles - taking four out of five new jobs in Ireland. Now that's very > Protestant of them! Bruce > > Dr. Bruce Stewart > Languages & Lit. > University of Ulster > Coleraine, Co. Derry > N. Ireland BT52 1SA > www.ricorso.net > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [mailto:IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On > Behalf Of Anthony Mcnicholas > Sent: 10 December 2007 22:01 > To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK > Subject: Re: [IR-D] Black > > > Has anyone mentioned the Royal Black Institution or Black Preceptory? > Would this have any relevance for black as protestant? anthony > > Dr Anthony McNicholas > CAMRI > University of Westminster > Harrow Campus > Watford Road > Harrow > HA1 3TP > 0118 948 6164 (BBC WAC) > > -- The University of Stirling is a university established in Scotland by charter at Stirling, FK9 4LA. Privileged/Confidential Information may be contained in this message. If you are not the addressee indicated in this message (or responsible for delivery of the message to such person), you may not disclose, copy or deliver this message to anyone and any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. In such case, you should destroy this message and kindly notify the sender by reply email. Please advise immediately if you or your employer do not consent to Internet email for messages of this kind. | |
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8245 | 13 December 2007 14:33 |
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 14:33:50 -0600
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Summer Writing programs | |
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From: "Rogers, James" Subject: Summer Writing programs MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain If I can divert us from our discussion of black & white for a moment: Does anyone know if there is a listing of the various summer writing programs in Ireland. anywhere on the web? Or for the various summer schools in Ireland, for that matter . This follows on a query from a VP at my university who wants to give his son such a trip for a Christmas present. (And how do you get a dad like that?) Jim Rogers New Hibernia Review | |
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8246 | 13 December 2007 15:08 |
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:08:03 -0000
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Re: Costumes for Playboy of the Western World | |
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From: Bruce Stewart Subject: Re: Costumes for Playboy of the Western World In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit A good guide (but no rule) wd be the costumes used in the recent Druid series of the complete plays of Synge. I saw only the Deirdre - just the other night - and it was played by Conchubar in a doublebreasted suit with some gongs added (Mick Lally, looking ancient), and the sons of Usnech in scarlet jackets and night-out trousers making shapes like lads out in Temple Bar. The jackets are a case of colonial cross-over: they look more like English officers in the colonial period than Irish half-sirs out of Somerville & Ross but perhaps an equal amount of both. The effect was good: you got a sense of their iron-age manliness without straining after iron-age costumes. The CD series is boxed as DruidSynge and you'll have to look at the Playboy in it - I haven't seen it and can't report. You can see a snap of the Playboy production as it played in July 2006 in the NYTimes online at http://theater2.nytimes.com/2006/07/12/theater/reviews/12drui.html They aren't going for period authenticity in any of them. Stage furniture and lighting counts for a lot in this stuff. One more thing: Aaron Monaghan is turning into a classic Irish character-actor. Dr. Bruce Stewart Languages & Lit. University of Ulster Coleraine, Co. Derry N. Ireland BT52 1SA www.ricorso.net -----Original Message----- From: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [mailto:IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of Matt O'Brien Sent: 27 November 2007 19:19 To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: [IR-D] Costumes for Playboy of the Western World Hello, My host institution will be preforming "Playboy of the Western World" next spring. The wardrobe director has asked me about books or websites that would offer pictures/illustrations of traditional clothes from that period. Any suggestions? Thanks, Matt O'Brien | |
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8247 | 13 December 2007 15:53 |
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:53:39 -0000
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Re: Use of phrase Black '47 - 19th Century British Library | |
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From: Patrick Fitzgerald Subject: Re: Use of phrase Black '47 - 19th Century British Library Newspapers MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Paddy, Thanks for this - which is very useful. Though the precise origin of Black '47 remains elusive it has stimulated some very interesting discussion. Best, Paddy -----Original Message----- From: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [mailto:IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of Patrick O'Sullivan Sent: 13 December 2007 11:59 To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: [IR-D] Use of phrase Black '47 - 19th Century British Library Newspapers From: Patrick O'Sullivan [mailto:P.OSullivan[at]bradford.ac.uk]=0D I now have access to the 19th Century British Library Newspapers collection online at the British Library - see earlier IR-D messages... 48 newspapers are represented, including 2 from Ireland, 1 from Belfast, 1 from Dublin... Belfast News-Letter =0D Full-Text Coverage: Jan 1 1828 - Dec 31 1900 Freeman's Journal =0D Full-Text Coverage: Jan 1 1820 - Sep 29 1900 Whilst I was chasing my own research material I thought I would see how far we could get with searching for uses of this phrase 'Black '47' - and see more earlier IR-D messages. It is a difficult phrase to use, coaxing good results from this sort of database. Eventually I limited my search to full text searches of the 2 Irish papers, and found regular use of the phrase from January 1879 onwards, in contexts where it is clear that the phrase is already widely used. Some examples below... The phrase often appears in speeches or comments, 'Not since Black '47', 'reminds one of Black '47'... An interesting one is in HONOUR TO WHOM HONOUR IS DUE, a letter about Dufferin's donations to famine relief, which refers to John O'Rourke, History of the Great Famine of 1847, first published in 1875, I think. O'Rourke's text is on Gutenberg, so that you can search for his use of the words black and '47. He does not seem to use them together, but does often refer to 'the famine of '47'. P.O'S. METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS Freeman's Journal and Daily Commercial Advertiser (Dublin, Ireland), Friday, January 24, 1879; Issue N/A. HONOUR TO WHOM HONOUR IS DUE Freeman's Journal and Daily Commercial Advertiser (Dublin, Ireland), Friday, January 31, 1879; Issue N/A. THE LAND QUESTION Freeman's Journal and Daily Commercial Advertiser (Dublin, Ireland), Friday, September 26, 1879; Issue N/A. HONOUR TO WHOM HONOUR IS DUE Freeman's Journal and Daily Commercial Advertiser (Dublin, Ireland), Friday, January 31, 1879; Issue N/A. THE NATIONAL CAUSE Freeman's Journal and Daily Commercial Advertiser (Dublin, Ireland), Monday, September 15, 1884; Issue N/A. Etc, etc... ************************************************************************ =0D National Museums Northern Ireland comprises the Ulster Museum, Ulster Folk= and Transport Museum, Ulster American Folk Park, Armagh County Museum and= W5. The Ulster Museum is currently closed for major redevelopment. Details of= the museum's programme of outreach activities during closure can be found= at www.ulstermuseum.org.uk. All our other sites are open as normal. Any views expressed by the sender of this message are not necessarily those= of the National Museums Northern Ireland. This email and any files= transmitted with it are intended solely for the use of the individual or= entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in= error please notify the sender immediately by using the reply facility in= your email software. All emails are swept for the presence of viruses. ************************************************************************ | |
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8248 | 13 December 2007 17:43 |
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 17:43:57 -0000
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Re: Black | |
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From: Joe Bradley Subject: Re: Black MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Jim/anyone =20 Could you enlighten us as to the use of that particular phrase? =20 "that's very white of them." =20 Joe ________________________________ From: The Irish Diaspora Studies List on behalf of Jim Doan Sent: Thu 13/12/2007 15:40 To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: Re: [IR-D] Black Bruce's use of "that's very Protestant of them" reminds me of the former parlance in the U.S.: "that's very white of them." It probably boils down to the same types of ethnic and racial stereotyping. Jim Doan -----Original Message----- From: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [mailto:IR-D[at]jiscmail.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Don MacRaild Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 9:15 AM To: IR-D[at]jiscmail.ac.uk Subject: Re: [IR-D] Black Bruce, a minor corrective (mostly for our non Ireland/UK chums) The Black Country is the coal-mining and iron-working region of the industrial Midlands, which isn't the nort of England. To the north of that, but still in the Midlands, is the Potteries. No prizes for guessing how either of these Midlands' micro-regions got their names! Cheers, Don MacRaild Ulster (too). ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patrick O'Sullivan" To: Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 1:52 PM Subject: [IR-D] Black > From: "Bruce Stewart" > To: "'The Irish Diaspora Studies List'" > Subject: RE: [IR-D] Black > Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 13:36:22 -0000 > > I think that the industrial north of England is also known as the 'Black > Country'. The Black Hills of Dakota is probably due to the coloration > rather than that of the inhabitants. 'Very protestant' is common > parlance for a well-done job here in Ulster. 'Straight as a Protestant > spire' is in Patrick Kavanagh. As a taigue with a proddish name I own up > to be slack and lazy. The UK is still the longest working week in the > EU, with ROI second. That surprised me. I thought the Celtic tiger had > surpassed the inventors of factory hours and then some. All the > stereotypes are up for revision, right enough. You've got to give it to > the Poles - taking four out of five new jobs in Ireland. Now that's very > Protestant of them! Bruce > > Dr. Bruce Stewart > Languages & Lit. > University of Ulster > Coleraine, Co. Derry > N. Ireland BT52 1SA > www.ricorso.net > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [mailto:IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On > Behalf Of Anthony Mcnicholas > Sent: 10 December 2007 22:01 > To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK > Subject: Re: [IR-D] Black > > > Has anyone mentioned the Royal Black Institution or Black Preceptory? > Would this have any relevance for black as protestant? anthony > > Dr Anthony McNicholas > CAMRI > University of Westminster > Harrow Campus > Watford Road > Harrow > HA1 3TP > 0118 948 6164 (BBC WAC) > > --=20 The University of Stirling is a university established in Scotland by charter at Stirling, FK9 4LA. Privileged/Confidential Information may be contained in this message. If you are not the addressee indicated in this message (or responsible for delivery of the message to such person), you may not disclose, copy or deliver this message to anyone and any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. In such case, you should destroy this message and kindly notify the sender by reply email. Please advise immediately if you or your employer do not consent to Internet email for messages of this kind. | |
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8249 | 13 December 2007 18:16 |
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:16:17 -0330
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Re: Use of phrase Black '47 - 19th Century British Library | |
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From: Peter Hart Subject: Re: Use of phrase Black '47 - 19th Century British Library Newspapers Comments: To: Patrick Fitzgerald In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit I was just reading the civil war letters of Ernie O'Malley, which contains a reference to 'Black '48'... Peter Hart Quoting Patrick Fitzgerald : > Paddy, > Thanks for this - which is very useful. > Though the precise origin of Black '47 remains elusive it has stimulated > some very interesting discussion. > Best, > Paddy > > -----Original Message----- > From: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [mailto:IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On > Behalf Of Patrick O'Sullivan > Sent: 13 December 2007 11:59 > To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK > Subject: [IR-D] Use of phrase Black '47 - 19th Century British Library > Newspapers > > From: Patrick O'Sullivan [mailto:P.OSullivan[at]bradford.ac.uk] > > I now have access to the 19th Century British Library Newspapers > collection > online at the British Library - see earlier IR-D messages... > > 48 newspapers are represented, including 2 from Ireland, 1 from Belfast, > 1 > from Dublin... > > Belfast News-Letter > Full-Text Coverage: Jan 1 1828 - Dec 31 1900 > > Freeman's Journal > Full-Text Coverage: Jan 1 1820 - Sep 29 1900 > > Whilst I was chasing my own research material I thought I would see how > far > we could get with searching for uses of this phrase 'Black '47' - and > see > more earlier IR-D messages. > > It is a difficult phrase to use, coaxing good results from this sort of > database. > > Eventually I limited my search to full text searches of the 2 Irish > papers, > and found regular use of the phrase from January 1879 onwards, in > contexts > where it is clear that the phrase is already widely used. > > Some examples below... > > The phrase often appears in speeches or comments, 'Not since Black '47', > 'reminds one of Black '47'... > > An interesting one is in HONOUR TO WHOM HONOUR IS DUE, a letter about > Dufferin's donations to famine relief, which refers to John O'Rourke, > History of the Great Famine of 1847, first published in 1875, I think. > > O'Rourke's text is on Gutenberg, so that you can search for his use of > the > words black and '47. He does not seem to use them together, but does > often > refer to 'the famine of '47'. > > P.O'S. > > > METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS > Freeman's Journal and Daily Commercial Advertiser (Dublin, Ireland), > Friday, > January 24, 1879; Issue N/A. > > HONOUR TO WHOM HONOUR IS DUE > Freeman's Journal and Daily Commercial Advertiser (Dublin, Ireland), > Friday, > January 31, 1879; Issue N/A. > > THE LAND QUESTION > Freeman's Journal and Daily Commercial Advertiser (Dublin, Ireland), > Friday, > September 26, 1879; Issue N/A. > > HONOUR TO WHOM HONOUR IS DUE > Freeman's Journal and Daily Commercial Advertiser (Dublin, Ireland), > Friday, > January 31, 1879; Issue N/A. > > THE NATIONAL CAUSE > Freeman's Journal and Daily Commercial Advertiser (Dublin, Ireland), > Monday, > September 15, 1884; Issue N/A. > > Etc, etc... > > ************************************************************************ > > National Museums Northern Ireland comprises the Ulster Museum, Ulster Folk > and Transport Museum, Ulster American Folk Park, Armagh County Museum and > W5. > > The Ulster Museum is currently closed for major redevelopment. Details of > the museum's programme of outreach activities during closure can be found at > www.ulstermuseum.org.uk. > > All our other sites are open as normal. > > > Any views expressed by the sender of this message are not necessarily those > of the National Museums Northern Ireland. This email and any files > transmitted with it are intended solely for the use of the individual or > entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error > please notify the sender immediately by using the reply facility in your > email software. > > All emails are swept for the presence of viruses. > > ************************************************************************ > | |
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From: Sean McCartan Subject: Re: Summer Writing programs In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1250" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit James Writers' week in Listowel is worth considering. Commences 28 May 2008. Book a suitable course early: http://www.writersweek.ie/ Sean -----Original Message----- From: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [mailto:IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of Rogers, James Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 8:34 PM To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: [IR-D] Summer Writing programs If I can divert us from our discussion of black & white for a moment: Does anyone know if there is a listing of the various summer writing programs in Ireland. anywhere on the web? Or for the various summer schools in Ireland, for that matter . This follows on a query from a VP at my university who wants to give his son such a trip for a Christmas present. (And how do you get a dad like that?) Jim Rogers New Hibernia Review No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.17.0/1180 - Release Date: 12/10/2007 2:51 PM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.17.0/1180 - Release Date: 12/10/2007 2:51 PM | |
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8251 | 13 December 2007 22:25 |
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From: Muiris Mag Ualghairg Subject: Re: Black In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline My experience, in Britain, is that it is not used sarcastically at all but rather is used to suggest that some one should be upstanding, honest, hardworking etc, all the attributes which the racists don't believe that Black people have. I have never heard it used by any Irish person, but since Ireland has a problem with racists as well I wouldn't be surprised to find that its use has spread to Ireland as well. Since we are discussing racism, I just thought I would mention the feeling here in Wales (amongst many) that as Ireland is an independent country and so can prove that it has a different ethnicity it is no longer acceptable for UK 'comedians' to use the 'stage Irish' as characters in their shows, and the same on TV soaps etc, but that the Stupid Welshman has replaced the 'thick Irishman'. Muiris On 13/12/2007, Jim Doan wrote: > > As my fuller response indicates, I think the term is generally used > sarcastically, at least to my recollection. > > James E. Doan, Ph.D. > Professor of Humanities, Humanities Major Chair and > President, South Florida Irish Studies Consortium, Inc. > Nova Southeastern University > 3301 College Avenue > Davie/Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33314 > 954-262-8207; Fax: 954-262-3881 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [mailto:IR-D[at]jiscmail.ac.uk] On > Behalf > Of Rogers, James > Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 1:33 PM > To: IR-D[at]jiscmail.ac.uk > Subject: Re: [IR-D] Black > > I was just about to complain that this thread has wandered too far afield, > but now can't resist -- The Urban Dictionary website -- which can be > astoundingly vulgar--offers as its first definition of "mighty white": > > 1 to do an act of kindness for another > > "hey bro, that was mighty white of you to water my plants while i was > away" > > (Incidentally, that particular posting on the site was submitted by > someone > signing himself as Dark Lord of the Anus. Perhaps skepticism is indicated) > > JR > > -----Original Message----- > From: Joe Bradley [mailto:j.m.bradley[at]STIR.AC.UK] > Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 11:44 AM > To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK > Subject: Re: [IR-D] Black > > Jim/anyone > > Could you enlighten us as to the use of that particular phrase? > > "that's very white of them." > > Joe > > ________________________________ > > From: The Irish Diaspora Studies List on behalf of Jim Doan > Sent: Thu 13/12/2007 15:40 > To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK > Subject: Re: [IR-D] Black > > > > Bruce's use of "that's very Protestant of them" reminds me of the former > parlance in the U.S.: > "that's very white of them." It probably boils down to the same types of > ethnic and racial stereotyping. > > Jim Doan > > -----Original Message----- > From: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [mailto:IR-D[at]jiscmail.ac.uk] On > Behalf > Of Don MacRaild > Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 9:15 AM > To: IR-D[at]jiscmail.ac.uk > Subject: Re: [IR-D] Black > > Bruce, a minor corrective (mostly for our non Ireland/UK chums) > > The Black Country is the coal-mining and iron-working region of > the industrial Midlands, which isn't the nort of England. > > To the north of that, but still in the Midlands, is the Potteries. > > No prizes for guessing how either of these Midlands' micro-regions > got their names! > > Cheers, > > Don MacRaild > Ulster (too). > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Patrick O'Sullivan" > To: > Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 1:52 PM > Subject: [IR-D] Black > > > > From: "Bruce Stewart" > > To: "'The Irish Diaspora Studies List'" > > Subject: RE: [IR-D] Black > > Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 13:36:22 -0000 > > > > I think that the industrial north of England is also known as the 'Black > > Country'. The Black Hills of Dakota is probably due to the coloration > > rather than that of the inhabitants. 'Very protestant' is common > > parlance for a well-done job here in Ulster. 'Straight as a Protestant > > spire' is in Patrick Kavanagh. As a taigue with a proddish name I own up > > to be slack and lazy. The UK is still the longest working week in the > > EU, with ROI second. That surprised me. I thought the Celtic tiger had > > surpassed the inventors of factory hours and then some. All the > > stereotypes are up for revision, right enough. You've got to give it to > > the Poles - taking four out of five new jobs in Ireland. Now that's very > > Protestant of them! Bruce > > > > Dr. Bruce Stewart > > Languages & Lit. > > University of Ulster > > Coleraine, Co. Derry > > N. Ireland BT52 1SA > > www.ricorso.net > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [mailto:IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On > > Behalf Of Anthony Mcnicholas > > Sent: 10 December 2007 22:01 > > To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK > > Subject: Re: [IR-D] Black > > > > > > Has anyone mentioned the Royal Black Institution or Black Preceptory? > > Would this have any relevance for black as protestant? anthony > > > > Dr Anthony McNicholas > > CAMRI > > University of Westminster > > Harrow Campus > > Watford Road > > Harrow > > HA1 3TP > > 0118 948 6164 (BBC WAC) > > > > > > > > -- > The University of Stirling is a university established in Scotland by > charter at Stirling, FK9 4LA. Privileged/Confidential Information may > be contained in this message. 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8252 | 14 December 2007 08:04 |
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From: "David W. Miller" Subject: Black Comments: cc: "David W. Miller" Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit My doctoral student Cian McMahon forwarded this correspondence to me. Let me add just a few words to Jim Doan's comment. Although I was born in Pennsylvania, I grew up in Jackson, Mississippi, and did my undergraduate work at Rice University in Houston, Texas. In both Mississippi and Texas in the 1950s and 1960s I remember frequently hearing the expression "that's mighty white of you." The phrase was literally a compliment to the person being addressed. However it was sometimes used sarcastically to mock, say, an inadequate apology or miserly offer of assistance. David W. Miller Professor of History Carnegie Mellon University ---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: Re: [IR-D] Black From: "Joe Bradley" Date: Thu, December 13, 2007 12:43 pm To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jim/anyone Could you enlighten us as to the use of that particular phrase? "that's very white of them." Joe ________________________________ From: The Irish Diaspora Studies List on behalf of Jim Doan Sent: Thu 13/12/2007 15:40 To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: Re: [IR-D] Black Bruce's use of "that's very Protestant of them" reminds me of the former parlance in the U.S.: "that's very white of them." It probably boils down to the same types of ethnic and racial stereotyping. Jim Doan -----Original Message----- From: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [mailto:IR-D[at]jiscmail.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Don MacRaild Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 9:15 AM To: IR-D[at]jiscmail.ac.uk Subject: Re: [IR-D] Black Bruce, a minor corrective (mostly for our non Ireland/UK chums) The Black Country is the coal-mining and iron-working region of the industrial Midlands, which isn't the nort of England. To the north of that, but still in the Midlands, is the Potteries. No prizes for guessing how either of these Midlands' micro-regions got their names! Cheers, Don MacRaild Ulster (too). ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patrick O'Sullivan" To: Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 1:52 PM Subject: [IR-D] Black > From: "Bruce Stewart" > To: "'The Irish Diaspora Studies List'" > Subject: RE: [IR-D] Black > Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 13:36:22 -0000 > > I think that the industrial north of England is also known as the 'Black > Country'. The Black Hills of Dakota is probably due to the coloration > rather than that of the inhabitants. 'Very protestant' is common > parlance for a well-done job here in Ulster. 'Straight as a Protestant > spire' is in Patrick Kavanagh. As a taigue with a proddish name I own up > to be slack and lazy. The UK is still the longest working week in the > EU, with ROI second. That surprised me. I thought the Celtic tiger had > surpassed the inventors of factory hours and then some. All the > stereotypes are up for revision, right enough. You've got to give it to > the Poles - taking four out of five new jobs in Ireland. Now that's very > Protestant of them! Bruce > > Dr. Bruce Stewart > Languages & Lit. > University of Ulster > Coleraine, Co. Derry > N. Ireland BT52 1SA > www.ricorso.net > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [mailto:IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On > Behalf Of Anthony Mcnicholas > Sent: 10 December 2007 22:01 > To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK > Subject: Re: [IR-D] Black > > > Has anyone mentioned the Royal Black Institution or Black Preceptory? > Would this have any relevance for black as protestant? anthony > > Dr Anthony McNicholas > CAMRI > University of Westminster > Harrow Campus > Watford Road > Harrow > HA1 3TP > 0118 948 6164 (BBC WAC) > > -- The University of Stirling is a university established in Scotland by charter at Stirling, FK9 4LA. Privileged/Confidential Information may be contained in this message. If you are not the addressee indicated in this message (or responsible for delivery of the message to such person), you may not disclose, copy or deliver this message to anyone and any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. In such case, you should destroy this message and kindly notify the sender by reply email. Please advise immediately if you or your employer do not consent to Internet email for messages of this kind. | |
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8253 | 14 December 2007 08:38 |
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 08:38:14 -0600
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From: "Rogers, James" Subject: Re: Summer Writing programs MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Paddy., you're amazin' -- Thanks for this and for all you do for te list, which is a treasure Jim -----Original Message----- From: Patrick O'Sullivan [mailto:P.OSullivan[at]BRADFORD.AC.UK] Sent: Fri 12/14/2007 6:37 AM To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: Re: [IR-D] Summer Writing programs In the early years of the Irish Diaspora list we used to receive and distribute emails about Summer Schools and the like. But that was when the web was less organised and less available, and we soon decided that there was no point in duplicating effort... We do keep an eye on lists of conference papers and the like, just to track the early days of a research project. Nowadays practically all the Summer Schools and Conferences have some sort of web presence, and there are web sites that collect and display this information... Some obvious links pasted in below... P.O'S. http://www.goireland.com/ http://www.goireland.com/Scripts/low/xq/asp/cat.16/areatype.I/areaid.1/Subje ctID.64/qx/listing.htm lists 33 Summer Schools http://www.dochara.com/play/events/summer-schools.php has another list, as has... Summer Study Abroad Opportunities in Ireland http://www.studyabroad.com/programs/summer/ireland The IASIL site is worthy staying in touch with... http://www.iasil.org/newsletter/confs.html And a web search for something like summer schools in Ireland will turn up many hits of specific meeting and meeting places. -----Original Message----- From: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [mailto:IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of Rogers, James Sent: 13 December 2007 20:34 To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: [IR-D] Summer Writing programs If I can divert us from our discussion of black & white for a moment: Does anyone know if there is a listing of the various summer writing programs in Ireland. anywhere on the web? Or for the various summer schools in Ireland, for that matter . This follows on a query from a VP at my university who wants to give his son such a trip for a Christmas present. (And how do you get a dad like that?) Jim Rogers New Hibernia Review | |
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8254 | 14 December 2007 09:59 |
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From: Bruce Stewart Subject: Re: Black In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Elizabeth Thanks for this! I think I was being short-hand when I placed Black Prophet in 1847. The 'life' in Ricorso has this: '[WC] travelled to England, where he was at the outbreak of the Great Famine; issued The Black Prophet (1847), based on earlier famines of 1812 and 1822 and first published in eight parts in Dublin University Magazine during 1846; I have now added your note: 'published in book-form in with a dedication to Lord Russell rebuking him for his policies towards Ireland.' Rafroidi gives details: The Black Prophet: A Tale of Irish Famine (London & Belfast: Simms & McIntyre 1847), xi, 455pp. (prev. in Dublin University Magazine, May 1846, XXVII, 161, p.600, to Dec. 1846, XXVIII, 168, pp.717-47) - and there is also an edition edited and intro'd by Timothy Webb [rep. of 1847 edn.] (Shannon: IUP 1972), xix, xvi, 408pp. I would note that BP was long 'taught' as a proleptic vision of the famine, especially for its passage on the silence of the birds. This is, pardon the phrase, Brendan Kennelly, sang pur. (His 'My Dark Fathers' is a brilliant famine poem - and almost black from the view point of the present topic.) The dates make me think, however. Surely a publication of 1846 has the famine of 1845 very much in view. I am not sure if Carleton wrote it in England - his stay there was short, of course (following the Griffin trail). In point of detail, my record says famines of 1812 [sic] and 1822. I am correcting this to 1817 on your information. I hope that is right? It is true there were eighteenth century famines. If memory serves, the terrible scenes in Pettigo in the 1760s were recorded by Rev. Thomas Campbell. His Philosophical Survey of the South of Ireland (1778) is an eccentric treasure. Fanciers of stereotypes will relish it: 'My picture of Ireland should be mulier formosa superne - a woman exquisitely beautiful, with her head and neck richly attired, her bosom full, but meanly dressed, her lower parts lean and emaciated, half-covered with tattered weeds, her legs and feet bare, with burned shins, and all the squalor of indigent sloth.' He also ventured a defence of nudity, especially among the peasant classes - a reference picked up by Spurgeon Thompson in 'Edmund Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France and the Subject of Eurocentrism', Irish University Review, Autumn/Winter 2004, p.261 [ftn.]. It has always struck me as anomalous the Tyrone was particularly prone. You would have thought with all that green-ness but apparently the humus is poor and shallow (and, I suppose, waterlogged). One of the ironies of famine history is the dearth of grain-crops raised in Ireland. The climate favours tubors and cattle. Barley is, I think, the best crop; wheat hardly at all and bread unknown in indigenous Ireland. I expect to be corrected. Bruce Dr. Bruce Stewart Languages & Lit. University of Ulster Coleraine, Co. Derry N. Ireland BT52 1SA www.ricorso.net -----Original Message----- From: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [mailto:IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of Elizabeth Malcolm Sent: 12 December 2007 23:22 To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: [IR-D] Black With regard to William Carleton's 'Black Prophet', it was not about the Great Famine and nor was it first published in 1847. It was set during the earlier famines that Carleton had witnessed as a young man in 1817 and 1822 and it was first serialised in the 'Dublin University Magazine' between May and Dec. 1846, before appearing in book form in 1847. But Carleton did dedicate the book to the then prime minister, Lord John Russell, rebuking him for his policies towards Ireland. Perhaps this is why a lot of people assume the story is about the Great Famine, Indeed, I notice that the entry on Carleton in Robert Hogan's dictionary of Irish literature (1979) says this (p.145). But the first sentence mentions that the story is set some 20 odd years ago. The colour black certainly figures strongly in the novel, the Black Prophet being 'Donnel Dhu'and some of the novel being set in 'Glendhu'. Carelton's biographer, Benedict Kiely, says about the book: 'Skies black with ominous thunder clouds, fields black where the roots and plants had rotted in the furrows, roads black with the weary processions of death. The terrible word repeats itself again and again and again like a recurring lament, the negation of colour, the negation of all life'. (p.124) I think that encapsulates the power of the colour black for Carleton. Actually, while looking at a list of Carleton's novels, I see that several others have the word black in the title: 'The Black Baronet' and 'The Evil Eye: or the Black Spectre'. This of course also should remind us that there had been terrible, and perhaps even worse, famines in Ireland before the 1840s. Many of those alive in the late 1840s would have already survived several famines. And I always think that someone must do a more detailed study of the 1740-1 famine - more detailed than David Dickson's valuable but short booklet - which appears to have been worse than the Great Famine a century later. A couple of other thoughts on the subject black. Some of the diseases that were rife during the late 1840s included symptoms of discoloured skin. That was true of typhus, pellagra and erysipelas. In typhus particularly, which was probably the most common famine disease, the skin could turn a very dark brown, almost black. Also, with regard to the connection between black and potatoes, I'd recommend Austin's Bourke's 'The Visitation of God?' (1993). He mentions a popular variety of potato called the 'black potato' because of its dark skin, which seems to have the type that was most severely affected by blight in the 1840s (33). But of course the lumper, also called the 'white potato', was probably the most common in Ireland at the time and the blight certainly turned it black and putrid. Larry Geary from UCC gave a fascinating seminar paper here last year about the smells of the Famine - horrible - made my skin crawl! Elizabeth __________________________________________________ Professor Elizabeth Malcolm Gerry Higgins Chair of Irish Studies School of Historical Studies ~ University of Melbourne ~ Victoria, 3010, AUSTRALIA Phone: +61-3-83443924 ~ Email: e.malcolm[at]unimelb.edu.au President Irish Studies Association of Australia and New Zealand (ISAANZ) Website: http://isaanz.org __________________________________________________ | |
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8255 | 14 December 2007 10:02 |
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From: Elizabeth Malcolm Subject: Black MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-transfer-encoding: 8bit I have a copy of A.M. Sullivan's book,'New Ireland' - Sullivan became editor of the 'Nation' (1855-74), after Gavan Duffy left for Australia, and was a nationalist MP (1874-82). My copy of the book is the 4th ed. published in 1878, but the book first appeared in the previous year, 1877. Chapter VI is titled 'The Black Forty-Seven'. This book and Sullivan's other works were widely read in Ireland and among the Irish overseas, so I could see his use of the term helping to popularise it. Might be worth checking when the 'Nation' started to refer to 'Black '47'. Elizabeth __________________________________________________ Professor Elizabeth Malcolm Gerry Higgins Chair of Irish Studies School of Historical Studies ~ University of Melbourne ~ Victoria, 3010, AUSTRALIA Phone: +61-3-83443924 ~ Email: e.malcolm[at]unimelb.edu.au President Irish Studies Association of Australia and New Zealand (ISAANZ) Website: http://isaanz.org __________________________________________________ | |
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8256 | 14 December 2007 10:49 |
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From: Ultan Cowley Organization: Eircom Net (http://www.eircom.net/) Subject: Re: Summer Writing programs Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Has anyone else ever wondered why it is that Listowel, home of the ubiquitous Writers' Week, and of two such famous literary native sons, can't actually support a proper bookshop? Ultan The Irish Diaspora Studies List wrote: < < James < Writers' week in Listowel is worth considering. Commences 28 May 2008. < Book a suitable course early: < http://www.writersweek.ie/ < < Sean < < -----Original Message----- < From: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [mailto:IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf < Of Rogers, James < Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 8:34 PM < To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK < Subject: [IR-D] Summer Writing programs < < If I can divert us from our discussion of black & white for a moment: < < Does anyone know if there is a listing of the various summer writing < programs in Ireland. anywhere on the web? < < Or for the various summer schools in Ireland, for that matter . < < This follows on a query from a VP at my university who wants to give his son < such a trip for a Christmas present. (And how do you get a dad like that?) < < Jim Rogers < New Hibernia Review < < < No virus found in this incoming message. < Checked by AVG Free Edition. < Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.17.0/1180 - Release Date: 12/10/2007 < 2:51 PM < < < No virus found in this outgoing message. < Checked by AVG Free Edition. < Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.17.0/1180 - Release Date: 12/10/2007 < 2:51 PM < < ----------------------------------------------------------------- Find the home of your dreams with eircom net property Sign up for email alerts now http://www.eircom.net/propertyalerts | |
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From: Brian Lambkin Subject: Re: Black MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C83E40.1B4C0A40" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C83E40.1B4C0A40 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Thanks Elizabeth, =20 The first sentence of chapter LXXXV in Sullivan's The Story of Ireland = is: 'Amidst the horrors of "Black Forty-seven", the reason of strong men = gave way in Ireland' (p 556), which gets us back to 1867. =20 best wishes Brian Lambkin ________________________________ From: The Irish Diaspora Studies List on behalf of Elizabeth Malcolm Sent: Thu 12/13/2007 11:02 PM To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: [IR-D] Black I have a copy of A.M. Sullivan's book,'New Ireland' - Sullivan became = editor of the 'Nation' (1855-74), after Gavan Duffy left for Australia, and was a = nationalist MP (1874-82). My copy of the book is the 4th ed. published in 1878, but the = book first appeared in the previous year, 1877. Chapter VI is titled 'The Black = Forty-Seven'. This book and Sullivan's other works were widely read in Ireland and = among the Irish overseas, so I could see his use of the term helping to popularise it. = Might be worth checking when the 'Nation' started to refer to 'Black '47'. Elizabeth __________________________________________________ Professor Elizabeth Malcolm Gerry Higgins Chair of Irish Studies School of Historical Studies ~ University of Melbourne ~ Victoria, 3010, = AUSTRALIA Phone: +61-3-83443924 ~ Email: e.malcolm[at]unimelb.edu.au President Irish Studies Association of Australia and New Zealand (ISAANZ) Website: http://isaanz.org __________________________________________________ ------_=_NextPart_001_01C83E40.1B4C0A40 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=disclaimer.txt ************************************************************************ National Museums Northern Ireland comprises the Ulster Museum, Ulster Folk and Transport Museum, Ulster American Folk Park, Armagh County Museum and W5. The Ulster Museum is currently closed for major redevelopment. Details of the museum's programme of outreach activities during closure can be found at www.ulstermuseum.org.uk. All our other sites are open as normal. Any views expressed by the sender of this message are not necessarily those of the National Museums Northern Ireland. This email and any files transmitted with it are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the sender immediately by using the reply facility in your email software. All emails are swept for the presence of viruses. ************************************************************************ ------_=_NextPart_001_01C83E40.1B4C0A40-- | |
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8258 | 14 December 2007 12:37 |
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 12:37:25 -0000
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Re: Summer Writing programs | |
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From: Patrick O'Sullivan Subject: Re: Summer Writing programs In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In the early years of the Irish Diaspora list we used to receive and distribute emails about Summer Schools and the like. But that was when the web was less organised and less available, and we soon decided that there was no point in duplicating effort... We do keep an eye on lists of conference papers and the like, just to track the early days of a research project. Nowadays practically all the Summer Schools and Conferences have some sort of web presence, and there are web sites that collect and display this information... Some obvious links pasted in below... P.O'S. http://www.goireland.com/ http://www.goireland.com/Scripts/low/xq/asp/cat.16/areatype.I/areaid.1/Subje ctID.64/qx/listing.htm lists 33 Summer Schools http://www.dochara.com/play/events/summer-schools.php has another list, as has... Summer Study Abroad Opportunities in Ireland http://www.studyabroad.com/programs/summer/ireland The IASIL site is worthy staying in touch with... http://www.iasil.org/newsletter/confs.html And a web search for something like summer schools in Ireland will turn up many hits of specific meeting and meeting places. -----Original Message----- From: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [mailto:IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of Rogers, James Sent: 13 December 2007 20:34 To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: [IR-D] Summer Writing programs If I can divert us from our discussion of black & white for a moment: Does anyone know if there is a listing of the various summer writing programs in Ireland. anywhere on the web? Or for the various summer schools in Ireland, for that matter . This follows on a query from a VP at my university who wants to give his son such a trip for a Christmas present. (And how do you get a dad like that?) Jim Rogers New Hibernia Review | |
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8259 | 15 December 2007 17:50 |
Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2007 17:50:36 -0400
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'98 Clubs | |
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From: Seamus Jol Subject: '98 Clubs MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello everyone, I am trying to find out if the local '98 Clubs which existe= d in Ireland (and, for instance, in Qu=E9bec City and in Montr=E9al) at the= time of the 1898 Centennial commemorations were organized only in 1897-189= 8 or if this appellation and the organization of such =AB'98 Clubs=BB exist= ed before 1898? Merci beaucoup/Thanks a million, Simon JolivetPhD student,= HistoryConcordia University, Montr=E9al _________________________________________________________________ D=E9couvre la carte magique du P=E8re No=EBl! Clique ici pour la voir! http://www.demandeauperenoel.ca/magicalmapsfr/?icid=3DNOELFRCA105= | |
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8260 | 16 December 2007 15:11 |
Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 15:11:21 +0000
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Postgrad conference on migration studies | |
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From: Liam Greenslade Subject: Postgrad conference on migration studies MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Apologies for cross-posting Liam Dear Colleagues,=20 Please see below a call for papers for a new Interdisciplinary Postgradua= te Conference on migration studies in Ireland.=20 Regards Aoileann Ni Mhurchu Managing Editor - Translocations Office of the Theme Leaders Dublin City University (LG 16)=20 Glasnevin, Dublin 9=20 CALL FOR PAPERS =20 'Migration Studies in Ireland =AD An Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Conference' =20 Date: March 27-28 2008 Venue: Trinity College Dublin =20 During the past five years a growing number of postgraduate students have been developing inquiry into the area of migration studies across the Humanities and Social Sciences. This welcome development is occurring cross-institutionally, north and south, and traverses the fields of sociology, anthropology, cultural studies, linguistics, geography, education, social policy, lens-based practice, film and media studies, ra= ce, ethnicity and gender studies, among others. =20 This timely and inaugural conference on =8CMigration Studies in Ireland=B9= will occur annually and rotate location between the following convening partne= r institutions: University College Dublin (UCD); National University of Ireland, Maynooth (NUIM); University College, Cork (UCC); Dublin Institut= e of Technology (DIT); University of Limerick (UL); Dublin City University (DCU); Trinity College Dublin (TCD). =20 This conference will provide a dynamic forum for debate, exchange, exhibition and screenings of doctoral work that thematically engages questions of migration, race, rights, public policy, inter/transculturali= sm and the use of audio and visual media in social research. =20 This is an excellent opportunity for doctoral students working in the interdisciplinary field of migration studies to present their projects at different stages of development to fellow students and supervisors in a supportive and productive environment. =20 We welcome abstracts of 200 words on the aforementioned themes from postgraduate students wishing to attend the conference, to be received no later than 20 January 2008. Abstracts should include a title, topic of research, methodology/ies employed, and stage in doctoral research. =20 Abstracts should be forwarded to: migrationstudiesireland[at]gmail.com along with any queries about the event. =20 Presentation format will consist of 20-minute individual paper panel presentations followed by discussion. =20 Aoileann Ni Mhurchu Managing Editor - Translocations Theme Leaders Office Glasnevin=20 Dublin 9 Email: aoileann.nimhurchu[at]dcu.ie www.translocations.ie=20 | |
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