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I know nothing more about it.

Has anyone seen it?

P.O'S.

Wee girls: women writing from an Irish perspective.
Author: Lizz Murphy
Source ISBN: 1875559515
Source Publisher: Spinifex Press Pty Ltd, Victoria
Languages: English

Abstract
This anthology encompasses a range of women writers, from all over the
world, all of whom identify themselves in this book as writing from an Irish
perspective, a perspective presented from both the North and the Irish
Republic. The collection includes poetry, fiction and prose; the aim of the
collection is not simply to express a point of view, but to seek to
articulate a specifically Irish woman's voice. Some pieces are selections
from longer works and some are complete in themselves and the contributors
include such well-known names as Maeve Binchy and Mary Daly. It is not
concerned solely or even primarily with politics, but with shared experience
and knowledge that is specifically feminine, a knowledge that binds these
women even though they are from different corners of the globe. -S. Jansson

Keywords: Irish Women; Women Writers

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The Guardian this week is offering extracts from a new book by Jonathan
Powell, PM Tony Blair's chief of staff.

A link to comment and the first extract, below - more are, and will be,
available on The Guardian web site.

Revealed: Blair's offer to meet masked IRA leaders
Series of secret meetings and deals only now disclosed

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/mar/17/northernireland.peaceprocess1

Plus... The 'quality' newspapers here have gone poetry mad, offering free
booklets and guides.

The Guardian has gone for the great poets of the 20th century.

Yeats did not make it to the final cut. Heaney did.

John Banville's little introduction to Heaney is available on the web page-
link below...

http://books.guardian.co.uk/greatpoets/story/0,,2262355,00.html

http://books.guardian.co.uk/greatpoets/0,,2258326,00.html

P.O'S.

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The following op/ed in today's Irish Times may be of interest.=20

Taoiseach Bertie Ahern's statement that there would be no 'special deal' =
for Irish undocumented is the first time such a blunt position has been =
taken and may turn out to be a watershed moment. The Irish Lobby for =
Immigration Reform (ILIR) website at http://www.irishlobbyusa.org/ shows =
their unhappiness with the current position of official Ireland. The =
brutal fact on the ground appears to be that (whether one agrees or not =
with the arguments being made on each side) there is very little =
interest here in Ireland in the situation of the undocumented Irish =
except in a number of rural western constituencies and among a section =
of the Catholic Hierarchy. Urban Ireland couldn't care less. For their =
part, ILIR maintains the quite disingenuous argument that a special deal =
along the lines of the US/Australia arrangement would solve the problem, =
while ignoring the fact that the Australian arrangements have nothing to =
do with undocumented migrants. Meanwhile, the underlying reality seems =
to be that the flow of Irish migrants to the US is now very small and =
looks set to remain that way.=20

Piaras

Why Irish-Americans have lost their influence in Washington

Analysis: The ties that bind Ireland and the US are not being reinforced =
by a new wave of immigrants, writes Mark Hennessey .

IN THE years before the Famine, and after, the Irish came to =
Pennsylvania, struggled and endured in the mines and steelworks and =
eventually overcame obstacles thrown in their way.

The memory is etched deep into their descendants' consciousness, where =
family, faith, tradition, community and a deep sense of being =
Irish-American are held dear.

Last Sunday, 1,400 Friendly Sons of Saint Patrick men came together in =
Scranton, as their fathers, grandfathers and great-grandfathers have =
done for more than 100 years. The top table reflected the path taken by =
so many Irish-Americans: filled as it was by priests, monsignors, =
bishops, judges and politicians, including the Governor of Maryland, =
Martin O'Malley.

Greeting Taoiseach Bertie Ahern, Democratic Senator Bob Casey, himself a =
member of the Friendly Sons, remembered "struggle and triumph, and an =
abiding allegiance to faith and family. And we have an enduring belief - =
and we have had to believe this over many generations - in the promise =
of tomorrow," said the first-time senator.

Hundreds return home for the annual dinner, which has been addressed by =
many significant Irish and Irish-American figures during its history, =
including Robert Kennedy in 1964.

To the eyes of many in Ireland today, the all-male black tie gathering, =
with beer bought by the case, would no doubt be seen as a cross between =
Boys Town and The Quiet Man; an image in search of a clich=E9.

Yet, the sense of togetherness they clearly share; the intensity of =
feeling for their heritage, and, to an extent, for an ancestral homeland =
often unseen by many of them is real, and moving.

Such feeling, reflected in a thousand towns and cities around the US, =
has given the Irish a political voice in the White House and Capitol =
Hill, which other nations would beg to match.

And, though eaten bread is quickly forgotten, the role of =
Irish-Americans - such as Ted Kennedy, Richie Neal, and a host of others =
- on Northern Ireland is deserving of a place of honour.

Today, however, the ties that bind Ireland and the United States are not =
being reinforced by new generations of Irish emigrants. Just 4,000 Irish =
have secured Green Cards in recent years; the numbers winning lottery =
visas can be measured in the dozens.

The numbers of "undocumented Irish", as they are called, could be =
anywhere between 3,000 and 50,000, though the Government believes the =
figure to be somewhere in the middle.

Speaking in Washington, Ahern was unusually blunt: the immigration lobby =
who argue that an amnesty for "the undocumented" or a special deal for =
the Irish can be won are being "dishonest".

For Ahern, these are strong words, and there is now clearly some rancour =
or, at the very least, frustration in the relationship between him and =
those representing the undocumented.

Ahern's remarks were not left for long without a clearly annoyed =
response by Niall O'Dowd, the editor of the Irish Voice newspaper and =
head of the Irish Lobby for Immigration Reform.

In Ahern's view, a special immigration deal for Ireland cannot be =
secured; nor can an amnesty be secured for those living illegally in the =
US while they remain there. Instead, he is investing his short-term =
hopes in a two-way visa deal, which would offer 18- to 30-year-olds the =
right to live and work for 15/18 months or so in each other's countries.

The ambition is not to win visas so that people can build permanent =
lives in the US but, rather, that the river of connection between the =
two countries can be replenished by shorter-term visitations.

If secured, such a deal would offer perhaps as many as 5,000 "super-J1" =
visas from the off, with more later on, and holders would be entitled to =
renew them once, thus offering three years in the US.

The immigration lobby disagrees. And it argues that it has been right =
twice before when the Donnelly and Morrison visa regimes were won =
without early support from the Irish Government.

Twenty years on from those successes, however, the landscape has =
changed. Twelve million "illegals" now live in the US; the attitude to =
foreigners has hardened; and the economy is in trouble.

The advantage of Ahern's "super J1" proposal is that it can be agreed =
with the White House - though not perhaps while George Bush remains in =
it - and does not need congressional sanction.

Either way, nothing much is expected to happen until Bush departs, if =
only because any concession to the Irish - however small - would =
infuriate the now much more electorally important Hispanics.

Irish-Americans' votes for the White House will not turn on immigration; =
the pressure from below from Irish-born illegals that might make them do =
so is not there in the numbers of 20 years ago.

The Bronx and Woodside in New York, and a hundred other districts, are =
no longer filled with the accents of 32 counties as they were once. =
Where once there were 17 GAA clubs there are now three.

"How do you tell a Salvadorean kid serving in Iraq - and we have many of =
them who are - that we won't legalise his parents, but that we will =
offer a deal to the Irish," said one Republican this week.

Though he may well be right, Ahern, in some ways, is adopting a more =
conservative approach than is held by some Irish-Americans who are =
infuriated with the tactics and tone of O'Dowd and the Irish Lobby for =
Immigration Reform.

While supportive of the short-term visa plan, some in this camp believe =
that full visas can be secured next year once the White House's new =
occupant is known - though not in numbers on a scale with the past.

Republican presidential contender John McCain favoured a radical Bill to =
tackle immigration: and nearly destroyed his hopes for the White House =
in the process.

Yet, Irish-Americans supporting McCain believe that if he is elected he =
will try again, and that similar moves would be made by Hillary Clinton =
or Barack Obama.

However, the economy will decide all. Problems in Ireland will make the =
US a more attractive option for those in search of change. Problems in =
the US will make it more difficult to let anyone in.

Mark Hennessy is a political correspondent with The Irish Times and =
travelled to the US this week with the Taoiseach
=A9 2008 The Irish Times

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STUDIES -DUBLIN-
VOL 97; NUMB 385; 2008
ISSN 0039-3495

pp. 7-18
Children's Rights and the Family: Myth and Reality.
Kilkelly, U.

pp. 19-28
Modern Families.
O Brien, B.

pp. 29-43
Family : Social construction or natural phenomenon?.
Almond, B.

pp. 44-46
Letter to the Editor.
Hume, P.

pp. 47-58
Cohabitation.
de Waal, A.

pp. 59-71
Prisoners' Families and the Ripple Effects of Imprisonment.
Breen, J.

p. 72
Loosening : a poem.
Keenan, P.M.

pp. 73-86
A Golden Mean Between Multiculturalism & Assimilation.
Sutherland, P.D.

pp. 87-98
Mind the Gap: Measuring religiosity in Ireland.
O Mahony, E.

pp. 99-101
Secularism Confronts Islam, by Olivier Roy.
Whelan, R.

pp. 102-103
Dominican Education in Ireland 1820 - 1930, by Marie M. Kealy, O.P.
Kennedy, F.

pp. 104-105
Ireland 2022 - Towards One Hundred Years of Self-Government, edited by Mark
Callanan.
Grace, E.

pp. 106-107
Ireland Now: Tales of Change from the Global Island, by William Flanagan.
Swift, J.W.

pp. 108-109
The Irish Brigades, 1685-2006: a gazetteer of Irish military service, past
and present, by David Murphy.
McCormack, A.M.

pp. 110-111
Lifetimes: Folklore from Kerry, edited by Noel King.
Gaughan, J.A.

pp. 112-113
Brian Moore and the Meaning of the Past: A novelist reimagines history, by
Patrick Hicks.
Maume, P.

pp. 114-116
Between Comrades: James Connolly - Letters and Correspondence 1889 - 1916,
edited by Donal Nevin.
Morrissey, T.J.

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Senior Jobs at UCD...

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN
An Col=E1iste Ollscoile Baile =C1tha Cliath

UCD COLLEGE OF ARTS AND CELTIC STUDIES
Col=E1iste na nEala=EDon agus an L=E9inn Cheiltigh UCD
University College Dublin (UCD) is a research-intensive university which
strives to advance knowledge through cutting-edge research and to
communicate knowledge through excellence in teaching within a creative =
and
collegial environment.

UCD has particular strengths in Celtic and Irish Studies, Irish =
literatures,
history and heritage, folklore and archaeology, and has a distinguished
record in fields such as music, medieval studies and European literature =
and
culture.

The Governing Authority of the University invites applications for the
following full time permanent positions of:=20

Professor of Classical Irish Ref. No. 003306=20
Professor of Early Irish Ref. No. 003307=20
Professor of Modern Irish Ref. No. 003308=20
Professor of Celtic Archaeology Ref. No. 003309=20
Professor of Film Studies and Screen Culture Ref. No. 003310=20
Professor of Modern Irish History Ref. No. 003311=20
Director, National Folklore Collection Ref. No. 003312

http://www.ucd.ie/hr/html/vacancies/index.html

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Email Patrick O'Sullivan

For more than a week now, every a message I send out to the Irish Diaspora
list has triggered a rush of Error Messages.

So many that at times I became reluctant to send out any message at all,
knowing that I would have to wade through the resulting swamp.

So, fear and trembling here...

Some of these Error Messages are triggered by the classic holiday
forgetfulness - people have gone on holiday and their Inboxes are full, or
they have created an automatic 'Gone on Holiday' reply to EVERY new
message...

Some of the Error Messages are a bit more complex, and I have not got to the
bottom of things. Sometimes when we get this rush of Error Messages and
Undelivered Messages it is because something, somewhere, got switched on, or
off. Like the time when Jiscmail, the host of the Irish Diaspora list, got
listed as a spammer...

I will poke around and see what is going on. But, really, it is best if I
wait a few days and see if things calm down. So, I will let the IR-D list
be quiet for a while. If anything urgent comes in, I will distribute it,
and endure the swamp.

Now, let us see what happens when I distribute this message...

P.O'S.

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Members of the list are invited to a public lecture at Murray State
University.


Charles F. Fanning, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale=20

"Ireland vs. Irish America at the Chicago Century of Progress World's =
Fair
in 1934."

Monday, March 31 at 4:00 pm in Faculty Hall 208
=20

Charles F. Fanning (PhD Pennsylvania) is Professor of English and =
History,
Distinguished Scholar, and Director of Irish Studies emeritus at =
Southern
Illinois University-Carbondale. His publications include New =
Perspectives on
the Irish Diaspora (2001); The Irish Voice in America: 250 Years of
Irish-American Fiction, (2nd ed., 2000); The Exiles of Erin:
Nineteenth-Century Irish-American Fiction (2nd ed., 1997); Chicago =
Stories
of-James T. Farrell (1998); and Finley Peter Dunne and Mr. Dooley: The
Chicago Years (1978), which won the Frederick Jackson Turner Award of =
the
Organization of American Historians.

Support for the lecture series has been provided by the American =
Conference
for Irish Studies; The Office of the President, the College of =
Humanities
and Fine Arts, the Department of History, the Xi Lambda Chapter of Phi =
Alpha
Theta, and the Institute for International Studies at Murray State
University.

For directions or further information, contact:

Bill Mulligan

William H. Mulligan, Jr., Ph.D.
Professor of History
Graduate Program Coordinator=20
Murray State University
Murray KY 42071-3341 USA=20
Office: 1-270-809-6571
Fax: 1-270-809-6587=20
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Another powerful piece from a great journalist, Kevin Cullen of the =
Boston Globe, in today's Irish Times

Piaras

Someone else's turn in Dorchester as Irish ascendancy wanes

Kevin Cullen

BOSTON LETTER: WHENEVER KERRY played in an All-Ireland football final, =
the best place to watch the match in Boston was Nash's of Dorchester, =
writes Kevin Cullen .

But when I walked into Nash's on All-Ireland Sunday last September, =
everything had changed, changed utterly. Kerry won, of course, =
dispatching a Cork side that never stood a chance. But hardly anyone was =
there.

Those who were weren't celebrating. It was as if they were holding a =
wake, and a small one at that. There were a couple of dozen people. Five =
years ago, there would have been 200.

Pete Nash, the proprietor, sat on a stool at the end of the bar. He is a =
Kerry man and was a good footballer in his day. If anyone should have =
been overjoyed to have witnessed the Kingdom put away its 35th title, it =
should have been Pete Nash. But he looked around his pub glumly. He =
couldn't help but think about the heydays, when the pub was crammed with =
hundreds of young Irish, flush with cash and booze.

"They're all gone," Pete Nash says, staring at his pint glass, as if it =
held an answer instead of some cider. "They've all gone home."

So they have and so they will continue. The Irish are leaving Boston. =
Pete Nash has sold his pub to a woman named Karen Diep. Her parents are =
from Vietnam and have run a Vietnamese restaurant across the street from =
Nash's. Nash's is being renovated and will soon re-open as Van's, named =
for Diep's husband, not Van Morrison.

In some parts of Dorchester, the neighbourhood that for much of the 20th =
century was home to the greatest number of Irish immigrants in Boston, =
the Vietnamese are the new Irish. They look at empty storefronts and see =
opportunity. Vietnamese entrepreneurs have breathed new life into =
Dorchester Avenue, the main thoroughfare known locally as Dot Ave, from =
Savin Hill all the way down to Fields Corner.

The Irish had their time, their ascendancy, in Dorchester and there's =
still more than a few of them around, but along much of Dot Ave, it's =
someone else's turn.

If Nash's conversion from an Irish pub to a Vietnamese sports bar =
captures most dramatically the demographic changes in a city long =
thought of as the capital of Irish America, it is hardly an isolated =
example. In just a mile stretch of Dot Ave, over just the last few =
years, pubs that once proudly proclaimed their Irishness have rebranded =
themselves, or closed altogether. Ned Kelly's became D Bar, with a =
mostly gay clientele.

The Tara shut down and became a beauty parlour. Mickey's Place is now a =
Vietnamese social services agency. The Emerald Isle has just closed its =
doors.

Not all of the late Irish joints are missed. Karen Diep's parents opened =
their restaurant in the space that formerly housed Scruffy Murphy's, a =
rough pub, the kind of bar Bostonians refer to as a bucket of blood: the =
first shot was on the house; after that, you had to pay for your own =
bullets.

A strong economy in Ireland, the inability to get green cards to stay =
here legally and a crackdown on illegal immigration since the 9/11 =
attacks have conspired to make Boston a less desirable and hospitable =
destination for the young Irish who used to stand three deep at Nash's, =
with paint on their clothes and dreams in their eyes.

For most of two centuries, the Irish came to Boston looking for work and =
a better life. That steady stream has slowed to a trickle. Some here =
might cheer that prospect.,others might lament it. Still others might =
shrug and say someone else will take their place. That's true and that's =
America.

However it is also true that no ethnic group, no tribe, had a greater =
influence on Boston, on the way a majority of its residents do business, =
practise politics and even pray. Even as the Irish go home, even as =
fewer come over, their influence will linger, like the smoke that used =
to hover like rainclouds above the bar at Nash's.

A Tricolour still hangs outside the pub that once was Nash's. Its =
colours have faded, like the numbers of Irishmen in Dorchester who =
answered its siren call, looking for a jar, a smoke, a hurling match on =
the TV, Bagatelle on the juke box, a reminder of what they left behind. =
Karen Diep, the new owner, has left the Tricolour there while the bar is =
renovated.

But, she says, eventually it will be taken down. Nash's will then be =
like all those All-Irelands celebrated vicariously along Dot Ave: a nice =
memory.

Kevin Cullen is a columnist for the Boston Globe - cullen[at]globe.com

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You are all cordially invited to the launch of the inaugural issue of =
the
peer-reviewed journal 'Irish Theatre International' at the Abbey =
Theatre,
Dublin, on Friday 4th April 2008 at 5.30pm. Wine Reception.=A0 The =
journal is
published in association with the Irish Society for Theatre Research, =
with
support from the Arts Council of Ireland and Carysfort Press.
=A0
The field of Irish theatre studies is being transformed by new =
approaches to
the rich history of Irish theatre and by the remarkable diversity of
contemporary theatrical practice. This inaugural issue of 'Irish Theatre
International' reflects new and challenging ways of thinking about Irish
theatre, which engage with diverse contemporary historiographical,
theoretical, cultural and performance frameworks.
=A0
A pdf of the jacket cover and contents is downloadable by clicking on =
the
=91inaugual issue=92 link on the ISTR webpage: www.qub.ac.uk/istr
=A0
Best wishes,
=A0
Dr Paul Murphy
Lecturer in Drama
Queen's University Belfast
President, Irish Society for Theatre Research
Editor, Irish Theatre International
=A0

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From: PJ Mathews [mailto:patrick.mathews[at]ucd.ie]
To: P.OSullivan[at]Bradford.ac.uk
Subject: UCDscholarcast

Dear Patrick,
I'd be grateful if you could spread the word to the Irish Diaspora
Studies community about a series of podcasts on the theme,

'The Art of Popular Culture: From "The Meeting of the
Waters" to Riverdance.

They can be downloaded (with transcripts) at
www.ucd.ie/scholarcast

Best wishes,
J Mathews



Dr PJ Mathews
School of English, Drama and Film
University College Dublin
Belfield
Dublin 4
Ireland

Ph: +353-1-7168488
www.ucd.ie/scholarcast

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Could be Cricklewood Broadway, Camden High Street, Kilburn High Road, or
their Liverpool, Manchester, and Glasgow equivalents - although a different
socio-economic dynamic applies...

Ultan Cowley


The Irish Diaspora Studies List wrote:

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< Another powerful piece from a great journalist, Kevin Cullen of the =
< Boston Globe, in today's Irish Times
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< Piaras
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< Someone else's turn in Dorchester as Irish ascendancy wanes
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< Kevin Cullen
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< BOSTON LETTER: WHENEVER KERRY played in an All-Ireland football final, =
< the best place to watch the match in Boston was Nash's of Dorchester, =
< writes Kevin Cullen .
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< But when I walked into Nash's on All-Ireland Sunday last September, =
< everything had changed, changed utterly. Kerry won, of course, =
< dispatching a Cork side that never stood a chance. But hardly anyone was
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All due respect to Kevin Cullen in Boston but he should get out a bit
more. Here in Maryland the Irish are moving out of their old
neighbourhoods but are re-emerging elsewhere. Annapolis has become -
within the last 20 years - an Irish enclave with pubs and restaurants
thriving among the middle class Irish. Gov O'Malley hosted a St
Patrick's day festival at the Governor's mansion and local Maryland
Irish organizations thronged the place - in an impromptu moment O'Malley
took out his guitar and sang Irish songs along with the Irish musicians.
It was a great Irish moment as hundreds of voices joined in - and not
one of us there thought that the Irish were "disappearing" in any sense.

I give lectures at the Smithsonian in Washington DC and recently we
packed a hall for a series on Irish literature. All of these better
educated Irish work on Capitol Hill, the Pentagon etc. There is nothing
"plastic" about them. At the short breaks I was constantly being told
stories about their own connections to Ireland - "my grandmother, my
great-grandfather etc." The Irish may be gone from their old
neighbourhoods but they are certainly not gone.

Carmel

MacEinri, Piaras wrote:
> Another powerful piece from a great journalist, Kevin Cullen of the Boston Globe, in today's Irish Times
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> Piaras
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Interesting lecture. It was a time when Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay were
still perceived in immigrants' imagination as competitors to the U.S.
and other destinations. The South American presence in Chicago 1934 was
significant, as it was in other world fairs 1880-1940.=20

I wish I could be at MSU for this opportunity. Congratulations to Bill
for this very good series of lectures.

Edmundo Murray

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Members of the list are invited to a public lecture at Murray State
University.


Charles F. Fanning, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale=20

"Ireland vs. Irish America at the Chicago Century of Progress World's
Fair
in 1934."

Monday, March 31 at 4:00 pm in Faculty Hall 208
=20

Charles F. Fanning (PhD Pennsylvania) is Professor of English and
History,
Distinguished Scholar, and Director of Irish Studies emeritus at
Southern
Illinois University-Carbondale. His publications include New
Perspectives on
the Irish Diaspora (2001); The Irish Voice in America: 250 Years of
Irish-American Fiction, (2nd ed., 2000); The Exiles of Erin:
Nineteenth-Century Irish-American Fiction (2nd ed., 1997); Chicago
Stories
of-James T. Farrell (1998); and Finley Peter Dunne and Mr. Dooley: The
Chicago Years (1978), which won the Frederick Jackson Turner Award of
the
Organization of American Historians.

Support for the lecture series has been provided by the American
Conference
for Irish Studies; The Office of the President, the College of
Humanities
and Fine Arts, the Department of History, the Xi Lambda Chapter of Phi
Alpha
Theta, and the Institute for International Studies at Murray State
University.

For directions or further information, contact:

Bill Mulligan

William H. Mulligan, Jr., Ph.D.
Professor of History
Graduate Program Coordinator=20
Murray State University
Murray KY 42071-3341 USA=20
Office: 1-270-809-6571
Fax: 1-270-809-6587=20
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From: Don MacRaild
Organization: University of Ulster
Subject: PhD opportunities in History at Univ of Ulster
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Dear Paddy,

Could you circulate this to list members, please?: =20

I've just learnt that our deadline for PhD applications has been =
extended to 23 April and wanted to give you the information in the event =
that you have strong undergraduates (with, or on course for, first-class =
hons) or good MA student who was interested in doing a University or =
DEL-funded doctorate at the University of Ulster. All the details are =
below, but if you have someone who might be interested in any of our =
priority projects or even a project they have developed themselves =
please ask them to contact me immediately. DEL and VCRS scholarships are =
funded at AHRC levels (=A313,600 stipend + fees paid).=20

=20

Cheers

=20

Don MacRaild

d.macraild[at]ulster.ac.uk=20

+44 (0)28 7032 4574

=20

Research opportunities

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http://www.arts.ulster.ac.uk/schools/history_intern/research_opportunitie=
s.htm

=20

Information about funding

=20

http://research.ulster.ac.uk/info/prospective/funding.html

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Priority research topics for History can be found at the following:

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http://www.arts.ulster.ac.uk/research/graduate_school/topicshistoryuoa.ht=
m

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http://www.arts.ulster.ac.uk/research/graduate_school/topicshrihistory.ht=
m

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From: Bryan Coleborne
Subject: Re: Book Noticed,
Wee girls: women writing from an Irish perspective.
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Paddy I have a copy, going back to when "Wee Girls" was published in 1996. =
Would you like a TOC? It comes to three pages. By fax? The publisher's curr=
ent details: www.spinifexpress.com.au (This replaces the website given on =
the copyright page.) Spinifex Press describes itself as "an independent fem=
inist press publishing innovative and controversial feminist books with an =
optimistic edge. Spinifex is an Australian desert grass that holds the eart=
h together." According to the website, copies are still available at $AUS 2=
4.95. Lizz still had some copies for sale last time I saw her, at the "Sham=
rock in the Bush" conference in 2006. There is a short account of her on th=
e Spinifex Press website.=20
=20
This is a timely inquiry. Poet, editor and artist, Lizz lives in the villag=
e of Binalong, near Yass (now my Australian home), Boorowa and Galong - all=
important in the history of Irish settlement in south-western New South Wa=
les. There are numerous people active in Irish-Australian studies in the ar=
ea. Irish-Australian historical themes are recalled once a year in the "Sha=
mrock in the Bush" conference at Galong, the site of a Redemptorist Monaste=
ry, now St Clement's Retreat and Conference Centre, once the home of Ned Ry=
an, b. Co. Tipperary, 1786, who was sentenced to death, 1816 for his part i=
n political protests, transported, given a ticket of leave and became a maj=
or landholder (200,000 acres at one stage). In 1854 he became a magistrate.=
His son became a member of the N.S.W. parliament and his home, known as Ne=
d's Castle, passed to the Redemptorists (see www.stclement.com.au). It is n=
ow part of the Archdiocese of Canberra.
=20
"Shamrock in the Bush" is convened by Cheryl Mongan and Richard Reid for th=
e Canberra Historical Society. A selection of papers from many years of the=
conference (the 15th was held in 2007) was published last year: "Echoes of=
Irish Australia. Rebellion to Republic", eds. Jeff Brownrigg, Cheryl Monga=
n and Richard Reid. St Clement's Retreat and Conference Centre, Galong. 269=
pp.$AUS 39.95.
=20
There was a review of the book by Frank O'Shea in "The Canberra Times" last=
Saturday. I'm not sure how well it would scan. Again, by fax?
Bryan Coleborne
Professor of Irish Literature
Aichi Shukutoku University
JAPAN
=20
> Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:45:18 +0000> From: P.OSullivan[at]BRADFORD.AC.UK>=
Subject: [IR-D] Book Noticed, Wee girls: women writing from an Irish persp=
ective.> To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK> > This item has turned up in our alerts.>=
> I know nothing more about it.> > Has anyone seen it?> > P.O'S.> > Wee gi=
rls: women writing from an Irish perspective.> Author: Lizz Murphy> Source =
ISBN: 1875559515> Source Publisher: Spinifex Press Pty Ltd, Victoria> Langu=
ages: English> > Abstract> This anthology encompasses a range of women writ=
ers, from all over the> world, all of whom identify themselves in this book=
as writing from an Irish> perspective, a perspective presented from both t=
he North and the Irish> Republic. The collection includes poetry, fiction a=
nd prose; the aim of the> collection is not simply to express a point of vi=
ew, but to seek to> articulate a specifically Irish woman's voice. Some pie=
ces are selections> from longer works and some are complete in themselves a=
nd the contributors> include such well-known names as Maeve Binchy and Mary=
Daly. It is not> concerned solely or even primarily with politics, but wit=
h shared experience> and knowledge that is specifically feminine, a knowled=
ge that binds these> women even though they are from different corners of t=
he globe. -S. Jansson> > Keywords: Irish Women; Women Writers=

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From: "MacEinri, Piaras"
Subject: Re: The Disappearing Diaspora?
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Dear Carmel

I don't think there is any contradiction between what you say and =
Kevin's article. Some of the Irish have moved up. All credit to them, =
but then again the Irish have not been an underprivileged ethnic =
minority in America for a couple of generations now - maybe the contrary =
is the case! Some - a lot - have moved back. Some are still in the =
twilight zone, although I think the numbers are exaggerated by a rather =
wide margin. I am mindful as well of the many Irish who left an Ireland =
which gave them precious little by way of education or skills. They =
haven't all moved up the ladder, nor has it been possible for all of =
them to come back here as thing began to pick up at home. They are =
forgotten in Irish public discourse.

I haven't been in Dorchester since the early 1990s. A raid on certain =
pubs then would have netted very substantial numbers of undocumented =
Irish. But I thought Kevin's article was a sympathetic piece about how =
urban America keeps changing as people move on and others follow in =
their tracks. We can learn something about these patterns back here =
instead of getting into moral panics about 'ghettoes' as a few Ministers =
have done over the past year or so.

best

Piaras

All due respect to Kevin Cullen in Boston but he should get out a bit=20
more. Here in Maryland the Irish are moving out of their old=20
neighbourhoods but are re-emerging elsewhere. Annapolis has become -=20
within the last 20 years - an Irish enclave with pubs and restaurants=20
thriving among the middle class Irish. Gov O'Malley hosted a St=20
Patrick's day festival at the Governor's mansion and local Maryland=20
Irish organizations thronged the place - in an impromptu moment O'Malley =

took out his guitar and sang Irish songs along with the Irish musicians. =

It was a great Irish moment as hundreds of voices joined in - and not=20
one of us there thought that the Irish were "disappearing" in any sense.

I give lectures at the Smithsonian in Washington DC and recently we=20
packed a hall for a series on Irish literature. All of these better=20
educated Irish work on Capitol Hill, the Pentagon etc. There is nothing=20
"plastic" about them. At the short breaks I was constantly being told=20
stories about their own connections to Ireland - "my grandmother, my=20
great-grandfather etc." The Irish may be gone from their old=20
neighbourhoods but they are certainly not gone.

Carmel

MacEinri, Piaras wrote:
> Another powerful piece from a great journalist, Kevin Cullen of the =
Boston Globe, in today's Irish Times
>
> Piaras
>
>
> =20

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From: Carmel McCaffrey
Subject: Re: The Disappearing Diaspora?
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Hello Piaras,

I suppose I was struck by the article's presumed hegemony of the Boston
Irish and the title of the thread "disappearing diaspora" as if the end
of the Boston Irish was de facto the end of Irish America. Anyway, that
was the sentiment I got from the Cullen piece.

Maybe those of us who have never lived in Boston are a tad sensitive to
this. Other Irish Americans have never subscribed to this notion that
Boston is or was the linchpin of Irish America - ever ask the New York
Irish or the Baltimore Irish what they think of Bostonian claims to
ascendancy over all things Irish in the US? You won't get a pretty answer!

As for moving up - personally I think the days of moving up easily in
American society are gone. With private Universities charging around
$50,000 a year and state Univ like Maryland here charging around $20,000
per year, working class folk are just not going to be making it in the
future. Heck, they aren't making it now. Strange but there is not much
talk about this in all the "election" hoopla about primaries and general
elections - instead we are stuck with a constant narrative about who is
the most outraged or offended candidate. I can see a lot of ghettos in
the future.

Carmel

MacEinri, Piaras wrote:
> Dear Carmel
>
> I don't think there is any contradiction between what you say and Kevin's article. Some of the Irish have moved up. All credit to them, but then again the Irish have not been an underprivileged ethnic minority in America for a couple of generations now - maybe the contrary is the case! Some - a lot - have moved back. Some are still in the twilight zone, although I think the numbers are exaggerated by a rather wide margin. I am mindful as well of the many Irish who left an Ireland which gave them precious little by way of education or skills. They haven't all moved up the ladder, nor has it been possible for all of them to come back here as thing began to pick up at home. They are forgotten in Irish public discourse.
>
> I haven't been in Dorchester since the early 1990s. A raid on certain pubs then would have netted very substantial numbers of undocumented Irish. But I thought Kevin's article was a sympathetic piece about how urban America keeps changing as people move on and others follow in their tracks. We can learn something about these patterns back here instead of getting into moral panics about 'ghettoes' as a few Ministers have done over the past year or so.
>
> best
>
> Piaras
>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
> .
>
>

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Subject: The Corkman and the New York man
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Dear Friends,

A reference librarian here at Marquette asked me about this poem, having al=
ready checked the usual sources, and I drew a blank. Can anyone tell me any=
thing about a poem entitled "The Corkman and the New York man." The questio=
ner vaguely recalls hearing it in a Catholic school in Illinois. Thanks in =
advance for any help you can offer.

Michael

Michael Patrick Gillespie
Louise Edna Goeden Professor of English
Marquette University

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Subject: The disappearing Irish migrants
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From: MICHAEL CURRAN [mailto:michaeljcurran[at]btinternet.com]
Subject: RE: The disappearing Irish migrants.


A Phadraig a chara

Greetings from Belfast.


I'm amazed at the hullaboloo caused by a factual US
newspaper article.

Those of us who study Irish migration scientifically,
are well aware of the fact that the number of
Irish-born in mainland UK (now 500,000 approx.),and
In the USA (250,000 approx), has more than halved in
The past 10 years. Census data from 1991 and 2001/2
Verify that.

Nostalgia and anecdotal evidence tend to cloud the
real issue. Those agencies seeking funding from the
Irish government departments, have to deny the fact
that the number of Irish-born 'across the water' -
both east and west of this island - is rapidly
decreasing or disappearing.

The modern migration phenomenon, as well as Irish
identity and integration themes would be well worth
exploring by the social-scientists at the
forthcoming ACIS conference in Davenport IA!

Slan

Michael J Curran

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From: Patrick O'Sullivan
Subject: CFP Edited Collection,
Peace Building and Reconciliation in Northern Ireland
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Forwarded on behalf of

Dr. Maria Power
Institute of Irish Studies,=20
University of Liverpool

Call for Chapter Proposals for an Edited Collection on Peace Building =
and
Reconciliation in Northern Ireland
=20
Contact details: Dr. Maria Power, Institute of Irish Studies, University =
of
Liverpool, m.c.power[at]liv.ac.uk

Chapter proposals are sought for an edited collection on Peace Building =
and
Reconciliation in Northern Ireland. This collection will examine the
different forms of peace and reconciliation work that have taken place =
in
Northern Ireland since the late 1960s. =A0Such work ranges from local
cross-community groups to large-scale peace movements and is broadly
defined.

Chapter proposals could examine any of the following areas
=95=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 History of Peace building in Northern =
Ireland=20
=95=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Women and Peace Building
=95=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Integrated Education
=95=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Community Development
=95=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Theoretical Approaches to Peace building
=95=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Cross-Border Co-Operation
=95=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 The Role of Non-Governmental Organisations
=95=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Case Studies of specific Peace Building =
Organisations
=95=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Young People and Peace Building
=95=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Government Policy
=95=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 International Comparisons=20
=A0
This list is illustrative and submissions are welcome on all relevant
topics.=20
=A0
Please submit a proposal of 500-750 words and brief biographical =
statement
to Maria Power at m.c.power[at]liv.ac.uk by Friday 20th June 2008. A =
publisher
will then be sought for the collection and full chapters will be due for
submission in late 2008.=20
=A0
=A0
**************
Dr. Maria Power
Institute of Irish Studies,=20
University of Liverpool
+44 1517943602