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This book will interest a number of IR-D members, including me...

And of course anyone who read
Prior, Pauline.
Murder and Madness: Gender and the Insanity Defense in =
Nineteenth-century
Ireland
New Hibernia Review - Volume 9, Number 4, Winter 2005, pp. 19-36

The specific Irish diaspora studies interest must lie in the chapter on =
the
assistance given tom ex convicts to emigrate. Shovelling out paupers
indeed...

P.O'S.

From the Irish Academic Press web site...

Book Noticed
Forthcoming

Madness and Murder
Gender, Crime and Mental Disorder in Nineteenth Century Ireland
Prior, Pauline

Irish Academic Press

This book presents the stories of men and women charged with murder in
nineteenth century Ireland. Some were found guilty and sentenced to =
death
and others were sent to the Central Criminal Asylum for Ireland at =
Dundrum.
For those considered to be 'insane' at the time of committing the crime,
their fate was an indefinite committal to Dundrum. For those considered
responsible for their actions, it meant the death sentence which, in the
first half of the century, was often reduced to transportation and, in =
the
second half of the century, to penal servitude within the prison system.
Drawing on her specialist knowledge of mental health policy and law, and
with unique access to convict records, Prior explores these crimes =
within
the context of criminal justice policies in Ireland at this time. Her
examination of previously unexamined records shows that court judgments =
were
highly gendered. The death penalty remained a possibility for anyone =
found
guilty of murder and while the execution of a woman was unusual, it did
occur. However, with the opening of a criminal lunatic asylum in 1850, a =
new
approach was possible. Men who killed women and women who killed =
children
began to use the insanity defence very successfully. For some, this was =
a
positive outcome, leading to a short period of detention in Dundrum, but =
for
others it led to a lifetime in an asylum. For those found guilty of the
crime, the most frequent outcome was a long stretch in prison. An
interesting outcome for many of these convicts was official assistance =
in
emigrating to the US at the end of their sentences =F3 a theme explored =
in the
final chapter. If you are interested in crime in Ireland, in the link
between mental disorder and crime, or in the impact of gender on crime =
and
its punishment, this book is for you.


Binding
Paper - 9780716529385 - =A319.95
Cloth - 9780716529378 - =A327.95

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Subject: Irish Women and the Vote: Suffrage and Citizenship,
conference at National Museum of Ireland, Saturday 24th May 2008
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The conference marks the 90th anniversary of female enfranchisement in
Ireland (1918) and the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the Irish
Women's Franchise League.

At the conference the recent book edited by Louise Ryan and Margaret Ward
will also be launched - Irish Women and the Vote, Irish Academic Press.

Further information pasted in below...

P.O'S.


Irish Women and the Vote: Suffrage and Citizenship

A one-day conference at the National Museum of Ireland,

Saturday 24th May 2008.

For details and booking information please contact: bookings[at]museum.ie

Or telephone the Museum on (00353) 01 6486 453

Irish Women and the Vote
The Irish suffrage movement consisted of many organisations and involved
women from all over the country, of all ages, class and religious
backgrounds. In proportion to the size of the country, it was reckoned the
equivalent in size and energy to that of the British movement. While there
have been studies of some of the personalities and organisations involved in
the fight for the vote in Ireland, this is the first time a collection of
articles has been published on the subject. It provides a comprehensive
coverage of the movement from its beginnings in the mid-nineteenth century
to the exciting years when feminist militancy exploded on the streets of
Dublin and Belfast. Research from both established and new scholars from
Ireland, Britain and America provides new perspectives on the work of
evangelical philanthropists, unionist and nationalist suffragists, the
realities of campaigning for the vote in country towns, life in industrial
Belfast, conflicting feminist views on war and the suffragist uncovering of
rampant sexual abuse and domestic violence. Through imaginative and
meticulously documented articles on the impact of Ibsen on suffrage
thinking, the use of humour as a weapon in the fight for the vote, the
pioneering use of the hunger strike as a political tool and the place of
vegetarianism within suffrage ideology, readers are provided with a
multi-faceted analysis of the achievements, difficulties and legacy of the
long campaign fought by Irish women for the right to equal citizenship.

Irish Women and the Vote
Becoming Citizens
Ryan, Louise; Ward, Margaret
9780716533924 9780716533931

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Dear Colleagues,

After the infiltration of the Yeats discussion group by spammers, and =
the inability of the list owner to do anything about it, Declan Foley =
and I have created a new group at =
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/yeatsian/ which will be moderated and =
managed by Declan. Did I hear anyone say 'split'?

We hope that all interested in any of the Yeats family will join and =
contribute. yeatsian-subscribe[at]yahoogroups.com.

Please pass the word round !


David
_________________________
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Peter Taylor's tv series on BBC offers difficult but worthwhile watching.

Episode 2: 10 Days of Terror - just broadcast and now available on the web
-is the Ireland episode, dealing with 2 events in 1987, the capture of the
Eksund, and the Enniskillen bomb.

I don't think that the Episode will necessarily add much for the specialist,
though it does add to understanding of the ways in which the events have
been subsequently understood. I think that a number of IR-D members will
find the tv series useful. A lot of ground is covered in compact tv series
format.

Some links pasted in below. And a web search will turn up much more
comment...

P.O'S.

Age of Terror: Episode Two

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/age_of_terror/7306395.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7347154.stm

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The following article has come to our attention:=20

Cochrane, Feargal E., "The End of the Affair: Irish Migration, 9/11, and =
the
Evolution of Irish-America," _Nationalism & Ethnic Politics_ (Abingdon), =
13
(Fall 2007), 335-66.

This article examines the changing relationship between Ireland and the
United States in the 21st Century and argues that the new security =
climate
within the US following the 9/11 attacks (combined with long-term social
changes in both countries) is having a major impact on the relationship
between Ireland and the US. The central argument is that Irish-America =
is
undergoing a period of fundamental change, caused by a combination of
short-term political factors linked to the attacks of 11 September 2001 =
and
their aftermath, together with longer-term economic and social trends =
taking
place in Ireland which has greatly reduced the flow of migrants from =
Ireland
to the US. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]


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
=20
=20

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The following title has come to our attention.

Vann, Barry Aron, _In Search of Ulster-Scots Land: The Birth and
Geotheological Imagings of a Transatlantic People, 1603-1703_. =
(Columbia:
University of South Carolina Press, 2008. x, 252 pp. $39.95, isbn
978-1-57003-708-5.)

Drawing insights from geography, history, social psychology, sociology, =
and
theology, Barry Aron Vann investigates the ways in which Scottish =
Calvinism
affected the sense of identity and the migrations of native Scots first =
to
Ulster and then to the American South.=20

Social and religious historians have conducted much research on Scottish
colonial migrations to Ulster; however, there remains historical debate =
as
to whether the Irish Sea in the seventeenth century was an intervening
obstacle or a transportation artery. Vann presents a geographical
perspective on the topic, showing that most population flows involving
southwest Scotland during the first half of the seventeenth century were
directed across the Irish Sea via centuries-old sea routes that had =
allowed
for the formation of evolving cultural areas. As political or religious
motivational factors presented themselves in the last half of that =
century,
Vann holds, the established social and familial links stretched along =
those
sea routes facilitated chain migration that led to the birth of a =
Protestant
Ulster-Scots community. Vann also shows how this community constituted
itself along religious and institutional rubrics of dissent from the =
Church
of England, Church of Scotland, and Church of Ireland.=20

Within a century of the birth of this "Ulster-Scots Land," five =
immigration
waves to America served as conduits for diffusing significant elements =
of
that culture to the upper American South, where the Scots-Irish presence
helped to form the cultural area referred to as the Bible Belt. The
resulting effects of this settlement are still observed in both public =
and
private spaces. It is from this lineage that families including the =
Adairs,
Grahams, Seviers, Crocketts, Voiles, Duncans, Boones, Morgans, =
McKarneys,
McKameys, Collins, and Rogerses spilled over the Appalachian Mountains =
to
establish communities that still bear their mark. Vann maps this =
significant
portion of the South's ethnic mosaic to show the genesis of the =
educational,
political, and religious institutions that stem from Ulster Scots' =
thought
worlds. With such deeply ingrained values, the southern Scots-Irish have
influenced the region's staunchly conservative belief system, political
ideology, and landscapes.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Barry Aron Vann is an associate professor of geography at Lincoln =
Memorial
University in Harrogate, Tennessee, where he also serves as the founding
director of programs in Appalachian development studies, geography, and
social studies. He is the author of Rediscovering the South's Celtic
Heritage.


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
=20
=20

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The following article has come to our attention:

W. Caleb McDaniel. "Repealing Unions: American Abolitionists, Irish Repeal,
and the Origins of Garrisonian Disunionism" _Journal of the Early Republic_
Vol. 28 (2008, pp. 243-269.


No abstract available.

Bill

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

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From: PAtrick Maume
This might have interesting implications for the Brigid Clery case - if I
remember correctly her husband (whose first name I have forgotten) was
declared to have been insane and emigrated to North America after his
release.
Best wishes,
Patrick

On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 11:25 AM, Patrick O'Sullivan wrote:

> This book will interest a number of IR-D members, including me...
>
> And of course anyone who read
> Prior, Pauline.
> Murder and Madness: Gender and the Insanity Defense in Nineteenth-century
> Ireland
> New Hibernia Review - Volume 9, Number 4, Winter 2005, pp. 19-36
>
> The specific Irish diaspora studies interest must lie in the chapter on t=
he
> assistance given tom ex convicts to emigrate. Shovelling out paupers
> indeed...
>
> P.O'S.
>
> From the Irish Academic Press web site...
>
> Book Noticed
> Forthcoming
>
> Madness and Murder
> Gender, Crime and Mental Disorder in Nineteenth Century Ireland
> Prior, Pauline
>
> Irish Academic Press
>
> This book presents the stories of men and women charged with murder in
> nineteenth century Ireland. Some were found guilty and sentenced to death
> and others were sent to the Central Criminal Asylum for Ireland at Dundru=
m.
> For those considered to be 'insane' at the time of committing the crime,
> their fate was an indefinite committal to Dundrum. For those considered
> responsible for their actions, it meant the death sentence which, in the
> first half of the century, was often reduced to transportation and, in th=
e
> second half of the century, to penal servitude within the prison system.
> Drawing on her specialist knowledge of mental health policy and law, and
> with unique access to convict records, Prior explores these crimes within
> the context of criminal justice policies in Ireland at this time. Her
> examination of previously unexamined records shows that court judgments
> were
> highly gendered. The death penalty remained a possibility for anyone foun=
d
> guilty of murder and while the execution of a woman was unusual, it did
> occur. However, with the opening of a criminal lunatic asylum in 1850, a
> new
> approach was possible. Men who killed women and women who killed children
> began to use the insanity defence very successfully. For some, this was a
> positive outcome, leading to a short period of detention in Dundrum, but
> for
> others it led to a lifetime in an asylum. For those found guilty of the
> crime, the most frequent outcome was a long stretch in prison. An
> interesting outcome for many of these convicts was official assistance in
> emigrating to the US at the end of their sentences =F3 a theme explored i=
n
> the
> final chapter. If you are interested in crime in Ireland, in the link
> between mental disorder and crime, or in the impact of gender on crime an=
d
> its punishment, this book is for you.
>
>
> Binding
> Paper - 9780716529385 - =A319.95
> Cloth - 9780716529378 - =A327.95
>

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Forwarded on behalf of
Tony Murray at
t.murray[at]londonmet.ac.uk

www.londonmet.ac.uk/irishstudiescentre/courses/writers.cfm

Irish Writers in London Summer School 2008

Special guest at this year=92s summer school will be the poet and critic =
Tom
Paulin. Others writers appearing are the playwright Janet Behan (brother
of Brendan), poet Martina Evans, crime-writer Paul Charles and novelist
Deirdre Shanahan.

First established by the Irish Studies Centre in 1996, the summer school
runs for two nights per week for six weeks and aims to provide an =
informal
but informative setting for students wishing to study Irish literature
over the summer. The course consists of a mixture of lectures, seminars,
readings and cultural activities.

Each week an established Irish writer comes to read and speak about =
their
work to the students. Two evenings prior to this, students read, discuss
and analyse extracts of the writer's work with the course tutor. =
Writers'
motivations and experience of emigration to and/or life in London are =
also
discussed in the context of their work. The writers talk about their
background, experiences of getting their work published and performed =
and
provide advice to those students interested in such a course. The =
students
read and learn about a broad spectrum of Irish writing including =
fiction,
autobiography, drama, travel writing and poetry and gain valuable =
insights
into the different approaches such types of writing involve.

N.B. This is not a creative writing course. It will, however, complement
such a course of study at London Metropolitan University or elsewhere. =
No
prior qualifications are required to attend.

Tuesday and Thursdays evenings, 6 - 8.30pm
12 June - 18 July 2008 (N.B. the course starts on a Thursday and =
finishes
on a Friday)
Fees: Credit bearing: =A3190 (15 credits) Non-credit: =A3110 Concession =
Fee:
=A385 TO ENROL: www.londonmet.ac.uk/halshortcourses
Email: halshortcourses[at]londonmet.ac.uk
Tel: 020 7133 4398

For further course information contact Tony Murray at
t.murray[at]londonmet.ac.uk or visit
www.londonmet.ac.uk/irishstudiescentre/courses/writers.cfm


Guest writers:

Tom Paulin is a poet, essayist, editor and lecturer, and a regular
panelist on the BBC's Newsnight Review. He won the Somerset Maugham =
award
for his first Faber collection, A State of Justice, and was awarded a
NESTA grant for an ambitious cross-generic project to present the Second
World War in a manner that embraces various forms of poetry, history,
drama, biography and politics. He is also probably the only poet to have
an indie-rock band named after him. At this year=92s Summer School, Tom =
will
be featuring a retrospective selection of his work over the last thirty
years.

Janet Behan is the niece of one of the Ireland's most famous writers,
Brendan Behan. She was born in Lambeth, trained as an actress at the
Central School of Speech and Drama and worked for many years in theatre
and television. Her TV appearances include The Bill, Touch of Frost and
Love Soup. She played Brenda Flaherty in the Irish episodes of =
Eastenders,
and got to chuck a pint of water over Pauline Fowler's head! She has
written short stories, a novel and three plays, one of which, Brendan at
the Chelsea, will be featured at the this year=92s Summer School.

Martina Evans grew up in County Cork. After training as a radiographer =
in
Dublin she moved to London in 1988. She teaches Creative Writing at the
City Literary Institute and is currently Royal Literary Fund Fellow at
Queen Mary College, University of London. She is also the author of =
three
novels and three collections of poetry. She combines a novelist's gift =
for
creating compelling narratives and capturing conversational =
idiosyncracies
with a poet's ability to condense and refine. Her poetry ranges from an
Irish childhood to present-day London and features voices from the =
poet's
own to those of her family, her cat, and a supporting cast of hectoring
lawyers, born bores and rambling mothers.

Paul Charles is an Irish crime writer who has lived in London since he =
was
seventeen. He first came to the city to study to be a civil engineer, =
but
the music business became his real vocation when he took on the multiple
role of manager, lyricist, roadie, sound-engineer and agent for the
Belfast band Fruupp. Inspired by Colin Dexter (the creator of Inspector
Morse), he then wrote his first crime mystery, I Love the Sound of
Breaking Glass, which was published in 1997. Seven further D.I. Christy
Kennedy titles followed, often set in and around Camden Town, the most
recent of which was Sweetwater in 2006. At this year=92s Summer School, =
Paul
will be reading from his latest novel The Dust of Death which features
Garda Inspector Starrett and is set in a picturesque Donegal village.

Deirdre Shanahan was born to Irish parents from Mayo and North Kerry, =
the
latter famous for its story-telling tradition. After spending part of =
her
childhood in Kerry and part in Hertfordshire, she studied at University
College North Wales and now lives in London. Her short stories have been
published in the U.S, the U.K and Ireland. She has also published two
collections of poetry and has broadcast work on BBC Radio 3 and RTE. She
won an award from the Arts Council of England in 2005 for her fiction =
and
will be reading and discussing Driftwood, her novel-in-progress, at this
year=92s Summer School.

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This article offers a wide ranging church-state-diaspora compare and
contrast exercise, which a number of IR-D members will find useful. It
touches on 'The Un-american Preamble to the Irish Constitution...'

'...Another European country in which a close link between religious and
national identity has traditionally existed is Ireland. The strongly
Catholic character of the Irish state established after partition in the
1920s conflicted both with the more liberal and secular tendencies in
society and with the officially proclaimed national goal of a united
Ireland...'

The conclusion to the article also offers one of those useful formulations:
'...The Jewish-Israeli case is certainly unique in important ways. It is
not, however, "unique in being unique"...'

P.O'S.

Israel Studies
Volume 13, Number 2, Summer 2008

pp. 1-27

E-ISSN: 1527-201x Print ISSN: 1084-9513

DOI: 10.1353/is.0.0001
Jewish Peoplehood and the Jewish State, How Unique?
-A Comparative Survey
Alexander Yakobson
Abstract

The Jewish-Israeli case-that of the Jewish people, the Jewish national
movement-Zionism-and the Jewish nation-state-Israel-is often said to be
unique. Its unique features are said to be the "extra-territorial" character
of the Jewish people and Israel's ties with the Jewish Diaspora (expressed,
most controversially, in the Law of Return) and the strong connection
between the Jewish religion and the prevalent notion of Jewish peoplehood.
Some argue that these features of the Jewish-Israeli national identity are
inconsistent with modern civic democracy; many others defend or even
celebrate them, pointing to the uniqueness of Jewish history and culture.
The underlining premise of uniqueness itself is rarely questioned. In fact,
however, it appears that this case is far less unique in the modern
democratic world than is widely assumed. There are numerous other cases
where national identity and religion are officially connected in some way,
and where there are official bonds between a nation-state and an
ethnocultural Diaspora.

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Email Patrick O'Sullivan

This is a very strong issue of ABEI Journal, - the Brazilian Journal of
Irish Studies. In part it draws its strengths from the First Symposium =
of
Irish Studies in South America, held in Sao Paulo, September 2006.

Of special interest - in a very packed issue of the journal - are =
Maureen
Murphy's meditations on Irish Diaspora Studies, Chris Arthur's essay, =
and
Laura Izarra's interview with Juan Jos=E9 Delaney. Maureen provoked in =
me an
extended reverie on different and differing scholarly visions of Ireland =
and
the Irish. The interview with Delaney gives us an English language =
source
for an exploration of this writer's projects.

But - as I say - altogether a very strong issue...

P.O'S.



ABEI Journal No. 9
Introduction 7

Fiction
=93We Had the Experience But Missed The Meaning=94: On The Relevance of =
Lacanian
Categories in the Analysis of Fiction 11
Hedwig Schwall
Ways of Remembering: Musical Reveries Over Childhood and Youth 27
In=E9s Praga Terente
The Master by Colm T=F3ib=EDn: The Untold Tales of Henry James 43
Cielo G. Festino
=93Araby=94 in Ireland: An Imperial Wolf in Sheik=92s Clothing 53
Maura G. Harrington
Fragmented Identities in Circles of Fears and Desires 69
Maria Concei=E7=E3o Monteiro
=A0
Drama
Women in Irish Theatre: the Charabanc Theatre Company and Marie Jones
Beatriz Kopschitz Xavier Bastos 79
Thomas Kilroy=92s The Shape of Metal: =93Metal =85 Transformed into =
Grace=94 =96 Grace
into Metal 85
Csilla Bertha
Performances and the String Quartet n. 2 =96 Intimate Letters 99
Rosalie Rahal Haddad
Tom Murphy=92s Alice Trilogy: Through the Looking-Glass of the London =
Critics
107
Peter James Harris
Beyond the Accent Limitations: Staging Marie Jones=92s Stones in His =
Pockets
to a Brazilian Audience 119
Domingos Nunez
Translations and Historical Narratives
Translating Kate O=92Brien=92s Teresa of Avila: A Comparative Viewpoint =
129
No=E9lia Borges
War, State Formation and National Identity on the Fringes of the =
Atlantic
World 139
Eoin =D3 N=E9ill
Angela=92s Ashes =96 A Memoir: Images of a Particular View of Limerick, =
Ireland
153
Brunilda Reichmann
=A0
The Irish in South America=20
Interview with Juan Jos=E9 Delaney: Irish-Argentine Literature, A =
Personal=20
Account as a Writer 165
Laura P. Z. Izarra
Walking the Land: Charting a Course for Irish Diaspora Studies in=20
South America 171
Maureen Murphy
=A0Essay
=93How=92s the Form?=94 188
Chris Arthur
=20
Book Reviews
Patrick McCabe: =93Romantic Ireland=92s Dead and Gone=94 203
R=FCdiger Imhof
George Moore: Artistic Visions and Literary Worlds 209
Nicholas Grene
Brian Friel=92s Dramatic Artistry. =91The Work Has Value=92 213
Andrea P. Balogh=20
O Mundo e Suas Criaturas 217
Maureen Murphy
Birds of Passage: British Immigration in Brazil 221
Sandra G.T. Vasconcelos
In=EAs Praga Terente=92s La novela irlandesa del siglo XX 225
David M. Clark
=A0

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This item has turned up in our alerts - it has taken me a little while =
to
track it down. It is the latest of Helen Kelly-Holmes' explorations of =
the
Irish language in use...

P.O'S.

Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development

Volume: 28 Number: 1 Page: 34=9650 doi:10.2167/jmmd473.1 =20

Minority Language Advertising: A Profile of Two Irish-language =
Newspapers=20
Helen Kelly-Holmes=20
University of Limerick, Ireland =20

This paper investigates the Irish-language adscape through an analysis =
of
the profile of two Irish-language newspapers, Foinse, published in the
Republic of Ireland, and L=E1, published in Northern Ireland. The =
advertising
in both papers is analysed in terms of products and services advertised,
advertisers represented and language used. Our results indicate that
Irish-language advertising in these papers tends to be confined to
traditional domains, and to be used by advertisers who are complying =
with
language planning directives. Beyond this, advertising in Irish is used =
to
identify with certain communities, and its use by private sector
advertisers, in a context in which there is a weak communicative =
motivation
for doing so, tends to be mainly symbolic. Our small study shows that =
the
respective advertising profiles of these newspapers do little to =
challenge
common sense assumptions about the language, its role and its status in =
the
respective sociolinguistic environments of both publications.

Keywords: advertising, Irish, minority languages, minority language =
media

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Minority Language Advertising: A Profile of Two Irish-language =
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H Kelly-Holmes, D Atkinson - JOURNAL OF MULTILINGUAL AND MULTICULTURAL
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The Irish Emigrant has placed on its web page a statement by the (outgoing)
Taoiseach about the Undocumented Irish in the USA.

P.O'S.

An Taoiseach on the Undocumented Irish in the US

During almost eleven years as Taoiseach I have visited the United States on
many occasions and have come to know and deeply respect the vibrant and
multilayered nature of the Irish community there. In my address to Congress
on 30 April I will have an opportunity to pay a warm tribute to this
community and the enormous contribution it has made to both the US and
Ireland.

In my address, I will also once again emphasise the Government's strong
support for the undocumented Irish. In doing so, I will be making a further
direct intervention on an issue which I have given unprecedented priority to
during my time in office. I believe that the Government's record on behalf
of the undocumented and all our emigrants in the United States is second to
none.

The matter has been a lead item on my agenda for all my recent St Patrick's
Day visits to Washington

Over many years, we have engaged intensely with the US Administration and
with Congress to try to find a solution for our citizens caught in such
unfortunate circumstances. The matter has been a lead item on my agenda for
all my recent St Patrick's Day visits to Washington and the Minister for
Foreign Affairs, Mr Dermot Ahern, has made it a key priority for his
Department.

It is very regrettable, therefore, that in recent weeks, our commitment to
the undocumented has been called into question. Much of this public
criticism has been unhelpful to the undocumented themselves and indeed at
times misleading...

Full Text at
http://www.emigrant.ie/article.asp?iCategoryID=152&iArticleID=75683

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Maybe I should know this but I don't: Is there a good biographical study of
Liam O'Flaherty in print, or is there one in the works?


Jim Rogers

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Dear Paddy,

The list includes many people who knew Tony Hepburn personally
and professionally, and so I hoped you might permit me to share
with you all the sad news that he passed away on Friday 25
April. He has been suffering from Motor Neurone Disease.

Tony worked at Ulster University until the late 1980s and thereafter
at Sunderland University from where he retired last year. He was well
known to Irish historians for his pathbreaking demographic analysis of
sectarian Belfast. He recently published a major comparative study
of sectarianism in many countries (Contested Cities in the Modern West).
Tony was correcting proofs for his latest book (Catholic Belfast and
Nationalist Ireland in the Era of Joe Devlin, 1871-1934) right up to
the point of his death. The book is scheduled to appear with OUP this
year.

Don MacRaild
University of Ulster

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Liam,
Can't get into the article - it is only available on subscription. Do
you have the full text available?
Carmel

Liam Greenslade wrote:
> Dear all
>
> Sad news indeed from yesterday's Irish Times
>
> The Galtymore dance hall which opened in 1952 and was a centre of
> Irish social activity in London is to close in June this year
>
> Full article :
> http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/ireland/2008/0428/1209158497722.html
>
> I wonder what proportion of North London's Irish descent population
> owe their conception to an encounter on the dance floor of the Galtymore?
>
>
> Best
>
> Liam
> .
>

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From: Patrick Maume
There is no biography of O'Flaherty so far as I know, though AA Kelly edited
a selection of his letters a few years back. The OXFORD DNB entry would
probably be your best bet for the time being. (I know this because I did
the DICTIONARY OF IRISH BIOGRAPHY entry on the historian Edmund Curtis
recently; I was looking for material in connection with O'Flaherty's
elopement with Curtis' wife, the writer Margaret Barrington.)
Best wishes,
Patrick
On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 9:29 PM, Rogers, James wrote:

> Maybe I should know this but I don't: Is there a good biographical study
> of
> Liam O'Flaherty in print, or is there one in the works?
>
>
> Jim Rogers
>
>
>

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From: Patrick Maume
This is very sad news. We are all looking forward to the Devlin book. I
met him now and then (mostly at the Sunderland Irish Studies conferences)
and he was always good company.
His essay collection on Belfast in comparison with other ethnically
divided cities was a fine piece of work and a fine memorial.
Best wishes,
Patrick

On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 7:26 PM, Don MacRaild
wrote:

> Dear Paddy,
>
> The list includes many people who knew Tony Hepburn personally
> and professionally, and so I hoped you might permit me to share with you
> all the sad news that he passed away on Friday 25 April. He has been
> suffering from Motor Neurone Disease.
>
> Tony worked at Ulster University until the late 1980s and thereafter
> at Sunderland University from where he retired last year. He was well
> known to Irish historians for his pathbreaking demographic analysis of
> sectarian Belfast. He recently published a major comparative study of
> sectarianism in many countries (Contested Cities in the Modern West). Tony
> was correcting proofs for his latest book (Catholic Belfast and Nationalist
> Ireland in the Era of Joe Devlin, 1871-1934) right up to
> the point of his death. The book is scheduled to appear with OUP this
> year.
>
> Don MacRaild
> University of Ulster
>

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I think you'd find a similar situation in NYC where several dance halls in
Manhattan, including the Jaeger House on 85th St. and Lexington Avenue (it
was in a mainly German area where the phone exchange before the telephone
company switched wholly to numbers was "RHinelander") catered to Irish
immigrants. There was another place on 86th Street and a third down in the
50s. I imagine there are smaller favored hangouts in Queens (one of the
five boroughs) or northern Manhattan (e.g., Inwood neighborhood) but the
Jaeger House is no more and I doubt that the major central Manhattan venues
are in operation.

Tom