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Dear Patrick,

Hope that you are well,
Thanks for all the interesting news on this list...
It is a pity but this catches me a little bit earlier, I could have a =
paper next year related to two Argentinian female writers descendant from =
Irish emigrants... that's life, maybe next time,
Enjoy your weekend,
Andres

>>> Patrick O'Sullivan 05/01/08 9:20 AM >>>
We have been contacted by

Dr Emma Parker
Senior Lecturer in English
University of Leicester
University Road
Leicester LE1 7RH
T: 0116 252 2630
E: ep27[at]le.ac.uk
www.le.ac.uk/ee/staff/parker.html

www.cwwn.org.uk

who wants to bring to our attention=20

Unsettling Women: Contemporary Women's Writing and Diaspora
Conference
University of Leicester, 11-13 July, 2008

Details below...

There are still two spaces in the conference programme. Emma wondered if
anyone on the IR-D list would be interested in giving a paper. She has =
not
received many abstracts on Irish writing / the Irish diaspora and thinks =
it
would be good to see this subject represented.

P.O'S.
=20

Dr Emma Parker
Senior Lecturer in English
University of Leicester
University Road
Leicester LE1 7RH
T: 0116 252 2630
E: ep27[at]le.ac.uk
www.le.ac.uk/ee/staff/parker.html
www.cwwn.org.uk

=20
Unsettling Women: Contemporary Women's Writing and Diaspora
University of Leicester, 11-13 July, 2008

Guest Speakers:

Jackie Kay (MBE), winner of the Guardian Fiction Prize and the Signal =
Poetry
Award.

Linda Grant, winner of the Orange Prize and the Lettre Ulysses Award for =
the
Art of Reportage.

Plenary Speakers:
Prof Carole Boyce Davies (Florida International University)
Prof Susheila Nasta (Open University)
Prof Sneja Gunew (University of British Columbia)
Prof Deborah Madsen (University of Geneva)

Plus scholars from more than 15 different countries including the UK, the
USA, Canada, Australia, South Africa, India, Taiwan, Brazil, Iran,
Palestine, Turkey, Malaysia, Belgium, Ireland, the Czech Republic, and
Germany.

Other notable speakers include: Lucie Armitt (Salford University), =
Maureen
E. Eke (Central Michigan University), Suzanne James (University of British
Columbia), Persis Karim (San Hose State University), Bronwen Levy
(University of Queensland), Jago Morrison (Brunel University), Paulina
Palmer (Birkbeck College), Maria Roth-Lauret (University of Sussex), Susan
Stanford Friedman (University of Wisconsin, Madison), Susan Watkins (Leeds
Metropolitan University), Gina Wisker (University of Brighton).

Authors to be discussed include Leila Aboulela, Monica Ali, Calixthe =
Beyala,
Dionne Brand, Erna Brodber, Octavia Butler, Dorothy Calvetti Bryant, Kiran
Desai, Anne Enright, Bernadine Evaristo, Ellen Galford, Maggie Gee, =
Theresa
Hak Kyung Cha, Nalo Hopkinson, Elizabeth Jolley, Mahja Kahf, Judith Katz,
Jamaica Kincaid, Jhumpa Lahiri, Doris Lessing, Andrea Levy, Audre Lorde,
Alice Mcdermott, Shani Mootoo, Toni Morrison, Bharati Mukherjee, Iris
Murdoch, Azar Nafisi, Carol Shields, Zadie Smith, Naomi Shihab, Ahdaf
Soueif, Katherine Vaz, Marina Warner.

A registration form can be found on the conference website:
www.le.ac.uk/ee/news/unsettling/html

If you have any queries, please contact Dr Emma Parker=20
ep27[at]le.ac.uk
=20

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On April 18, the American Conference for Irish Studies (ACIS) announced =
its
ninth annual book and dissertation prizes at the general business =
session of
the ACIS national meeting, hosted this year by St Ambrose University in
Davenport, Iowa.

=20

This information is permanently archived on the ACIS web site at
http://www.acisweb.com/prizes.php?year=3DHome
=20

=20

A call for submissions of books and dissertations dated 2008 will be
issued in late autumn. The closing date for that round of nominations =
will
be February 1, 2009.

=20

The ACIS congratulates all of the honorees, and thanks all of the =
committee
members for their thoughtful deliberations.

=20

=20

ACIS BOOK AND DISSERTATION PRIZES

=20

=20

JAMES S. DONNELLY, SR., PRIZE FOR BOOKS ON HISTORY AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

Committee: Timothy White, Xavier University (Chair); William H. A. =
Williams,
The Union Institute and University; Kerby Miller, University of =
Missouri
-Columbia=20

=20

Winner Robin Chapman Stacey, Dark Speech: The Performance of Law in =
Early
Ireland (University of Pennsylvania Press)

=20

Robin Chapman Stacey's Dark Speech: The Performance of Law in Early =
Ireland
is a most worthy winner of the James S. Donnelly Prize for 2007. This =
book
is both ambitious and accessible. It represents a path-breaking piece =
of
research, revealing the complex, performance nature of early medieval =
Irish
law. Stacey is able to take the reader, whether an expert on Irish =
medieval
life or the general reader, into the context of how law was made and
adjudicated in an era of Irish history where written legal codes had =
yet to
replace the dramas which established rights and obligations in early =
Irish
history. The book is not only important for its contribution to =
explaining
medieval law but also for illuminating the society that produced such =
legal
practices.

=20

=20

MICHAEL J. DURKAN PRIZE FOR BOOKS ON LANGUAGE AND CULTURE=20

=20
Committee: Joan FitzPatrick Dean, University of Missouri-Kansas City
(Chair); Danine Farquharson, Memorial University of Newfoundland; =
James E.
Doan, Nova Southeastern University. In addition, Brian =D3 =
Conchubhair,
University of Notre Dame, read and commented upon the Irish-language =
books
submitted in this category.=20

=20

Winner: Clair Wills, That Neutral Island: A Cultural History of Ireland
During the Second World War (Harvard University Press).

=20

Clair Wills' That Neutral Island wins the Michael J. Durkan Prize from =
the
American Conference for Irish Studies for the best book published in =
2007 on
Irish literature and culture. In its tremendous scope, ranging from =
history
and politic to literature and theatre, That Neutral Island offers a
balanced, comprehensive account of life in Ireland during World War II.
From the first page of the introduction to its wonderful bibliographic
essay, Wills's clarity of writing and language make this a compelling
analysis of the nature and consequences of Irish neutrality. For both
specialists and general readers, indeed for anyone interested in =
cultural
history during WWII or in US-Ireland foreign relations, That Neutral =
Island
offers a lucid, lively account of a neglected era. =20

=20

DONALD MURPHY PRIZE FOR A DISTINGUISHED FIRST BOOK=20

=20

Committee: Sean Farrell, Northern Illinois University (chair); Karen
Steele, =20

Texas Christian University; Marie-Elena Doyle, University of West =
Georgia.

=20

Winner: James M. Smith, Ireland's Magdalen Laundries and the Nation's
Architecture of Containment (University of Notre Dame Press)

=20

James M. Smith's Ireland's Magdalen Laundries and the Nation's =
Architecture
of Containment (University of Notre Dame Press) is the recipient of the =
2007
Donald Murphy Prize for Distinguished First Book. A model =
interdisciplinary
study, the book offers sensitive readings of recent artistic and filmic
depictions of the Magdalen Laundries that are firmly grounded in the
shifting social, religious and political contexts of the =
twentieth-century
Irish experience. The author is also to be congratulated for crafting =
such a
compelling and well written study, a book that should find audiences =
outside
the narrow confines of academe. In short, this is public scholarship at =
its
very best.

=20

Honorable Mention: Paige Reynolds, Modernism Drama, and the Audience =
for
Irish Spectacle (Cambridge University Press)

=20

By placing audience and public spectacle at the center of her analysis,
Paige Reynolds makes a significant contribution of our understanding of
Irish modernism and theater. An extremely well crafted study, =
Modernism,
Drama, and the Audience for Irish Spectacle (Cambridge University =
Press)
also calls for a more empathetic view of Irish nationalism and will =
quickly
become a "must read:" for anyone interested in the complex interplay =
between
culture and nation in early twentieth century Ireland.

=20

ROBERT RHODES PRIZE FOR BOOKS ON LITERATURE

=20

Committee : Ellen Crowell, St Louis University (chair); Gregory =
Castle,
Arizona State University; Heather Clark, Marlboro College

=20

Winner: Hugh Haughton, The Poetry of Derek Mahon, (Oxford University =
Press)

Hugh Haughton's The Poetry of Derek Mahon is the first-and long
overdue-study of Mahon, a poet who, for all his accomplishments, had =
not yet
attracted a major monograph. Haughton's book makes up for this =
omission. His
writing is clear, fluid, and theoretical in the best implicit sense,
combining a wide-angle focus on Mahon's aesthetic preoccupations with
masterful close readings that illuminate both the overarching =
trajectory of
the work and the concerns of each individual collection. His =
comprehensive
overview of Mahon's oeuvre never feels reductive or repetitive; rather, =
he
gives us fresh insights about some of Mahon's most important poems,
collection by collection. Again and again, Haughton recontextualizes
through exhaustive interpretation, leaving readers with a profound new
appreciation for the scope and depth of Mahon's work. Haughton's is =
not
merely the first monograph devoted to one of Ireland's most complex =
poets;
The Poetry of Derek Mahon will stand as the definitive study for years =
to
come.=20

Honorable Mention: Catholic Emancipations: Irish Fiction from Thomas =
Moore
to James Joyce (Syracuse University Press)

Catholic Emancipations performs the vital task of tracking a
nineteenth-century Irish narrative tradition that illuminates different
formal and thematic trajectories than widely-studied Anglo-Irish =
novels. By
revisiting the novels of the newly-emancipated, Catholic middle class, =
Emer
Nolan traces a distinct narrative mode from Thomas Moore's Irish =
Melodies
and Captain Rock through James Joyce's Ulysses. Nolan demonstrates how
nineteenth-century Irish Catholic novelists transformed the "national =
novel"
to reflect equivocal stances on Irish nationalisms and capitalisms.
Catholic Emancipations offers a new trajectory for Irish literary =
history,
revising our understanding of Joyce's allusions to these understudied =
texts
in his own "national novels."

ADELE DALSIMER PRIZE FOR A DISTINGUISHED DISSERTATION

=20

Committee: Irene Whelan, Manhattanville College (Chair); Timothy =
McMahon,
Marquette University; Clare Carroll, Queen's College-CUNY.

=20

Winner: Alison Dean Harvey, "Irish Realism: Literary History and =
National
Politics, 1870-1922" English, University of California, Los Angeles =20

=20

This dissertation is a study of the complex relations between =
nationalism,
gender and literary form during the years of the Irish Revival when =
drama
and poetry were the favored forms of those who worked to imagine a new
nation. Through an examination of key works of Emily Lawless, =
Somerville and
Ross, George Moore and James Joyce, the author suggests (in opposition =
to
critics who contend that Irish history has no realist strand) that =
'minor
realism' can be employed as a category to bring into focus the politics =
and
efficacy of realism as a mode of representing Ireland during a period =
when
national politics and gendered allegories of the nation often occluded =
the
lived realities of Irish women and the Irish underclass. The study adds
substantially to our understanding of the literary fiction of the =
Revival.
It is theoretically sophisticated, well researched and elegantly =
written.

=20

=20

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Tony Murray's remark that the social and cultural significance of the Irish dancehalls remains under-researched is timely, to say the least.

The emotional and psychological trauma of separation entailed in emigration for the Irish of those times cannot be overstated. The music and the atmosphere in a venue such as The Galtymore, with its twin Ceilidh and 'Modern Dancing' Halls (accessible for the one admission ticket) must have been balm to their troubled spirits.

Certainly these dancehalls provided a setting where the petty but often crucial divisions of class, income, and locality which governed social relationships back in Ireland were set aside - often perhaps for the first time, in the name of solidarity.

Donal MacAuligh once remarked that, 'Provincialism is long gone - Achill marries Kildare, Galway marries Wexford. What does it matter? The kids born here all have Northampton accents'.

One of my own correspondents told me, tellingly: ' There was a great levelling-off at Holyhead!'

Ultan Cowley










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<
< End of an era for Irish in London as iconic Galtymore dance hall to =
< close its doors
<
< Mon, Apr 28, 2008
<
< The Galtymore opened in 1952 and became synonymous as an oasis of =
< Irishness in an often hostile city, writes Ronan McGreevy.
<
< THE GALTYMORE dance hall in Cricklewood, north London, has hosted many =
< big nights, but none as big as the night Larry Cunningham played there =
< in early 1967.
<
< Though still working full-time as a builder, Cunningham had recorded =
< hits on both sides of the Irish Sea in the previous year. A Tribute to =
< Jim Reevesmade it into the British single charts, while in Ireland his =
< version of Lovely Leitrimhad improbably knocked the Beatles off the No 1 =
< slot.
<
< A total of 6,850 paying customers saw Cunningham and his band The Mighty =
< Avons that night in the Galtymore - a record, then as now, for a venue =
< which is soon to close its doors for the last time.
<
< "I remember being above in a small little band room and I looked out the =
< door. As far up Cricklewood Broadway as I could see, there was four in a =
< row for the guts of two miles trying to get in," Cunningham recalls.
<
< "I looked out and I remember the fear that went through me because I was =
< a builder and not a singer and I was only doing it for a laugh.
<
< "The bouncers were trying to shove the crowds out of the way to get us =
< on stage.
<
< I was brought down with one bouncer in front and another behind as if =
< you were leading a cow to a bull."
<
< The present owner of the Galtymore, Michael Byrne, has announced that =
< the venue will close for good in early June.
<
< A request for pre-planning advice has been sought to redevelop the site =
< for a mixed-use development of apartments, a hotel complex and retail =
< units.
<
< The Galtymore first opened in 1952 and became well known along with =
< other venues such as the National in Kilburn, the Blarney Club in =
< Tottenham Court Road, the Innisfree in Ealing and the Hibernian in =
< Fulham Broadway as an oasis of Irishness in an indifferent and often =
< hostile city.
<
< The closure of the Galtymore marks the end of an era as the Irish =
< emigrant community in London has dwindled and gotten older while the =
< younger generation has sought out more cosmopolitan venues.
<
< Big Tom and the Mainliners are scheduled to be the last band to play =
< there at a date to be announced soon.
<
< Big Tom McBride, who has played the Galtymore four times a year since =
< 1967, says its closure will make London a "no-go" area for Irish =
< showbands like his.
<
< "It's gone, that London as far as the band is concerned. There is =
< nowhere left that would pull a crowd that would justify us going over =
< there in the first place," he says.
<
< "We noticed things started changing 12 or 14 years ago when people =
< started to move back home, but the Galtymore always seemed to be the one =
< holding its own. It was the one that stood the test of time down through =
< the years.
<
< "The ones that used to go to the dances in the Galtymore have married =
< and settled down and their families are all reared. They would not be as =
< anxious to go dancing as they might have been 10 or 20 years ago."
<
< Longford-born councillor Colum Moloney, who represents the local area, =
< said the loss of the Galtymore will see many Irish organisations in =
< London struggling to find a comparable venue for their events.
<
< "It's part of our heritage. We all met there, got a job, found our digs. =
< It's a credit to the Byrne family that they kept it going, but =
< financially it's very hard anymore with the cost of everything.
<
< "It has been a great resource for the Irish community. It will be a =
< great loss," he said.
< =A9 2008 The Irish Times
<



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Hi Paddy,

I was hoping I could access the collective brain of the IR-D list by seeing if anyone can identify a person in a photo. I've been giving some background information on the Young Ireland "1782 Club" to a curator named Kathleen Daly at the Fashion Institute of Technology in NYC who is working with an original uniform from the Club. She also has a daguerreotype from the 1840s of a man in his '82 Club uniform and was hoping I could identify him but I can't. I told her I'd try and see if anyone on the IR-D list could help.

I know that attachments are not allowed on the list but the picture has been posted on the web at the link below. If anyone out there can identify the man I'd be very grateful.

http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/6839/manincoatsmallty2.jpg

Thanks,

Cian McMahon

PhD Candidate
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA

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From: Patrick Maume
Can't identify him myself but the 1782 Club had only 40-50 members and he's
a fairly young man so it shouldn't be difficult to do some elimination. Is
that a beard or a high collar? Gavan Duffy might be a possibility.
Best wishes,
Patrick

On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 6:01 PM, Cian McMahon wrote:

> Hi Paddy,
>
> I was hoping I could access the collective brain of the IR-D list by
> seeing if anyone can identify a person in a photo. I've been giving some
> background information on the Young Ireland "1782 Club" to a curator named
> Kathleen Daly at the Fashion Institute of Technology in NYC who is working
> with an original uniform from the Club. She also has a daguerreotype from
> the 1840s of a man in his '82 Club uniform and was hoping I could identify
> him but I can't. I told her I'd try and see if anyone on the IR-D list
> could help.
>
> I know that attachments are not allowed on the list but the picture has
> been posted on the web at the link below. If anyone out there can identify
> the man I'd be very grateful.
>
> http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/6839/manincoatsmallty2.jpg
>
> Thanks,
>
> Cian McMahon
>
> PhD Candidate
> Carnegie Mellon University
> Pittsburgh, PA
>

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From: Patrick O'Sullivan
Subject: Book Review, Kanter on Bew,
Ireland: The Politics of Enmity 1798-2006_
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REVIEW:

H-NET BOOK REVIEW
Published by H-Albion[at]h-net.msu.edu (May 2008)

Paul Bew. _Ireland: The Politics of Enmity 1789-2006_. Oxford: Oxford =20
University Press, 2007. xiv + 613 pp. Notes, index. $65.00 (cloth), =20
ISBN 0-19-820555-4.

Reviewed for H-Albion by Douglas Kanter, Department of History, =20
Florida Atlantic University

In _Ireland_, Paul Bew argues that the central theme of modern Irish =20
political history is "the conflict between the Protestant British--=20
both on the British 'mainland' and in Ireland itself--and the Catholic =20
Irish" (p. viii). His work seeks to explain "the ideas and attitudes =20
which underpin that conflict" (p. viii). The various constitutional =20
frameworks devised between the Act of Union of 1800 and the Good =20
Friday Agreement of 1998, Bew maintains, represent attempts to contain =20
the ethno-religious "enmity" that has persistently threatened =20
political stability and poisoned the wellsprings of Irish society. =20
Such a thesis runs against the grain of much recent work on modern =20
Irish politics. Other important syntheses written in the last two =20
decades, for instance, have underscored the opportunities for =20
collaboration as well as conflict presented by Ireland's religious and =20
cultural pluralism, have highlighted the shared experience of =20
Catholics and Protestants, and have emphasized the extent to which =20
constitutional politicians operating within a centrist tradition have =20
sought to mollify the asperities of ethnic and sectarian animosity.[1]

Bew brings his considerable erudition and vast knowledge to bear in =20
defense of this iconoclastic but perceptive thesis, and the result is =20
a convincing portrait of a deeply, indeed tragically, divided polity. =20
The early years of the French Revolution, in Bew's view, provided the =20
last and best opportunity for a reconciliation of loyalism and =20
nationalism, as personified by Edmund Burke and Theobald Wolfe Tone, =20
both of whom, despite their dramatically divergent political =20
sympathies, were in fundamental agreement on the need for Catholic =20
emancipation. The 1798 rebellion, however, created an atmosphere of =20
sectarian distrust, which the union and the long delay in granting =20
emancipation only reinforced. Daniel O'Connell's repeal agitation in =20
the 1840s encouraged a fresh political polarization, as the coalition =20
of O'Connellite Catholics, Belfast liberals, and British Whigs, which =20
had been formed during the campaign for emancipation and remained =20
active into the 1830s, could not be sustained when Catholics mobilized =20
for a severance of the union. The Famine, accompanied as it was by =20
accusations of genocide, left its own bitter legacy, while the =20
immediate post-Famine decades were dominated not by a "League of North =20
and South," united on the issue of tenant right, but by the =20
recrudescence of the revolutionary tradition in the form of Fenianism. =20
Similarly, the essentially conservative home rule movement, which =20
sought to provide security for Irish Protestants and guarantees for =20
British strategic interests, ultimately failed in the face of Unionist =20
and Republican intransigence. The result, of course, was a partition =20
of Ireland, which reflected--crudely and imperfectly--the ethno-=20
religious division within the island. Even as the Free State and =20
Republic adopted rhetoric of unification, the social, economic, =20
cultural/linguistic, and foreign policies of the South between 1923 =20
and 1968 introduced serious obstacles to a rapprochement with the =20
North, while the attitude of the Stormont leadership became harsher =20
and less accommodating to the large Catholic minority in the six =20
counties. Republican violence since 1968 has ensured that a lasting =20
and stable settlement of the relationship between North and South has =20
remained elusive, even as the British government has signaled a =20
willingness to divest itself of its commitments in Northern Ireland =20
should a majority of that community so desire.

Bew's prose is crisp and clear, and his argument is supported not only =20
by referencing the most recent specialist studies, but also by an =20
impressive quantity of primary source material, published and =20
unpublished, which makes his _Ireland_ a major piece of original =20
research as well as an excellent guide to the current state of the =20
field. It is, however, a work that will likely be more rewarding to =20
the specialist than to the general reader or the undergraduate. A =20
dense and analytical text, the uninitiated may find the rapid =20
succession of personalities and events disorienting. Economic and =20
social developments, moreover, are subordinated to the political =20
narrative and are discussed only when germane to Bew's central theme. =20
For a work of this scope and length, covering over 200 years in 581 =20
pages of text, there are remarkably few errors. The eighteenth-century =20
Irish parliament possessed three hundred seats, not two hundred; the =20
author James Stephens is not clearly distinguished from the Fenian =20
chief of the same name; and there are a few passages repeated almost =20
verbatim in close succession. More to be regretted, in light of the =20
vast mine of secondary source material that Bew has quarried, is the =20
absence of a select bibliography.

Inevitably, Bew's depiction of an Ireland divided between two =20
cohesive, antipathetic communities will not satisfy every reader. He =20
never explicitly addresses the contention--classically articulated by =20
Francis Stewart Leland Lyons in _Culture and Anarchy in Ireland, =20
1890-1939_ (1979)--that Anglo-Irish and Presbyterian identities were =20
not only distinct from one another, but also more than simply local =20
manifestations of "mainland" Britishness. His narrative is also open =20
to the objection that it minimizes the persistence of moderate =20
elements within Irish politics. Oliver MacDonagh's influential =20
characterization of O'Connell (in _The Hereditary Bondsman: Daniel =20
O'Connell, 1775-1829_ [1987] and _The Emancipist: Daniel O'Connell, =20
1830-1847_ [1989]) as a cosmopolitan liberal, for example, is set =20
aside in favor of a more sectarian portrayal of the Liberator.[2] The =20
respective emphases of Jennifer Ridden and K. Theodore Hoppen on the =20
centrality of Whig-liberalism before the Famine, and its survival into =20
the 1870s, is basically ignored.[3] Revealingly, the shortest chapter =20
in the book covers the home rule movement after the fall of Charles =20
Stewart Parnell, when, according to Alvin Jackson's recent work on the =20
subject (_Home Rule: An Irish History, 1800-2000_ [2003]), =20
constitutional nationalists and British liberals generally worked in =20
harmony, the prospects for an accommodation of Ulster seemed possible, =20
and (until 1916) less compromising nationalists failed to gain =20
significant traction in politics. But, it is clear, of course, that =20
Bew wishes to call into question precisely this received version of =20
the Irish past. _Ireland_ provides a powerful, compelling challenge to =20
recent, more benign accounts of Irish history, and is destined to =20
become required reading for every serious student of modern Irish =20
politics.

Notes

[1]. See, for example, Robert Fitzroy Foster, _Modern Ireland, =20
1600-1972_ (London: Penguin Books, 1989); K. Theodore Hoppen, _Ireland =20
since 1800: Conflict and Conformity_ (London: Longman, 1999); Alvin =20
Jackson, _Ireland, 1798-1998: Politics and War_ (Oxford: Blackwell =20
Publishers, 1999); and Alvin Jackson, _Home Rule: An Irish History, =20
1800-2000_ (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003).

[2]. See also K. Theodore Hoppen, "Riding a Tiger: Daniel O'Connell, =20
Reform, and Popular Politics in Ireland, 1800-1847," _Proceedings of =20
the British Academy_ 100 (1999): 121-143; and Sean McGraw and Kevin =20
Whelan, "Daniel O'Connell in Comparative Perspective, 1800-50," _=C9ire- =

Ireland_ 40, nos. 1-2 (2005): 60-89.

[3]. Jennifer Ridden, "Irish Reform between the 1798 Rebellion and the =20
Great Famine," in _Rethinking the Age of Reform: Britain, 1780-1850_, =20
ed. Arthur Burns and Joanna Innes (Cambridge: Cambridge University =20
Press, 2003), 271-294; and K. Theodore Hoppen, _Elections, Politics, =20
and Society in Ireland, 1832-1885_ (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1984), =20
257, 273.



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REVIEW:

H-NET BOOK REVIEW
Published by H-Albion[at]h-net.msu.edu (May 2008)

William H. A. Williams. _Tourism, Landscape, and the Irish Character:
British Travel Writers in Pre-Famine Ireland_. History of Ireland and
the Irish Diaspora Series. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press,
2008. xi + 267 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. $65.00
(cloth), ISBN 0-299-22520-8.

Reviewed for H-Albion by Stephanie Rains, Centre for Media Studies,
National University of Ireland, Maynooth

Home Thoughts from Abroad


This book is a valuable and lucid study of the ways in which British
travelers to pre-Famine Ireland understood and wrote about the
country. William H. A. Williams focuses usefully on the ways in which
their descriptions of, and judgments about, Irish landscape and
society were at least as much a negotiation of British identity as
they were an analysis of Ireland. The central argument of _Tourism,
Landscape, and the Irish Character_ is one grounded in both theories
of travel and the specific historical context of British travel
writing in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
Williams convincingly insists that the vast social, economic, and
cultural changes to British society provided the ideological backdrop
to travelers' perceptions of Ireland--that, in effect, Ireland became
the mirror that they held up to the troubling questions of what it
meant to be British in the decades before the Famine.

Williams uses well over one hundred primary sources, mostly dating
from 1800 to 1850, and provides fascinating close readings of many of
them. The book is structured in a largely thematic way, with chapters
and subchapters discussing travelers' accounts of agriculture,
housing, Irish people, religion, poverty, and other recurring topics
that provided a dominant framework for British perceptions of
Ireland. In one chapter, devoted to the "exceptional" case of Ulster
(as British visitors saw it), Williams discusses both the forms of its
supposed exceptionalism to the Irish norm and the motivations for its
different representation in English writing. In the final chapter,
the author analyzes the particular focus, by the 1840s, on Connemara
as an "exotic," but often especially troubling, destination for
travelers. In the book's conclusion, he points to the ways in which
the tone and content of travel writing about Ireland in the decades
preceding the Famine provided a template for British public opinion on
judging the catastrophic events of the 1840s as being a result of
Irish mismanagement of their land, natural resources, and society,
which, of course, justified the imperial project to a British
audience. Williams argues, "The seeds of this imperial solution had
been sown before the Famine by travel writers, who helped to fix the
source of Irish poverty in the Irish character, thereby establishing
the need for British intervention and control" (p. 200).

Williams's focus on the British identity of the travel writers yields
particularly impressive results when he discusses landscape
descriptions, perhaps the dominant theme of all the travelers'
commentaries on Ireland. Early in the book's introduction, he
provides a fascinating analysis of the ways in which, by the late
eighteenth century, the Irish landscape most admired by visitors was
itself being remade by the landlords of the great estates to
facilitate the developing tourist industry. He explains that such
landlords, by creating roads, laying out vistas, and installing
conveniently placed benches in their parklands, "literally organized
the ground for tourists" (p. 9). This was especially prevalent in the
much-admired Lakes of Killarney, where "virtually the whole area ...
was opened for visitors by the two major families there, the Kenmares
and the Herberts. The Kenmares even developed a system whereby
visitors could rent barges for exploring the lakes" (p. 9).

In later parts of the book, using a wealth of examples, Williams
identifies some of the common themes of visitors' landscape
descriptions, the most important of which was an insistence on a
"lack" in Irish agricultural organization. What was specifically
lacking, writer after writer insisted, were picturesque trees,
hedgerows enclosing fields, and "proper" villages consisting of rose-
covered cottages clustered around a steeple church. What this often
vehement condemnation of the Irish agricultural landscape reflected,
Williams argues, is a specifically British set of aesthetic concerns,
themselves in fact a result of the political economy of a changing
British agricultural landscape. He points to an English
"fetishization" of trees--especially oak trees--by the end of the
eighteenth century, due to the massive deforestation caused by modern
agricultural practices. Similarly, the panegyrics to English
hedgerows that travelers regretted not finding in Ireland reveal not
only a lack of understanding of the differences in soil and
agricultural technique in the sometimes harsh environment of Irish
farming land, but also an aesthetic taste born of the political
economy of enclosures in England. Williams points out that this
period of travel writing coincided with the height of the enclosures
movement in England, and that, in effect, the class interests of
middle- and upper-class English travelers to Ireland had already
shaped their aesthetic tastes and ideals of landscape "beauty."
Williams argues that "without trees, cultivated fields, and hedgerows--
the signifiers of the English-style enclosed systems--British
travelers found it difficult to visually organize, to literally _see_,
much less comprehend and appreciate, much of the Irish landscape they
encountered" (pp. 137-138). Once more, therefore, Ireland was being
described, judged, and found wanting according to an English set of
norms, which were themselves a result of radical changes that had
called into question what it meant to be British.

In many ways, this book builds on the arguments of Linda Colley's
_Britons: Forging the New Nation 1707-1837_ (1992), but it shifts its
focus to the ways in which Ireland acted as a crucible for definitions
of Britishness, and, in this instance, further filtered through the
act of travel. As Williams points out, many travel writers wanted to
"explain" Ireland to a British audience as a way of cementing the Act
of Union. Following the formation of the union in 1800, Ireland was
officially a part of the United Kingdom, rather than a "foreign"
colony. In reality, however, what the Act of Union did was to make
Ireland's intense difference from the rest of the United Kingdom--a
difference of economy, culture, religion, and even, as we have seen,
landscape--more problematic to British travelers who were negotiating
changes to their own national identity. The book's dual focus, on the
cultural influences and anxieties at home acting on British travelers,
as well as the added influence of being away from that home and
confronted with cultural difference, works particularly well as a
framework for analyzing the representation of Ireland in visitors'
writing.

Given the strength of Williams's analysis of the political economy of
tourists' gaze, it would have been illuminating if he had extended his
study to include a discussion of their response to Irish cityscapes as
well as landscapes. Urban history and culture in Ireland remains a
relatively neglected field as compared with studies of rural life, and
there is a clear need for scholarly examinations on the representation
of Irish cities, especially during the period covered by this book,
given that it was an age largely defined by the growth of urban life.

This book will be instructive and enjoyable reading for all scholars
with an interest in both British and Irish studies of the early
nineteenth century, as well as those looking for insightful
discussions of early tourism as a cultural practice. It is a well-
written and clearly argued contribution to its field, and is deserving
of a wide audience.



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I have pasted in below the latest message from Paul Everett, about new
material on the of JSMI (Journal of the Society for Musicology in =
Ireland)
web page. Plus his call for papers.

Amongst the new material - freely available on the web - is this article =
by
Daith=ED Kearney
Crossing the River: Exploring the Geography of Irish Traditional Music.

This article will interest a number of IR-D members - exploring as it =
does
the commodification of Irish music and the ways in which cultural =
support
organisations become part of that process.

P.O'S.

Crossing the River: Exploring the Geography of Irish Traditional Music
Daith=ED Kearney

ABSTRACT
Geographical interest in music has developed=20
dramatically in the last decade. Musicology, and=20
ethnomusicology in particular, is already=20
intensely geographical. The two subjects can=20
inform each other to create a better=20
understanding of the role of music in society. In=20
this article, the relationship between politics=20
in the performance of music, particularly in=20
consideration of national identity, is examined=20
in an Irish context. Just as Irishness has become=20
a global entity, Irish traditional music has=20
become a global commodity. Attempts at=20
constructing the narrative of Irish traditional=20
music as an essentially Irish music is bound up=20
in the institutionalization of Irish traditional=20
music through local government, universities and=20
organisations such as Comhaltas Ceolt=F3ir=ED=20
=C9ireann. Irish traditional music has rarely been=20
independent of politics in the last two decades.=20
It is a connection that has intensely=20
geographical implications for the performance of Irish traditional =
music.

-----Original Message-----

From: Paul Everett [mailto:pauljeverett[at]gmail.com]=20

To all registered users of JSMI (Journal of the=20
Society for Musicology in Ireland)
http://www.music.ucc.ie/jsmi/

5 May 2008

(1) Submissions of articles to be considered for=20
vol. 4 (2008-9) are invited. Some will be published as early as November
2008.

(2) The final batch of items in vol. 3 (2007-8)=20
is now published. Two articles and four reviews=20
were today added to the volume: they are listed=20
below, with abstracts of the articles at the end of this message.

JSMI is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal=20
established in 2005. It is published exclusively=20
online and its full-text contents are entirely=20
free to access worldwide. Authors interested in=20
submitting articles for consideration are invited=20
to get in touch with me. For more details about the journal, see
http://www.music.ucc.ie/jsmi/index.php/jsmi/about/editorialPolicies

Paul Everett
Executive Editor, JSMI

Head of Department
Department of Music
University College Cork, Ireland

=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D

New contents in Vol. 3 (2007-8)

Articles:

Frank Lawrence (University College Dublin)
'What Did They Sing at Cashel in 1172?=20
Winchester, Sarum and Romano-Frankish Chant in Ireland'
(see abstract below)

Daith=ED Kearney (University College Cork)
'Crossing the River: Exploring the Geography of Irish Traditional Music'
(see abstract below)

Reviews:

Harry White (University College Dublin)
Review of Leith Davis, *Music, Postcolonialism,=20
and Gender. The Construction of Irish National Identity, 1724=AD1874* =
(2006)

Michael Murphy (Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick)
Review of Beate Perrey (ed.), *The Cambridge Companion to Schumann* =
(2007)

Ann Buckley (NUI Maynooth)
Review of Sally Harper, *Music in Welsh Culture=20
Before 1650: A Study of the Principal Sources* (2007)

=C1ine Heneghan (University of Washington, Seattle)
Review of Norton Dudeque, *Music Theory and=20
Analysis in the Writings of Arnold Schoenberg (1874=AD1951)* (2005)

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June 2008 is Gypsy Roma Traveller History Month in Britain...

There is a web site, and there are to be various events throughout the
month. See below. There is a poster competition.

Also on the web site are examples of some Commissioned Art Posters -
including one by Damian Le Bas - 'Travellers' Ireland' - which uses a map of
Ireland. Though, web sites being what they are, I cannot quite make out how
and why the map of Ireland is being used.

The History Month National Coordinator is Patricia Knight. Whose effigy was
carried through the streets of Lewes a few years ago, and burnt on Bonfire
Night.

P.O'S.

Welcome to Gypsy Roma Traveller History Month

The aims of GRTHM are simple:

* to explain the history and culture of the communities,
* to challenge myths and break down barriers,
* to celebrate the richness that these communites bring to our everyday
lives.

http://grthm.co.uk/

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The thing that immediately comes to mind is Dolores Keane =26 John Faulk=
ner=27s 1980 album =27Farewell to Eirinn=3A Music and Songs of Emigratio=
n From Ireland to America=27=2E Then Mick Moloney=27s 2002 CD =27Far fr=
om the Shamrock Shore=3A The Irish American Experience in Song=27 and hi=
s 2006 CD =27McNally=27s Row of Flats=3A Irish American Songs of Old New=
York by Harrigan =26 Braham=2E=27 The soundtrack to the 1998 documenta=
ry =27Long Journey Home=27 also includes songs about emigration from Ire=
land to USA=2E =


In print there is Graeme Smith=27s chapter=2C =22My Love is in America=3A=
Migration and Irish Music=22 in Vol=2E 3 of THE IRISH WORLD WIDE=2C ed=2E=
Patrick O=27Sullivan (1994)=3B Mick Moloney=27s chapter=2C =22Irish-Ame=
rican Popular Music=22 in MAKING THE IRISH AMERICAN=2C ed=2E J=2EJ=2E Le=
e =26 Marion R=2E Casey (2006)=3B and=2C of course=2C Bill Williams=27 1=
996 book =27TWAS ONLY AN IRISHMAN=27S DREAM=3A THE IMAGE OF IRELAND AND =
THE IRISH IN AMERICAN POPULAR SONG LYRICS=2C 1880-1920=2E

Hope this helps!
Marion

Marion R=2E Casey
Glucksman Ireland House =

New York University

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From=3A =22Murray=2C Edmundo=22 =3CEdmundo=2EMurray=40WTO=2EORG=3E
Date=3A Thursday=2C May 8=2C 2008 7=3A05 am
Subject=3A =5BIR-D=5D Irish emigrants songs in NYC and other US cities
To=3A IR-D=40JISCMAIL=2EAC=2EUK


=3E Within the framework of a larger oral history project=2C a colleague=
at =

=3E Universidade de S=E3o Paulo is analysing songs about Brazilian emigr=
ants =

=3E and emigration to New York=2E Songs by Caetano Veloso=2C Chico Buarq=
ue de =

=3E Holanda=2C Carmen Miranda and others tell us about the journey=2C =

=3E undocumented labour=2C prostitution=2C forced integration and other =

=3E aspects related to the Brazilians in NY (including of course =

=3E homesickness and =22saudades=22)=2E He asked me if there is a compar=
able =

=3E corpus of songs about the Irish in the USA=2C and if there is any =

=3E bibliography about it=2E I would appreciate any help you can provide=
=2E
=3E =

=3E Edmundo Murray
=3E

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Within the framework of a larger oral history project, a colleague at =
Universidade de S=E3o Paulo is analysing songs about Brazilian emigrants =
and emigration to New York. Songs by Caetano Veloso, Chico Buarque de =
Holanda, Carmen Miranda and others tell us about the journey, =
undocumented labour, prostitution, forced integration and other aspects =
related to the Brazilians in NY (including of course homesickness and =
"saudades"). He asked me if there is a comparable corpus of songs about =
the Irish in the USA, and if there is any bibliography about it. I would =
appreciate any help you can provide.

Edmundo Murray

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Bill Williams has actually made a recording of some of the songs mentioned
in his work. He was kind enough to send me a tape at one time. I don't
know if they are commercially available.

Bill, by the way, has a fine new book out on a different topic. The title
is "Tourism, Landscape, and the Irish Character: British Travel Writers in
Pre-Famine Ireland." It appears in the U. Wisconsin series on Ireland and
the Irish Diaspora that Jim Donnelly and I edit.

Tom



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Of Marion Casey
Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 7:52 AM
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Subject: Re: [IR-D] Irish emigrants songs in NYC and other US cities

The thing that immediately comes to mind is Dolores Keane & John Faulkner's
1980 album 'Farewell to Eirinn: Music and Songs of Emigration From Ireland
to America'. Then Mick Moloney's 2002 CD 'Far from the Shamrock Shore: The
Irish American Experience in Song' and his 2006 CD 'McNally's Row of Flats:
Irish American Songs of Old New York by Harrigan & Braham.' The soundtrack
to the 1998 documentary 'Long Journey Home' also includes songs about
emigration from Ireland to USA.

In print there is Graeme Smith's chapter, "My Love is in America: Migration
and Irish Music" in Vol. 3 of THE IRISH WORLD WIDE, ed. Patrick O'Sullivan
(1994); Mick Moloney's chapter, "Irish-American Popular Music" in MAKING THE
IRISH AMERICAN, ed. J.J. Lee & Marion R. Casey (2006); and, of course, Bill
Williams' 1996 book 'TWAS ONLY AN IRISHMAN'S DREAM: THE IMAGE OF IRELAND AND
THE IRISH IN AMERICAN POPULAR SONG LYRICS, 1880-1920.

Hope this helps!
Marion

Marion R. Casey
Glucksman Ireland House
New York University

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Contact, for starters, Mick Maloney at NYU=20
. He can send you lists of=20
what's out there.

Warning: it's hard to distinguish between=20
"Irish-American" or immigrants' songs on the one=20
hand and songs/ballads written in Ireland about=20
immigration and about the Irish immigrant=20
experience. Cultural and human movements back=20
and forth were so great that often they become=20
virtually indistinguishable; e.g., both were sung=20
at the "American wakes" held in Ireland on the=20
eve of immigrants' departures.

Kerby




>Within the framework of a larger oral history=20
>project, a colleague at Universidade de S=E3o=20
>Paulo is analysing songs about Brazilian=20
>emigrants and emigration to New York. Songs by=20
>Caetano Veloso, Chico Buarque de Holanda, Carmen=20
>Miranda and others tell us about the journey,=20
>undocumented labour, prostitution, forced=20
>integration and other aspects related to the=20
>Brazilians in NY (including of course=20
>homesickness and "saudades"). He asked me if=20
>there is a comparable corpus of songs about the=20
>Irish in the USA, and if there is any=20
>bibliography about it. I would appreciate any=20
>help you can provide.
>
>Edmundo Murray

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The following item has been brought to our attention...

Subject: Irish Exhibtion at Otago, Dunedin
=A0
The latest exhibition: =C9ire =E1 M=F3radh: Singing the Praises of =
Ireland has
begun in Special Collections, 1st floor, Central University Library. An
added dimension to this display is a travelling James Joyce exhibition,
courtesy of the Irish Consulate (Auckland) and the Cultural Division of =
the
Department of Foreign Affairs, Ireland.
=A0
If by any chance you are visiting the South island of New Zealand in the
next few months, please call in and view these two fine displays. For =
those
who want a handlist of items on display and an e-poster, please contact =
me
direct.
=A0
=C9ire =E1 M=F3radh: Singing the Praises of Ireland runs to the 31st =
July 2008.
=A0
Our hours are: 8.30 to 5.00 Monday to Friday.
=A0
For further enquiries, please contact me at Donald.kerr[at]otago.ac.nz or
phone: (03) 479-8330.
=A0

**
Dr. Donald Kerr
Special Collections Librarian
University of Otago
P.O. Box 56
Dunedin, New Zealand
Phone: (03) 479-8330
Email: donald.kerr[at]otago.ac.nz
=A0
**
=A0
Current Exhibition:
=A0
=C9ire =E1 M=F3radh: Singing the Praises of Ireland
=A0
5 May to 31 July 2008

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Thanks very much for your informative responses. I will keep you posted =
on the development of this interesting project.

Edmundo Murray

-----Original Message-----
From: The Irish Diaspora Studies List on behalf of Kerby Miller
Sent: Thu 08/05/2008 19:23
To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Cc:=09
Subject: Re: [IR-D] Irish emigrants songs in NYC and other US cities

Contact, for starters, Mick Maloney at NYU=20
. He can send you lists of=20
what's out there.

Warning: it's hard to distinguish between=20
"Irish-American" or immigrants' songs on the one=20
hand and songs/ballads written in Ireland about=20
immigration and about the Irish immigrant=20
experience. Cultural and human movements back=20
and forth were so great that often they become=20
virtually indistinguishable; e.g., both were sung=20
at the "American wakes" held in Ireland on the=20
eve of immigrants' departures.

Kerby




>Within the framework of a larger oral history=20
>project, a colleague at Universidade de S=E3o=20
>Paulo is analysing songs about Brazilian=20
>emigrants and emigration to New York. Songs by=20
>Caetano Veloso, Chico Buarque de Holanda, Carmen=20
>Miranda and others tell us about the journey,=20
>undocumented labour, prostitution, forced=20
>integration and other aspects related to the=20
>Brazilians in NY (including of course=20
>homesickness and "saudades"). He asked me if=20
>there is a comparable corpus of songs about the=20
>Irish in the USA, and if there is any=20
>bibliography about it. I would appreciate any=20
>help you can provide.
>
>Edmundo Murray

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The replies to Edmundo's query from the USA have been very thorough...

From this side of the pond I would add some items, especially the work =
of
John Moulden...

Moulden, John. 1994. Thousands are sailing. Portrush, Co. Antrim:
Ulstersongs.

And his very substantial thesis - recently discussed on IR-D...
Moulden, John Pointon. 2006. The Printed Ballad in Ireland. : Department =
of
History, National University of Ireland, Galway.
4 volumes.

John Moulden has substantial sections on the way in which emigration,
especially to America, is represented in songs. His thesis is =
especially
critical of the material on songs in Kerby Miller's Emigrants & Exiles - =
for
reasons which Kerby himself has already outlined, here on IR-D, that
scholarship about the songs was simply not in place when E & E attempted =
its
synthesis.

What is still missing to a great extent I think is precisely that
comparative context that Edmundo's colleague is thinking about - see for
example
Eva, Phil. 1997. Home Sweet Home? The 'Culture of Exile' in =
Mid-Victorian
Popular Song. Popular Music 16 (2):131-150.
Which suggests ways in which 'Irish' song might connect with existing =
needs
and genres.

On exile... A number of us have been talking behind the scenes about =
ways
in which the notion of 'exile' might be rescued. Of recent rescue =
attempts
Michael Boss's collection is the most impressive, and deals with song...

B=F6ss, Michael, Nordin, Irene Gilsenan, and Britta Olinder. 2005. =
Re-mapping
exile. Aarhus: Aarhus University Press.

A contretemps in Irish Diaspora Studies - much, much, discussed on IR-D =
(and
let's not go back there, folks) is ABOUT a song, No Irish Need Apply. =
And
maybe an outsider might need the references, just so as not to get side
tracked...

As to saudade... Well, here the Portuguese win the competition, and no
Irish person can compete. I am told that in Portugal Samuel Beckett is
regarded as lightweight and almost trivial...

Paddy O'Sullivan
=20



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Subject: [IR-D] Irish emigrants songs in NYC and other US cities

Within the framework of a larger oral history project, a colleague at
Universidade de S=E3o Paulo is analysing songs about Brazilian emigrants =
and
emigration to New York. Songs by Caetano Veloso, Chico Buarque de =
Holanda,
Carmen Miranda and others tell us about the journey, undocumented =
labour,
prostitution, forced integration and other aspects related to the =
Brazilians
in NY (including of course homesickness and "saudades"). He asked me if
there is a comparable corpus of songs about the Irish in the USA, and if
there is any bibliography about it. I would appreciate any help you can
provide.

Edmundo Murray

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Scottish Catholic Historical Association: GLASGOW: A STORY WORTH
TELLING (Glasgow, 7 June 2008)
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Forwarded on behalf of
Dr. Andrew G. Newby
School of History, Classics & Archaeology
University of Edinburgh

The Scottish Catholic Historical Association

and the Scottish Catholic Archives with the
Departments of Curriculum Studies and Religious Education,
University of Glasgow present

GLASGOW: A STORY WORTH TELLING
Reflections on the religious and ethnic history of a modern metropolis

A conference dedicated to the memory of Dr John Durkan (1914-2006),
tireless advocate of the history of his native city

17th Annual Conference, 2008


**

10.00am - 4.00pm, Saturday 7 June 2008

Faculty of Education, St. Andrew=B4s Building, 11 Eldon Street, Glasgow

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PROGRAMME
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10.00 to 10.45 Welcome and coffee

10.45 to 11.30 Prof Stephen Driscoll, University of Glasgow
"The archaeological perspective on medieval Glasgow: the Cathedral, =20
and Glasgow's hinterland"

11.30 to 12.15 Prof Michael Lynch, University of Edinburgh
"Late Medieval Glasgow: a `boom town=B4 awaiting discovery?"

12.15 to 12.45 Questions

12.45 to 2.00 Lunch

2.00 to 2.45 Dr Martin Mitchell, University of Strathclyde
"Irish Catholics in the West of Scotland in the Nineteenth Century: =20
Despised by Scottish Workers and controlled by the Church?"

2.45 to 3.30 Prof Thomas M Devine, University of Edinburgh
"Catholics in Scotland since 1945 : an End to Disadvantage?"

3.30 to 4.00 Questions and close



REGISTRATION =A313 (=A39 students/OAP/unwaged) includes lunch

Cheques (made payable to SCHA and to arrive no later than 4 June) to:

SCHA Conference
c/o Scottish Catholic Archives, Columba House, 16 Drummond Place, =20
Edinburgh EH3 6PL

The Association=B4s journal The Innes Review is now published by =20
Edinburgh University Press. For subscription details please see:

http://www.eup.ed.ac.uk/journals.aspx


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Dr. Andrew G. Newby
School of History, Classics & Archaeology
University of Edinburgh

http://www.shc.ed.ac.uk/scothistory/
http://www.h-net.org/people/editors/show.cgi?ID=3D125920

+44 (0)131 651 1925
andrew.newby[at]ed.ac.uk

H-SKAND network for Scandinavian History
http://www.h-net.org/~skand/

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Subject: 1950s CIE emigrant buses
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Dear All

The people in the 'Safe Home' project (http://www.safehomeireland.com/), =
which assists older Irish migrants wishing to return to Ireland, are =
preparing a book based on 39 interviews with returned migrants, entitled =
'Coming Home', to be published in October.=20

One of the interviewees mentioned the CIE bus with the suitcases on top =
(covered with tarpaulin on wet days). I can find plenty of examples of =
these buses (typically, a Leyland Titan =
(http://shane-conway.fotopic.net/p34900662.html shows such a bus and the =
luggage-rack on top) on websites of 'bus anoraks'. But I can't find a =
photograph which illustrates the more specific context of a bus laden =
with emigrant suitcases.=20

If anyone has one, and would be prepared to allow it to be reproduced in =
the book, perhaps they could get in touch with me or with Frances =
Browner at Safe Home at fransafehome[at]eircom.net=20

Piaras

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From: Patrick O'Sullivan
Subject: Symposium, London,
June 2008 - Paddy and the Public Sphere: Print Culture and
Politics in Late Eighteenth-Century Ireland
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Paddy and the Public Sphere: Print Culture and Politics in Late
Eighteenth-Century Ireland

For further details contact: Dr. Ian McBride (ian.mcbride[at]kcl.ac.uk) or
Professor Clair Wills (c.e.wills[at]qmul.ac.uk)

________________________________________________________________________
Paddy and the Public Sphere: Print Culture and Politics in Late
Eighteenth-Century
Ireland
University of London Irish Studies Annual Symposium

Lock-keeper=92s Cottage, Queen Mary, University of London
JUNE 28TH 2008

9.30am Coffee and Registration

10am Jim Livesey (University of Sussex): Irationally Irish? The
Eighteenth-Century
Irish Public Sphere in Comparative Perspective

11.15am Coffee

11.30am Toby Barnard (University of Oxford): Authorship, Print and =
Public
Life:
The Case of Sir James Caldwell, c.1760-1783

Ben Bankhurst (King=92s College London): War, Migration and the
Protestant Cause:
The Belfast News-Letter, 1753-1764

1.15pm Lunch

2.00pm Padhraig Higgins (Mercer County Community College): Petticoat
Government:
Women, Patriotism and the Volunteers
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Caitr=EDona Kennedy (University of York): Gender and the Irish Public
Sphere in the
Age of Rebellion

3.30pm Breand=E1n Mac Suibhne (University of Notre Dame): Gravity and
Derrymen: Society,
Politics and Culture, 1798-1837

4.45pm Jim Smyth (University of Notre Dame) Closing Reflections


For Details Contact: Dr. Ian McBride (ian.mcbride[at]kcl.ac.uk) or =
Professor
Clair Wills
(c.e.wills[at]qmul.ac.uk)
ATTENDANCE IS FREE AND ALL ARE WELCOME
Supported by the British Association for Irish Studies

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From: Patrick O'Sullivan
Subject: A Gaelic vision for North America
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We have received information from a number of directions about this =
project
and this conference.

The web site of Gl=F3r na nGael has now settled down, and is most =
probably the
best source of information.

In Irish
http://www.glornangael.ie/default.asp?contentID=3D1&lang=3D1


In English
http://www.glornangael.ie/default.asp?contentID=3D1

I have pasted in, below, 2 items from the web site. The original Press
Release, and information about the Conference in New York, 16-18 May =
2008.=20

P.O'S.


1.
A Gaelic vision for North America

Gl=F3r na nGael announced today that it is to organise a conference in =
New
York along with Irish speakers based in North America.

Titled =91F=EDs Ghaeilge Mheirice=E1 Thuaidh,=92 the conference will be =
held in New
York, 16-18 May 2008. Cumann Carad na Gaeilge, Cumann na Gaeltachta and =
the
Irish Arts Center a will organise the event in conjunction with Gl=F3r =
na
nGael.

Speaking, in New York, at the launch of the conference Lorc=E1n Mac =
Gabhann,
leader of Gl=F3r na nGael said: =93This conference will give Irish =
groups in the
United States and in Canada to discuss their future along with Irish
language voluntary organisations and statutory organisations involved =
with
the language in Ireland.

=93It will be an excellent opportunity for people to meet others who are
concerned with the development of the Irish language in North America.

=93It will give people the opportunity to learn from the experience of =
each
other, both Irish speakers from Ireland and Irish speakers in North =
America.
Irish activists in North America will have an opportunity to get =
information
about the services that are available from organisations in Ireland.

F=EDs Ghaeilge Mheirice=E1 Thuaidh is being launched today, 16 February =
2008, in
the Irish Arts Centre, New York 7.00pm (New York time) by the Ard =
Chonsail
of Ireland, Breand=E1n =D3 Caolla=ED.

A Canadian launch will be held in Irish Embassy in Ottowa on 19 Feabhra =
2008
by Cumann na Gaeltachta.

Further information about F=EDs Ghaeilge Mheirice=E1 Thuaidh is =
available by
e.mail from:
Ghl=F3r na nGael on daragh[at]glornangael.ie;

Gl=F3r na nGael can be contacted on (+00353) 46 943 0974.

2.
F=EDs Ghaeilge Mheirice=E1 Thuaidh=20

A Chara,

Gl=F3r na nGael, Cumann Carad na Gaeilge, Cumann na Gaeltachta and Irish =
Arts
Centre would like to invite you to the Irish language conference, =
=93F=EDs
Gaeilge Mheirice=E1 Thuaidh=93, in the Affinia Hotel, Nua-Eabhrac, =
between the
16 - 18 of May 2008.

F=EDs Gaeilge Mheirice=E1 Thuaidh is a unique opportunity to meet with =
people
involved with Irish language events. It will also allow people to learn
about language planning
and funding.

F=EDs Gaeilge Mheirice=E1 Thuaidh intends to give Irish associations, in =
America
and Canada a stage to dicuss their future regarding the promotion of the
Irish language in North America with voluntary and state organisations =
from
Ireland. One of issues that this conference aims to raise is the
establishment a central office in North America for Irish language =
matters.

On behalf of Gl=F3r na nGael I would like to officially invite you to =
this
historic conference.

The price to attend this conference is $50. This can be paid at the
conference in the Affinia on the Saturday.

If you would like to book a place at the conference I can be contacted =
at
daragh[at]glornangael.ie.

Looking forward to seeing you in New York.

Is mise, le meas,
Daragh
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Daragh =D3 Tuama,
Oifigeach Forbartha Ghl=F3r na nGael
daragh[at]glornangael.ie,
F=F3n (uaidh Mheirice=E1 Thuaidh): 011 353 87 2302 101
F=F3n (gach =E1it eile): 00 353 87 2302 101