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The Human Snout: Pigs, Priests, and Peasants in the Parlor
Author: Nugent, Joseph
Source: The Senses and Society, Volume 4, Number 3, November 2009 , pp.
283-301(19)
Publisher: Berg Publishers

Abstract:
Ireland reeked throughout the nineteenth century from the pages of English
representation. The reputed stench of its cabins, cesspools, and dungheaps
became a shameful index of national backwardness and the essential mark of
Irish olfactory identity. In response to the odor of primitiveness that
clung to them also, Ireland's rising middle classes set about a program of
national decontamination. Led by the emblematic figure of native Victorian
propriety, the Catholic priest, this modernizing class carried the mantras
of civility and hygiene to the countryside and the rural home, imposing upon
a recalcitrant peasantry a new, "enlightened," olfactory register predicated
on an intolerance of traditional odors. The groundwork for this
transformation was the castigation of Ireland's domestic cottage by English
observers and, in particular, the metonymic substitution of the peasantry's
pigs for Irish national character - a discursive reordering that, though it
encountered resistance from a peasantry devoted to an old Gaelic order of
sensory values, was completed and even sanctified by a Catholic Church bent
on producing modern, disciplined subjects. The smells of everyday life, as a
result, took on new meanings. This paper examines Irish and British literary
and historical texts around the turn of the twentieth century to uncover
that meaning and expose the role of olfaction in the production of the
peculiar Gaelo-Catholic ideology of domesticity that until recent decades
governed rural Ireland.

Keywords: SMELL; IRELAND; PRIEST; DOMESTIC; CIVIL

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Patrick,

Through the wonder of Google Books...

Memories of Charles Dickens, with an Account of "Household Words" and =
"All
the Year Round"... By Percy Hetherington Fitzgerald, 1863, p 228,=20

Tells us that he, Percy Hetherington Fitzgerald, wrote the article =
'under
the title supplied by Dickens'...

The article itself is also on Google Books - the Bodleian Library's copy =
of=20
All the year round, Volume 5 By Charles Dickens, has been scanned, and =
can
be read - and downloaded in pdf format. April 6 1861 p 37.

It does read a bit like Dickens, at his most... historically present...

Whiteside does turn up in Dickens' letters.

Paddy



________________________________________
From: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [mailto:IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On =
Behalf
Of Patrick Maume
Sent: 16 October 2009 17:06
To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: [IR-D] Dickens and the Yelverton case

From: Patrick Maume
Here's a little query - I hope someone can help.
I have a friend who is interested in the Yelverton case - a famous =
lawsuit
concerning the legality of a clandestine marriage between a Protestant =
man,
and a Catholic woman.=A0 The husband sought to repudiate the marriage; =
the
wife claimed that they were married both by habit and repute under Scots =
law
and in a semi-clandestine ceremony conducted by a priest in Ireland; the
husband denied any agreement valid under Scots law and said the Irish
ceremony was illegal as=A0mixed marriages conducted by a Catholic priest
were=A0invalid by law.=A0 The Irish and Scottish courts found in the =
woman's
favour but the House of Lords decided against her.
=A0 The Dickens connection is this: in a profile of Chief Justice [of =
Ireland]
James Whiteside, who had been the woman's counsel, the Dublin WARDER AND
WEEKLY MAIL of 15 January 1876 p.6 states that Dickens was a friend of
Whiteside and wrote an article on the case in his paper ALL THE YEAR =
ROUND
entitled "The Unexamined Witness".=A0=A0 There is, however, no mention =
of
Whiteside in the most recent Dickens biography and when I looked up a
checklist of Dickens' journalism (in he last volume of his 4-volume =
selected
journalism) I found this article is not listed.
=A0 Does anyone know why this article has not been attributed to =
Dickens, and
whether it is possible for me to get a copy of it somewhere?
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Best wishes,
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Patrick=A0=A0=20

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If you look at the web site of the Liverpool Irish Festival

http://www.liverpoolirishfestival.com/

You will see that Edmundo Murray was scheduled to give one of his learned
entertainments this coming Thursday...

The Irish in Latin America
El Rincon Latino, Roscoe Street/Oldham Street, Liverpool, L1 2SU
October 22, 2009, 8.00pm
Edmundo Murray,

http://www.liverpoolirishfestival.com/info.php?id=131

Edmundo finds that he cannot make it to Liverpool for this event. I have
been asked to step in.

I have explained to the Liverpool Festival organisers that I am not as
handsome as Edmundo Murray, nor as charming, and not as talented.

Nevertheless...

I will be El Rincon Latino this coming Thursday night, when I will make a
presentation about The Irish in Latin America, looking at the heroes of the
historiography and patterns and problems within the historiography. Part of
my lecture will involve praise for the work of Edmundo Murray and the
Society for Irish Latin American Studies.

http://www.irlandeses.org/imsla.htm

We will move seamlessly then into a session, involving a group of Irish and
Latin American musicians that we have collected together.

If there is sufficient demand I will sing my song summarising Chapter 1,
'The Origin of Negation', of Sartre's Being and Nothingness.

I am looking around to see if there are other events that I can coincide
with, while I am visiting the Liverpool Irish Festival.

Patrick O'Sullivan

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Hi Folks,

Thanks Paddy for framing this issue, and like you I also believe the
Ryan Report (and it is disturbing reading) poses a series of
challenges but also opportunities for all of us working in Irish
Studies. I would add into the mix however the Ferns Report that came
out a few years back, and the Dublin archdiocese report due out this
week, or next week (depending on which Irish newspaper you read today).

My own particular interest in this material is in how the three
reports inform and complicate understandings of Irish childhood, not
just in terms of complicating political discourse (the 1916
Declaration that promised to "cherish all of the children of the
nation equally" or the Constitution's definition of the State's
obligation to protect and provide for all children) because of the gap
between rhetoric and lived reality, but also because these reports
bring together an array of discourses that suggest how understandings
of Irish childhood changed over time (e.g., survivor testimony,
political and legislative discourse, social workers and social policy
discussions, historical contextual overviews {Diarmaid Ferriter
fulfilled this function for the Ryan Report]. It might seem obvious
to say so, but I'd suggest that a forensic analysis of this body of
material concerning Irish childhood will challenge those of us working
on issues such as diaspora, nationalism and identity, religion,
gender and sexuality, etc.

For those interested in the Irish in Britain, and picking up on Ruth's
post, I will share one possible source that folks might be interested
in. Years ago when I was doing primary research for my dissertation
in Dublin, I spent a few days at the RTE Radio archives (then at
Montrose). I came across a series of 1960s and 1970s radio shows on
the irish in Birmingham and Coventry. The show was fairly low-tech,
basically a reporter and a producer speaking to elderly Irish living
in marginal social circumstances (some on the streets, some in
shelters). The recurring theme was how these men and women grew up in
industrial and reformatory schools. I probably have some old notes
somewhere hidden away in my office if folks are interested, let me know.

Best wishes,

Jim


On Oct 19, 2009, at 9:20 AM, Ruth Barton wrote:

> Dear Patrick
>
> The documentary, The Forgotten Irish, interviews a number of
> emigrants who had to leave Ireland after they were 'released' from
> institutional 'care' and makes a very clear point about how they
> were forced to emigrate to Britain.
>
> You've probably seen it.
>
> Best
>
> Ruth
>
> On 19 Oct 2009, at 14:09, Patrick O'Sullivan wrote:
>
>> From: Patrick O'Sullivan [mailto:P.OSullivan[at]bradford.ac.uk]
>>
>> Last week I deposited, with the University of Bradford Library,
>> copies of
>> The Report of The Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse (Ryan
>> Report), on
>> disc and in 5 bound volumes.
>>
>> The Report is also available to read, in HTML, or download, in PDF,
>> on the
>> Commission's web site.
>>
>> http://www.childabusecommission.ie/index.html
>>
>> I have been asked by my colleagues here in Bradford if I would be
>> willing to
>> prepare a seminar, or seminars, on the Report and the work of the
>> Commission.
>>
>> As many Ir-D members will know, for me there are links through the
>> Commission's Report with my own earlier formal career in social
>> work and the
>> probation service, and in the teaching of social work, and with my
>> work in
>> recent decades on the development of Irish Diaspora Studies.
>>
>> At a very simple level, if you were a social worker or a probation
>> officer
>> in London you met Irish people who were damaged or in flight.
>>
>> Having had a chance now to go over the Report I think it is a very
>> significant document in the history of child protection, and a
>> significant
>> document in the history of the Republic of Ireland and of the Irish
>> Diaspora. It marks a great cognitive change, as an entire country
>> comes to
>> terms with aspects of its own culture that it can no longer
>> condone, and
>> tries to make amends.
>>
>> It remains a very distressing read.
>>
>> I have had to read, over the years, many pieces of writing that
>> tried to
>> address such issues - and of course I have seen pieces of reportage
>> in other
>> mediums. I suspect that the Ryan Report might have taken things to a
>> different level.
>>
>> I have also been reading over the comments on the Report, here on
>> the Ir-D
>> list and elsewhere. A comparative approach is a bit hard to
>> construct. The
>> Report itself mentions England and Portugal. I note that Piaras
>> MacEinri
>> quoted some discussion in 'El Pais', speaking of the Report as
>> 'ejemplar'.
>>
>> It is early days in my thinking. One thing that already stands out
>> is the
>> alliance of professions and disciplines that went into the making
>> of the
>> Report.
>>
>> I would be grateful if Ir-D members could report on any academic or
>> scholarly study of the Report, so that I am not duplicating
>> effort. I do
>> note that Diarmaid Ferriter managed to incorporate discussion of
>> the Report
>> into his latest book, Occasions of Sin, but I still have not seen
>> this book.
>>
>> Paddy O'Sullivan
>>
>> NOTE
>> Reading the Report...
>>
>> The Report is available to read, in HTML, or download, in PDF, on the
>> Commission's web site.
>>
>> http://www.childabusecommission.ie/index.html
>>
>> Scroll down to
>>
>> 20th May 2009
>> Commission Report
>> The Commission Report is now available to download.
>>
>> View the Executive Summary in accessible HTML format.
>> View the Commission Report in accessible HTML format.
>>
>> --
>> Patrick O'Sullivan
>> Head of the Irish Diaspora Research Unit
>>
>> Email Patrick O'Sullivan Email Patrick
>> O'Sullivan Personal Fax 0044 (0) 709
>> 236 9050
>>
>> Irish-Diaspora list Irish Diaspora
>> Studies
>> http://www.brad.ac.uk/acad/diaspora/
>> Irish Diaspora Net Archive http://www.irishdiaspora.net
>>
>> Irish Diaspora Research Unit
>> Department of Social Sciences and Humanities University of Bradford
>> Bradford
>> BD7 1DP Yorkshire England
>>
>
> Department of Film Studies
> School of Drama, Film and Music
> Samuel Beckett Centre
> Trinity College Dublin
> Dublin 2
>
> Tel: 353-1-8962961
> http://www.tcd.ie/drama-film-music/
>
>
>
>

********************
James Smith
Associate Professor
English Department and Irish Studies Program
Boston College
smithbt[at]bc.edu

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Hi =
Folks,Thanks Paddy for framing this issue, and like =
you I also believe the Ryan Report (and it is disturbing reading) poses =
a series of challenges but also opportunities for all of us working in =
Irish Studies. I would add into the mix however the Ferns Report that =
came out a few years back, and the Dublin archdiocese report due out =
this week, or next week (depending on which Irish newspaper you read =
today).  My own particular interest =
in this material is in how the three reports inform and complicate =
understandings of Irish childhood, not just in terms of complicating =
political discourse (the 1916 Declaration that promised to "cherish all =
of the children of the nation equally" or the Constitution's definition =
of the State's obligation to protect and provide for all children) =
because of the gap between rhetoric and lived reality, but also because =
these reports bring together an array of discourses that suggest how =
understandings of  Irish childhood changed over time (e.g., =
survivor testimony, political and legislative discourse, social workers =
and social policy discussions, historical contextual overviews {Diarmaid =
Ferriter fulfilled this function for the Ryan Report].  It might =
seem obvious to say so, but I'd suggest that a forensic analysis of this =
body of material concerning Irish childhood will challenge those of us =
working on issues such as diaspora, nationalism and identity, =
 religion, gender and sexuality, etc.For =
those interested in the Irish in Britain, and picking up on Ruth's post, =
 I will share one possible source that folks might be interested =
in.  Years ago when I was doing primary research for my =
dissertation in Dublin, I spent a few days at the RTE Radio archives =
(then at Montrose).  I came across a series of 1960s and 1970s =
radio shows on the irish in Birmingham and Coventry.  The show was =
fairly low-tech, basically a reporter and a producer speaking to elderly =
Irish living in marginal social circumstances (some on the streets, some =
in shelters). The recurring theme was how these men and women grew up in =
industrial and reformatory schools.  I probably have some old notes =
somewhere hidden away in my office if folks are interested, let me =
know.Best =
wishes,JimOn Oct 19, 2009, at 9:20 AM, Ruth Barton wrote: Dear =
PatrickThe documentary, The Forgotten Irish, =
interviews a number of emigrants who had to leave Ireland after they =
were 'released' from institutional 'care' and makes a very clear point =
about how they were forced to emigrate to =
Britain.You've probably seen =
it.BestRuth=
On 19 Oct 2009, at 14:09, Patrick O'Sullivan =
wrote:From: Patrick O'Sullivan [mailto:P.OSullivan[at]bradford.ac.=
uk] Last =
week I deposited, with the University of Bradford Library, copies =
ofThe Report of The Commission to Inquire into =
Child Abuse (Ryan Report), ondisc and in 5 =
bound volumes.The Report is also available to read, in HTML, or =
download, in PDF, on theCommission's =
web site.http://www.childabu=
secommission.ie/index.htmlI have been asked by my =
colleagues here in Bradford if I would be willing toprepare a seminar, or seminars, on the Report and =
the work of theCommission.As many =
Ir-D members will know, for me there are links through theCommission's Report with my own earlier formal =
career in social work and theprobation =
service, and in the teaching of social work, and with my work =
inrecent decades on the development of Irish =
Diaspora Studies.At a very simple level, if you were a social worker =
or a probation officerin London you met Irish =
people who were damaged or in flight.Having had a =
chance now to go over the Report I think it is a verysignificant document in the history of child =
protection, and a significantdocument in =
the history of the Republic of Ireland and of the IrishDiaspora.  =
It marks a great cognitive change, as an entire country comes =
toterms with aspects of its own culture that it =
can no longer condone, andtries to make =
amends.It remains a very distressing read.I have =
had to read, over the years, many pieces of writing that tried =
toaddress such issues - and of course I have seen =
pieces of reportage in othermediums.  I suspect that the Ryan =
Report might have taken things to adifferent =
level.I have also been reading over the comments on the =
Report, here on the Ir-Dlist and =
elsewhere.  A =
comparative approach is a bit hard to construct.  TheReport itself mentions England and Portugal.  I note that Piaras =
MacEinriquoted some discussion in 'El =
Pais', speaking of the Report as 'ejemplar'.It is =
early days in my thinking.  =
One thing that already stands out is thealliance of professions and disciplines that went =
into the making of theReport.I would =
be grateful if Ir-D members could report on any academic orscholarly study of the Report, so that I am not =
duplicating effort.  I =
donote that Diarmaid Ferriter managed to =
incorporate discussion of the Reportinto his =
latest book, Occasions of Sin, but I still have not seen this =
book.Paddy O'Sullivan NOTEReading the Report...The =
Report is available to read, in HTML, or download, in PDF, on =
theCommission's web site.http://www.childabu=
secommission.ie/index.htmlScroll down to20th May =
2009Commission ReportThe Commission Report is now available to =
download.View the Executive Summary in accessible HTML =
format. View the Commission Report in accessible HTML =
format.--Patrick =
O'SullivanHead of the Irish Diaspora =
Research UnitEmail Patrick O'Sullivan <P.OSullivan[at]bradford.ac.uk&=
gt; Email PatrickO'Sullivan <osullivan[at]irishdiaspora.net> Personal Fax 0044 (0) 709 236 9050Irish-Diaspora list <irish-diaspora[at]bradford.ac.u=
k> Irish Diaspora Studieshttp://www.brad.ac.uk/acad/d=
iaspora/Irish Diaspora Net Archive http://www.irishdiaspora.netIrish =
Diaspora Research UnitDepartment of Social =
Sciences and Humanities University of Bradford BradfordBD7 1DP Yorkshire England =
Department of Film StudiesSchool of Drama, Film and MusicSamuel Beckett CentreTrinity =
College DublinDublin 2Tel: =
353-1-8962961http://www.tcd.ie/drama-film-=
music/ =
********************James =
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From: Patrick Maume
Dear Paddy,
Thanks - I'll pass this on to Helen Kahn who is interested in the
Yelverton case. I hope to do a piece on Whiteside myself sometime and this
will come in handy.
Best wishes,
Patrick

On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 5:08 PM, Patrick O'Sullivan wrote:

> Patrick,
>
> Through the wonder of Google Books...
>
> Memories of Charles Dickens, with an Account of "Household Words" and "All
> the Year Round"... By Percy Hetherington Fitzgerald, 1863, p 228,
>
> Tells us that he, Percy Hetherington Fitzgerald, wrote the article 'under
> the title supplied by Dickens'...
>
> The article itself is also on Google Books - the Bodleian Library's copy of
> All the year round, Volume 5 By Charles Dickens, has been scanned, and can
> be read - and downloaded in pdf format. April 6 1861 p 37.
>
> It does read a bit like Dickens, at his most... historically present...
>
> Whiteside does turn up in Dickens' letters.
>
> Paddy
>
>
>
> ________________________________________
> From: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [mailto:IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On
> Behalf
> Of Patrick Maume
> Sent: 16 October 2009 17:06
> To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: [IR-D] Dickens and the Yelverton case
>
> From: Patrick Maume
> Here's a little query - I hope someone can help.
> I have a friend who is interested in the Yelverton case - a famous lawsuit
> concerning the legality of a clandestine marriage between a Protestant man,
> and a Catholic woman. The husband sought to repudiate the marriage; the
> wife claimed that they were married both by habit and repute under Scots
> law
> and in a semi-clandestine ceremony conducted by a priest in Ireland; the
> husband denied any agreement valid under Scots law and said the Irish
> ceremony was illegal as mixed marriages conducted by a Catholic priest
> were invalid by law. The Irish and Scottish courts found in the woman's
> favour but the House of Lords decided against her.
> The Dickens connection is this: in a profile of Chief Justice [of
> Ireland]
> James Whiteside, who had been the woman's counsel, the Dublin WARDER AND
> WEEKLY MAIL of 15 January 1876 p.6 states that Dickens was a friend of
> Whiteside and wrote an article on the case in his paper ALL THE YEAR ROUND
> entitled "The Unexamined Witness". There is, however, no mention of
> Whiteside in the most recent Dickens biography and when I looked up a
> checklist of Dickens' journalism (in he last volume of his 4-volume
> selected
> journalism) I found this article is not listed.
> Does anyone know why this article has not been attributed to Dickens, and
> whether it is possible for me to get a copy of it somewhere?
> Best wishes,
> Patrick
>

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From: Patrick Maume
Dear Paddy,
=A0 Thanks - I'll pass this on to Helen Kahn who is interested in =
the Yelverton case.=A0 I hope to do a piece on Whiteside myself sometime an=
d this will come in handy.
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Best wishes,
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 =
Patrick
On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 5:08 PM, Patrick O'S=
ullivan <P.OSullivan[at]bradford.ac.uk> wrote:
Patrick,Through the wond=
er of Google Books...Memories of Charles Dickens, with an Account o=
f "Household Words" and "All
the Year Round"... By Percy Hetherington Fitzgerald, 1863, p 228,Tells us that he, Percy Hetherington Fitzgerald, =A0wrote the article &#=
39;underthe title supplied by Dickens'...The article itself=
is also on Google Books - the Bodleian Library's copy of
All the year round, Volume 5 By Charles Dickens, has been scanned, and canbe read - and downloaded in pdf format. =A0April 6 1861 p 37.It =
does read a bit like Dickens, at his most... =A0historically present...
Whiteside does turn up in Dickens' letters.Paddy________________________________________From: The Irish Diaspora S=
tudies List [mailto:IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC=
.UK] On Behalf
Of Patrick MaumeSent: 16 October 2009 17:06To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UKSubject: [IR-D] Dickens and t=
he Yelverton case


From: Patrick MaumeHere's a little query - I =
hope someone can help.I have a friend who is interested in the Yelverto=
n case - a famous lawsuitconcerning the legality of a clandestine marri=
age between a Protestant man,
and a Catholic woman.=A0 The husband sought to repudiate the marriage; thewife claimed that they were married both by habit and repute under Scots=
lawand in a semi-clandestine ceremony conducted by a priest in Ireland=
; the
husband denied any agreement valid under Scots law and said the Irishce=
remony was illegal as=A0mixed marriages conducted by a Catholic priestw=
ere=A0invalid by law.=A0 The Irish and Scottish courts found in the woman&#=
39;s
favour but the House of Lords decided against her.=A0 The Dickens conne=
ction is this: in a profile of Chief Justice [of Ireland]James Whitesid=
e, who had been the woman's counsel, the Dublin WARDER ANDWEEKLY MA=
IL of 15 January 1876 p.6 states that Dickens was a friend of
Whiteside and wrote an article on the case in his paper ALL THE YEAR ROUNDentitled "The Unexamined Witness".=A0=A0 There is, however, no=
mention ofWhiteside in the most recent Dickens biography and when I lo=
oked up a
checklist of Dickens' journalism (in he last volume of his 4-volume sel=
ectedjournalism) I found this article is not listed.=A0 Does anyone=
know why this article has not been attributed to Dickens, andwhether i=
t is possible for me to get a copy of it somewhere?
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Best wishes,=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Patrick=A0=A0

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From: Patrick O'Sullivan [mailto:P.OSullivan[at]bradford.ac.uk]

Last week I deposited, with the University of Bradford Library, copies of
The Report of The Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse (Ryan Report), on
disc and in 5 bound volumes.

The Report is also available to read, in HTML, or download, in PDF, on the
Commission's web site.

http://www.childabusecommission.ie/index.html

I have been asked by my colleagues here in Bradford if I would be willing to
prepare a seminar, or seminars, on the Report and the work of the
Commission.

As many Ir-D members will know, for me there are links through the
Commission's Report with my own earlier formal career in social work and the
probation service, and in the teaching of social work, and with my work in
recent decades on the development of Irish Diaspora Studies.

At a very simple level, if you were a social worker or a probation officer
in London you met Irish people who were damaged or in flight.

Having had a chance now to go over the Report I think it is a very
significant document in the history of child protection, and a significant
document in the history of the Republic of Ireland and of the Irish
Diaspora. It marks a great cognitive change, as an entire country comes to
terms with aspects of its own culture that it can no longer condone, and
tries to make amends.

It remains a very distressing read.

I have had to read, over the years, many pieces of writing that tried to
address such issues - and of course I have seen pieces of reportage in other
mediums. I suspect that the Ryan Report might have taken things to a
different level.

I have also been reading over the comments on the Report, here on the Ir-D
list and elsewhere. A comparative approach is a bit hard to construct. The
Report itself mentions England and Portugal. I note that Piaras MacEinri
quoted some discussion in 'El Pais', speaking of the Report as 'ejemplar'.

It is early days in my thinking. One thing that already stands out is the
alliance of professions and disciplines that went into the making of the
Report.

I would be grateful if Ir-D members could report on any academic or
scholarly study of the Report, so that I am not duplicating effort. I do
note that Diarmaid Ferriter managed to incorporate discussion of the Report
into his latest book, Occasions of Sin, but I still have not seen this book.

Paddy O'Sullivan

NOTE
Reading the Report...

The Report is available to read, in HTML, or download, in PDF, on the
Commission's web site.

http://www.childabusecommission.ie/index.html

Scroll down to

20th May 2009
Commission Report
The Commission Report is now available to download.

View the Executive Summary in accessible HTML format.
View the Commission Report in accessible HTML format.

--
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Email Patrick O'Sullivan Email Patrick
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On behalf of the International James Joyce Foundation, we invite you to the
XXII International James Joyce Symposium in the "Golden City" of Prague,
13-18 June 2010.

Proposals for individual papers of 20 minutes duration are welcome on any
aspect of Joyce studies, especially those that focus on the relationship of
Joyce to Prague and the heritage of Central European modernism in the arts,
philosophy and theory--particularly the legacies of structuralism and the
Prague linguistic circle.

***Deadline for submission of proposals: 1 March 2010***

Prague is at the centre of Europe as Joyce is at the centre of the tradition
of European modernism, and it is fitting that the major European author of
the twentieth century be honoured in the city that is the very heart of
modern Europe.

Historically, some of the earliest translations of Joyce's work appeared in
Prague, and the first President of the Czechoslovak Republic--T.G.
Masaryk-was even believed to have annotated a first edition of Ulysses,
although only the first French edition survives in the Masaryk archive
today.

Nowadays the work of Joyce represents a major focal point of philological
research at Charles University, where the first electronic journal of Joyce
scholarship was founded in 1994: Hypermedia Joyce Studies. Since 2003 a
biannual Joyce colloquium has taken place in Prague, augmented by a series
of book publications through the Litteraria Pragensia imprint.

Charles University is itself one of the oldest universities in Europe,
having been founded in 1348. Moreover, the Department of Anglophone
Literatures and Cultures was the original home of Prague Structuralism,
whose legacy--through the work of Rene Wellek and Roman Jakobson--has had an
enduring impact on Joyce scholarship internationally. It is only fitting
that Joyce's work be celebrated in such an environment, in a country that
was also the homeland not only of Kafka, but of Freud, Mahler and Husserl.

Patron:
We are proud to announce that the patron of the XXII International James
Joyce Symposium is the former Czech President, dissident and playwright,
Vaclav Havel.

Dedication:
It is the wish of the host committee to dedicate the 2010 Symposium to the
memory of Prof. Donald F. Theall (1928-2008).

More Information:
Symposium website http://www.jamesjoyce.cz

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Dear Patrick

The documentary, The Forgotten Irish, interviews a number of
emigrants who had to leave Ireland after they were 'released' from
institutional 'care' and makes a very clear point about how they were
forced to emigrate to Britain.

You've probably seen it.

Best

Ruth

On 19 Oct 2009, at 14:09, Patrick O'Sullivan wrote:

> From: Patrick O'Sullivan [mailto:P.OSullivan[at]bradford.ac.uk]
>
> Last week I deposited, with the University of Bradford Library,
> copies of
> The Report of The Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse (Ryan
> Report), on
> disc and in 5 bound volumes.
>
> The Report is also available to read, in HTML, or download, in PDF,
> on the
> Commission's web site.
>
> http://www.childabusecommission.ie/index.html
>
> I have been asked by my colleagues here in Bradford if I would be
> willing to
> prepare a seminar, or seminars, on the Report and the work of the
> Commission.
>
> As many Ir-D members will know, for me there are links through the
> Commission's Report with my own earlier formal career in social
> work and the
> probation service, and in the teaching of social work, and with my
> work in
> recent decades on the development of Irish Diaspora Studies.
>
> At a very simple level, if you were a social worker or a probation
> officer
> in London you met Irish people who were damaged or in flight.
>
> Having had a chance now to go over the Report I think it is a very
> significant document in the history of child protection, and a
> significant
> document in the history of the Republic of Ireland and of the Irish
> Diaspora. It marks a great cognitive change, as an entire country
> comes to
> terms with aspects of its own culture that it can no longer
> condone, and
> tries to make amends.
>
> It remains a very distressing read.
>
> I have had to read, over the years, many pieces of writing that
> tried to
> address such issues - and of course I have seen pieces of reportage
> in other
> mediums. I suspect that the Ryan Report might have taken things to a
> different level.
>
> I have also been reading over the comments on the Report, here on
> the Ir-D
> list and elsewhere. A comparative approach is a bit hard to
> construct. The
> Report itself mentions England and Portugal. I note that Piaras
> MacEinri
> quoted some discussion in 'El Pais', speaking of the Report as
> 'ejemplar'.
>
> It is early days in my thinking. One thing that already stands out
> is the
> alliance of professions and disciplines that went into the making
> of the
> Report.
>
> I would be grateful if Ir-D members could report on any academic or
> scholarly study of the Report, so that I am not duplicating
> effort. I do
> note that Diarmaid Ferriter managed to incorporate discussion of
> the Report
> into his latest book, Occasions of Sin, but I still have not seen
> this book.
>
> Paddy O'Sullivan
>
> NOTE
> Reading the Report...
>
> The Report is available to read, in HTML, or download, in PDF, on the
> Commission's web site.
>
> http://www.childabusecommission.ie/index.html
>
> Scroll down to
>
> 20th May 2009
> Commission Report
> The Commission Report is now available to download.
>
> View the Executive Summary in accessible HTML format.
> View the Commission Report in accessible HTML format.
>
> --
> Patrick O'Sullivan
> Head of the Irish Diaspora Research Unit
>
> Email Patrick O'Sullivan Email Patrick
> O'Sullivan Personal Fax 0044 (0) 709
> 236 9050
>
> Irish-Diaspora list Irish Diaspora
> Studies
> http://www.brad.ac.uk/acad/diaspora/
> Irish Diaspora Net Archive http://www.irishdiaspora.net
>
> Irish Diaspora Research Unit
> Department of Social Sciences and Humanities University of Bradford
> Bradford
> BD7 1DP Yorkshire England
>

Department of Film Studies
School of Drama, Film and Music
Samuel Beckett Centre
Trinity College Dublin
Dublin 2

Tel: 353-1-8962961
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Dear PatrickThe documentary, The Forgotten Irish, =
interviews a number of emigrants who had to leave Ireland after they =
were 'released' from institutional 'care' and makes a very clear point =
about how they were forced to emigrate to =
Britain.You've probably seen =
it.BestRuth=
On 19 Oct 2009, at 14:09, Patrick O'Sullivan =
wrote:From: Patrick O'Sullivan [mailto:P.OSullivan[at]bradford.ac.=
uk] Last =
week I deposited, with the University of Bradford Library, copies =
ofThe Report of The Commission to Inquire into =
Child Abuse (Ryan Report), ondisc and in 5 =
bound volumes.The Report is also available to read, in HTML, or =
download, in PDF, on theCommission's =
web site.http://www.childabu=
secommission.ie/index.htmlI have been asked by my =
colleagues here in Bradford if I would be willing toprepare a seminar, or seminars, on the Report and =
the work of theCommission.As many =
Ir-D members will know, for me there are links through theCommission's Report with my own earlier formal =
career in social work and theprobation =
service, and in the teaching of social work, and with my work =
inrecent decades on the development of Irish =
Diaspora Studies.At a very simple level, if you were a social worker =
or a probation officerin London you met Irish =
people who were damaged or in flight.Having had a =
chance now to go over the Report I think it is a verysignificant document in the history of child =
protection, and a significantdocument in =
the history of the Republic of Ireland and of the IrishDiaspora.  =
It marks a great cognitive change, as an entire country comes =
toterms with aspects of its own culture that it =
can no longer condone, andtries to make =
amends.It remains a very distressing read.I have =
had to read, over the years, many pieces of writing that tried =
toaddress such issues - and of course I have seen =
pieces of reportage in othermediums.  I suspect that the Ryan =
Report might have taken things to adifferent =
level.I have also been reading over the comments on the =
Report, here on the Ir-Dlist and =
elsewhere.  A =
comparative approach is a bit hard to construct.  TheReport itself mentions England and Portugal.  I note that Piaras =
MacEinriquoted some discussion in 'El =
Pais', speaking of the Report as 'ejemplar'.It is =
early days in my thinking.  =
One thing that already stands out is thealliance of professions and disciplines that went =
into the making of theReport.I would =
be grateful if Ir-D members could report on any academic orscholarly study of the Report, so that I am not =
duplicating effort.  I =
donote that Diarmaid Ferriter managed to =
incorporate discussion of the Reportinto his =
latest book, Occasions of Sin, but I still have not seen this =
book.Paddy O'Sullivan NOTEReading the Report...The =
Report is available to read, in HTML, or download, in PDF, on =
theCommission's web site.http://www.childabu=
secommission.ie/index.htmlScroll down to20th May =
2009Commission ReportThe Commission Report is now available to =
download.View the Executive Summary in accessible HTML =
format. View the Commission Report in accessible HTML =
format.--Patrick =
O'SullivanHead of the Irish Diaspora =
Research UnitEmail Patrick O'Sullivan <P.OSullivan[at]bradford.ac.uk&=
gt; Email PatrickO'Sullivan <osullivan[at]irishdiaspora.net> Personal Fax 0044 (0) 709 236 9050Irish-Diaspora list <irish-diaspora[at]bradford.ac.u=
k> Irish Diaspora Studieshttp://www.brad.ac.uk/acad/d=
iaspora/Irish Diaspora Net Archive http://www.irishdiaspora.netIrish =
Diaspora Research UnitDepartment of Social =
Sciences and Humanities University of Bradford BradfordBD7 1DP Yorkshire England =
Department of Film StudiesSchool of Drama, Film and MusicSamuel Beckett CentreTrinity =
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anyone know how to get hold of it?
=20
All the best
=20
Bronwen
=20

Professor Bronwen Walter
Humanities and Social Studies Department
Anglia Ruskin University
East Road
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CB1 1PT

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From: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [mailto:IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On
Behalf Of Ruth Barton
Sent: 19 October 2009 14:20
To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: Re: [IR-D] Patrick O'Sullivan, Seminar on The Report of The
Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse (Ryan Report)
=09
=09
Dear Patrick=20

The documentary, The Forgotten Irish, interviews a number of
emigrants who had to leave Ireland after they were 'released' from
institutional 'care' and makes a very clear point about how they were =
forced
to emigrate to Britain.

You've probably seen it.

Best

Ruth

On 19 Oct 2009, at 14:09, Patrick O'Sullivan wrote:


From: Patrick O'Sullivan [mailto:P.OSullivan[at]bradford.ac.uk]=20

Last week I deposited, with the University of Bradford
Library, copies of
The Report of The Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse
(Ryan Report), on
disc and in 5 bound volumes.

The Report is also available to read, in HTML, or download,
in PDF, on the
Commission's web site.

http://www.childabusecommission.ie/index.html

I have been asked by my colleagues here in Bradford if I
would be willing to
prepare a seminar, or seminars, on the Report and the work of
the
Commission.

As many Ir-D members will know, for me there are links
through the
Commission's Report with my own earlier formal career in
social work and the
probation service, and in the teaching of social work, and
with my work in
recent decades on the development of Irish Diaspora Studies.

At a very simple level, if you were a social worker or a
probation officer
in London you met Irish people who were damaged or in flight.

Having had a chance now to go over the Report I think it is a
very
significant document in the history of child protection, and
a significant
document in the history of the Republic of Ireland and of the
Irish
Diaspora. It marks a great cognitive change, as an entire
country comes to
terms with aspects of its own culture that it can no longer
condone, and
tries to make amends.

It remains a very distressing read.

I have had to read, over the years, many pieces of writing
that tried to
address such issues - and of course I have seen pieces of
reportage in other
mediums. I suspect that the Ryan Report might have taken
things to a
different level.

I have also been reading over the comments on the Report,
here on the Ir-D
list and elsewhere. A comparative approach is a bit hard to
construct. The
Report itself mentions England and Portugal. I note that
Piaras MacEinri
quoted some discussion in 'El Pais', speaking of the Report
as 'ejemplar'.

It is early days in my thinking. One thing that already
stands out is the
alliance of professions and disciplines that went into the
making of the
Report.

I would be grateful if Ir-D members could report on any
academic or
scholarly study of the Report, so that I am not duplicating
effort. I do
note that Diarmaid Ferriter managed to incorporate discussion
of the Report
into his latest book, Occasions of Sin, but I still have not
seen this book.

Paddy O'Sullivan=20

NOTE
Reading the Report...

The Report is available to read, in HTML, or download, in
PDF, on the
Commission's web site.

http://www.childabusecommission.ie/index.html

Scroll down to

20th May 2009
Commission Report
The Commission Report is now available to download.

View the Executive Summary in accessible HTML format.=20
View the Commission Report in accessible HTML format.

--
Patrick O'Sullivan
Head of the Irish Diaspora Research Unit

Email Patrick O'Sullivan Email
Patrick
O'Sullivan Personal Fax 0044
(0) 709 236 9050

Irish-Diaspora list Irish
Diaspora Studies
http://www.brad.ac.uk/acad/diaspora/
Irish Diaspora Net Archive http://www.irishdiaspora.net

Irish Diaspora Research Unit
Department of Social Sciences and Humanities University of
Bradford Bradford
BD7 1DP Yorkshire England



=09
Department of Film Studies
School of Drama, Film and Music
Samuel Beckett Centre
Trinity College Dublin
Dublin 2

Tel: 353-1-8962961
http://www.tcd.ie/drama-film-music/





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[mailto:IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of Ruth =
BartonSent:=20
19 October 2009 14:20To: =
IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UKSubject: Re:=20
[IR-D] Patrick O'Sullivan, Seminar on The Report of The Commission to =
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into Child Abuse (Ryan Report)
Dear Patrick

The documentary, The Forgotten Irish, interviews a number of =
emigrants=20
who had to leave Ireland after they were 'released' from institutional =
'care'=20
and makes a very clear point about how they were forced to emigrate to =

Britain.

You've probably seen it.

Best

Ruth


On 19 Oct 2009, at 14:09, Patrick O'Sullivan wrote:

From: Patrick O'Sullivan [mailto:P.OSullivan[at]bradford.ac=
.uk] 

Last week I deposited, with the =
University of=20
Bradford Library, copies of
The Report of The Commission to Inquire =
into Child=20
Abuse (Ryan Report), on
disc and in 5 bound volumes.

The Report is also available to read, in =
HTML, or=20
download, in PDF, on the
Commission's web site.

http://www.childab=
usecommission.ie/index.html

I have been asked by my colleagues here =
in Bradford=20
if I would be willing to
prepare a seminar, or seminars, on the =
Report and=20
the work of the
Commission.

As many Ir-D members will know, for me =
there are=20
links through the
Commission's Report with my own earlier =
formal=20
career in social work and the
probation service, and in the teaching of =
social=20
work, and with my work in
recent decades on the development of =
Irish Diaspora=20
Studies.

At a very simple level, if you were a =
social worker=20
or a probation officer
in London you met Irish people who were =
damaged or=20
in flight.

Having had a chance now to go over the =
Report I=20
think it is a very
significant document in the history of =
child=20
protection, and a significant
document in the history of the Republic =
of Ireland=20
and of the Irish
Diaspora. =20
It marks a great cognitive change, as an entire country comes =

to
terms with aspects of its own culture =
that it can=20
no longer condone, and
tries to make amends.

It remains a very distressing read.

I have had to read, over the years, many =
pieces of=20
writing that tried to
address such issues - and of course I =
have seen=20
pieces of reportage in other
mediums. =20
I suspect that the Ryan Report might have taken things to =
a
different level.

I have also been reading over the =
comments on the=20
Report, here on the Ir-D
list and elsewhere.  A comparative approach =
is a bit=20
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The
Report itself mentions England and =
Portugal.  I note that Piaras =
MacEinri
quoted some discussion in 'El Pais', =
speaking of=20
the Report as 'ejemplar'.

It is early days in my thinking.  One thing that already =
stands out=20
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alliance of professions and disciplines =
that went=20
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I would be grateful if Ir-D members could =
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incorporate=20
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Paddy O'Sullivan 

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Commission's web site.

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Commission Report
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I am sure Paddy will give a much better show... Just in case there is anoth=
er opportunity I am preparing a broader lecture including Irish-Latin Ameri=
can connections in music, arts and literature.

Edmundo

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If you look at the web site of the Liverpool Irish Festival

http://www.liverpoolirishfestival.com/

You will see that Edmundo Murray was scheduled to give one of his learned
entertainments this coming Thursday...

The Irish in Latin America
El Rincon Latino, Roscoe Street/Oldham Street, Liverpool, L1 2SU
October 22, 2009, 8.00pm
Edmundo Murray,

http://www.liverpoolirishfestival.com/info.php?id=3D131

Edmundo finds that he cannot make it to Liverpool for this event. I have
been asked to step in.

I have explained to the Liverpool Festival organisers that I am not as
handsome as Edmundo Murray, nor as charming, and not as talented.

Nevertheless...

I will be El Rincon Latino this coming Thursday night, when I will make a
presentation about The Irish in Latin America, looking at the heroes of the
historiography and patterns and problems within the historiography. Part o=
f
my lecture will involve praise for the work of Edmundo Murray and the
Society for Irish Latin American Studies.

http://www.irlandeses.org/imsla.htm

We will move seamlessly then into a session, involving a group of Irish and
Latin American musicians that we have collected together.

If there is sufficient demand I will sing my song summarising Chapter 1,
'The Origin of Negation', of Sartre's Being and Nothingness.

I am looking around to see if there are other events that I can coincide
with, while I am visiting the Liverpool Irish Festival.

Patrick O'Sullivan

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Ireland and Victims: Recognition, Reparation, Reconciliation?

An international conference to be held at the University of Rennes 2,
Brittany, France.
9-11 September 2010

The Centre for Irish Studies based at the University of Rennes 2, France, is
solicitingpapers for an interdisciplinary conference,
which will run from 9th-11th September 2010.

2009 has been marked by the publication on the island of Ireland of two
high-profile reports on very different aspects of victims.
The publication of the final Ryan Report on institutional abuse in the
Republic, and the Eames / Bradley report from the
Consultative Group on the Past set up in 2007 by the then Secretary of State
for Northern Ireland, Peter Hain, to "find a way out of
the shadows of the past" have both sparked heated debate in academic and
non-academic circles, in Ireland and abroad.

In the run-up to and following the Good Friday Agreement, the issue of how
to address the grievances, demands and needs of victims
of the 30 year conflict has proved highly sensitive, due to differing
perceptions of who the victims really are, of how best to
approach their needs, with some quarters even questioningthe wisdom of
"stirring up" the past. Indeed, the steady stream of reports
and commissions investigating the victims of the Troubles is indicative of
the difficulty in reaching consensus on the most
appropriate way(s) to deal with the legacy of the past in order to
providefor a more serene future.

Patricia Lundy and Mark McGovern outline three distinct threads in dealing
with the past in post-conflict transformationtoday, all
concerned with key concepts of truth, justice, memory and healing:

"Thetherapeutic, archival and judicial imperatives can be taken as defining
the logic of post-conflict memory work today. They also
establish the, at times, contradictory, ends of truth recovery processes: to
find 'healing' for victims by giving them a public
voice; to re-write the record of the conflict and establish a new,
potentially shared narrative of the past; and to revisit
past injustice in order to establish an accountable, rights-based regime in
the future."[1].

In a broader perspective, Ireland's past and collective memories are etched
with examples of victims, victimhood, and
victimisation: the Famine victims, those who have become martyrs or heroes
in both nationalist and unionist narratives of the
past, victims of the siege of Derry, the Easter Rising, the battle of the
Somme, Bloody Sunday, the Hunger strikes and more
recently, those groups left out ofthe economic boom, and victims of the
growing fear of otherness which manifestsitself in racism
and hate crime.

It would now seem anopportune moment to devote a conference to this general
thematic in an Irish context.

We are particularly interested in hearing paperson :
-differing perceptions and definitions of victims and victimhood,
-the plight of victims,
-the reluctance of the State and other parties to delve into the past,
-the input of civic society in representing victims,
-revisiting past wrongs to move forward in the future,
-closure and victims as survivors,
-conflict transformation and peace-building,
-the portrayal of victims in literature, film and the arts

The cross-disciplinary nature of Irish Studies provides a wide range of
approaches from which to examine victims and victimhood.
We welcome submissions for 20-minute papers in English (preferably) or
French from numerous areas including Conflict and Peace
Studies, Victims studies, Law and Human Rights, History, Politics,
Comparative Analysis, Sociology, Psychology,Cultural Studies,
Migration Studies, Literature, Media and Film Studies, VisualArts,
Performing Arts...

We plan to publish a selection of papers in a special edition of the
Re-imagining Ireland series edited by Dr. Eamon Maher
(Director, National Centre for Franco-Irish Studies, Dublin).

Keynote Speakers

Keynote speakers confirmed to date:
ProfessorMarianne Elliott, O.B.E., F.B.A., Director of the Institute of
Irish Studies, University of Liverpool

Patricia MacBride, Commissioner for Victims and Survivors, CVSNI


Rita Duffy, visual artist

Paper Submission

Please submit your proposals (title and 300-word maximum abstract) by 28th
February to Dr Lesley Lelourec, copying in Dr.Grainne
O'Keeffe-Vigneron with your institutional address.

lesley.lelourec[at]univ-rennes2.fr

grainne.o-keeffe[at]univ-rennes2.fr

Practical Details

Travel and accommodation details, as well as aregistration form, will be
circulated in the Spring.

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Making Ireland Roman: Irish Neo-Latin Writers and the Republic of
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Forwarded on behalf of
Mike Collins, Cork University Press

Announcing the latest book from Cork University Press:
=20
Making Ireland Roman: Irish Neo-Latin Writers and the Republic of =
Letters edited by Jason Harris and Keith Sidwell is being published this =
week.
=20
This collection of articles by leading scholars focuses on Irish writing =
in Latin in the Renaissance and aims to rewrite Irish cultural history =
through recovery and analysis of Latin sources. This book renders =
accessible for the first time the vastly important Irish contribution to =
the counter-reformation, to European Renaissance and baroque literature =
in Latin and to the intellectual culture of European Latinity. The =
ethnic, cultural and religious divisions within Ireland produced a =
divided Latin writing and reading community. - Making Ireland Roman: =
Irish Neo-Latin Writers and the Republic of Letters (ISBN 978 185918 =
453 0, Hbk, 254 pp, 234 x 156mm, =E2=82=AC49/=C2=A345.00).
=20
The Latin language became the medium in which the Catholic Church =
operated. When Christianity took root in Ireland so too did Latin. It =
became one of the principal languages of Ireland for over a thousand =
years resulting in over one thousand books being published by Irish =
authors. In order to convey the idiosyncrasies of Gaelic culture in the =
language of European scholarship to an international audience, Irish =
authors had to engage in a process of cultural translation. Many were =
Catholic exiles who attempted to promote an alternative to the English =
colonial narrative being written by domestic scholars. Some writers felt =
compelled to defend their country's reputation as a result of defamatory =
comments made by other writers.
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Articles include a detailed reconstruction of a feud with Scottish =
historians about the identity of medieval 'Scotia' as they claimed that =
it referred to Scotland rather than Ireland. Other articles include a =
contextual study of the political epic poem 'Ormonius', an examination =
of the major Latinist Richard Stanihurst and an evaluation of the =
literature of Catholic exile.
=20
Jason Harris is in the Department of History at University College Cork =
and Keith Sidwell is in the Department of Classics, University College =
Cork
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Contents
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=20
Acknowledgements vii
Introduction: Ireland and Romanitas
Jason Harris and Keith Sidwell 1
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1. Some reflexes of Latin learning and of the Renaissance in Ireland c. =
1450=E2=80=93c. 1600
Diarmaid =C3=93 Cath=C3=A1in 14
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2. Derricke and Stanihurst: a dialogue
John Barry 36
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3. The Richard Stanihurst=E2=80=93Justus Lipsius friendship:
scholarship and religion under Spanish Habsburg patronage in the late =
sixteenth century=20
Colm Lennon 48
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4. =E2=80=98The Tipperary hero=E2=80=99: Dermot =
O=E2=80=99Meara=E2=80=99s Ormonius (1615)
Keith Sidwell and David Edwards 59
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5. =E2=80=98Making Ireland Spanish=E2=80=99: the political writings of =
Philip O=E2=80=99Sullivan Beare=20
Hiram Morgan 86
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6. The Scotic debate: Philip O=E2=80=99Sullivan Beare and his =
Tenebriomastix
David Caulfield 109
=20
7. A case study in rhetorical composition: Stephen White=E2=80=99s two =
Apologiae for Ireland=20
Jason Harris 126
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8. Latin invective verse in the Commentarius Rinuccinianus
Gr=C3=A1inne McLaughlin 154
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9. Ussher and the collection of manuscripts in early modern Europe=20
Elizabethanne Boran 176
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Notes and References 195
Index 237
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For more information about Making Ireland Roman please contact:=20
Mike Collins, Cork University Press, Youngline Industrial Estate, =
Pouladuff Road, Cork, Ireland
Tel: 00 353 (0) 21 490 2980 Fax: 00 353 (0) 21 431 5329
Email: mike.collins[at]ucc.ie web: www.corkuniversitypress.com
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Publications Director=20
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http://www.corkuniversitypress.com=20
My blogs: http://www.corkuniversitypress.org=20

The Cork University Press helps to nurture the distinctiveness of local, =
regional and national cultures and extends the reach of UCC to national =
and international communities making evident the University=E2=80=99s =
commitment to the broad dissemination of knowledge and ideas.
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This email gives more detail about by Gerry Smyth's new book...

Music in Irish Cultural History (Dublin: Irish Academic Press)
by Gerry Smyth
=A0
With chapters ranging from the politics of betrayal in the songs of =
Thomas
Moore to the use of music in the award-winning film Once, Music in Irish
Cultural History offers an analysis of key moments from Irish cultural
history considered from the perspective of music.=20
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Contents:=20
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=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Introduction: In Search of Irish Music =

1 =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Listening to the Future: Music and Irish =
Studies=20
2 =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Betrayal as Theme and Influence in Thomas =
Moore=92s =91On Music=92=20
3 =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Music in James Joyce=92s =91The Dead=92: =
Sources, Contexts, Meanings=20
4 =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Paddy Sad and Paddy Mad: Music and the =
Condition of Irishness=20
5 =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Bringing it all Back Home? The Dynamics of =
Local Music-Making in
The Commitments=20
6 =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Celtic Music: From the Margins to the Centre =
(And Back Again?)=20
7=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Listening to the Novel: The Role and =
Representation of
Traditional Music in Contemporary Irish Fiction=20
8 =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 No Country for Young Women: Celtic Music, =
Dissent and the Irish
Female Body=20
9 =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 =91The same sound but with a different =
meaning=92: Music, Politics
and Identity in Bernard Mac Laverty=92s Grace Notes=20
10 =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 =91Sing your melody, I=92ll sing along=92: Mimetic =
and Diegetic Uses of
Music in Once=20
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=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 References=20
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I am going to be in Liverpool tomorrow, and hope to attend this event.

Patrick O'Sullivan


21st October - Prof Marianne Elliott

Prof Marianne Elliott will be talking about her new book When God Took Sides
- Religion and Identity in Irish history: Unfinished History.

Please note that this lecture will be held in Lecture Theatre 6, The Rendall
Building and will start promptly at 6.00pm.

http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/HistoryWorld/Irish/?view=usa&c
i=9780199206933

Description
The struggle between Catholic and Protestant has shaped Irish history since
the Reformation. But how do Catholics and Protestants see each other? And
how do they view their own communities and what these communities stand for?
Tracing the history of religious identities in Ireland over the last three
centuries, Marianne Elliott argues that these two questions are inextricably
linked and that the identity of both Catholics and Protestants is shaped by
the way that each community views the other. Cutting through the layers of
myths, lies, and half-truths that make up the vision that Catholics and
Protestants have of each other, she looks at how mutual religious
stereotypes were developed over the centuries, how they were perpetuated and
entrenched, and how they have defined modern identities and shaped Ireland's
historical destiny, from the independence struggle and partition to the
Troubles of the last four decades. Written by one of the leading Irish
historians, When God Took Sides offers an engagingly written and original
account of the religious tensions that have plagued Irish history.
Features
Answers the question of how Irish Catholics and Protestants see each other
and how their negative views of each other have been formed over the
centuries
Shows how the identity of both Catholics and Protestants in Ireland has been
shaped by the myths and half-truths they have believed about the other side
Looks at the way in which these myths and half-truths have become entrenched
over the centuries and shaped Ireland's historical destiny right through to
the 21st century
Reviews
"Marianne Elliott combines historical understanding with a hands-on
involvement in the process that led to peace in Ireland. The result is a
book that is challenging, illuminating, and that sheds light on other
situations of sectarian, religious, or ethnic tension beyond the Irish
case."--Senator George J. Mitchell, U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East
and former Chairman of the peace negotiations in Northern Ireland

Product Details
320 pages; 16 b/w plates; 5 1/4 x 7 3/4;
ISBN13: 978-0-19-920693-3
ISBN10: 0-19-920693-7

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From: "Brian Lambkin"
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:18:02 +0100

Dear Paddy,

On the theme of conflict resolution and reconciliation, List members may be
interested in the recent launch of an Empathy Network that features metaphor
analysis by Professor Lynne Cameron of the Open University of talk between
Jo Berry and Pat Magee, the Brighton bomber.

The launch website:
http://www.open.ac.uk/researchprojects/livingwithuncertainty/

http://www.open.ac.uk/researchprojects/livingwithuncertainty/p4.shtml

includes film of Jo Berry and Pat Magee talking to project members and
supporters and answering questions.

No doubt the Ryan Report offers much material for similar analysis.

best wishes
Brian Lambkin

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Subject: [IR-D] Patrick O'Sullivan, Seminar on The Report of The Commission
to Inquire into Child Abuse (Ryan Report)



From: Patrick O'Sullivan [mailto:P.OSullivan[at]bradford.ac.uk]

Last week I deposited, with the University of Bradford Library, copies of
The Report of The Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse (Ryan Report), on
disc and in 5 bound volumes.

The Report is also available to read, in HTML, or download, in PDF, on the
Commission's web site.

http://www.childabusecommission.ie/index.html

I have been asked by my colleagues here in Bradford if I would be willing to
prepare a seminar, or seminars, on the Report and the work of the
Commission.

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This notice has been brought to our attention. The publisher's =
information
makes no mention of Julia Kavanagh's Irish origins.

Announcing from Manchester University Press:

Eileen Fauset=20
The politics of writing: Julia Kavanagh, 1824-77

Julia Kavanagh was a popular and internationally published writer of the
mid-nineteenth century whose collective body of work included fiction,
biography, critical studies of French and English women writers, and =
travel
writing. In this critically engaged study Eileen Fauset sees Kavanagh as =
a
significant but neglected writer and returns her to her proper place in =
the
history of women's writing.

With few known primary sources to go on the author manages, through her
skilful selection of letters, official documents and historical =
commentary,
to piece together some of the jigsaw of Kavanagh's life. Throughout this
study, the biographical element informs and directs discussion of =
Kavanagh's
writing itself. What emerges is a succinct and telling portrait of a =
woman
who, through a desire to write, acquired both economic independence and =
a
means through which she could voice her sexual politics. Eileen Fauset
challenges the historical attitudes to 'popular romance', a genre read
mainly by women and generally discounted as simple entertainment. She =
argues
that in Kavanagh's novels romance is often the pivot around which issues =
of
cultural and sexual difference are examined, a perspective that, =
invariably,
also informed Kavanagh's non-fiction.

This study addresses the current enthusiasm for the reclamation of =
neglected
women writers and also brings to light interesting material that might
otherwise have remained unknown to the specialist. It will appeal to
academics, students and enthusiasts of Victorian literature and women's
writing.

Eileen Fauset was formerly a Lecturer in English at the University of =
Leeds,
Bretton Hall Campus and has published extensively on Irish and British
women=92s writing

Contents
Introduction
1. Julia Kavanagh
2. The Novel
3. Woman in France during the Eighteenth Century
4. French Women of Letters and English Women of Letters
5. A Summer and Winter in the Two Sicilies
Postscript
Notes
Julia Kavanagh: Publications
Bibliography
Index
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For more information or to buy The politics of writing: Julia Kavanagh,
1824-77 please visit the Manchester University Press website
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http://www.manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk
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http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/families/article6882
575.ece

From The Times
October 21, 2009
Child abuse: 'They poisoned my mind against my own mother'
As Ireland is braced for more revelations about paedophile priests, one
woman tells of the abuse she endured at the hands of nuns.

Raped and infected with gonorrhoea when she was just 8 years old, then
shortly afterwards, seized and sentenced to eight years in a children's
institute run by sadistic nuns, Kathleen O'Malley has spent most of her life
hiding from herself. But having emerged stronger from her horrific childhood
she has set herself a new challenge: to find the sister who suffered with
her.

The facts of Kathleen O'Malley's life would probably not have been believed
ten years ago, not before the dam finally burst on the Roman Catholic Church
in Ireland.

A long-awaited report into clerical abuse in the Diocese of Dublin is
expected to be published this week and bishops are bracing themselves for
another round of public anger. It will be a horror story of how known
paedophile priests were shunted from parish to parish by their religious
seniors. The number of children who suffered as a result of the Church's
cover-up could run into thousands.

It will also be another shattering blow to the moral authority of an
institution that once ruled Ireland with an iron rod, following hard on the
heels of the Ryan report, an independent tribunal that concluded in May
after a decade of evidence-gathering that there had been "endemic and
systemic" sexual, physical and emotional abuse of hundreds of thousands of
Irish children in residential institutions run by religious orders. Four
years ago, when Kathleen first told her story in her memoir, Childhood
Interrupted, there were plenty of cynics around who were prepared to cast
doubt on the extraordinary tale of suffering inside a system that seemed
akin to the worst excesses of a totalitarian regime.

But a sea-change has occurred in Ireland since the Ryan report: the anger
still swirls and will gather strength again this week with the publication
of another report.

The proof of Kathleen's claims is laid out before her on a coffee table in
her smart detached Hertfordshire bungalow: pages and pages of official
reports whose secrecy was not easily given up by the Irish authorities.

FULL TEXT AT
http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/families/article6882
575.ece

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Clerical abuse: Northern Ireland victims fight back
By Deborah McAleese
Tuesday, 20 October 2009

Abuse victims across Northern Ireland are to launch a landmark legal case
against several religious orders, the Belfast Telegraph can reveal.

Decades after suffering horrific abuse at the hands of nuns and priests in
church-run industrial schools and orphanages a growing number of victims are
now turning to the courts for retribution and closure. They are also
planning legal action against the government bodies that were responsible
for child welfare at the time, for failing to protect them...

...South's shocking report has no equivalent here

The Ryan report told the nightmare story of violence and sexual abuse
suffered by a generation of some of the most vulnerable children in Ireland.

It painted a chilling picture of a severely dysfunctional church and state
in Ireland - a church that protected and tolerated its members' actions, and
a state, charged to inspect the children's' homes and schools, that failed
to safeguard the young victims.

It took nine years to compile the 2,600-page report, which proposed 21 ways
the Irish government could recognise past wrongs, including building a
permanent memorial, providing counselling to victims and improving Ireland's
current child protection services.

It provided some level of closure and justice for the thousands who were
sent as children to Ireland's austere network of industrial schools,
reformatories, orphanages and hostels from the 1930s until the last
church-run facilities shut in the 1990s.

But in Northern Ireland no investigation has ever been launched and the
problem here remains locked in the past...

FULL TEXT AT

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/clerical-abuse-norther
n-ireland-victims-fight-back-14536353.html

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The Men Who built the Motorways
Inspired by a recent visit to London's Irish Community areas, Corrigan
Brothers, the band who had the International hit with "There's no one as
Irish as Barack Obama" send you a pre release MP3 of their new single =
"The
Men who built the Motorways" scheduled for release on December 9th
(Universal Label)
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Video link on youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DdsTalg9_n4Y&feature=3Demail

www.corriganbrothers.com
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This message from H-Migration will interst a number of Ir-D members.

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Canadian Committee on Migration, Ethnicity and Transnationalism
(CCMET)

The Canadian Committee on Migration, Ethnicity and Transnationalism
is a new academic organization that was created to foster and
facilitate collaboration among historians working in this field.
Through our listserve, we circulate details about upcoming
conferences, requests for panel participants, and calls for
papers. We are also interested in sharing ideas and information on
resources and archival collections that will stimulate and inform
research on the history of migration and related subjects.

The CCMET was established in June, 2009, during the annual meeting
of the Canadian Historical Association (CHA). The executive of the
CCMET is composed of the following officers: Lisa Chilton,
University of Prince Edward Island (Chair), Royden Loewen,
University of Winnipeg (Vice-chair), Bruce Elliott, Carleton
University (Secretary-treasurer), and two members at large (Laura
Madokoro, University of British Columbia, also listserv moderator
ex officio, and Tina Chen, University of Manitoba).

Those interested in the history of migrations, ethnicity,
transnationalism and related subjects are invited to join the
CCMET. Our listserve and web presence may be accessed at the
following link:

http://groups.google.com/group/CHA-MET

(please note that you may have to copy and paste this address into your
browser). If you would like assistance relating to the listserve,
please contact Laura Madokoro atlmadok[at]interchange.ubc.ca. Any
other questions may be directed to Lisa Chilton at lchilton[at]upei.ca.