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Has there been much coverage of the death of Ludovic Kennedy in Irish media?

I have not seen much, but of course I operate at a distance.

Extract from Chris Mullin's Appreciation, below, plus some other links. A
web search will find more...

P.O'S.

Appreciation: Sir Ludovic Kennedy
guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 20 October 2009 18.30 BST
Article history

Chris Mullin writes: To those of us who believe that British justice is
fallible, Ludo Kennedy (obituary, 20 October) was an icon. Although, these
days, even some of the highest judges in the land have been known quietly to
concede that the system over which they preside is capable of making
mistakes, in Ludo's day few, if any, were prepared to contemplate that
possibility.

What's more - as the two woefully inadequate inquiries into the Timothy
Evans case demonstrate - the judicial establishment was prepared to go to
some lengths to avoid having to face up to the fact that something had gone
horribly wrong.

It was Ludo who wiped the smile off their smug faces. What made him
especially effective was that he was himself an impeccably establishment
figure. His Eton and Oxford education, the fact that he was a member of the
same clubs and possessed of the same self-confidence as those who occupied
the upper reaches of the judiciary and government, meant that he was ideally
placed to take them on. And he didn't hesitate.

I first got to know him more 20 than years ago, when the Sunday Times
commissioned him to produce a detailed study of the Birmingham pub bombings
case, which I had been pursuing for some time. In those days it was a lonely
cause, but once he came on board it became considerably less so.

True to form, he invited me to lunch at his club in St James's and from then
on we never looked back. Much of his renown derived, of course, from his
having been - along with Robin Day - a presenter in the early days of
television. I didn't realise how famous he was until I invited him to dinner
at the House of Commons, only to find him being buttonholed by a procession
of people, from members of the then Tory cabinet to the waiters in the
dining room....

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/oct/20/ludovic-kennedy-obituary-appreci
ation

Guardian Obituary

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/oct/19/sir-ludovic-kennedy-obituary


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1221601/My-friend-Ludo-A-tribute-bro
adcasting-titan-Ludovic-Kennedy-89-tireless-crusading-killed-hangman.html

My friend Ludo': A tribute to broadcasting titan Ludovic Kennedy, 89, whose
tireless crusading killed off the hangman
By RICHARD INGRAMS

...Kennedy's work blew a gaping hole in the case for capital punishment and
the pioneering book was the first to show in detail how British justice
could get it all so horribly wrong.
He believed that our adversarial system of justice was 'an invitation to the
police to commit perjury, which they frequently do' and was shocked at the
extraordinary lengths the establishment would go to cover up the facts.

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Obituary
Redmond O'Neill obituary

Ken Livingstone
guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 27 October 2009 18.11 GMT

Redmond O'Neill, who has died aged 55 of cancer, and I first met in 1987 in
the aftermath of the Remembrance Day bombing at Enniskillen, in Northern
Ireland. He became my closest adviser on Irish issues and had the job of
turning London's St Patrick's parade into a major official celebration.

As we marched on the parade in 2002 we were both moved by emotion unleashed
as London's Irish community were finally able to celebrate their culture. I
heard the pride in his voice as he phoned family to say what an amazing day
it was to be Irish in London.

A lifelong revolutionary socialist and leading figure on the left for three
decades, Redmond was the son of Irish immigrants from Tipperary: born in
London, he was the second of five children. Internationalism was a
fundamental core of his beliefs, and his rejection of colonialism and
oppression made him friends all round the world...

Full text at

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/oct/27/redmond-oneill-obituary

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Edward Delaney obituary
Controversial Irish sculptor famous for two large public monuments in Dublin

PJ Gillan
guardian.co.uk, Monday 19 October 2009 18.43 BST


http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2009/oct/19/edward-delaney-obituary

The following correction was printed in the Guardian's Corrections and
clarifications column, Thursday 22 October 2009

It was the Wolfe Tone memorial by sculptor Edward Delaney that was blown up
in 1971, and not, as an editing error had it, his memorial to Thomas Davis.

The Irish sculptor Edward Delaney, who has died aged 79, is best known for
his two major public monuments in Dublin, the Thomas Davis and Wolfe Tone
memorials, which were unveiled in 1966 and 1967 respectively. When the
figure of Wolfe Tone, weighing three-quarters of a tonne, was placed in St
Stephen's Green, there were complaints that it was too big. He rejected them
out of hand: "Tone figured life-size in a park setting would look like a
leprechaun."

Asked what the four famine figures flanking the fountain at the rear of the
memorial had to do with Tone, he replied that the failure of the
French-backed 1798 rebellion presaged the disaster of the late 1840s. "I
would like to have depicted him in French uniform, plumed hat and victorious
sword. But history decided otherwise." The Davis memorial, opposite the
gates of Trinity College, also attracted unfavourable comment, and was
dismissed by one critic as "an elephantine-footed" monster. Delaney
retorted: "Truth lies in proportions, not in size." In 1971, the memorial
was blown up and had to be reconstructed by the artist when only the head
survived.

Described as direct to the point of brazen, Delaney cultivated the image of
the "angry man of sculpture," as one newspaper portrayed him. He lambasted
collectors who did not buy his work and was scathing in his criticism of
some public art. The Irish public, in his view, had little understanding of
sculpture: "They think you are codding them, so if I get the chance to throw
sculpture at them, I do it with style."

He grew up in Farmhill, Crossboyne, Co Mayo...

...His reputation may ultimately rest on his small-scale work - animal and
human figures, as well as more abstract creations. Of this work the critic
Anthony Butler wrote: "Place these small sculptures on some Atlantic
headland, letting the wind whistle through their complex spaces and cupping
the rain on their raw texture, and they would be as natural as the limestone
cliffs of Aran."...

Full text at
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2009/oct/19/edward-delaney-obituary

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Maybe I am alone in this but I am beginning to feel that we are getting
an overabundance of the Guardian newspaper opinions - and slant - on
Irish life. Delaney died a month ago and all of the Irish press in
Ireland covered it very well. I find it interesting [for what of a more
libelous word] that the Guardian got the blown up sculptor wrong and had
to correct the error.

Carmel

Patrick O'Sullivan wrote:
> Edward Delaney obituary
> Controversial Irish sculptor famous for two large public monuments in Dublin
>
> PJ Gillan
> guardian.co.uk, Monday 19 October 2009 18.43 BST
>
>
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2009/oct/19/edward-delaney-obituary
>
> The following correction was printed in the Guardian's Corrections and
> clarifications column, Thursday 22 October 2009
>
> It was the Wolfe Tone memorial by sculptor Edward Delaney that was blown up
> in 1971, and not, as an editing error had it, his memorial to Thomas Davis.
>
> The Irish sculptor Edward Delaney, who has died aged 79, is best known for
> his two major public monuments in Dublin, the Thomas Davis and Wolfe Tone
> memorials, which were unveiled in 1966 and 1967 respectively. When the
> figure of Wolfe Tone, weighing three-quarters of a tonne, was placed in St
> Stephen's Green, there were complaints that it was too big. He rejected them
> out of hand: "Tone figured life-size in a park setting would look like a
> leprechaun."
>
> Asked what the four famine figures flanking the fountain at the rear of the
> memorial had to do with Tone, he replied that the failure of the
> French-backed 1798 rebellion presaged the disaster of the late 1840s. "I
> would like to have depicted him in French uniform, plumed hat and victorious
> sword. But history decided otherwise." The Davis memorial, opposite the
> gates of Trinity College, also attracted unfavourable comment, and was
> dismissed by one critic as "an elephantine-footed" monster. Delaney
> retorted: "Truth lies in proportions, not in size." In 1971, the memorial
> was blown up and had to be reconstructed by the artist when only the head
> survived.
>
> Described as direct to the point of brazen, Delaney cultivated the image of
> the "angry man of sculpture," as one newspaper portrayed him. He lambasted
> collectors who did not buy his work and was scathing in his criticism of
> some public art. The Irish public, in his view, had little understanding of
> sculpture: "They think you are codding them, so if I get the chance to throw
> sculpture at them, I do it with style."
>
> He grew up in Farmhill, Crossboyne, Co Mayo...
>
> ...His reputation may ultimately rest on his small-scale work - animal and
> human figures, as well as more abstract creations. Of this work the critic
> Anthony Butler wrote: "Place these small sculptures on some Atlantic
> headland, letting the wind whistle through their complex spaces and cupping
> the rain on their raw texture, and they would be as natural as the limestone
> cliffs of Aran."...
>
> Full text at
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2009/oct/19/edward-delaney-obituary
>
> .
>
>

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But - remembering Tom Stoppard's Jumpers - which George Moore?

Internal evidence suggests that it IS the Irish writer.


CALL FOR PAPERS

The Fourth International George Moore Conference in Almeria (Spain) =
2010:
George Moore and =91the discovery of human nature=92

The conference will take place in Almeria (Spain) from 25-27 March 2010.
Website : http://www.ual.es/Congresos/George_Moore/
Organiser: Mar=EDa Elena Jaime de Pablos.

This conference invites 20-minute papers on George Moore and =91the =
discovery
of human nature=92 from a wide range of perspectives. Although other =
topics
may be considered, we welcome papers dealing with, but not being limited =
to,
issues such as the following:

Moore=92s representations of human nature
The link between human nature and art according to Moore
Soul and flesh / Good and evil in Moore=92s writings
The split subject in Moore=92s stories
Real vs. stereotypical characters in Moore=92s works
The woman question in Moore=92s narrative
Human development and human aging in Moore=92s texts
Moore=92s =91philosophic immoralism=92
Moore rebellion against Victorian tradition
Authorial contrasts and similarities: Moore, human nature and its
treatment by his contemporaries (e.g., Gissing, Bennett, Meredith,
Flaubert, D'Annunzio, Egerton, Grand, Yeats, Tennyson, Swinburne,
Christina Rossetti, Wilde, Stevenson, James, Conrad, Wells, Forster)

Abstracts for individual papers and round tables on the topic of the
conference are welcome. They should be limited to 150-200 words. All
non-plenary papers or presentations are strictly limited to a maximum of =
20
minutes. Submissions must include name, institutional affiliation or
independent scholar status, and contact information.
Deadline for submissions: 1 February 2010

Please send electronic submissions (as attachments) to mjaime[at]ual.es
Or write directly to the organiser:

M=AA Elena Jaime de Pablos
Universidad de Almer=EDa
Facultad de Humanidades
Dpto. Filolog=EDa Inglesa y Alemana
Ctra. Sacramento s/n
La Ca=F1ada de San Urbano
04120 Almer=EDa
Spain
E-mail: mjaime[at]ual.es
Tel. +34 950015071
Fax. +34 950015475

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Or, indeed, which Fourth International ?

Time for a Trotskyite reading of Aphrodite in Aulis ?

David

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But - remembering Tom Stoppard's Jumpers - which George Moore?

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Dear Patrick,

Here's an Irish Orientalism conference announcement that might interest the
discussion list.
Cheers,
Joseph

______________________
Joseph Lennon, Associate Professor
Department of English
Manhattan College


CONFERENCE



Asian Art and Ireland



A Dubliner=92s Collection of Asian Art

The Albert Bender Collection at the National Museum of Ireland



*Saturday 14**th **November 2009 *

*9.30am - 5.00pm*

* *

This conference marks the opening of the exhibition, =91A Dubliner=92s
Collection of Asian Art: The Albert Bender exhibition=92. The majority of
artefacts in this exhibition come from the collection donated to the
National Museum in the 1930s by Albert M. Bender (1866-1941). Bender was
born in Dublin and emigrated to San Francisco, California as a young man. A=
s
a successful businessman and art collector interested in Asian art, Bender
donated about 260 artefacts of Chinese, Japanese and Tibetan origin to the
National Museum of Ireland in the 1930s. This significant series of
donations to the museum during the early years of Irish Independence
included rare religious artworks and decorative arts objects in the areas o=
f
metalwork, ceramics and wood. The conference programme consists of a series
of talks that explore in more depth some of the themes touched on in the
exhibition. Talks cover such diverse topics as the influence of Buddhism in
Ireland and the iconography of Arhats.



Tickets: *=80*25 Students, Senior Citizens, Unwaged: *=80*15

Includes morning tea/coffee and light lunch. Booking essential.



For further information and to book a place contact the Education and
Outreach Department: Telephone: 01 6486 453 Email: bookings[at]museum.ie



*National Museum of Ireland - Decorative Arts & History***

This conference is organised by the Education and Outreach Department and i=
s
for anyone with an interest in decorative arts and design, material culture
and art and design history, including those working in these areas as
practitioners, educators or students.



Speakers

*Lorna Barnes *



Lorna Barnes is a consultant conservator for the National Museum of Ireland=
,
specialising in inorganic objects such as glass and ceramics. She has worke=
d
as an object conservator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. She
will be presenting a short paper on the results of investigations into the
authenticity and provenance of two large stoneware funerary urns that are
currently on display as part of the Albert Bender exhibition.



*Alexandra Durrani* is a conservator with the Conservation Department at th=
e
National Museum for more than five years. Her talk will focus on the paint
analysis that she undertook as part of the conservation of one of the
sixteen multicoloured figures, which were conserved for the Albert Bender
exhibition. The figures represent military leaders and deities of Chinese
religion.



*Dr Michael Ryan* is an archaeologist and Director of the Chester Beatty
Library. He is a former President of the Royal Irish Academy, Chairman of
the Discovery Programme and Honorary Professor of Art History and Honorary
Fellow at Trinity College, Dublin. Formerly Keeper of Irish Antiquities in
the National Museum of Ireland, he is the author of numerous research
articles and editor of several books on archaeological topics. He is
co-author with Frank Mitchell of Reading the Irish Landscape. He is a membe=
r
of the Executive Committee of ASEMUS, the Asia-Europe Foundation museum
network, and Chair of ICOM-Ireland.



*Debra Bowden* is a qualified printmaker whose work has been exhibited
broadly in Ireland. In 2006 Bowden became the first Irish artist to be
awarded a scholarship to Awaji Island in Japan, to train with master
Japanese woodblock printmakers. Her presentation will focus on how her
practice is influenced by Japanese art, in particular Ukiyo-e, and will
include a practical carving and printing demonstration.



*Ruth Starr* devised and presents the Arts of Japan course at Trinity
College, Dublin and she also lectures widely on the subject. Ruth=92s resea=
rch
interests include the Japanese influence of Eileen Gray=92s (1878-1976)
lacquer work and Japonisme in nineteenth century Ireland. Starr will presen=
t
a paper on the impact of Japanese art and design on nineteenth and twentiet=
h
century Irish artists.



*Dr Laurence Cox *is lecturer in sociology at NUI Maynooth and a member of
the Irish Network for Studies in Buddhism. He is currently completing a boo=
k
on the history of Buddhism in Ireland. For this conference, Dr Cox will
explore the Irish encounter with Buddhism in the late 19th and early
20th centuries.
He will focus on how Irish soldiers, civil servants, missionaries and
academics disseminated knowledge of Asian Buddhism, how this was reflected
by artists and intellectuals and in Irish popular culture, and the
remarkable history of the first Irish people to become Buddhists.



*Dr John Clarke* is the curator of Himalayan Collections of the Asian
Department at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Dr Clarke gained a
PhD on the subject of traditional Tibetan metalworking at the School of
Oriental and African Studies in London in 1995 and has written many article=
s
on this subject. In his talk Dr Clarke will give an overview of Thangka
painting - its origins, techniques and historical development =96 as well a=
s
focusing in on depictions of the Arhats, the disciples of Buddha.



*Dr Joseph Lennon *is associate professor of English at Manhattan College i=
n
New York City and the author of Irish Orientalism: A Literary and
Intellectual History (2004). His paper at this conference aims to put into
context Bender=92s gift to the National Museum of Ireland, first providing =
an
overview of Oriental interests in Irish culture, from medieval origin
legends to Celtic modernism.



*Dr Patrick F. Wallace* has been the Director of the National Museum of
Ireland for more than twenty-two years. Before that, he was the
archaeologist in charge of the National Museum=92s excavations of the Vikin=
g
Age site at Wood Quay, Dublin. He is well known as a lecturer and has made
several radio and television programmes. He has also lectured widely outsid=
e
Ireland, notably at the National Geographic in Washington. In recognition o=
f
his work, he was awarded with a Knighthood by the Queen of Denmark. He is a=
n
honorary member of the Royal Institute of Architects in Ireland, a Fellow o=
f
the Society of Antiquaries of London and a member of the Royal Irish
Academy.



*Audrey Whitty* is curator of Ceramics, Glass and Asian collections at the
National Museum of Ireland, Decorative Arts and History and curator of the
exhibition, =91A Dubliner=92s Collection of Asian Art: The Albert Bender
exhibition=92 which opened at the National Museum in November 2008. She is
currently completing her doctorate at Trinity College Dublin on the Albert
Bender donations of Far Eastern Art to the National Museum in the context o=
f
his cultural interests in Ireland and California, and is author of the
forthcoming catalogue on the Albert Bender Collection.



*Yvonne Altman O=92Connor* has spent many years living in the US, in the Sa=
n
Francisco Bay Area where she first came in contact with Albert Bender=92s
collections at the Asian Art Museum. Yvonne is currently engaged in researc=
h
and writing and works with the Irish Jewish Museum in Dublin. Her talk at
this conference will look at the Bender family, their origins and the Jewis=
h
community of Dublin in which they lived.



*Dr Philip McEvansoneya* is a lecturer in the history of art at Trinity
College, Dublin with particular interests in British and Irish art of the
eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. He is currently researching the
cultural biography of Sir William Gregory (1817-1892) of Coole Park, Co.
Galway. This paper will explore Gregory=92s involvement with Ceylon where,
while he was Governor, the plan to establish a National Museum of Ceylon wa=
s
brought to fruition.





For further information and to book a place contact: The Education and
Outreach Department

National Museum of Ireland - Decorative Arts & History

Collins Barracks

Benburb Street

Dublin 7

Tel: +353 (0) 1648 6453

Email: bookings[at]museum.ie

www.museum.ie





*How to find us:*

Buses to Collins Barracks:

90 (Aston Quay)

92 (St Stephen=92s Green)

25, 25A, 66, 67 (Wellington Quay)

Luas:

Collins Barracks:

Dedicated Museum stop - Red Line

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Dear Patrick,
=A0
Here's an =
Irish Orientalism=A0conference announcement that might interest the discuss=
ion list.=A0
Cheers,=

Joseph
=A0
______________=
________
Joseph Lennon,=
Associate Professor
Department of =
English
Manhattan Coll=
ege
=A0
=A0
CONFERENCE
=A0
Asian Art and Ireland
=A0
A Dubliner=92s Collection of Asian Art
The Albert Bender Collection at the National Museum of Ireland

=A0
=
Saturday 14th November 2009=A0

9.30am - 5.00pm
=A0
This conference marks the opening of the exhibition, =91A Dubline=
r=92s Collection of Asian Art: The Albert Bender exhibition=92. The majorit=
y of artefacts in this exhibition come from the collection donated to the N=
ational Museum in the 1930s by Albert M. Bender (1866-1941). Bender was bor=
n in Dublin and emigrated to San Francisco, California as a young man. As a=
successful businessman and art collector interested in Asian art, Bender d=
onated about 260 artefacts of Chinese, Japanese and Tibetan origin to the N=
ational Museum of Ireland in the 1930s. This significant series of donation=
s to the museum during the early years of Irish Independence included rare =
religious artworks and decorative arts objects in the areas of metalwork, c=
eramics and wood. The conference programme consists of a series of talks th=
at explore in more depth some of the themes touched on in the exhibition. T=
alks cover such diverse topics as the influence of Buddhism in Ireland and =
the iconography of Arhats.=
=A0

=A0
Tickets: =8025 Students, Senior Citizens, Unwaged: =8015

Includes morning tea/coffee and light lunch. Booking essential.
=A0
For further information and to book a place contact the Education =
and Outreach Department: Telephone: 01 6486 453 Email: bookings[at]museum.ie =A0

=A0
National=
Museum of Ireland - Decorative Arts & History

This conference is organised by the Education and Outreach Departm=
ent and is for anyone with an interest in decorative arts and design, mater=
ial culture and art and design history, including those working in these ar=
eas as practitioners, educators or students.

=A0
Speakers
Lorna Barnes
=A0
Lorna Barnes is a consultant conservator for the National Museum o=
f Ireland, specialising in inorganic objects such as glass and ceramics. Sh=
e has worked as an object conservator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in =
New York. She will be presenting a short paper on the results of investigat=
ions into the authenticity and provenance of two large stoneware funerary u=
rns that are currently on display as part of the Albert Bender exhibition. =


=A0
Alexandra Durrani is a conservator with the Conservation D=
epartment at the National Museum for more than five years. Her talk will fo=
cus on the paint analysis that she undertook as part of the conservation of=
one of the sixteen multicoloured figures, which were conserved for the Alb=
ert Bender exhibition. The figures represent military leaders and deities o=
f Chinese religion.

=A0
Dr Michael Ryan is an archaeologist and Director of the Ch=
ester Beatty Library. He is a former President of the Royal Irish Academy, =
Chairman of the Discovery Programme and Honorary Professor of Art History a=
nd Honorary Fellow at Trinity College, Dublin. Formerly Keeper of Irish Ant=
iquities in the National Museum of Ireland, he is the author of numerous re=
search articles and editor of several books on archaeological topics. He is=
co-author with Frank Mitchell of Rea=
ding the Irish Landscape. He is a mem=
ber of the Executive Committee of ASEMUS, the Asia-Europe Foundation museum=
network, and Chair of ICOM-Ireland.

=A0
Debra Bowden is a qualified printmaker whose work has been=
exhibited broadly in Ireland. In 2006 Bowden became the first Irish artist=
to be awarded a scholarship to Awaji Island in Japan, to train with master=
Japanese woodblock printmakers. Her presentation will focus on how her pra=
ctice is influenced by Japanese art, in particular Ukiyo-e, and will includ=
e a practical carving and printing demonstration.

=A0
Ruth Starr devised an=
d presents the Arts of Japan course at Trinity College, Dublin and she also=
lectures widely on the subject. Ruth=92s research interests include the Ja=
panese influence of Eileen Gray=92s (1878-1976) lacquer work and Japonisme =
in nineteenth century Ireland. Starr will present a paper on the impact of =
Japanese art and design on nineteenth and twentieth century Irish artists. =


=A0
Dr Laurence Cox is le=
cturer in sociology at NUI Maynooth and a member of the Irish Network for S=
tudies in Buddhism. He is currently completing a book on the history of Bud=
dhism in Ireland. For this conference, Dr Cox will explore the Irish encoun=
ter with Buddhism in the late 19th =
and early 20th centuries. He will =
focus on how Irish soldiers, civil servants, missionaries and academics dis=
seminated knowledge of Asian Buddhism, how this was reflected by artists an=
d intellectuals and in Irish popular culture, and the remarkable history of=
the first Irish people to become Buddhists.

=A0
Dr John Clarke is the=
curator of Himalayan Collections of the Asian Department at the Victoria a=
nd Albert Museum in London. Dr Clarke gained a PhD on the subject of tradit=
ional Tibetan metalworking at the School of Oriental and African Studies in=
London in 1995 and has written many articles on this subject. In his talk =
Dr Clarke will give an overview of Thangka painting - its origins, techniqu=
es and historical development =96 as well as focusing in on depictions of t=
he Arhats, the disciples of Buddha.

=A0
Dr Joseph Lennon is a=
ssociate professor of English at Manhattan College in New York City and the=
author of Irish Orientalism: A Liter=
ary and Intellectual History (2004). =
His paper at this conference aims to put into context Bender=92s gift to th=
e National Museum of Ireland, first providing an overview of Oriental inter=
ests in Irish culture, from medieval origin legends to Celtic modernism.

=A0
Dr Patrick F. Wallace=
has been the Director of the Nationa=
l Museum of Ireland for more than twenty-two years. Before that, he was the=
archaeologist in charge of the National Museum=92s excavations of the Viki=
ng Age site at Wood Quay, Dublin. He is well known as a lecturer and has ma=
de several radio and television programmes. He has also lectured widely out=
side Ireland, notably at the National Geographic in Washington. In recognit=
ion of his work, he was awarded with a Knighthood by the Queen of Denmark. =
He is an honorary member of the Royal Institute of Architects in Ireland, a=
Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London and a member of the Royal I=
rish Academy.

=A0
Audrey Whitty =
is curator of Ceramics, Glass and Asian coll=
ections at the National Museum of Ireland, Decorative Arts and History and =
curator of the exhibition, =91A Dubliner=92s Collection of Asian Art: The A=
lbert Bender exhibition=92 which opened at the National Museum in November =
2008. She is currently completing her doctorate at Trinity College Dublin o=
n the Albert Bender donations of Far Eastern Art to the National Museum in =
the context of his cultural interests in Ireland and California, and is aut=
hor of the forthcoming catalogue on the Albert Bender Collection.

=A0
Yvonne Altman O=92Connor has spent many years living in the US, in the San Francisco Bay Area wh=
ere she first came in contact with Albert Bender=92s collections at the Asi=
an Art Museum. Yvonne is currently engaged in research and writing and work=
s with the Irish Jewish Museum in Dublin. Her talk at this conference will =
look at the Bender family, their origins and the Jewish community of Dublin=
in which they lived.

=A0
Dr Philip McEvansoneya is a lecturer in the history of art at Trinity College, Dublin with parti=
cular interests in British and Irish art of the eighteenth and nineteenth c=
enturies. He is currently researching the cultural biography of Sir William=
Gregory (1817-1892) of Coole Park, Co. Galway. This paper will explore Gre=
gory=92s involvement with Ceylon where, while he was Governor, the plan to =
establish a National Museum of Ceylon was brought to fruition.

=A0
=A0
For further information and to book a place contact:=A0 The Education and Outreach Departm=
ent

National Museum of Ireland - Decorative Arts & History
Collins Barracks
Benburb Street
Dublin 7
Tel: +353 (0) 1648 6453

Email: boo=
kings[at]museum.ie
www.museum.ie
=A0
=A0
How to find us:
Buses to Collins Barracks:
90 (Aston Quay)
92 (St Stephen=92s Green)
25, 25A, 66, 67 (Wellington Quay)
Luas:
Collins Barracks:
Dedicated Museum stop - Red Line

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Subject: Next week Glucksman Ireland House NYU presents: 11th annual
O'Malley Lecture with Prof. Charles Fanning and PoetryFest 2009 at the Irish
Arts Center

Glucksman Ireland House is the Center for Irish Studies at New York
University.
Please use the email address and phone number below to contact us:
ireland.house[at]nyu.edu or 212-998-3950

Next week Glucksman Ireland House NYU presents:



The Eleventh Annual Ernie O'Malley Lecture:

Professor Charles Fanning discusses "A Hidden Flowering: Irish-American
Culture in the 1930s"


Thursday, November 5th at 7pm

at Glucksman Ireland House NYU


In the eleventh annual lecture in this series endowed by Cormac K. H.
O'Malley in honor of his father, Professor Emeritus Charles Fanning presents
"A Hidden Flowering: Irish-American Culture in the 1930s," an illustrated
talk exploring the Irish dimension of some Depression-era accomplishments in
poetry, fiction, the comic strip, radio, music, drama, film, and painting.
Taken together, these argue for a palpable creative burst that has not been
registered as such.


Professor Fanning discovered an authentic Irish-American voice in the
persona of the 19th-century, syndicated newspaper humorist Finley Peter
Dunne's Mr. Dooley (a fictional, Irish-American bar owner from Chicago with
opinions on everything). He went on to identify an Irish-American regional
literature in the work of Chicago writers like James T. Farrell, author of
the Studs Lonigan trilogy and later a distinct Irish-American literature in
The Irish Voice in America: Irish-American Fiction from the 1760s to the
1980s.



About Prof. Charles Fanning

Charles F. Fanning joined SIUC's English department faculty in 1993, began
his scholarly career in 1970 focusing on Irish-American literature, but he
soon branched out to include history, culture and immigration. Fanning has
published 12 books, 16 articles in professional journals, 12 book chapters,
nine book reviews and two encyclopedia entries. Fanning has also received 11
fellowships and research awards in 10 years, including a three-year,
$240,000 federal grant to underwrite the development of an exchange program
with University College in Galway, Ireland.

Fanning grew up in Norwood, Mass., an area settled by Irish immigrants from
Galway, earned a bachelor's degree from Harvard College in 1964, a master's
from Harvard University in 1966, and master's and doctoral degrees from the
University of Pennsylvania in 1968 and 1972. He taught at Bridgewater State
College in Massachusetts for 21 years and spent two years as assistant to
the chancellor of the University of Missouri St. Louis before coming to
SIUC.

Free admission. Funding to endow this lecture series has been generously
provided by Cormac K. H. O'Malley in honor of his father, independence
figure and author Ernie O'Malley.

In order to ensure a seat, please RSVP to 212-998-3950 (option 3) or email
ireland.house[at]nyu.edu.

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Churchill Role Was Tough Call For Top Irish Actor Brendan Gleeson

Nov 1 2009 Graham Keal

Into The Storm star Brendan Gleeson has revealed how he searched his soul
before agreeing to play Winston Churchill in the acclaimed TV drama.
The BBC/HBO production is screened in Britain tomorrow trailing clouds of
glory after racking up 14 Emmy nominations, with Brendan himself named
Outstanding Lead Actor...

...That was as much because of Churchill's political record in Ireland as
his English accent and guttural, cigar and whisky-enriched voice.
"When it was broached, I had to think about it. I had to confront my own
baggage in terms of where I was coming from - southern Ireland, where
Churchill's reputation is not quite the same as in Britain - and whether I
could actually achieve this or not."
Churchill's role in Ireland's partition into North and South made him so
unpopular in the Irish Republic that, even on his death, Irish statesman
Eamon de Valera conceded that while Winnie was indeed a great Englishman,
"we in Ireland had to regard him over a long period as a dangerous
adversary"...

...Gleeson, who also starred with fellow Irishman Colin Farrell in hitman
movie In Bruges, says: "It became more and more clear that this was not a
war movie - it's about Churchill and who he was during the war. Integral to
that is his life with Clemmie.
"The more footage you look at, it's amazing how often she was there. It
wasn't just a question of going home and weeping on somebody's shoulder."
Not that Clemmie was always sympathetic. This is Churchill, warts and all,
and he could be an arrogant, irascible bully at times, as Clemmie was quite
capable of reminding him.
Janet McTeer says: "She worked incredibly hard at what she considered to be
her duty. If she felt that Winston was making a mistake, she'd absolutely
tell him. The 'little woman' behind the man wasn't her at all. They had huge
fights sometimes."
What intrigued the film-makers, including executive producers Tony and
Ridley Scott, was that only eight weeks after leading Britain to victory,
Churchill was dumped out of office in a General Election that swept Labour
to power, amid promises of a Welfare State and a more equal society for
homecoming heroes...

FULL TEXT AT

http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/tv-showbiz-news/entertainment-news/2009/11/01/ch
urchill-role-was-tough-call-for-top-irish-actor-brendan-gleeson-78057-217896
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Subject: TOC Irish Economic and Social History, Volume 36, Number 1,
December 2009
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The databases continue to have problems with Cormac =D3 Gr=E1da's name.

I have corrected it here.

A number of items of interest to Ir-D members.

Note that Irish Economic and Social History is nowadays published by
Manchester UP and is available through the web.

P.O'S.

Irish Economic and Social History
Volume 36, Number 1, December 2009

Articles

'A violent society'? Homicide rates in Ireland, 1831-1850=20
pp. 1-20(20)=20
Author: McMahon, Richard

Savings banks, famine and financial contagion: Ireland in the 1840s and
1850s=20
pp. 21-36(16)=20
Authors: =D3 Gr=E1da, Cormac.

Irish in the mining industry in England and Wales: Evidence from the =
1881
census=20
pp. 37-62(26)=20
Authors: Smith, Malcolm T.; MacRaild, Donald M.
Review article

War, identity and memory in Ireland=20
pp. 63-84(22)=20
Author: Beckett, Ian F.W.

Archives report

Public Record Office of Northern Ireland: recent accessions of interest =
to
the social and economic historian, 2008-2009=20
pp. 85-87(3)

Thesis abstracts=20

Bibliography

Selected list of writings on Irish economic and social history published =
in
2008=20
pp. 102-112(11)=20
Author: Hughes, Kyle

Reviews=20
pp. 113-163(51)

Secretary's report

Economic and Social History Society of Ireland: Report of the Honorary
Secretary=20
pp. 164-165(2)=20
Author: Kelly, Jennifer

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Subject: Post Doctoral Position University of Bath,
Migration: a Cross National Comparison
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The Department of European Studies and Modern Languages at the =
University of
Bath is seeking:

Research Officer/Post Doctoral Fellow for a project entitled Support and
Opposition to Migration: a Cross National Comparison of the =
Politicisation
of Migration in Europe

Start date: 1 January 2010 or soon thereafter for 18 months (possibility =
of
extension pending further funding).

Project Supervisor: Professor Roger Eatwell (r.eatwell[at]bath.ac.uk).=20

This is a European Union 7th Framework Programme funded post based in =
the
Department of European Studies and Modern Languages. The overall project
brings together researchers in the Universities of: Amsterdam; Bath; the
Free University Brussels; Trinity College Dublin; Manchester; =
Neuch=E2tel; and
Vienna. Each is especially responsible for studying developments in =
their
home country, except for Manchester which covers Spain. Thus this =
position
in Bath will focus on developments in Britain, though an important =
aspect of
the project is to develop comparative insights/theory. Overall, it is =
also
intended that the project will develop research and ideas for =
dissemination
to public policy makers in the UK, the European Union and more widely.

Since the 1960s, millions of immigrant workers, asylum seekers and their
families have migrated from under-developed to industrialised and
post-industrial societies. However, there have been major variations in
responses such as whether the presence of immigrant becomes politically
contested, including notably different support levels for anti-immigrant
extreme right parties. This project will seek to probe such issues =
broadly,
focusing on the interactions of four kinds of actors: the state, =
political
parties, social movements and the media.

The post-doctoral fellow appointed in Bath will help produce a variety =
of
work packages relating to issues such as the demographics of British
immigration, legal and policy issues relating to immigration, and media
coverage of immigration and related issues. There will be a particular =
focus
on analysing Political and Discursive Opportunity Structures (POS and =
DOS),
though overall the study will test a variety of demand and supply side
hypotheses.

As well as coming into contact with the broader team of researchers
(including other post-docs) on this project, the person appointed will =
be
working within the Department of European Studies and Modern Languages =
at
Bath, which has notable expertise in fields such as extreme right =
parties
and immigration, and more generally as part of the Conflict and Security
Research Group. The Conflict and Security Research Group
(http://www.bath.ac.uk/esml/research/security/), headed by Professor =
Richard
G. Whitman, takes a broad definition of the notion of security and which =
is
approached from different disciplinary perspectives.=20

Further details are available at
http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AAF747/research-officer/>


Professor Richard G. Whitman

Professor of Politics

Department of European Studies and Modern Languages

1 West North 2.34

University of Bath

Bath BA2 7AY

UK

=20

Tel. +44 (0)1225 386490

Mobile +44 (0)7951 541890

Fax. +44(0)1225 386987

Email. r.g.whitman[at]bath.ac.uk

http://people.bath.ac.uk/rgw22/


The University Association for Contemporary European Studies can be =
found at
http://www.uaces.org/=20

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Subject: Trinity College Dublin,
2010 - 2011 Research Fellowships in the Arts and Humanities
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2010 - 2011 Research Fellowships in the Arts and Humanities

In January 2010 The Trinity Long Room Hub will award 12 stipendiary and 7
non-stipendiary Visiting Research Fellowships to world-class researchers in
the arts and humanities. We will also appoint one Post-doctoral Research
Fellow.

Applicants for the Visiting Research Fellowships and the Post-doctoral
Research Fellowship should demonstrate how they would spend their time
working one or more of the many rich collections within the Library, and/or
collaborating with named individuals or groups of individuals within the
arts and humanities at TCD.

Applications are welcome from across the entire range of arts and humanities
research, but the Trinity Long Room Hub wishes particularly to encourage
applications in the following areas of research: children's literature; art;
the creative arts; creativity and the city; digital humanities; medical
humanities; and South Asian studies.

Available Fellowships are:

12 stipendiary fellowships of between one and three months each
7 non-stipendiary fellowships of between one and ten months each
1 stipendiary Post-doctoral Research Fellowship. This twelve month position
is confined to citizens of the United States of America.

Closing date for receipt of applications: 5.00pm, Friday 15th January 2010.

Successful applicants must take up their awards between 1 October 2010 and
30 September 2011.

Terms and conditions and how to apply.

If you have a query about this scheme, please email Dr Jason McElligott

SOURCE
http://www.tcd.ie/longroomhub/Fellowships/

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Subject: GRITIM-UPF Working Paper Series - Number 1,
Temporary and Circular Labour Migration
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A number of Ir-D members will be interested in the work of=20
Grup de Recerca Interdisciplinari sobre Immigraci=F3

The first Working Paper - details below - is a discursive piece about
'Temporary and Circular Labour Migration', looking at some of the =
unverified
hypotheses that guide policy.

P.O'S.


GRITIM-UPF Working Paper Series
GRITIM-UPF is pleased to announce the beginning of its on-line =
publication,
GRITIM-UPF working Paper Series. The main purpose is to disseminate =
academic
research work-in-progress that contributes to the European approach on
immigration and diversity. We want to encourage all researchers working =
in
the field to submit their proposals to gritim[at]upf.edu. If you are =
interested
in recieving more information about GRITIM-UPF activities, as well as in
continuing recieving the present Working Paper, visit the webpage, and
subscribe to the group's distribution list: www.upf.edu/gritim.

If you have already received this e-mail, we apologise for the
inconvenience.

Please feel free to distribute this e-mail within your colleagues.

=20
Temporary and Circular Labour Migration: Reassessing established public
policies

Author: Ricard Zapata-Barrero, Elena S=E1nchez Montijano and
Roc=EDo Fa=FAndez Garc=EDa

Date: Autumn 2009

Abstract: Today, Temporary Labour Migration is a fundamental
course of action promoted by relevant economic and political agents, =
such as
the EC, the GCIM, or the OECD. This working paper is based on a specific
empirical case study of Temporary and Circular Labour Migration in the
Catalonian agrarian sector, which has been distinguished as a =
particularly
successful formula. We identify a new area of interest: the emergence of =
a
new empirical migrant category, the Circular Labour Migrant, which =
remains
theoretically unnamed and lacks public recognition. We argue that, until
now, there have been two historical phases regarding temporary labour
migration: one of total deregulation and another of partial regulation, =
led
by private actors with support from public institutions, and featuring
circularity. In a developed Welfare State context, it would be =
normatively
pertinent to expect a step towards a third phase, one involving the
institutionalization of this new mobility category through the =
elaboration
of a public policy.

Free Copy: http://upf.edu/gritim/coneixement/workingpaper.html

=20


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

Ricard Zapata-Barrero

Departament de Ci=E8ncies Pol=EDtiques i Socials
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Ramon Trias Fargas, 25-27
08 005 Barcelona

++34 93 542 19 41/43

ricard.zapata[at]upf.edu

http://dcpis.upf.edu/~ricard-zapata/

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

Grup de Recerca Interdisciplinari sobre Immigraci=F3

GRITIM-UPF

www.upf.edu/gritim

gritim[at]upf.edu

=20

=20

=20

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Subject: USP cria C=?iso-8859-1?Q?=E1tedra_?= de Estudos Irlandeses,
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A very interesting development at the UNIVERSIDADE DE S=C3O PAULO (USP),
Brazil, the creation of the WILLIAM B. YEATS CHAIR OF IRISH STUDIES...

The Chair will be run in a way that differs from comparable Chairs at =
other
European and American universities. The work of the Chair will be
coordinated by Laura Izarra, and by Munira H. Mutran as its guest =
Director.
=20
The Chair will offer lectures, extracurricular short-term courses on =
Irish
Studies focusing on interdisciplinary themes, which will be available to =
the
public in general. There will also be Postgraduate courses for students =
of
the University of S=E3o Paulo, scholars from other Brazilian and foreign
universities and independent researchers. There will be some =
responsibility
for co-organising, with the Brazilian Association of Irish Studies =
(ABEI),
the yearly Symposium of Irish Studies in South America and special
publications of lectures and academic research.

P.O'S.=20

USP cria C=E1tedra de Estudos Irlandeses

WILLIAM B. YEATS CHAIR OF IRISH STUDIES
On 29th September 2009, the UNIVERSIDADE DE S=C3O PAULO (USP), Brazil,=20
represented by its Vice-President, Franco Maria Lajolo and by the Dean =
of
the Faculty
of Humanities (FFLCH), Sandra Margarida Nitrini, and the EMBASSY OF =
IRELAND,
in Brazil, represented by the Ambassador Michael Hoey, signed the =
Agreement
for the
establishment of the Chair of Irish Studies William B. Yeats to promote
further
cooperation between the Embassy of Ireland and the University of S=E3o =
Paulo.
The Chair is coordinated by Professor Laura P. Z. Izarra; Professor =
Honoris
Causa by
the National University of Ireland/Maynooth Munira H. Mutran will be its
guest Director.

http://irishstudies.webs.com/ctedrawbyeatsusp.htm

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Subject: The Irish in Britain: A conversation with the Diaspora 23
November 2009
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Forwarded on behalf of
Brian Jackson [mailto:Brian.Jackson[at]ucd.ie]=20

Subject: The Irish in Britain: A conversation with the Diaspora 23 =
November
2009

I extend an invitation to a special one day forum on the Irish in =
Britain
which I hope will be of interest to you. The event will conclude with =
the
presentation of this years UCD John Hume medal to Dr Mary Robinson. I =
very
much hope to see you on 23 November.

I enclose a link to the programme for the day.

http://www.ucd.ie/johnhume/globalforum/edm/diasporaforum/

If you have any queries about the forum, please do not hesitate to =
contact
me,

With best wishes

Yours faithfully

Brian Jackson


Tickets for this special one day symposium on the Irish in Britain at =
the
Royal Society on 23 November are available here

https://secure.www.alumniconnections.com/olc/pub/CDB/events/event_order.c=
gi?
tmpl=3Devents&event=3D2237042.0

Details of the programme and speaker biographies are available here

http://www.ucd.ie/johnhume/globalforum/edm/diasporaforum/

Dr. Brian Jackson
Director
UCD John Hume Institute=20
University College Dublin
Belfield
Dublin 4
Ireland

(T) =A000 353 1 716 1565
(F) =A000 353 1 716 1580
(M) 00 353 86 380 3686
(E) brian.jackson[at]ucd.ie
(W) http://www.ucd.ie/johnhume/

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Riddle of 200-year-old Irish grave in New York
Tuesday, 3 November 2009

Workers uncovered a young Irishman's grave in New York's Greenwich Village
more than 200 years after he died.

Now authorities are determined to solve the mystery of the life and death of
the Co Kildare man.

New York City Dept of Parks and Recreation workers expected to find
unidentified bones when they dug below the city's Washington Square Park --
more than 20,000 people are believed to be buried in the former graveyard.
But they discovered the 210-year-old 3ft-high sandstone gravestone of a Co
Kildare man who died in 1799.

Its writing, still clear, read: "Here lies the body of James Jackson, who
departed this life the 22nd day of September, 1799 aged 28 years, native of
the county of Kildare, Ireland."

Workers have several times found skeletons during the restoration of the
park, but Jackson's stone was the first burial marker.

"It's very unusual," John H Geismar, the archaeological consultant who made
the discovery, said. "In fact, I'm stunned."

The New York Historical society has identified one James Jackson of 19 East
George Street, who was listed in the city death records on September 23,
1799, Ms Geismar said. His occupation is listed as a watchman, though a city
directory at the time listed him as a grocer.

Diana de Zerega Wall, an archaeology professor at the City University of New
York, said that at the time Jackson was buried, the city was wrestling with
a series of yellow fever outbreaks and he may have died from the illness.

Victims were buried there away from the then centre of town, as a safety
measure.

After the discovery, workers dug seven feet below the gravestone but found
no body. It is thought it may have been moved when the area was developed
into parade grounds.

Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe said that even in the absence of a body,
the city hopes to learn more about the young Irish immigrant.

Source: The Belfast Telegraph

Web Source
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/riddle-of-200yearold-irish-
grave-in-new-york-1813777.html

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Talking to Patrick Quinlivan - who did a charming chapter for The Irish
World Wide series in 1994...

Hunting the fenians: problems in the historiography of a secret =
organisation

Patrick J. Quinlivan=20

And who was himself a pioneer in research on Fenians...

He notices an increasing number of books about the Fenians - and he =
wonders
why? =20

He has noticed this, he says, partly because people contact him for
information.

Book notices come to us in rather random ways. But, looking around, I =
can
see some recent books - a list below. The list could be made longer if =
you
included reprints or print-on-demand versions of C19th classics and
potboilers.

The McConnell & McGarry collection looks strong - it is the book of the =
2008
Belfast conference. I have included the CONTENTS list, below...

But I am not sure I can answer Patrick Quinlivan's question. Is there =
any
particular reason for increased interest and research activity?

P.O'S.


O Cathain, M. S. (2007). Irish Republicanism in Scotland, 1858-1916: =
Fenians
in Exile. Dublin: Irish Academic Press.

Campbell, C. (2003). Fenian fire. London: HarperCollins.

The Fenian Ideal and Irish Nationalism, 1882-1916 (Irish Historical
Monographs) (Paperback)
by M. J. Kelly (Author)=20

Jenkins, B. (2008). The Fenian problem. Montreal [u.a.]: McGill-Queen's
Univ. Press.

The Black Hand of Republicanism: The Fenians and History (Paperback)
by James McConnell (Author, Editor), Fearghal McGarry (Author, Editor)=20
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This is the book of the conference...=20
The Black Hand of Republicanism: the Fenians and History: a conference
marking the 150th anniversary of the founding of the IRB
Queen=92s University Belfast and University of Ulster
20-21 June, 2008

CONTENTS

Introduction / Fearghal McGarry and James McConnel --=20

I. Mid-Victorian Fenianism : continuity and tension. The IRB and Young
Ireland : varieties of tension / James Quinn ; National brotherhoods and
national leagues : the IRB and its constitutional rivals during the =
1860s /
Marta Ramo=ECn ; The Irish People and the disciplining of dissent / =
Matthew
Kelly --=20

II. Popular politics and grassroots Fenianism. Permanent revolutionaries =
:
the IRB and the land war in west Cork / Frank Rynne ; Gunfire in Hayes's
Hotel : the IRB and the founding of the GAA / Paul Rouse ; A period of
nationalist flux : the IRB and the growth of Devlinite nationalism in =
East
Tyrone, 1902-1907 / Fergal McCluskey --=20

III. The Fenian diaspora. 'Cheap as soap and common as sugar' : the =
Fenians,
dynamite and scientific warfare / Niall Whelehan ; The prince and the
Fenians, Australasia 1868-9 : republican conspiracy or orange =
opportunity? /
Richard Davis ; 'The black hand of Irish republicanism'? : =
transcontinental
Fenianism and theories of global terror / Ma=ECirti=ECn O=EC Catha=ECin =
--=20

IV. Print culture. Richard Pigott, the fringe-Fenian press and the =
politics
of Irish nationalist transition to Parnellism / Margaret O'Callaghan ;
Narratives of confinement : Fenians, prisons and writing, 1867-1916 /
William Murphy --=20

V. Contexts and concepts. Fenianism : the scope and limitations of a =
concept
/ R.V. Comerford ; The Fenians and the international revolutionary =
tradition
/ Peter Hart.

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From: Patrick Maume
One reason would be the 150th anniversary of the foundation of the IRB
(1858-2008).
Another might be the diaspora aspect, though this is more pronounced with
the Young Irelanders where a much larger proportion of the research is by
Americans or Australasians.
A third would be the increased interest in the history of terrorism after
9/11, since the Irish-American fenian dynamiters of the 1880s are often see=
n
as some of the earliest modern terrorists. Brian Jenkins' THE FENIAN
PROBLEM (Liverpool, 2008) tries to apply this to the 1860s Fenians - I have
a (slightly sceptical) review in the current HISTORY IRELAND.
Best wishes,
Patrick

On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 8:48 AM, Patrick O'Sullivan wrote:

> Talking to Patrick Quinlivan - who did a charming chapter for The Irish
> World Wide series in 1994...
>
> Hunting the fenians: problems in the historiography of a secret
> organisation
>
> Patrick J. Quinlivan
>
> And who was himself a pioneer in research on Fenians...
>
> He notices an increasing number of books about the Fenians - and he wonde=
rs
> why?
>
> He has noticed this, he says, partly because people contact him for
> information.
>
> Book notices come to us in rather random ways. But, looking around, I ca=
n
> see some recent books - a list below. The list could be made longer if y=
ou
> included reprints or print-on-demand versions of C19th classics and
> potboilers.
>
> The McConnell & McGarry collection looks strong - it is the book of the
> 2008
> Belfast conference. I have included the CONTENTS list, below...
>
> But I am not sure I can answer Patrick Quinlivan's question. Is there an=
y
> particular reason for increased interest and research activity?
>
> P.O'S.
>
>
> O Cathain, M. S. (2007). Irish Republicanism in Scotland, 1858-1916:
> Fenians
> in Exile. Dublin: Irish Academic Press.
>
> Campbell, C. (2003). Fenian fire. London: HarperCollins.
>
> The Fenian Ideal and Irish Nationalism, 1882-1916 (Irish Historical
> Monographs) (Paperback)
> by M. J. Kelly (Author)
>
> Jenkins, B. (2008). The Fenian problem. Montreal [u.a.]: McGill-Queen's
> Univ. Press.
>
> The Black Hand of Republicanism: The Fenians and History (Paperback)
> by James McConnell (Author, Editor), Fearghal McGarry (Author, Editor)
> No customer reviews yet. Be the first.
>
> This is the book of the conference...
> The Black Hand of Republicanism: the Fenians and History: a conference
> marking the 150th anniversary of the founding of the IRB
> Queen=E2=80=99s University Belfast and University of Ulster
> 20-21 June, 2008
>
> CONTENTS
>
> Introduction / Fearghal McGarry and James McConnel --
>
> I. Mid-Victorian Fenianism : continuity and tension. The IRB and Young
> Ireland : varieties of tension / James Quinn ; National brotherhoods and
> national leagues : the IRB and its constitutional rivals during the 1860s=
/
> Marta Ramo=C4=A3n ; The Irish People and the disciplining of dissent / Ma=
tthew
> Kelly --
>
> II. Popular politics and grassroots Fenianism. Permanent revolutionaries =
:
> the IRB and the land war in west Cork / Frank Rynne ; Gunfire in Hayes's
> Hotel : the IRB and the founding of the GAA / Paul Rouse ; A period of
> nationalist flux : the IRB and the growth of Devlinite nationalism in Eas=
t
> Tyrone, 1902-1907 / Fergal McCluskey --
>
> III. The Fenian diaspora. 'Cheap as soap and common as sugar' : the
> Fenians,
> dynamite and scientific warfare / Niall Whelehan ; The prince and the
> Fenians, Australasia 1868-9 : republican conspiracy or orange opportunity=
?
> /
> Richard Davis ; 'The black hand of Irish republicanism'? : transcontinent=
al
> Fenianism and theories of global terror / Ma=C4=A3irti=C4=A3n O=C4=A3 Cat=
ha=C4=A3in --
>
> IV. Print culture. Richard Pigott, the fringe-Fenian press and the politi=
cs
> of Irish nationalist transition to Parnellism / Margaret O'Callaghan ;
> Narratives of confinement : Fenians, prisons and writing, 1867-1916 /
> William Murphy --
>
> V. Contexts and concepts. Fenianism : the scope and limitations of a
> concept
> / R.V. Comerford ; The Fenians and the international revolutionary
> tradition
> / Peter Hart.
>

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From: Patrick Maume
One reason would be the 150th anniversary of the foundation of the IRB=
(1858-2008).
=C2=A0 Another might be the diaspora aspect, though this is more prono=
unced with the Young Irelanders where a much larger proportion of the resea=
rch is by Americans or Australasians.
=C2=A0 A third would be the=C2=A0increased interest=C2=A0in the histor=
y of terrorism after 9/11, since the Irish-American fenian dynamiters of th=
e 1880s are often seen as some of the earliest modern terrorists.=C2=A0 Bri=
an Jenkins' THE FENIAN PROBLEM (Liverpool, 2008) tries to apply this to=
the 1860s Fenians - I have a (slightly sceptical) review in the current HI=
STORY IRELAND.

=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=
=A0=C2=A0Best wishes,
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=
=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 Patrick=C2=A0
On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 8:48 AM, Patrick O'Su=
llivan <=
P.OSullivan[at]bradford.ac.uk> wrote:
Talking to Patrick Quinlivan - w=
ho did a charming chapter for The IrishWorld Wide series in 1994...
Hunting the fenians: problems in the historiography of a secret organis=
ationPatrick J. QuinlivanAnd who was himself a pioneer in r=
esearch on Fenians...He notices an increasing number of books about=
the Fenians - and he wonders
why?He has noticed this, he says, partly because people contact him=
forinformation.Book notices come to us in rather random ways. =
=C2=A0But, looking around, I cansee some recent books - a list below. =
=C2=A0The list could be made longer if you
included reprints or print-on-demand versions of C19th classics andpotb=
oilers.The McConnell & McGarry collection looks strong - it is =
the book of the 2008Belfast conference. =C2=A0I have included the CONTE=
NTS list, below...
But I am not sure I can answer Patrick Quinlivan's question. =C2=A0=
Is there anyparticular reason for increased interest and research activ=
ity?P.O'S.O Cathain, M. S. (2007). Irish Republican=
ism in Scotland, 1858-1916: Fenians
in Exile. Dublin: Irish Academic Press.Campbell, C. (2003). Fenian =
fire. London: HarperCollins.The Fenian Ideal and Irish Nationalism,=
1882-1916 (Irish HistoricalMonographs) (Paperback)by M. J. Kelly (=
Author)
Jenkins, B. (2008). The Fenian problem. Montreal [u.a.]: McGill-Queen&#=
39;sUniv. Press.The Black Hand of Republicanism: The Fenians an=
d History (Paperback)by James McConnell (Author, Editor), Fearghal McGa=
rry (Author, Editor)
No customer reviews yet. Be the first.This is the book of the confe=
rence...The Black Hand of Republicanism: the Fenians and History: a con=
ferencemarking the 150th anniversary of the founding of the IRB
Queen=E2=80=99s University Belfast and University of Ulster20-21 June, =
2008CONTENTSIntroduction / Fearghal McGarry and James McCon=
nel --I. Mid-Victorian Fenianism : continuity and tension. The IRB =
and Young
Ireland : varieties of tension / James Quinn ; National brotherhoods andnational leagues : the IRB and its constitutional rivals during the 1860s =
/Marta Ramo=C4=A3n ; The Irish People and the disciplining of dissent /=
Matthew
Kelly --II. Popular politics and grassroots Fenianism. Permanent re=
volutionaries :the IRB and the land war in west Cork / Frank Rynne ; Gu=
nfire in Hayes'sHotel : the IRB and the founding of the GAA / Paul =
Rouse ; A period of
nationalist flux : the IRB and the growth of Devlinite nationalism in EastTyrone, 1902-1907 / Fergal McCluskey --III. The Fenian diaspora.=
'Cheap as soap and common as sugar' : the Fenians,dynamite and=
scientific warfare / Niall Whelehan ; The prince and the
Fenians, Australasia 1868-9 : republican conspiracy or orange opportunity? =
/Richard Davis ; 'The black hand of Irish republicanism'? : tra=
nscontinentalFenianism and theories of global terror / Ma=C4=A3irti=C4=
=A3n O=C4=A3 Catha=C4=A3in --
IV. Print culture. Richard Pigott, the fringe-Fenian press and the poli=
ticsof Irish nationalist transition to Parnellism / Margaret O'Call=
aghan ;Narratives of confinement : Fenians, prisons and writing, 1867-1=
916 /
William Murphy --V. Contexts and concepts. Fenianism : the scope an=
d limitations of a concept/ R.V. Comerford ; The Fenians and the intern=
ational revolutionary tradition/ Peter Hart.


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From: Patrick Maume
Visitors to Belfast may be aware that the murals on the Shankill Road
include one of James Buchanan, 15th President of the USA, declaring "My
Ulster blood is my proudest heritage". Here are a couple of links to photos
of this mural:
http://hawketravelsmallpics.blogspot.com/2007/10/northern-ireland.html
(scroll down)
http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/mccormick/photos/no491.htm#photo
This has attracted considerable comment from American visitors over the
years, since Buchanan is generally regarded as one of the most unsuccessful
US Presidents, and thought to have helped to bring on the American Civil war
by his bungling and appeasement of the pro-slavery South.
Christine Kinealy's recent book REPEAL AND REVOLUTION: 1848 IN IRELAND
(Manchester UP, 2009) on pp221-222 records a meeting in 1848 between
Buchanan as Secretary of State and a British diplomat protesting about the
activities of a group called the Irish Republican Union in the US in support
of the Young Ireland rebels in Ireland, at which Buchanan told the diplomat
that he sympathised with the IRU and had attended some of their meetings in
a private capacity!
I submit that this shows the difficulties of retrospective identity
formation and the perils of assuming Irish divisions automatically transfer
to America. Perhaps if Buchanan is no longer wanted ont he shankill when
the news gets out, we will see him on the Falls in future?
Best wishes,
Patrick

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From: Patrick MaumeVisitors to Belfast may be aware that the mural=
s on the Shankill Road include one of James Buchanan, 15th President of the=
USA, declaring "My Ulster blood is my proudest heritage".=A0 Her=
e are a couple of links to photos of this mural:

http://hawketravelsmallpics.blogspot.com/2007/10/northern-irel=
and.html(scroll down)
ht=
tp://cain.ulst.ac.uk/mccormick/photos/no491.htm#photo
=A0 This has attracted considerable comment from American visitors ove=
r the years, since Buchanan is generally regarded as one of the most unsucc=
essful US Presidents, and thought to have helped to bring on the American C=
ivil war by his bungling and appeasement of the pro-slavery South.

=A0 Christine Kinealy's recent book REPEAL AND REVOLUTION: 1848 IN=
IRELAND (Manchester UP,=A02009) on pp221-222 records a meeting in 1848 bet=
ween Buchanan as Secretary of State and a British diplomat protesting about=
the activities of a group called the Irish Republican Union in the US in s=
upport of the Young Ireland rebels in Ireland, at which Buchanan told the d=
iplomat that he sympathised with the IRU and had attended some of their mee=
tings in a private capacity!

=A0 I submit that this shows the difficulties of retrospective=A0ident=
ity formation and the perils of assuming Irish divisions automatically tran=
sfer to America.=A0 Perhaps if Buchanan is no longer wanted ont he shankill=
when the news gets out, we will see him on the Falls in future?

=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Best wishes,
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Patrick=A0=A0=A0

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From: Edward Hagan
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I'm intrigued by this discussion as I find myself beginning to investigate =
the Irish-American involvement in and reaction to 9/11. My interest starts=
with Joseph O'Neill's Netherland and, more recently, with Colum McCann's L=
et the Great World Spin. I'm wondering whether Patrick's comment about a p=
ost-9/11 up-tick in scholarly interest in Fenians has resonance in a broade=
r way in the Irish-American community, which was, despite widespread belief=
to the contrary on the other side of the Atlantic, almost completely indif=
ferent to the thirty years of recent troubles in the North. =20

I'll appreciate any suggestions anyone may have about how to investigate th=
e post 9/11 consciousness of the Irish-American community, which was hit ha=
rd by 9/1l. Many of the firemen who died in the WTC had Irish surnames, an=
d the company that lost the most (658) employees, Cantor Fitzgerald, appare=
ntly employed a sizable number of Irish-Americans. If anyone knows of any =
studies of 9/11 and Irish-Americans, I'll appreciate hearing about them.

Ed Hagan
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f Of Anthony Mcnicholas
Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2009 8:08 AM
To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: Re: [IR-D] New books on Fenians

I am one of those who has an interest in Fenians and my own Politics Religi=
on and the Press: Irish Newspapers in mid Victorian England 2007 Peter Lan=
g (forgive the puff) is largely about fenian journalism. Patrick's guesses =
at reasons for the renewed interest are right I think. My own interest grew=
out of the diaspora angle and journalism (I am from a department of journa=
lism and mass communication). There is a clear current relevance in a trans=
atlantic (global?) conspiracy which included religion, ethnicity, cultural =
nationalism and later on what is called terrorism inthe mix. What also inte=
rests me is the social makeup of the fenians - a movement of the lower orde=
rs. In communication we are very taken with the concept of the public spher=
e (from Habermas) of how in the 18th and 19th centuries in various countri=
es people came together to discuss politics (coffee houses, salons ect). On=
e of my colleagues put it that what Habermas was talking about was the comi=
ng of 'the people' into history. I see the fenians, the broader movement as=
well as the conspiratorial aspects of it as part of that. For a long time,=
people seemed to think that Comerford had said the last word on the matter=
. To me that was largely because it fitted with the poitical expediencies o=
f the day. I think there is much more to it than that. Patrick was involved=
in the publication of JS Casey's memoirs recently.I wounder how much more =
stuff like it is ouit there waiting to see the light of day?
anthony=20
=20
Dr Anthony McNicholas
CAMRI
University of Westminster
Watford Road
Harrow
HA1 3TP
0118 948 6164 (BBC WAC)
Editor, Interactions: Studies in Communication and Culture

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Sent: Wed 04/11/2009 11:12 AM
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Subject: Re: [IR-D] New books on Fenians


From: Patrick Maume
One reason would be the 150th anniversary of the foundation of the IRB (185=
8-2008).
Another might be the diaspora aspect, though this is more pronounced with=
the Young Irelanders where a much larger proportion of the research is by =
Americans or Australasians.
A third would be the increased interest in the history of terrorism after=
9/11, since the Irish-American fenian dynamiters of the 1880s are often se=
en as some of the earliest modern terrorists. Brian Jenkins' THE FENIAN PR=
OBLEM (Liverpool, 2008) tries to apply this to the 1860s Fenians - I have a=
(slightly sceptical) review in the current HISTORY IRELAND.
Best wishes,
Patrick=20


On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 8:48 AM, Patrick O'Sullivan wrote:


Talking to Patrick Quinlivan - who did a charming chapter for The Irish
World Wide series in 1994...
=09
Hunting the fenians: problems in the historiography of a secret organisati=
on
=09
Patrick J. Quinlivan
=09
And who was himself a pioneer in research on Fenians...
=09
He notices an increasing number of books about the Fenians - and he wonder=
s
why?
=09
He has noticed this, he says, partly because people contact him for
information.
=09
Book notices come to us in rather random ways. But, looking around, I can
see some recent books - a list below. The list could be made longer if yo=
u
included reprints or print-on-demand versions of C19th classics and
potboilers.
=09
The McConnell & McGarry collection looks strong - it is the book of the 20=
08
Belfast conference. I have included the CONTENTS list, below...
=09
But I am not sure I can answer Patrick Quinlivan's question. Is there any
particular reason for increased interest and research activity?
=09
P.O'S.
=09
=09
O Cathain, M. S. (2007). Irish Republicanism in Scotland, 1858-1916: Fenia=
ns
in Exile. Dublin: Irish Academic Press.
=09
Campbell, C. (2003). Fenian fire. London: HarperCollins.
=09
The Fenian Ideal and Irish Nationalism, 1882-1916 (Irish Historical
Monographs) (Paperback)
by M. J. Kelly (Author)
=09
Jenkins, B. (2008). The Fenian problem. Montreal [u.a.]: McGill-Queen's
Univ. Press.
=09
The Black Hand of Republicanism: The Fenians and History (Paperback)
by James McConnell (Author, Editor), Fearghal McGarry (Author, Editor)
No customer reviews yet. Be the first.
=09
This is the book of the conference...
The Black Hand of Republicanism: the Fenians and History: a conference
marking the 150th anniversary of the founding of the IRB
Queen's University Belfast and University of Ulster
20-21 June, 2008
=09
CONTENTS
=09
Introduction / Fearghal McGarry and James McConnel --
=09
I. Mid-Victorian Fenianism : continuity and tension. The IRB and Young
Ireland : varieties of tension / James Quinn ; National brotherhoods and
national leagues : the IRB and its constitutional rivals during the 1860s =
/
Marta Ramogn ; The Irish People and the disciplining of dissent / Matthew
Kelly --
=09
II. Popular politics and grassroots Fenianism. Permanent revolutionaries :
the IRB and the land war in west Cork / Frank Rynne ; Gunfire in Hayes's
Hotel : the IRB and the founding of the GAA / Paul Rouse ; A period of
nationalist flux : the IRB and the growth of Devlinite nationalism in East
Tyrone, 1902-1907 / Fergal McCluskey --
=09
III. The Fenian diaspora. 'Cheap as soap and common as sugar' : the Fenian=
s,
dynamite and scientific warfare / Niall Whelehan ; The prince and the
Fenians, Australasia 1868-9 : republican conspiracy or orange opportunity?=
/
Richard Davis ; 'The black hand of Irish republicanism'? : transcontinenta=
l
Fenianism and theories of global terror / Magirtign Og Cathagin --
=09
IV. Print culture. Richard Pigott, the fringe-Fenian press and the politic=
s
of Irish nationalist transition to Parnellism / Margaret O'Callaghan ;
Narratives of confinement : Fenians, prisons and writing, 1867-1916 /
William Murphy --
=09
V. Contexts and concepts. Fenianism : the scope and limitations of a conce=
pt
/ R.V. Comerford ; The Fenians and the international revolutionary traditi=
on
/ Peter Hart.
=09




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