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Subject: Re: Irish Catholics fought for south, US Civil War
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A really remarkable new study has recently been published that looks at
motivation and behaviour in the Union Army: Heroes and Cowards: The Social Face
of War
by Dora L. Costa & Matthew E. Kahn:

http://press.princeton.edu/titles/8734.html

See also a review from Historical Methods:

http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdf?vid=3&hid=3&sid=8c012474-660d-4f46-b870-1d1fb2a90cdb%40sessionmgr12

Ethnicity, including Irishness, does turn out to be a significant variable.


Peter Hart

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Dear Friends,
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We are very pleased to announce the publication of the latest =
non-thematic
issue of Etudes Irlandaises, The French Journal of Irish Studies.
=A0
Etudes Irlandaises, is a peer -reviewed journal, which publishes two =
issues
per year, one thematic and one non-thematic.=20
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The Call for Submissions =A0for non-thematic issues is reproduced below. =

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Merry Christmas to you all,=20
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The Editorial Board
www.pur-editions.fr
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Chers Amis,=20
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Nous sommes tr=E8s heureux d'annoncer la parution du dernier num=E9ro
non-th=E9matique d'Etudes Irlandaises.=20
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Etudes Irlandaises est=A0la revue fran=E7aise d'=E9tudes =
irlandaises=A0(Peer
Review). Elle publie deux volumes par an, l'un th=E9matique, le second
non-th=E9matique. L'Appel =E0 contributions pour les non-th=E9matiques =
est
reproduit ci-dessous.=20
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Bonnes F=EAtes =E0 tous.=20
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ETUDES IRLANDAISES=20
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Spring =A0issue/Num=E9ro de Printemps=20
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The Editorial Board of Etudes Irlandaises is seeking submissions for the
next non-thematic volume of the journal.
Scientific project of the review :
Etudes Irlandaises is a peer-reviewed journal publishing articles in =
English
and French which explore all aspects of Irish literature, history, =
culture
and arts from ancient times to the present. Etudes Irlandaises publishes
twice a year on a wide range of interdisciplinary subjects including: =
poetry
/ fiction / drama / film / music / politics / economy / social studies, =
etc.
General issues published in Spring alternate with special issues in =
Autumn .
Etudes Irlandaises is aimed at scholars, postgraduate students, =
institutions
specializing in Irish studies as well as people who have an informed
interest in the subject. Each number has a comprehensive section devoted =
to
recently published material on Ireland.
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Contacts:=20
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anne.goarzin[at]wanadoo.fr
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Version Fran=E7aise
Le projet scientifique de la revue :
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d'information,
d'=E9tude et de r=E9flexion sur l'Irlande, =E0 la fois R=E9publique =
d'Irlande et
Irlande du Nord.
Elle couvre les multiples domaines de la vie, de l'actualit=E9, de la =
culture
irlandaises, rassembl=E9s en deux grands champs : civilisation et =
litt=E9rature.
Ainsi voisinent la langue et l'=E9criture, la vie artistique, la =
politique,
l'=E9conomie, la soci=E9t=E9, =E0 la fois dans leur dimension historique =
et dans
leur existence actuelle. Les articles sont soit en fran=E7ais, soit en
anglais.
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Le Comit=E9 de R=E9daction de la revue Etudes Irlandaises lance un appel =
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contributions dans les domaines de la litt=E9rature, de la civilisation, =
des
arts et de l'image pour ses num=E9ros de printemps (num=E9ros =
g=E9n=E9ralistes).
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anne.goarzin[at]wanadoo.fr
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Moving delicately through this material... =20

The consequences of these Reports are still being worked out - there is
understandably a lot of feeling. But also some significant =
consequences.

The most extraordinary consequence would be if there were no =
consequences.

What I have been doing will seem odd to some people, and maybe a little =
cold
- I have been looking at the RESEARCH consequences, past and future, of
these various crises. But that is what we do on Ir-D.

Well, I have had a miserable time, going over the Murphy Report and the =
Ryan
Report...

Commission of Investigation. Report into the Catholic Archdiocese of =
Dublin,
July 2009 (The Murphy Report), 2009.

Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse. Report (The Ryan Report). =
Dublin:
The Stationery Office, 2009.

And I have been tracking the ways in which these Reports have become =
visible
throughout the world. And reflecting on the ways in which, thus, =
Ireland
has become visible. And the connections made with other abuse scandals.

Reading those two reports takes you back, and back, to other reports.
Like...

Murphy, Francis D., Buckley, Helen and Joyce, Larain. The Ferns Report,
presented by the Ferns Inquiry to the Minister for Health and Children.
Dublin: Government Publications, 2005. And the Report on Child Sexual =
Abuse
in Swimming, 1998, and so on...

Cumulatively you see what Robbie Gilligan has called 'the reluctant =
state'
becoming aware, reluctantly, and intervening, reluctantly.
Gilligan, Robbie. "The 'Public Child' and the Reluctant State?"
=C9ire-Ireland, 2009, 44(1 & 2), pp. 265-290.

At one point I, in turn, became reluctant to concede any merit in the =
new
policies of investigation, openness and apology - since so obviously
everything else had been tried first.

Some obvious points...

The Reports are very long. Very few people are going to read them all =
the
way through.

In considering the research background of the Reports it is significant =
that
both Reports can themselves be regarded as research processes. Both =
Reports
spend much time reassuring themselves about the integrity of their own
processes. The Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse commissioned =
research
into its own processes. I also found myself becoming interested in the
various investigative strategies of the various professionals involved, =
the
social workers, for example, or the psychologists, or the lawyers.

The Reports give detailed accounts of the activities of various kinds of
predator, or of immature people out of their depth. And again and again =
we
see people with responsibility deciding to sacrifice children rather =
than
intervene to protect them.

Some of my usual strategies for exploring research have not worked well =
in
this case - for example, a good short cut is to find a taught course on =
the
subject under discussion, and look at discussions and reading lists. I =
have
not been able to find anything like that. I have limited access to the
usual citation indexes - and what I have been getting from them has not =
been
strong. I have been driven to using Google Books and Google Scholar.=20

P.O'S.


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

Email Patrick O'Sullivan Email Patrick
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Subject: IRISH HISTORY ONLINE, UPDATE ON FUTURE PLANS: from January 2010
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WELCOME TO IRISH HISTORY ONLINE
UPDATE ON FUTURE PLANS: from January 2010

Since it first went live in 2004, Irish History Online has proved to be a
highly useful and reliable bibliographic reference resource for researchers
and students in the field of Irish history. It currently contains almost
70,000 records. The good news is that despite serious funding setbacks in
2009 I.H.O. will continue to be available online as a free resource into the
future.

Drawing on decades of voluntary work by compilers and editors of 'Writings
on Irish history', the compilation of I.H.O. continues to reliy mainly on
the work of volunteers. The creation and publication of an online version
from earlier printed bibliographies, and its continuation as an online
resource to the present, was made possible through project grants from the
Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences, 2003-6, and
2006-9. The project continues to benefit from the support of the Royal Irish
Academy Committee for Historical Sciences.

In the absence of a new source of funding (IRCHSS funding having expired on
1 October 2009) the small team of volunteers who comprise the I.H.O.
management committee have devised plans to maintain the existing data base
and to keep it updated with new bibliographic data. From January 2010 I.H.O.
will be hosted on the Royal Irish Academy server in Dublin under the
auspices of the R.I.A. Library. I.H.O. will continue to seek funding to
cover essential costs. Work is currently underway on transferring all data
relating to Irish history to the new host server. Although different
software will be used, the same data will be available. The existing domain
name www.irishhistoryonline.ie will continue to be used and I.H.O will
continue to be available as a free service to users.

Our partner project, the Royal Historical Society Bibliography, has faced
similar funding problems and has opted to change to a new publication model.
From 1 January 2010 a new Bibliography of British and Irish History (in
partnership with the Royal Historical Society, the Institute of Historical
Research, and Brepols publishers), will be offered as a subscription-only
service. For further details, see www.rhs.ac.ul/bibl.

The divergent paths being taken by the two projects means that Irish History
Online will no longer form the Irish component of the new Bibliography of
British and Irish History. The same retrospective Irish data will be
available on both databases. We are currently exploring ways of ensuring
that maximum cooperation between the two projects will continue,
particularly in the area of new data compilation.

In recent years, the RHS Bibliography has produced a range of important
innovations, including item-to-item linkage to digitised copies of certain
works; combining results from the database with EndNote, and other
inter-operable resources. The new Bibliography of British and Irish History,
working in association with Brepols, plans to further enhance such features.
In its new format I.H.O. will be providing fewer of these additional
features in 2010, concentrating simply on providing accurate and up-to-date
bibliographic records.

I.H.O Management Committee

Ms Mairin Cassidy, compiler; Mr Ciaran Nicholson, TCD, compiler; Dr
Bernadette Cunningham, R.I.A., editor; Dr Frank Cullen, advisory editor;
Professor Jacqueline Hill, NUI Maynooth, convenor .

SOURCE
http://www.irishhistoryonline.ie/index.php

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Ireland Grants $3.5 Million for Irish Arts Center in New York
By DAVE ITZKOFF

Over the years, Ireland has provided New York with cultural assets like Liam
Neeson, Gabriel Byrne and that sometime visitor Bono. Now the Irish
government has made a more numerically quantifiable contribution to the city
in the form of a $3.5 million grant that will be used to build a new Irish
Arts Center in Manhattan.

The announcement was made in Ireland by Micheal Martin, that country's
minister of foreign affairs, and confirmed on Tuesday by Christine C. Quinn,
the New York City Council speaker.

In a telephone interview, Ms. Quinn said the new Irish Arts Center will most
likely reside at the institution's current location at 553 West 51st Street
in Clinton. The space hosts exhibitions and educational programs and is also
home to a 99-seat theater, but is not quite as green as it was at its
founding in 1972.

"Its heart and soul is a total treasure," Ms. Quinn said. "Its physical
shape has not quite kept up."

Ms. Quinn, who has made frequent visits to Ireland, said that country's
government has often expressed concern about its cultural ties to America,
"and that the thread that connected the two countries would begin to wear
thin."

She continued, "They understand that having a strong America be with
Ireland, both in the south and north, is critical to the future of the
country."

Ms. Quinn said the grant was a sign of "how strong the bridge is between the
countries, and between Ireland and New York."

In addition to the contribution from the Irish government, the City of New
York has committed $7.75 million in capital financing for the center, and
additional contributions are expected from the federal government and
private donors. A start date for construction was not announced.

SOURCE
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/08/ireland-grants-35-million-for-i
rish-arts-center-in-new-york/

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Subject: Review, Maureen E. Mulvihill onf Declan Foley, Jack B. Yeats
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Forwarded on behalf of=20
WB Yeats Society of New York

Announcement=A0 ~=A0 New Essay on Jack Yeats=A0=20
=A0
Enhancing the=A0pleasure of=A0your holiday season,=A0I am pleased to =
introduce=A0a
comprehensive online review of Declan Foley's recent book on=A0Jack B.
Yeats=A0(Dublin: Lilliput, 2009),=A0reviewed for the Yeats Society of =
New York
by=A0Maureen E. Mulvihill.
=A0
Dr Mulvihill's=A0approach is multimedia, drawing upon resources in three
mediums -- text, image, and sound. Her essay=A0offers=A0a broad range of
information on the=A0career=A0of Jack Yeats, while also supplying a =
balanced
assessment of Mr Foley's new book. The several images=A0in this piece =
are
quite interesting,=A0and we thank Dr Mulvihill for=A0assembling this =
ambitious
posting.=A0
=A0
As all projects of any=A0merit, this venture benefited from=A0a small =
cast of
supporting players:=A0Daniel R. Harris, who valuably created an=A0HTML =
version
of the essay;=A0Doug Saum, who contributed a=A0digital file of his own =
music
(may it transport you=A0to the=A0magic of ol' Sligo; just click on the =
forward
icon [=A0> ] on the music control bar);=A0Hilary Pyle,=A0Bob O'Neill, =
and Ciaran
Bennett,=A0who=A0read=A0early=A0versions of the essay;=A0and Will =
Linden, who
installed the essay and the music=A0on the Yeats Society's server (no
small=A0task! good work, Will Linden).=A0
=A0
With pleasure, I present=A0Painting 'the ginger of Life'=A0~=A0A Laurel =
for Jack
B. Yeats=20
=A0
http://www.yeatssociety.org/

(see thumbnail of Jack Yeats photo, with link to essay).

http://www.yeatssociety.org/JackYeats_Mulvihill.html

=A0
Holiday greetings=A0one and all ~=A0
jisc=A0
Andy McGowan
WB Yeats Society of New York

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Subject: CFP 11th EASA Biennial Conference: Crisis and Imagination,
Maynooth (Ireland), 24-27 August 2010 - Pane, Why Roots?
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EASA
European Association of Social Anthropologists
Association Europ=E9enne des Anthropologues Sociaux


CFP EASA 2010 : Why roots?
By respatrimoni
Call for paper EASA 2010: Why Roots?

11th EASA Biennial Conference: Crisis and Imagination

Maynooth (Ireland), 24-27 August 2010

David Berliner (Universite Libre de Bruxelles, David.Berliner[at]ulb.ac.be)
Ramon Sarr=F3 (University of Lisbon, ramonsaro[at]gmail.com)

Deadline for abstract submission: 1 March 2010
http://www.nomadit.co.uk/easa/easa2010/panels.php5?PanelID=3D575


Short Abstract

In this panel, we intend to explore how the contemporary =93need for =
roots=94
configures itself in different social and cultural environments and how =
it
deploys specific narratives of identity, globalisation, origin and loss.

Long Abstract

The notion of =93roots=94 is everywhere today, whether it is in debates =
about
the so-called Christian roots of Europe, immigration policies and =
genetic
roots in France, African roots in the US or in the widespread craze over
genealogies. In fact, whilst anthropologists have recently turned their
attention to mobility and deterritorialisation, most of our =
interlocutors in
the field do insist on the necessity to be anchored in the world =
perceived
as globalizing and =93uprooting=94. Discourses about roots are part of a
rhetoric that many of us share where questions of origin, continuity,
culture =96 or loss thereof, identity, authenticity and normality are
interwoven. In this panel, we intend to explore how this =93need for =
roots=94
configures itself in different social and cultural environments and how =
it
deploys specific narratives of identity, globalisation, origin and loss. =
In
particular, we invite contributors to consider questions like the =
following:
How do individuals, groups and institutions imagine, claim and struggle =
over
roots? How do they remember, reinvent or celebrate a certain past, =
whether
it is real or imagined, in the name of roots? What is the role of
nation-states, religious groups, international organisations and social
movements in the proliferation of such rhetoric?

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Christmas Message from President McAleese, 2009

Warmest Christmas and New Year greetings to everyone here in Ireland and to
our Irish family and friends who are scattered all over the world. Christmas
is a time of gathering for family and community celebrations and though 2009
was a year that sorely tested many people, it was surely a year when
community triumphed. Towards the end of the year, Ireland saw flooding on an
unprecedented scale take its savage toll on homes, farms and businesses and
many families are still coping with loss and displacement. Yet we also saw a
flood of a different kind, a flood of spontaneous help, generosity and good
neighbourliness that brought much needed support and hope to those who were
close to despair.

2009 was also a year when the floodgates of suppressed truth opened for
adults whose childhoods had been damaged by abuse. Patrick Kavanagh's poem
To A Child says - "Child there is a light somewhere/ Under a star/ Sometime
it will be for you/ a window that looks/ inward to God." Two major reports
opened Ireland up to unpalatable facts about trusted institutions of Church
and State which put children's welfare low on their scale of priority. Once
again the community gathered in solidarity around those hurt and wounded and
registered a determination that the future will be very different.

The economic shocks of 2009 brought job loss and money worries to a lot of
homes as well as a pervasive malaise. Historically high numbers of people
have turned for help to community based organisations and charities. Here
too we have seen the character and resilience of our people express itself
in the huge increase in volunteering reported by community organisations and
in the response of the public to pleas for financial aid for those in need.

In the coming New Year we have the opportunity to renew our country by our
efforts as individuals and as community to one another so that as Kavanagh
says in his poem Hope, "April will dance in our heart's ballroom/ We shall
survive/ hope will sustain."

The precious gift of peace once thought to be an impossible dream is quietly
growing and changing the face of this island, radiating a powerful message
of possibility to the many parts of the world where conflict wasted lives so
needlessly. The prosperity of the Celtic Tiger years has also left its mark,
some of it dreadfully chastening but much of it essentially good for it
transformed Ireland into a high-achieving, ambitious and confident nation.
Now it is our task to consolidate the peace and restore a sustainable,
sensible prosperity. That work which is the job of all of us will, in time,
bring a welcome flood-tide of good to our people. That is our hope and our
prayer for the coming year. May it be for each one of you a year that
surprises in ways that lift the heart and the hopes.

SOURCE
http://www.president.ie/index.php?section=5&speech=734&lang=eng

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Subject: TOC ARCHAEOLOGY IRELAND, VOL 23; NUMB 4; 2009
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The TOC issued by ARCHAEOLOGY IRELAND continues to hover on the
worse-than-useless threshold. History Ireland's TOC's are just useless - I
have let them know.

And what is it about archaeologists and puns? Too much mud, too much beer?

By the way, a great many free ARCHAEOLOGY IRELAND articles, and other
reports, have accumulated on the National Roads Authority web site

http://www.nra.ie/Archaeology/

http://www.nra.ie/Archaeology/ArchaeologyIrelandArticles/

Best of NRA Discoveries
http://www.nra.ie/Archaeology/BestofNRADiscoveries/

P.O'S.

ARCHAEOLOGY IRELAND
VOL 23; NUMB 4; 2009
ISSN 0790-892X

pp. 08-09
Gulliver's earthworks.
McSparron, C.

pp. 10-13
Accessible archaeology.
Welsh, H.

pp. 14-16
`A difficult job and a good deal of hardship': Clerks of Works in the
National Monuments Service, 1922-49.
Carey, A.

pp. 17-19
Megalithic art in County Tipperary.
O Sullivan, M.; O Conner, B.

pp. 20-21
Surveying Templecormick with the Young Archaeologists.

pp. 22-25
Know your monuments: Charcoal production sites.
Carver, N.; King, M.; Macdonald, P.

pp. 26-30
Christ on the Cross in early medieval Ireland.
Ghradaigh, J.

pp. 31-33
Home on the Grange.
Stephens, M.

pp. 34-38
Life and death in the later Neolithic and early Bronze Age at
Ballynacarriga, Co. Cork.
Tierney, J.

pp. 39-39
Clonmacnoise: when experts meet . . . again.
Barret, R.; Ciaffey, L.

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Subject: Article,
High resolution 3-dimensional documentation of archaeological
monuments & landscapes using airborne LiDAR
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This article has turned up in our alerts, and will interest a number of =
Ir-D
members.

It is very interesting to see the familiar landscapes revealed in new =
ways
by this new technology.

Do note that some of the images and research material used in this =
article
are available on the Discovery Programme web site - you have to search
around, but they are there... Example...

http://www.discoveryprogramme.ie/res_tara_surv_topo.html

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

P.O'S.

Journal of Cultural Heritage
Article in Press, Corrected Proof=20

Copyright =A9 2009 Elsevier Masson SAS All rights reserved.
Original article
High resolution 3-dimensional documentation of archaeological monuments =
&
landscapes using airborne LiDAR=20

Anthony Corns, a, and Robert Shaw a,=20

aThe Discovery Programme, Dublin, Ireland

Received 14 March 2009; accepted 26 September 2009. Available online =
13
November 2009.=20

Abstract

Over the past 16 years, the Discovery Programme, an Irish archaeological
research organisation, has strived to produce accurate high resolution
3-dimensional models of earthwork monuments and their archaeological
landscapes. Initially, this was achieved by the use of terrestrial-based
survey technologies including total stations and RTK GPS. However, this =
is a
slow, labour intensive way to build such models, and often the final
archaeological models were devoid of their landscape context. In 2003, =
the
Discovery Programme implemented, to great effect, the use of digital =
aerial
stereo photogrammetry in the creation of landscape and monument
3-dimensional models and associated orthoimages. However, problems =
including
the occlusion of features due to vegetation cover, and the great effort =
and
expertise needed to process the data were evident. Since the development =
of
fixed wing Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR), and its ability to =
rapidly
produce landscapes Digital Terrain Models (DTM) even beneath vegetation, =
the
Discovery Programme has monitored its application to the recording of
archaeological features. Although impressive results have been seen from
many examples of landscape modelling, the resolution and accuracy of the
sensor devices (0.5m and 15 cm respectively) often falls short to
effectively record the subtle details and relationships of complex
archaeological features. Since 2007, the Discovery Programme has =
employed
the use of a new aerial LiDAR system: FLI-MAP 400 from BKS Surveys Ltd. =
(UK)
and Fugaro Ltd. (Netherlands). This technology has the advantage in that =
it
is helicopter mounted, allowing for relatively slow air speeds and low
altitude flight paths which result in the collection of extremely high
resolution height data (10 cm). The FLI-MAP 400 system is equipped with
three 150 Khz laser scanners (forward =96 nadir =96 aft), that have a =
range
accuracy of 1 cm (1 sigma) and several imaging devices including high
resolution mapping camera and three video cameras accompanying each =
laser
scanner. This technology has been successfully implemented on three
archaeological sites: Newtown Jerpoint abandoned medieval settlement, =
D=FAn
Ailinne prehistoric hillfort and the Hill of Tara archaeological =
complex.
This paper illustrates the results of these surveys, and the high level =
of
terrain and monument detail recorded. Discussion includes the processing
required to produce the final models and the level of vegetation removal
that can be achieved from the multiple return signals of the LiDAR =
pulse.
Examples are employed where the resulting terrain models are interpreted
with additional field inspection to further the understanding of the
archaeological features and structures. Subsequent interpretations are =
then
used in conjunction with the high resolution models to enable the =
realistic
visualisation of monument and landscape features. Finally, there is an
evaluation of this methodology against alternative LiDAR and =
ground-based
approaches.

Keywords: LiDAR; Archaeology; DTM; 3D modelling; High-resolution
documentation; Remote sensing; Aerial survey

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Hi Paddy and list fellow-members
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Happy New Year to all and congratulations again, to you in particular =
and to those who helped out with all the work on the list, and to =
everyone who contributed to it for more than twelve years now. It is =
truly a remarkable resource.=20

I thought list readers might be interested in a number of recent media =
articles, mainly from Ireland, on diaspora and other migration-related =
issues (a few deal with past events or immigration-related issues). The =
diaspora were all but ignored in the good times. Now it seems as there =
is talk of little else - it's a case of d=E9ja vu all over again.=20

Another all too familiar feature is the the almost total lack of =
interest on the part of Government in the rising numbers of emigrants. I =
think I am right in saying that this has not been addressed in any =
substance in official statements. Moreover, while money has been found =
to bail out corrupt and insolvent bankers and their friends to the tune =
of billions of euros, mostly through savage cutbacks in public =
expenditure, including reductions in the salaries of even the =
lowest-paid public service workers and substantial cutbacks in =
employment in areas like frontline health and educational service =
provision, there is no US-style stimulus package to get people working =
again and improve demand. The result can only be a continued if not =
growing exodus of people with a wide range of skills and experience, of =
all levels of education and qualifications, from construction workers to =
nurses and teachers. Regrettably, the Irish Diaspora Studies list is =
sure to have much new contemporary research material for years to come.

Meanwhile, back on the Titanic that is Ireland, deckchairs are being =
moved at an increasing furious pace, but the country is still heading =
for the iceberg.

Note: I do not necessarily endorse all of the views set out below!

Best

Piaras

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1 Australia still a land of opportunity - for hard-working Irish

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2009/1231/1224261476800.html =
=


Irish Times 31 December 2009

2 After the noughties roller-coaster a new reality dawns for our =
children

http://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/ivan-yates/after-the-noug=
hties-rollercoaster-a-new-reality-dawns-for-our-children-108694.html =
=20

Irish Examiner 31 December 2009

3 Thatcher considered taking vote from Irish in UK

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/frontpage/2009/1230/1224261408881.htm=
l =
=20

Irish Times 30 December 2009

4 Relatives say photoes depict Ellis Island's first immigrant

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/29/nyregion/29annie.html?_r=3D1&scp=3D1&sq=
=3Dannie%20moore&st=3Dcse =
=20

New York Times 29 December 2009

5 Number of Irish emigrating to Australia up by 25 per cent.=20

http://www.visabureau.com/australia/news/29-12-2009/numbers-of-irish-emig=
rating-to-australia-up-by-25-per-cent.aspx =
=20

Australian Visa Bureau 29 December 2009

6 Number of Irish moving to Australia up 25% as crisis bites

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/frontpage/2009/1229/1224261353758.htm=
l =
=20

Irish Times 29 December 2009

7 Time abroad could end up as permanent emigration

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/1229/1224261353228.html =
=20

Irish Times 29 December 2009

8 The Noughties in Review: Stateside View (an Irish emigrant in New =
York's critical take on Celtic Tiger Ireland)

http://www.tribune.ie/article/2009/dec/27/the-noughties-in-review-statesi=
de-view/?q=3Demigration =
=20

Sunday Tribune 29 December 2009

9 More than 50% 2004 of foreign workers have left

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/1224/1224261231414.html =
=20

Irish Times 24 December 2009

10 New wave of emigrants beat weather to get home for holidays

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/1223/1224261160959.html =
=20

Irish Times 23 December 2009

11 Matthew Broderick speaks out on behalf of undocumented immigrants.=20

http://www.irishcentral.com/ent/Matthew-Broderick-speaks-out-on-behalf-of=
-undocumented-immigrants--79974552.html =
=20

IrishCentral.com 23 December 2009

12 Silent land of 420,000 welcomes

http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/silent-land-of-420000-welcomes=
-1982433.html =
=20

Sunday Independent 20 December 20009

13 Immigrant enquiries on redundancies up

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/1218/breaking51.htm =
=20

Irish Times 18 December 2009

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Bill Mulligan - after travails - is now in London, with his students.

I will travel down to London some time tomorrow morning.

Bill and I plan to spend the evening of Saturday January 2 2010 in a pub
near his hotel - the pub is...

The Cock & Lion
62 Wigmore Street, W1U 2SB
phone: 0871 258 6089
http://www.fancyapint.com/pubs/pub15.php

Members of the Irish Diaspora list, friends and relations, are very welcome
to join us.

Do note that if you are planning to eat at the pub - basic English pub food
- the kitchen closes at 6 pm.

Obviously, for such an informal gathering, we do not need to do any
pre-planning. But if you are definitely thinking of coming along, email me
directly, and I will let you have mobile phone numbers.

Paddy O'Sullivan

--
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 Net http://www.irishdiaspora.net Irish Diaspora list
IR-D[at]Jiscmail.ac.uk

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

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'Flying Down the Saltmarket': The Irish on the Glasgow Music Hall
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'Flying Down the Saltmarket': The Irish on the Glasgow Music Hall Stage
Author: Maloney, Paul
Source: Nineteenth Century Theatre and Film, Volume 36, Number 1, June 2009
, pp. 11-36(26)
Publisher: Manchester University Press

Abstract:
This article examines Irish stage representations in Glasgow music hall,
arguing that Irish performers helped adapt Irish identity to its new urban
Scottish context by incorporating experiences of immigrant life in the city
into their songs and performing material. Star performers also served as
iconic figureheads for the political and national cultural aspirations of
the Irish immigrant community and, through their circulation between
Ireland, Britain and America, Irish acts provided a conduit for the
transmission of Irish identity throughout the diaspora.

Keywords: STAGE IRISHMAN; BRITANNIA MUSIC HALL; GLASGOW; SCOTTISH MUSIC
HALL; IRISH ACTS; PATRICK FEENEY; IRISH DIASPORA; IRISH IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY
Document Type: Research article

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Subject: Article, Nation, Pedagogy,
and Performance: W. B. Yeats's The King's Threshold and the Irish
Hunger Strikes
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Nation, Pedagogy, and Performance: W. B. Yeats's The King's Threshold and
the Irish Hunger Strikes
Author: Bradley, Anthony
Source: Literature & History, Volume 18, Number 2, October 2009 , pp.
20-33(14)
Publisher: Manchester University Press


Abstract:
Employing the distinction Homi Bhabha makes in 'DissemiNation' between
pedagogy and performance, this article explores the relationship between
Yeats's The King's Threshold (1904) and the hunger strikes of Terence
MacSwiney in 1920 and other Republican activists in 1981. The opposition
between pedagogy (Yeats's play) and performance (the hunger strikes) is an
instructive instance of the dynamic of Irish nationalism, which passed from
the Anglo-Irish literary classes to the people-nation; the people,
represented by the "hunger artists," engage in a powerful political practice
at the same time as they refurbish the inherited aesthetic concept of the
nation.

Keywords: W. B. YEATS; KING'S THRESHOLD; NATIONALISM; HUNGER STRIKES
Document Type: Research article

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BD7 1DP Yorkshire England

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I forgot one reference!

David McWilliams: Life's a beach for Ireland's latest 'Generation =
Exodus'

http://www.independent.ie/opinion/columnists/david-mcwilliams/david-mcwil=
liams-lifes-a-beach-for-irelands-latest-generation-exodus-1992378.html

Irish Independent, 30 December 2009

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Subject: Book Notice,
Atlantic Gateway - The Port and city of Londonderry since 1700
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Atlantic Gateway

The Port and city of Londonderry since 1700

Robert Gavin, William P. Kelly & Dolores O'Reilly, editors

This study takes a fresh look at the economic role of North West Ireland =
and the port and city of Derry. It sees the region as prospering from =
exchanges of labour and goods across the mercantilist North Atlantic, =
shifting radically in the early nineteenth century from rural linen and =
other industries to prosper again from urban, steam-powered industry and =
transport of perishable food products, pioneering scientific distilling, =
screw steamship construction, factory-based clothing manufacture and =
light-railway transport of goods and passengers, selling goods widely in =
open markets across Ireland and abroad.

Prosperity ended with partition that ushered in a new economic era and =
doubly peripheralized the North West once interventionist states =
installed multiple barriers across its previously integrated economy. =
The battle of the Atlantic brought Derry briefly centre stage, but the =
wartime command economy put Derry last in line while massive emigration =
left thousands on dole queues. Plans to rescue Derry=C2=B9s obsolescent =
economic structures came too late and the city sank into a deep =
economic, social and political crisis. Recovery was led by community =
initiatives and action backed by increasing, chiefly American, =
industrial investment, European assistance, a few government initiatives =
and a revival of local business confidence. This book tells the =
continuing story of a city that has frequently re-invented its economic =
structures.


Four Courts Press have published a number of books in the Ulster & =
Scotland series in association with the Institute of Ulster Scots =
Studies, University of Ulster.=20

Robert Gavin is emeritus professor, University of Ulster, and formerly =
provost of Magee College. William P. Kelly is lecturer in history, =
University of Ulster, Magee Campus. Dolores O=C2=B9Reilly is head of the =
Department of International Business, University of Ulster.

Hardback
440pp; colour ills. August 2009
ISBN:
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SOURCE
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The Irish Franciscans, 1534-1990
Edel Bhreathnach, Joseph MacMahon & John McCafferty, editors

2009 is the 800th anniversary of the foundation of the Franciscan Order. =
To mark the worldwide celebration of the order=E2=80=99s foundation, =
this volume examines all aspects of the Irish Franciscans and their =
impact in Ireland and on the Continent. It includes chronological =
accounts of their history from 1534 to 1990 and thematic studies on =
their legacy in historical writings, hagiography, catechism, philosophy, =
Irish literature, missionary work, art and architecture. The volume also =
covers the history of the Poor Clares and the Secular Franciscan Order =
(SFO) in Ireland. Particular attention is given to the history and =
legacy of St Anthony=E2=80=99s College Louvain founded by the Irish =
Franciscans in 1607.

Contributors: Patrick Conlan OFM, Bernadette Cunningham, Mary E. Daly, =
Ignatius Fennessy OFM, Raymond Gillespie, Malgorzata =
Krasnodebska-D=E2=80=99Aughton, Colm Lennon, mary Ann Lyons, =
M=C3=ADche=C3=A1l MacCraith OFM, Joseph MacMahon OFM, Michael =
O=E2=80=99Neill, P=C3=A1draig =C3=93 Riain, Salvador Ryan, Martin Stone. =


Hardback
464pp; colour ills. Summer 2009
ISBN:
978-1-84682-209-4
Catalogue Price: =E2=82=AC60.00
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Paperback
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ISBN:
978-1-84682-210-0
Catalogue Price: =E2=82=AC29.95
Web Price: =E2=82=AC26.95

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We have received the following email, which I am forwarding to the Irish
Diaspora list. Without comment.

P.O'S.

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Subject: Offer of hurling ball=20

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Subject: Article,
Do older pedestrians have enough time to cross roads in Dublin?
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Age and Ageing 2010 39(1):80-86; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp206

Do older pedestrians have enough time to cross roads in Dublin? A critique
of the Traffic Management Guidelines based on clinical research findings

Roman Romero-Ortuno1, Lisa Cogan1,2, Clodagh U. Cunningham1,2 and Rose Anne
Kenny2
1 TRIL Clinic, Hospital 4, Top Floor, St James's Hospital, James's Street,
Dublin 8, Ireland
2 Department of Medical Gerontology (Trinity College Dublin), Trinity Centre
for Health Sciences, St James's Hospital, James's Street, Dublin 8, Ireland

Address correspondence to: R. Romero-Ortuno, Tel: (+353) 1 428 4527; Fax:
(+353) 1 410 3454. Email: rortuno[at]stjames.ie.

Background: the safety of older pedestrians at urban intersections is a
matter of gerontological concern. Many older pedestrians report inability to
complete crossings in the time given by pedestrian lights. Standard times
for pedestrian lights in Dublin pelican crossings are specified in the
Traffic Management Guidelines (TMG). The Technology Research for Independent
Living Centre is building a database of gait assessments of Irish
community-dwelling older people using GAITRiteTM.

Objective: to compare the usual walking speed of our participants against
that required by the TMG.

Design: cross-sectional observational study.

Setting: comprehensive geriatric assessment outpatient clinic.

Subjects: 355 community-dwelling older subjects aged 60 assessed between
August 2007 and September 2008 (mean age 72.7, SD 7.2).

Methods: linear regression analysis between age and observed walking speed,
followed by comparison of predicted walking speeds at four different ages
(i.e. 60, 70, 80 and 89) against minimum walking speeds required to cross
standard Irish roads when regulated by the pelican system.

Results: age and walking speed had a strong inverse correlation F (1, 353) =
108.48, P < 0.001, R2 = 0.235. The regression predicted a walking speed of
1.30 m/s (95% confidence interval 1.24-1.35) at the age of 60, 1.10
(1.07-1.13) at 70, 0.91 (0.87-0.94) at 80 and 0.73 (0.66-0.80) at 89.
Against these predicted walking speeds, standard crossing times appeared
insufficient for very old people.

Conclusions: as currently defined in the TMG, maximum pedestrian crossing
times at pelican crossings may represent a hazard for very old people. This
should be addressed within the Irish authorities' plan to improve safety and
equality for older people.

Keywords: traffic accidents, aged, safety, standards, Ireland, elderly

Received 7 February 2009; accepted in revised form 7 October 2009.