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Subject: Article, Get the Party Started,
Development of Political Party Legislative Dynamics in the Irish
Free State Seanad (1922-36)
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Get the Party Started
Development of Political Party Legislative Dynamics in the Irish Free =
State
Seanad (1922=9736)

Indraneel Sircar
Department of Politics, Queen Mary, University of London,
i.sircar[at]qmul.ac.uk

Bj=F8rn H=F8yland

Department of Political Science, University of Oslo,
bjorn.hoyland[at]stv.uio.no

In this article, we investigate the effect of political parties on
legislative behaviour. We compile and analyse a unique dataset of all
roll-call votes for all the sessions of the Irish Free State Seanad (the
Upper Chamber in the legislature, 1922=9736). The development of =
legislative
parties inside the Irish Seanad led to the formation of cohesive voting
blocs after 1928. This caused dramatic shifts in the rank-ordering of
members and changed the coalition pattern. The establishment of =
disciplined
parties also sealed the fate of the legislature when the Fianna F=E1il =
party,
hostile to the Free State Seanad, became an organized force inside the
institution.

Key Words: Ireland =95 legislators =95 statistical analysis

This version was published on January 1, 2010

Party Politics, Vol. 16, No. 1, 89-110 (2010)
DOI: 10.1177/1354068809341056

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This article will interest a number of Ir-D members. Duncan Bell begins
with Mill's 'talismanic position in the liberal canon', and moves on to
analyse his changing attitudes to empire and settler colonisation. Very
useful references.

P.O'S.


John Stuart Mill on Colonies

Duncan Bell
University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, dsab2[at]cam.ac.uk

Recent scholarship on John Stuart Mill has illuminated his arguments about
the normative legitimacy of imperial rule. However, it has tended to ignore
or downplay his extensive writings on settler colonialism: the attempt to
create permanent "civilized" communities, mainly in North America and the
South Pacific. Mill defended colonization throughout his life, although his
arguments about its character and justification shifted over time. While
initially he regarded it as a solution to the "social problem" in Britain,
he increasingly came to argue that its legitimacy resided in the universal
benefits-civilization, peace, and prosperity-it generated for humanity. In
the final years of his life Mill seemed to lose faith in the project.
Finally recognizing the prevalence of colonial violence and the difficulty
of realizing his grand ambitions, yet refusing to give up on colonization
altogether, his colonial romance gave way to a form of melancholia.

Key Words: John Stuart Mill . colonization . empire . civilization .
character

This version was published on February 1, 2010

Political Theory, Vol. 38, No. 1, 34-64 (2010)
DOI: 10.1177/0090591709348186

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From:=20
Carmel McCaffrey
To:=20
The Irish Diaspora Studies List
References:=20


I am disturbed to hear about the chopped version of the DVD "The Dead". =
I
have had a copy of the video release for years and it is the film in its
entirety.=A0 I use it for instruction but the film does have its flaws =
and
deviates from the original Joyce story on some important issues.=A0 =
Joyce
would never have had one of his Dubliners [Gabriel] asking for an
explanation of what a "West Briton" is, and how actually embarrassing =
this
public charge is for Gabriel seems lost in the film. Nor would Molly =
Ivors
have been "the only woman" attending a meeting at Liberty Hall [another
total addition which probably tells us more about Huston than Joyce].=A0 =
The
recitation of the Lady Gregory translation "D=F3nal =D3g " feels really
discordant and again, non Joyce. [Did Huston know how Joyce actually =
felt
about the whole "Celtic Renaissance" movement and "Gregory of the golden
mouth"?] But anyway, the poem seriously changes the balance of the =
original
Joyce story.=20

But Donal Donnelly is superb - as is Donal McCann as Gabriel, and the =
film
captures the very quintessence of a Dublin "little Christmas" [6th Jan]
evening of somewhat mixed company. I know, I have sat around similar =
tables
in my growing up years and listened to the undertones and the muted
political discourses that go to the brink and not beyond.=20

Carmel


From: "Maureen E Mulvihill"
To: "The Irish Diaspora Studies List"
Cc: "Michael P. Gillespie, FIU" ,
"Maureen E Mulvihill"



Incidentally, the recent DVD re-release (Nov., 2009), from Lionsgate, of =
the

John Huston film adaptation of Joyce's "The Dead", happily restores 10=20
minutes of the film, including its masterfully-orchestrated dinner scene =

with its hot political exchange, showcasing Donnelly. Scroll down to =
'The=20
Case' and 'The Verdict' at:=20
http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/thedeadtake2.php

All best for the upcoming article, Michael ~



.

=20

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Forwarded on behalf of
Northern Ireland Place-Name Project [mailto:townlands[at]qub.ac.uk]=20
Subject: NI townlands database

Please tell any friends interested that our online database for the =
9,600
townland names of NI has now been made available=A0by LPS/ OSNI of NI =
civil
service at

www.placenamesNI.org
=A0
However it still needs a lot of editing and additions, which we wonder =
if we
will ever achieve, being under threat of redundancy from QUB by the end =
of
this month. Every townland in Co. Down has now a written explanation, =
but
this has only been done for parts of the other counties, and more need
linking up. We do not know when there will be an official launch.

Kay and Pat

-- Northern Ireland Place-Name Project,
c/o Irish & Celtic Studies, School of Languages, Literatures and Arts,
Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN.
Tel. 028 9097 3689, fax 028 90324549.
www.ulsterplacenames.org

Research Fellows Dr Kay Muhr, Dr Patrick McKay.
Working for OSNI/Mosaic/Pointer/LPS "Information on Location" 2007-
(townland information for NI geohub site replacing =
www.pointer-ni.gov.uk)

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Greta Garbo Came to Donegal
The Tricycle, London
NW6
Until 20 Feb

When Greta Garbo came to town
In the mid-1970s, Greta Garbo paid a visit to Donegal. Frank McGuinness
explains how she (and his starstruck mother) inspired his new play
Frank McGuinness
guardian.co.uk,=09

It is never easy to pinpoint exactly where a play comes from, but I =
think I
have a reasonable idea where my most recent, Garbo Came to Donegal, has =
its
origins. As usual, the story concerns my parents. I think it fair to
describe my mother as a movie fan. Not many people risk =
=ADexcommunication
from the Catholic church just to see a film, but she did...=20

...Hollywood was one means of defiance in a country that did not have =
many
ways of saying boo back to its masters. The conformity that typified =
Ireland
from the 1940s through the 1960s faced few challenges. Ours was a =
society
hellbent on presenting a comfortable, self-sufficient front to the =
world,
presided over by our dear leader Eamon De Valera. Divorce was anathema =
to De
Valera, and so marriage became a living hell for far too many couples. =
(In
my play, a warring couple have a terrible impact on their growing =
daughter,
who is struggling against all the odds to open her mind to liberating
ideas.)

During those same years, a second famine was consuming the Irish: a =
=ADfamine
of ideas, of the imagination and of education for all but the elite. =
Even by
the 60s, my home county of Donegal saw most of its teenagers leave =
school
before the age of 14. My part of the county, Inishowen, had no grammar
school for boys until the beginning of that decade. The =ADRepublic of =
Ireland
was a country massively failing its own people, =ADparticularly its =
children.

Then came two beacons of light. The taoiseach, Se=E1n Lemass, set out to
revitalise our economy; and his minister of education, Donogh O'Malley,
introduced the most radical government act since the foundation of the
country: a bill providing free tuition for all up to the end of =
secondary
school, and scholarships for the poor to go to university. It is one of
these scholarships that Colette Hennessy, the youngest character in the
play, wins, bringing upon her head enormous upheaval...

FULL TEXT AT
http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2010/jan/11/greta-garbo-donegal-frank-mcg=
uin
ness

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Streaming history increasing access to audiovisual archives
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A number of journals have suddenly become more visible through a web =
site
run directly by Atypon. I don't quite know why. 'Atypon is a leading
provider of software used by professional and scholarly, trade and =
consumer,
and educational publishers of all sizes to manage, deliver, and monetize
their digital content.' It looks as if Atypon is positioning itself =
more
directly in this market - rather than just supplying its software to =
others.

Anyway... I will not exhaustively report on this source - because we =
don't.
Can't. But a number of visible articles connect with earlier Ir-D
discussion.

The first thing I noticed was the special issue of the Journal of Media
Practice edited by Lance Pettitt, and based on Lance's conference in =
Leeds.

In the past Ir-D has discussed Liam Wylie's work at the RT=C9 Reference
Library, and the film 'Harvest Emergency'.

Just to remind people, the RT=C9 Reference Library is at
http://www.rte.ie/laweb/sales/sales_edu.html

And remember to explore the Look & Listen section on the left.

This is the TCD catalogue entry on 'Harvest Emergency'
http://www.tcd.ie/irishfilm/showfilm.php?fid=3D36506

P.O'S.


Streaming history increasing access to audiovisual archives

Author(s): Liam Wylie *=20

Journal of Media Practice

Print ISSN: 1468-2753=20
Volume: 7 | Issue: 3=20
Cover date: March 2007
Page(s): 237-248
=20
Keywords

archive-based, RT=C9, web history, audiovisual archives, online history,
broadcast archives, Irish broadcasting history =20

Abstract

The audiovisual recordings of radio and television have the potential to
help us understand our past. The broadcast media have slowly gained a
cultural recognition that has placed a new significance on their =
expanding
archive collections. Broadcast libraries and archives were established =
to
facilitate the programme making. Historians, cultural commentators and =
the
public are increasingly seeking access to these collections. RT=C9, the =
Irish
national broadcaster, has begun to make items from its archive =
collections
available online. This type of online exhibition presents a number of
challenges for the broadcaster but may be a way to help address the =
growth
in demand for access.

* Contact: RT=C9 Reference Library, Donnybrook, Dublin 4, Republic of =
Ireland.
Tel: 00-3531-208-3037.

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Listening and learning: The BBC and social history in Northern
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In that same special issue of the Journal of Media Practice that includes
the Liam Wylie article, is this...

This article will interest a number of Ir-D members.

P.O'S.

Listening and learning: The BBC and social history in Northern Ireland
Author(s): Stephen Douds 1 *

Journal of Media Practice

Print ISSN: 1468-2753
Volume: 7 | Issue: 3
Cover date: March 2007
Page(s): 187-197

Keywords

BBC, radio, social history, Northern Ireland, public service, broadcasting

Abstract
This article explores the capacity of BBC radio to re-mediate its own output
from the past and form part of a wider social history. It takes Northern
Ireland as a case study, considering the history of its regional/national
institutional, public service status and how this influences production
practices for archive-based factual radio. The article focuses on the vision
behind, the archive-research and pre-production problems encountered, the
editorial thinking during production and reception of 80 Listening Years, an
eight-part 'open slot' series made for Radio Ulster in 2004. Written by the
series producer, the article also discusses two other significant talk-based
radio series, Your Place or Mine? (1989) and Legacy (1999) exemplifying the
particular role that such programmes can play in a relatively small,
post-conflict society.


Author(s) affiliations

1BBC Northern Ireland.
stephen.douds[at]bbc.co.uk
* Contact: BBC Northern Ireland, Ormeau House, Ormeau Avenue, Belfast BT2
8HQ, Northern Ireland. Tel: 028-90-338243.

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Native Enclosed Settlement and the Problem of the Irish
'Ring-fort'
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Will they not leave us our ring-forts?

Well argued and referenced article by Elizabeth Fitzpatrick, supported =
by
field work in the Burren, which concludes with the emperor's new clothes
analogy.

I am not sure where this argument will go, but it is good to see =
expressed
the unease we feel when we hear the word 'fort' used about structures =
that
are clearly not defensive.

P.O'S.

Native Enclosed Settlement and the Problem of the Irish 'Ring-fort'=20
Einheimische umwallte Ansiedlungen und das Problem des irischen =
Ringforts=20
L'habitat enclos indig=E8ne et le probl=E8me du =AB fort circulaire =BB =
irlandais=20
L'insediamento recintato indigeno e il problema della cosiddetta =
fortezza ad
anello

Author: Fitzpatrick, Elizabeth1
Source: Medieval Archaeology, Volume 53, Number 1, 2009 , pp. =
271-307(37)
Publisher: Maney Publishing

Abstract:
One of the most sustained monolithic traditions of Irish archaeology is =
the
classification of a wide variety of earthen and stone enclosures (r=E1th =
and
caisel) as 'ring-forts'. This is an impediment to understanding the
significant changes that native enclosed settlement underwent through =
time
since it encourages archaeologists to fit their evidence to the category
rather than to assess each enclosed settlement on its own merits. It =
also
conceals differences between various forms of enclosed settlements =
inhabited
from the 7th to the 17th century AD, occasionally later. The proposal is
therefore that the 'ring-fort' is a chimera and that the use of that =
term
should be discontinued so that study of native enclosed settlement can =
be
liberated from its insular base and used to explore social change in
Ireland. A field study from the Burren, Co Clare is used in support of =
this
argument.
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The Architectural Setting of the Mass in Early-medieval Ireland
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From: "Patrick O'Sullivan"

There are 2 articles of interest in the latest issue of the journal =3D
MedievalArchaeology.

Interestingly, both articles address received wisdoms...

First, Tom=E1s =D3 Carrag=E1in's article - information below...

Tom=E1s =D3 Carrag=E1in's name has been distorted in all the usual ways =
by the
databases and the transmission processes. I have corrected the =
distortions
here, but that in itself might create further problems.

Tom=E1s =D3 Carrag=E1in won the 2009 Martyn Jope Award with this =
article.

http://www.ucc.ie/en/DepartmentsCentresandUnits/Archaeology/NewsItems/200=
9Ma
rtynJopeAward/

P.O'S.

The Architectural Setting of the Mass in Early-medieval Ireland=3D20
Der architektonische Rahmen f=3DFCr die Messe im =
fr=3DFChmittelalterlichen =3D
Irland=3D20
Le cadre architectural de la messe dans l'Irlande du tr=3DE8s haut Moyen =
=3D
=3DC2ge=3D20
L'architettura degli edifici in cui si celebrava la messa nell'Irlanda =
=3D
del
primo Medioevo=3D20

Author: =D3 Carrag=E1in, Tom=E1s=20

Source: Medieval Archaeology, Volume 53, Number 1, 2009 , pp. =3D
119-154(36)

Publisher: Maney Publishing

Abstract:
Surviving churches and documents are analysed for what they may reveal =
=3D
about
the architectural context of the mass in early-medieval Ireland. This =
=3D
shows
that there is no evidence to support the widely held view that the
congregation stood outside. Instead, the variable but relatively small =
=3D
size
of these churches expresses the fact that they served smaller and more
diverse communities than their high-medieval successors. The altars in =
=3D
large
episcopal and/or monastic churches seem positioned further west than =3D
those
in relatively small, pastoral churches. In part, this was probably to
facilitate relatively complex eucharistic liturgies. Externally defined
chancels appear for the first time in the late 11th century AD in =3D
response
to an increased emphasis on the real presence of Christ in the =3D
Eucharist.
Significantly, they occur at a handful of important sites whose clerics =
=3D
and
patrons were in direct contact with Lanfranc of Canterbury, a key =3D
exponent
of this doctrine.

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As you may be aware, a film has just been released in Britain titled =
'Sex & drugs & rock and roll' which is based on the life story of Ian =
Dury. I haven't seen it yet but wanted to ask whether I am correct in =
that his mother who was regarded as 'middle-class bohemian' was of =
Donegal stock (probably second generation but possibly first). I recall =
seeing a documentary in which he visited his roots but can find no =
mention of this in any of the reviews I have looked at.=20
=20
Steven McCabe =20

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A true legend in tune with his loyal listenership
Ciaran Mac Mathuna forged out a unique voice in Irish radio by bringing
traditional music beyond its natural confines, writes Se=E1n O M=F3rdha

http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/a-true-legend-in-tune-with-his=
-lo
yal-listenership-1990081.html


Broadcaster and leading light of Irish music revival

CIAR=C1N Mac MATH=DANA, who has died aged 84, was a broadcaster, =
collector and
leading figure in the Irish traditional music revival.

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/obituaries/2009/1219/1224260971353.ht=
ml


Ciar=E1n Mac Math=FAna obituary
Irish radio stalwart and tireless champion of traditional music
Richard Pine
guardian.co.uk =20

The death of Ciar=E1n Mac Math=FAna at the age of 84 closes not only a
remarkable career in Irish broadcasting but also the era of fieldwork in =
the
collection, assessment and deployment of the country's traditional =
music.

Born in Limerick, the youngest of six children, he was educated there =
and at
University College, Dublin, where he gained a BA in Irish and Latin and =
an
MA on the themes of Irish folksong. After a few years in the New =
Placenames
Commission (which standardised spelling by reference to the oldest local
inhabitants), he joined Radio =C9ireann (as it was then known; now it is =
RT=C9)
in 1954, in an allied profession, as a collector of Irish music. This =
began
his 50-year career as a broadcaster, first with A Job of Journeywork
(1957-70) and then Mo Cheol Th=FA (You Are My Music or My Music for You,
1970-2005). In the 1950s, Radio =C9ireann was still in its infancy as =
the
national broadcasting station, forging an identity for the newly =
independent
republic. To record as much folklore and music as possible was a =
national
project of retrieval and education, bringing music, with all its =
regional
variations, into the kitchen or living-room. Mac Math=FAna not only
spearheaded this project, but became the epitome and voice of a genre in
danger of extinction.

To an increasingly urban audience, he opened the encyclopedic pages of =
his
research into the highways and byways of Irishness. His voice =96 =
variously
described as "relaxed", "gentle", "rumbling" and "hypnotically calm" =96 =
was,
above all, persuasive, apparently effortless in making the case for a
quality of Irish life unfamiliar to young people, and to future =
generations
in the 35-year run of his classic programme.

Popularising traditional music in the 1950s and 60s went against the =
grain
of international trends, but his advocacy, through the powerful medium =
of
radio, was the backbone of its revival. His recordings brought Elizabeth
Crotty and Martin "Junior" Crehan on to the wireless, incorporating them
into a canon of Irish music-making which was largely Mac Math=FAna's own
creation. His love of players and singers from County Clare did not =
eclipse
his passion for music throughout Ireland and the Irish diaspora, and his
commitment for many years to the annual Merriman school in Clare was
profound.

The generosity of spirit that characterised Mo Cheol Th=FA, combining =
music,
poetry and folklore, was inclusive, welcoming the listener into the
=ADprogramme. Mac Math=FAna described it as "unashamedly nostalgic and =
wistful"
but, as a gentle introduction to Sunday mornings, it was not a soft =
option
but rather an unashamed effort to honour the carriers of a living =
tradition.

Although he wore his learning lightly, he was also a thinker whose =
interest
in folklore and its ramifications was as acute as his love of music. I
recall an occasion when, at our house in Connemara, during what he =
called a
"wine break" from the washing-up, he was enjoying a wide-ranging
conversation on mythology in Irish, English and bog-Latin with the
philosopher-poet John Moriarty; a hungover Mancunian dentist who =
wandered
into the discussion could hardly tell whether he had died and gone to =
hell,
or had simply got up on the wrong day.

The communication skills, the depth and breadth of knowledge and wisdom, =
and
the unique microphone presence embodied in Mac Math=FAna are unmatched =
in
contemporary radio. His personal legacy as a collector is evident in the
thousands of tape-recordings stored in RT=C9's archives; as a man he =
bequeaths
the memory of his quiet warmth, humour and gentleness.

He received honorary doctorates from the universities of Galway and
Limerick, and the freedom of the city of Limerick. His 54-year =
partnership
with his wife, Dolly MacMahon, a talented singer of folk ballads, was a
powerful stimulus. He is survived by her and their three children (all
musicians outside their professional lives), P=E1draig, Deirdre and =
Ciar=E1n =D3g.

=95 Ciar=E1n Mac Math=FAna, broadcaster and folk collector, born 26 =
November 1925;
died 11 December 2009

SOURCE
http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2010/jan/11/ciaran-mac-mathuna-obit=
uar
y

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Further to the earlier Ir-D message about Placenames in Northern =
Ireland...

I thought that the following information and links might be useful...

The first aim of the Placenames Database of Ireland is to give =
standardised
Irish language versions of Irish place names. But of course it thus =
also
gives a list of Irish place names in English forms.

Placenames Database of Ireland
http://www.logainm.ie/?menuItem=3Dabout

'Fiontar (DCU) and The Placenames Branch (Department of Community, Rural =
and
Gaeltacht Affairs) have developed the Placenames Database of Ireland on =
this
site. Work commenced on Phase I of the project in April 2007 and the
Placenames Database of Ireland was launched at the beginning of October
2008. Phase II of the project will be completed at the end of 2010.

This is a valuable resource for journalists and translators, students =
and
teachers, historians and researchers in genealogy. It is a public =
resource
for Irish people at home and abroad, and for all those who appreciate =
the
rich heritage of Irish placenames.'

See also
Placenames Database of Ireland
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/geoinfo/25th-GEGN-Docs/WP%20papers/WP90-Placen=
ame
s%20Database%20of%20Ireland.pdf

See also
Placenames Branch
http://www.pobail.ie/en/IrishLanguage/ThePlacenamesBranch/

See also
The Locus project=20
'The aim of this project is to produce a new Historical Dictionary of =
Irish
placenames and tribal names to replace Fr Edmund Hogan's Onomasticon
Goedelicum. We have previously received funding from Toyota Ireland =
Ltd.,
from the Higher Education Authority, from the Irish Research Council for =
the
Humanities and Social Sciences (IRCHSS) and from An Roinn Gn=F3tha=ED =
Pobail,
Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta.'
http://www.ucc.ie/locus/


P.O'S.

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MORTALITY IN IRELAND AT ADVANCED AGES, 1950-2006: PART 1: CRUDE RATES
Author: Whelan, S. F.1
Source: Annals of Actuarial Science, Volume 4, Number 1, 2009 , pp.
33-66(34)
Publisher: Faculty of Actuaries and Institute of Actuaries

Abstract:
We examine the data and techniques underlying the estimation of mortality
rates at older ages in Ireland since 1950. Previous attempts to elucidate
the level and trends in mortality at advanced ages in Ireland have been
frustrated by significant non-random biases arising from age exaggeration
and age heaping, together with a lack of correspondence, growing with
increasing age, between the exposed-to-risk estimated from census data and
the death count from registration data. Applying the method of extinct
generations, we re-estimate crude mortality rates and report the somewhat
unexpected result that mortality rates were lower, and did not increase as
steeply with age, than those recorded in the official Irish Life Tables. The
reestimated crude rates show, for both sexes, a very slight decrease in
mortality rates between the 1950s and 1980s up to age 90 years, with no
improvement discernible at older ages. Improvements at advanced ages in
Ireland have lagged behind those in England and Wales and other developed
countries over the same period. The companion paper, Mortality in Ireland at
Advanced Ages, 1950-2006: Part 2: Graduated Rates, Whelan (2009), graduates
the crude rates and extends the method of extinct generations to estimate
mortality rates of more recent, still surviving, generations.

Keywords: Irish Population Mortality; Mortality Trends in Ireland; Method of
Extinct Generations; Age Heaping; Centenarians; Oldest Person in Ireland;
Longevity

Document Type: Research article

Affiliations: 1: School of Mathematical Sciences, University College Dublin,
Ireland., Email: Shane.Whelan[at]ucd.ie

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MORTALITY IN IRELAND AT ADVANCED AGES, 1950-2006: PART 2: GRADUATED RATES
Author: Whelan, S. F.1
Source: Annals of Actuarial Science, Volume 4, Number 1, 2009 , pp.
67-104(38)
Publisher: Faculty of Actuaries and Institute of Actuaries

Abstract:
We graduate the Irish mortality experience from 1950 to 2003 by mathematical
formulae from ages 75 years and upwards. The shape of the mortality curve at
advanced ages is shown to be different to that recorded in the official
tables, with the curve best fitted with Kannisto's version of Perks's Law.
Mortality rates show only a modest trend of improvement in the early
decades, below improvements in other developed countries. We evaluate the
various approaches suggested to date to extend the method of extinct
generations so mortality rates for non-extinct generations can be estimated.
It is shown that the key advantage of this method is not in correcting for
age misstatements but in achieving a close correspondence between death
counts and the exposed to risk. This insight allows a rather straightforward
approach to estimating the mortality of non-extinct generations. Applying
the approach, we show that there has been an acceleration in the rate of
improvement in more recent decades, but secular improvements in Irish
mortality at advanced ages still lag behind those of England and Wales.
Keywords: Irish Mortality; Method of Extinct Generations; Graduation;
Mortality Laws; Perks's Law; Beard's Law; Kannisto's Law; Makeham's Law;
Heligman-Pollard Formulae

Document Type: Research article

Affiliations: 1: School of Mathematical Sciences, University College Dublin,
Ireland., Email: Shane.Whelan[at]ucd.ie

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The latest issue of the Journal of British Studies 49 (January 2010) is =
a Scotland Special Issue, which will interest many IR-D members.

I have highlighted 3 articles, using extracts from the Editor's =
Introduction.

P.O'S.

Extracts from the Editor's Introduction... TOC below...

'...In her fascinating article =E2=80=9CThe Statutes of Iona: The =
Archipelagic Context,=E2=80=9D Alison Cathcart explores an attempt by =
James I in 1609 to pacify the Scots by =E2=80=9Ccivilizing=E2=80=9D what =
were perceived as barbaric Gaelic Highlands customs. Cathcart takes a =
=E2=80=9Cthree kingdoms=E2=80=9D approach to this issue by placing the =
statutes in the context of James I=E2=80=99s efforts to deal with the =
Irish as well. James I had envisioned =E2=80=9Cplanting=E2=80=9D more =
tractable Lowlands Scots amid rebellious subjects in both Ireland and =
the Highlands. Eventually, the Highlands were not planted. Instead, =
James=E2=80=99s officials imposed the Statutes of Iona to assimilate the =
Highland chiefs into British society and reduce the burden their =
military adventures placed on ordinary people. The clan chiefs had to =
appear in court in Scotland; they were encouraged to educate their sons =
in the Lowlands and to engage in commercial land practices. The Statutes =
of Iona were therefore part of the larger project of extending dominion =
over the Celtic fringe...

....We also feature two complementary articles comparing Scotland and =
Ireland in the late twentieth century. In his well=E2=80=90researched =
article =E2=80=9CJoining Europe: Ireland, Scotland, and the Celtic =
Response to European Integration, 1961=E2=80=931975,=E2=80=9D Andrew =
Devenney insightfully explores why Irish public opinion supported =
joining the European Economic Community (EEC) while many Scots opposed =
it. In Ireland, premier Se=C3=A1n Lemass persuaded his people that the =
EEC would help his country move away from isolationism and economic =
decline toward a new prosperity. By focusing on the continent, Ireland =
would be able to wean itself away from dependence on Britain. But in =
Scotland, economic decline in the 1970s led to a different conclusion. =
If Britain joined the EEC, asserted the Scottish Nationalist Party, =
Scottish sovereignty would be undermined. Only an aggressive campaign =
persuaded Scots, by a narrow margin, to accept the EEC in 1974.

Graham Walker also sheds light on the Northern Ireland and Scottish =
connection in his article =E2=80=9CScotland, Northern Ireland, and =
Devolution, 1945=E2=80=931979.=E2=80=9D He demonstrates that Northern =
Ireland=E2=80=99s Stormont parliament functioned for some as an ideal =
and for others as a cautionary warning for Scottish devolution. In the =
earlier period, advocates argued that Scotland could emulate Stormont as =
a governing structure without harming the British state. But after the =
troubles broke out in the 1970s and Stormont failed in 1974, this =
argument became less plausible, to say the least. Some Scottish =
politicians warned that if they were not given self=E2=80=90government, =
violence might erupt as in Northern Ireland. Conversely, as Parliament =
contemplated Scottish devolution, officials and politicians in Northern =
Ireland insisted that they deserved devolution too. Like Devenney, =
Walker demonstrates that an approach comparing Scotland and Ireland =
gives great insight into the political and economic conflicts of the =
1960s and 1970s.'
Journal of British Studies 49 (January 2010)

Table of Contents

Scotland Special Issue
1
Editor=E2=80=99s Introduction
Anna Clark

Articles

4
The Statutes of Iona: The Archipelagic Context
Alison Cathcart

28
The Anglo=E2=80=90Scottish Treaty of Union, 1707 in 2007: Defending the =
Revolution, Defeating the Jacobites
Bob Harris

47
Scottish Nationalism and Stuart Unionism: The Edinburgh Council, 1745
Jeffrey Stephen

73
=E2=80=9CBy Scottish hands, with Scottish money, on Scottish =
soil=E2=80=9D: The Scottish National War Memorial and National Identity
Jenny Macleod

97
Joining Europe: Ireland, Scotland, and the Celtic Response to European =
Integration, 1961=E2=80=931975
Andrew D. Devenney

117
Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Devolution, 1945=E2=80=931979
Graham Walker

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Book Reviews are one of the strengths of the Journal of British Studies, =
of course. The latest issue contains many reviews of interest - =
including reviews of A. P. W. Malcomson, 3rd Earl of Leitrim =
(1806=E2=80=9378); =20
Brian Jenkins, The Fenian Problem; Niamh Puirseil, The Irish Labour =
Party, 1922=E2=80=9373; and Tom Doyle, The Civil War in Kerry - 'a =
narrative of military conflict, rather than a social history... Readers =
hoping for the kind of thick description showcased by Peter Hart in his =
study of revolutionary Cork will be disappointed...'=20

I note especially Lee Jenkins review of Malouf, Transatlantic =
Solidarities.

P.O'S.


Journal of British Studies 49 (January 2010): 222=E2=80=93224
DOI: 10.1086/650636

Book Review=20
Michael G. Malouf. Transatlantic Solidarities: Irish Nationalism and =
Caribbean Poetics. New World Studies Series. Charlottesville: University =
of Virginia Press, 2009. Pp. 280. $55.00 (cloth).
Lee M. Jenkins,=20

University College, Cork

Some Extracts...

'...Michael Malouf has produced an exemplary work of =
cross=E2=80=90cultural criticism that is as alert to Irish and Caribbean =
solidarities as it is resistant to too=E2=80=90easy conflations of very =
real and material differences in national, historical, and individual =
experience.

The connections Malouf posits between Caribbean and Irish cultural =
politics and aesthetics are often imaginative=E2=80=94for instance, his =
account of Sin=C3=A9ad O=E2=80=99Connor=E2=80=99s engagement with =
Jamaican reggae=E2=80=94but never speculative or specious because, =
throughout, the transatlantic explorations of Transatlantic Solidarities =
are anchored in meticulous and extensive empirical and archival research =
(Malouf=E2=80=99s notes, alone, offer rich pickings for future work in =
this vein). Malouf refuses the temptation to impose a narrative of =
affiliation in which there is no such clear story to tell, and his =
argument is the stronger for the gaps and ambivalences it reveals.

Transatlantic Solidarities is one of several recent texts that owe a =
debt to, even as they move beyond the contours of, Paul Gilroy=E2=80=99s =
seminal study, The Black Atlantic (London, 1993). Malouf expands =
Gilroy=E2=80=99s paradigm to explore the ways in which =
=E2=80=9CCaribbean =E2=80=98routes and roots=E2=80=99 sometimes use =
Irish =E2=80=98political and cultural vessels=E2=80=99 for their =
expressions=E2=80=9D (13). Malouf=E2=80=99s book navigates a black and =
green Atlantic, or =E2=80=9Ccircum=E2=80=90Atlantic=E2=80=9D (5), and =
offers a redemptive counter=E2=80=90narrative to the often vexed and =
sometimes murderous historical relations among Ireland, black America, =
and the =E2=80=9COther Emerald Isles=E2=80=9D of the Caribbean (2). =
Malouf also adeptly extends Caribbean theorist Edouard =
Glissant=E2=80=99s theory of the =E2=80=9Cmultiple series of =
relationships=E2=80=9D that constitute the Caribbean (2), and in doing =
so issues a challenge, if for the most part an implicit one, to Irish =
studies, a field in which the postcolonial turn remains contested and an =
area that with some significant exceptions remains insular, even in the =
extranational dimension Ireland shares with the West Indies as an =
immigrant culture. Like Tracy Mishkin=E2=80=99s study, The Harlem and =
Irish Renaissances (Gainesville, FL, 1997), Malouf=E2=80=99s comparative =
analysis is stronger by some measure in its New World component than in =
the Irish dimension of its remit, albeit Malouf insists that he does =
consider =E2=80=9Cthe Irish side of the street=E2=80=9D (176). Malouf =
analyzes Caribbean solidarities with Irish nationalist discourse from =
Claude McKay and Marcus Garvey in the 1910s and 1920s through Derek =
Walcott=E2=80=99s affinities with the Irish in the 1980s...

...The last chapter of Transatlantic Solidarities, though, on =
Irish=E2=80=90Caribbean popular culture, is highly innovative. The =
discussion of Stewart Parker=E2=80=99s Kingdom Come, a =E2=80=9Chumorous =
Irish=E2=80=90Caribbean musical=E2=80=9D (182), is adroitly handled, as =
is the analysis of Sin=C3=A9ad O=E2=80=99Connor=E2=80=99s =
better=E2=80=90known =E2=80=9CCeltic Rastafarianism,=E2=80=9D which =
follows (189). O=E2=80=99Connor, in fact, emerges from this book as, =
after Garvey, the most accomplished and engaged theorist of =
=E2=80=9CGreen on Black=E2=80=9D (the title she considered for her 2001 =
Faith and Courage recordings). Malouf=E2=80=99s epilogue considers =
Yeats, Lorna Goodison, and an Irish=E2=80=90Jamaican poetics of =
affiliation, but, like the Walcott chapter, this returns us to ground =
already mapped, to some extent, by other critics. Notwithstanding this, =
however, Transatlantic Solidarities is a fascinating and accomplished =
study of the limits, as well as the possibilities, of the =
cross=E2=80=90cultural dynamics to which it contributes.'

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IRISH UNIVERSITY REVIEW
VOL 39; NUMB 2; 2009
ISSN 0021-1427

pp. 172-181
`Adhlachadh mo Mhathar', Sean O Riordain.
de Paor, L.

pp. 182-188
`Ancient Lights', Austin Clarke.
Harmon, M.

pp. 189-194
`The Hospital', Patrick Kavanagh.
Cannon, M.

pp. 195-201
`Epic', Patrick Kavanagh.
McAuliffe, J.

pp. 202-214
`Words for Jazz Perhaps', Michael Longley.
Johnston, M.

pp. 215-222
`The Forger', Derek Mahon.
Wheatley, D.

pp. 223-230
`By the Black Stream', Padriac Fiacc.
Dawe, G.

pp. 231-238
`Wounds', Michael Longley.
Brearton, F.

pp. 239-245
`Pat Cloherty's Version of The Maisie', Richard Murphy.
O Donoghue, B.

pp. 246-254
`The Digging Skeleton After Baudelaire', Seamus Heaney.
Donnelly, B.

pp. 255-263
`A Disused Shed in Co Wexford', Derek Mahon.
Collins, L.

pp. 264-272
`Our Lady of Ardboe', Paul Muldoon.
Corcoran, N.

pp. 273-279
`Going Home to Mayo, Winter 1949', Paul Durcan.
Mahony, C.H.

pp. 280-288
`Mussolini ag dul ar Neamh', Gabriel Rosenstock.
Sewell, F.

pp. 289-300
`Mise Eire', Eavan Boland.
Clutterbuck, C.

pp. 301-309
`The Informant', Eilean Ni Chuilleanain.
Farago, B.

pp. 310-319
`Gleann Maoiliura', Biddy Jenkinson.
Annrachain, M.N.

pp. 320-332
`On Her Second Birthday', Medbh McGuckian.
Sullivan, M.

pp. 333-346
`He'll to the Moors', Michael Hartnett.
Durcan, P.

pp. 347-357
`Keeping Going', Seamus Heaney.
Crotty, P.

pp. 358-366
`Mycenae Lookout', Seamus Heaney.
Kennedy-Andrews, E.

pp. 367-384
`High Tide: Amagansett', Thomas Kinsella.
Coughlan, P.

pp. 385-466
Bibliography Bulletin 2008.
IASIL

pp. 469-487
Books Reviewed by: Elke D'hoker, Jennifer Fitzgerald, Richard Rankin
Russell, Marie-Louise Coolahan, Graham Price.

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It is worth nothing that some recent issues of Irish University Review: a
journal of Irish Studies, have appeared on the Findarticles web site, and
many articles are freely available.

I have pasted in below the TOC pf the Spring-Summer issue of 2009.

And see
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb162/
Scroll down for more issues.

The trick with Findarticles used to be that, in an article first page, you
clicked on the Print link, but Saved Target As to get a storable, easily
readable version of the article. I cannot seem to make this work anymore,
and am experimenting with different browsers and with Windows document
saver. I think it unwise to save just web sites or links - because I think
these are unstable in the long term. Has anyone got a solution?

P.O'S.

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Articles in Spring-Summer, 2009 issue of Irish University Review: a journal
of Irish Studies

C. S. Lewis and a chronicle of the Moores
by John Hayes

'Monuments of veritie': considering the Irish holdings of Raphael
Holinshed's Chronicles
by Claire Ruth Waters

Belief and unbelief: nationalist doubt in W.B. Yeats's The Celtic Twilight
by Seamus O'Malley

The failure of representation in Jack B. Yeats's The Green Wave and In Sand
by Ian R. Walsh

Ibsen and the Irish free state: the Gate Theatre company productions of Peer
Gynt
by Irina Ruppo Malone

Politics and feminism: the Basque contexts of Kate O'Brien's Mary Lavelle
by Aintzane Legarreta Mentxaka

Remembering language: bilingualism, Hiberno-English, and the Gaeltacht
peasant memoir
by Carolina P. Amador Moreno

The representation of motherhood in Emma Donoghue's Slammerkin
by Marisol Morales Ladron

'The day set alight in the mind': notes on John McGahern's late style
by Denis Sampson

'Things of the same kind that are separated only by time': reading the
notebooks of Medbh McGuckian

by Shannon Hipp
Carol Taaffe, Ireland Through the Looking-Glass: Flann O'Brien, Myles na
gCopaleen and Irish Cultural Debate
by Jennika Baines

Medbh McGuckian, My Love Has Fared Inland
by Borbala Farago

Shane Alcobia-Murphy, Sympathetic Ink: Intertextual Relations in Northern
Irish Poetry
by Laura O'Connor

Eibhear Walshe , Elizabeth Bowen
by Heather Ingman

Ben Barnes, Plays and Controversies. Abbey Theatre Diaries 2000-2005
by Harry White

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