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From: ultancowley[at]eircom.net
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Subject: Re: [IR-D] Child migrant's search for Irish family

See interview with Margaret Humphries in last Saturday's Guardian. She
points out that a number of these 'orphans', on arrival in Australia, were
sent on to institutions run by - guess who? Yes, The Christian Brothers!
Their experiences there were predictable...

Ultan

http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2010/feb/20/margaret-humphreys-child-m
igrants-trust

'People should sort this mess'
Margaret Humphreys has spent 23 years campaigning for the victims of forced
childhood migration. This week, finally, Gordon Brown is due to apologise on
behalf of Britain for separating them from their families



----- "Patrick O'Sullivan" wrote:
> Child migrant's search for Irish family
>
> Child migrant's search for Irish family
>
> By Bryce McGarel
> BBC News
>

> "Each year in Perth the Child Migrants Trust brings together people it
> has
> reunited with their families, and those still searching.
> It was formed in 1987 by Margaret Humphries, a social worker based in
> Nottingham.
> Her work prompted a British government inquiry in 1998, and an inquiry
> by
> the Australian senate last year.
> More than 50 of the trust's clients are from Northern Ireland.

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Subject: XIV International Congress of Celtic Studies, -5 August 2011,
Maynooth
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The following notice has appeared on the Congress of Celtic Studies web
site...

http://www.celticstudiescongress.org/

Notice
The XIV International Congress of Celtic Studies will take place from 1-5
August 2011, at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth.

The International Congress of Celtic Studies, held every four years, is the
largest academic gathering in its field and attracts scholars who have an
interest in the many different areas of Celtic Studies. The Fourteenth
Congress is being organised by a number of universities and cultural
institutions in the Dublin region under the aegis of the School of Celtic
Studies, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies.

During the Congress, papers will be read on all aspects of Celtic culture
and civilization, from earliest times down to the present day. Areas that
have attracted much interest at previous congresses include Medieval and
Modern Literature and Languages, Mythology, Archaeology, History, Folklore,
Art and Music. The broad span of the Congress makes it an attractive and an
important forum for those who work in other academic fields but whose
interests touch on the world of Celtic Studies.

In addition to the schedule of academic events, a full social and
entertainment programme is being organised. This will include a number of
tours, receptions and cultural events. Some exhibitions will take place
during the Congress.

Membership of the Congress is open to all with an interest in Celtic
Studies. Younger scholars and those who have not previously attended an
International Celtic Congress will be particularly welcome.

Registration dates are included on this site, and information regarding
registration and reading a paper at the Congress will be regularly updated.
You can also subscribe to an announcement mailing list, to which all news
items for the Congress will be sent, by sending a blank e-mail to
announce-subscribe[at]celticstudiescongress.org .

Maynooth is a university town situated about 24km west of Dublin. The
university, founded in 1795, is the second oldest in Ireland and the campus
has a large number of period buildings. There are excellent rail, road and
bus connections between Maynooth and Dublin. Accommodation for Congress
delegates will be available in the university. Prospective members are
recommended to take advantage of early registration which carries the
guarantee of on-campus accommodation at a reduced rate as well as a special
registration fee.

Further details about the Congress and latest information will be posted on
this Website.

We look forward to welcoming you to the Congress.

IMPORTANT DATES
Early Registration: 1 Sep 2010 to 30 Nov 2010
Registration: 1 Dec 2010 to 31 Mar 2011
Offer of Paper: 1 Aug 2010 to 30 Nov 2010

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Number of Church Abuse Cases Continues to Rise in Germany

Calls for Full Investigation
Number of Church Abuse Cases Continues to Rise in Germany

The Catholic Church in Germany is under pressure as more and more cases =
of
sexual abuse come to light. Now the government is demanding that the =
Church
take rigorous action to investigate the incidents. By SPIEGEL staff.

For years, J=F6rg D. was plagued by feelings of shame, insecurity and =
rage.
Finally, on Sept. 17, 2009, he sent the pope a four-page letter =
describing
his plight. "I beg you for help, in whatever form possible," he wrote...

...New allegations of abuse by members of the Catholic Church are =
emerging
every day. Ursula Raue, a Berlin attorney who has been engaged by the
Jesuits to handle abuse cases, has counted 12 suspects and 120 victims =
in
the space of only three weeks. Raue says that the order knew of only two
suspects and seven victims in late January. "The numbers are rising by =
the
day," she says. Many other orders, Catholic institutions and parishes =
are
affected, as new victims report cases of alleged abuse to dioceses,
newspapers and counseling centers throughout the country...

...In reacting to what is probably the biggest scandal within their =
ranks in
decades, German bishops have seemed helpless and dazed, sometimes =
concerned
about the victims, but often stubborn, out of touch with reality or =
ignorant
-- and generally confused. Some say they are "stunned and concerned," =
while
others, like Augsburg Bishop Walter Mixa, have summarily assigned some =
of
the blame for the abuse to the "so-called sexual revolution."

All of the publicity has overshadowed the more urgent needs of =
conducting a
thorough investigation into the incidents, prosecution of the offenders =
and
help for the victims.

What is needed is an independent commission, with a staff to investigate =
all
allegations and hold accountable the offenders and those who knew about =
them
within the church hierarchy. Such a commission would also have to ensure
that the long-neglected victims finally receive counseling, therapy and
compensation.

This is the way the abuse scandals involving the Catholic Church in =
Ireland
and the United States were dealt with. Commissions in those two =
countries
investigated thousands of alleged offenders. Ireland's commission was =
headed
by an experienced judge, who was given the authority to inspect secret
Church records and question the parties involved. Are Germany's bishops
afraid of so much transparency and the results it could yield?

FULL TEXT AT
http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,679703,00.html

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This may be of interest to the list.





Punishing the Lies on the Rio Grande: Catholic and Immigrant
Volunteers in Zachary Taylor's Army and the Fight against Nativism
TYLER V. JOHNSON



Journal of the Early Republic
Volume 30.1 Spring 2010



Abstract



The article discusses conflicts between Catholic and immigrant volunteers
and nativists in the army organized by U.S. general Zachary Taylor to fight
in the U.S.-Mexican War. The author describes a riot that broke out in a
Georgia volunteer regiment between the Jasper Greens, an Irish regimental
company, and the Kennesaw Rangers over an ethnic slur. The service of
immigrant and Catholic soldiers such as Matthew Hett and of Jesuits priests
John McElroy and Anthony Rey in the army was used to counter anti-Catholic
sentiment. Nativists suggested that Irish and Catholic soldiers were likely
to desert the army and fight for Mexico.



Bill

William H. Mulligan, Jr.

Professor of History

Graduate Program Coordinator

Murray State University

Murray KY 42071-3341 USA

office phone 1-270-809-6571

dept phone 1-270-809-2231

fax 1-270-809-6587

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Subject: Seminar, Britishness and the Orange Order, 4 March 10,
Huddersfield
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From The Academy for the Study of Britishness at the University of
Huddersfield...

The political and cultural relationship between Northern Ireland and the
rest of the United Kingdom continues to stimulate lively and interesting
debate
(http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/opinion/Dr-Jim-McAuley-Irish-peace.6073013.j
p). However, Northern Ireland's troubled past means it is often overlooked
when UK politicians, academics and others discuss issues of British identity
and UK citizenship. The Academy for the Study of Britishness at the
University of Huddersfield continues its highly-successful 'New Perspectives
on Britishness' series on Thursday 4 March when Dr David Hume MBE, Director
of Services for the Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland, will consider Britishness
and the Orange Order.

Agreements may have finally been reached about policing and justice in
Northern Ireland, but some contentious issues, including the routes of
Orange Order parades, remain deeply divisive. The Orange Order has proved a
key institution in arguing that Northern Ireland should maintain its
constitutional, religious and other cultural ties with the rest of the UK.
It argues that its view of Britishness is founded on loyalty to the
Protestant faith and the British Monarchy, and that Orange parades following
traditional routes are a witness and celebration of this faith and heritage.
Their critics suggest however that such parades are triumphalist and a
celebration of bigotry rather than heritage.

Dr Hume will be discussing what Britishness means to members of the Orange
Order and how their identity is celebrated. He will also consider how the
recent peace process in Northern Ireland has influenced debates about
religion, community, identity and citizenship. He will explore what the
implications of debates about Britishness have for those in Northern Ireland
who wish to remain part of the UK. It will provide a fascinating insight
into dynamics of Britishness that draws on a shared past to provide a
distinctive understanding of the present.

The seminar is free and open to all students, staff and the general public.
It takes place in the George Buckley lecture theatre on the Queensgate
Campus of the University of Huddersfield at 5.30pm, with refreshments served
from 5pm. To book your free place and for more information, contact Jodie
Matthews at j.matthews[at]hud.ac.uk or 01484 471455.

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Subject: Interdisciplinary PhD Studentship (Music and Irish Literature),
QUB
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Interdisciplinary PhD Studentship (Music and Irish Literature)
School of Music and Sonic Arts and School of English
Queen's University of Belfast

This PhD studentship supports the exploration of the presence and influence
of Irish music and song in and on Irish literature
and poetry from the eighteenth century to the present. The PhD candidate
will develop a line of research or creative practice
which engages with the confluence of disciplinary expertise concerning
musical and literary forms, the social and historical
contexts of their development and interaction in Ireland and its diaspora,
and their potential for artistic creativity. The
particular subject of the PhD research may focus on a wide chronological
range of topics, of which the following are suggestive:

? The confluence of the vernacular song repertoire and poetry in the
eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, in
English and/or Irish.
? The lines of influence within the milieu of music collectors,
performers, travel writers and novelists in nineteenth
century Ireland (Bunting, Petrie, Moore, Carleton, Edgeworth)
? The place of music (both traditional music and the art music of
Stanford and others) in the Irish Gaelic and Literary
Revival in the decades following 1892, including in the lives and work of
major literary figures (Joyce, Yeats).
? The Irish musical and literary avant garde in the mid 20th century
? The creation of new literary work informed by the form and context
of contemporary Irish music.

It is envisioned the PhD will be supervised by Dr. Martin Dowling, Lecturer
in Irish Traditional Music , School of Music and
Sonic Arts, and Professor Ciaran Carson, Director of the Seamus Heaney for
Poetry, School of English.

For information on applications, follow the links on the School of Music and
Sonic Arts Website:
http://www.mu.qub.ac.uk/

The Studentship is funded by the Northern Ireland Department of Employment
and Learning. For the expected terms and conditions
of grant, see the following document:
http://www.delni.gov.uk/postgraduate_terms___conditions_2009-10.pdf

For further information, contact Martin Dowling m.dowling[at]qub.ac.uk

DEADLINE FOR ONLINE APPLICATIONS: MARCH 15th 2010

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Subject: Film Screening and Lecture, The Boys of St. Columb's, SF
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The Crossroads Irish-American Festival forwards this information to you on
behalf of our friends in the community....
The Peace and Justice Studies Program, University of San Francisco,
The Irish Literary & Historical Society, and the San Francisco Irish Film
Festival present

The Boys of St. Columb's
A Film Screening and Lecture
with Maurice Fitzpatrick, Scriptwriter and Co-Producer
Monday, March 1, 2010, 7:30 p.m.
Cowell Hall, Rm. 106, University of San Francisco
2130 Fulton Street, San Francisco

Maurice Fitzpatrick will discuss the effects of the groundbreaking 1947
Education Act, and how the political and historical conditions in Northern
Ireland were altered as a result of the free mass education of its
population, culminating in the Civil Rights Movement of the late 1960s. The
film focuses on St. Columb's School in Derry as a lens to understand these
changes through interviews with eight of the school's most internationally
renowned alumni - including its two Nobel Prize winners, John Hume and
Seamus Heaney.

Maurice Fitzpatrick is a graduate of Trinity College, Dublin and is
currently Lecturer in English at Keio University, Tokyo. His publications
include articles on Kurosawa's cinematic interpretation of Shakespeare and
the novels of Colm Toibin. His forthcoming book on The Boys of St. Columb's
will be published by The Liffey Press in April 2010.

USF faculty, students, and staff and members of the Irish Literary &
Historical Society are free. A donation is requested from the general public
to help defray expenses. For further information, please visit the Irish
Literary & Historical Society website: www.ILHSsf.org or call (510)
549-3765.

A film screening and discussion will also take place at the University of
California, Berkeley on Tuesday afternoon, March 2, 2010 at 5 p.m. in 300
Wheeler. For further information on this event, contact issa[at]berkeley.edu or
(510) 642-4484.

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Subject: New Play on John Butler Yeats (Belfast, 3 & 4 March 2010)
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From: Maureen E Mulvihill [mailto:mulvihill[at]nyc.rr.com]=20
Subject: New Play on John Butler Yeats (Belfast, 3 & 4 March 2010)

Posting On Behalf of Sam & Joan McCready
(with apologies for cross-posting)

"THE GREAT YEATS! Remarkable Father of a Remarkable Family"
One-man play, written & performed by=A0Sam McCready,
Directed by=A0Joan McCready. With=A0launch of=A0McCready's book,
=A0"The Great=A0Yeats!"=A0With introduction by John Kelly,=A0
Emeritus Research Fellow, St John's College, Oxford. Lagan Press UK.
=A0
Wed., 3 March & Thurs., 4 March 2010
Linen Hall Library, Belfast,=A0Northern Ireland=A0
Booking on-line, at www.linenhall.com
Book early, seating limited.=20
Tel. + 028.9032.1707
=A0
In his new play and book on John Butler Yeats (Co. Down, Ireland, 1839 - =
New
York City, 1922), Sam McCready explores with=A0wit and pathos the =
bedeviled
existence=A0of this newly-reconstructed figure of the Irish Renaissance. =
This
was the father of poet William Butler Yeats,=A0painter 'Jack' Yeats, and =
the
talented Yeats sisters 'Lily'=A0and 'Lollie' of the Cuala Press.=A0John =
Butler
Yeats left a promising career in law at the age of 28 to devote himself =
to
painting (mostly=A0drawing, pen & ink). At the age of 67, by then =
a=A0widower
with four grown children, he left Ireland and =93suffering =
Europe=94=A0to
reinvent=A0himself in New York City where he enjoyed some success as a
portrait painter and illustrator. He was also a captivating talker and =
the
main attraction for some years at Petitpas=92 restaurant, West 29th =
Street.
McCready lays bare the=A0fraught=A0relationships in=A0the Yeats family, =
while
affirming the=A0human dignity and artistic legacy of its enigmatic, if
prodigal, father. McCready has wisely made =
his=A0representation=A0of=A0John=A0Butler
Yeats=A0available to a modern audience in two mediums:=A0stage =
and=A0printed
book.=A0=A0=A0=20
=A0
For=A0information on the play,=A0the McCreadys,=A0and the Yeatses, see:
=A0
http://www.linenhall.com/programme.asp
=A0
http://www.johnbutleryeatsseminar.com

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prodiga
l+father&cd=3D1#v=3Donepage&q=3D&f=3Dfalse
=A0
http://www.yeatssociety.org/JackYeats_Mulvihill.html
=A0
http://www.yeatssociety.org/coole.html
=A0
=A0
Maureen E. Mulvihill
Brooklyn, NY; Princeton, NJ

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Ireland's emigrants sing songs of exile that echo through the =
generations

The loss of young people to other countries is rarely mentioned in =
political
life, but is one of the dominant themes of Irish culture
=20
Sean O'Hagan
The Observer, Sunday 28 February 2010

When Mary Robinson became president of Ireland in 1990, one of her =
first,
and most symbolic, actions was to light a lamp in the kitchen window of =
her
official residence to acknowledge the many millions of Irish people
overseas. Until then, Irish emigration had been one of the great =
unspokens
of political life, while simultaneously being one of the great themes of
Irish drama, fiction and poetry.

Robinson's inspiration was a poem by Eavan Boland called The Emigrant =
Irish.
"Like oil lamps," it begins, "we put them out the back =96 of our =
houses, of
our minds." The generations who left for a new life in Britain and =
America
haunted Irish writing and song throughout the 20th century.

Both James Joyce and Samuel Beckett, the two towering modernists of =
Irish
literature, chose exile, the former famously describing Ireland as 'the =
old
sow that eats her farrow". Joyce also wrote that the Irishman was more
respected abroad; "the economic and intellectual contradictions that =
prevail
in his own country do not allow the development of individuality".

It was Beckett who gave voice to the exile's dilemma of not belonging. =
"It
is suicide to be abroad," says a character in All That Fall, "but what =
is it
to be at home?=85 A lingering dissolution."

This sense of spiritual as well as cultural displacement was evoked, =
too, by
the poet Patrick Kavanagh, who walked the streets around Ealing Broadway =
in
1953 willing himself to remember his native Monaghan "until a world =
comes to
life =96 morning, the silent bog". In the second half of that same =
decade, an
estimated half a million people left Ireland to begin their lives all =
over
again, abroad.

In the 1960s, a new generation of dramatists made emigration a central =
theme
in their work. John B Keane's musical play, Many Young Men of Twenty,
debuted in 1961 with its rousing chorus in the title song =96 "many =
young men
of twenty said goodbye"=96 becoming an Irish hit for the Dubliners. The =
group
articulated the often brutal urban experience of Irishmen abroad in =
songs
such as McAlpine's Fusiliers and Poor Paddy on the Railway, both about =
Irish
labourers in England.

In 1964, Brian Friel made his name with Philadelphia Here I Come!, a =
drama
set on the evening before the main character's departure for America. =
Three
decades later, with the globally successful Dancing at Lughnasa, Friel =
wove
an extraordinary narrative of memory and myth around the figure of the
returning exile, a constant trope in Irish writing.

In 1974, John McGahern tackled the same themes of cultural paralysis and
exile as Joyce in his semi-autobiographical novel The Leavetaking, in =
which
a schoolteacher loses his job in Ireland after getting involved with an
American divorcee while on sabbatical in England.

The social and cultural constrictions of President =C9amon de Valera's
Catholic Ireland were by now being fractured. In 1987, a character in =
Roddy
Doyle's debut novel, The Commitments, proclaimed "the Irish are the =
niggers
of Europe", but, that same year, all that was about to change. After a
decade in which mass emigration claimed at least two generations of =
young
Irish people, U2 began their global ascendancy. The group stayed in =
Dublin,
though, and, as they became the most successful rock group of the 1990s, =
the
city, and Ireland, began its rapid transformation.

By then, the Irish diaspora had created new kinds of voices that =
reflected
the experience of the Irish in England and America from within those =
hybrid
communities. The Pogues, a London-based group, wrote songs that were
hard-edged and unsentimental, featuring rent boys and hooligans, rather =
than
romantic heroes dreaming of their lost homeland. Martin McDonagh, the =
son of
a Sligo mother and Galway father, was raised in Elephant and Castle, =
London,
and his plays about rural Ireland were as scabrous and searing as Shane
McGowan's best songs.

Last year, as the Celtic Tiger economy began to implode, Colm =
T=F3ib=EDn's
critically lauded novel Brooklyn told the story of Eilis Lacey, a young
woman who crosses the Atlantic to forge a new life in Brooklyn and is =
then
lured back home. She is forced to choose between her old life in Wexford =
and
the lure of the new world, between dull security and uncertainty. The =
novel
was set in the early 1950s and seemed wilfully old-fashioned. It may yet
prove prescient.

SOURCE
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/feb/28/ireland-exile-culture

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Once again, Ireland's young prepare to leave

Ireland enjoyed a boom like no other in the last 10 years, fuelled by
foreign investment and runaway property speculation. But it is all over now,
and the desire to emigrate, set deep in the nation's psyche, has taken hold
once more

Tracy McVeigh
The Observer, Sunday 28 February 2010

In the tiny sub-post office at Liscarney, on the road out of Westport, under
the snow-touched pyramid of Croagh Patrick, postmaster William Joyce is
considering his schooldays. "In my class maybe a third left. It was America
then."

Joyce, 54, got married and stayed put. "I've the farm as well as the post
office and the wife works; one job is not enough around here." His three
teenage sons are at college, the first generation of the family to reach
further education. "I knew the boom wouldn't last. All the young crowd
working on borrowed money with two cars to every house, out every weekend,
they didn't see the day coming when it would have to be paid back. They knew
nothing else. But the minute the banks stopped, everything stopped.

"Now it's people coming in here for the social welfare and the young lads
are all looking for visas for Canada." His youngest is thinking of Germany.
"I wouldn't stop them, any of mine. What am I going to say when I know
myself what it's like on 60 acres of worthless land? Travel is education."

Cattle farmer Richard Duffy has come in and is nodding. "If I'd worked as
hard as I've worked in any other country I'd be a millionaire three times
over," he says. "You can point at the banks and the developers for all these
people left with huge debts, but the government here makes up its own way as
it goes along. But you have to put some blame on the people for taking it
lying down. If this was France or Spain we'd be having a revolution."

Ireland, which went from being one of Europe's poorest countries to one of
its richest in less than a decade, has hit the bottom. Gross domestic
product fell 7.3% last year. This month a report by financial experts Davy
Research concluded that the republic had largely wasted a decade of high
income during the boom, with private enterprise investing its wealth "in the
wrong places".

Most people blame the government for spending too much and regulating too
little, and allowing construction to dominate. There is weariness with an
almost tribal political system that has seen the same people returned to
power over three decades. But now the real human wrench is under way: the
first generation to have enjoyed the benefits of the wholesale reversal of
Ireland's recent wretched history is leaving.

FULL TEXT AT
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/feb/28/new-irish-disapora

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Subject: Theatre Review, The Absence of Women by Owen McCafferty
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To remind people...

Since becoming an online resource in September 2009 Irish Theatre =
Magazine
has maintained quality and output.

You can sign up for email updates and news - and of course much of the =
news
nowadays is about looming funding cuts.

P=E1draic Whyte's theatre review, below, will be of interest.

P.O'S.


Theatre Review

P=E1draic Whyte=20

The Absence of Women by Owen McCafferty

Although set in a bleak London hostel, this is a play about Belfast: =
about
the people who were forced to leave its geographic location but bound to
carry with them memories of their home place. Although set in a bleak =
London
hostel, this is a play about Belfast: about the people who were forced =
to
leave its geographic location but bound to carry with them memories of =
their
home place. Owen McCafferty=92s thought-provoking new play brings us on =
a
series of journeys with the protagonists, Ger (Karl Johnson) and Iggy =
(Ian
McElhinney), from their public pasts and the contribution they made to =
the
building of British transport systems, to their private memories of =
their
youth and the burdens which they are now left with.=92s =
thought-provoking new
play brings us on a series of journeys with the protagonists, Ger (Karl
Johnson) and Iggy (Ian McElhinney), from their public pasts and the
contribution they made to the building of British transport systems, to
their private memories of their youth and the burdens which they are now
left with...

...Themes of masculinity, silence and invisibility are to the fore of =
the
play. Ger tells Dotty that =93Belfast men don=92t dance=94, a line his =
father
used, and offers her a drink instead, while Iggy is forced to leave =
Belfast
because he does not conform to the apparent norms of society. Both men =
may
have lived the majority of their lives away from Belfast, yet they have
carried with them the experiences and memories of their formative years, =
and
the change of geographical locale has done little to change their lives.

In recent years, the lives of Irish navvy workers in England have =
received
much attention on stage and screen, and there is a feeling that we have
heard many of Ger and Iggy=92s stories before. However, McCafferty=92s =
play does
add a specifically Belfast dimension to these representations. As Ger =
longs
to return to Belfast for one last drink, he wonders if the city has =
changed.
The Belfast that Iggy and Ger left had particular notions about =
masculinity,
the consumption of alcohol, the treatment of women, and cultures of =
silence
=96 how does that world compare to a contemporary Belfast? Perhaps, in =
this
linking of past and present, McCafferty raises the most pertinent =
question
of the piece.

Full text at
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Subject: Re: [IR-D] Once again, Ireland's young prepare to leave
From: ultancowley[at]eircom.net
Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2010 14:44:20 +0000 (GMT)


I have to say, even though I have a young son working abroad, I can feel
little sympathy towards those of the current privileged and pampered
generation who may find themselves having to emigrate today.

Half a million Irish emigrated between 1951 and 1961, 84% leaving school
before the age of fifteen, totally unprepared for what lay before them yet
expected not only to 'make good' but morally obligated to remit their
hard-earned earnings to those left behind. The present wave of emigrants, in
stark contrast, will leave with a good education, predominantly to third
level, with ready access to pre-emigration advice, and with no financial
obligations whatsoever.

Unlike their predecessors they share a common culture with their peers in
Britain - same clothing bought in the same chain stores, same fashion
accessories, same sporting affiliations, same media and entertainment
access, and a fashionable status as Irish which is totally at variance with
that of previous generations of Irish emigrants in Britain.

They can maintain virtually uninterrupted audio-visual contact with friends
and family via laptop and mobile phone, they can travel comfortably and
quickly back to Ireland on spontaneous visits at a cost equivalent to the
price of a good meal, and they rarely if ever have to live or work in
conditions even remotely comparable to those of their emigrant predecessors.


The hardship of it.

I don't know how to flag the technical links but, but for a 'horse's mouth'
account of the emotional and psychological impediments which many Irish
emigrants suffered from in previous generations, visit
http://ultancowley.com/
and bring up the blog entitled, Camaraderie of Pain' which can be listened
to via MP3 player etc.

Ultan



----- "Patrick O'Sullivan" wrote:
> Once again, Ireland's young prepare to leave
>
> Ireland enjoyed a boom like no other in the last 10 years, fuelled by
> foreign investment and runaway property speculation. But it is all
> over now,
> and the desire to emigrate, set deep in the nation's psyche, has taken
> hold
> once more
>
> Tracy McVeigh
> The Observer, Sunday 28 February 2010
>

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Subject: Book Notice, Karen P. Corrigan, Irish English,
volume 1 - Northern Ireland
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Edinburgh University Press (15 Jan 2010)

Irish English, volume 1 - Northern Ireland
Author: Karen P. Corrigan
Publication Date: Jan 2010
Dimensions: 216 x 138 mm
Extent: 208 pages
Illustrations: 21
Series: Dialects of English

This book focuses on the sociolinguistic consequences of historical contact
between indigenous Irish peoples and newer English and Scottish settlers in
what is now the territory of Northern Ireland (NI). The contact varieties
that resulted represent the oldest L2 'Englishes' globally. Moreover, the
degree of admixture from English, Irish and Scots in the contemporary
dialects of NI reflects various external forces. Naturally, these varieties
share certain structural features with sister Celtic Englishes and indeed
with other vernacular Englishes globally. However, there are other
linguistic traits that seem to be unique and therefore essentially local.

Irish English, Volume 1 - Northern Ireland aims to provide insights into the
evolution of language in 21st century NI and to promote an understanding of
linguistic diversity in this region in the context of World Englishes by
including:
*An overview of cultural, demographic and geographic aspects of NI's
languages/dialects
*An extensive, though accessible, description of their structures
*A history of language in NI, pinpointing regional/social differences as
well as current changes
*An annotated bibliography of relevant literature and a general bibliography
to aid further research
*Speech and text samples from the 19th-21st centuries.

http://www.euppublishing.com/book/978-0-7486-3428-6

This book is distributed in North America by Columbia University Press

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Dear all,
some of you will know that i have been doing research and publishing on =
irish journalism=20
in c19 england for a number of years now. i am currently seeking funding =
(the bankers=20
have it all, I know, but one must try) in order to extend the scope of m=
y research to the=20
Americas, Australia and beyond. If anyone has any information about archi=
val material on=20
C19 Irish journals and journalists in those or other places I would be ve=
ry grateful. the=20
point of the research is that i realised as I did my work on London Irish=
journals that they=20
were but one part of what we might call a network of similar journals aro=
und the globe=20
and to comprehend and write about them properly, they should be seen in t=
heir=20
international context. that is the theory. If anyone knows anything, repl=
y on or off the=20
list, whichever you think appropriate.=20
anthony
Dr Anthony McNicholas
Director of the PhD Programme
Communication and Media Research Institute
University of Westminster
Watford Road
Harrow=20
HA1 3TP
Room A5.10
Tel. 0044 (0)20 7911 5000 x4603
Editor of Interactions: Studies in Communication and Culture

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I am not sure of the scope of your research but you may be aware of the fol=
lowing papers:

The Anglo-Brazilian Times (Rio de Janeiro) 1865-1884
Microfilm at Rio=B4s National Library (Se=E7=E3o de Obras Raros - 3rd floo=
r. Index No.: PR-SOR 3279)
The Standard (Buenos Aires) 1861-1959
Complete collection at Universidad de San Andr=E9s, Buenos Aires - selected=
microfilm series at the British Library Collindale
The Southern Cross (Buenos Aires) 1875 to date
Complete collection at the Southern Cross office in Buenos Aires - selected=
microfilm series at the NLI Dublin
Fianna (Buenos Aires) 1910-1912
Complete (?) collection at the Southern Cross office in Buenos Aires.

Edmundo Murray

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Dear all,
some of you will know that i have been doing research and publishing on ir=
ish journalism
in c19 england for a number of years now. i am currently seeking funding (t=
he bankers
have it all, I know, but one must try) in order to extend the scope of my =
research to the
Americas, Australia and beyond. If anyone has any information about archiva=
l material on
C19 Irish journals and journalists in those or other places I would be very=
grateful. the
point of the research is that i realised as I did my work on London Irish j=
ournals that they
were but one part of what we might call a network of similar journals aroun=
d the globe
and to comprehend and write about them properly, they should be seen in the=
ir
international context. that is the theory. If anyone knows anything, reply =
on or off the
list, whichever you think appropriate.
anthony
Dr Anthony McNicholas
Director of the PhD Programme
Communication and Media Research Institute
University of Westminster
Watford Road
Harrow
HA1 3TP
Room A5.10
Tel. 0044 (0)20 7911 5000 x4603
Editor of Interactions: Studies in Communication and Culture


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Do you know David Emmons's work on Clark-and on Clark's feud with Marcus Da=
ly, his "green" Irish rival?
KM


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Subject: Scots-Irish Copper Baron
From: Anthony McNicholas

This is from the J-History list. Scroll down to see links to a slide show o=
n
the history of a US copper baron's family. It has a diaspora theme - the
tycoon in question William A. Clark, senator and copper king being of
Scots-Irish descent. On a personal note my own maternal grandfather, (along
with half his village, Eyeries in West Cork) as a miner in Butte, Montana
would have contributed to the Clark family's wealth. I wonder will I see
any of it? I know he certainly never did.
anthony


Subject: A history story, with some journalism history thrown in

Your JHISTORY list members may be interested in this history story. It
involves a former U.S. senator and copper millionaire, who bought newspaper=
s
in Montana and elsewhere, partly to further his political ambitions.

We could have told this story in the traditional 2,500-word story form, but
instead we put it into a slideshow. Still it's 2,500 words, but the reader
response has been very good. Hundreds of e-mails from readers, and more tha=
n
30 million page views so far.

Here are all the links for "The Clarks: an American story of wealth, scanda=
l
and mystery."

The full slideshow and narrative:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35266272/ns/business/


Notes and sources, with more detail on each slide, trivia, etc., with a lis=
t
of references we used:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35446674/ns/business/


A PDF file for easy printing, with large photos, is here:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35470011/ns/business/

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From: "Patrick O'Sullivan"

This journal is turning up as FREE ACCESS on the Sage web site...

http://trs.sagepub.com/

Ir-D members with interests in the journal's core activity, dialogue between
the European trade union movement and the academic and research community,
might find it worth browsing and saving...

For example... The Mushroom Covenant: Baltic Blacks among Celts
Gintare Kemekliene Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research, Jan
2006; vol. 12: pp. 283 - 285 is a review of a novel about migrant mushroom
pickers in Ireland.

Immediately, in the latest issue are 2 articles...

http://trs.sagepub.com/content/vol16/issue1/

As the Editor, Kevin P O'Kelly, says, tax harmonisation is on the European
table. And he seems quite pleased to have got two well argued, and
opposing, articles from Ireland.

P.O'S.


Ireland's low corporation tax: the case for tax coordination in the Union

Paul Sweeney
Irish Congress of Trade Unions, Paul.sweeney[at]ictu.ie

Ireland has been an innovator in using taxation as a tool for industrial
policy, by attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) with low taxes on
corporate profits. This article outlines the background to how this policy
evolved and the advantage it was to building up Ireland's industrial base
during the 1990s as well as how it contributed to building the 'Celtic
Tiger' economy from 1994 to 2000. It argues that, since EU enlargement in
2004, the advantages of using low corporate tax rates to attract FDI have
diminished, even though 'official' and 'corporate' Ireland continue to
promote this policy and to obstruct any EU-level moves to coordinate
corporate tax. The room for manoeuvre is closing and it is argued that
Ireland needs to develop alternative strategies and to engage seriously with
its EU partners in finding agreement on a common corporate tax base.

Key Words: Corporation tax . taxation . tax competition . tax harmonisation
. foreign direct investment . transfer pricing


Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research, Vol. 16, No. 1, 55-69
(2010)
DOI: 10.1177/1024258909357875


The case against corporation tax harmonisation and tax-base consolidation: a
view from Ireland

Frank Barry
University of Dublin, Trinity College, Dublin, Frank.Barry[at]tcd.ie

Direct taxation remains within the competence of EU Member States. Some
analysts argue, however, that differing corporation tax regimes lead to a
'race to the bottom', suggesting that tax harmonisation would be beneficial
for the EU as a whole. This article evaluates the strength of this argument
and considers the question of whether tax-base consolidation would be likely
to lead inexorably to the harmonisation of tax rates.

Key Words: Corporation tax harmonisation . Common Consolidated Corporate Tax
Base . Ireland


Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research, Vol. 16, No. 1, 71-80
(2010)
DOI: 10.1177/1024258909357879

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From: Patrick O'Sullivan
Subject: REPORT Family Figures: Family Dynamics and Family Types in
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This report can be downloaded as a pdf file from the ESRI web site - details
below...

The Report makes Europe wide comparisons, but seems oddly insular in its
observations - the one mention of emigration seems to me to involve a non
sequitur. But the Report does say, p. 94...

'The primary purpose of this report is not to relate our findings to
academic theories, but to give a useful quantitative account of the dynamics
of family structures in Ireland. Yet many of our findings appear more
explicable in terms of the influence of social networks, identity and norms
than narrowly defined economic incentives.'

And there is a lot of detail to take in.

P.O'S.


22 February 2010
Family Figures: Family dynamics and family types in Ireland, 1986-2006

Study Provides Detailed Account of Changes in the Structure of Ireland's
Families.

The most detailed study to date of trends in the structure of Irish families
is published today. Family Figures, funded by the Family Support Agency and
produced by researchers from the ESRI and UCD, analysed Census data made
available for the first time in cooperation with the Central Statistics
Office. The report contains many new findings relating to trends in
partnership and childbearing between 1986 and 2006.

Press Release
http://www.esri.ie/news_events/latest_press_releases/family_figures_family_d
yn/index.xml

Family Figures: Family Dynamics and Family Types in Ireland, 1986-2006
Author(s):
Lunn, Pete / Fahey, Tony (UCD) / Hannan, Carmel (University of Limerick)
ESRI Series
ESRI Survey and Statistical Report Series 029
Publisher
Family Support Agency and ESRI
Place of Publication
Dublin
Publication Date
22/02/10
ISBN/ISSN No
9780707002965
download PDF

http://www.esri.ie/publications/latest_publications/view/index.xml?id=2896

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Subject: Scots-Irish Copper Baron
From: Anthony McNicholas

This is from the J-History list. Scroll down to see links to a slide show on
the history of a US copper baron's family. It has a diaspora theme - the
tycoon in question William A. Clark, senator and copper king being of
Scots-Irish descent. On a personal note my own maternal grandfather, (along
with half his village, Eyeries in West Cork) as a miner in Butte, Montana
would have contributed to the Clark family's wealth. I wonder will I see
any of it? I know he certainly never did.
anthony


Subject: A history story, with some journalism history thrown in

Your JHISTORY list members may be interested in this history story. It
involves a former U.S. senator and copper millionaire, who bought newspapers
in Montana and elsewhere, partly to further his political ambitions.

We could have told this story in the traditional 2,500-word story form, but
instead we put it into a slideshow. Still it's 2,500 words, but the reader
response has been very good. Hundreds of e-mails from readers, and more than
30 million page views so far.

Here are all the links for "The Clarks: an American story of wealth, scandal
and mystery."

The full slideshow and narrative:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35266272/ns/business/


Notes and sources, with more detail on each slide, trivia, etc., with a list
of references we used:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35446674/ns/business/


A PDF file for easy printing, with large photos, is here:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35470011/ns/business/

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Subject: Re: [IR-D] journalism of the diaspora
From: Patrick Maume

From: Patrick Maume
Notre Dame has the archives of AVE MARIA, a pious literary paper it
published for most of the last half of the C19 and first two-thirds of the
C20. This would not be a specifically Irish publication, but I suspect
there would be a lot of Irish and Irish-American contributors - might be
worth checking.
Best wishes,
Patrick