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Subject: Re: [IR-D] Compulsory Irish
From: dlowry[at]brookes.ac.uk
To: "The Irish Diaspora Studies List"

As an alumnus of the Limerick Model School (An Modh Scoil) 1965-71, where
the teaching of Irish was delivered largely in `robust' and puritanical
form (forget clerical brutality - [married] laymen were far worse in my
experience!), I can concur with much of Piaras's summary. Even on the mor=
e
benign side of Irish instruction, however, I had hoped that it might have
advanced somewhat beyond the Buntus Cainte stage!

Whither Irish identity now? Catholicism is now only one of several
manifestations of Irish identity quite apart from the current crisis over
abuse). The official Irish language project a manifest failure. Our
Washington-bound, shamrock-bearing Aer Lingus hostesses implicitly not
quite so pure, with creeplngly metropolitan and nightclub-husky`Dublin'
accents ... The EU Central Bank is calling the shots on the Irish economy
as effectively as the Bank of England ever did. Emigration is rising
again. Sanctimonious and solemn official references to the `Taoiseach' an=
d
`Taoisigh' (as Brian Farrell of RTE was always so careful to clarify), an=
d
to Bunreacht na h'Eireann etc, in what is effectively a rechristened
bi-cameral Westminster system (pace the Supreme Court), while continuing
the rest of official announcements in English can seem somewhat false.
Perhaps the relationship between the Irish language and the Irish state i=
s
rather like that between the Church of England and England: no one ever
attends, except for `hatch, match and dispatch', though it is always ther=
e
if they want to, but don't dare suggest abolishing due to its lack of use=
!

Donal

> Subject: RE: [IR-D] Compulsory Irish
> Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 16:10:10 +0100
> From: "MacEinri, Piaras"
>
> I hesitate to put my toe into this particular, potentially shark-infest=
ed,
> water... The question of Irish and the status and teaching of Irish is
> still
> a delicate one in this country. I think a number of observations could =
be
> made.
>
> First, the State has manifestly failed in its language restoration poli=
cy.
> And the most ignominious aspect of that failure was its schools policy.=
It
> was appallingly badly taught for decades, using antediluvian approaches=
,
> unattractive and irrelevant texts and badly-trained teachers.

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Stephanie,

I have a research student who is working on the Connaught Rangers and
has built up a considerable archive of material. He has gathered a
lot of material on the Rangers in India. He might be worth getting in
contact with. You can let me know.

Dr Gerard Moran, Dept of History, NUIGalway.

On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 10:49 AM, Murray, Edmundo
wrote:
> Las Palmas del Chaco Austral was an agricultural and industrial settlemen=
t in north-east Argentina that started in the mid-1880s by Belfast-born bro=
thers Richard and Charles Hardy. Many Irish-born colonists settled in Las P=
almas, some of them coming from military and civil service in India. In 189=
7 they imported polo ponies from Jaipur and a club was established.
> Edmundo Murray
>
> On 4/14/10 3:17 AM, "Dymphna Lonergan" =
wrote:
>
> Irish in India seems to be the subject here. I know that some who served
> in the British Army in India sold their commissions and emigrated to
> South Australia and that the Indian Civil Service was another avenue of
> pursuit for educated Anglo-Irish in the eighteenth century. It's an
> interesting idea that India might have been a first port of emigration
> for some Irish by way of military service or civil service. How many?
> How long did they stay? Did they return to Ireland in the main or go on
> to other colonies? I don't have any answers.
>
> jame0005[at]FLINDERS.EDU.AU wrote:
>> I'm just starting research which emerged from a MA into Irish-born who m=
igrated
>> to Australia/South Australia (this formed the basis of my previous resea=
rch)
>> via India in the nineteenth century. Some were in the East India Company=
,
>> others in the British Army. I'm interested in suggestions about processe=
s
>> involved in both leaving Ireland and India and would be grateful for any
>> support,
>> Stephanie James
>>
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Subject: Irish-American women and traditional music 19th c.
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I have a student beginning a project on the musical contribution of female
Irish immigrants in America in the 19th century. Any suggestions from the
list's collective wisdom are much appreciated.

Many thanks,
Joan Dean

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Subject: Patrick O'Sullivan at 7th Annual Irish Theatrical Diaspora
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I am now off to Manchester, to give a paper at the conference organised by
Aidan Arrowsmith, Manchester Metropolitan University
(A.Arrowsmith[at]mmu.ac.uk)
and
Emilie Pine, University College Dublin (Emilie.Pine[at]ucd.ie)

I will try to manage the Irish Diaspora list through the web sites, but
cannot promise a full service. I will do my best.

P.O'S.


The 7th Annual Irish Theatrical Diaspora Conference
15-16 April, 2010
Manchester Metropolitan University
April 15-16, 2010

Ireland's Drama in British Cities

Patrick O'Sullivan
Recalling IRISH NIGHT (1987, 1988) - a stage play about and for the Irish of
England

OUTLINE
In 1987 I worked with a Bradford based theatre company to develop a play
about the experiences of Irish people in England. This play, called IRISH
NIGHT, was based on interviews in various parts of England. I designed the
research, conducted the interviews, was involved in the writing and
development of the play - and I wrote the song lyrics for the play. The
play had two successful national tours of major English cities, including
London, in 1987 and 1988. It was especially noteworthy that it was Irish
people who came to see the play. The play was, in effect, a report on the
fears and hopes of Irish people in England at that time. This paper
reflects on the processes that went into the making of the play, audience
reactions, the play's failures and its successes.

The conference ios

Geoffrey Manton building, Oxford > Road, Manchester, from 12.30 on Thursday.
This building will be the base for the whole conference.

Full www.irishtheatricaldiaspora.org/manchester

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Subject: Hair, convents and the diaspora
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A slightly unusual inquiry: While doing research on the history of
hair, a friend has discovered that during the nineteenth century some of
the finest hair was purchased by wigmakers from convents (which
harvested it from their inmates -- both willing and unwilling -- but
almost all young women with healthy hair that had not been dyed or
curled) and was known in the trade as 'church hair'. Does anyone out
there have any information about this?

David Wilson

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This subject sparked a tangential memory. The Maharajah Duleep Singh
travelled to St Petersburg in March 1887, convinced that he would be able=
to
persuade the Russian Government to invade India on his behalf, supported =
by
an Irish military colony to be established near the Indian border, manned=
by
an expeditionary force of fourteen thousand Irish deserters from the Brit=
ish
army, a scheme hardly more detached from reality than J.P. Leonard=92s
enthusiasm for establishing an Irish colony in Algeria. Duleep travelled
under the name of Patrick Casey=92 which required a little imagination. T=
he
Russians proving even less credulous than the Germans were later to be wh=
en
Roger Casement tried to enlist their aid, Duleep returned to Paris in
November 1888, where number 24 rue Marb=9Cuf had to do service for the lo=
st
palaces of Lahore.=20
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David=20

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Some of the church hair was taken from novices=2C i.e. trainee nuns=2C whos=
e hair was cut so that veils would fit=2C rather than from 'inmates'.
=20
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> From: david.wilson[at]UTORONTO.CA
> Subject: [IR-D] Hair=2C convents and the diaspora
> To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK
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f=20
> the finest hair was purchased by wigmakers from convents (which=20
> harvested it from their inmates -- both willing and unwilling -- but=20
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> there have any information about this?
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> David Wilson
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I guess an obvious starting point would be to contact (Professor) Mick Moloney. No idea where he's to be found, other than in an East Coast US university, but googling the name will I'm sure reveal all...

Ultan Cowley

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In case thay haven't come across it, (they probably have) they might be
interested in Galia ofek (2009) Representations of Hair in Nineteenth
Century Literature and Culture. I understand from my eldest daughter who has
just been doing an MA essay on hair in Henry James that there isn't much on
the subject.
anthony


On 15/04/2010 14:57, "David A. Wilson" wrote:

> A slightly unusual inquiry: While doing research on the history of
> hair, a friend has discovered that during the nineteenth century some of
> the finest hair was purchased by wigmakers from convents (which
> harvested it from their inmates -- both willing and unwilling -- but
> almost all young women with healthy hair that had not been dyed or
> curled) and was known in the trade as 'church hair'. Does anyone out
> there have any information about this?
>
> David Wilson


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Mick Moloney is at New York University.=20

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Subject: [IR-D] Irish-American Women and Traditional Music 19C.

I guess an obvious starting point would be to contact (Professor) Mick =
Moloney. No idea where he's to be found, other than in an East Coast US =
university, but googling the name will I'm sure reveal all...

Ultan Cowley

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Many Ir-D members will want to know about this development. I have not been
able to get solid information about pricing.

P.O'S.

Illustrated London News archive goes online

Magazine that put Victorians in the picture makes its full 160-year run
available online for researchers, including colour

The Guardian, Thursday 15 April 2010

A unique visual archive of 19th century Victorian Britain, including
illustrations and photographs of events ranging from the Great Exhibition of
1851 to the Boer war, will be available online for the first time from
today.

The Illustrated London News archive holds 250,000 pages and as many as
three-quarters of a million illustrations, from as far back as 1842.

At its peak, ILN had a circulation of about 300,000 and was the publication
of choice for the Victorian middle classes, transforming illustrations into
a credible, factual, news reporting tool. Previously, illustration had been
used mainly for political caricatures or for sensational events like public
hangings.

"It was the multimedia of its day," said Seth Cayley, publisher of media
history at Cengage Learning, which has digitised the ILN archive. "In one
sense, people didn't know before then what the rest of the world really
looked like. ILN was the strongest paper of its sort and helped shape the
middle class."

The Illustrated London News developed a fast and cheap method of using
woodcut prints, while copper printing was expensive and time-consuming.
Photographs did not begin to appear in print publications until towards the
end of the 19th century.

Highlights from the 160-year archive include reports by Charles Dickens,
Thomas Hardy, Wilkie Collins and Agatha Chrstie, as well as artwork by
William Heath Robinson, Louis Wain and Mabel Lucie Atwell. ILN covered world
events, such as the Boer war, and domestic celebrations including the Great
Exhibition of 1851, publishing the plans for the Crystal Palace event before
even Prince Albert had seen them...

FULL TEXT AT
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/apr/15/illustrated-london-news-archive-
online


The Gale Cenage web site is
http://gale.cengage.co.uk/product-highlights/history/illustrated-london-news
.aspx

There is a Press Release, and mention of a free trial.

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A number of Ir-D members will find this radio programme of interest.

The Reunion is a series which brings together figures who were involved in
some significant events in the past, to recollect in tranquillity.

The programme can be heard on the BBC web site,

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00rzkt5/The_Reunion_The_Maze_Prison/

FROM THE WEB SITE
The Reunion -
The Maze Prison

Sue MacGregor is in Belfast to meet prisoners, staff and negotiators who
were involved in the Maze Prison hunger strikes of the early 1980s.

From its earliest days, the Maze Prison was like no other penal institution.
Its prisoners, mainly locked up for involvement in 'The Troubles', saw
themselves as prisoners of war rather than criminal offenders, and were
given a lot of freedom to run their own lives. But a change in government
policy sought to address that. The paramilitaries were to be treated like
'ordinary decent criminals', wearing prison uniform and conforming to prison
rules. The prisoners and their supporters were outraged, launching a
campaign that resulted in ten men starving themselves to death. Many more
were to die in riots and revenge attacks outside the prison.

Two former Republican prisoners who survived the hunger strikes, Raymond
McCartney and Pat Sheehan, join Loyalist prisoner Billy McQuiston and prison
officer Des Waterworth to recall the fight for political status. Also
joining Sue round the table is Father Oliver Crilly, who tried to negotiate
an end to the protest and whose two cousins died in it, and journalist Chris
Ryder.

The hunger strikes are largely regarded as a major turning point in Northern
Ireland's political history. The first man to die, Bobby Sands, attracted
worldwide attention when he was elected to Westminster from his prison
hospital bed. But the wounds of the battle are still raw today with
questions remaining over whether more deaths could have been avoided.

A Whistledown Production for BBC Radio 4. The producer is Deborah Dudgeon.
Broadcast on:BBC Radio 4, 11:15am Sunday 18th April 2010Duration:45
minutesAvailable until:12:00am Thursday 1st January 2099Categories:
Factual, Life Stories

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This may be of interest - I don't think it has been referred to.=20
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22-23 November 2010=20
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Identities. One may think national identity is less and less=20
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Regional identities) but many conflicts emerging form the attempts of=20
migrants=92 assimilation or treating refugees may be a proof that it=20
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- ethnic and national conflicts=20
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Subject: Book Notice, Moran, Irish Birmingham: A History
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Irish Birmingham: A History
Moran, James
=09
price: =A3 16.95
ISBN 9781846314759

price: =A3 65.00
ISBN 9781846314742

Synopsis
Birmingham has long been shaped by its Irish residents. The migration =
caused
by Ireland's potato famine gave Birmingham the fourth highest Irish-born
population of any English or Welsh town in the mid-1800s. During the =
1960s,
one in six children born in Birmingham had at least one parent from =
Ireland.
Today the city hosts one of the largest St Patrick's Day parades in the
world, attended by an estimated 100,000 people.

This book examines this important aspect of English-Irish history, and
explains how events in Birmingham have influenced Irish political =
figures
from Daniel O'Connell to Padraic Pearse, Irish dramatists from Brendan =
Behan
to Tom Murphy, as well as English writers from Gerard Manley Hopkins to
Jonathan Coe.

'One of the widest ranging studies of the Irish in Britain yet written.
Focusing on the previously overlooked Irish communities of Britain's =
second
city, Moran takes us on a fascinating journey from the Georgian theatre =
to
the aftermath of the Birmingham pub bombings. A major piece of
scholarship.'Professor Don MacRaild, Northumbria University

'Well written, engaging and stimulating =85 this book fills a major gap =
in the
history of Birmingham.' Professor Carl Chinn, University of Birmingham

256, illustrations 16 pp., 234 x 156mm, Paperback

Publishing 17 March 2010

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http://www.press.uchicago.edu/presssite/metadata.epl?isbn=3D9781846314742=

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Subject: IRISH IN BRITAIN SEMINAR SERIES launches 10 May 2010,
London Metropolitan University
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Irish in Britain Seminar Series 2010
Irish Studies Centre, London Metropolitan University
10 May - 7 June

The recent upturn in Irish migration indicates that London and the=20
south-east of England continues to be one of the most favoured=20
destinations of Irish migrants into the 21st Century. This year's=20
seminar series focuses on a range of social, political and cultural=20
experiences in the region for both the Irish-born and those of Irish=20
descent over the last sixty-five years.

10 May, Dr Anna Davin, History Workshop Journal
An Irish New Zealander in Post-War Oxford

17 May, Ethel Corduff, Royal College of Nursing
Irish Nurses in London in the Post-War Years

24 May, Dr Roisin Ryan-Flood, University of Essex
Sexuality, Citizenship and Migration: The Irish Diaspora in London

7 June, Dr Sean Campbell, Anglia Ruskin University
Dwellers on the Threshold: Making a London-Irish 'Home' with The Pogues

The Irish Studies Centre has provided a forum for teaching, learning and =

research since 1986. The Irish in Britain Seminar Series offers an=20
informal but informative forum for students, researchers and scholars to =

debate and disseminate the latest research on Ireland, migration and the =

diaspora.

Seminars will take place on Monday evenings between 6.30 - 8.00 pm in=20
The Old Staff Caf=E9, London Metropolitan University,
Tower Building, 166-220 Holloway Road, London N7 8DB (Close to Holloway=20
Road tube station, Piccadilly Line)

ALL WELCOME - Refreshments provided

For further information contact Tony Murray: t.murray[at]londonmet.ac.uk
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Thanks for the information on the Irish matron=2C there will be an article =
in the forthcoming (2011) Cambridge Encyclopaedia on Migration on Irish Nur=
ses in England.It has already been published in German in Paderborn and Mun=
chen.
=20
> Date: Mon=2C 19 Apr 2010 14:16:47 +0200
> From: musardant[at]GMAIL.COM
> Subject: Re: [IR-D] IRISH IN BRITAIN SEMINAR SERIES launches 10 May 2010=
=2C London Metropolitan University
> To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK
>=20
>=20
> The paper by Ethel Corduff reminded me that the matron of my prep school
> (The Hall=2C Hampstead) was an Irishwoman=2C Miss Walsh - if any one is
> collecting such figures. The school records might say something of her. T=
he
> school magazine would surely have noticed her retirement.=20
>=20
> David=20
>=20
>=20
> -------Original Message-------=20
>=20
> From: Patrick O'Sullivan=20
> Date: 19/04/2010 13:48:51=20
> To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK=20
> Subject: [IR-D] IRISH IN BRITAIN SEMINAR SERIES launches 10 May 2010=2C L=
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The paper by Ethel Corduff reminded me that the matron of my prep school
(The Hall, Hampstead) was an Irishwoman, Miss Walsh - if any one is
collecting such figures. The school records might say something of her. The
school magazine would surely have noticed her retirement.

David


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From: Patrick O'Sullivan
Date: 19/04/2010 13:48:51
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Subject: [IR-D] IRISH IN BRITAIN SEMINAR SERIES launches 10 May 2010, London
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Irish in Britain Seminar Series 2010
Irish Studies Centre, London Metropolitan University
10 May - 7 June

17 May, Ethel Corduff, Royal College of Nursing
Irish Nurses in London in the Post-War Years


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The Irish Times - Monday, April 12, 2010
1916 wording on children 'misunderstood', says judge

GENEVIEVE CARBERY

THE PHRASE =93cherishing all the children of the nation equally=94 from =
the 1916
Proclamation is much misunderstood to literally mean young people, =
Supreme
Court Justice Adrian Hardiman told the Parnell Spring Day Conference at =
the
weekend.

The Easter Proclamation was referring to citizens generally rather than
children, and =93the reference to children has been gravely =
misunderstood=94, he
said during his presentation on the document at Avondale House, =
Rathdrum, Co
Wicklow on Saturday. =93Many people believe the phrase is from the
Constitution and not the Proclamation, and some people foster this =
mistake
for reasons of their own,=94 he said.

The word =93children=94 was treated literally to mean children or young =
people
usually =93by people espousing some campaign which, at least in their =
own
view, would favour children as such=94, he said.

The phrase has been used by children=92s rights campaign groups and more
recently in the final report by the Joint Committee on the =
Constitutional
Amendment on Children.

Mr Justice Hardiman did not explicitly refer to this report or the =
proposed
constitutional change. However, the committee=92s report proposed a text =
for a
constitutional amendment which would add the following sentence to =
article
42: =93The State shall cherish all the children of the State equally.=94 =
The
judge used one of other references to children in the document to
demonstrate his point that the text did not literally mean children.

=93For example, if children means literally children or young persons, =
what do
you make of the reference in the sixth paragraph to =91the readiness of =
its
children to sacrifice themselves [for the common good]=92?=94 he asked.

=93All the sacrifices were to be made by the little darlings? That seems =
most
unfair,=94 he said.

Mr Justice Hardiman said the misuse of the phrase was not the only =
=93abuse=94
of the document. He criticised an unnamed EU commissioner =96 but =
thought to
be former Swedish commissioner Margot Wallstr=F6m =96 for =93historical
illiteracy=94 in her reference to the Proclamation in 2008.

After the defeat of the first Lisbon referendum in Ireland, the =
commissioner
had said from the earliest time it was manifest that Ireland favoured =
the
European project, Mr Justice Hardiman explained.

=93What did she cite as evidence for this? Why the mention of =91gallant =
allies
in Europe=92 in paragraph two,=94 he said. =93This level of historical =
illiteracy
is almost incredible.=94...

FULL TEXT AT
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2010/0412/1224268137740.html

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Subject: Article, Migration,
Masculinity and the Fugitive State of Mind in the Irish Emigrant
Footballer Autobiography
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Last month I distributed the TOC of the latest issue of

Estudios Irlandeses
ISSUE 5 - 2010
All contributions may be read online by clicking on the HTML icon. A =
version
in Portable Document Format, with numbered pages can be obtained by =
clicking
on the PDF icon.

http://www.estudiosirlandeses.org/indexnavy.htm

Having now had a chance to read carefully I tink that Marcus Free's =
article
will interest a number of Ir-D members. Some of his observations on 'a
unique variation of Irish emigrant masculinity' are very astute.

P.O'S.

http://www.estudiosirlandeses.org/Issue5/Issue5_Articles/Marcus_Free.htm


Migration, Masculinity and the Fugitive State of Mind in the Irish =
Emigrant
Footballer Autobiography:
the Case of Paul McGrath
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Marcus Free

Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick

Copyright (c) 2010 by Marcus Free. This text may be archived and
redistributed both in electronic form and in hard copy, provided that =
the
author and journal are properly cited and no fee is charged for access.

Abstract. The =91confessional=92 autobiography has become a popular =
variant of
professional football autobiography in Britain. Co-written =
=91autobiographies=92
by prominent former emigrant Irish or Irish descended international
footballers have featured prominently in this sub-genre. Their
=91confessions=92 of alcoholism, gambling, infidelity, irresponsibility =
towards
partners or dependents, or underlying ontological insecurity might be =
seen
as an insightful engagement with their lives as male footballers in =
Britain.
However, focusing on two autobiographies of Paul McGrath, and reading =
these
=91troubled=92 accounts using psychoanalytic perspectives on sport, =
migration
and masculinity, it is argued that they are contradictory texts which =
embody
a peculiar variation on the emigrant =93fugitive state of mind=94 =
(Davar, 1996),
both approximating and deferring mature, reflexive engagement with the
social and cultural construction of identity, allowing them to occupy a
liminal but discontent imaginary space in which adolescent masculinity =
can
be indefinitely extended. The homosocial world of men=92s professional
football is a key factor in this.=20

Key Words. Migration, masculinity, autobiography, sport, psychoanalysis.
=20
Resumen. En Gran Breta=F1a, la autobiograf=EDa =91confesional=92 se ha =
convertido en
una popular variante de la autobiograf=EDa del futbolista profesional.
=91Autobiograf=EDas=92de prominentes antiguos jugadores internacionales,
emigrantes irlandeses o de descendencia irlandesa, escritas en =
colaboraci=F3n,
destacan principalmente en este sub-g=E9nero. Sus =91confesiones=92 de
alcoholismo, afici=F3n al juego, infidelidad, irresponsabilidad hacia
compa=F1eros o subalternos, o subyacente inseguridad ontol=F3gica pueden =
ser
interpretadas como un revelador compromiso con sus vidas de futbolistas =
en
Gran Breta=F1a. Sin embargo, concentr=E1ndonos en dos autobiograf=EDas =
de Paul
McGrath, y leyendo estos =91atribulados=92 relatos bas=E1ndonos en =
perspectivas
psicoanal=EDticas del deporte, la emigraci=F3n y la masculinidad, se =
puede
argumentar que son textos contradictorios que personifican una peculiar
variante =91del estado mental fugitivo=92 (Davar, 1996) del emigrante; =
estado
=E9ste que tanto aproxima como posterga un compromiso maduro y reflexivo =
en la
construcci=F3n de la identidad social y cultural, y les permite ocupar =
un
espacio imaginario liminal pero insatisfecho en el cual es factible
prolongar indefinidamente una masculinidad adolescente. El mundo =
homosocial
del f=FAtbol profesional masculino es un factor esencial en esta =
cuesti=F3n.

Palabras clave. Emigraci=F3n, masculinidad, autobiograf=EDa, deporte,
psicoan=E1lisis.

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Sky blue and green: Manchester City and the Manchester Irish
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Sky blue and green: Manchester City and the Manchester Irish

Authors: Cliona Harkin a;Alan Bairner a

Affiliation: a School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, Loughborough
University, Loughborough, UK

Published in: Soccer & Society, Volume 11, Issue 3 May 2010 , pages 213 -
228
Subjects: Football; Sport & Society; Sports, Leisure, Travel & Tourism;

Abstract
The aim of this essay is to challenge a widely accepted belief about English
football. In the popular consciousness, there is a commonly held view that
there exists a particularly close affinity between Manchester United
Football Club and the Irish, not only in Ireland itself but also within
Manchester Irish immigrant population. Based on interviews with Manchester
City supporters from an Irish background, this essay confronts that idea. In
keeping with existing literature on football fan identities, the evidence
suggests that locality and community are the key determinants for supporting
Manchester City and that a strong identification with, and embodied
experiences of, being Irish are insufficient to persuade fans that
Manchester United should be their team. Manchester United is not regarded as
the city's equivalent of Glasgow's Celtic Football Club and, thus, fans
encounter no apparent difficulties in reconciling their Irishness with their
support for Manchester City.