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I suggest using the various historical atlases of the Celtic world - the la=
test I've seen being Ian Barnes=2C The Historical Atlas of the Celtic World=
(Cartographica Press=2C 2009)=2C which has some nice looking maps of the k=
ind I think you need.
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They're not web sources but they do strike me as being very suitable.
=20
Sorry to bring up the rear on this one.
=20
Bryan Coleborne

Yass NSW 2582
AUSTRALIA
=20


=20

> Date: Fri=2C 23 Apr 2010 11:18:59 -0500
> From: JROGERS[at]STTHOMAS.EDU
> Subject: [IR-D] maps
> To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK
>=20
> I have to give a talk to a non-academic audience about the Irish diaspora=
=2C focusing on the US but also worldwide. It's the kind of thing where Pow=
erPoint might actually be helpful - can the list suggests web sources for=
=2C say=2C maps or tables showing where the Irish went=2C concentrations by=
state - that sort of thing... nothing too refined=2C just the big picture =
made visible...
>=20
> Thanks in advance
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> Jim Rogers
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Subject: CFP ACIS-West Call for Papers, Boise, Idaho
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Extension of Deadline: [May 24] Call for Papers: ACIS-West 2010
=A0
American Conference for Irish Studies, Western Region Meeting, 2010:

(Re)Defining Irish-ness in the Contemporary/Post-Modern=94 =96 Call for =
Papers
=A0
Boise State University; Boise, Idaho (USA)
1-3 October 2010
=A0
Conference theme: =93(Re)Defining Irish-ness in the =
Contemporary/Post-Modern=94
=A0
The 2010 western regional meeting of the American Conference for Irish
Studies will be held on 1-3 October 2010 at Boise State University in =
Boise,
Idaho.
=A0
Keynote Speaker: Professor Christopher Murray, Emeritus Professor of =
Drama
and Theatre History, School of English, Drama and Film, University =
College
Dublin. Professor Murray=92s address is titled, =93=91The new thing that =
has
happened, or the old thing that has happened again=92: Beckett and the =
Irish
sensibility.=94
=A0
The accomplished poet Trevor Joyce will also provide a reading as part =
of
the conference proceedings. Trevor Joyce is currently the Judith E. =
Wilson
Visiting Poetry Fellow at Cambridge University (2009/10).
=A0
The announced theme is intended to encourage a broad range of paper =
topics.
Papers are welcome on any Irish Studies topic, including traditional
concerns of the discipline and evolving areas of interest in the visual,
literary, and interdisciplinary areas.
=A0
Due date for abstracts for proposed papers: 24 May 2010. Notification of
acceptance will be sent by 1 June 2010.
=A0
Please send your abstract (250 words or fewer) to Jodi Chilson at
jodichilson[at]boisestate.edu. If you have questions or would like =
additional
information, please contact me via e-mail or phone (208-426-3604). =
Please
check our website for updates and additional information:
http://aciswest2010.wordpress.com/
=A0
A Call for Films and a Call for Applicants for the Emerging Scholar =
Award
are also available on the website.
=A0
Jodi Chilson
Boise State University
Graduate College, MS-1110
1910 University Drive
Boise, Idaho=A0 83725
USA
=A0
Contact: Jodi Chilson (jodichilson[at]boisestate.edu)

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Our attention has been drawn to this summer school, which includes some
one-day workshops, one of which is 'Using Digital Resources for Irish
Research and Teaching' facilitated by Dr Susan Schreibman (Digital
Humanities Observatory).

By the way, NINES is the Networked Infrastructure for Nineteenth-Century
Electronic Scholarship - there are various manifestations of its activities.
Perhaps simplest to start here
http://www.nines.org/about/what_is.html
But the NINES folk seem to have already started to use the acronym as a sort
of code for an approach.

P.O'S.

DHO Summer School 2010
Date: 28 June - 2 July 2010
Venues: Royal Irish Academy and Trinity College, Dublin
In Collaboration with: NINES

Registration is now open for the 2010 Summer School. Please see the
registration page for further details.

The Digital Humanities Observatory, in conjunction with NINES, is pleased to
offer the DHO Summer School 2010. It will bring together 60 Irish and
International humanities scholars undertaking digital projects in diverse
areas to explore issues and trends of common interest. Workshops and
lectures will offer attendees opportunities to develop their skills, share
insights, and discover new opportunities for collaboration and research.
Activities focus on the theoretical, technical, administrative, and
institutional issues relevant to the needs of digital humanities projects
today.

The full summer school package offers participants a choice of five week or
half-week workshop strands to choose from, a second day-long workshop and
two lectures all on innovative topics by leading experts and theorists in
digital humanities with additional options of private consultation time with
a digital humanities specialist and evening social activities.

For those unable to attend the full Summer School, it is possible to
register for the one-day workshop and/or one or both of the lectures.

http://dho.ie/ss2010/

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Author JG Farrell has won the Lost Man Booker Prize, a one-off award for
books published in 1970, which were not considered for the honour at the
time.

The winning novel, Troubles, missed out first time around because rules
about publication dates changed - and many works fell through the net.

Judges praised the novel, set in 1919 during the Irish War of Independence,
as "a worthy winner".

Farrell also won the 1973 prize for The Siege of Krishnapur. He died in
1979.

Had Troubles actually won in 1970, Farrell would have become the first
author to win the Booker twice.

"Lasting quality"
Ion Trewin, Literary Director of the Man Booker Prizes, said: "Troubles is a
novel of such lasting quality that it has never been out of print in the 40
years since it was first published."

The book took 38% of public votes, beating the other five shortlisted
novels, which included works by Nina Bawden and Dame Muriel Spark.

The shortlist was selected by a judging panel including newsreader Katie
Derham, critic and journalist Rachel Cook and writer Tobias Hill.

Hill praised Farrell's "real wit", adding: "He is sharp and intelligent and
sometimes laugh out loud funny as well as being thoughtful and interesting."

James Gordon Farrell, who was born in Liverpool and contracted polio as a
child, drowned in a fishing accident in Ireland in 1979.

Hill said the writer's death in his early 40s robbed the writer of the
recognition he deserved.

"Partly because of that, because he wasn't producing new work, he wasn't
appearing as the public profile of literature rose, [and] his work fell out
of the public eye.

"It's only the last few years that people have started to notice what a
world class writer he is."

Competition biases
Hill told the BBC that judging a "lost" prize had been free of the pressure
associated with more contemporary literary prizes.

"The Booker is a prime example in its history of the biases that can rise
from people knowing one another," he said.

"Added to that these days is 21st Century spin. Good writing should be good
writing but quite often the publishers looms large.

"Who published the book, how is it published, how is it marketed, who says
what about it? With this prize, there was none of that."

The winner was announced by Lady Antonia Fraser, who was a judge for the
Booker Prize in both 1970 and 1971.

JG Farrell's brother, Richard Farrell, accepted a first edition copy of the
book on the author's behalf.

This year's Booker was won by Hilary Mantel for Wolf Hall.

SOURCE

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment_and_arts/10127509.stm


SEE ALSO

Found: JG Farrell a worthy winner for the Lost Booker
Troubles, the first book in Liverpool-born author's Empire trilogy, triumphs
in readers' vote

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/may/19/lost-booker-jg-farrell-troubles


Farrell's Ireland-England novel nabs 'lost' Booker
http://www.cbc.ca/arts/books/story/2010/05/19/booker-farrell-win-lost.html

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British Library to digitise old newspapers and put them online

The British Library is to digitise up to 40m newspaper pages and then =
make
them available online. They will include papers - local, regional and
national - dating back to the early 1700s.

The vast majority of the library's 750m pages of newspapers =97 the =
largest
collection in the world =97 are currently available only on microfilm or =
bound
in bulky volumes.

And, without wishing to be rude to the staff at Colindale, north London,
accessing them is a slow and often frustrating bureaucratic process. As =
for
reading them, the task of turning page after page or scrolling through =
pages
of microfilm is time-consuming and wearing on the eyes.

The library said it would focus initially on digitising papers that =
document
historical events in the 19th century, such as the Crimean War, the Boer =
War
and the suffragette movement.

"Newspapers are designed to be read once and thrown away, so they're =
very
fragile," said library spokesman Ben Sanderson. "This will be the =
largest
mass digitisation of historic newspapers the UK has ever seen."

The cost of the 10-year project - to be carried out by online publisher
Brightsolid - is not clear, but Sanderson said the process =97 from =
cleaning a
single page to making a file of it =97 costs up to =A31.

The library's chief executive, Dame Lynne Brindley, said: "It will help =
the
newspaper collection to remain relevant for a new generation of =
researchers,
more used to accessing research information via their laptop than =
travelling
to a physical location."

David Fordham, president of the Newspaper Society spoke of it being "a
hugely significant and exciting" initiative. "It will unlock many of the
great newspaper treasures", he said.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/greenslade/2010/may/19/british-library-ne=
wsp
apers

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Online Humanities Scholarship: The Shape of Things to Come
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Landmark New Publication for Digital Humanities features article=20
by DHO Director
=A0
DHO Director, Dr. Susan Schreibman, recently co-authored an article with =
Dr.
Jennifer Edmond, Executive Director the Long Room Hub at Trinity =
College,
Dublin, for a publication of considerable significance to digital =
humanities
scholarship and practice. Online Humanities Scholarship: The Shape of =
Things
to Come is edited by Jerome McGann and published by Rice University =
Press.
The book contains the twenty-seven papers presented at the Andrew W. =
Mellon
Foundation-funded international conference "Online Humanities =
Scholarship:
The Shape of Things to Come," held at the University of Virginia on =
March
26-28, 2010. The conference brought together some of the world's most =
gifted
and influential people in the digital humanities world to rigorously =
explore
the critical issues confronting present-day humanities scholarship. The
collection includes Schreibman=92s and Edmond=92s co-authored article =
entitled,
=91European Elephants in the Room (are they the ones with the bigger or
smaller ears?)=92, which can be read online at
http://rup.rice.edu/cnx_content/shape/m34307.html

In the words of the University of Glasgow's Andrew Prescott, "Containing
contributions by many leading authorities in digital scholarship, this =
book
is essential reading for everyone concerned with the future of the
humanities."

The questions raised in this volume, the answers proposed, and the =
projects
described all point to an ever-nearing, exciting future in which =
scholarship
is improved, enhanced, broadened and made more powerful by the =
intelligent
development, use and deployment of these new tools and media. The book
itself, available only five weeks after the conference both as a free =
online
publication and as a 554-page, print-on-demand volume for purchase, is
itself a demonstration of the ever-more-powerful functionalities coming =
out
of the online scholarship world.
=A0
--=20
Emily Cullen, Ph.D.,
Programme Co-ordinator
Digital Humanities Observatory
28-32 Upper Pembroke Street
Dublin 2
Ireland

Tel:+353(0)1-2342442 =20
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E-mail: e.cullen[at]ria.ie
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Subject: Article,
Explaining Northern Ireland? The limitations of the ethnic
conflict model
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2 articles of interest in the latest issue of National Identities...

This is the first...

Explaining Northern Ireland? The limitations of the ethnic conflict model

Author: Cillian McGrattan a
Affiliation: a University College Dublin, Dublin, Republic of Ireland

Published in: National Identities, Volume 12, Issue 2 June 2010 , pages 181
- 197
Subjects: Ethnic Identity; Historical Sociology; Human Geography;
Nationalism; Political History; Political Sociology; Social & Cultural
History;

Abstract
This article claims that while the concept of ethno-nationalism may be taken
as shorthand for describing what appear to be the dominant features of
certain political conflicts, it possesses little explanatory value - instead
obscuring and confusing more than it reveals. Using the Northern Ireland
case as an illustrative example, it is argued that the reluctance to
problematise or contextualise ethnic claims means that ethnic conflict
theorists may effectively contribute to the reproduction of dominant
narratives. The article explicitly rejects the notion that a single
framework should replace the ethno-national model. Instead, it highlights
the importance of focusing issues of timing and historical sequencing,
source criticism and empirical evidence, as well as the significance of
marginal narratives and experiences.

Keywords: Northern Ireland; ethno-nationalism; path-dependency; historical
sociology; British government

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Negotiating the Transnational Moment: Immigrant Letters as
Performance of a Diasporic Identity
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Article of interest in the latest issue of National Identities...

Kathleen DeHaan's earlier work on the rhetoric of the letter will =
interest a
number of Ir-D members.

EG
DeHaan, K. (2001). Corresponding Calvinism and Capitalism: The letters =
of
Teunis van den Hoek. Journal of Communication and Religion, 24, =
40=01174.

DeHaan, K. Wooden Shoes and Mantel Clocks: Letter Writing as Rhetorical
Forum for the Transforming Immigrant Identity. In L. Gray-Rosendale & S.
Gruber (Eds), Alternative Rhetorics: Challenges to the Rhetorical =
Tradition
(pp. 53=0172). Albany, NY: SUNY Press.

P.O'S.

Negotiating the Transnational Moment: Immigrant Letters as Performance =
of a
Diasporic Identity =20

Author: Kathleen A. DeHaan=20

a Affiliation: a College of Charleston, South Carolina, USA

Publication Frequency: 4 issues per year=20
Published in: National Identities, Volume 12, Issue 2 June 2010 , pages =
107
- 131=20
Subjects: Ethnic Identity; Historical Sociology; Human Geography;=20

Nationalism; Political History; Political Sociology; Social & Cultural
History;=20

Abstract=20
As snapshots of moments in transnational migration, immigrant letters =
offer
a rich record of liminal experiences. This article explores the =
important
role of immigrant correspondence in the evolution of diasporic =
identities.
As a form of performative discourse, such letters functioned =
rhetorically as
a means of maintaining familial connections, providing justification for
migration and serving as a space for the negotiation of changing =
identities.
This research project analyses one set of Dutch letters written during =
the
immigration journey in the spring of 1916 and focuses specifically on =
the
exigencies prompting and shaping the transition.=20

Keywords: immigration; diaspora; identity; letter writing; performance;
Dutch

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Subject: Prof Breandan O Buachalla RIP
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Irish Times

Irish scholar =D3 Buachalla dies
PAMELA NEWENHAM

The death has occurred of eminent Irish scholar and academic, Professor
Breand=E1n =D3 Buachalla. Born in Co Cork in 1936, he was educated at St
Nessan's Christian Brothers school, and at University College Cork, where h=
e
studied Celtic Studies. He was a Professor of Modern Irish in University
College Dublin from 1978 to 1996 and Professor of Irish in the School of
Celtic Studies at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies from 1973 to
1978. He was widely published and held the Parnell Fellowship at Cambridge
University as well as visiting Professorships at Notre Dame, New York
University and Boston College. His publications include I mBeal Feirste Coi=
s
Cuain, Peadar O Doirnin: amhrain, Nua-Dhuanaire II, Cathal Bui: amhrain ,
and Na Stiobhartaigh agus an tAos Leinn: King Seamas , Aisling Ghear.

Prof =D3 Buachalla is survived by his wife Aingeal, his daughters Br=EDd=F3=
g and
Cl=EDona, and his son Traolach.

RTE
Death of Gaelic scholar Breand=E1n =D3 Buachalla
Friday, 21 May 2010 11:56
The death has occurred of Breand=E1n =D3 Buachalla, who was described as th=
e
leading authority on Gaelic poetry and writing in early modern
Ireland. Professor =D3 Buachalla was one of the most prominent Irish langua=
ge
academics of his generation. Born in 1936, Prof =D3 Buachalla graduated wit=
h a
degree in Celtic Studies from University College Cork and went on to teach
at Queens University Belfast and University College Dublin where he was
Professor of Modern Irish Language and Literature. He also held visiting
professorships at Notre Dame University, New York University and Boston
College. He was published extensively on subjects including history, gaelic
poetry and linguistics. Prof =D3 Buachalla is survived by his wife Aingeal =
his
daughters Brid=F3g and Cl=EDona and his son Traolach

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Berkeley and Joseph Hone - Dublin Tues 8 June 6pm
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UCD PRESS=20

requests the pleasure of your company at a reception to celebrate the =
publication=20

of=20
=20
=E2=80=98We Irish=E2=80=99 in Europe: Yeats, Berkeley and Joseph Hone=20
by=20
W. J. Mc Cormack=20
=20
in National University of Ireland 49 Merrion Square, Dublin 2=20
=20
on Tuesday 8 June 2010 at 6-8 pm=20
=20
where the book will be launched by=20
=20
Dr MAURICE MANNING=20
Chancellor, National University of Ireland=20

UCD PRESS
(01) 477 9813=20
ucdpress[at]ucd.ie

all welcome!


'We Irish' in Europe
Yeats, Berkeley and Joseph Hone

Author(s):
W.J. Mc Cormack (author)

01 Mar 2010
ISBN-13:
9781906359430
ISBN-10:
1906359431

Author Biography
W. J. Mc Cormack retired as Professor of Literary History at Goldsmiths =
College (University of London) in 2002. For some years he has =
concentrated on biography, including Fool of the Family: A Life of J. M. =
Synge (2000). In 2005, he published a political biography Blood Kindred: =
W. B. Yeats, the Life, the Death, the Politics which treated at length =
the poet's relations with Nazi Germany and his interest in French =
royalist authoritarianism. He is currently writing a life of the Ulster =
poet, John Hewitt. Since 2006, he has been Keeper at the Edward Worth =
Library (1733), Dublin. As the poet Hugh Maxton, he was elected a member =
of Aosdana in the 1980s, and published his first novel, Twenty16 Vision, =
in 2009.

Description
W.B. Yeats went to great lengths to design his self-image which =
biographers have been slow to challenge. Following on from "Blood =
Kindred" (2005), Mc Cormack's new study of the poet's idealist views =
concentrates on the role of J.M. Hone in introducing him to George =
Berkeley's philosophy in the mid 1920s and to contemporary Italian =
thinkers such as Giovanni Gentile and Mario Manlio Rossi. The notion of =
sacrifice is examined and, by way of contrast, work by Synge, George =
Moore and Samuel Beckett is shown to challenge the demand for sacrifice =
which underlies many powerful philosophies of culture. This is a =
detailed and yet wide-ranging critique of twentieth-century Irish =
literature, illuminating both well-known and obscure figures.

Contents
Introduction
1 Non-Reflective Vision
-
1.1 Logic or panic
1.2 George Berkeley in Europe
1.3 Yeats and German thought in the 1930s
2 Fate, Myth and the absolute
-
2.1 Italy and the enigma of 'Hone and Rossi'
2.2 'Good strong blows are delights to the mind'
2.3 Lapsed knowledge, with resurgent sacrifice
2.4 A few notes on Irish studies
3 Critique of Instances
- Ireland for the Most Part a Late Prelude
-
3.1 Not Christ, but Christy
- notes from a Borderland of 1907
3.2 Advancing on the past
- some poems of Patrick Pearse
3.3 The Brook Kerith (1916)
- George Moore against sacrifice
Yeats on Easter
4 Critique of Instances
- Paris and (is it?) Wall Street
4.1 A French Berkeley of 2007
4.2 'Disturbed by print' - Samuel Beckett's pretext
Appendices I Giovanni Amendola on Berkeley IIA A List of Publications =
concerning twentieth-century German thought preserved in W. B. Yeats's =
library [at the time of his death, with details of surviving manuscript =
annotation] IIB Some further works of German interest used by Yeats [but =
absent from the O'Shea catalogue] III Chronological select list of texts =
by George Berkeley separately published in Continental Europe, 1920-6 IV =
Towards a chronology of publications by J. M. Hone V 'John McGoldrick =
and the Quaker's daughter'
Bibliography
Index.

List Price:
=E2=82=AC50.00
Discount Price:
=E2=82=AC45.00

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Subject: Canadian Historical Association booklet series,
Canada's Ethnic Groups
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Over the decades the Canadian Historical Association has published a little
booklet series, on Canada's Ethnic Groups.

Here is a link to the list of booklets published thus far:

http://www.cha-shc.ca/en/Ethnic_Groups_Booklets_30/0/1.html

where you can buy the booklets.

Or...

This link takes you to
Library and Archives Canada
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/cha-shc/008004-111.01-e.php?q1=E&interval
=100&PHPSESSID=ncvsn87i5a8425m11nn95muob3

where the 31 published booklets can be downloaded, for free, as pdf files.

The most recent is dated 2007, John Zucchi on Enclaves.

The earliest is J. M. Bumsted on the Scots in Canada, 1982.

So that the booklet series can be read as tracking changing approaches and
states of knowledge over time.

Of special interest to Ir-D members will be
Wilson, David A., The Irish in Canada, Volume 12, 1989
Barber, Marilyn, Immigrant Domestic Servants in Canada, Volume 16, 1991
1997
Iacovetta, Franca, The Writing of English Canadian Immigrant History, Volume
22, 1997

But all are worth reading.

Note that - I think it might be the age of the pdf files - my Adobe acrobat
search facility did not work well in these booklets. Thee are mentions of
the Irish - for example in Iacovetta - that a Search might not find.

As can be seen initially the booklets were historic profiles of specific
ethnic groups. Later a thematic focus was adopted.

Marlene Epp, History and Peace & Conflict Studies
Conrad Grebel University College, University of Waterloo
is now Editor of the Canadian Historical Association's booklet series on
Canada's Ethnic Groups.

Marlene Epp has no advisory group as such and welcomes ideas and suggestions
on new booklet topics - either on specific groups or comparative themes.
She is also open to nominations of authors for particular topics. Her email
is
mgepp[at]uwaterloo.ca

P.O'S.

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Subject: TOC Irish Studies Review Volume 18 Issue 2,
The Irish in the American Civil War
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Irish Studies Review: Volume 18 Issue 2 is now available online at
informaworld (http://www.informaworld.com).

Special Issue: The Irish in the American Civil War

This new issue contains the following articles:

Miscellany

Introduction: The Irish in the American Civil War, Pages 135 - 138
Author: E. Moore Quinn

Articles

=91To live and die [for] Dixie=92: Irish civilians and the Confederate =
States of
America, Pages 139 - 153
Author: David T. Gleeson

A =91sentinel(s) of our liberties=92: Archbishop John Hughes and =
Irish-American
intellectual negotiation in the Civil War era, Pages 155 - 172
Author: Mary C. Kelly

The eagle and the harp: the enterprising Byrne Brothers of County =
Monaghan,
Pages 173 - 183
Authors: Ruth-Ann M. Harris; Sally K. Sommers Smith

Charleston's Irish labourers and their move into the Confederacy, Pages =
185
- 197
Author: Dee Dee Joyce

Sisters of secession: the unclaimed legacies of two Southern American =
Irish
women, Pages 199 - 211
Author: Bryan Giemza

=91I have been trying very hard to be powerful =93 nice =94 =85=92: =
the
correspondence of Sister M. De Sales (Brennan) during the American Civil
War, Pages 213 - 233
Author: E. Moore Quinn

Reviews

People, politics and power: essays on Irish history 1660=961850 in =
honour of
James I. McGuire, Pages 235 - 236
Author: Jim Smyth

Michael Logue and the Catholic Church in Ireland, 1879=961925, Pages 236 =
- 238
Author: Gerard Moran

Contemporary Catholicism in Ireland: a critical appraisal, Pages 238 - =
243
Author: Louise Fuller

Direct rule and the governance of Northern Ireland, Pages 243 - 244
Author: Mary C. Murphy
DOI: 10.1080/09670881003726000

The Black Hand of republicanism: Fenianism in modern Ireland, Pages 244 =
-
247
Author: Eugene Coyle

Irish children and teenagers in a changing world: the national Write Now
project, Pages 247 - 249
Author: Maurice Devlin

Irish novels, 1890=961940: new bearings in culture and fiction, Pages =
249 -
251
Author: Lauren Clark

Cultural perspectives on globalisation and Ireland, Pages 251 - 253
Author: E=F3in Flannery

Beckett and decay, Pages 254 - 255
Author: Julie Campbell

=91Tinkers=92: Synge and the cultural history of the Irish Traveller, =
Pages 255
- 257
Author: Jos=E9 Lanters

Crossroads: performance studies and Irish culture, Pages 257 - 259
Author: Christie Fox

Irish literature since 1990: diverse voices, Pages 259 - 261
Author: Claire V. Nally

Poetry and translation in Northern Ireland: dislocations in contemporary
writing, Pages 262 - 263
Author: Justin Quinn

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Subject: Book Notice, THE SAINT AND THE DISCIPLE: John Henry,
Cardinal Newman, The Reverend George Dudley Ryder
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=A0=20
ACADEMICAPRESS, LLC
Advanced Book Information

THE SAINT AND THE DISCIPLE:=20
John Henry, Cardinal Newman, The Reverend George Dudley Ryder and the
Catholic Revival in Nineteenth Century Britain

Author: Penelope Hunting=20
Credentials: Ph.D(University of London),Fellow,FSA=20

This monograph is a long overdue study of the relationship between =
Cardinal
Newman and George Dudley Ryder and arrives at an opportune moment for =
the
revival of interest in Newman and his circle---the beatification of =
Newman
on the Pope's official visit to England in September 2010. Dr Hunting
recovered two sets of family papers relating to Newman, George Ryder
(grandson of the Earl of Harrowby), the Wilberforces, Sargents and the
Mannings. These families along with the Kebles, Clutters and Froudes =
were
interlinked by marriage, education and, in many cases, conversion to =
Roman
Catholicism. While the interrelationship of Newman and Ryder are the =
core of
this work, Ryder's own very important historical contribution is =
assessed
and key issues of the period (Catholic education, celibacy of the =
clergy,
the Oxford Movement, Ireland, Tractarianism) are discussed, investigated =
and
newly assessed in light of original documents.

Chapter 1. The Ryders, Earls of Harrowby
Chapter 2. The Evangelical Bishop
Chapter 3. Newman and Ryder at Oriel
Chapter 4. The Sargents and the Wilberforces
Chapter 5. The Anglican Vicar
Chapter 6. To Rome
Chapter 7. Renegades
Chapter 8. Arguments: Ryder,Newman,Bishop Wilberforce

Market: Catholic Church in England 19th c, Newman, Ryder,
Tractarianism,Catholic Revival,Theological History, English social =
history
19thc, Recusants in England, Catholic Education, Intellectual
History,Ireland

Release Date: 12/2010
Copyright: 2011

ISBN/Price: Cloth: 978-1-936320- 01-1 ; $79.95
Trim Size: 6 x 9
Pages: 280
Index: Yes
Bibliography: Yes
Illustrations: Yes
CIP: Yes

Publisher: Academica Press, LLC
Box 60728 Cambridge Station
Palo Alto,CA 94306

Contact: Robert Redfern-West

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Director
Academica Press, LLC
Box 60728
Cambridge Station
Palo Alto,CA 94306
www.academicapress.com

(650) 329-0685

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Subject: Bloody Sunday & the Saville Inquiry Report
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Many thanks for this exciting & long-awaited news, Patrick. I shall be
certain to pass it along to my principal associate on this subject: Trisha
Ziff, curator, "Hidden Truths: Bloody Sunday 1972", a spectacular and
well-received multimedia exhibition on the Bloody Sunday atrocity (with
printed catalogue; ills.). This was a traveling, global show, which I
covered for the New Hibernia Review when it was mounted here in NYC,
International Center of Photography; see links below. The upcoming Saville
Report will certainly tell us all many, many things (to put it coolly); let
us hope justice, in some measure, will be served, though after such an
egregious time-lapse (38 years), one cannot be too hopeful. I used this
atrocity and the Ziff show to good effect in my recent Diaspora seminar at
New York University as an accessible working model of cultural memory (how
it's constructed, retained, often 'erased', recaptured, etc.). Ziff's
particular approach was visual: her show dramatised this historical moment
through images, esp photography, and other physical objects -- also
sounds -- associated with that terrible day. So, June 15th, 2010. We shall
see. MEM

http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/new_hibernia_review/summary/v006/6.4mulvihill.html
http://museum.icp.org/museum/exhibitions/hidden_truths/ht2.html
http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/exhibitions/hidden/press.html

Maureen E. Mulvihill, PhD
Scholar & Writer, Princeton Research Forum
Princeton, NJ; Residence, Brooklyn, NY.

_______________________________

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Subject: Article, Interpreting the Implications of DNA Ancestry Tests
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This article mentions 'Irish' as a fleeting example, but its exploration of
the ways in which the retail DNA industry has become a sub section of the
family history industry will interest many Ir-D members, and connects with
earlier Ir-D discussion.

The need for the development - creation, appearance? - of 'multidisciplinary
individuals' is striking.

P.O'S.

Perspectives in Biology and Medicine
Volume 53, Number 2, Spring 2010

E-ISSN: 1529-8795 Print ISSN: 0031-5982

Interpreting the Implications of DNA Ancestry Tests
Jennifer K. Wagner

Department of Anthropology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park,
PA 16802.
E-mail: jkw131[at]psu.edu.

Abstract

Shopping for genetic information has become popular, but consumers may not
understand what exactly they are buying. The retail DNA industry is forcing
laypersons, academics, and medical and legal professionals alike to face the
crossroads of genetics, law, and society. How will we decipher the meanings
of the tests, determine the value of the information provided, or
appropriately encourage or discourage various applications of that genetic
information? When it comes to understanding the signs at the crossroads of
disciplines, something is always potentially lost in translation. This
article provides an overview of the retail DNA industry, addressing a few
questions ripe for misinterpretation and confusion. It argues that the
challenges posed by the retail DNA industry are both intelligible and
manageable; optimally, multidisciplinary individuals would guide the way,
steering the courts, legislature, laboratories, and clinics toward an
adequate balance of consumer protection, autonomy, and understanding.

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Subject: Article,
Asking Angela: Discourses about Sexuality in an Irish Problem
Page, 1963-1980
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Journal of the History of Sexuality
Volume 19, Number 2, May 2010

E-ISSN: 1535-3605 Print ISSN: 1043-4070=20

Asking Angela: Discourses about Sexuality in an Irish Problem Page,
1963-1980
Paul Ryan
Journal of the History of Sexuality, Volume 19, Number 2, May 2010, pp.
317-339 (Article)

Subject Headings:
Macnamara, Angela, 1931-
Advice columns -- Ireland -- History -- 20th century.
Sexual ethics -- Ireland -- History -- 20th century.
Christian ethics -- Catholic authors.

In lieu of an abstract, here is a preview of the article.

The manner in which irish people spoke about sexuality changed =
dramatically
between 1963 and 1980. This period coincided with a profound social and
economic liberalization that challenged a dominant narrative of Irish
society as Catholic, rural, and conservative. 1 The establishment of =
Radio
Telif=EDs =C9ireann (RT=C9, the Irish Television Service) in 1961 =
provided a new
forum for intellectuals and activists of new social movements emerging =
in
Ireland to challenge this Catholic social thinking, offering viewers an
alternative discourse with which to interpret their lives. 2 The problem
page or advice column of Angela Macnamara contributed in an important =
way to
this challenge, presenting Irish readers with a modern approach to =
sexuality
and, specifically, to homosexuality. The column reflected the rise and =
fall
of expert voices on the subject of homosexuality and Macnamara's =
struggle to
locate the discussion within a religious as well as a medical context.
Ultimately, the letters sent to her and her responses to them =
demonstrate
how in an era of high modernity the distinction between expert and lay
audiences had been diminished, indeed, how some letter writers =
challenged
Macnamara's authority as an expert and framed new understandings of =
their
sexuality drawn from a range of new and conflicting voices. 3

Born into an upper-middle-class Dublin home in 1931, Angela Macnamara =
became
the most renowned "agony aunt," or advice columnist, in Irish society. 4 =
She
studied at a commercial college before taking an administrative post in =
a
Dublin hospital, although she longed to pursue a career in journalism. =
She
married at the age of twenty-two and had four children in the following =
six
years. Macnamara started writing articles on the subject of family life,
parenting, and young motherhood for Catholic magazines like the Irish
Messenger of the Sacred Heart in 1960-61. She...

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Subject: London Irish Studies Seminar,
Bloody Sunday and the Saville Inquiry
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At last...

A date has been announced for the publication of the Saville Report...

Bloody Sunday report to be published on June 15
The long-awaited state report on the Bloody Sunday killings in =
Londonderry
will be published on June 15, the Government has announced.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/northernireland/7767290/Bloody-Sun=
day
-report-to-be-published-on-June-15.html

This Seminar will be very timely.

P.O'S.



The London Irish Studies Seminar Symposium, Friday 25 June 2010

Bloody Sunday and the Saville Inquiry

The symposium aims to situate the events of Bloody Sunday in their
historical context, to analyse the politics of memory in Northern =
Ireland
since the 1990s and the debate over ways of =91dealing with the past=92. =
The
symposium is open to graduate students, faculty and others.=20

Speakers: Prof. Paul Bew (QUB), Dr Graham Dawson (Brighton), Dr Thomas
Hennessey (Canterbury Christ Church), Prof. Kieran McEvoy (QUB), Dr =
Niall O
Dochartaigh (Galway), Dr Simon Prince (QUB).

Location: King=92s College London (Strand building, room 8.08, 8th =
floor)
Nearest Tubes: Temple, Charing Cross, Covent Garden, Holborn
Cost: =A310 (lunch and refreshments). Payment on the day.

Further Information: Dr Ian McBride (email: ian.mcbride[at]kcl.ac.uk)
Pre-Booking: All attendees must RSVP by 11 June. Places are limited.

Supported by the British Association for Irish Studies and by =
Goldsmiths,
Queen Mary, and King=92s College London

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Subject: Book Review, Patrick Lonergan on Shakespeare and the Irish Writer
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The online Irish Theatre Magazine now includes - amongst much of =
interest -
a review by Patrick Lonergan of Shakespeare and the Irish Writer.

The review is typically thoughtful and helpful.

Link and extracts below...

P.O'S.

Shakespeare and the Irish Writer

Reviewed by Patrick Lonergan

http://www.irishtheatremagazine.ie/Reviews/Books/Shakespeare-and-the-Iris=
h-W
riter

...So in Ireland, we have two Shakespeares: an English writer, who is =
viewed
with suspicion by some, and with insecurity by others =96 and a world =
writer,
whose greatness is uncontested, whose work is part of the fabric of our
culture, our languages, and our theatre.

That duality =96 that contradiction, some might say =96 is especially =
evident in
our theatre. There have been impressive Irish productions of the plays
during the last decade by Classic Stage Ireland, Rough Magic, =
Corcadorca,
Siren Productions and the Abbey. But even at their best, those =
productions
seemed troubled by the notion that staging Shakespeare in Ireland =
involves
resolving problems: the problem of matching the Irish voice to the
Shakespearean text, the problem of making the plays =91relevant=92 to =
Ireland,
and so on. It=92s curious that these challenges seem only to afflict our
professional theatre: amateur productions of Shakespeare are often more
confident about their reasons for staging his work (the main one being =
that
the plays are very good). And of course it=92s also notable that this is =
a
relatively recent phenomenon: Shakespeare was a mainstay of the Edwards =
and
Mac Liamm=F3ir Gate, for example, and Anew McMaster brought =
Shakespeare=92s
plays to every town in Ireland from the 1920s to the 1950s...

...The book will force us to question much of the received wisdom about
Shakespeare and Ireland, then. We=92re often told, for instance, that =
when
Joyce and Shaw sought to trump Shakespeare, they were acting in a
postcolonial fashion. Declan Kiberd=92s essay on Hamlet and Ulysses, and =
Cary
Di Pietro=92s essay on Shaw, both show that these writers certainly did
attempt to measure themselves against Shakespeare=92s greatness =96 but =
it=92s not
clear how (if at all) their Irishness was a factor in that process. As =
is
often noted, Joyce alludes to Captain Macmorris=92s =93what ish my =
nation=94
speech in Ulysses, but the book is much more indebted to Hamlet, Lear,
Othello, and other plays. And, as di Pietro implies, the major link =
between
Shakespeare and Ireland evident in Shaw=92s work is that he often =
pretended to
repudiate both of them for rhetorical or aesthetic purposes. The book =
won=92t
entirely refute those scholars who think that Ireland=92s attitude to
Shakespeare is postcolonial, but it will at least ensure that the =
discussion
is richer and more grounded.

The book=92s most significant achievement is the introduction by Clare =
and
O=92Neill. Although they don=92t go into much detail (understandably), =
they give
an impressive survey of the place of Shakespeare in the history of Irish
theatre. As they point out, there is a rich tradition of Irish actors
performing Shakespeare (though many of them only do so when they leave
Ireland). They also remind us that Shakespeare has occupied a central
position on the Irish stage since at least 1662. The critical reception =
of
Shakespeare internationally has also been strongly affected by Irish
scholars =96 not just Dowden but, more importantly, Edmond Malone, whose =
1790
edition of Shakespeare=92s plays was highly influential. This section is =
full
of ideas that should stimulate further research (as should O=92Neill=92s =
last
book, Staging Ireland, a major study of the presence of Ireland on the
Renaissance stage)...

...As this book shows, we badly need to retrieve the rich, varied and
complex history of Shakespearean production in this country: to show =
that it
has always been possible to recite Shakespeare=92s words in an Irish =
accent,
that he=92s always been an essential part of our culture and, most
importantly, that his work can=92t be reduced to simplistic political or
academic categories. There have been many steps forward in this process =
in
recent years =96 but Shakespeare and the Irish Writer is one of the most
important yet.

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Subject: CFP Journal of Franco-Irish Studies (JOFIS),
France and Ireland: cultures and countries en crise
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Call for submissions: =91France and Ireland: cultures and countries en =
crise=92.
Journal of Franco-Irish Studies (JOFIS)
Deadline for submissions: 30th of September 2010 .

Following on from the success of the 2008 La Rencontre / Encounters =
edition
of JOFIS,=A0electronic submissions=A0of 4000-6000 words are welcomed in =
either
English or French examining French and Irish approaches to the notion
of=A0=91crise/crisis.=92=A0 Postgraduate students and scholars are =
invited to
address the corpus of Franco-Irish Studies, in the arts, history, =
culture,
linguistics, theory, political, geographical=A0 and media studies from =
past to
present.

The idea of crisis could refers to a host of contemporary and concrete
socio-economic issues such as the financial crisis, health and =
immigration
concerns, which both France and Ireland have suffered and negotiated. It
could also be expanded upon to include historical and contemporary
Franco-Irish literary and theoretical responses to cultural, linguistic,
religious crises and political threats, as well as the artistic =
revelations
which emanate from these.

=A0Submissions might wish to address some of the following questions and =
will
hopefully inspire further concerns;

- Linguistic crises such=A0as cultural exclusion - L'Acad=E9mie vs. =
verlan,
Anglicization, Hiberno-English and investment in Irish language =
teaching.=20

- Do Franco-Irish responses to crises breed identity formation and in =
some
instances encourage creative artistic endeavours?

-Does crisis encourage prevarication as a means of progression nowadays,
when in the past crisis invoked stolid but certain responses and even
Franco- or Celtophobia?

- Is a state of cultural, artistic and national crisis no longer =
considered
politically correct?

- Considering the parallels which exist between Ireland and France =
and=A0other
Celtic nations and smaller Francophone countries, how do culture and =
country
condition responses to crises?
=A0
Submissions should be sent as Word attachments in Times New Roman, 12 =
font.
Footnotes should not be employed where possible. Author date references =
to
be employed in the main text, followed by a Works Cited at the end.
JOFIS (http://www.ittdublin.ie/ncfis/jofis/) is an online peer-reviewed =
and
postgraduate student edited e-journal which is hosted by the National =
Centre
for Franco-Irish Studies. Please contact guest editors Lauren Clark
bf48yp[at]student.sunderland.ac.uk and Matthew Hayward =
m.c.hayward[at]durham.ac.uk
for further submission details.=20
=A0

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Subject: TOC Social Identities, Volume 16 Issue 3,
Special Issue: MIGRANTS FROM EASTERN EUROPE TO THE UNITED KINGDOM
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The latest issue of Social Identities, Volume 16 Issue 3, is a Special
Issue: NEGOTIATION OF NORMALITY AND IDENTITY AMONG MIGRANTS FROM EASTERN
EUROPE TO THE UNITED KINGDOM AFTER 2004.

Ii is interesting to see researchers engage with and rediscover those
recurring themes that we all need to know about. For example, Marta
Rabikowska on foodways - the arrival, and the departure, of Polish food
shops has been a fascinating feature of recent urban life in England.

Kathy Burrell on research themes is very helpful. Ir-D members will
especially engage with the article by Louise Ryan, in which is found this
paragraph...

'One key informant, a recent migrant who works for a Polish association,
spoke about the groups he found easiest to get along with: 'if I was to look
at my own experiences, it is nice to talk with the Irish, there are positive
reactions always when . we are able to understand each other quickly in
terms of mentality, even if the language contact is not always ideal .'
(Ryan, 2008). Agnieszka also referred to Irish people: 'my favourite English
speaking group are Irish people' (Ryan, 2008). She went on to say that 'each
new person from Ireland confirms that it is . I can see incredible
similarities between them and Poles, such a soul brotherhood' (Ryan, 2008).
In many interviews people described situations in which Irish people had
helped them or had been particularly friendly and supportive. This
underlined the notion that Irish and Poles shared a common 'mentality' and
could easily understand each other, despite language differences.4'

A footnote is added
'4. It should be noted that while two researchers on the team are Irish
(Ryan and Tilki), they had not carried out these particular interviews, and
these participants would not have known the ethnicity of all the team
members, so that element of bias relating to Irish migrants can be ruled
out.'

P.O'S.


Social Identities: Journal for the Study of Race, Nation and Culture Volume
16 Issue 3 is now available online at informaworld
(http://www.informaworld.com).

Special Issue: NEGOTIATION OF NORMALITY AND IDENTITY AMONG MIGRANTS FROM
EASTERN EUROPE TO THE UNITED KINGDOM AFTER 2004

This new issue contains the following articles:

INTRODUCTION

Negotiation of normality and identity among migrants from Eastern Europe to
the United Kingdom after 2004, Pages 285 - 296
Author: Marta Rabikowska

Original Articles

Staying, returning, working and living: key themes in current academic
research undertaken in the UK on migration movements from Eastern Europe,
Pages 297 - 308
Author: Kathy Burrell

Leavers and stayers discuss returning home: Internet discourses on migration
in the context of the post-communist transformation, Pages 309 - 324
Author: Aleksandra Galasinska

Only a mouse click away from home: transnational practices of Eastern
European migrants in the United Kingdom, Pages 325 - 338
Author: Monika Metykova

Migration and a quest for 'normalcy'. Polish migrant mothers and the
capitalization of meritocratic opportunities in the UK, Pages 339 - 358
Author: Magdalena Lopez Rodriguez

Becoming Polish in London: negotiating ethnicity through migration, Pages
359 - 376
Author: Louise Ryan

The ritualisation of food, home and national identity among Polish migrants
in London, Pages 377 - 398
Author: Marta Rabikowska