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The Irish Times - Wednesday, September 1, 2010
A rare breed of actor

FINTAN O'TOOLE

A highly sophisticated, educated and thoughtful man, Mick Lally may have
looked as if he was carved from the side of a Mayo mountain, but he =
brought
a vulnerability and sensitivity to every role he played on stage and =
screen

POWERFUL ACTORS can usually be defined through the contradictions they
embody. In Mick Lally=92s case, the contradiction was a rough fragility. =
With
his physical bulk and craggy features, he was never going to be a =
matinee
idol. He looked like he was carved from the side of a Mayo mountain and =
he
had the same looming, implacable presence. If you didn=92t know he=92d =
been an
accomplished boxer in his time as a student in UCG, you might have =
guessed
from the way he held the ring on stage. What made him special, though, =
was
that he combined that ruggedness with a vulnerability that could be =
almost
unbearably poignant.

Mick Lally was highly unusual among contemporary Irish actors, in that =
he
actually grew up in the world of the classic Irish play. He was a highly
sophisticated, educated and thoughtful man and there was nothing na=EFve =
or
primitive about his approach to performance.

But there were few actors of his age who, when rehearsing, say, The =
Playboy
of the Western World , didn=92t need to be told what the life of a =
peasant in
west Mayo was like, and understood precisely the way the Irish and =
English
languages worked together in that culture. As the scion of a 30-acre =
hill
farm in the Tourmakeady Gaeltacht, Lally knew all of that in the depth =
of
his bones.

Likewise, there were few actors of his generation who grew up loving a
mid-century Irish playwright like MJ Molloy, without any ifs, buts or
ironies. When he gave one of his loveliest stage performances, as =
Sanbatch
Daly in the Druid production of Molloy=92s long-forgotten The Wood of =
the
Whispering in 1983, it came across as an act of love and homage rather =
than
of simple professionalism...

...In a sense, Lally=92s great strength was his lack of choice about who =
he
was. There are actors who seem to have no fixed centre, whose genius =
lies in
the instability that gives them an infinite flexibility. Mick Lally =
could
never have been one of them. He was a Caliban, not an Ariel. He was =
rooted
in his own personality =96 chained to it by his big countryman=92s face =
and his
heavy Mayo accent. In an era when Irish actors could end up playing =
Henry
VIII or Winston Churchill on screen, Lally was never likely to be cast =
as
anything other than a rural Irishman. But this narrow range forced him =
to
find the depth within it...

...Perhaps his greatest performance was as John Connor in Tom Murphy=92s
Famine for Druid in 1984. Connor is the village headman, a tribal leader =
to
whom the people look for guidance as they try to survive the Great =
Famine.
Lally =96 big, commanding, self-assured =96 was utterly believable as =
the kind
of natural aristocrat who has authority simply because he assumes he =
ought
to.

But as Connor, of course, fails to stop the famine and becomes ever more
isolated in his belief that sticking to the right ways of doing things =
will
see the village through, Lally achieved a tragic grandeur. The poignancy =
of
seeing such a strong man become so helpless was as memorable as it was
haunting. A lot of actors could have done the power and a lot could have
done the helplessness, but few could have done both.

As a member of that rare breed, Mick Lally is irreplaceable.

FULL TEXT AT
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/features/2010/0901/1224277971415.html=

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Andrew,=20

Was this the case of the railroad workers down around Philadelphia?

Your humble colleague,

Liam =D3 Disc=EDn,
UU Magee.

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drew Maguire [Maguire-A7[at]EMAIL.ULSTER.AC.UK]
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2

This might be of interest to some IR-D members. BBC Radio Foyle ran a story=
this morning on excavations that have been carried out on a mass grave of =
Irish labourers whose origins lay in Ulster and departed from Derry in the =
early 19th century. The story was presented by Sarah Brett. - 'New evidenc=
e from Pennsylvania suggests that the Irish railroad workers buried in a ma=
ss grave in 1832 were murdered . . .'
The programme can be listened to on the BBC Radio Foyle website.


Andrew Maguire
PhD student, UU, Magee campus, Derry.
Sent using BlackBerry=AE from Orange=

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Distributed on behalf of
Roddy Hegarty=20
Jonathan Savage
Web: www.ofiaich.ie

Note that there is a link to some sample pages of the proposed volume on =
the
PRESUBSCRIBE page.

The whole web site is worth exploring. There does seem to be a vision =
in
place. I was especially pleased to see the development of the Michelene
Kerney Walsh Lecture series.

P.O'S.


=D3 FIAICH TREASURES - OPPORTUNITY TO PRESUBSCRIBE

http://www.ofiaich.ie/the-oacute-fiaich-treasures/oacute-fiaich-treasures=
-op
portunity-to-presubscribe.asp

CARDINAL =D3 FIAICH MEMORIAL COMES ALIVE


The 8th of May 2010 marks the 20th anniversary of the death of the well
loved and revered Cardinal Tom=E1s =D3 Fiaich. A lavish publication is =
to be
published to celebrate the treasures held within an institution =
established
in his honour. Following the Cardinal's death and in order to mark the
contribution that he made to Irish society it was decided to create an
appropriate memorial. The Cardinal Tom=E1s =D3 Fiaich Memorial Library & =
Archive
(C=D3FLA) was opened in 1999 in Armagh, the ecclesiastical capital of =
Ireland.
It was agreed that this should not simply be in the form of a monument =
but
would act as a living reflection of Tom=E1s =D3 Fiaich's life and work.

Director Roddy Hegarty says: "The Cardinal's own papers and books formed =
the
core of a collection which has grown steadily over the years and today
represents one of the finest examples of an independent library and =
archive
in Ireland. C=D3FLA houses many rare and unique treasures which are =
preserved
alongside its growing archive and library and which together reflect the
broad spectrum of religious, political, sporting and social life of =
Ireland
and the Irish people at home and abroad over the last five hundred =
years."

The holdings of the library and archive reflect the principal interests =
of
the late Primate of All Ireland and are housed in state of the art
facilities open to academics, casual visitors, the general public and
tourists alike.

COFLA Committee member GERRY MURPHY says: "Archives are generally the
preserve of scholars and individuals seeking material worthy of =
inclusion in
historical works or in family history records. This book: The =D3 Fiaich
Treasures overlaps the needs of both. The reader will discover documents =
and
papers not previously seen or known about. Chairman of the Committee =
Mgr
Raymond Murray elaborates: The =D3 Fiaich Treasures is a veritable =
treasure
chest, providing not only a directory to books and documents but richly
illustrated with stories, letters, songs, photographs and artefacts,
painting a picture of life in Ireland and the Irish in exile. One finds =
in
it tales of the Irish involvement in conflicts in Spain, France, Italy,
Mexico as well as a depiction of the horrors of the trenches of the =
First
World War. There are even secrets to be unfolded on German spies in =
Ireland
during the Second World War!"

COFLA is seeking support with the publication uniquely by =
presubscription.
Mgr Raymond Murray continues: "This celebratory book of the =
Library/Archive
is beautifully illustrated with pictures of personalities, great and =
little,
all reflecting Irish social life. We welcome the generosity of
pre-subscribers, not only to subsidise publication but provide funding =
for
the Library/Archive. All pre-subscribers will be acknowledged in the =
book
and receive an advance deluxe hardback copy."

People interested in presubscribing are asked to click the presubscribe
button or by contacting Joe Canning at COFLA on +44 28 3752 2981.

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Yeah sounds very similar Liam, think i watched a programme about this a cou=
ple years back...

Michelle

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am O Discin [O_Discin-L1[at]EMAIL.ULSTER.AC.UK]
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1832

Andrew,

Was this the case of the railroad workers down around Philadelphia?

Your humble colleague,

Liam =D3 Disc=EDn,
UU Magee.

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drew Maguire [Maguire-A7[at]EMAIL.ULSTER.AC.UK]
Sent: 27 August 2010 16:00
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Subject: [IR-D] Mass grave of murdered Irish labourers in Pennsylvania, 183=
2

This might be of interest to some IR-D members. BBC Radio Foyle ran a story=
this morning on excavations that have been carried out on a mass grave of =
Irish labourers whose origins lay in Ulster and departed from Derry in the =
early 19th century. The story was presented by Sarah Brett. - 'New evidenc=
e from Pennsylvania suggests that the Irish railroad workers buried in a ma=
ss grave in 1832 were murdered . . .'
The programme can be listened to on the BBC Radio Foyle website.


Andrew Maguire
PhD student, UU, Magee campus, Derry.
Sent using BlackBerry=AE from Orange=

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From: Patrick O'Sullivan
Subject: Book Review,
Francis Ysidro Edgeworth: A Portrait with Family and Friends
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This book, and this wide ranging review, will interest a number of Ir-D
members.

I have not pasted in the full review here - the reviewer allows himself =
a
lengthy discussion of 'The Comfortable Fit of Neoclassical Economics in
Middle-Class Society'. The review is freely available at
http://eh.net/book_reviews/francis-ysidro-edgeworth-portrait-family-and-f=
rie
nds

P.O'S.


Francis Ysidro Edgeworth: A Portrait with Family and Friends
Posted Wed, 2010-09-01 09:47 by whaples
Author:=20
Barb=E9, Lluis
Reviewer:=20
Samuels, Warren J.
Published by EH.NET (August 2010)

Lluis Barb=E9, Francis Ysidro Edgeworth: A Portrait with Family and =
Friends.
Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar, 2010. xxxvi + 291 pp. $150 (hardback), =
ISBN:
978-1-84844-716 5.

Reviewed for EH.NET by Warren J. Samuels, Department of Economics, =
Michigan
State University.

Introduction

A glance at the subtitle of this book -- A Portrait with Family and =
Friends
-- will suggest its unusual character, one derived from several sources =
with
which the author, Professor of Economic Theory at Universitat Aut=F2noma =
de
Barcelona, Spain, is both comfortable and candid. Barb=E9 writes that =
=93This
book does not pretend to offer a profound intellectual portrait of =
Francis
Ysidro Edgeworth; rather it is simply a personal portrait that can help =
us
grasp his temperament and his feelings in order to better understand his
development as an individual and as a social scientist=94 (p. xxiii)...

...One source of evidence is the huge number of persons comprising
Edgeworth=92s extended family: on his father=92s side, an Anglo-Irish =
family of
Protestant descent, and on his mother=92s side, a Catalan family, much =
smaller
in number but with at least some liberal and constitutionalist views. =
The
economist and statistician we know as Francis Ysidro Edgeworth was born =
in
1845, the son of Francis Beaufort Edgeworth (1809-1846) and Rosa =
Florentina
Eroles (1815-1864). His paternal grandfather, Richard Lovell Edgeworth
(1744-1817), was thrice widowed and altogether had twenty-two children.
Eleven pages of genealogical diagrams were needed to identify the =
extended
family, and it is incomplete. =20

Barb=E9 has made several genealogical discoveries. He has found that the
future great economist and statistician had been given at birth the =
name,
Ysidro Francis Edgeworth. After long being called Francis or Frank, =
however,
he transposed his Christian names when he started publishing in 1876.=20

Barb=E9 also has corrected the misidentification of Edgeworth=92s =
mother, Rosa
Florintina Eroles, made initially by the Hispanist Lord Holland, and
subsequently continued by Lord John Maynard Keynes and Sir John R. =
Hicks.
Her father was not the absolutist and anti-liberal Baron Eroles but =
General
{?} Antonio Eroles i Sancho (1779-1840?). The misidentification was =
partly
predicated upon erroneously taking a name for a title...

...The basis of those findings and, indeed, of much of the family =
history
recounted by Barb=E9, was his discovery of a cache of some two thousand =
family
letters and other documents that were archived in the National Library =
of
Ireland and the Bodleian at Oxford. This principal discovery was
precipitated by his visit, while touring Ireland, to the church and =
manor
house of the Edgeworth family, now a senior citizens=92 residence, in
Edgeworthstown, and his inquiry to a nun about any family letters or
documents... =20

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Subject: TOC, The Irish Review , Volume 42, Number 42, September 2010
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Note that the Irish Review now appears on the Ingenta web site, which =
has
the effect of making back issues more visible and - sort of - available.

P.O'S.

'The Irish Review is a refereed journal. Since it first appeared in 1986 =
it
has established itself as a journal of record. It provides a forum for
critical and creative writing in English and Irish. Its editorial policy =
is
pluralist and interdisciplinary; pluralist in its commitment to =
involving
writers from all parts of the island and from other countries;
interdisciplinary in its desire to publish articles on the arts, =
society,
philosophy, history, politics, the environment and science. The aim is =
to
serve a general rather than a specialist readership.'

Publisher: Cork University Press


The Irish Review
Volume 42, Number 42, September 2010

Cruelty and Sensibility: Emotions in Women's Narratives Written during =
the
United Irish Rebellion of 1798=20
pp. 1-14(14)=20
Author: Ruberg, Willemijn

The Myriad-Minded Woman: Public and Private Worlds in the Journalism of
Susan L. Mitchell=20
pp. 15-26(12)=20
Author: MacPherson, D.A.J.

From Dundalk to Dublin: Dorothy Macardle's Narrative Journey on Radio
=C9ireann=20
pp. 27-42(16)=20
Author: Clare Smith, Nadia

All about Eve: Signe Toksvig and the Intimate Lives of Irish Women,
1926-1937=20
pp. 43-57(15)=20
Author: McAvoy, Sandra

Woman in Wartime: the Mass-Observation Diary of Moya Woodside=20
pp. 58-71(14)=20
Author: Muldowney, Mary

Sex on (Bare) Legs? Thomas Lee and 'Irishness'=20
pp. 72-84(13)=20
Author: Leask, Ian

The Locke's Tribunal, 1947=20
pp. 85-98(14)=20
Author: Gibney, John

Eileen Kato, 1932-2008=20
pp. 99-103(5)=20
Author: Cullen, L.M.

W.B. Yeats and the Noh=20
pp. 104-119(16)=20
Author: Kato, Eileen

Challenging Bad Nuns: Ireland's Magdalen Laundries=20
pp. 120-127(8)=20
Author: Riordan, Susannah

Courting Elizabeth Bowen=20
pp. 128-136(9)=20
Author: D'Alton, Ian

Unresolved Contradictions=20
pp. 137-145(9)=20
Author: Hand, Derek

Reviews=20
pp. 146-161(16)

Notes on Contributors=20
pp. 162-163(2)

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LESSONS FROM THE IRISH SEX-ABUSE CRISIS
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COMMONWEAL- NEW YORK- VOL 137; NUMB 5 9-11

March 12, 2010
Article

Fraternal Correction
LESSONS FROM THE IRISH SEX-ABUSE CRISIS
Nicholas P. Cafardi

The Catholic Church in the United States owes its sister church in Ireland a
great deal. It was the Irish who first brought our faith to these shores in
great numbers, providing the nascent American church not merely with
faithful lay Catholics in the pews, but with clergy on the altars, nuns in
the convents, schools, and hospitals, and bishops in the chanceries. Sharing
this common heritage, the Irish and American churches remain similar in many
ways.

Now that the Murphy Report (formally, "The Commission of Investigation
Report into the Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin, July 2009") has been issued
by Judge Yvonne Murphy and her government commission, we can discern yet
another similarity-a saddening and dispiriting one. For it is clear that for
more than two decades, simultaneous tragedies of episcopal malfeasance
played out in both the U.S. and Irish churches, as bishops in both countries
systematically mishandled allegations of child sexual abuse committed by
their priests.

The Murphy Report raises painful questions, and none more so than the one
asked by Archbishop Diarmuid Martin of Dublin. "How," asked Martin after
reading the report, "did those with responsibility dramatically misread the
risk that a priest who had hurt one of those whom Jesus calls 'the little
ones' might go on to abuse another child?" The bishops were far too willing,
Martin judged, to accept "excuses, denials, and minimizations" from abusive
priests. As a result, still more children were abused. "Efforts made to
'protect the church' and to 'avoid scandal,'" he concluded gravely, "have
had the ironic result of bringing this horrendous scandal on the church
today."

How in the world did bishops in both the United States and Ireland miss the
obvious fact that you could not put a known child abuser near children and
expect him not to offend again?...

Full Text at
http://www.commonwealmagazine.org/fraternal-correction

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The Sage journals web site is circulating one of its FREE ACCESS offers -
this a very good offer, free access to everything.

As always the advice with these online journal free offers is to get in
there, grab and store everything you are interested in.

P.O'S.


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Subject: Article,
The Shantytowns of Central Park West: Fin de
Si=?iso-8859-1?Q?=E8cle_?=Squatting in American Cities
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From a SAGE journal... See earlier Ir-D message...

The 'Shanty Irish' appear constantly in the newspaper accounts under =
study,
and the longer term outcomes of squatting in US cities is nicely =
explored.

P.O'S.

Journal of Urban History, September 2010; vol. 36, 5: pp. 672-684., =
first
published on April 19, 2010

The Shantytowns of Central Park West: Fin de Si=E8cle Squatting in =
American
Cities
Jason Jindrich

Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, Jason_Jindrich[at]brown.edu
Abstract

This article argues that the scope and importance of squatting has been
greatly understated in discussions of nineteenth-century urban =
development.
Period newspapers reported often on the struggle of cities and =
titleholders
across North America to evict squatters, indicating that squatters were =
a
common and persistent component of the city landscape. Evidence also
suggests that many, if not most, squatters believed that they would
eventually win clear title to their homes.

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and the Construction of Community Identity
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From a SAGE journal...

Social & Legal Studies, September 2010; vol. 19, 3: pp. 351-369.

Common Law, Mountain Music, and the Construction of Community Identity
David Jenkins
University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Abstract

This article suggests how law and the arts can shape a community's identity
over time, by exploring the unique parallels between the common law and the
folk music of the Appalachian region of the United States - two cultural
transplants from the British Isles to the early American frontier. Both
preserve a backward-looking, cultural memory at the same time as they
accommodate gradual changes in social conditions. Thus, this comparison
argues that these essentially unwritten legal and musical traditions
similarly transcend geographical and temporal distances, reflect and
influence normative attitudes, and rely upon relatively open communicative
processes in transmitting their core information. As living traditions,
then, the common law and Appalachian folk music open small but important
spaces for pluralistic discourse, where social conflicts can be reconciled
over time and new identities forged from old ones.

common law folk culture identity legal tradition music pluralism

'....Of course, many forms of music or other arts can have a role, like law,
in shaping values and forming identities. But while my focus here on
Appalachian traditional music is admittedly a subjective one, it is by no
means arbitrary. I partly justify this unusual comparison from the special
role that oral, folk traditions play in the fabric of many old, rural
societies. Just as importantly, however, it was personal experiences that
'got me to thinkin' about the deep connections between a community's sense
of self, and its legal and musical traditions. As my opening story relates,
I have strong family ties to Appalachia, where I was born and raised along
the Ohio River Valley. Although self-taught and rather poor, I'm also a bit
of a fiddler and banjo-picker, like great-grandpa Finley, and the old-time
music continues to take me back home, from which I emigrated many years
ago. Being a common-lawyer on top of all this, I have long noticed that
there is something fascinating in how even today informal customs and
unwritten folkways imperceptibly shape Appalachian attitudes and codes of
behavior, sometimes quaintly old-fashioned and seemingly at odds with the
outside world. Indeed, I have sometimes felt more culturally in common with
acquaintances from maritime Canada and Scotland, than with the city-dwellers
of the eastern and western U.S. seaboards. As I have often
said, anyplace where they play a good fiddle can't be all bad.

So despite any concerns that its subject-matter might be unusually narrow,
this short article aims to be either a point of departure or a way station
for others wanting to exploresimilar connections between the law, arts,
other forms of media, and identity formation...' pp 352-3

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From: Stephen Brighton
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Dear Patrick,

I was the archaeologist that was asked to be a part of the Duffy's Cut
project. I spent a better part of last year trying to get the project up
to a proper level of ethical and scientific standards. At this moment I
have broken ties with the project.=20

You are correct to add in your email statement that most
"interpretations" were put out long before there was any scientific
corroboration. The physical/biological work is being carried out at
UPenn under a very prominent scientist. Such results coming from UPenn
will be enlightening. The issue I have had with the project is the
manning in which they have excavated the remains to date. They have not
been even close to a proper and standard approach exposing and removing
the 57 individuals are believed to have been buried. I have tried my
best to get it under control and conduct a proper excavation, however, I
have not succeeded in having the group not only excavated an individual
correctly (i.e. expose the individual in its entirety including coffin
remains and grave goods) but also to actually properly photograph and
map the site and each individual skeleton. At this point the 7
"individuals" that have been removed have been done "piecemeal" and not
as complete individuals - this is unheard of in archaeology. The group
is enthusiastic and great bunch of guys, however they have thus refused
my guidance in establishing a renewed dialogue with professional
archaeologists, a protocol/research design for the project, as well as
conduct proper archaeological practices for the removal of human
remains. Thus I have removed myself from the project.

I would be more than happy to discuss this project and my position
further if any one is interested.

Sincerely,
Stephen

Stephen A. Brighton
Assistant Professor
Department of Anthropology
Rm 0132 Woods Hall
Affiliate, Center for Heritage=20
Resource Studies
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
phone: 301-405-3700
fax: 301-314-8305
email: sbrighton[at]anth.umd.edu

>>> Patrick O'Sullivan 9/2/2010 6:29 AM
>>>
This, 'Mass grave of murdered Irish labourers...' is another
manifestation
of the steady feed of items about The Duffy=E2=80=99s Cut Project - such
items have
already appeared on the Ir-d list a number of times.

The project has a Wikipedia entry
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duffy's_Cut=20

And it has its own web site
http://duffyscut.immaculata.edu/Index.htm=20

There is a book...

The Ghosts of Duffy's Cut: The Irish Who Died Building America's Most
Dangerous Stretch of Railroad
By William E. Watson, J. Francis Watson, John H. Ahtes, Earl H.
Schandelmeier III

http://astore.amazon.com/theduffyscutp-20/detail/0275987272=20

A web search will find many more mentions. What seems to happen is
that the
project issues a new press release and give new interviews, and this
new
material is repeated throughout the media.

The prime movers in this project seem to be brothers, Reverend Dr.
Frank
Watson and Dr. William Watson.

'Excavation of the burial site and the shanty, aided by
ground-penetrating
radar, has proved a whirlwind education in anatomy and archaeology for
the
47-year-old brothers. Both earned doctorates in history but,
science-wise,
have nothing more than an introductory college biology class under
their
belts....'

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5irJZOpzgKr89cTES-IDpCTX=
v55

VgD9HKH3AO0

Since we were first alerted I have been uneasy about this project.=20
The
over-arching story seems to have been written before the evidence was
gathered. In the Publications listed on the project's web site there
is
nothing in a scholarly or academic publication.

But I have not been able to look at all the evidence and there is
clearly
enthusiasm and dedication here.

P.O'S. =20



-----Original Message-----
From: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [mailto:IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On
Behalf
Of Michelle McCarron
Sent: 01 September 2010 22:01
To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK=20
Subject: Re: [IR-D] Mass grave of murdered Irish labourers in
Pennsylvania,
1832

Yeah sounds very similar Liam, think i watched a programme about this
a
couple years back...

Michelle

________________________________________
From: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK] on behalf
of
Liam O Discin [O_Discin-L1[at]EMAIL.ULSTER.AC.UK]=20
Sent: 01 September 2010 15:51
To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK=20
Subject: Re: [IR-D] Mass grave of murdered Irish labourers in
Pennsylvania,
1832

Andrew,

Was this the case of the railroad workers down around Philadelphia?

Your humble colleague,

Liam =C3=93 Disc=C3=ADn,
UU Magee.

________________________________________
From: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK] on behalf
of
Andrew Maguire [Maguire-A7[at]EMAIL.ULSTER.AC.UK]=20
Sent: 27 August 2010 16:00
To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK=20
Subject: [IR-D] Mass grave of murdered Irish labourers in Pennsylvania,
1832

This might be of interest to some IR-D members. BBC Radio Foyle ran a
story
this morning on excavations that have been carried out on a mass grave
of
Irish labourers whose origins lay in Ulster and departed from Derry in
the
early 19th century. The story was presented by Sarah Brett. - 'New
evidence
from Pennsylvania suggests that the Irish railroad workers buried in a
mass
grave in 1832 were murdered . . .'
The programme can be listened to on the BBC Radio Foyle website.


Andrew Maguire
PhD student, UU, Magee campus, Derry.
Sent using BlackBerry=C2=AE from Orange=3D

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This, 'Mass grave of murdered Irish labourers...' is another =
manifestation
of the steady feed of items about The Duffy=92s Cut Project - such items =
have
already appeared on the Ir-d list a number of times.

The project has a Wikipedia entry
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duffy's_Cut

And it has its own web site
http://duffyscut.immaculata.edu/Index.htm

There is a book...

The Ghosts of Duffy's Cut: The Irish Who Died Building America's Most
Dangerous Stretch of Railroad
By William E. Watson, J. Francis Watson, John H. Ahtes, Earl H.
Schandelmeier III

http://astore.amazon.com/theduffyscutp-20/detail/0275987272

A web search will find many more mentions. What seems to happen is that =
the
project issues a new press release and give new interviews, and this new
material is repeated throughout the media.

The prime movers in this project seem to be brothers, Reverend Dr. Frank
Watson and Dr. William Watson.

'Excavation of the burial site and the shanty, aided by =
ground-penetrating
radar, has proved a whirlwind education in anatomy and archaeology for =
the
47-year-old brothers. Both earned doctorates in history but, =
science-wise,
have nothing more than an introductory college biology class under their
belts....'

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5irJZOpzgKr89cTES-IDpCTX=
v55
VgD9HKH3AO0

Since we were first alerted I have been uneasy about this project. The
over-arching story seems to have been written before the evidence was
gathered. In the Publications listed on the project's web site there is
nothing in a scholarly or academic publication.

But I have not been able to look at all the evidence and there is =
clearly
enthusiasm and dedication here.

P.O'S. =20



-----Original Message-----
From: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [mailto:IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On =
Behalf
Of Michelle McCarron
Sent: 01 September 2010 22:01
To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: Re: [IR-D] Mass grave of murdered Irish labourers in =
Pennsylvania,
1832

Yeah sounds very similar Liam, think i watched a programme about this a
couple years back...

Michelle

________________________________________
From: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK] on behalf of
Liam O Discin [O_Discin-L1[at]EMAIL.ULSTER.AC.UK]
Sent: 01 September 2010 15:51
To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: Re: [IR-D] Mass grave of murdered Irish labourers in =
Pennsylvania,
1832

Andrew,

Was this the case of the railroad workers down around Philadelphia?

Your humble colleague,

Liam =D3 Disc=EDn,
UU Magee.

________________________________________
From: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK] on behalf of
Andrew Maguire [Maguire-A7[at]EMAIL.ULSTER.AC.UK]
Sent: 27 August 2010 16:00
To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: [IR-D] Mass grave of murdered Irish labourers in Pennsylvania, =
1832

This might be of interest to some IR-D members. BBC Radio Foyle ran a =
story
this morning on excavations that have been carried out on a mass grave =
of
Irish labourers whose origins lay in Ulster and departed from Derry in =
the
early 19th century. The story was presented by Sarah Brett. - 'New =
evidence
from Pennsylvania suggests that the Irish railroad workers buried in a =
mass
grave in 1832 were murdered . . .'
The programme can be listened to on the BBC Radio Foyle website.


Andrew Maguire
PhD student, UU, Magee campus, Derry.
Sent using BlackBerry=AE from Orange=3D

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From: Patrick O'Sullivan
Subject: Book Notice, Settler Society in the English Leeward Islands,
1670-1776
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Sections of this book are available through Google Books. It looks like a
very sane and well researched exploration of the history and the
historiography - there is a chapter on 'Irish, Scots and English'. The
Irish element in the story is handled appropriately. Donald Akenson is in
the Bibliography, but not Nini Rodgers.

P.O'S.

Settler Society in the English Leeward Islands, 1670-1776

Natalie A. Zacek

Cambridge University Press, 2010 - History - 304 pages

Settler Society in the English Leeward Islands, 1670-1776 is the first study
of the history of the federated colony of the Leeward Islands - Antigua,
Montserrat, Nevis, and St Kitts - that covers all four islands in the period
from their independence from Barbados in 1670 up to the outbreak of the
American Revolution, which reshaped the Caribbean. Natalie A. Zacek
emphasizes the extent to which the planters of these islands attempted to
establish recognizably English societies in tropical islands based on
plantation agriculture and African slavery. By examining conflicts relating
to ethnicity and religion, controversies regarding sex and social order, and
a series of virulent battles over the limits of local and imperial
authority, this book depicts these West Indian colonists as skilled
improvisers who adapted to an unfamiliar environment, and as individuals as
committed as other American colonists to the norms and values of English
society, politics, and culture.

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From: Patrick O'Sullivan
Subject: TOC Irish Educational Studies, Volume 29 Issue 3,
Special Issue: 'Race',
migration and education in a globalised context
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Irish Educational Studies: Volume 29 Issue 3 is now available online at
informaworld (http://www.informaworld.com).

Special Issue: 'Race', migration and education in a globalised context

This new issue contains the following articles:

Editorials

Editorial, Pages 207 - 212
Authors: Gill Crozier; Kalwant Bhopal; Dympna Devine

Original Articles

An excavation of the racialised politics of viability underpinning education
policy in Ireland, Pages 213 - 229
Author: Karl Kitching

Reform, racism and the centrality of whiteness: assessment, ability and the
'new eugenics', Pages 231 - 252
Author: David Gillborn

Corporate multiculturalism, diversity management, and positive
interculturalism in Irish schools and society, Pages 253 - 269
Author: Audrey Bryan

Immigration and school composition in Ireland, Pages 271 - 288
Authors: Delma Byrne; Frances McGinnity; Emer Smyth; Merike Darmody

Articulating a deficit perspective: a survey of the attitudes of
post-primary English language support teachers and coordinators, Pages 289 -
303
Author: Zachary Lyons

Othering difference: framing identities and representation in black
children's schooling in the British context, Pages 305 - 320
Author: Cecile Wright

Changing the face of the Scottish teaching profession? The experiences of
refugee teachers, Pages 321 - 338
Authors: Henry Kum; Ian Menter; Geri Smyth

ERRATUM

Too cool for school? Musicians as partners in education, Page 339
Author: Ailbhe Kenny

Miscellany

Irish Educational Studies, Pages ebi - 1

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What caused the Irish banking crisis?
Authors: O'Sullivan, K.P.V.; Kennedy, Tom
Source: Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance, Volume 18, Number 3,
2010 , pp. 224-242(19)
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Abstract

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to explore the Irish banking crisis
and explain how various factors contribute to a collapse in asset prices, an
economic recession and the near failure of the banking system. The paper
seeks to document the dangers of pro-cyclical monetary and government
policies, particularly in an environment of benign financial regulation and
pent-up demand for credit.

Design/methodology/approach - The paper maps the Irish banking crisis
against its general background. It describes the roots of the crisis, with
particular attention given to government and monetary policies, the
practices of the financial regulator and banks during the property bubble,
together with the difficulties associated with the international sub-prime
crisis.

Findings - While the global financial crisis exacerbated matters, the
banking crisis in Ireland was largely a home-grown phenomenon. The crisis
stemmed from the collapse of the domestic property sector and subsequent
contraction in national output. Its root cause can be found in the
inadequate risk management practices of the Irish banks and the failure of
the financial regulator to supervise these practices effectively.

Originality/value - The paper documents the "Celtic Tiger" phenomenon of the
last decade: the Irish economic and property miracle, its sharp decline, and
the sub-prime crisis. It delineates one of the most severe banking and
economic crisis in a developed country since the great depression with
a number of key policy lessons for rapidly expanding economies.

Keywords Ireland, Regulation, Banking industry, Recession, Financial economy
Paper type Research paper

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Anarchism, anti-imperialism and The Doctrine of Dynamite

Author: Deagln Donghaile a
Affiliation: a Liverpool Hope University, UK
Published in: Journal of Postcolonial Writing, Volume 46, Issue 3 & 4 July
2010 , pages 291 - 302
Subjects: Creative Writing; Post-Colonial Studies;

Previously published as: World Literature Written in English (0093-1705)
until 2005

Abstract
During the late Victorian period, British anarchist writers commented on
Irish political affairs while the celebrated Irish author Oscar Wilde
offered moral and practical support to them. Wilde's position was especially
radical, since anarchism was associated in the popular imagination with the
phenomenon of propaganda by deed - the subversive political violence that
broke out in the United States and Continental Europe throughout the 1880s
and 1890s. However, British anarchists regarded colonial violence in Ireland
as the pressing issue of the day and explored it in their political
journals, pamphlets and novels. Such texts reflected these authors'
preoccupation with the Irish crisis and also warned contemporary readers
that the counter-insurgency methods being applied in Ireland could be put to
use on English soil. Drawing on a range of literary and political sources,
this essay examines the British anarchists' interest in the Irish
anti-colonial struggle by focusing on their criticism of British imperial
rule, which they regarded as foreign dictatorship.

Keywords: anarchism; imperialism; Ireland; nationalism; Rossetti; Wilde

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On this issue I just finished reading Fintan O'Toole's "Ship of Fools:
How Stupidly and Corruption sank the Celtic Tiger". I found it very
informative on the circumstances that led to the over heated economy and
the dynamics involved in the collapse - and the role that corruption in
the banking sector played in it all.

Carmel




On 9/2/2010 5:17 PM, Patrick O'Sullivan wrote:
> What caused the Irish banking crisis?
> Authors: O'Sullivan, K.P.V.; Kennedy, Tom
> Source: Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance, Volume 18, Number 3,
> 2010 , pp. 224-242(19)
> Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Limited
>
>

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Aoife Leahy ,
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Readers interested in this may wish to consult the Special Issue of THE
OSCHOLARS edited by Anna Vaninskaya and devoted to Wilde and Socialism /
Anarchism. This can be found at http://www.oscholars
com/TO/Specials/specialintro.html =20
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Responses encouraged ! To oscholars[at]gmail.com, please.=20
=20
David=20
www.oscholars.com=20

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Affiliation: a Liverpool Hope University, UK=20
Published in: Journal of Postcolonial Writing, Volume 46, Issue 3 & 4 Jul=
y=20
2010 , pages 291 - 302=20
Subjects: Creative Writing; Post-Colonial Studies;=20

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Subject: TOC CAMBRIAN MEDIEVAL CELTIC STUDIES NUMB 59; 2010
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CAMBRIAN MEDIEVAL CELTIC STUDIES
NUMB 59; 2010
ISSN 1353-0089

pp. 1-18
Mermaids, Leprechauns, and Fomorians: A Middle Irish Account of the
Descendants of Cain.
Rodway, S.

pp. 19-38
Obscurities in Duil Dromma Cetta: Insights into a Lost Exemplar and
Form-Oriented Scribing.
Arbuthnot, S.

pp. 39-54
Eschatological Justice in Scela Lai Bratha.
Boyle, E.

pp. 55-70
Ireland's Other Apostle: Cogitosus' St Brigit.
Bray, D.A.

pp. 71-82
Celtic Ecocriticism.
Lewis, B.J.

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Dear Paddy,

Like Carmen, I've recently read Fintan O'Toole's 'Ship of Fools'. I actually read it
while in Ireland in July, which brought home its arguments particularly forcefully.
Like the article in the 'Journal of Financial Regulation', O'Toole argues that the
economic disaster was home grown, not essentially the product of the international
credit crisis. I must say I found the book quite shocking. Yet, as an historian, a
lot of what he said made sense in terms of Irish history since the 1960s - if not
before. It's journalism, so a 'first draft of history' and likely to be amended, but
still, I'll be putting it on reading lists for my students. They certainly want to
understand why the much touted 'Celtic Tiger' dropped dead so suddenly and so
disastrously.

Elizabeth
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Gerry Higgins Chair of Irish Studies
School of Historical Studies ~ University of Melbourne ~ Victoria, 3010, AUSTRALIA
Phone: +61-3-83443924 ~ Email: e.malcolm[at]unimelb.edu.au

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