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'God's Golden Acre for Children': Pastoralism and Sense of Place
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'God's Golden Acre for Children': Pastoralism and Sense of Place in New
Suburban Communities

Mary P. Corcoran

Department of Sociology and National Institute for Regional and Spatial
Analysis (NIRSA), National University of Ireland Maynooth, Maynooth, Co.
Kildare, Ireland, mary.corcoran[at]nuim.ie

Abstract

This paper is based on an empirical case study of four suburbs in the Dublin
city hinterland. It is argued that pastoral ideology plays an active role in
constituting these new suburbs and helps to inculcate a sense of place. This
sense of place in turn helps to cement social embeddedness which acts as a
bulwark against isolation and alienation. Pastoral ideology is invoked by
suburbanites even when the pastoral dimension of the suburb is under threat
or has disappeared. The village or 'main street' acts as an important anchor
for new suburban residents as does the surrounding 'rural' landscape and
their own collective memories. However, the study reveals a gap between how
some newer suburbs are represented and imagined, and how they are
experienced in everyday life. This raises questions about the long-term
viability of suburbs that lack a sense of place.

Urban Studies November 2010 vol. 47 no. 12 2537-2554

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Interpretations of CEO public apologies for the banking crisis
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Ignoring for a moment present crises - and I sometimes get criticised for
that - many Ir-d members will find very useful this exploration of the
British examples. Particularly useful are its outline of the literature of
apology, and its construction of taxonomies of apology.

P.O'S.



Interpretations of CEO public apologies for the banking crisis: attributions
of blame and avoidance of responsibility

Owen Hargie
University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, Odw.Hargie[at]ulster.ac.uk
Karyn Stapleton
University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, K.Stapleton[at]ulster.ac.uk
Dennis Tourish
University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, UK, D.Tourish[at]kent.ac.uk

Abstract

This article analyses the public testimony of four banking CEOs to the
Banking Crisis Inquiry of the Treasury Committee of the UK House of Commons
in 2009. Utilizing a discursive and interpretive approach, we explore how
they attributed responsibility and blame for the crisis through the medium
of public apologies. A number of taxonomies of apology are employed to
provide an interpretive framework for the analysis. We conclude that the CEO
discourse is characterized by expressions of regret, attempts to articulate
alignment with others affected by the crisis and dissociation from the
events being scrutinized, in order to avoid direct culpability for the
crisis and invoke instead the spectre of impersonal global events which
mitigates personal responsibility. We therefore characterize the discourse
studied as an example of apology avoidance, and consider the constraints on
apology which senior CEOs evidently feel they face.

accountability banking crisis CEO discourse excuses public apologies

Organization November 2010 vol. 17 no. 6 721-742

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Hi Paddy

This new resource, hosted by the Higher Education Authority, is a
searchable database of research in the seven southern Irish
universities. It does not, unfortunately, include the Institutes of
Technology or the Northern Ireland third level sector, but it is
nevertheless an invaluable resource.

http://www.rian.ie=20

Piaras

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From: ultancowley[at]eircom.net
To: The Irish Diaspora Studies List
Subject: Re: [IR-D] Book Review, New Guests of the Irish Nation, By Bryan
Fanning

Applying the term 'emigrant nation' to the Irish in Ireland is profoundly
misleading in my opinion

In over a decade of public presentations, around most parts of rural
Ireland, of my own material (much of it in the form of first-hand accounts)
on Irish labour migration in 20C. Britain I have found surprisingly little
genuine empathy with, or true understanding of, the emigrant experience. In
fact indifference would be the predominant sentiment evinced by those
lacking first-hand knowledge of it.

Ultan Cowley

----- Original Message -----
From: "Patrick O'Sullivan"
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Sent: Thursday, 21 October, 2010 12:09:44 GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland,
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Fanning

A very thoughtful book review by Agata Piekosz...

The review is quite long - key themes identified are Solidarity, Citizenship
Irish Identity

.

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I also agree with UItan's comment. I have done some work on media represent=
ations of immigration to Ireland and found a distinct lack of any kind of f=
ellow emigrant empathy in Irish attitudes towards immigrants in the country=
. Any suggestions of some kind of presumed post-colonial solidarity or inde=
ed, ideas of Ireland as a particularly charitable nation in relation to the=
developing world, are not substantiated by empirical research. This can be=
articulated in the sense that it is considered okay to send money through =
charities to "black babies" but not to feel charitable if "black babies" ar=
e actually born in Ireland (see debate on Referendum on Citizenship 2004). =
The potential for attempting to create this form of solidarity through poli=
cy, however, has yet to be explored. The Brazilian government, for example,=
has recently combined the areas of emigrant and immigrant policy into one =
govt. department, indicating coherent thinking in this field.

Claire. =A0 Dr Claire Healy,
Post-Doctoral Researcher/Investigadora P=F3s-Doutoral
CIES - Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology/Centro de Investiga=
=E7=E3o e Estudos na Sociologia,
ISCTE - Instituto Universit=E1rio de Lisboa,
Avenida das For=E7as Armadas,
1649-026 Lisboa Portugal +351-91-6464-360
"Speaking Migration" Project Website: www.speakingmigration.com
Society for Irish Latin American Studies: www.irlandeses.org


--- On Fri, 10/22/10, Patrick O'Sullivan wrote=
:

From: Patrick O'Sullivan
Subject: Re: [IR-D] Comment, Book Review, New Guests of the Irish Nation
To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Date: Friday, October 22, 2010, 10:42 AM

I agree with Ultan on this.

I have not seen the book under review, by Bryan Fanning.=A0 But I have read
the full review by Agata Piekosz.=A0 And I did think that there was a stran=
ge
assumption - I don't know if it is in the actual book - that there is
efficient feedback of information and emotion from the Irish of elsewhere t=
o
the Irish of Ireland.

By the way, that phrase that I used there, the 'Irish of Ireland', was
recently criticised by a colleague, who said he had never before heard such
a term.

P.O'S.=20

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Of Patrick O'Sullivan
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From: ultancowley[at]eircom.net
To: The Irish Diaspora Studies List
Subject: Re: [IR-D] Book Review, New Guests of the Irish Nation, By Bryan
Fanning

Applying the term 'emigrant nation' to the Irish in Ireland is profoundly
misleading in my opinion

In over a decade of public presentations, around most parts of rural
Ireland, of my own material (much of it in the form of first-hand accounts)
on Irish labour migration in 20C. Britain I have found surprisingly little
genuine empathy with, or true understanding of, the emigrant experience. In
fact indifference would be the predominant sentiment evinced by those
lacking first-hand knowledge of it.

Ultan Cowley
=A0=20
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Fanning

A very thoughtful book review by Agata Piekosz...

The review is quite long - key themes identified are Solidarity, Citizenshi=
p
Irish Identity

.
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The ones still there are the "survivors"--perhaps one might even say the "p=
redators"--to cite the titles of two of America's more viciously Social Dar=
winian "reality" TV shows. What Joe Lee called "the possessing classes." =
They got all the property "lost" or "forfeited" by the evictions and/or emi=
gration of the poor majority. I'm sorry, but doesn't this all sound very f=
amiliar?
Kerby


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e:

From: ultancowley[at]eircom.net
To: The Irish Diaspora Studies List
Subject: Re: [IR-D] Book Review, New Guests of the Irish Nation, By Bryan
Fanning

Applying the term 'emigrant nation' to the Irish in Ireland is profoundly
misleading in my opinion

In over a decade of public presentations, around most parts of rural
Ireland, of my own material (much of it in the form of first-hand accounts)
on Irish labour migration in 20C. Britain I have found surprisingly little
genuine empathy with, or true understanding of, the emigrant experience. In
fact indifference would be the predominant sentiment evinced by those
lacking first-hand knowledge of it.

Ultan Cowley

----- Original Message -----
From: "Patrick O'Sullivan"
To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Sent: Thursday, 21 October, 2010 12:09:44 GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland,
Portugal
Subject: [IR-D] Book Review, New Guests of the Irish Nation, By Bryan
Fanning

A very thoughtful book review by Agata Piekosz...

The review is quite long - key themes identified are Solidarity, Citizenshi=
p
Irish Identity

.

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Spot the absentee !=20
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David=20
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Within and Without: Representing Diasporas in Europe=20
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Call for papers=20
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=20
Europe is a diasporic continent, with Belgian, British, Dutch, French,
German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish populations scattered across the
globe. Yet it is also home to diasporic communities based in Europe, comi=
ng
from both within and outside of the continent. The aim of this symposium =
is
to explore the way in which diasporas in Europe are depicted in literatur=
e,
film and the press, exploring the ways in which a sense of cultural and
geographical dislocation inform concepts of identity, otherness and
(un)belonging in the host nation. The symposium will examine the
intersections between cultural, religious and pan-European identities wit=
hin
the diasporic community, in the destination culture and in contact zones.
Contributors are invited to address European diasporas within Europe (suc=
h
as the Italian communities in Britain) and/or diasporas from outside the
continent (such as the Turkish communities in Germany).=20
=20
=20
Topics may include (but are not restricted to):=20
=C2=B7 Explorations of ethnic identity in the literatures of the diaspora=
, and
the host nation=20
=C2=B7 Depictions of =E2=80=98home=E2=80=99 in diasporic cultural product=
ion=20
=C2=B7 The shaping of cultural memory in the diaspora=20
=C2=B7 Press coverage of the diasporic culture in the host nation=20
=C2=B7 Comparison of integration of European populations within European =
and
non-European diasporas (e.g. Italians in Germany and the U.S)=20
=C2=B7 Ghettoization and blending=20
=C2=B7 Iconography of the diaspora=20
=C2=B7 The construction of space (rural and urban, private and public, bl=
urred
boundaries)=20
=C2=B7 The diasporic gaze=20
=C2=B7 Orientalism in one continent=20
=C2=B7 Theoretical approaches to diasporic writing=20
=20
=20
=20
The one-day symposium will take place on Friday May 13th 2011 at the Scho=
ol
of European Studies, University of Cardiff.=20
There will be a fee of =C2=A315, which includes lunch, tea and coffee and=
a wine
reception.=20
=20
=20
Abstracts of 300 words, and a brief biography, should be sent to Dr Liz
Wren-Owens (Wren-OwensEA[at]cardiff.ac.uk) by January 31st 2011.=20
=20
=20
=20
=20
=20
Dr Liz Wren-Owens=20
Lecturer in Italian Studies=20
University of Cardiff=20
65-68 Park Place=20
Cardiff=20
CF10 3AS=20
=20
Wren-OwensEA[at]cardiff.ac.uk=20
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I agree with Ultan on this.

I have not seen the book under review, by Bryan Fanning. But I have read
the full review by Agata Piekosz. And I did think that there was a strange
assumption - I don't know if it is in the actual book - that there is
efficient feedback of information and emotion from the Irish of elsewhere to
the Irish of Ireland.

By the way, that phrase that I used there, the 'Irish of Ireland', was
recently criticised by a colleague, who said he had never before heard such
a term.

P.O'S.

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Of Patrick O'Sullivan
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Subject: [IR-D] Comment, Book Review, New Guests of the Irish Nation

From: ultancowley[at]eircom.net
To: The Irish Diaspora Studies List
Subject: Re: [IR-D] Book Review, New Guests of the Irish Nation, By Bryan
Fanning

Applying the term 'emigrant nation' to the Irish in Ireland is profoundly
misleading in my opinion

In over a decade of public presentations, around most parts of rural
Ireland, of my own material (much of it in the form of first-hand accounts)
on Irish labour migration in 20C. Britain I have found surprisingly little
genuine empathy with, or true understanding of, the emigrant experience. In
fact indifference would be the predominant sentiment evinced by those
lacking first-hand knowledge of it.

Ultan Cowley

----- Original Message -----
From: "Patrick O'Sullivan"
To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Sent: Thursday, 21 October, 2010 12:09:44 GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland,
Portugal
Subject: [IR-D] Book Review, New Guests of the Irish Nation, By Bryan
Fanning

A very thoughtful book review by Agata Piekosz...

The review is quite long - key themes identified are Solidarity, Citizenship
Irish Identity

.

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Subject: The Runners RTE Radio Documentary
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RTE Radio recently broadcast The Runners a documentary about children
who escaped from Industrial Schools run by the Christian Brothers. It's
currently available for download here:
http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/runners.html

If anyone one encounters difficulty getting hold of it let me know and
I'll upload a copy to the cloud for you.

Best

Liam

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While exploring the RTE Radio website I accidentally hit the wrong
button and found myself transported to the Aladdin's cave of the
airwaves that is the station's podcast archive. Unlike the BBC they
don't appear throw anything away and there don't seem to be any national
boundary limitations regarding access.

There's an amazing amount of stuff that would interest listers but it's
not organised or tagged so you need to scroll through and download
anything that looks interesting.

The link is here:

http://www.rte.ie/radio1/podcast/podcast_documentaryonone.xml

Happy Hunting

Liam

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The context as well as the content are indeed 'depressingly familiar'; thats the real point of commenting on the issue at the present time. To quote yet again the 'depressingly familiar' words of James Meeenan on Irish emigration: '(emigration) has allowed those who remain to enjoy a standard of living which is not justified by the volume of their production'. But for those who emigrated the injusice didn't end with dispossession; it was compounded by the moral obligation (as they perceived it) to also (indefinitely) remit a significant portion their hard-earned money to those who still remained!

Ironically, the half-million who emigrated in the mid-20C. carried a far greater burden of expectation - to 'succeed', to 'keep the Faith', to 'send home the slates', with far fewer material or intellectual resources, than the half-million who left in the 'Eighties, who were much better equipped on all counts and enjoyed a degree of cultural acceptance in Britain unimaginable to their predecessors - and of whom nothing was expected or required except their absence.

The situation of the next emigrant wave is another day's work but certain elements of their predicament, such as who goes and who stays, are most certainly 'depressingly familiar'! I have three grown-up children and I want to say to them, 'Don't go. There have never been so many of us on the island; we have never been so able, so educated, and so independent; the parasitic institutions that exploit and dominate, together with threir thread-bare icons, have never been so much discredited; and there has never been so little economic opportunity (for the English-speaking mono-linguists that so many of us are) elsewhere. Stay and make real change happen - at long last!'. But I know my own country and in my heart I just can't make myself believe it...

Ultan

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The ones still there are the "survivors"--perhaps one might even say the "predators"--to cite the titles of two of America's more viciously Social Darwinian "reality" TV shows. What Joe Lee called "the possessing classes." They got all the property "lost" or "forfeited" by the evictions and/or emigration of the poor majority. I'm sorry, but doesn't this all sound very familiar?
Kerby


On 10/21/10 2:56 PM, "Patrick O'Sullivan" wrote:

From: ultancowley[at]eircom.net
To: The Irish Diaspora Studies List
Subject: Re: [IR-D] Book Review, New Guests of the Irish Nation, By Bryan
Fanning

Applying the term 'emigrant nation' to the Irish in Ireland is profoundly
misleading in my opinion

In over a decade of public presentations, around most parts of rural
Ireland, of my own material (much of it in the form of first-hand accounts)
on Irish labour migration in 20C. Britain I have found surprisingly little
genuine empathy with, or true understanding of, the emigrant experience. In
fact indifference would be the predominant sentiment evinced by those
lacking first-hand knowledge of it.

Ultan Cowley

----- Original Message -----
From: "Patrick O'Sullivan"
To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Sent: Thursday, 21 October, 2010 12:09:44 GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland,
Portugal
Subject: [IR-D] Book Review, New Guests of the Irish Nation, By Bryan
Fanning

A very thoughtful book review by Agata Piekosz...

The review is quite long - key themes identified are Solidarity, Citizenship
Irish Identity

.

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Irish Music in the United States
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This Special Issue will interest many Ir-D members.

I have pasted in, below, the relevant section of the TOC. I do not =
usually include Abstracts in TOCs - because that makes for a long and =
clumsy email. But I think that the Abstracts are worth including here - =
to give some feel for the research subject matter and approaches.

P.O'S.

Journal of the Society for American Music

Table of Contents - Volume 4 - Special Issue 04 (Irish Music in the =
United States)

Introduction

Irish Music and Musicians in the United States: An Introduction
PAUL F. WELLS and SALLY K. SOMMERS SMITH
The Irish came early and often to America,=E2=80=9D quipped musicologist =
Charles Hamm in his landmark book Yesterdays: Popular Song in America. =
Although the largest waves of immigration occurred during the years of =
the potato famines in the 1840s and 1850s, the process began long before =
then and continues to the present day, albeit with many ebbs and flows =
in the stream. Today nearly 36.5 million people in the United States =
claim Irish ancestry.


Elias Howe, William Bradbury Ryan, and Irish Music in Nineteenth-Century =
Boston
PAUL F. WELLS
Ryan's Mammoth Collection is a compendium of fiddle tunes assembled by =
William Bradbury Ryan. Originally published in Boston in 1883 by Elias =
Howe, Jr., it has remained in print in one form or another ever since. =
It has been used as a source of tunes by many generations of fiddlers in =
different stylistic traditions, but its value as a descriptive document =
of the repertoire of late-nineteenth-century Boston, particularly the =
Irish community in that city, has largely been overlooked. Ryan, rather =
than Capt. Francis O'Neill of Chicago, should be regarded as the first =
great documentarian of Irish traditional music in the United States.


An Eventful Life Remembered: Recent Considerations of the Contributions =
and Legacy of Francis O'Neill
SALLY K. SOMMERS SMITH
Francis O'Neill, one of the towering figures of Irish traditional music, =
was among the first to collect and publish Irish dance music. His =
compilations form the most complete glimpse into Irish musical practice =
at the turn of the twentieth century and are still regarded as the =
definitive source for traditional tunes. Three recent publications on =
O'Neill and his times throw light on his life, his passion for the =
music, and his legacy among today's traditional music community.


Wheels of the World: How Recordings of Irish Traditional Music Bridged =
the Gap between Homeland and Diaspora
SCOTT SPENCER
At the dawn of the twentieth century and the height of the Recording =
Age, Irish American musicians began to record Irish traditional music on =
both commercial and subcommercial recordings. Circulated within the =
diaspora during a changing sense of Irish identity and sent home to a =
nationalist revival, these recordings had a profound impact on both =
traditional performance practices and modes of transmission. Quickly =
accepted by many at the heart of the tradition, these recordings were =
used by practitioners to bridge vast geographic distances and solidify =
vital lines of communication, allowing the diaspora to engage actively =
with the larger tradition.


The McNulty Family
preview
TED McGRAW
The McNulty Family was known as the royal family of Irish entertainers. =
They were the hottest Irish entertainment act on the East Coast, and =
perhaps in all of North America, from the 1930s through the 1950s. Ann =
=E2=80=9CMa=E2=80=9D McNulty was the leader; her son Peter played the =
violin and piano, sang, and danced; and her daughter Eileen sang and =
danced. They also acted and performed skits to accompany their songs and =
comedy routines. Their shows were a high-energy, fast-paced type of =
vaudeville event. Ann Burke was born in Kilteevan, County Roscommom, =
Ireland, in 1887 and emigrated to the United States in 1910. She married =
John McNulty in 1914 and was a widow by 1928. This emigrant, who played =
the melodeon, and her two talented children started to entertain people =
to make a living. At the height of their career in the early 1940s, in =
addition to appearing at several venues every week, they had two radio =
shows, wrote a weekly column for the Irish Advocate newspaper, and had =
released about eighty recordings. Their vaudeville style was an =
excellent compliment to their talents, where acting and dancing were =
part of the delivery of a song or comedy routine.


Paddy Cronin: Musical Influences on a Sliabh Luachra Fiddle Player in =
the United States
preview
MATT CRANITCH
In the world of Irish traditional music, Paddy Cronin from Sliabh =
Luachra in the southwest of Ireland is regarded as one of the =
tradition's exceptional fiddle players. Although his music exhibits many =
characteristics of the Sliabh Luachra tradition, it also has other =
elements and features, primarily from the Sligo style. A pupil of =
P=C3=A1draig O'Keeffe (the =E2=80=9CSliabh Luachra Fiddle =
Master=E2=80=9D), Cronin emigrated to Boston in 1949 and lived there for =
approximately forty years. Before he left Ireland, he had been familiar =
with the music of the Sligo masters, such as Michael Coleman and James =
Morrison, who had gone to the United States many years before him. In =
Boston Paddy met and played with many of the great Sligo musicians, and =
also had the opportunity to hear music in other styles, including that =
of Canadian musicians, whose use of piano accompaniment he admired =
greatly. This article considers his music before and after he left =
Ireland, and compares him to Coleman and Morrison by considering their =
respective performances of the reel =E2=80=9CFarewell to =
Ireland.=E2=80=9D


'Tis Like They Never Left: Locating =E2=80=9CHome=E2=80=9D in the Music =
of Sliabh Aughty's Diaspora
preview
TIM COLLINS
This article, which builds on research in the fields of Irish =
traditional music, place, and diaspora, focuses on a community of =
diasporic musicians from Sliabh Aughty, an upland region of =
approximately 250 square miles that encompasses the musical storehouses =
of east Clare and southeast Galway in the West of Ireland. It examines =
the importance of home for these musicians, who have been resident in =
the United States for many decades. Their personal music geographies are =
explored to ascertain how traditional Irish music plays a critical role =
in transcending their sense of dislocation and reconnecting them with =
=E2=80=9Chome.=E2=80=9D


No Yankee Doodling: Notable Trends and Traditional Recordings from Irish =
America
preview
EARLE HITCHNER
The emergence of the compact disc in 1979 was regarded as the likely =
sales salvation of recorded music, and for many years the CD reigned =
supreme, generating steady, often substantial, company profits. More =
recently, however, the music industry has painfully slipped a disc. The =
CD has been in sharp decline, propelled mainly by young consumer ire =
over price and format inflexibility and by Internet technology available =
to skirt or subvert both. Irish American traditional music has not been =
impervious to this downward trend in sales and to other challenging =
trends and paradigm shifts in recording and performing. Amid the tumult, =
Irish American traditional music has nevertheless shown a new resilience =
and fresh vitality through a greater do-it-yourself, do-more-with-less =
spirit of recording, even for established small labels. The five recent =
albums of Irish American traditional music reviewed here=E2=80=94three =
of which were released by the artists themselves=E2=80=94exemplify a =
trend of their own, preserving the best of the past without slavishly =
replicating it. If the new mantra of music making is adapt or disappear, =
then Irish American traditional music, in adapting to change free of any =
impulse to dumb down, is assured of robustly enduring.

SOURCE
http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayIssue?jid=3DSAM&volumeId=3D4&=
seriesId=3D0&issueId=3D04

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Political Discourse and Conflict Resolution: Debating Peace in
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Note that sections of this book are available to read on Amazon and on
Google Books.

Political Discourse and Conflict Resolution
Debating Peace in Northern Ireland
Edited by Katy Hayward, Catherine O'Donnell

ISBN: 978-0-415-56628-5
Publish Date: September 2nd 2010
Imprint: Routledge
Pages: 244 pages
Series: Routledge Studies in Peace and Conflict Resolution

1. Introduction: Political Discourse and Conflict Resolution Katy Hayward
2. Constructing Legitimacy in Political Discourse in the Early Phase of the
Troubles Sissel Rosland
3. Finding Consensus: Political Discourse in the Republic of Ireland on the
Troubles and Peace Process Catherine O'Donnell
4. Interpreting New Labour's Political Discourse on the Peace Process Aaron
Edwards
5. Discourse Worlds in Northern Ireland: The Legitimisation of the 1998
Agreement Laura Filardo-Llamas
6. 'Humespeak': The SDLP, Political Discourse and the Peace Process P. J.
McLoughlin
7. DUP Discourses on Violence and their Impact on the Peace Process Amber
Rankin and Gladys Ganiel
8. The Old Order Changeth - or Not? Modern Discourses within the Orange
Order James W. McAuley and Jonathan Tonge
9. Continuity and Change in the Discourse of Republican Former Prisoners
Peter Shirlow, Jonathan Tonge and James W. McAuley
10. Imagining 'A Shared Future': Post-Conflict Discourses on Peace-Building
Milena Komarova
11. Sectarian Demography: Dubious Discourses of Ethno-National Conflict Owen
McEldowney, James Anderson and Ian Shuttleworth
12. 'From Belfast to Baghdad.'?: Discourses of Northern Ireland's 'Model' of
Conflict Resolution Eamonn O'Kane
13. 'The IRA Are Not Al-Qaeda': 'New Terrorism' Discourse and Irish
Republicanism Mark McGovern
14. Debating Peace and Conflict in Northern Ireland: Towards a Narrative
Approach Adrian Little

http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415566285/

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Interesting list of Works Cited.

P.O'S.


Qualifying 'Nation': Plasticity, Diaspora and the Republic of Ireland
By Sean Campbell

On 23 June 2002 Britain's Observer newspaper ran the following headline
above a letters page featuring readers' views of the Republic of Ireland
football team, who had been knocked out of the World Cup in a penalty
shoot-out against Spain a week earlier:

'The Irish question: were they unlucky, plucky - or just a bunch of
Englishmen?' (10).
The ensuing debate, which began with a reader's complaint about the media's
persistent references to the "luck" and "pluck" (rather than skill and
imagination) of the Irish team, swiftly developed into a quarrel about the
putative 'authenticity' of the Irish players. "By my reckoning", claimed one
reader, "the 'Irish' squad contains 12 Englishmen. These players can claim
they are Irish till the cows come home, but does anyone believe them?"(10).

These sentiments, predicated on the assumption that second-generation Irish
people (i.e. those born to immigrant Irish parents in England) have no
credible claim to Irishness, and therefore should not be permitted to
represent the country of their parents, were manifest in a variety of ways
in British media discourses throughout the World Cup.

There was, for example, the customary designation of the second-generation
as "plastic Paddies" (Match of the World Cup, BBC1, 29 May 2002), a
pejorative term that denotes the perceived inauthenticity of this
generation's identification with Irishness. During the live broadcast of
Ireland's high-profile game against Germany, meanwhile, veteran football
commentator Clive Tyldesley described the Republic's manager, Mick McCarthy,
as "an adopted Irishman" (ITV, 5 June 2002), a term that is typically used
to denote managers - such as Ireland's previous coach, Jack Charlton - who
have no national, ethnic or familial connections with the nation they
represent. McCarthy, however, qualifies to represent Ireland through his
Irish parentage, being a key member of the Irish squad throughout the late
1980s and early 1990s, and captaining the most successful Republic side of
all-time in the quarter-finals of the World Cup at Italia '90 (Byrne,
155-163). Such credentials are apparently insufficient, though, for the
British media to present McCarthy, and his current crop of
English-born/Irish-descent players, as anything other than Anglo...

...One might reasonably assume that the inclusion of such players in the
national squad would increase public awareness (on both sides of the Irish
sea) of the hyphenated and hybrid forms of diasporic identification that
mark the second-generation Irish in England (Ullah, 312). Indeed, for
academics such as Michael Holmes, the selection of English-born players has
"contributed to a far greater awareness and appreciation of the Irish
diaspora"(93). As I have already suggested, however, the British media's
handling of the current Irish team has hardly been characterised by such
"awareness" or "appreciation". Perhaps more surprising, though, is the fact
that such attributes have also been absent in Ireland, not least among
supporters of the national side.

In an ethnographic study of Irish football fans, for instance, Marcus Free
demonstrates the various ways in which Irish-born supporters have
endeavoured to differentiate themselves from the second-generation.
Primarily, this has been achieved by deriding the latter as "plastic
Paddies". But Free also records an incident on a train in Portugal - where
the Republic were playing a crucial qualifying game - when a group of fans
from Dublin responded to the presence of second-generation supporters by
ridiculing their English accents and displaying "a degree of bitterness"
towards them (224)...

FULL TEXT AT
http://reviews.media-culture.org.au/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1
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Forwarded on behalf of Dr. Eamon Maher.

2011 AFIS (Association for Franco-Irish Studies) CONFERENCE
UNIVERSITE DE LILLE 3, 27-28 MAY 2011
THE IRISH IN FRANCE AND THE FRENCH IN IRELAND
=A0
=A0
The city of Lille had longstanding historical links with Ireland =
even
before the Irish College was established there in 1610. Irish military
regiments were billeted in the region and it is common knowledge that =
the
unfortunate General Dillon, who defended the besieged city during the =
French
Revolution, was savagely murdered by its inhabitants. In contrast, =
priests
trained in Lille were sent to carry out their ministry in the province =
of
Leinster throughout the 17th and 18th centuries. For these reasons, the =
city
is an ideal setting for an academic meeting of minds on the theme of the
movement of people between France and Ireland.

The organizing committee of the Universit=E9 de Lille 3 is thus
delighted to host the 7th annual conference of AFIS (Association for
Franco-Irish Studies). In keeping with the established practice of the
Association, we seek 20-25 minute papers that will be as =
multidisciplinary
and interdisciplinary as possible. The main objective is to identify =
signs
of cross-fertilization by assessing how each country viewed the other =
and by
exploring the extent to which visitors in both directions at different
periods adapted to a culture that was foreign to them. Speakers are =
invited
to concentrate on travellers from diverse backgrounds: soldiers, =
priests,
monks, merchants, intellectuals, politicians, rebels, writers, =
musicians,
painters, journalists, photographers, students, academics. The =
political,
religious, economic, cultural and artistic history of France and Ireland
resonates with the shared heritage of several journeys in both =
directions
from as early as the Middle Ages up to the present day. The conference =
will
analyse these geographical and cultural displacements with a view to
highlighting their contribution to forging the special links between the =
two
countries.

The various panels will be structured along thematic and
chronological lines in order to ensure a coherence to the 2 days=92
deliberations. We welcome proposals from the areas of history, =
literature,
sociology, philosophy, political science and theology.=20

Again, in keeping with the AFIS tradition, a sample of the papers
will be published. The keynote speakers will be announced in due course.
Postgraduate panels are strongly encouraged.

=A0Abstracts of no more than 200 words should be sent to =
Professor
Catherine Maignant on or before the 15 January 2011.=20

Contacts: Catherine Maignant =96 catherine.maignant[at]univ-lille3.fr
Jean-Fran=E7ois Delcroix =96 jean-fran=E7ois.delcroix[at]univ-lille3.fr
=A0
Dr. Eamon Maher,
Director,
National Centre for Franco-Irish Studies,
IT Tallaght,
Dublin 24.
http://www.ittdublin.ie/ncfis/
Tel: 00 353 1 4042871
Email: eamon.maher[at]ittdublin.ie
=A0
=A0
=A0

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Lonely Death in New York Sparks Census

By Ray O'Hanlon

Study inspired by immigrant's lonely death

It was the lonely death of Mayo man Tony Gallagher that inspired the idea of
carrying out a census of the number and needs older Irish people living in
the U.S.

And what will be a first of its kind was launched in Long Island City,
Queens last week.

The Gallagher Initiative, as the study will be known, was set in by The Fund
for the Advancement of Social Services through the office of New York
Senator Charles Schumer.

The project is a response to the sadness and outrage felt by many Irish-born
and Irish Americans when they learned of the death of Tony Gallagher, a
72-year-old native of County Mayo who died alone at his home in Queens in
December 2008 and whose body wasn't discovered for over a week.

According to a release, the objective of the Gallagher Project is to
identify and learn how older Irish are coping and to make informed
recommendations to service providers about service needs and gaps in the
community.

Led by faculty members from Fordham University and Hunter College, the study
director is Dr. Elaine Walsh ofHunter College.

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http://www.irishamericannews.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&i
d=1810:lonely-death-in-new-york-sparks-census&catid=82:usa&Itemid=199

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'From Angela's Ashes to the Celtic Tiger: Early Life Conditions
and Adult Health in Ireland
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Journal of Health Economics

Article in Press, Accepted Manuscript - Note to users: The section
"Articles in Press" contains peer reviewed accepted articles to be published
in this journal. When the final article is assigned to an issue of the
journal, the "Article in Press" version will be removed from this section
and will appear in the associated published journal issue


'From Angela's Ashes to the Celtic Tiger: Early Life Conditions and Adult
Health in Ireland'

Liam Delaneya, 1, , Mark McGovernb, 2, and James P. Smithc, ,
a Lecturer UCD School of Economics & UCD School of Public Health &
Population Science, UCD Geary Institute, University College Dublin,
Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
b UCD Geary Institute, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4,
Ireland
c RAND Corporation, 1776 Main Street, P.O. Box 2138, Santa Monica, CA
90401-3208, U.S.A
Received 12 May 2010; revised 28 September 2010; accepted 4 October 2010.
Available online 10 October 2010.

Abstract
We use data from the Irish census and exploit regional and temporal
variation in infant mortality rates over the 20th century to examine effects
of early life conditions on later life health. The urban mortality penalty
collapsed in Ireland in the years right after World War II. Our main
identification is public health interventions centered on improved
sanitation and food safety, which we believed played a leading role in
eliminating the Irish urban infant mortality penalty. Our estimates suggest
that a unit decrease in mortality rates at time of birth reduces the
probability of being disabled as an adult by about 12% to 18%.

Keywords: Earlt Life Conditions- infant mortality; disability

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Subject: CFP 1981 - 2011: The Irish Hunger Strikes 30 Years On,
Huddersfield, May 2011
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Subject: CfP: 1981 - 2011: The Irish Hunger Strikes 30 Years On

1981 =96 2011: The Irish Hunger Strikes 30 Years On.
Conference: 19 =96 20 May 2011, University of Huddersfield

To mark the thirtieth anniversary of the Irish Republican hunger strikes =
of
1981, the University of Huddersfield will host a multidisciplinary
conference reflecting on the broad political and social legacies of the
strikes.

The strikes proved to be pivotal in the history of the conflict in =
Northern
Ireland and political relations on the Island. Before its close, the =
hunger
strikes, led by Bobby Sands, the Officer Commanding the IRA in Long =
Kesh,
saw ten men die (another 13 survived). The consequences were widespread, =
not
least in the huge levels of international interest and sympathy raised =
for
those involved and in the broader political situation on the Island. The
strikes proved a core point of mobilization across many Nationalist =
areas,
resulting in an increased level of political support for Sinn F=E9in =
(that
quickly manifested in two by-elections and a general election in the
Republic of Ireland). These provided the first steps in the emergence =
of
Sinn F=E9in as a significant political force in Northern Ireland and =
their
eventual turn towards a peace process and full scale engagement in
democratic politics.

More widely the strikes also brought about much-changed relationships
between the British and Irish governments, initially resting on the fear
that Sinn F=E9in would overtake the Social Democratic and Labour Party =
to
become the main representative of the Catholic population of Northern
Ireland. Thus, another political consequence of the hunger strikes may =
also
be seen as a core reason for closer working government relationships
beginning with the signing the Anglo-Irish Agreement on 15 November =
1985,
setting in motion a series of such initiatives culminating in the Good
Friday Agreement of 1998.

The hunger strikes, however, continue to divide the Republican movement =
with
regards to their aims and outcomes. Some see the strikes as paving the =
way
for the shift from militarism into electoral politics and the on-going =
peace
process in Northern Ireland. Others are more circumspect and continue to
question the extent to which those strikers who died would condone the
political legacy of the hunger strikes and the subsequent positioning of
Irish Republicanism. The impact of the hunger strikes of May 1981 has =
not
been confined to the Republican movement, however, and critical analysis =
of
the subject is not limited to the field of politics.

Paper proposals are therefore invited assessing the broad social, =
cultural
and political legacy of the period. Topics may include (but are not =
limited
to):
=B7 The legacy of the strikes for Irish Republicanism
1 The strikes=92 impact on Loyalism and Unionism;
2 The strikes=92 role in internationalizing the Troubles;
3 Hunger striking and figurations of the body;
4 Representations of the strikes in popular culture, film, fiction =
and
art;
5 The strikes and the media;
6 The strikes and the concept of self-sacrifice;
7 Memory, commemoration and memorialisation of the strikes;
8 The role of religion in political conflict;
=91Dissidents=92 and the legacy of the strikes.

Proposals for 20-minute papers of no more than 200 words in length and
accompanied by a short biographical overview should be sent to:=20

Conference.presentations07[at]hud.ac.uk

.=20

The deadline for submission is January 17 2010.

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Dear Paddy,

Many thanks for picking up this article, which I wrote in 2002 in response
to a CFP for short essays on that year's World Cup.

The issues that the essay highlights are more fully explored in a
forthcoming book to be published this year by Cork University Press.

http://corkuniversitypress.com/=93Irish_Blood,_English_Heart=94:_Second_Gen=
eration_Irish_Musicians_in_England_/323/

All best,
Sean.


On 26 October 2010 20:41, Patrick O'Sullivan wr=
ote:

> The following item has appeared on the M/C Reviews web site...
>
> Interesting list of Works Cited.
>
> P.O'S.
>
>
> Qualifying 'Nation': Plasticity, Diaspora and the Republic of Ireland
> By Sean Campbell
>
> On 23 June 2002 Britain's Observer newspaper ran the following headline
> above a letters page featuring readers' views of the Republic of Ireland
> football team, who had been knocked out of the World Cup in a penalty
> shoot-out against Spain a week earlier:
>
> 'The Irish question: were they unlucky, plucky - or just a bunch of
> Englishmen?' (10).
> The ensuing debate, which began with a reader's complaint about the media=
's
> persistent references to the "luck" and "pluck" (rather than skill and
> imagination) of the Irish team, swiftly developed into a quarrel about th=
e
> putative 'authenticity' of the Irish players. "By my reckoning", claimed
> one
> reader, "the 'Irish' squad contains 12 Englishmen. These players can clai=
m
> they are Irish till the cows come home, but does anyone believe them?"(10=
).
>
> These sentiments, predicated on the assumption that second-generation Iri=
sh
> people (i.e. those born to immigrant Irish parents in England) have no
> credible claim to Irishness, and therefore should not be permitted to
> represent the country of their parents, were manifest in a variety of way=
s
> in British media discourses throughout the World Cup.
>
> There was, for example, the customary designation of the second-generatio=
n
> as "plastic Paddies" (Match of the World Cup, BBC1, 29 May 2002), a
> pejorative term that denotes the perceived inauthenticity of this
> generation's identification with Irishness. During the live broadcast of
> Ireland's high-profile game against Germany, meanwhile, veteran football
> commentator Clive Tyldesley described the Republic's manager, Mick
> McCarthy,
> as "an adopted Irishman" (ITV, 5 June 2002), a term that is typically use=
d
> to denote managers - such as Ireland's previous coach, Jack Charlton - wh=
o
> have no national, ethnic or familial connections with the nation they
> represent. McCarthy, however, qualifies to represent Ireland through his
> Irish parentage, being a key member of the Irish squad throughout the lat=
e
> 1980s and early 1990s, and captaining the most successful Republic side o=
f
> all-time in the quarter-finals of the World Cup at Italia '90 (Byrne,
> 155-163). Such credentials are apparently insufficient, though, for the
> British media to present McCarthy, and his current crop of
> English-born/Irish-descent players, as anything other than Anglo...
>
> ...One might reasonably assume that the inclusion of such players in the
> national squad would increase public awareness (on both sides of the Iris=
h
> sea) of the hyphenated and hybrid forms of diasporic identification that
> mark the second-generation Irish in England (Ullah, 312). Indeed, for
> academics such as Michael Holmes, the selection of English-born players h=
as
> "contributed to a far greater awareness and appreciation of the Irish
> diaspora"(93). As I have already suggested, however, the British media's
> handling of the current Irish team has hardly been characterised by such
> "awareness" or "appreciation". Perhaps more surprising, though, is the fa=
ct
> that such attributes have also been absent in Ireland, not least among
> supporters of the national side.
>
> In an ethnographic study of Irish football fans, for instance, Marcus Fre=
e
> demonstrates the various ways in which Irish-born supporters have
> endeavoured to differentiate themselves from the second-generation.
> Primarily, this has been achieved by deriding the latter as "plastic
> Paddies". But Free also records an incident on a train in Portugal - wher=
e
> the Republic were playing a crucial qualifying game - when a group of fan=
s
> from Dublin responded to the presence of second-generation supporters by
> ridiculing their English accents and displaying "a degree of bitterness"
> towards them (224)...
>
> FULL TEXT AT
>
> http://reviews.media-culture.org.au/modules.php?name=3DNews&file=3Darticl=
e&sid=3D1
> 860
>

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Perhaps of interest

From: Hillary Flynn [mailto:hillary[at]irishamericancrossroads.org]
Sent: Friday, October 29, 2010 2:38 AM
To: Irish-American Crossroads
Subject: CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS - Irish-American Writing Contest

Dear Friends of the Written Word:

We would be very grateful if you could distribute this information broadly.

Thank you.

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CROSSROADS
Irish-American Festival - San Francisco

* * *

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

A Call For Submissions:
First Ever Irish-American Writing Contest

The Crossroads Irish-American Festival, in an effort to support and develop=
the voices of Irish-American writing, announces the launch of the first ev=
er Irish-American Writing Contest. With first prize of $300, this contest =
invites the submission of memoir focused on the meaning of an Irish-America=
n heritage, whether that heritage be singularly Irish-American or entwined =
with the other heritages.

The Crossroads Irish-American Festival is interested in the varied and mult=
iple ways in which one can be "Irish" in "America." In this sense, to be I=
rish-American means that one can be first or fifth generation, with or with=
out a diversity of other ethnic/racial inheritances.

"To be Irish-American can mean that one hails from Boise, Brooklyn, Buenos =
Aires, San Francisco, Halifax, Montserrat or Fairbanks. In other words, we=
define Irish-American as inclusive of the Americas," says Margaret McPeake=
, co-Producer of the Crossroads Festival. "In addition, we are interested =
in all of the possible ways that the Irish have impacted and shaped experie=
nce, identity, culture and society in each and every corner of the Americas=
."

Crossroads starts with memoir in this inaugural writing contest as it has b=
een a strength in Irish-American expression. From Maureen Howard to Frank =
McCourt, Michael Patrick MacDonald to Maureen Waters, skillful hands have m=
apped important aspects of Irish-American experience.

"We've chosen memoir, in particular, as we believe it will give writers the=
greatest opportunity to relate both the experience of this heritage and th=
e meaning of that experience to their lives," says Hillary Flynn, co-Produc=
er of the Crossroads Festival. "Our cultural inheritance is deep and rich. =
And, each of us continues to manifest this legacy through the experience o=
f our lives, daily lived. This contest presents an opportunity for writers=
to convey ways in which their cultural legacy is made real to them and by =
them, as well as why these questions of inheritance matter to the writer an=
d, indeed, to any of us."

Through this contest, we endeavor to spur and support the development of me=
moir from new and aspiring writers, wishing to add their voice to this grow=
ing repository of tradition.

Writers are asked to please submit previously unpublished work (English lan=
guage only) of up to 3,000 words. Deadline: December 31, 2010. Electronic=
submissions only. For more information please go to: www.irishamericancro=
ssroads.org. Please make submissio=
ns to info[at]irishamericancrossroads.org. Entry fee: $15.

All writers who submit entries to this writing contest will be invited to r=
ead an excerpt of their submission at the Crossroads Irish-American Festiva=
l in March 2011. We will host a reading during the Festival with date, tim=
e and location to be determined.

First Place Award: $300. Additionally, the winner will be invited to partic=
ipate in the Crossroads Irish-American Festival in March 2011 by reading an=
excerpt from his/her submission at a Festival event, as described above. T=
he Festival will pay for the cost of the winner's round-trip airfare to/fro=
m San Francisco plus a two night stay (one person) at a San Francisco Hotel=
.

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