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Subject: UK not learnt lessons from counter-terrorism policies,
says research
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UK not learnt lessons from counter-terrorism policies, says research

London, July 7, IRNA - The British government has failed to learn lessons
about the impact on Muslims of counter-terrorism measures similar to the
fallout on Irish in the UK at the height of the Northern Ireland conflict in
the 1970s, according to new research published Thursday.

The research, entitled 'Suspect communities'; Counter-terrorism Policy, the
Press, and the impact on Irish communities and Muslim communities in
Britain, warns that ideas underpinning counter-terrorism and the way
politicians, policy-makers and the media discuss who might be responsible
for bombings, have not changed over four decades.

"While the focus of counter-terrorism policy remains fixed on rooting out
extreme ideas it encourages the public to treat Muslims as potential
'suspects' or legitimate objects of abuse," says the report published by
London Metropolitan University (LMU).

"the frequent mention in the same breath in public debate of 'innocent
Irish' and 'Irish terrorists' or 'moderate Muslims' and 'Muslim extremists'
means that 'law-abiding' Irish and Muslim communities are always defined in
relation to 'extremists'," said Professor Mary Hickman, director of the
research.

The report found that ambiguity surrounding who is an 'extremist' or a
'terrorist' has resulted in "hostile responses in everyday life - at work,
in shops, on the street - from members of the public who think they are
under threat towards those they associate with that threat."

FULL TEXT AT

http://www.irna.ir/ENNewsShow.aspx?NID=30466558&SRCH=1

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Subject: Book Notice,
No Closure: Catholic Practice and Boston's Parish Shutdowns
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In 2004 the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston announced plans to close or
merge more than eighty parish churches. Scores of Catholics-28,000, by the
archdiocese's count-would be asked to leave their parishes. The closures
came just two years after the first major revelations of clergy sexual abuse
and its cover up. Wounds from this profound betrayal of trust had not
healed.

In the months that followed, distraught parishioners occupied several
churches in opposition to the closure decrees. Why did these accidental
activists resist the parish closures, and what do their actions and
reactions tell us about modern American Catholicism? Drawing on extensive
fieldwork and with careful attention to Boston's Catholic history, Seitz
tells the stories of resisting Catholics in their own words, and illuminates
how they were drawn to reconsider the past and its meanings. We hear them
reflect on their parishes and the sacred objects and memories they hold, on
the way their personal histories connect with the history of their
neighborhood churches, and on the structures of authority in Catholicism.

Resisters describe how they took their parishes and religious lives into
their own hands, and how they struggled with everyday theological questions
of respect and memory; with relationships among religion, community, place,
and comfort; and with the meaning of the local church. *No Closure *is a
story of local drama and pathos, but also a path of inquiry into broader
questions of tradition and change as they shape Catholics' ability to make
sense of their lives in a secular world.

http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674053021

See also

http://www.fordham.edu/academics/programs_at_fordham_/theology/faculty/john_
c_seitz_30546.asp

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Hello Paddy,
Ireland House has been asked to distribute this announcement.
Thanks for you help,
Marion




Hello,

I am trying to locate the correct venue through which I could advertise the
New England branch of the American Conference for Irish Studies that will
occur at Bridgewater State University in Massachusetts this fall (October
14-15). Please find the information listed below. I would greatly
appreciate a reply indicating that this information has been sent to the
correct address. I am wondering if there is an NYU site for conference
announcements that I have been unable to access. Thank you so much!

Call for Papers: New England ACIS

Bridgewater State University

October 14-15, 2011

Who's Afraid of the Celtic Tiger?
Economics, Trade and the Undead in Irish Culture
The death of the Celtic Tiger has risen to the forefront of many debates
concerning twenty-first-century economics in Ireland. Various literary and
historical perspectives attempt to make sense of Ireland's modernity and
nationhood by challenging, celebrating and sometimes even slaying a
metaphorical Celtic Tiger. What do we mean when we refer to the Celtic
Tiger? Is the Celtic Tiger really dead? Will the death of economic
prosperity lead to a reanimation of previous cultural and literary
formations in Ireland? Should we be afraid of the (un)dead Celtic Tiger? The
2011 New England ACIS regional conference will explore the topic of Irish
culture, trade and economics. Papers in all Irish Studies disciplines are
encouraged, as are all papers on Irish subjects that do not specifically
address the conference theme. Graduate students are particularly encouraged
to participate. Proposals for panels are welcome.

Papers should not exceed 20 minutes in length.

Please send abstracts of no more than 250 words to:

Ellen Scheible
Assistant Professor
Department of English
Bridgewater State University
escheible[at]bridgew.edu

The deadline for submission is September 2, 2011.

Conference website: http://www.bridgew.edu/English/NewEnglandACIS/

There are a number of hotels in the greater Boston area where conference
attendees make book reservations for their stay. The official conference
hotel is the Fairfield Inn Plymouth Middleboro. There are a number of rooms
reserved at a conference rate for the weekend. Please mention the NEACIS at
Bridgewater State University when booking reservations. The last day to
reserve a room at the conference rate is September 14.

Hotel info:
http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/pymfm-fairfield-inn-plymouth-middleboro/

Dr. Ellen Scheible
Bridgewater State University
Department of English
Tillinghast 210
Bridgewater, MA 02325
escheible[at]bridgew.edu



William H. Mulligan, Jr.
Professor of History
Murray State University
Murray KY 42071-3341 USA
1-270-809-6571 (phone)
1-270-809-6587 (fax)





--
Bill Mulligan
Professor of History
Murray State University

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The number of academics who have now joined the Undershaw support group had
reached 209, and my thanks to those on this list who have signed up.

Interestingly, while supporters from England and the US form the largest
groups, the response from Ireland and Scotland, Doyle's ancestral and natal
countries, has been lukewarm - indeed behind that from Belgium and Portugal.
This makes a short footnote to our discussions of commemoration, identity
etc.

Always room for more signatories, of course !

Happy Quatorze Juillet,

David

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Ghosts of Irish Famine in J. G. Farrell's The Siege of Krishnapur
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The Journal of Commonwealth Literature June 2011 vol. 46 no. 2 275-292

Ghosts of Irish Famine in J. G. Farrell's The Siege of Krishnapur
Alan Johnson
Idaho State University, Pocatello, USA

Abstract

This essay argues that Anglo-Irish author J. G. Farrell's 1973 Booker
Prize-winning novel, in emphasizing the starvation of besieged Britishers
during the so-called Mutiny of 1857, implicitly recalls the starvation of
the Irish during the Great Famine of the 1840s. The potency of this
tropological trace enables Farrell to satirize imperialism and, in the
1970s, imperial nostalgia, more effectively. By outlining the historical
link between tropes of Irish figures and Indian rebels, and by highlighting
Farrell's echo of these tropes, the essay shows that the novel's
descriptions of food and hunger, for example, establish an unstated
correspondence between these near-contemporaneous events that exposes the
vacuity of imperialism and imperial nostalgia.

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War In History July 2011 vol. 18 no. 3 304-332

The Irish Landed Class and the British Army, 1850-1950
Nicholas Perry
Trinity College Dublin, perry121[at]btinternet.com

Abstract

The Irish landed class in the late nineteenth and first half of the
twentieth centuries played a very prominent role in the officer corps of all
three British armed services, particularly the army. There exists, however,
no systematic examination of the background of these officers or the scale
of the Irish gentry's military involvement during what was a politically
turbulent period in Ireland. This article, based on an analysis of over 1000
Irish landed families, looks at the number of men from these families
commissioned between 1850 and 1950; where they came from, socially and
geographically; the regiments they joined; and the impact on them of the two
world wars.

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=20
Departmental Lectureship in Migration Studies (ref: 100489)
=20
Grade 8: Salary =A336,862 - =A344,016 p.a.
=20
The Department of International Development (ODID) invites applications =
for
a full time, three-year fixed term appointment to a Departmental
Lecturership to start in January 2012 or as soon as possible thereafter.
The appointment will be associated with the International Migration
Institute, a leading research group within the department.
=20
The postholder will be responsible for teaching on the MSc (Migration
Studies) degree, in particular the methodology paper, the core courses
(shared with others), and on a topic of specialist knowledge. The =
postholder
will also engage in syllabus development, supervise short theses and act =
as
an examiner. The MSc (Migration Studies) is taught on a joint course =
with
the School of Anthropology particularly the Centre on Migration and =
Society
(COMPAS).
=20
The required qualifications include a doctorate in social science, with
specialist qualifications in methodology and migration studies, =
demonstrated
through advanced research, familiarity with statistical analysis and
publication in the field. Significant teaching experience is required, =
at
both undergraduate and graduate levels. The Departmental Lecturer will =
be
required to be based in Oxford.
=20
Informal enquiries about the post may be directed to the Chair of =
Examiners
for the MSc in Migration Studies, Dr Oliver Bakewell (tel: 01865 271902,
email: oliver.bakewell[at]qeh.ox.ac.uk).
=20
Applications for this vacancy are to be made online. To apply for this =
role
and for further details, including a job description and selection =
criteria,
please click on the link below:
=20
https://www.recruit.ox.ac.uk/pls/hrisliverecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.jo=
bsp
ec?p_id=3D100489

You will be required to upload a supporting statement and CV as part of =
your
online application.
=20
Only applications received before midday on Monday 15 August 2011 can be
considered.
=20
It is expected that interviews will take place on Tuesday 27 September =
2011.
=20
=20
Dr Hein de Haas
Senior Research Officer
International Migration Institute
Oxford Dept of International Development
3 Mansfield Road Oxford OX1 3TB
E: hein.dehaas[at]qeh.ox.ac.uk
W:www.imi.ox.ac.uk
Personal website: www.heindehaas.com
Blog: heindehaas.blogspot.com
Twitter: [at]heindehaas
DEMIG website: www.migrationdeterminants.eu

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Forwarded on behalf of
Peter Lang Publishing Group =20

Mairead Conneely
Between Two Shores / Idir Dh=E1 Chladach: Writing the Aran Islands, =
1890-1980.
(Reimagining Ireland, Peter Lang)
=A0
This book examines the literary, cultural and metaphorical importance of =
the
Aran Islands through a comparative analysis of Emily Lawless's Grania: =
The
Story of an Island (1892), J. M. Synge's The Aran Islands (1907), Liam =
=D3
Flaithearta's D=FAil (1953) and M=E1irt=EDn =D3 Dire=E1in's D=E1nta: =
1939-1979 (1980).
It draws on hypotheses from postcolonial, utopian and island studies, =
and
focuses in particular on the power of language and the significance of =
the
dialectic of place and space.

The author employs a variety of approaches from the fields of =
cartography,
history, geology and cultural studies, in order to give a comprehensive
picture of the Aran Islands' importance through the centuries. In its
intertextual nature, Between Two Shores emphasises the significance of
investigating and studying the literature of Irish and international
islands, and the Aran Islands in particular. While employing an =
insider's
approach, the author also gives voice to the contribution of the =
outsider.
The liminal existences described here are a testament to the cultural =
and
interspatial identities of people and writers who negotiate both shores,
both linguistic codes and both interpretations of the fixed or fluid =
island
space. This book illuminates the versions and visions of Aran that have =
been
written and that today help to characterise Ireland's most idealised
Islands.=20
=A0
=A0
Contents: Comparative literature - Irish language literature - Aran =
Islands
- island studies - Power of language - Place and space - Desire - =
Nostalgia
- Cartography - Utopian theory and literature - Postcolonial theory and
literature - Island spaces.
=A0
Mair=E9ad Conneely teaches Irish and lectures in Irish-language =
literature at
the University of Limerick. Her next project will be a biography of =
M=E1irt=EDn
=D3 Dire=E1in and she is also engaged in a study of contemporary =
Irish-language
drama.=20
=A0
http://www.peterlang.com/index.cfm?event=3Dcmp.ccc.seitenstruktur.details=
eiten
&seitentyp=3Dprodukt&pk=3D54501&concordeid=3D430144

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Subject: Report by Commission of Investigation into Catholic Diocese of
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There has been much comment within Ireland and throughout the world, in the
formal media and elsewhere, on the publication of

Report by Commission of Investigation into Catholic Diocese of Cloyne

The text of the Report can be downloaded at DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND
EQUALITY web site

http://www.justice.ie/en/JELR/Pages/Cloyne_Rpt

I have pasted in here the paragraphs from the Report that give some context.

'1.1 The Dublin Archdiocese Commission of Investigation was established
in March 2006 to report on the handling by Church and State authorities of a
representative sample of allegations and suspicions of child sexual abuse
against clerics operating under the aegis of the Archdiocese of Dublin over
the period 1975 - 2004. The report of the Commission was published (with
some redaction as a result of court orders) in November 2009. Towards the
end of its remit, on 31 March 2009, the Government asked the Commission to
carry out a similar investigation into the Catholic Diocese of Cloyne.

1.2 During the Cloyne investigation the Commission examined all
complaints, allegations, concerns and suspicions of child sexual abuse by
relevant clerics made to the diocesan and other Catholic Church authorities
and public and State authorities in the period 1 January 1996 - 1 February
2009...

1.5 The context of this report differs significantly from the context of the
Commission's Report into the Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin. It deals with
allegations made in the period after 1996, the year in which the Catholic
Church in Ireland put in place detailed procedures for dealing with child
sexual abuse and two years after the State had been convulsed by the Fr
Brendan Smyth case. This meant that the so-called 'learning curve' which it
was claimed excused very poor handling of complaints in other dioceses in
the past could not have had any basis or relevance in Cloyne...'

Discussion and comment can be found, for example, at

Cloyne abuse report - How little has been learned
http://www.examiner.ie/opinion/editorial/cloyne-abuse-report--how-little-has
-been-learned-160970.html

Statement by the Archbishop of Cashel and Emly Dermot Clifford, D.D.
Apostolic Administrator, Diocese of Cloyne
http://www.cloynediocese.ie/

Main points: Commission of Investigation into the catholic diocese of Cloyne
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/0714/1224300713020.html

A web search for CLOYNE REPORT will find much more.

P.O'S.

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I know that many Ir-D members like to know about these offers - it is a
chance to browse and collect. It is not a particularly generous offer -
only 2 recent years are available.

But it gets you, for example, the Journal of American Studies and =
reviews of


James Silas Rogers and Matthew J. O'Brien (eds.), After the Flood: Irish
America, 1945=961960

'...After the Flood fills an important gap (post-Depression; pre-JFK) in
scholarship of Irish America, and, indeed, the contributors do not =
ignore
the historiography of this scholarship itself. Fittingly, Charles =
Fanning
concludes the collection by noting the foundation of the American =
Committee
for Irish Studies (now the American Conference for Irish Studies) in
1960...'

James T. Fisher, On the Irish Waterfront: The Crusader, the Movie, and =
the
Soul of the Port of New York

'...a fascinating exploration of the Port of New York's Irish American
communities during the first half of the twentieth century; of the =
campaign
by a Jesuit =93labor priest,=94 Father John M. =93Pete=94 Corridan, to =
break the
code of silence that enabled dockside racketeering to flourish...'

P.O'S.

All Cambridge Journals are free to access for 6 weeks
No need to register

http://journals.cambridge.org/action/login

http://journals.cambridge.org/images/fileUpload/images/Free_Access_July_2=
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_PR.aap.htm

Dear Colleague,

We've made all articles published in Cambridge Journals in 2009 and 2010
free to access for 6 weeks, from 15th July until 30th August 2011.

Why now?

Cambridge Journals have enjoyed accelerating success in recent years =
with
increasing numbers of journals published, improved impact factors and
multiple enhancements made to Cambridge Journals Online=20
(CJO).=A0 Usage has increased exponentially with the digitisation of new =
and
archive content and more people are now able to access Cambridge =
Journals
than ever before.

We want to celebrate this success with our loyal customers, and we also =
want
to give new customers an opportunity to see what Cambridge Journals have =
to
offer.=20

We'd like to encourage anyone with an interest in serious academic =
research
to visit CJO and have a look around.

Kind regards,
Tristan Collier
Cambridge Journals

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Forwarded on behalf of
Matthew Spangler

Subject: ACIS West, San Jose, CA (Oct 21-23)

I want to let you know about the upcoming ACIS West in San Jose,
California.=A0 It will be held from October 21-23, 2011 in the campus =
library
at San Jose State University.=A0 The keynote speakers include:
=A0
(1) Dr. Patrick Lonergan Lecturer in English at NUI Galway and author of
THEATRE AND GLOBALIZATION;

(2) John Scott, Artistic Director of Dublin's Irish Modern Dance Theatre =
and
creator of FALL AND RECOVER, a dance performance featuring refugees to
Ireland.

The conference will include a wine reception, banquet, optional dinner, =
and
live performance events.=A0 The conference hotel is the San Jose =
Fairmont,
with a special rate of $109 for conference attendees:
http://www.fairmont.com/sanjose, though downtown San Jose has plenty of
additional hotel options.

Please note the deadline or registration is September 21, 2011.=A0 =
Please
don't hesitate to be in touch if you have any questions.

All the best,
Matthew Spangler


--=20
Matthew Spangler, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Performance Studies
Graduate Coordinator Theatre Arts
Department of Communication Studies
Department of TV, Radio, Film, and Theatre
San Jos=E9 State University
San Jos=E9, California

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Forwarded on behalf of
Colin Murphy [mailto:colinmurphy[at]me.com]=20

Radio Documentary, My Name is Lydia Foy

Patrick,

hope all well with you.

I wonder would you be interested in flagging my recent radio documentary =
on
the list - alternatively I could write a note.=A0

Available via iTunes or here:=A0
http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-my-name-is-lydia-foy-=
tra
nsgender-transsexual.html

It's the story of Lydia Foy, born transgendered in Athlone in 1947;
yesterday, Joan Burton welcomed the report of a committee recommending =
that
Lydia, and others like her, be given the right in law to legal identity =
in
their "new" or chosen gender. This was the culmination of a long and =
arduous
legal battle by Lydia, documented in the documentary.

http://www.welfare.ie/EN/Press/PressReleases/2011/Pages/pr140711.aspx

The relevance to the list is around the area of diaspora and
gender/sexuality issues. Lydia remained in Ireland (except, of course, =
for
her operation), but many like her left.=A0

I exchanged some thoughts with Piaras on this - to quote him:

"The more general point about the gay diaspora fits well with my own
experience of carrying out a dissertation in 1988 on the Irish in Paris =
- I
was surprised, although I shouldn't have been, at the number of people I
came across who were gay or lesbian. For=A0some of them (ironically, =
given the
precise content of the referendum) the last straw was the failed 1986
divorce referendum - people felt that if the country couldn't even budge =
on
that issue there was no hope. Another straw in the wind was when a =
student
of mine in the early 1990s was trying to do work on hiv-positive people =
in
the Munster area and basically found that most people, once they found =
they
were hiv-positive, left the country. Apart from the fact that it =
scuppered
her thesis subject, it was a comment in itself=A0 - what kind of country =
was
it that a person with a life-threatening medical condition felt obliged =
to
leave? I don't think=A0these hidden diasporas have been adequately =
documented
although there are exceptions like the work of Ann Maguire, Brendan Fay =
and
others=A0in ILGO in New York."

I'll leave it with you.

Regards

Colin.

Colin Murphy
[at]colinmurphyinfo
www.colinmurphy.ie
+353 (0) 87 122 6716

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Opening Tomorrow

There's not long to wait until the Museum of Liverpool opens to the public.
Have a look at some of the must-see highlights waiting for you inside.

http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/mol/

About the Museum of Liverpool

The Museum of Liverpool reflects the city's global significance through its
unique geography, history and culture. Visitors can explore the how the
port, its people, their creative and sporting history have shaped the city.
Find out more about the galleries and displays inside in the Your visit
section.

The museum is open from Tuesday 19 July 2011 in a purpose-built landmark
building on Liverpool's famous waterfront.

See some of the amazing spaces within the museum in this behind-the-scenes
video showing the galleries earlier this year during fit-out.

http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/mol/about/

Liverpool's new museum opens with McCartney show
Paul's brother Mike launches celebration of city's spirit in Britain's
biggest new museum for more than 100 years

..."I hope these images give some insight into the unique people this area
produces, and that their impossible-to-suppress, self-deprecating humour
shines out of the photographs."

That spirit is laced through the museum, which includes bitterly funny
comments, filmed interviews and objects donated by Liverpudlians - including
Mr J Mackin's 1992 Anfield Travel Club card. There are quotes from the late
community activist Margaret Simey - who, as chair of the Merseyside police
authority, questioned their actions in the Toxteth riots - "The magic of
Liverpool is that it isn't England" - and Beatle George Harrison - "Good
place to wash your hair, Liverpool, nice soft water."...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2011/jul/17/liverpool-museum-opening-paul-
mcccartney

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How far would you go to get a job?
Heard the one about the unemployed Irishman who put up a giant billboard =
asking for a job? Well, it worked. Here, people who took unorthodox =
approaches to finding their dream jobs explain what they did

Patrick Kingsley
guardian.co.uk,=09

As a child, Peep Show producer Robert Popper was involved in a plane =
crash above a remote corner of British Columbia. Miraculously, he was =
the sole survivor. Rescued by wolves, Popper lived in the wild for much =
of his teenage years, before finally making it back to England.

Unsurprisingly, this is all complete baloney, but there was a time when =
the narrative formed the bulk of Popper's CV...

...in May, 26-year-old F=C3=A9ilim Mac An Iomaire, a self-anointed =
"jobless paddy", spent his life-savings =E2=80=93 =E2=82=AC2,000 =
(=C2=A31,745), on a gargantuan hoarding that implored potential =
employers not to make him emigrate to find work.

"I said jokingly to a friend that I might have to get a billboard to get =
a job," remembers Galway-born Mac An Iomaire. "Then I realised I =
actually had just enough money to do it =E2=80=93 so I thought, why =
not?" Since returning last August from Australia, where he worked as a =
travel agent, Mac An Iomaire had made 200 job applications, reaching the =
interview stage only twice. But after shelling out for the billboard, =
interest in his services spiked. "I'm pretty familiar with social media, =
but I didn't expect it to go that crazy," he says. "I got supportive =
emails from Nicaragua and Brazil, lots of interview opportunities, and =
eventually four firm job offers." One was from betting group Paddy =
Power, where Mac An Iomaire now works as a communications executive. =
"It's my dream job," he says.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2011/jul/17/how-far-to-get-a-job?INTC=
MP=3DSRCH

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Can the list point me to recent historical scholarship on the Irish fishing=
industry during the years of the Great Famine?

There seems to be a lot of opinionated jabber about this on a variety of In=
ternet pages, but I think I have seen some solid research on the matter. Ju=
st trying to recall where.

Thanks in advance,

Jim Rogers

James S. Rogers
UST Center for Irish Studies
Editor, New Hibernia Review
2115 Summit Ave, #5008
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Globalization, Migration and Social Transformation
Ireland in Europe and the World

Edited by Bryan Fanning, University College Dublin, Ireland and Ronaldo
Munck, Dublin City University, Ireland

Series : Studies in Migration and Diaspora

Imprint: Ashgate
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Edited by Bryan Fanning, University College Dublin, Ireland and Ronaldo
Munck, Dublin City University, Ireland
Series : Studies in Migration and Diaspora

In the space of around ten years Ireland went from being a traditional
labour exporter to a leading European economy, and thus an attractive
destination for immigrants from Eastern Europe and further afield. This
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Contents: Foreword: diversity and post-tiger Ireland, Stephen Castles; =
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I Global and Diasporic Settings: Ireland in the world, the world in =
Ireland,
Ronaldo Munck; Return migrants and the boundaries of belonging, =
Caitr=EDona N=ED
Laoire; Ireland's contributions to the global healthcare crisis, Nicola
Yeates; Filipino articulations of community, Diane Sabenacio Nititham;
Emigration memories and immigration realities in Ireland and Italy, =
Irial
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participation:
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Immigrant Experiences in Ireland: African immigrant experiences of =
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immigrants in Irish politics, Bryan Fanning, Kevin Howard and Neil =
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National identity, moral panic and East European folk devils, Kevin =
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Brazilian migrant social networks and social capital, Brian McGrath and
Frank Murray; Polish migrants and media transnationalism, Gavan Titley =
and
Aphra Kerr; Media perspectives on Chinese migrants in Ireland, Rebecca
Chiyoko King-O'Riain; Bibliography; Index.

About the Editor: Bryan Fanning is Professor of Social Policy at =
University
College Dublin, Ireland and Ronaldo Munck, Head of Civic and Global
Engagement, Dublin City University and Visiting Professor of Sociology,
University of Liverpool, UK

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Volume 43, Issue 3, 2010
Community, difference and identity: The case of the Irish in Sheffield

Rionach Casey

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There is a book,=A0Why Ireland Starved: A Quantitative and Analytical
History of the Irish Economy, 1800-1850, which=A0I assume would discuss
fisheries, although I can't swear to it as I have only had a quick
look at the book but it strikes me as being very comprehensive on food
production etc.

Not wish to add to the 'opinionated jabber', I would like to add a
story which my great uncle told me and which was told to him by his
great uncle whom I assume was either alive during the famine or had
the story from another close relative.

My mother's family have been fishermen on Loch Neagh for centuries
(and some of them still are) and the story goes that when they were
out fishing on the Loch they came in to Maghery and saw crowds of
starving people waiting for the fish. The fishermen were worried that
the people would swamp their boats and so they threw a lot of fish
ashore from the boats and then went away to a very small boat landing
area (still owned by my family) and unloaded the fish there. On the
way home the fishermen saw a number of dead who had died having eaten
the raw fish. I would assume that they were so weakened that the
effect of having something in their stomachs (raw fish!) was just too
much for them and that is what killed them.

Muiris

On 19 July 2011 19:56, Rogers, James S. wrote:
>
> Can the list point me to recent historical scholarship on the Irish fishi=
ng industry during the years of the Great Famine?
>
> There seems to be a lot of opinionated jabber about this on a variety of =
Internet pages, but I think I have seen some solid research on the matter. =
Just trying to recall where.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Jim Rogers
>
> James S. Rogers
> UST Center for Irish Studies
> Editor, New Hibernia Review
> 2115 Summit Ave, #5008
> St Paul MN 55105-1096
> (651) 962-5662