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Covert Peacemaking: Clandestine Negotiations and Backchannels
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The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History

Volume 39, Issue 4, 2011
Special Issue: Negotiating with the Enemy

Covert Peacemaking: Clandestine Negotiations and Backchannels with the
Provisional IRA during the Early 'Troubles', 1972-76

Andrew Mumford*
pages 633-648

Abstract
This paper explores the major negotiation initiatives undertaken during the
early 'Troubles', at the height of Britain's counter-insurgency campaign
between 1972 and 1976. It analyses the first significant talks undertaken,
namely the 'Whitelaw talks' of July 1972, marking the beginning of a
tendency towards secret dialogue, permitted again during the clergy-led
talks at Feakle in December 1974. Clandestine subtlety characterised the
establishment of other backchannels, some undertaken with the knowledge of
the political and intelligence communities (such as those developed by chief
Secret Intelligence Service officer in Northern Ireland, Michael Oatley),
and others that were unsanctioned and individually forged (for instance by
retired General Sir John Hackett). Taking these initiatives holistically we
can build a picture of both official and unofficial efforts to bring an end
to violence in Northern Ireland, particularly given the brief ceasefires
that were resultant of both the Whitelaw and Feakle talks. These efforts in
the early 1970s belie later political espousals that 'we don't talk to
terrorists'. They will be posited as central to our understanding of the
British approach to countering republican violence in the early 'Troubles',
shifting away from the traditional focus on military aspects.

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What The Quiet Man Said: Shifting Contexts and the Polysemy of
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Journal of Film and Video
Volume 63, Number 3, Fall 2011

Joseph Bierman
What The Quiet Man Said: Shifting Contexts and the Polysemy of the Text

Journal of Film and Video - Volume 63, Number 3, Fall 2011, pp. 30-44

University of Illinois Press

...In 1952, The Quiet Man was the top-grossing film of John Ford's career.
It was nominated for best picture, supporting actor, screenplay, art
direction, set design, and sound recording and went on to win Oscars for
direction and color cinematography (Gallagher 278-79). The film continues to
enjoy broad popularity. It is a perennial favorite on American television
around St. Patrick's Day and on Irish television at Christmas. Released on
video in 1985, it sold more than 200,000 copies within the first four years
in Britain. In 1996, a readers' poll in The Irish Times, published in
Dublin, proclaimed it to be the best Irish film ever made (Gibbons 4).
Despite its popularity, from the time of its premiere through the end of the
twentieth century, The Quiet Man faced criticism as the essence of the
"emerald-green romanticism" (H. Kennedy 24). The film was derided as "one of
the plagues of March, right up there with green beer, plastic leprechauns,
and Brendan Behan...

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On 14-16 October, Trinity College Dublin will host a weekend of events =
to
mark the centenary of Flann O'Brien/ Myles na gCopaleen. The Flann 100
programme, encompassing an academic conference, lectures and =
performances,
will bring together academics, writers, actors and directors in =
exploring
the world of Flann and Myles.

All events are free. Advance booking is recommended:=20

www.flann100.wordpress.com

HIGHLIGHTS=20

Saturday 15th October =96 Academic Programme

9.30-11.00 At Swim-Two-Birds: Postmodernism, Metafiction and
Adaptation

Adrian Naughton (UCD) =93[Y]ewy yew-yews=94 and =93[t]he stupid =
unwitting
woodcock=94: Parody and the Sweeney verses in At Swim-Two-Birds

Ciaran McCloskey (Texas) =96 Sweeny in the Threes: Truth as an Odd =
Number in
Flann O=92Brien=92s At Swim-Two-Birds

Werner Huber (Vienna) =96 A Tale from the Vienna Woods: Adapting At
Swim-Two-Birds for the Big Screen


11.30 =96 1.00 Arresting Developments: Reading The Third Policeman

Alana Gillespie (Utrecht) =96 From Lower Down or Higher Up: Spectral,
Sceptical Dialogism in The Third Policeman

Paul Fagan (Vienna) =96 =93the happy conviction that one is not, of all
nincompoops, the

greatest=94: Meaning, Relevance, and Effects of the Comic and Sublime =
in
Flann O=92Brien

Jennika Baines (UCD) =96 No reason for faith: Manichaeism and =
Catholicism in
The Third Policeman


2.00 =96 3.00 Keynote: Keith Hopper (Oxford), =91Writing to the =
Future:
Flann O=92Brien in the 21st Century=92


3.30 =96 5.00 O=92Brien, Joyce and Literary Doubles

Thierry Robin (Brest) =96 =91Two in One=92 or the primal crime scene in =
O=92Brien=92s
world

Ondrej Pilny (Prague) =96 Flann O=92Brien and Pataphysics

John Wyse Jackson =96 Brian O=92Nolan and Envoy


5.15 =96 6.15 Closing Roundtable:

Anthony Cronin, Louis de Paor (NUIG), Joseph Brooker (Birkbeck)

=20

Sunday 16th October =96 Cultural Programme =20

Supported by The Irish Times and UNESCO City of Literature

ALL EVENTS ARE FREE



=20

10.00-11.00 Messrs Flann, Finn & Co - introducing the world of Flann
O=92Brien

Lecture/ Performance by Dr Eibhl=EDn Evans and Jack Lynch

=20

11.15-11.45 Selections from Cruiskeen Lawn

Performance by Val O=92Donnell

=20

12.00-1.00 The Writers=92 Writer =96 Panel Discussion

Frank McNally, The Irish Times

Ed O=92Loughlin, author of Toploader (2011) and Not Untrue and Not =
Unkind
(2009)

Arthur Riordan, author of Slattery=92s Sago Saga (2010) and Improbable
Frequency (2004)

=20

2.00-3.00 The Science of Flann O=92Brien

Lecture/ Performance by Prof. Dermot Diamond and Fergus Cronin

=20

3.15-4.15 Staging Flann O=92Brien =96 Panel Discussion

Eamon Morrissey, creator of The Brother

Jocelyn Clarke, adaptor of At Swim-Two-Birds (2009) and The Third =
Policeman
(2007)

Kellie Hughes, actor with Blue Raincoat Theatre Co.

4.30-5.00 At Swim-Two-Birds

Rehearsed reading of excerpts from O=92Brien=92s classic novel

Written by flann100
June 16, 2011 at 10:57 am
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Migration and Diaspora in a Transnational
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The following item has been brought to our attention...

CALL FOR PAPERS:

Digital Crossroads: Media, Migration and Diaspora in a Transnational
Perspective

28-30 June, 2012 Utrecht University, the Netherlands
http://www.digitalcrossroads.nl


Dr. Sandra Ponzanesi | Associate Professor Gender and Postcolonial Critique
|
Department of Media and Culture Studies | Utrecht University | Muntstraat
2A | room
0.05 | 3512 EV Utrecht - The Netherlands | T. + 31 30 253 7844 |
s.ponzanesi[at]uu.nl |
Personal Homepage | Gender Studies |Wired Up | PCI |
http://www.digitalcrossroads.nl

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Empire and Irish Home Rule
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History Workshop Journal
Issue 72, Autumn 2011
E-ISSN: 1477-4569 Print ISSN: 1363-3554
St John Ervine and the Fabian Society: Capital, Empire and Irish Home Rule

Lauren Arrington

History Workshop Journal, Issue 72, Autumn 2011, pp. 52-73 (Article)

Subject Headings:
Ervine, St. John G. (St. John Greer), b. 1883 -- Criticism and
interpretation.
Fabian Society (Great Britain)

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

The Ulster setting is light but firmly sketched in, and the book
will convince many English people for the first time that the sun shines in
Ulster and that it is inhabited by human beings. 1
By June 1915, when this review of St John Ervine's novel Mrs.
Martin's Man appeared in the Fabian News, Ervine (1883-1971), who left
Ulster for London in 1901, had been an active member of the Fabian Society,
playwright and prolific journalist for almost a decade. His political
interests were for the most part typical of a Fabian intellectual: women's
suffrage, the labour movement and educational reform. However, he devoted
most of his Fabian work to a subject toward which the society had a
distinctly cultivated apathy: the case for Irish Home Rule. This position,
as will be discussed further, followed from political decisions made prior
to Ervine's membership, but what is less obvious - and more difficult to
explain - is the reception of Ervine's work by his fellow Fabians.
Consistently, reviews of his work in Fabian News reflect a two-dimensional
interpretation of his Irish characters and settings and a failure to see
beyond the Irish elements to the larger social themes. This myopia can be
seen as a result of the Fabian attitude to Ireland, which, it will be
argued, was itself a product of the society's approach to the question of
empire.

The Fabians' response to Ervine's work has been replicated in scholarly
attention to the playwright, which has tended to present him as a
regionalist writer and to neglect the breadth of his London career. In 'The
Irish Writer and His Public in the Nineteenth Century' (1981), J. C. Beckett
describes the dependence of Irish writers on London: 'the centre of their
literary world, the place where the literary...

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Irish community newspaper saved from liquidation
by Paul Linford, last updated on October 3, 2011

A London-based newspaper which circulates among the expatriate Irish
community in Britain has been saved from closure.

The Irish Post ceased publication in August after its owners, Thomas Crosbie
Holdings of Cork, put it into liquidation with the loss of ten jobs.

Now it is set to return to the newsstands after being bought by London-based
Irish businessman Elgin Loane, who also owns the classified magazine Loot.

It follows a campaign to save the title launched y community leaders with
the support of MPs and the National Union of Journalists.

Fiona Audley, chair of Save the Irish Post Campaign, said: "Everyone
involved in the Save the Irish Post campaign is delighted with the news that
Elgin Loane has purchased the title, who was our preferred bidder.

"We look forward to a new and exciting future for The Irish Post and thank
all the readers and friends of the paper who showed their support over the
last six weeks.

"We hope they will continue to support us now as we bring this valuable
paper back to the newstands. The voice of the Irish in Britain is back!"

Elgin Loane added: "The Irish Post has a long and proud tradition of
serving the expatriate community in Britain for over forty years and must be
continued for the benefit of both the incumbents as well as the growing
population of Irish people heading to Britain."

The fight to re-open the paper was supported by MP Chris Ruane, the chair of
the All Party Group on the Irish in Britain.

More than 70 MPs signed a parliamentary motion dawing attention to the
campaign.

In a letter to fellow supporters he said that the title would be relaunched
with its existing staff in a new location.

He said: "The new owner Elgin Loane has demonstrated his confidence in the
future of the Irish Post and that's down to committed staff and members of
the community that stood behind it when the future looked bleak. This is a
victory for the whole community."

SOURCE
http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2011/news/irish-community-newspaper-saved-
from-liquidation/

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Classical Diasporas of the Third Kind: The Hidden History of
Christian Dispersion
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Based on the keynote address to the World History Association of Texas
conference, 2005...

Journal of Refugee Studies (2011)
First published online: September 23, 2011

Classical Diasporas of the Third Kind: The Hidden History of Christian
Dispersion
Robert F. Gorman

+ Author Affiliations

Political Science Department, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX 78666,
USA rg06[at]txstate.edu

Abstract

Modern theorists of diasporas have identified two competing classical models
or archetypes. The first centres on the classical Jewish paradigm of
diaspora, which William Safran believes should be the normative standard for
classifying diasporas. Robin Cohen has challenged the Jewish paradigm as the
sole archetype by focusing on the ancient Greek experience of dispersion,
rooted in commercial and colonial expansion as much as in persecution and
involuntary exile. These classical diasporas of the first and second kind
are revisited in this analysis. But these archetypes do not exhaust the
types of dispersion found in the ancient world. Indeed, the burgeoning study
of modern diasporas fails to see a 'third kind' of classical diaspora,
rooted in the experience of the early and persecuted Christian Church, which
offered an integrative understanding of the human good rather than a
separatist one overemphasizing one's ethnic culture. This new response,
termed in this study the 'Classical Diaspora of the Third Kind', enabled the
growth of Christian civilization throughout 2,000 years of history, a period
of largely 'hidden' diasporic experience. This article sheds light on how
the early Christian experience with dispersion meets various criteria set
out by Safran and Cohen, and how it also substantially transformed the
ethnic and political dimensions of Greek and Jewish diasporic experience
through its pilgrim thesis and its 'spiritualizing' of the diasporic
phenomenon, providing modern students of diaspora a fresh way to appreciate
various historical examples of dispersion and to understand various aspects
of contemporary diasporas.

Key words
diaspora Christianity Judaism persecution spirituality

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Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec
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From: "Michael Kenneally"
To: "'The Irish Diaspora Studies List'"

Dear Paddy,

I would be grateful if you would send a reminder on the Irish Diaspora
listserve about our
Tenure-Track Position in Irish Diaspora Studies
School of Canadian Irish Studies at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec

As indicated in our original posting, the deadline for applications is
November 1, 2011. For further information, interested candidates should
consult our website:
www.cdnirish.concordia.ca
(click on "Vacancies")

Thank you,
Michael

______________________
Michael Kenneally
Principal, School of Canadian Irish Studies
Concordia University, Hall Building, 1001-11
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The African diasporic community in contemporary Ireland: Intersections of
ascriptive and circumstantial identities

Theophilus Ejorh theophilus.ejorh[at]ucd.ie

University College Dublin

Abstract

African identity has remained a major subject of scholarly debate.
Essentialist discourses promote the notion of a unified African identity,
whereas historical and situational realities suggest the contrary. This
article draws on empirical evidence from a recent doctoral research1 study
to examine the dynamics of African identities in modern-day Ireland. It
challenges the essentialist thesis of homogeneity, and argues instead that
in the pragmatic context of migration Africans negotiate multidimensional
identities and belongings, forced by compelling particularistic experiences
and the need to adopt personal strategies for adaptation and inclusion.
However, regardless of the tension between personal and collective
identities and interests, prospects exist for fellowship within the African
immigrant community, based on the sense of common migration from Africa and
collective alienation in the host country. These shared characteristics
ultimately become a necessary instrument for political and strategic
effectiveness in building a viable African political community in Ireland.

Published online before print September 28, 2011,

Ethnicities September 28, 2011

Not yet assigned a place in the print version of the journal.

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Forward on behalf of=20
Dr. Richard Rankin Russell

I am trying to ascertain how much Bernard MacLaverty's fiction is taught =
on
university courses world-wide.=A0 I have put together an essay =
collection that
I will edit on his fiction and the press editor with whom I am working =
has
asked for this information so the press can make a decision based on
potential sales of this volume.

Could any comments be sent direct to
Richard_Russell[at]baylor.edu

I would like to know if anyone has taught or is currently teaching
MacLaverty's work, with a very brief (even a phrase would do) indication =
of
the type of course.

Thank you so much,

Richard Rankin Russell

Dr. Richard Rankin Russell
Associate Professor of English
Chair, Beall Poetry Festival:
www.baylor.edu/beall/
Baylor University=20


Moderator's Note:

Bernard MacLaverty is the author of Cal, Lamb (there are film versions =
of
these two), Matters of Life & Death, etc.

Bernard MacLaverty's page

http://www.bernardmaclaverty.com/

Interview
http://www.barcelonareview.com/56/e_int.htm

A web search will find much comment.

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Charles Robert Maturin and the haunting of Irish romantic
fiction, TCD, 26 October
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Book Launch
=A0
You are cordially invited to the launch of
=A0
Charles Robert Maturin and the haunting of Irish romantic fiction
=A0=A0
by
Christina Morin
=A0
Guest Speaker:
Ian Campbell Ross, Professor of Eighteenth Century Studies, TCD
=A0
Wednesday 26th=A0October, 6.30pm
=A0
Neill/Hoey Lecture Theatre
The Trinity Long Room Hub
Trinity College Dublin
Dublin 2
=A0
RSVP:=A0Guy.Taylor[at]manchester.ac.uk
=A0
http://www.manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/catalogue/book.asp?id=3D120498=
5

Charles Robert Maturin and the haunting of Irish romantic fiction
Christina Morin

A self-described =93disappointed Author=94, Charles Robert Maturin =
(1780=961824)
has been largely relegated to the margins of literary history since his
death in 1824. Yet, as this study demonstrates, he exerted a fundamental
influence on the development of Irish fiction in the early nineteenth
century. In particular, his novels dramatically underscore the =
continuing
presence and deployment of the Gothic mode in Romantic Ireland =96 an
influence now frequently overlooked in critical attention to the =
national
and regional forms popularised in Ireland in the wake of Anglo-Irish =
Union
(1801). Working from Jacques Derrida=92s influential theory on ghosts, =
this
study positions Maturin as the cornerstone on which to build a new =
paradigm
of Irish Romantic fiction, one which accounts for the spectral traces of =
the
past =96 cultural, social, and political =96 evident in early-nineteenth =
century
Irish fiction. As it does so, it calls for renewed critical and popular
attention to an author who himself continues spectrally to emerge in the
works of his literary successors.

Contents:
Introduction:
Spectres of Maturin; or, the ghosts of Irish Romantic fiction
1. Reviving Maturin: the life and works
2. Communing with the dead: the medium and media of Fatal revenge
3. Conjuring Glorvina:
The wild Irish boy and the national tale
4. Witnessing the past: the textual ruins of The Milesian chief
5. Narrating history:
the burden of words in Women; or pour et contre
6. Paratextual possession: re-reading Melmoth the wanderer
7. Re-thinking Scott=92s revolution:
The Albigenses as historical novel
Conclusion:
Room for more: the future for Maturin research
Index

Christina Morin is an Irish Research Council for the Humanities and =
Social
Sciences (IRCHSS) postdoctoral research fellow at Trinity College, =
Dublin

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1790-1913 - A history of the US consular service
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American government in Ireland, 1790=961913
A history of the US consular service
Bernadette Whelan

This book reconstructs American consular activity in Ireland from 1790 =
to
1913 and elucidates the interconnectedness of America=92s foreign =
interests,
Irish nationalism and British imperialism.

Its originality lies in that it is based on an interrogation of =
American,
British and Irish archives, and covers over one hundred years of =
American,
Irish and British relations through the post of the American consular
official while also uncovering the consul=92s role in seminal events =
such as
the War of 1812, the 1845=9651 Irish famine, the American Civil War, =
Fenianism
and mass Irish emigration. It is a history of the men who filled posts =
as
consuls, vice consuls, deputy consuls and consular agents. It reveals =
their
identities, how they interpreted and implemented US foreign policy, =
their
outsider perspective on events in both Ireland and America and their
contribution to the expanding transatlantic relationship.

The work intersects diaspora studies, emigration history and diplomatic
relations as well as illuminating the respective Irish-American, =
Anglo-Irish
and Anglo-American relationships.

List of tables
List of appendices
List of terms and usages
Preface
1 The United States consular service in Ireland: appointments and
conditions, 1790=961906=20
2 =91Oh Lord, not in my district, Amen=92: consular work, 1776=961861
3. Protecting the Union: The American Civil War, 1861=965
4. =91Our Guardian Angel abroad=92: American foreign policy and Irish
nationalism, 1865=9670
5. Building the Union, 1865=961913: the immigration process
6. Conclusion
Appendices
Bibliography
Index


Bernadette Whelan is a Senior Lecturer in History at the University of
Limerick, Limerick, Ireland

234x156mm 320pp=20
hb 9780719083013 01 October 2010 =A360.00=20

Manchester University Press

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7

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The Society for Irish Church Missions to the Roman Catholics,
1849-1950
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The Society for Irish Church Missions to the Roman Catholics, 1849-1950
Miriam Moffitt

This work traces the origins, development and impact of the =
proselytising
organisation, the Society for Irish Church Missions to the Roman =
Catholics,
from its Protestant foundation during the famine of 1845=9647 to the =
early
decades of the Irish Free State. It argues that the foundation of this
ostensibly religious society was also underpinned by social, political =
and
economic factors and demonstrates that by the mid 1850s the mission =
operated
on a very substantial scale.


Moffitt examines the mission=92s role in the shifting political =
realities of
the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The impact of this
inter-faith power struggle and its legacy to the present day are =
explored by
examining contemporary sources, folklore evidence, and the depiction of
proselytising missions in both Catholic and Protestant denomination
literature and fictional writings.
=20

Introduction
1. The origins of the Irish Church Missions
2. The establishment and development of missionary work in Ireland, =
1846-52
3. The mission loses momentum, 1853-69
4. Errislannan and Errismore missions, 1848-1919 (case study)
5. The later years of mission, 1870-1950
6. The location of the ICM in the Church of Ireland
7. The legacy of the ICM
Conclusion
Index


Miriam Moffitt is an IRCHSS Post Doctoral Fellow in the Department of
History at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth

216x138mm 320pp=20
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7 b&w illustrations and 5 maps=20

Manchester University Press

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5

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Castles and colonists - An archaeology of Elizabethan Ireland
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Castles and colonists
An archaeology of Elizabethan Ireland

Eric Klingelhofer

"A worthy read for anyone with an interest in the evolution of =
castles/manor
houses, the archaeology of colonialism, or early English/Irish relations =
"
Lila Rakoczy, Historical Archaeology

Castles and colonists is the first book to examine life in the leading
province of Elizabeth I's nascent empire. Klinglehofer shows how an =
Ireland
of colonising English farmers and displaced Irish 'savages' are ruled by =
an
imported Protestant elite from their fortified manors and medieval =
castles.

Richly illustrated, it displays how a generation of English =
'adventurers'
including such influential intellectual and political figures as Spenser =
and
Ralegh, tried to create a new kind of England, one that gave full
opportunity to their Renaissance tastes and ambitions.

Based on decades of research, Castles and colonisers details how =
archaelogy
had revealed the traces of a short-lived, but significant culture which =
has
been, until now, eclipsed in ideological conflicts between Tudor queens,
Hapsburg hegemony and native Irish traditions,
=20

Epigraph
List of figures
Preface=20
Acknowledgments
1. Archaeology and empire
2. Fortification
3. Settlement
4. Vernacular architecture
5. Kilcolman Castle=20
6. Spenserian architecture
7. Conclusions.
Select bibliography
Index


Eric Klingelhofer is Professor of History at Mercer University, Georgia, =
USA

216x138mm 192pp=20
hb 9780719082467 01 July 2010 =A360.00=20
20 b&w illustrations=20

Manchester University Press

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1

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The lost Ireland of Stephen Gwynn - Irish consitutional
nationalism and cultural politics, 1864-1950
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The lost Ireland of Stephen Gwynn
Irish consitutional nationalism and cultural politics, 1864=961950

Colin Reid

This book uses a hitherto neglected historical figure to explore
constitutional nationalist politics and the cultural forces within Irish
society during the late-nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Through the rich and engrossing life of Stephen Gwynn (1864=961950), an
alternative history of Ireland can be traced, one which envisaged a =
moderate
form of Irish self-government, nationalist rapprochement with the =
British
Empire, and the healing of the bitter divisions on the island. Gwynn was =
the
most prominent Protestant member of John Redmond=92s Irish Parliamentary
Party. He was also an active participant in the Gaelic language and =
Irish
literature revival, and acted as a literary advisor to the Macmillan
publishing house of London, providing an invaluable conduit between =
Irish
authors and a major British publisher. As such, Gwynn offers a unique
insight into the overlapping of these worlds, and his experiences =
illuminate
many facets of the complex political and cultural psychologies in the
Ireland of his time.

Gwynn was an industrious writer, producing numerous books and articles. =
He
provided an intelligent commentary on the major political and cultural
issues in Irish affairs during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries: =
this
book makes a sustained case for considering Gwynn as one of the most
thoughtful and articulate witnesses to the unfolding events in Ireland
before, during and after revolution.

This book is aimed at scholars and students of modern Irish and British
history, as well as those interested in the development of cultural
movements in Ireland during the age of W. B. Yeats.

Contents

List of figures
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
Introduction
1. Family politics and early life 1864=9686
2. Exile in England 1886=961904
3. Political cultures and cultural politics 1904=9609
4. Home Rule triumphant 1909=9614
5. Ireland=92s sacrifices 1914=9617
6. Redmondism=92s last stand? 1917=9618
7. Holding the centre 1919=9622
8. Spiritually hyphenated 1922=9626
9. Final years 1927=9650
Conclusion
Select bibliography
Index


Colin Reid is an Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social
Sciences Postdoctoral Fellow at the National University of Ireland, =
Maynooth

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Issue no.14 of histoire[at]politique, the open-access electronic journal of =
the
Centre d' histoire de Sciences Po, Paris, is now on-line at http://www
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The current issue includes Laurent Colantonio, L=92Irlande, les Irlandais=
et
l=92Empire britannique =E0 l=92=E9poque de l=92Union (1801-1921).


David

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Our thanks to David Rose for bringing this article to our attention - =
the
article is freely available on the web site...

Now, just to show how it should be done...

We need a web address that actually works... The Histoire[at]Politique =
team
have decided to confuse the world and the web with indiscriminate use of =
the
[at] sign - the 'at' sign, what is called in Italian the chiocciolina, the
little snail.

We need an Abstract, or some indication of subject matter and approach.

Many Ir-D members will find this article very useful - it is an exercise =
in
historiography, with a fierce and confident broad brush approach.

It quotes Piaras Mac Einri on the unwillingness of diaspora historians =
to
look at the Irish in the British Empire - they prefer to invest in 'un
terrain moins sulfureux', the Irish in the USA. 'Sulfureux' is good - I
must look at Piaras' original words.

On the Irish in the USA, Laurent Colantino says, 'In the flood of
publications, here I will just quote the title of the most iconic (Kerby =
A.
Miller, Emigrants and Exiles. Ireland and the Irish Exodus to North =
America
, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1985) and return for the remaining
balance to the solid historiography compiled by Joseph Lee, "The Irish
Diaspora in the Nineteenth Century", in L. M. Geary and M. Kelleher =
(eds.) ,
Nineteenth-Century Ireland., op. cit. , p. 182-222.'

Remember that Google Translate will translate entire web pages for you =
as
you go.

And, o yes, David, I am not sure that our alerts would have picked up =
this
article. There are obvious problems - they might pick up the Abstract =
in
English. We will see. So, thank you, again.

P.O'S.


http://www.histoire-politique.fr/


L=92Irlande, les Irlandais et l=92Empire britannique =E0 l=92=E9poque de =
l=92Union
(1801-1921)
Laurent Colantonio

La place de l=92Irlande et le statut des Irlandais au sein de l=92Empire
britannique entre 1801 et 1921 ont suscit=E9 de nombreuses =E9tudes et =
aliment=E9
de vifs d=E9bats historiographiques depuis les ann=E9es 1990. =
L=92Irlande,
partenaire ou colonie de la Grande-Bretagne ? Les Irlandais, acteurs ou
victimes de l=92imp=E9rialisme britannique ? L=92objectif de cet article =
est
d=92abord de rendre compte de l=92ampleur des controverses et des
renouvellements historiographiques r=E9cents relatifs =E0 ces questions =
=96 des
avanc=E9es qui portent en particulier sur la pr=E9sence et les =
circulations
irlandaises dans l=92Empire, et sur les multiples connexions
irlando-indiennes. Il s=92agit aussi de montrer comment cet =
=E9largissement de
la focale d=92analyse interroge la nature de la subordination irlandaise =
et
les formes de la r=E9sistance =E0 la domination britannique. Ainsi, la =
prise en
compte de l=92=E9chelle du =AB monde britannique =BB a-t-elle =
contribu=E9 =E0 enrichir
notre compr=E9hension g=E9n=E9rale de la =AB question d=92Irlande =BB.

=93Ireland, The Irish and the British Empire under the Union =
(1801-1921)=94
Ireland=92s situation and the position of the Irish within the British =
Empire
between 1801 and 1921 have aroused numerous studies and fed lively
historiographical debates since the 1990s. Was Ireland a British colony =
or a
partner? Were the Irish actors or victims of Britsh imperialism? The =
first
object of this article is to account for the extent of recent =
discussions
and renewals related to those questions =96 the Irish presence and
circulations inside the Empire, the numerous Irish-Indian connections, =
etc.
This paper also aims at showing that those explorations of different =
levels
and focus of analysis help to specify the nature of Irish subordination =
and
the modes of resistance to the British domination. Considering the =
=91British
world=92 scale greatly contributes to enrich our understanding of the =
=91Irish
question=92.
Key words : Ireland, British Empire, nationalism, circulations,
historiography.

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The current issue includes Laurent Colantonio, L=92Irlande, les =
Irlandais et
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David

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Economic Crisis and Welfare Retrenchment: Comparing Irish Policy
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This article turned up in our alerts, and I was cheerfully going to
distribute the basic information. When I realised that I do not know what
could be meant by the phrase 'the liberal disposition of the Irish welfare
state will intensify'. I know what each individual word means, sort of...

But I have the greatest respect for the work of Fiona Dukelow... So, here
it is...

P.O'S.


Economic Crisis and Welfare Retrenchment: Comparing Irish Policy Responses
in the 1970s and 1980s with the Present

Author: Dukelow, Fiona

Source: Social Policy and Administration, Volume 45, Number 4, August 2011 ,
pp. 408-429(22)

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Abstract:

This article juxtaposes the impact of the current economic crisis on the
Irish welfare state with the impact of the international economic crisis of
the 1970s which had a sustained effect in Ireland during much of the 1980s.
The analysis focuses on the consequences for social security programmes
during both crisis periods, each of which was marked by intractable
socio-economic and budgetary pressures. However, while elements of welfare
retrenchment can be observed during the economic crisis of the 1980s, these
appeared more difficult to instigate and sustain in comparison to the
present period. As an inter-temporal qualitative case study, this article
aims to identify key drivers influencing why welfare retrenchment has more
readily occurred and, it would appear so far, at a potentially deeper level
than during the 1980s. As of yet the economic crisis is unabated, and as
welfare state changes typically occur in relatively slow motion ( Castles
2010), outcomes of the process remain uncertain. However, it seems that if
Ireland continues on the path it has instigated, the liberal disposition of
the Irish welfare state will intensify.

Keywords: Economic crisis; Welfare retrenchment; Irish welfare state

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Ethnicity and Population Structure in Personal Naming Networks
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This article will interest many Ir-D members, and is freely available. It
might, at the very least, start us thinking about ways to use all that data
that is now out there...

http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0022943

PLoS ONE is an interactive open-access journal for the communication of all
peer-reviewed scientific and medical research.


Ethnicity and Population Structure in Personal Naming Networks

Pablo Mateos1*, Paul A. Longley1, David O'Sullivan2
1 Department of Geography University College London, London, United Kingdom,
2 School of Environment, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Abstract
Personal naming practices exist in all human groups and are far from random.
Rather, they continue to reflect social norms and ethno-cultural customs
that have developed over generations. As a consequence, contemporary name
frequency distributions retain distinct geographic, social and
ethno-cultural patterning that can be exploited to understand population
structure in human biology, public health and social science. Previous
attempts to detect and delineate such structure in large populations have
entailed extensive empirical analysis of naming conventions in different
parts of the world without seeking any general or automated methods of
population classification by ethno-cultural origin. Here we show how 'naming
networks', constructed from forename-surname pairs of a large sample of the
contemporary human population in 17 countries, provide a valuable
representation of cultural, ethnic and linguistic population structure
around the world. This innovative approach enriches and adds value to
automated population classification through conventional national data
sources such as telephone directories and electoral registers. The method
identifies clear social and ethno-cultural clusters in such naming networks
that extend far beyond the geographic areas in which particular names
originated, and that are preserved even after international migration.
Moreover, one of the most striking findings of this approach is that these
clusters simply 'emerge' from the aggregation of millions of individual
decisions on parental naming practices for their children, without any prior
knowledge introduced by the researcher. Our probabilistic approach to
community assignment, both at city level as well as at a global scale, helps
to reveal the degree of isolation, integration or overlap between human
populations in our rapidly globalising world. As such, this work has
important implications for research in population genetics, public health,
and social science adding new understandings of migration, identity,
integration and social interaction across the world.

Mateos P, Longley PA, O'Sullivan D, 2011 Ethnicity and Population Structure
in Personal Naming Networks. PLoS ONE 6(9): e22943.
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0022943