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The latest issue of Adrian Grant's Scol=E1ire Staire Magazine is now =
available
www.scolairestaire.com.

TOC grabbed and pasted in below. Interesting article by Andrew Maguire, =
who
is working on a PhD research at Magee College.

P.O'S.

Labour : The Artist of the Revolution
James Curry analyses the cartoons of Ernest Kavanagh. The cartoonist for
Larkin=92s Irish Worker and other newspapers.

Tourism : Visitors to the Giant=92s Causeway
Catherine Gartland examines the motivation behind visits to the =
Giant=92s
Causeway in the nineteenth century.

Politics: Irish Nationalism in the West Riding
Andrew Maguire shows how Irish Nationalism was a different kind of beast
in the West Riding of Yorkshire.

War: British Army Veterans in the Free State
Michael Robinson outlines the difficulties faced by Irish veterans of =
the
Great War on their return home to a very different Ireland.


Adrian Grant adds...

'We now have a comment feature on some of the articles on
www.scolairestaire.com. The website will be updated over the next day or
two. You can watch the video from the round table discussion on history =
and
technology held in Galway recently on the website or on youtube
at=A0http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DW86qn3wSwA0=A0

Thanks for reading,

--=20
Dr. Adrian Grant
Editor
Scol=E1ire Staire Magazine

(00353) 860885193
scolairestaire[at]gmail.com
www.scolairestaire.com

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QUB May 2012
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From: "Patrick O'Sullivan"
To: "IR-D Jiscmail"
Subject: Conference on The Life and Writings of Helen Waddell =
(1889-1965),=20

I was struck by the detail of this conference, and wish Professor Mary
O'Dowd and her colleagues bon voyage. Another one of those conferences =
that
I wish I could attend - there is a nice, timely combination of themes =
and
subject matters. That being said, I happened to be re-reading Helen=20
Waddell a few weeks ago - and found her own prose style strangely
unfocussed, fey, wandering. A bit like eating marshmallow. I think it =
is a
feature of many of the prose stylists who were admired by the generation
that taught my generation.

Her translations remain a major influence, of course.

P.O'S.


Conference on The Life and Writings of Helen Waddell (1889-1965)
=A0
11-12 May 2012
Queen=92s University Belfast
=A0
Helen Waddell (1889=961965)
=A0
=A0
Among the first flood of women graduating from Queen=92s in the early
twentieth century was the brilliant Helen Waddell. She gained her BA =
with
first-class honours in English in 1911, writing a Master=92s thesis the
following year. Obliged to remain in Belfast as a companion to her
stepmother for the next eight years, she continued academic research as =
well
as writing creatively, publishing Lyrics from the Chinese in 1913. After =
Mrs
Waddell=92s death she studied at Somerville College, Oxford, taught at =
Bedford
College, London and researched in Paris. Failing to secure a permanent
academic post, she pursued a very successful career as an independent
medieval scholar, writer and translator. Among her most well-known
publications are: The Wandering Scholars (reprinted three times within a
year of its publication in 1927 and for which she was awarded the A. C.
Benson silver medal by the Royal Society of Literature); Medieval Latin
Lyrics, 1929, and a novel, Peter Abelard, published in 1933. Waddell
received honorary degrees from the University of Durham (1932), =
Queen=92s
University Belfast (1934), Columbia University (1935), and St Andrew=92s
University (1936). She was made an associate of the Irish Academy of =
Letters
(1932) and a corresponding fellow of the Medieval Academy of America =
(1937).
She befriended authors such as George Russell (AE), Bernard Shaw, and
Siegfried Sassoon and politicians such as Prime Minister Stanley =
Baldwin.
The early onset of dementia cut short a career whose beginnings had been =
so
delayed. Her works melded scholarship and imagination, stimulating =
popular
success although not always acceptable to the academy. Recent and =
ongoing
research, exemplified by this conference, has recovered Waddell as a
significant writer, suggesting new ways of reading her distinctiveness =
as a
medievalist, translator and creative writer.
=A0
Exhibition
There will be an exhibition on Helen Waddell and her writings in the =
McClay
Library at Queen=92s during the conference.
=A0
=A0
=A0
Venue for Conference:
=A0
Humanities Postgraduate Centre
Queen=92s=A0 University Belfast
18 College Green
Belfast.
Conference=A0 Programme
Friday, 11 May
=A0
5.30 pm Coffee/Tea
=A0
6.00-7.45 pm
Session 1: Peter Abelard the novel (Chair: Dr Ramona Wray (Queen=92s
University Belfast))

Dr Catherine Smith (NUI, Maynooth): =91=94Spider Web of Woman's Life=94: =
Private
Space in Peter Abelard=92=A0

Dr Eibhear Walshe (University College, Cork): =91The Historical Novel: =
Helen
Waddell=92s Peter Abelard and Kate O=92Brien=92s That Lady=92

Dr Stephen Kelly (Queen=92s University Belfast): =91Waddell's Fiction as
Affective Historiography"
=A0
Launch of Jennifer FitzGerald, Helen Waddell and Maude Clarke: =
Irishwomen,
Friends and Scholars (Peter Lang, 2012) by Professor Marie Therese =
Flanagan
(Queen=92s University Belfast)
=A0
=A0
Saturday, 12 May
=A0
9.30-11.30 am
Session 2: Critical readings (Chair: Dr John Scattergood (Trinity =
College,
Dublin))

Dr Amanda Tucker (University of Wisconsin at Platteville): =91"The Ties =
That
Bind: Waddell's Fairy Tales, the Lost Decade, and the Transnational
Imaginary.=92=20

Professor Helen Carr (Goldsmith=92s College, London): 'Wandering Poets =
and the
Spirit of Romance in Helen Waddell and Ezra Pound'.=20

Dr Clare Carpenter (York University): =91Helen Waddell=92s Wandering =
Scholars,
Medieval Latin Lyrics and =93The Lost Generation=94=92
=A0
Professor Norman Vance (University of Sussex): 'Writing Beyond Rome and
Geneva'
=A0
11.45-1.15 pm=20
Session 3: Medieval contexts (Chair: Dr Stephen Kelly (Queen=92s =
University
Belfast))

Professor Constant Mews (Monash University, Melbourne): =91Helen Waddell =
and
Heloise: Continuity of a Learned Tradition=92

Dr Ann Buckley (Trinity College, Dublin): 'Wandering Scholars and =
Saintly
Cults: the Medieval Office of St Fursa=92

Professor Charles Lock (University of Copenhagen): =91Helen Waddell: =
Redeeming
the Dark Ages=92
=A0
2.15 =96 4.15 pm=20
Session 4:=A0 Beside and Alongside Helen Waddell (Chair: TBA)

Louise Wasson (Queen=92s University Belfast): =91Helen Waddell, Evelyn =
Underhill
and Hope Emily Allen: A Portrait of Early Twentieth-Century =
Medievalism=92
=A0
Professor David Burleigh (Ferris University, Yokohama): =91Parallel =
Lives:
Helen Waddell and Arthur Waley=92=20
=A0
Dr Nini Rodgers (Queen=92s University Belfast): 'Endogamy and =
Emigration,
Helen Waddell and the Victorian family=92

Dr Jennifer FitzGerald (San Diego State University): =91=94The Fun of =
Being
Intellectual=94: Maude Clarke, Irish Medievalist=92=20
=A0
=A0
Registration Details
=A0
Registration Fee: =A315 sterling (Buffet Dinner: =A315)
=A0
For registration and more information contact:=20
=A0
Professor Mary O=92Dowd
School of History and Anthropology
Queen=92s University Belfast
Belfast BT7 1NN
Email: m.odowd[at]qub.ac.uk
=A0
=A0

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Message-ID: {decoded}Well deserved and warmest congratulations Bill!

Piaras

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Sent: 19 April 2012 11:39
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Subject: Re: [IR-D] William Mulligan Jr. Professor of History, MSU Distinguished Researcher Award.

Couldn't agree more. Great news...

Ultan Cowley

----- Original Message -----
From: "Patrick O'Sullivan"
To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Sent: Thursday, 19 April, 2012 11:16:18 AM
Subject: [IR-D] William Mulligan Jr. Professor of History, MSU Distinguished Researcher Award.

I am pleased to be able to report that I have received an email from

Keith Dooley
Chair, Research Policy Committee
Murray State University

'After careful consideration and lengthy deliberations, the Research Policy Committee has selected William Mulligan Jr. Professor of History, Murray State University, as the recipient of the 2012 MSU Alumni Association Distinguished Researcher Award.'

The Award requires Bill to attend some functions, and have his photograph taken - which I am sure he will do with good grace. But the Award is, of course, a mark of the respect and affection with which Bill Mulligan is regarded in his home university. And elsewhere, I might add...

I sometimes think that we should have our own awards, for services to Irish Diaspora Studies - but then we would have to have criteria, and a committee, and all that gubbins. But if we ever did have such a procedure I would nominate Bill Mulligan. Members of the Irish Diaspora List will be aware of his hard work, his patience, and the high standards that he brings to our projects.

Our congratulations to Bill Mulligan, and our thanks...

Patrick O'Sullivan

--
Patrick O'Sullivan
Head of the Irish Diaspora Research Unit

Email Patrick O'Sullivan Email Patrick O'Sullivan Personal Fax 0044 (0) 709 236 9050

Irish Diaspora Net http://www.irishdiaspora.net Irish Diaspora list IR-D[at]Jiscmail.ac.uk

Irish Diaspora Research Unit
Department of Social Sciences and Humanities University of Bradford Bradford
BD7 1DP Yorkshire England

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Press Release from Mercier Press...

Press release for GPO Staff in 1916, recently published by Mercier =20
Press. The author is available for interview. If you would like to =20
feature an interview/extract please contact me, Sharon, on 021 =20
4614700. Click here for more information.

GPO Staff in 1916

An intriguing story of how ordinary men and women react in =20
extraordinary circumstances.


The GPO is famous as the headquarters of the leaders of the 1916 =20
Easter Rising. This book looks at how the events affected the staff =20
who worked there.

Stephen Ferguson uses Post Office records, personal accounts and =20
photographs, many previously unpublished, to reveal the story of men =20
and women who worked in the building and for the Post Office at the =20
time of the Rising, and explores their involvement in and response to =20
the events of Easter week.

Their accounts provide a fresh perspective on the rebellion that =20
highlights the crucial importance of the GPO and its staff in the =20
event which defined Irish history and politics for close to a century.

Author Information
Stephen Ferguson has worked in several branches of the Post Office =20
since he joined the Department of Posts and Telegraphs. He is =20
currently Assistant Secretary of An Post as well as the curator of the =20
An Post museum.

GPO Staff in 1916 is published in paperback at =E2=82=AC12.99

Sharon O'Donovan
Publicity
Mercier Press
Unit 3B, Oak House, Bessboro Rd., Blackrock,
Cork, Ireland.
Tel: (+353 21) 461 4700
Fax: (+353 21) 461 4802
http://www.mercierpress.ie
Find us on www.Facebook.com/mercier.press

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My disastrous move back to live in Ireland from the United States

Dream turns to nightmare as weather, attitude and economy sink us

By G. Cagney, IrishCentral Contributor
Published Thursday, April 19, 2012

This is an open letter to Irish Voice columnist April Drew who is moving
back home to Ireland with her lovely family. You have probably heard good
and bad stories from people who have already made the move, so I thought I
would write about the experience my family had when we moved.

"Home" will never be the same as when you left it. People told me before we
moved back that when you leave and return after being away that it is never
the same, but I kept thinking they were wrong, that I was the same fella who
left back in 1987.

But take it from me and my family. Ireland is not and never will be the same
for you...

...For the two years we were home we had three barbeques. We would look at
our swing set and wonder if we would ever get a chance to let the kids play
on it because of the miserable weather. Our son has asthma, and I was not
going to take him or his sister out in the damp, cold rain.

...I used to do side jobs on the weekends to make ends meet, and I was
called a money-hungry Yank. I did this to pay all of our mounting bills.

We got to go out once every other month because of the expense between a
sitter, taxis and drink money. We were better off at home watching The Late
Late Show.

I could write a book about our two years back in Ireland - the speed on the
roads, not feeling safe in your own home if someone comes late at night, the
health system, etc.

April, I am not telling you not to move back, but I just wanted you to know
about the very costly mistake we made. Best wishes to you.

G. Cagney
Closter, New Jersey

SOURCE
http://www.irishcentral.com/news/Disappointing-move---returning-home-to-Irel
and-having-emigrated-to-the-US-147982325.html

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Dear Irish D list members,

This call for papers may interest some of you. =20

Many thanks
,
Maria McGarrity
Assoc Prof of English
LIU Brooklyn


CALL FOR PAPERS:

Caribbean Irish Connections

A multidisciplinary conference and workshop, Barbados Nov 16-17 2012

Organisers: Alison Donnell (University of Reading, UK), Maria McGarrity (LI=
U Brooklyn, USA,), Evelyn O=92Callaghan (University of the West Indies, Bar=
bados)

In the middle of a story about a Jamaican woman called Miss Manda, whose sp=
eech acts reveal her as both multiply situated and =91out of place=92, the =
prominent Jamaican novelist Erna Brodber issues a surprising provocation to=
scholars of Caribbean studies,
=20
I want to know what the Irish, the Scottish, the Welsh gave to the Creole m=
ix as much as I want to know=85what particular part of Africa is my heritag=
e=85I will solve the African riddle but who will tell me about the others? =
(Brodber 1998: 75)
=20
Although there has been more recent scholarship on the connections between =
Ireland and the Caribbean, such as the The Black and Green Atlantic: Cross-=
Currents of the African and Irish Diasporas edited by O=92Neill and Lloyd, =
there remains still too little conversation between scholars based in Carib=
bean Studies and those in Irish Studies. This conference aims to open up th=
ese conversations as they pertain to history, politics, language, geography=
, expressive cultural forms, and everyday practices (such as the shamrock p=
assport stamp of Montserrat). We seek the active engagement of scholars wor=
king within this highly focused yet potentially broad field to further shap=
e this emerging critical discourse.=20

Please send abstracts of 250 words and a brief biog. to a.j.donnell[at]reading=
.ac.uk by June 29, 2012. Presenters will be notified by first week in Augus=
t.

A special accommodation rate has been negotiated for presenters at Beach Vi=
ew, Paynes Bay, St. James, Barbados, and all conference sessions will be he=
ld there.
=20

Registration fees: (including lunches & BBQ supper with drinks on Saturday =
night)=20
US & Europe : US$150
Caribbean : US$75


Selected papers will be considered for an edited collection in Palgrave=92s=
New Caribbean Studies series.

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Colleagues and Friends,

I would like to thank Paddy for his very kind words in the announcement =
of this award. I would, however, think any award for service to Irish =
Diaspora Studies would have to be the Patrick O'Sullivan Award--with =
himself as the first recipient. I would be honored to be the second or =
hundredth recipient. Many have done much more than I in the cause.=20

Thanks also to the many list members who offered congratulations. =
Replying to the some of the posts led to replying to the whole list and =
I did not think we needed multiple, similar messages. Sincere thanks to =
all. I appreciate all the kind words about my work and, I guess, my =
efforts to promote Diaspora Studies. It is encouragement to get on with =
writing up all the papers I have given for publication. One advantage =
to receiving the award is that I have had several opportunities to lobby =
the university president publically for more support for research here. =
He seems receptive and I plan to follow up. =20

Bill Mulligan

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There are a number of interesting items connected with the web site of =
the
Oxford Diasporas Programme.

I will send out a separate email, briefly listing some of them.

Immediately many Ir-D members will find useful this video of a =
conversation
between Robin Cohen and Khachig T=F6l=F6lyan. =20

http://vimeo.com/25020401

I particularly like Khazhiq's kindly and succinct summary of what it is =
that
homelands want from diasporas. =20

Khachiq writes on the Armenian diaspora, with a special interest in
terrorism, and is the founder and editor of the journal, Diaspora.

It is worth noting that the journal...
Diaspora: A Journal of Transnational Studies is now available on Project
Muse, Vol. 1 (1999) through to the current issue - which I know does not
help those of us who do not have access to that resource.

http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/diaspora_a_journal_of_transnational_studies/=


But note that there is a free sample issue
Diaspora: A Journal of Transnational Studies=20
Volume 13, Number 1, Spring 2004

And it is further worth noting - you could start making a list - how =
often
examples of Ireland and the Irish are reached for, almost automatically, =
in
discussion of diasporas.

Khachig T=F6l=F6lyan's 1991 Introduction to the very first issue of his =
journal
begins with MacMorris, our dear old friend, and with James Joyce, =
Ulysses.

It is available at
http://blogs.middlebury.edu/nydiasporaworkshop/files/2011/04/D-1-1-1991-T=
olo
lyanKhachig-nationStateanditsOthers-Preface.pdf

Alan Gamlen's 2011 paper 'WP31 Creating and Destroying Diaspora
Strategies.pdf', IMI Working Paper 31, International Migration =
Institute,
University of Oxford, begins with Mary Robinson.

P.O'S. =20

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Reminder and update about the Oxford Diasporas Programme and its web =
site...

11 projects on the impacts of diasporas

http://www.migration.ox.ac.uk/odp/index.shtml

It is worth having a browse and seeing what is going on...

Note that under PUBLICATIONS in the menu 2 working papers are available

Safran, W. (2012) 'Israel and the diaspora', IMI Working Paper 53,
Inernational Migration Institute, University of Oxford (pdf 703KB)

Gamlen, A. (2011) 'WP31 Creating and Destroying Diaspora =
Strategies.pdf',
IMI Working Paper 31, International Migration Institute, University of
Oxford (pdf 1033KB)

Under MULTIMEDIA there are links to audio and video, including video of =
the
the interview with Khachig T=F6l=F6lyan - see earlier IR-D email - and =
audio of
his lecture.

Under NEWS see the launch of a new multi-disciplinary refereed journal =
to be
published by Oxford University Press: Migration Studies. The journal, =
which
will publish for the first time in the Spring of 2013.

It is also worth following links to the COHAB project, Diasporic
Constructions of Home and Belonging
http://www.itn-cohab.eu/welcome-cohab

'... the conviction that interdisciplinary training as well as =
international
and intersectoral co-operation is key to any productive study of
diasporas...

Be that as it may, also note that - I think it is very visible - the =
core of
the Oxford Diasporas Programme has always been within the academic
discipline, anthropology.

P.O'S.

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David Park: a life in books
'I had a class in an inner-city Belfast secondary school. I started writing
out of desperation and fear. It was sink or swim'

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/apr/20/david-park-life-in-books

The Northern Ireland tourist board is currently running a campaign with the
slogan: "Our Place, Your Time". The idea is to change perceptions of
Northern Ireland. This is no longer the land of the Troubles: it is a land
flowing with milk and honey. Golfers bestride the nation. Young bands go
strutting their stuff. Snow Patrol play on a loop. The swell and the spirit
of the Titanic, built in Belfast, continually rises. Film-makers, artists,
fancy new buildings. And the writers, those most recalcitrant of citizens,
the guaranteed gain-sayers and the nay-sayers? The troubled conscience of a
troubled nation? Even the writers are rethinking.

The Light of Amsterdam is Northern Irish novelist David Park's eighth book.
But it might as well be his first. It's the first book he's published since
retiring from teaching and becoming a full-time writer: the first book he's
published that takes place almost entirely outside Northern Ireland; and
most importantly it's his first book - perhaps the first book by a serious
Northern Irish novelist - that might be described as a genuinely
post-Troubles novel.

We are sitting in Park's cottage, nestled in hills of County Down, with
views out over the Mourne Mountains. He's trying to explain, over tea and
biscuits, in his quiet, patient way, what it felt like being a writer in the
old Northern Ireland. "You felt that you were in a forced marriage, an
arranged marriage. Could you write a romance set in Tuscany? Would it feel
morally appropriate?" For Park, the answer was clear: no. Not possible.
Ulster said no. This was not the time or the place for romances in Tuscany.
There were other, more pressing demands and stories that had to be told. One
might argue that the trouble with the Troubles was not that writers made it
their subject, but that it made them its subject. Like everyone else, they
were subjugated. Their time. Their place. "The Troubles had a deadening
impact," agrees Park, ruefully. "It damaged creativity. Our creativity was
stunted."...

FULL TEXT AT
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/apr/20/david-park-life-in-books

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Subject: Irish Times art competition for emigrant children
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Forwarded on behalf of
emigration[at]irishtimes.com

Subject: Irish Times art competition for emigrant children
=A0
The Irish Times is running a children's art competition for those who =
have
emigrated in the last few years, which may be of interest to you or =
someone
you know.=A0We would be grateful if you could forward this email to =
anyone
with kids who has recently relocated from Ireland, or share through =
Facebook
or Twitter. All information can be found here:
=20
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/generationemigration/2012/04/13/childrens=
-ar
t-competition-emigration-illustrations/

Details:
Irish children =96 that is anyone aged 12 or under =96 who have recently =
moved
abroad are invited to create a painting or drawing based on the =
experience.
It could be a picture of your new home, or some aspect of the country =
you
now live in, or it could be a picture of the friends, family or place =
you
left behind, or anything else inspired by the move and change of scene. =
All
entries will be featured on the Generation Emigration blog, and our 10
favourite pictures will be printed in the newspaper and win =
an=A0international
book voucher, which will allow you to order a book online and have it =
posted
to you in your new home.

How to enter:
When you have finished your picture, you should scan or photograph it =
=96 or
ask your mum or dad to do it =96 and email the photo to
mypicture[at]irishtimes.com
Please include your name, age and a few sentences about the picture, =
what it
shows and why you drew it. Closing date for entries is Friday 27th =
April.
=A0
Ciara Kenny=20
The Irish Times, Generation Emigration=20
Follow us on Twitter: [at]GenEmigration=20
Like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/generationemigration=20

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Subject: Undershaw Conan Doyle Museum / Centre for British & Irish Crime
Writing
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From:
"musardant[at]gmail.com"

While I have my quill and inkwell to hand, I am happy to announce that
we now have 575 academics and other scholars, and crime and thriller writers
signed up for saving Undershaw as a Conan Doyle Museum / Centre for British
& Irish Crime Writing. We hope to gather all we can by 1st May ahead of the
High Court hearing on 23rd May, so do please let me know if I can add anyone
else. More information, including names of our supporters (many familiar to
the IR-D) at www.undershawalliance.com

David Rose

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I am grateful to the colleague who brought this item to our attention...

Note that Gerald Morgan's Preface is available as a pdf file on the
publisher's web site.

Beckett specialists will most probably want to, at least, examine this =
book.

This whole discourse, of Ireland and World War 2, is potentially a
fascinating case study of the present rewriting the past.

P.O'S.=20


Forwarded on behalf of
Sarah Alyn-Stacey=20
=20
I would like to draw the attention of colleagues working on France in =
World
War 2 to the following publication which resulted from a number of
conferences we have held in the French Department in Trinity on the =
subject.
It was launched by the French Embassy here in Dublin. A few colleagues =
have
told me they have difficulty getting hold of it in Ireland (I understand
this difficulty arises from publishing arrangements between Peter Lang =
and
Irish distributors).=20

As the subject of Ireland=92s involvement is now attracting interest, =
the book
should be very useful to scholars in the field I would be pleased to =
hear
from anyone interested in working with us to organise a future event on
Franco-Irish links in World War 2.=20

Best wishes,=20
Sarah Alyn Stacey=20
Dr Sarah Alyn Stacey, Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor, FTCD, =
Acad=E9mie de
Savoie,=20
French Department/Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies,=20
Trinity College,=20
Dublin 2,=20
Ireland=20
Tel. (00 353 1) 896 2686=20
=20
Morgan, Gerald / Hughes, Gavin (eds), Southern Ireland and the =
Liberation of
France: New Perspectives=20
Series: Reimagining Ireland - Volume 33 ; year of Publication: 2011=20
Publisher: Peter Lang, Oxford, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am =
Main,
New York, Wien, 2011. XVIII, 232 PP., num. Tables=20
ISBN 978-3-0343-0190-9 pb.=20
ISBN 978-3-0353-0068-0 (eBook) It can be ordered from the publisher=92s
website.=20
=20
http://www.peterlang.com/index.cfm?event=3Dcmp.ccc.seitenstruktur.details=
eiten
&seitentyp=3Dprodukt&pk=3D54547

Book synopsis
This collection of essays sets out to correct an injustice to citizens =
of
the Irish Free State, or Twenty-Six Counties, whose contribution to the
victory against Nazi Germany in the Second World War has thus far been
obscured. The historical facts reveal a divided island of Ireland, in =
which
the volunteers from the South were obliged to fight in a foreign (that =
is,
British) army, navy and air force. Recent research has now placed this
contribution on a secure basis of historical and statistical fact for =
the
first time, showing that the total number of Irish dead (more than nine
thousand) was divided more or less equally between the two parts of =
Ireland.
The writers in this volume establish that the contribution by Ireland to =
the
eventual liberation of France was not only during the fighting at =
Dunkirk in
1940 and in Normandy in 1944, but throughout the conflict, as revealed =
by
the list of the dead of Trinity College Dublin, which is examined in one
chapter. Respect for human values in the midst of war is shown to have =
been
alive in Ireland, with chapters examining the treatment of shipwreck
casualties on Irish shores and the Irish hospital at Saint L=F4 in =
France.
Other essays in the volume place these events within the complex =
diplomatic
network of a neutral Irish Free State and examine the nature and =
necessity
of memorial in the context of a divided Ireland.

Contents:=20
Sarah Alyn Stacey: Patria non immemor: Ireland and the Liberation of =
France=20

Edward Arnold: Irish Neutrality between Vichy France and de Gaulle,
1940-1945=20
=20
Gavin Hughes: Commitment, Casualties and Loss: Comparative Aspects of =
Irish
Regiments at Dunkirk 1940 and in Western Europe, 1944-1945

David Truesdale: Irish Soldiers and the D-Day Airborne Operations

Phyllis Gaffney: A Hospital for the Ruins: The Irish Hospital at =
Saint-L=F4=20

Kevin Myers: Perceptions of Irish Participation in the Second World War =
-
Fergus D'Arcy: Second World War Graves in Ireland=20

Gerald Morgan: The Trinity College Dublin War Dead, 1939-1945=20

Yvonne McEwen: 'Their Ancient Valour': The Politics of Irish =
Volunteering
and Volunteer War Deaths in the Second World War =20

Donal Buckley: Postscript: 'And so to D-Day...'.

About the author(s)/editor(s)
Gerald Morgan was a postgraduate at Jesus College, Oxford, before moving =
to
Trinity College Dublin, where he still teaches. He was a Fellow of =
Trinity
from 1993 to 2002. His primary research field is medieval literature and =
his
most recent book is The Shaping of English Poetry (Peter Lang, 2010).
Gavin Hughes is currently Research Associate at the Centre for Medieval =
and
Renaissance Studies, Trinity College Dublin. He holds a PhD from the
University of Wales, Lampeter.

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This note comes from
S=E9amus =D3 Dioll=FAin
Irish Language Lecturer=20
Waterford Institute of Technology

Conference on the Literature and Culture of the D=E9ise Gaeltacht
7th June, 2012

Comhdh=E1il na nD=E9ise will be officially opened by Mr Dinny McGinley =
TD,
Minister of State with responsibility for the Gaeltacht and the Islands =
and
as part of the Conference proceedings Minister McGinley will also launch =
the
new Archive of Irish Culture in WIT.

A link to the Conference website will appear at a later date. See also =
the
Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/DeiseWIT) and follow on Twitter
([at]ComhdhailDeise).

Queries to deise[at]wit.ie

P.O'S.=20


Conference on the Literature and Culture of the D=E9ise Gaeltacht
7th June, 2012

Comhdh=E1il na nD=E9ise
Creativity and Culture Research Group, Waterford Institute of Technology

(Proceedings will take place in Irish but a simultaneous translation =
will be
provided)

English language version follows...

Comhdh=E1il na nD=E9ise=20
7=FA Meitheamh, 2012
Gr=FApa Taighde na Cruthaitheachta agus an Chult=FAir, Institi=FAid
Teicneola=EDochta Phort L=E1irge

Reacht=E1lfar Comhdh=E1il na nD=E9ise (comhdh=E1il lae) in Institi=FAid
Teicneola=EDochta Phort L=E1irge ar an 7=FA Meitheamh, 2012. Beidh an =
Chomhdh=E1il
seo d=EDrithe ar gach gn=E9 de Ghaeilge na nD=E9ise: litr=EDocht, =
can=FAint,
amhr=E1na=EDocht, ceol, stair srl. T=E1 Gaeltacht Phort L=E1irge suite =
s=E9 mh=EDle =F3
Dh=FAn Garbh=E1n agus t=E1 saibhreas na Gaedhealuinne le f=E1il inti.

D=E9=E1nfaidh an tAire Donnchadh Mac Fhionnlaoich an oscailt =
oifigi=FAil. Beidh
beirt aoi-l=E9acht=F3ir=ED ag an gComhdh=E1il: tabharfaidh an tOllamh =
P=E1draig =D3
Mach=E1in (Scoil an L=E9inn Cheiltigh, Institi=FAid Ard-L=E9inn Bhaile =
=C1tha Cliath)
l=E9acht ar =93An Saol M=F3r agus Litr=EDocht na nD=E9ise=94 agus =
tabharfaidh Niocl=E1s
Mac Craith caint ar =93Dul Gaedhealuinne na nD=E9ise=94. Beidh tr=ED =
sheisi=FAn de
l=E9achta=ED againn agus seo a leanas na l=E9acht=F3ir=ED: An Dr =
Aoibheann Nic
Dhonnchadha, An Dr Tr=EDona N=ED Sh=EDoch=E1in, An Dr Proinsias =D3 =
Drisceoil,
Breand=E1n =D3 Cr=F3in=EDn, An Dr S=EDle N=ED Mhurch=FA, An Dr P=E1draig =
=D3 Liath=E1in, An Dr
C=E1it N=ED Sh=FAilleabh=E1in, Gear=F3id =D3 Duinn agus Chris McAuliffe. =
Cuirfear
aistri=FAch=E1n comhuaineach ar f=E1il do dhaoine nach bhfuil Gaeilge =
acu.=20

Seolfaidh an tAire Mac Fhionnlaoich Cartlann Chult=FAr na h=C9ireann WIT =
/
Archive of Irish Culture WIT ar an l=E1 c=E9anna. Beidh na =
baili=FAch=E1in seo a
leanas sa Chartlann: (1) Baili=FAch=E1n Bobby Clancy; (2) Baili=FAch=E1n
Ghaedhealuinn na nD=E9ise; (3) Baili=FAch=E1in de thionscnadail agus =
obair ph=E1irce
ar =C9irinn agus Talamh an =C9isc; (4) taifeadta=ED d=92amhr=E1in, de =
cheol agus de
logainmneacha a bhailigh mic l=E9inn WIT; (5) lamhscr=EDbhinn=ED agus =
taifeadta=ED a
bronnadh ar WIT; agus (6) tr=E1chtais a scr=EDobh foch=E9imithe agus =
iarch=E9imithe
WIT ar cheol na h=C9ireann agus ar =E1bhair a bhaineann leis sin.

T=E1 Gr=FApa Taighde na Cruthaitheachta agus an Chult=FAir an-bhu=EDoch =
d=92=DAdar=E1s na
Gaeltachta agus de: Chol=E1iste na Rinne, Chomhlucht Forbartha na =
nD=E9ise agus
de Chomhairle Cathrach Phort L=E1irge.
Tuilleadh Eolais =F3 deise[at]wit.ie.=20

Comhdh=E1il na nD=E9ise 2012/ Gaeltacht na nD=E9ise Conference 2012
7th June, 2012

Creativity and Culture Research Group, Waterford Institute of Technology

The WIT Creativity and Culture Research Group (CCRG) will hold a one-day
conference titled Comhdh=E1il na nD=E9ise (Gaeltacht na nD=E9ise =
Conference). This
conference will focus on all aspects of the Irish language of the local
Gaeltacht region, including literature, dialect, song, music, culture,
history etc. The County Waterford Gaeltacht is situated six miles west =
of
Dungarvan and the region contains the Parish of Rinn Ua gCuanach (Ring) =
and
An Sean Phobal (Old Parish). The D=E9ise Gaeltacht is home to a wealth =
of
language, literature, folklore and Irish language culture.

Comhdh=E1il na nD=E9ise will be officially opened by Mr Dinny McGinley =
TD,
Minister of State with responsibility for the Gaeltacht and the Islands. =
The
conference will hear papers from numerous Irish language scholars but =
the
CCRG is also delighted that we will have two guest speakers on the day -
Professor P=E1draig =D3 Mach=E1in of the School of Celtic Studies at the =
Dublin
Institute for Advance Studies and Mr Niocl=E1s Mac Craith (Irish =
language
scholar) of Ring. The proceedings will all be in Irish but a =
simultaneous
translation will be provided.

As part of the Conference proceedings Minister McGinley will launch the
CCRG=92s new Cartlann Chult=FAr na h=C9ireann / Archive of Irish =
Culture. The
Archive will house numerous collections including: (1) Bobby Clancy
Collection; (2) Gaedhealuinn na nD=E9ise Collection; (3) =
Ireland/Newfoundland
Fieldwork Project; (4) Recordings of song, music, folklore and =
placenames by
WIT undergraduate students; (5) donations of manuscripts and recordings =
from
individuals; and (6) WIT undergraduate and postgraduate theses in Irish
music and related areas.

The CCRG are very grateful to =DAdar=E1s na Gaeltachta, Col=E1iste na =
Rinne,
Comhlucht Forbartha na nD=E9ise and Waterford City Council for their =
support.=20
All queries should be directed to deise[at]wit.ie.=20

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Louis Le Brocquy dies in Dublin

One of Ireland's most renowned artists, Louis le Brocquy, has died at the
age of 95.

The painter, best known for his portraits of great literary figures and
fellow artists, died at home in Dublin with his wife, artist Anne Madden, at
his side. He is also survived by his sons Pierre and Alexis.

Le Brocquy had been ill for the past year.

In a statement, President Michael D Hiigins paid tribute to the artist.

"Louis le Brocquy's pioneering approach to art, influenced by the European
masters, was highly inspirational," he said.

"His works including the Tinker Paintings broke new ground and opened
dialogue around the human condition and suffering. Through painting,
tapestry and print Louis le Brocquy has provided us with individual works
and collections that give the insight and response of an artist of genius to
Irish history, culture and society."

The President said both he and his wife Sabina were deeply saddened to hear
of Le Brocquy's death and offered heartfelt sympathies to family and
friends.

"Today I lament the loss of a great artist and wonderful human being whose
works are amongst this country's most valuable cultural assets and are
cherished by us all. Louis leaves to humanity a truly great legacy," the
President said.

SOURCE
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2012/0425/breaking30.html

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Harvard University says it can't afford journal publishers' prices

University wants scientists to make their research open access and resign
from publications that keep articles behind paywalls

Exasperated by rising subscription costs charged by academic publishers,
Harvard University has encouraged its faculty members to make their research
freely available through open access journals and to resign from
publications that keep articles behind paywalls.

A memo from Harvard Library to the university's 2,100 teaching and research
staff called for action after warning it could no longer afford the price
hikes imposed by many large journal publishers, which bill the library
around $3.5m a year.

The extraordinary move thrusts one of the world's wealthiest and most
prestigious institutions into the centre of an increasingly fraught debate
over access to the results of academic research, much of which is funded by
the taxpayer.

The outcome of Harvard's decision to take on the publishers will be watched
closely by major universities around the world and is likely to prompt
others to follow suit...

...Robert Darnton, director of Harvard Library told the Guardian: "I hope
that other universities will take similar action. We all face the same
paradox. We faculty do the research, write the papers, referee papers by
other researchers, serve on editorial boards, all of it for free . and then
we buy back the results of our labour at outrageous prices...

...David Prosser, executive director of Research Libraries UK (RLUK), said:
"Harvard has one of the richest libraries in the world. If Harvard can't
afford to purchase all the journals their researchers need, what hope do the
rest of us have?

"There's always been a problem with this being seen as a library budget
issue. The memo from Harvard makes clear that it's bigger than that. It's at
the heart of education and research. If you can't get access to the
literature, it hurts research."...

FULL TEXT AT

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/apr/24/harvard-university-journal-pub
lishers-prices?INTCMP=SRCH

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Forwarded on behalf of
Lynch, Dorothy [mailto:D.Lynch[at]liverpool.ac.uk]=20
Subject: Institute of Irish Studies - BOOKING ESSENTIAL - Panel =
Discussion
"Irish Unity - will it ever happen?" - 3 May 2012

BOOKING ESSENTIAL
TICKETS WILL BE ALLOCATED ON A FIRST COME-FIRST SERVE BASIS
To reserve your tickets contact Dorothy Lynch by Friday 27 April 2012
and state the number of tickets required, your postal address=20
and the names of any guests you wish to bring along.


Professor Marianne Elliott OBE, FBA, Blair Chair
Director of The Institute of Irish Studies
University of Liverpool
invites you to a panel discussion=A0=20

on

Irish Unity: will it ever happen?

at

6.00 p.m. Thursday 3 May 2012

in

The Eleanor Rathbone Theatre
Eleanor Rathbone Building, Bedford Street South
Liverpool L69 7ZA

Chair:=20
Professor Marianne Elliott (Blair Chair, Director, The Institute of =
Irish
Studies)

Panel members:
Fergal Keane (Special Correspondent, BBC News)
Stephen Collins (Political Editor, The Irish Times)
Tom Hartley (Sinn F=E9in Politician, Historian, and former Lord Mayor of
Belfast)
Dr Kevin Bean (Lecturer in Irish Politics, The Institute of Irish =
Studies)

Refreshments will be served in the Foyer after the Panel Discussion.

Panel Discussion: Irish Unity - will it ever happen?


This is a discussion panel convened by The Institute of Irish Studies,
bringing together a team of experts to discuss =91Irish =
re-unification=92. Since
the Anglo-Irish Agreement, signed by Margaret Thatcher and Garret =
FitzGerald
in 1985, and the signing of The Good Friday/Belfast Agreement in 1998 by
Tony Blair and Bertie Ahern, British-Irish Relations have never been =
better.
But what about relations between North and South of the border? How have
these progressed? Does anyone really want Ireland to be re-unified? Are
attitudes in the South towards northern nationalists and republicans as =
much
a stumbling block as Unionists=92 wish to remain part of Britain? All of =
these
issues will be the subject of a public discussion, led by this =
prestigious
panel.

Chair:=A0=20
Professor Marianne Elliott, Blair Chair, D.Phil, OBE, FBA, FRHistS.,
Director, The Institute of Irish Studies, Liverpool University
Professor Marianne Elliott, who was born in Belfast, is internationally
recognised as one of Ireland=92s leading historians and is best known =
for her
acclaimed biography Wolfe Tone: Prophet of Irish Independence, which won
numerous awards. Her latest book When God Took Sides: Religion and =
Identity
in Ireland =96 Unfinished History was published recently.
Her other books include Partners in Revolution: The United Irishmen and
France, Robert Emmet: The Making of a Legend and The Catholics of =
Ulster: A
History.=20
She was invited to deliver the prestigious Ford Lectures at Oxford
University in 2005.=20
Professor Elliott has also played an important role in the promotion of
peace efforts in Northern Ireland, most notably serving on the Opsahl
Commission in 1993 and co-writing its report, 'A Citizens' Inquiry'. Her
research interests are political and cultural history, religious =
identities,
eighteenth-century Ireland and France and the history of Ulster.=20
In October 2000 she was awarded an OBE for services to Irish Studies and =
the
Northern Ireland peace process and in 2002 elected a Fellow of the =
British
Academy. In 2009 she was noted as one of 'The Global Irish' in Irish =
America
Magazine.=20

Panel:
Fergal Keane, Special Correspondent for BBC News, based in London in the
BBC=92s World Affairs Unit
Fergal Keane, born into a well-known Irish literary and theatrical =
family,
was educated in Dublin and Cork. He began his career in journalism in =
1979
as a reporter on the Limerick Leader and Chronicle before moving to The
Irish Press, a national daily. His first taste of broadcasting was with =
RTE
news, where he was a reporter and presenter. In 1988 he joined the BBC =
as
Ireland Correspondent. He has since worked as Southern Africa =
Correspondent,
Asia Correspondent and now Special Correspondent with BBC News.=20
Fergal has reported from most of the world's major trouble spots from
Northern Ireland to South Africa to Rwanda and the Middle East and is =
known
for his hard-hitting and often moving reports. He has been awarded a =
BAFTA,
named Reporter of the Year on television and radio, and won honours from =
a
range of organisations, including the Royal Television Society and =
Amnesty
International. He has twice won the Sony Gold Award. His book on the =
Rwandan
Genocide, 'Season of Blood', won the George Orwell Prize. In 2011 Fergal
presented the five part BBC series "The Story Of Ireland", charting the
history of the island of Ireland and her people from earliest days to =
the
present.=A0=A0=20
In 1996, Fergal was awarded an OBE for services to journalism.

Stephen Collins, Political Editor of the The Irish Times based in Dublin
Stephen Collins is the political editor of the Irish Times. He has been =
a
political journalist for over 20 years and was formerly the political =
editor
of the Sunday Tribune and the Sunday Press, having started work as a
journalist with the Irish Press Group.=20
He has written a number of books on Irish politics the most recent being
People Politics and Power: From O=92Connell to Ahern (2007).=A0 His =
other books
include Breaking the Mould: How the PDs changed Irish Politics (2005), =
The
Power Game: Ireland under Fianna Fail (2001) and The Cosgrave Legacy =
(1996).

He was educated at Oatlands College, Mount Merrion, Co Dublin, and
University College Dublin where he graduated with a BA in History and
Politics and an MA in Politics.=20

Tom Hartley, Sinn F=E9in Politician, Historian and former Lord Mayor of
Belfast
Tom Hartley has been active in politics for 42 years and was first =
elected
to represent the Lower Falls on Belfast City Council in May 1993. In =
June
2008 Tom was elected Lord Mayor of Belfast. Since 1998, he has combined =
his
love of history and interest in the environment by organising historical
walks through the Belfast City Cemetery as a part of the West Belfast
Festival. Now recognised as an authority on the Cemetery he continues to
highlight the importance of this burial site as a repository of the
political, social and economic history of Belfast.=A0 Tom is the author =
of
Written In Stone, the history of the Belfast City Cemetery.

Dr Kevin Bean, Lecturer in Irish Politics, Institute of Irish Studies,
Liverpool University
Dr. Kevin Bean is a lecturer in Irish politics at the Institute of Irish
Studies, University of Liverpool. His publications include Republican =
Voices
(edited with Mark Hayes) Monaghan 2001, The New Politics of Sinn F=E9in,
Liverpool 2007, =91Defining Republicanism: Shifting Discourses of
Post-Republicanism and New Nationalism=92 in M. Elliott (ed.) The Long =
Road to
Peace in Northern Ireland, Liverpool 2007, =91=93The Economic and Social =
War
Against Violence=94: British Social and Economic Strategy and the =
Evolution of
Provisionalism=92 in A. Edwards and S. Bloomer (eds) Transforming the =
Peace
Process in Northern Ireland, Dublin 2008, =91The Politics of Fear?=A0
Provisionalism, Loyalism and the =91New Politics=92 of Northern =
Ireland=92 in G.
Spencer and J. McAuley (eds), Ulster Loyalism after the Good Friday
Agreement: History, Identity and Change, Basingstoke 2011, and =91Civil
society, the state and conflict transformation in the nationalist =
community
=91 in M. Power (ed.), Building Peace in Northern Ireland, Liverpool =
2012.=20

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Subject: Institute of Irish Studies - Dr Frank Shovlin - "Journey Westward:
Joyce, Dubliners and the Literary Revival" - 10 May 2012

Professor Marianne Elliott OBE, FBA, Blair Chair
Director of the Institute of Irish Studies
University of Liverpool
invites you to a public lecture

by

Dr Frank Shovlin
Senior Lecturer in Irish Literature in English, The Institute of Irish
Studies

on his new book

"Journey Westward: Joyce, Dubliners and the Literary Revival"

at

6.00 p.m. Thursday 10 May 2012

in

Lecture Theatre 6
The Rendall Building
Bedford Street South
L69 7WW


RSVP by Tuesday 8 May 2012

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C.M.Ryan[at]swansea.ac.uk

Writing from the Margins: The Aesthetics of Disruption in the Irish Short
Story

The purpose of this anthology will be to examine the history of modernism
and postmodernism in the Irish short story. There has been growing interest
in the Irish short story in recent times. In her monograph entitled A
History of the Irish Short Story, Heather Ingman focuses on the development
of mainstream short prose in Ireland since the 19th century but ignores the
modernist, postmodernist and paleo-postmodernist contribution of writers
such as Samuel Beckett, Aidan Higgins and Tom Mac Intyre. This is a
neglected area in Irish literature and the intention of this anthology is to
change that situation.

The history of experimentation in Irish poetry, drama and fiction has always
been been a marginalized one. According to John Goodby the Irish writers
who followed in the footsteps of Beckett specifically "reject the issue of
family, nation and tradition." Beckett is very much linked to both Aidan
Higgins and Tom Mac Intyre. It was Beckett who recommended Higgins's first
collection of short stories, Felo De Se, to Beckett's London publisher John
Calder. Tom Mac Intyre's short prose work has often been compared to
Beckett's. This anthology will explore that sense of the outsider through
Beckett, Higgins and Mac Intyre who in very different ways create a rupture
in the Irish short story tradition in terms of content, form or both.

I am seeking 500 word proposals on the experimental short story work of
either of these writers. The deadline for submission is June 30th.

Send proprosals directly to C.M.Ryan[at]swansea.ac.uk

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Subject: Symposium, Folklore and Irish Writing,
An Foras Feasa NUI Maynooth, 26 May 2012.
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Folklore and Irish writing
Saturday 26th May 2012

As an academic discipline, folklore is concerned with the collection and
study of what have been described as =91the sayings and doings of =
ordinary
people=92. This one-day, interdisciplinary symposium brings together
researchers with an interest in Irish folklore to explore its ongoing
cultural significance, both in its own right and in terms of its =
complex,
often contested relationship with Irish writing.=A0
=20
Venue: An Foras Feasa Seminar Room, Iontas Building, NUI Maynooth North
Campus, Maynooth.
Registration is free. To reserve a place, please contact Dr. Anne Markey =
at
Anne.Markey[at]nuim.ie

LIST OF SPEAKERS
Paul Delaney (TCD)
John Eastlake (UCC)
Kelly Fitzgerald=A0 (UCD)
Marian Th=E9r=E8se Keyes=A0 (DLR Libraries)
Anne Markey (NUIM)
Brian =D3 Cath=E1in (NUIM)
Anne O=92Connor (RTE)
Margaret O=92Neill=A0 (NUIM)
Catherine Smith (NUIM)
Moynagh Sullivan=A0 (NUIM)

Keynote address: =C9il=EDs N=ED Dhuibhne

The full programme is available on the Foras Feasa website:
http://forasfeasa.ie/

=A0=20