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From: Patrick O'Sullivan
Subject: New journal, American Political Thought
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American Political Thought is a new journal from The University of Chicago
Press - and is immediately visible on JSTOR, which is now Chicago's way of
dealing with the problems of storage, access and display...

http://www.jstor.org/page/journal/amerpolithou/about.html

http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/664008

Volume I, Issue 1, includes a section on American Exceptionalism, which is
the free sample, to get you interested.

It is interesting, and the Irish have their usual walk-on part...

Though I have always been a bit puzzled by these discussions. I have never
been to a country that was not exceptional.

P.O'S.


Greetings from the Editor(pp. 1-2)
Michael Zuckert

American Exceptionalism: Is It Real, Is It Good?

The Origins and Character of American Exceptionalism(pp. 3-28)
James W. Ceaser

Cities of Man on a Hill(pp. 29-52)
Patrick J. Deneen

Old Paradigms in History Die Hard in Political Science: US Foreign Policy
and American Exceptionalism(pp. 53-76)
Hilde Eliassen Restad

American Exceptionalism and National Identity(pp. 77-100)
Peter S. Onuf

"Our Republican Example": The Significance of the American Experiments in
Government in the Twenty-First Century(pp. 101-128)
Rogers M. Smith

Our first issue begins with a symposium titled American Exceptionalism-Is It
Good, Is It Real? The topic was selected not because it has become, somewhat
surprisingly, something of a political issue now but because I thought it
would be a good opportunity for our distinguished roster of authors to
address the American political experience in a broadly reflective way. This
issue is in some ways exceptional in that the essays in the symposium were
commissioned by the editor as a way to jump start our first issue. Although
it is never wise to say never, I do not anticipate that we will do that very
much in the future. We plan to survive and thrive on unsolicited
submissions, so let no potential contributor be discouraged by the
prefabricated character of this part of our first issue.

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Subject: Dialogues in Human Geography March 2012 BOOK REVIEW FORUM David
Nally, Human Encumbrances
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The latest issue of the journal
Dialogues in Human Geography
March 2012; 2 (1)

has a BOOK REVIEW FORUM about=20
David Nally, Human Encumbrances: Political Violence and the Great Irish
Famine, University of Notre Dame Press

Effectivly, 5 engaged reviews of the book, with an Introduction and an
Author Response...

Dialogues in Human Geography
March 2012; 2 (1)

BOOK REVIEW FORUM 1=20
Reviews=20

Gerry Kearns=20
Guest editorial: Colonialism and the Irish Famine=20

'There are at least three sets of intellectual issues
with which Nally engages in his book on the Irish
Famine of 1845=961852. In the first place, Nally looks
at how disasters are explained...

...Nally next takes up a debate within Irish history.
In Irish history, one group of historians has tried to
take the emotive charge out of Irish historical writing...

...A third set of issues that Nally raises relate to
Foucault=92s analyses of governmentality (Dean,
1999) and subjectivation (Foucault 1988 [1984]).
Foucault noted a way of governing that involved the
management of populations through producing
forms of self-reflection for individuals...

...It is colonialism which links these three sets of
intellectual tasks together...'

Christine Kinealy=20
Fear and loathing in Ireland: How politics contributed to the Great =
Famine=20

Nessa Cronin=20
Geographies of hunger: Colonialism and the political economy of An =
G=F3rta M=F3r


Tony Weis=20
Approaching the political violence of agrarian change, dislocation, and =
food
crises=20

P=E1draig Carmody=20
The violence of governance=20

Abdi Ismail Samatar=20
Human encumbrances and African vulnerabilities=20

Author response=20
David Nally=20
=91Immediate in time and spectacular in space=92: Famine, violence and =
death by
proxy=20

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Subject: CafeDiploChannel, Irish Great Hunger,
Dr David Nally at Cafe diplo
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CafeDiploChannel

http://www.youtube.com/user/CafeDiploChannel

Friends of Le Monde Diplomatique organises a series of talks (in =
English)
known as the Caf=E9s Diplo. The Youtubey bit of this is called
CafeDiploChannel.

You can pick up David Nally's talk on YouTube, where it has been divided
into 4 parts... When you have listened to Part 1 you can click on to =
Part
2, and so on...

The Irish Famine and Today's Hunger
Dr David Nally at Cafe Diplo, March 2012

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=3DPL66E85DCF35E82A51&feature=3Dplcp

Le Monde Diplomatique, English Edition : http://mondediplo.com/
CafeDiploChannel

Recently an estimated 10 million people faced starvation across a vast
swathe of Africa including Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda, and in =
some
areas a child was dying every 6 minutes. Yet hunger is not a natural
disaster; it is a human-induced problem that demands political =
solutions.
Fewer than 170 years ago, a similarly terrible famine occurred in =
Ireland,
then an integral part of the United Kingdom and thus a constituent of =
the
most economically advanced region in the world. From an Irish population =
of
about 9 million, 1 million perished and a further 2 million emigrated in
what became known as An Gorta M=F3r or The Great Hunger.

Cambridge lecturer Dr David Nally, whose book Human Encumbrances: =
Political
Violence and the Great Irish Famine was published this year by the
University of Notre Dame Press, will discuss the historical causes of
famine, with a particular focus on the similarities between the Irish =
famine
and those of the present day.

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From: "Patrick O'Sullivan"
To: "IR-D Jiscmail"
Subject: Job, Wisconsin-Madison lecturer in Modern Irish


The University of Wisconsin-Madison is hiring a Lecturer to teach one course
in Modern Irish in fall of 2012, and one course of Modern Irish in spring of
2013. Salary is approximately $6,000/semester plus benefits. The lecturer
will of course have a space on campus and full library privileges. For more
information, please go to this link:

http://www.ohr.wisc.edu/pvl/pv_073423.html

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Subject: Book Notice,
Romani Routes: Cultural Politics and Balkan Music in Diaspora
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Romani Routes: Cultural Politics and Balkan Music in Diaspora (Oxford
University Press, 2012)

Over the past two decades, a steady stream of recordings, videos, feature
films, festivals, and concerts has presented the music of Balkan Gypsies, or
Roma, to Western audiences, who have greeted them with exceptional
enthusiasm. Yet, as author Carol Silverman notes, "Roma are revered as
musicians and reviled as people." In this book, Silverman introduces readers
to the people and cultures who produce this music, offering a sensitive and
incisive analysis of how Romani musicians address the challenges of
discrimination. Focusing on southeastern Europe then moving to the diaspora,
her book examines the music within Gypsy communities, the lives and careers
of outstanding musicians, and the marketing of music in the electronic media
and "world music" concert circuit. Silverman touches on the way that the
Roma exemplify many qualities-adaptability, cultural hybridity,
transnationalism-that are taken to characterize late modern experience.
Rather than just celebrating these qualities, she presents the musicians as
complicated, pragmatic individuals who work creatively within the many
constraints that inform their lives. As both a performer and presenter on
the world music circuit, Silverman has worked extensively with Romani
communities for more than two decades both in their home countries and in
the diaspora. At a time when the political and economic plight of European
Roma and the popularity of their music are objects of international
attention, Silverman's book is incredibly timely.

The book has a website with numerous photographs, audio clips, text
supplements, song words, and over 100 video clips.

$55.00, Hardback, ISBN13: 9780195300949, ISBN10: 0195300947
Use this 20% discount code when you order from Oxford: 28862

http://www.us.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/Music/WorldMusicEthnomusico
logy/?view=usa&ci=9780195300949


Carol Silverman
Professor and Head
Department of Anthropology
University of Oregon
csilverm[at]uoregon.edu

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From: Anthony Mcnicholas
To: Irish List
Subject: Re: [IR-D] Dialogues in Human Geography March 2012 BOOK REVIEW

There is currently a free trial for this journal.

http://dhg.sagepub.com/

You have to register

https://online.sagepub.com/cgi/register?registration=FTDHGSJOHOME

and this gives you access to volumes 1,2 and 3 of the journal. This would
include access to the Famine BOOK REVIEW FORUM, below. The trial ends 31st
Dec 2013.

Anthony McNicholas

On 30/04/2012 17:29, "Patrick O'Sullivan"
wrote:

>The latest issue of the journal
>Dialogues in Human Geography
>March 2012; 2 (1)
>
>has a BOOK REVIEW FORUM about
>David Nally, Human Encumbrances: Political Violence and the Great Irish
>Famine, University of Notre Dame Press
>
>Effectivly, 5 engaged reviews of the book, with an Introduction and an
>Author Response...
>
>Dialogues in Human Geography
>March 2012; 2 (1)
>

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Subject: Article,
The demographic impacts of the Irish famine: towards a greater
geographical understanding
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The demographic impacts of the Irish famine: towards a greater geographical
understanding

A Stewart Fotheringham 1, Mary H Kelly 2, Martin Charlton 3

Article first published online: 27 APR 2012

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers
Early View (Online Version of Record published before inclusion in an issue)

Keywords:
Irish famine;historical GIS;population dynamics;geographically weighted
regression

The Irish famine of the 1840s had a dramatic effect both on the population
within Ireland and the populations of countries such as the US, the UK and
Australia, which received the bulk of the Irish diaspora resulting from the
famine (Kenny 2003). As such, the effects of the famine have been examined
extensively across a range of disciplines. It is therefore a challenge to
provide any new perspective on this well-researched area. However, this
paper provides novel insights into the spatial effects of the famine on
population in two ways. Firstly, we present the most spatially detailed data
recorded to date on population change in the period 1841-51 covering the
famine. We are able to do this by, for the first time, linking census data
from 1851 (which also records 1841 population) to the boundaries of 3436
Electoral Divisions (EDs) to provide a very detailed description of the
uneven nature of population change during the famine decade. Secondly, by
collecting data at the same spatial scale for over 100 other variables, we
are able to analyse the relationship between population change during this
decade and various demographic, locational and land use characteristics of
EDs. We do this through not only traditional regression but also by
geographically weighted regression (GWR), which allows us to investigate
possible spatial variations in the determinants of population change during
the famine period. The results of this analysis raise a series of intriguing
new questions relating to the effect of the Irish famine on population
change and point the way to further detailed historical and geographical
research on this important topic. The research also demonstrates the use of
GIS and spatial analytical techniques in historical geography as a means of
uncovering new questions that can be answered by further qualitative
research.

How to Cite
Fotheringham, A. S., Kelly, M. H. and Charlton, M. (2012), The demographic
impacts of the Irish famine: towards a greater geographical understanding.
Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers. doi:
10.1111/j.1475-5661.2012.00517.x

Author Information
1 Centre for Geoinformatics Department of Geography and Sustainable
Development, School of Geography and Geosciences, Irvine Building,
University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9TF, Scotland, UK
2 Department of Geography, National University of Ireland Maynooth,
Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland
3 National Centre for Geocomputation, National University of Ireland
Maynooth, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, IrelandEmail: mary.h.kelly[at]nuim.ie

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Subject: IRISH ARTIST SEEKS SUBJECTS Irish Exile/Migration; Mothers and
Daughters Art project
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Forwarded on behalf of
stella.strong[at]virgin.net

IRISH ARTIST SEEKS SUBJECTS

Artist Sarah Strong has an exciting opportunity for participants in her
upcoming Artpiece. She is looking for women to submit photos of themselves
with their mothers for a project called Irish Exile/Migration: Mothers and
Daughters

This proposed artwork will explore the relationship between mothers and
daughters and the complex emotions around separation; ambivalence and
mourning; issues of yearning, loss, belonging/ not belonging, grief. This is
work in process so that it is not possible to be definitive about the final
outcome but my intention is use cloth, photographs and possibly film and
sound.

If you are interested, please send me a photo of your choice and reflect
whether you wish to be an adult alongside mother which implies mutuality -
or a child. Please let me have your written permission to reproduce the
photo in an artwork. You may scan it to me at : stella.strong[at]virgin.net

Sarah ran the Rian Art project at LIWC recently and details of this and
biography may be found at http://womenandexileseminarseries.wordpress.com

If you would like further clarification, please send me an email
stella.strong[at]virgin.net

Thank you.

Sarah Strong

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Subject: Book Notice, Corporaal et al,
Recollecting Hunger: Cultural Memories of the Great Famine in
Irish and British Fiction, 1847-1920
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PRESS RELEASE
Irish Academic Press announces the release:
=20
Recollecting Hunger: Cultural Memories of the Great Famine in Irish and =
British Fiction, 1847-1920

by: Margu=C3=A9rite Corporaal, Christopher Cusack and Lindsay Janssen, =
Radboud University, Nijmegen
=20
First anthology of Famine literature, fully annotated and in historical =
context.=20
=E2=80=A2 Presents Irish fiction that is as yet unavailable to most =
scholars and general readers, but which deserves popular and critical =
attention.
=E2=80=A2 Excellent teaching text to students at all levels.
=E2=80=A2 Engrossing texts will appeal to general readers with an =
interest in the hidden treasures of Irish literary history.
=20
Recollecting Hunger brings together selections from Irish Famine novels =
and stories from the Famine until Independence. This anthology contains =
not only well-known material by authors such as Anthony Trollope, =
William Carleton, and Canon Patrick Sheehan, but also obscure texts by =
writers such as Margaret Percival, Susanna Meredith, Canon William =
Francis Barry and Louis J. Walsh.
=20
Fully annotated and placed in their historical context, these texts make =
visible the ways in which literary texts remember the Famine. Many of =
these texts =E2=80=93 some known, more unknown =E2=80=93 are not only =
interesting from a scholarly point of view, but are in fact engrossing =
and well-written, and will therefore also appeal to general readers with =
an interest in the hidden treasures of Irish literary history.
=20
Hardback: 9780716531289 =E2=82=AC60.00, =C2=A350.00Paperback: =
9780716531296 =E2=82=AC24.95 (Irl only) Extent:288 pages
=20
To interview the author and for further information please contact Colin =
Eustace at the address below.

In the event of a review or other publication please ensure the =
following attribution is given: Published by Irish Academic Press. =
Website: www.iap.ie
Please send 2 copies of any published review to the address below.
=20
IRISH ACADEMIC PRESS
2 Brookside, Dundrum Road, Dublin 14, Ireland
Tel: +353 (0)1 298 9937 Fax: +353 (0)1 298 2783 E-mail: info[at]iap.ie =20
www.iap.ie

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Subject: Working Paper,
Khachig T=?iso-8859-1?Q?=F6l=F6lyan=2C_?=Diaspora studies
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On the Oxford Diaspora Programme web site...

You can download this Working Paper

T=F6l=F6lyan, K. (2012) 'Diaspora studies: past, present and promise', =
IMI
Working Paper 55, International Migration Institute, University of =
Oxford=20

http://www.migration.ox.ac.uk/odp/working-papers.shtml


Working Papers
Paper 55, April 2012
Diaspora studies
Past, present and promise
Khachig T=F6l=F6lyan

Abstract=20
This paper formed the inaugural lecture at the launch of the Oxford
Diasporas Programme in June 2011. It explores the contradictions and
complexities of three =91formative binaries=92 =96 between dispersion =
and
diaspora, the subjective and objective aspects of the diasporic=20
experience, and the differences between home and homeland.

Keywords: diaspora, dispersion, homeland

Author: Professor Khachig T=F6l=F6lyan, College of Letters, Wesleyan =
University;
Email: ktololyan[at]wesleyan.edu

Introduction
'Every scholar tries to achieve an objective perspective, but every =
frank
scholar knows that he or she also has a subjective perspective shaped by =
his
or her formation as a professional and a person. You are entitled to =
know
mine. Any scholar in the field of diaspora studies must develop some
expertise in three fields. First, the scholar must know the people of =
the=20
diaspora he or she is studying, somewhat in the way that a good
anthropologist knows them: must understand how people gain their =
economic
livelihood, organize their social life, participate in public and =
political
life, produce a culture that represents them to themselves and others =
and in
the process attributes value and meaning to their lives. Second, the=20
responsible scholar must have some historical knowledge of how the =
social
formation under study came into being, and sometimes will even acquire =
more
of such knowledge than individual members of that society or people =
possess.
And third, a scholar must have what we now call theoretical competence =
=96 a
familiarity with the ways in which ideas about similar social formations
have been produced and can be critically and self-reflectively examined. =
In
my case, the one social formation I know as a scholar in all of these =
ways
is the Armenian diaspora, which however is not the primary topic of =
today=92s
talk. My second area of expertise is the product of my work in the past =
two
decades as editor of the journal Diaspora, which has given me the
opportunity to observe closely the emergence of the multidisciplinary =
field
of diaspora studies...'

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It seems this journal is only accessible to scholars accredited to a specified department of a specified third level institution - 'independent scholars' need not apply!

Ultan Cowley
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Subject: [IR-D] FREE ACCESS Dialogues in Human Geography

From: Anthony Mcnicholas
To: Irish List
Subject: Re: [IR-D] Dialogues in Human Geography March 2012 BOOK REVIEW

There is currently a free trial for this journal.

http://dhg.sagepub.com/

You have to register

https://online.sagepub.com/cgi/register?registration=FTDHGSJOHOME

and this gives you access to volumes 1,2 and 3 of the journal. This would
include access to the Famine BOOK REVIEW FORUM, below. The trial ends 31st
Dec 2013.

Anthony McNicholas

On 30/04/2012 17:29, "Patrick O'Sullivan"
wrote:

>The latest issue of the journal
>Dialogues in Human Geography
>March 2012; 2 (1)
>
>has a BOOK REVIEW FORUM about
>David Nally, Human Encumbrances: Political Violence and the Great Irish
>Famine, University of Notre Dame Press
>
>Effectivly, 5 engaged reviews of the book, with an Introduction and an
>Author Response...
>
>Dialogues in Human Geography
>March 2012; 2 (1)
>

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Subject: Book Notice, Val Noone, Hidden Ireland in Victoria
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New book for release in June 2012
Launch at Celtic Club, 3.00 pm, Sunday 3 June, details to follow

Ballarat Heritage Services
PO Box 2209 Ballarat Mail Centre VIC 3354
AUSTRALIA

Tel: 03 5331 7006.
Email: info[at]ballaratheritage.com.au

www.ballaratheritage.com.au

Hidden Ireland in Victoria is about the songs, stories, poems, prayers and
accents - as well as events and monuments - of those whose original language
was Irish.

This book is the first-ever overview of the history of the Irish language
and Gaelic culture in Victoria. It has 216 pages and over 250 images, with
full colour throughout.

Drawing on decades of research and community involvement, plus a unique
collection of images, Val Noone shows that there is much more evidence of
Hidden Ireland than previous writers have reported, although he warns the
reader that his journey has been like wandering along the sea shore, seeking
and finding pieces of flotsam and jetsam from a shipwreck.

"Original and stimulating" - Elizabeth Malcolm, professor of Irish Studies,
Melbourne
"I kept finding more sections which intersected with my grandparents'
lives." - Peter Kiernan, past president of the Australian Irish Heritage
Network
"A provocative counter to the silence in the standard histories." - Louis de
Paor, director, Irish Studies Centre, National University, Galway
"Here is a must-read for people from all walks of life." - Wayne Atkinson,
Yorta Yorta elder, senior fellow at University of Melbourne
"Val Noone writes history that is clear, accessible, well-argued and
humane." - Angela Gehrig, director, Newman-St Mary's Academic Centre

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You are cordially invited to attend the launch of the conference =
brochure
and website

IRISH AMERICAN LINK
People, Places and Culture

in
The Ard R=ED Hotel, Tuam, Co. Galway on 27th April at 6.30pm
To be Launched by Cllr. Michael Maher, Mayor of the County of Galway

Guest speaker Colm Keaveney TD
Please RSVP by 25th April, 2012
to:irishamericanlink[at]gmail.com
or contact 086-3431266

www.irishamericanlink.com

"The Irish American Link: People, Places, and Culture" conference will =
take
place in the Ard Ri House Hotel, Tuam, Co. Galway, Ireland from the 12th =
to
16th July, 2012.

Hosted by the Old Tuam Society in partnership with Drew University =
(Madison,
New Jersey, USA); Galway County Council; The Centre for Irish Studies,
National University of Ireland Galway and Galway County Heritage Forum.

Conference Schedule

http://www.irishamericanlink.com/conference-schedule

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Lecturer in Irish Literature
Queen's University Belfast - School of English
=A0
Ref: 12/102032
=A0
To undertake high quality research in Irish Literature post-1945 in line
with the School's research strategy, to teach Irish Literature at
undergraduate and postgraduate level, and to contribute to School
administration/outreach activity.
=A0
Informal enquiries may be directed to the School Manager
at=A0c.beaney[at]qub.ac.uk.
=A0
Anticipated interview date: Monday 18 June 2012=A0
=A0
Salary scale: =A332,901 - =A348,246 per annum (including contribution =
points)
Closing date: Friday 18 May 2012
=A0
Go to
http://www.qub.ac.uk/sites/QUBJobVacancies/AcademicOpportunities/English/=
to
visit our website for further information and to apply online, or
alternatively contact the Personnel Department, Queen's University =
Belfast,
BT7 1NN. Telephone (028) 9097 3044 FAX: (028) 9097 1040 or e-mail
on=A0personnel[at]qub.ac.uk
=A0
The University is committed to equality of opportunity and to selection =
on
merit. It therefore welcomes applications from all sections of society =
and
particularly welcomes applications from people with a disability.

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Subject: Book Review,
Troubled waters: a social and cultural history of Ireland's sea
fisheries
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Journal for Maritime Research=20
Volume 14, Issue 1, 2012=20

Troubled waters: a social and cultural history of Ireland's sea =
fisheries

Robb Robinson

pages 63-64

Troubled waters: a social and cultural history of Ireland=92s sea =
fisheries,
by Jim Mac Laughlin,
Dublin, Four Courts Press, 2010, 397 pp., tables, illustrations and =
maps,
=A350.00 (hardback), ISBN
078-1-84682-258-2

Although Ireland is surrounded by rich fishing grounds its fisheries =
have
often been seen, in terms of economic activity at least, as a neglected =
area
of the island=92s commercial life, the abundant catches taken in its
surrounding seas all too often providing benefit for fishermen of other
parts of the British Isles and the countries of continental Europe, most
notably from France and the Iberian Peninsula. In part this may be the
product of economic imperialism or of factors such as poor inland
communications, of the long shadow left by the Famine or of endemic =
regional
poverty, perhaps also the lack of consumer purchasing power, =
particularly in
the west of the country, which may have circumscribed the domestic =
market
for fish while the situation was aggravated by a shortage of capital
and possibly business acumen along various stretches of the coast. =
Clearly,
there were at various times sectors of the fishing industry, =
particularly in
places which enjoyed access to substantialcentres of population, such as =
in
the region around Dublin, where commercial, relatively well-capitalised
fisheries often flourished and which were among the first to embrace new
methods of fishing such as deep-sea trawling in the nineteenth century. =
More
often than not, however, the Irish fisheries were seen as backward and
underdeveloped.=20

The Irish fisheries have also been neglected by many historians. =
Although
the study of fisheries history has made substantial progress across many
countries bordering the North Atlantic, over the last 20 years the same
could not be said of Ireland. With perhaps the notable exception of John =
de
Courcy Ireland there have been few substantive works of reference =
available
for the academics. However, Jim Mac Laughlin=92s social and cultural =
history
of the Irish sea fisheries has gone a substantial way towards filling =
this
void. Mac Laughlin is a political geographer who has written widely on =
many
aspects of Irish history and national identity, and his new book is
certainly the most substantial study of the Irish fisheries yet =
published.

The book is broad in scope and examines not only the industry fromits
ancient origins through to the modern epoch but also analyses the =
reasons
why the fisheries have suffered such neglect. Clearly, as he points out, =
a
whole series of cultural and political as well as economic factors were =
at
play. The rise of agrarian nationalism in the latter part of the =
nineteenth
century, he argues, helped ensure that the fishing industry and Irish
fishermen remained marginalised on the outer edges of the =
nation-building
process. This marginalisation of the fisheries continued after home rule =
and
then full independence in the South. Arthur Griffiths, founder and =
leader of
Sinn Fein, was one of the few individuals involved in the independence
struggle who realised that the fisheries could be, as he stated, second =
only
to agriculture in terms of national economic importance. Unfortunately,
Griffiths=92s vision for the fisheries did not survive his early death =
in 1922
and, as Mac Laughlin points out, vocational training opportunities and
scientific investigations were also cut back over the following years.
Government indifference or neglect of the industry continued for many =
more
decades.

Although an additional chapter dwelling more substantially on later
twentieth-century developments would have been most useful, this is, I =
feel,
by far the best book yet written on Irish fisheries history and a major
addition to the growing body of work on the North Atlantic fisheries. =
Jim
Mac Laughlin has written a most welcome and absorbing book, and provided =
us
with a definitive historical account of Irish fishing history. Troubled
waters is of international significance and is strongly recommended to =
both
academic and interested lay reader alike.

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Policing and Society: An International Journal of Research and Policy=20

Trust and accountability in Ireland: the case of An Garda S=EDoch=E1na=20

Peter K. Manning

Available online: 27 Apr 2012

Abstract

Fieldwork and interviews gathered over more than two years with members =
of
the Garda, the Garda Inspectorate, and scholars of policing in Ireland, =
are
used to assess the nature of accountability of the An Garda =
S=EDoch=E1na.
Beginning with an overview of police accountability, the paper advances =
a
perspective integrating the historical, emotional and symbolic aspects =
of
police legitimacy and the extant mandate. While the Garda are well =
respected
by the public, they demonstrate the power of politics, sentiments, =
emotions
and memory in shaping this level of police trust and accountability. =
This is
suggested by an analysis of the origins of the An Garda S=EDoch=E1na, =
their
current status, their on-going dilemmas and their current resilience. It =
is
argued that the Garda are sacred and viewed as legitimate as a result of
their connections to the origin of the state. This fact insulates them =
from
swings in public opinion even in the face of scandal. Their obligations =
to
central government and a tight connection to national security insulate =
them
from direct accountability to the public. As a result, efforts to =
produce
accountability via case law, complaints systems and external assessments
have had thus far only modest impact on the structure and function of =
the
Garda.

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Journal for Maritime Research

Volume 14, Issue 1, 2012

The navy and the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland, 1649-53

Elaine Murphy

pages 1-13

Abstract
This article examines the role and operations of the parliamentary navy in
Ireland between 1649 and 1653. Following the execution of Charles I in
January 1649, the English parliament prepared an expeditionary force to be
led by Oliver Cromwell to suppress its enemies in Ireland. In August 1649 he
landed in Dublin and in the years that followed Cromwell and the military
commanders who came after him gradually defeated the alliance of
confederates and royalists in Ireland. This article argues that the English
navy played a key role in the success of the Cromwellian conquest of
Ireland. Prior to Cromwell's arrival the navy prevented the royalist
flotilla, commanded by Prince Rupert, from interfering in the transport of
the army across the Irish Sea by blockading it in Kinsale. English
men-of-war provided logistical and military support to the parliamentarians
as they campaigned along the coast at places such as Drogheda and Wexford in
1649, Waterford in 1650 and Limerick in 1651. The navy also helped to
sustain the longer-term English military campaign in Ireland by escorting
merchantmen to Irish ports and clearing the coast of privateers. This
ensured the vital supplies and reinforcements that the army needed continued
to arrive safely in Ireland.

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online discourses
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Exploring the form and function of dissident Irish Republican online
discourses

Lorraine Bowman-Grieve
University of Lincoln, UK

Maura Conway
Dublin City University, Ireland

Lorraine Bowman-Grieve, Faculty of Health, Life and Social Sciences,
University of Lincoln, Brayford Pool, Lincoln LN6 7TS, UK. Email:
lbowmangrieve[at]lincoln.ac.uk

Abstract

This article seeks to contribute to broadening the focus of research in the
area of violent online political extremism by examining the use of the
internet by dissident Irish Republicans and their supporters. The argument
here is not that the internet substitutes face-to-face contacts amongst
Irish Republicans, including violent dissidents, nor that it currently plays
a central role in processes of radicalisation into violent dissident groups,
but that it has an important support function in terms of providing an
'always-on' space for discussion, consumption, and production of Irish
Republicanism and thus a potentially educative role in terms of introducing
'newbies' to violent dissident Republicanism while also acting as a
'maintenance' space for the already committed. This exploratory study
considers the importance of these functions in the context of repeated
suggestions that the dissidents have no significant support base or
constituency as internet activity certainly gives the appearance of some
such support.

Media, War & Conflict April 2012 vol. 5 no. 1 71-85

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The Irish Review, Volume 44, Number 44
The Irish Review
ISSN 0790-7850
=20
Publisher: Cork University Press

Volume 44, Number 44, Spring 2012=20

Introduction=20
pp. 1-3(3)=20
Authors: O'Toole, Tina; King, Jason

A Land of Milk and Honey? The Representation of Migration and Diaspora =
in
Literary Memories of the Great Famine, 1860-1885=20
pp. 4-19(16)=20
Authors: Corporaal, Margu=E9rite

Remembering and Forgetting the Famine Irish in Quebec: Genuine and False
Memoirs, Communal Memory and Migration=20
pp. 20-41(22)=20
Author: King, Jason

Jack in Ireland and Appalachia: The International Tale at Home and =
Abroad=20
pp. 42-59(18)=20
Author: Kader, Emily

Ar an gCoigr=EDoch: Migration and Identity in Twentieth-Century and
Contemporary Irish-language Literature=20
pp. 60-74(15)=20
Authors: Dhonnchadha, Aisling N=ED; Eoin, M=E1ir=EDn Nic

A Diasporic Vernacular? The Narrativisation of Identity in =
Second-Generation
Irish Memoir=20
pp. 75-88(14)=20
Author: Murray, Tony

More than One Story to Tell: Exploring Twentieth-Century Migration to
Northampton, England, in Memoir and Oral Narratives=20
pp. 89-103(15)=20
Author: Sheridan, Louise

The Vanishing Irish in John McGahern's Amongst Women=20
pp. 104-117(14)=20
Author: McWilliams, Ellen

'A Map with Places Missing': Memory, Imagination and the Migrant
Autobiographer=20
pp. 118-125(8)=20
Author: Harte, Liam

'Stories that you have to write down are different': Hugo Hamilton's The
Speckled People and Contemporary Autobiography=20
pp. 126-137(12)=20
Author: Hughes, Eamonn

Reviews=20
pp. 138-154(17)

Notes on Contributors=20
pp. 155-156(2)

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Representing Animals in Irish Literature and Culture=20

Deadline for proposals: May 15, 2012

Kathryn Kirkpatrick & Borbala Farago
contact email:=20
kirkpatrick[at]appstate.edu & borbala.farago[at]gmail.com

From the shape-shifters of the sagas and the simian Paddies of the
nineteenth century to the Celtic Tiger of recent years, non-human =
animals
have figured powerfully in portrayals of Irishness. These portrayals =
tell us
a great deal about the ways discourses of animality construct the human, =
and
often, the sub-human. Indeed, Maureen O=92Connor has argued that the
constructed proximity of the Irish to animals justified the colonial use =
of
force to subdue and contain them. Conversely, making the ideological
connections between the oppression of women, the Irish, and animals,
prominent nineteenth-century animal advocates from Ireland like Richard
Martin of Galway, worked for both human and animal liberatory practices.
However, despite the rich history of animals figured in Irish literature =
and
culture, an animal studies focus has yet to emerge in Irish studies. =
Thus,
as editors of this volume, we invite essays working at the intersections =
of
Irish studies and Critical Animal Studies, including any topic that =
engages
with the relationship between humans and animals within Irish writing =
and
cultural production. Possible topics include:

=95 Portrayals of nationality,transnationality,or migration and
non-human animals
=95 Historical representations of animals
=95 Animals in Irish material culture
=95 Animals as religious and spiritual symbols
=95 Animal rights and its cultural implications
=95 Mythical animals
=95 Urban animals
=95 Representations of animals in Irish films
=95 Animals in Irish popular culture
=95 Gender and/or sexuality and animals
=95 Animals in Irish art
=95 Animals and/as property
=95 Representations of hierarchies of value among non-human animal
species
=95 Deconstructing the human/animal binary
=95 Domesticated and wild animals
=95 Colonial/Post-colonial Ireland and animals

Send a 300-500 wd. proposal to Borbala Farago (borbala.farago[at]gmail.com) =
and
Kathryn Kirkpatrick (kirkpatrick[at]appstate.edu) by May 15, 2012.

cfp categories:=20
cultural_studies_and_historical_approaches
ecocriticism_and_environmental_studies
ethnicity_and_national_identity
interdisciplinary
journals_and_collections_of_essays
postcolonial

Please send a 300-500 wd. proposal to Borbala Farago
(borbala.farago[at]gmail.com) and Kathryn Kirkpatrick
(kirkpatrick[at]appstate.edu) by May 15, 2012.
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http://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/node/45228