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Dear colleagues

For a few years, a number of archive and library institutions in the
Catholic Church in the UK and Europe have been co-operating to bring
together union catalogues for their archive and library holdings.

Last year, we launched (very quietly!) the Catholic Heritage website,
initially to test and ensure that we could cope with the technology and
the system would work.

We are now pleased to announce that there have been a number of updates
to the contents of http://archive.catholic-heritage.net, and the
following catalogue information is available from the contributing
archives. In total, we have catalogues from seven archives spread across
four European countries, amounting to 35,378 catalogue entries, and over
350 collections:

England, London

Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales: 1107 catalogue
entries

Society of Jesus, British Province: 293 catalogue entries

Westminster Diocesan Archives: 9156 catalogue entries


Italy, Rome

Pontifical Scots College: 112 catalogue entries


Scotland, Edinburgh

Scottish Catholic Archives: 19341 catalogue entries


Spain, Salamanca

Royal Scots College: 421 catalogue entries


Spain, Valladolid

Royal English College: 4948 catalogue entries


Details of the collections included can be downloaded from 'What's
available' page on www.catholic-heritage.net

It is anticipated that more catalogue entries will be loaded in the
coming months, once various processing tasks have been completed.

Please let us know if you find this resource useful; please forward
details to anyone who might be interested, and enjoy searching!

Sincerely

Andrew R Nicoll

Keeper of the Archives &
Administrator of Columba House
Scottish Catholic Archives
Columba House
16 Drummond Place
Edinburgh EH3 6PL

Scotland

T/F: +44 (0) 131 556 3661

E: andrew.nicoll[at]scottishcatholicarchives.org.uk


W: www.scottishcatholicarchives.org.uk


Facebook: www.facebook.com/ScottishCatholicArchives


Twitter: www.twitter.com/#!/ScotCathArch



The Scottish Catholic Archives is a Commission of the
Bishops' Conference of Scotland. Catholic National
Endowment Trust (also known as the Bishops' Conference
of Scotland) Charity Number: SCO 16650



--
Bill Mulligan
Professor of History
Murray State University

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Paddy has indicated that after a time he will set his subscription on sleep
mode, but will check in from time to time. If you wish to communicate with
him keep that in mind.



Please try to trim previous messages from posts if possible, it saves
bandwidth and speeds loading time for those with dial up or other slower
access.



We are entering summer here in the northern hemisphere and many list members
will be on holiday. If you are not going to be checking your email you may
want to suspend your membership. You can do this through
www.jiscmail.ac.uk.



Bill



William H. Mulligan, Jr.

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Hello
Can you please circulate this as widely as possible?

Thanks

Dianne Hall

ISAANZ Postgraduate Essay Prize in Irish Studies


The editors of the Australasian Journal of Irish Studies and the Irish Stud=
ies Association of Australia and New Zealand are delighted to announce the =
2012 ISAANZ Irish Studies Postgraduate Essay prize.

This is an annual prize awarded for the best essay in Irish Studies by a po=
stgraduate student enrolled at a tertiary institution. The topic can be on =
any aspect of Irish studies (including the Irish diaspora).

Length: 6-8,000 words with endnotes in the Australian Journal of Irish Stud=
ies style.

Due Date: 31 August 2012

The successful essay will be published in the next issue of the Australasia=
n Journal of Irish Studies and will receive a monetary prize.

For details, including application form and information on Australasian Jou=
rnal of Irish Studies see
http://isaanz.org/events/event/closing-date-for-isaanz-post-graduate-essay-=
prize/

Any queries please contact Professor Elizabeth Malcolm e.malcolm[at]unimelb.ed=
u.au

This email, including any attachment, is intended solely for the use of the=
intended recipient. It is confidential and may contain personal informatio=
n or be subject to legal professional privilege. If you are not the intende=
d recipient any use, disclosure, reproduction or storage of it is unauthori=
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This production of 'A Whistle In The Dark' is a must-see; just back from Galway myself, where I attended Sunday's marathon all-day performance of all three plays. A titanic achievement on the part of the cast, and an inspiring experience for the audience. American audiences will learn a great deal about the brutal society which produced not only the damaged characters in this play (far from uncommon amongst the Irish in Britain in that era) but also their counterparts in those institutions of Church and State which provided the context for the terrifying Ryan Report.

Ultan Cowley

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Subject: [IR-D] Druid & Tom Murphy: A Celebration

Forwarded on behalf of Patrick Lonergan.



Druid & Tom Murphy: A Celebration

Keogh Studio Theater . Fordham University

Lincoln Center .113 West 60th Street (9th Avenue)

11 July 2012

Programme

1:00: Nicholas Grene, Trinity College, Dublin
"Tom Murphy and Irish Drama: Voicing the Voiceless"

Moderator: Lucy McDiarmid,
Professor and Marie Frazee--Baldassarre Chair, Montclair State University

2.00: Patrick Lonergan, NUI Galway
"Druid and Tom Murphy: A Theatre of Miracles"

Moderator: Gwen Orel, New York Irish Arts

3:00 - 3:30 Break

3:30 Panel Discussion: "Famine, Immigration, and Modern Ireland"

Maureen Murphy, Hofstra University
Mary Burke, University of Connecticut
Shelley Troupe, NUI Galway

Moderator: John P. Harrington, Fordham University

5:00 Gary Hynes and Marie Mullen in conversation

Moderator: Patrick Lonergan, NUI Galway

6:00 Dinner Break

7:30 Druid performance of "A Whistle in the Dark"

Gerard W. Lynch Theater
899 10th Avenue (59th Street)

Tickets required.

To coincide with DruidMurphy, Irish and American experts on theater will
discuss the enormous influence of Tom Murphy on Irish theater and of his
works on the Irish and American cultural memories of immigration and famine.
The afternoon of lectures and panels will culminate in an on-stage interview
with two of the three founders of Druid Theatre more than 35 years ago in
Galway, Gary Hynes and Marie Mullen. All parts of the program will include
questions-and- answers and informal conversation with the participants.



Sponsored by: Druid Theatre, Fordham University Institute for Irish Studies,
The Galway University Foundation, and the National University of Ireland,
Galway.



For information contact: patrick.lonergan[at]nuigalway.ie

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Dear Sir/Madam,

I am contacting you at the suggestion of one of my colleagues, Dr Paul O'Le=
ary. I am undertaking a project about Ronald Reagan and Ireland. I am hop=
ing to examine Reagan's use of the 'Irish identity' in politics and the dev=
elopment of, if any, policy towards the Irish Question.

If possible, could you please post a query relating to this topic? I shoul=
d be most grateful from any comments or advice re this project, e.g. source=
s or literature about the (American) political use of 'Irishness' or 'Irish=
identity' and the development of US policy towards Ireland in this period.

Many thanks for your help.

Best wishes,

Jim

Dr James Cooper
Lecturer in Modern History
Department of History and Welsh History
Aberystwyth University
UK
Email: jsc[at]aber.ac.uk

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Dear Friends



XIX Ulster American-Heritage Symposium, 27-30 June, 2012



Please see the updated programme: XIX UAHS Programme Update




There is now an addition to the Saturday programme in the afternoon,
2.00-4.00 pm, which will be open to all Folk Park visitors.



If you have not already booked

, please consider joining us for part if not all of the programme.





The following information is particularly for those intending to come.





Excursion by bus to Derry, Wednesday 27 June:

The Excursion by bus to Derry
still
has some places remaining. If you would like to book a place, please email
Deirdre Nugent: Deirdre.Nugent[at]librariesni.org.uk



Conference Fee

We are grateful to all those who have already paid using the PayPal
facility.

It will be possible to pay on arrival by credit card (using PayPal),
sterling cheque, or cash, but if you have not already done so we would
encourage you to use the PayPal facility in advance of arrival.



Dietary Requirements

If you have any special dietary requirements (or any other queries), please
notify our colleague Deirdre Nugent by email:
Deirdre.Nugent[at]librariesni.org.uk



Powerpoint Presentations etc

If you are a presenter intending to make a Powerpoint presentation, or make
use of any other audio visual aids, please notify our colleague Ian Nethery
by email:

Ian.Nethery[at]librariesni.org.uk

Ian will advise you of the procedure for sending Powerpoint presentations to
him in advance.





We regret that Steve Ickringill is unwell and will not be able to be with us
this year. We send him and Jane our best wishes and look forward to
welcoming you in a few weeks time.





Brian Lambkin, Patrick Fitzgerald, Christine Johnston, Deirdre Nugent, Ian
Nethery







Christine Johnston
Senior Library Assistant
Libraries NI
Mellon Centre for Migration Studies
Ulster American Folk Park
Mellon Road
Castletown, Omagh, Co Tyrone, Northern Ireland, BT78 5QY

t: 028 8225 6315 |m: |e: Christine.Johnston[at]librariesni.org.uk |w:
www.librariesni.org.uk







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Dear Dr. Cooper,

I suggest that you contact Dr. Van Gosse, associate professor of history at
Franklin & Marshall College, and editor of an Irish-focused issue of RADICA=
L
HISTORY REVIEW, No. 104 (Spring 2009), in which I published an essay on
another topic. =20

At about that time, Dr. Gosse asked me to critique a very interesting essay=
,
which he had written, on your subject. I did so, but am unsure it was ever
published. =20

I will forward your message to other scholars in Ireland, who also have don=
e
interesting work on this subject.

Finally, I would refer you to an essay, co-authored by Niall Meehan and
myself, titled "'For God and the Empire,'" which I believe is pertinent to
Ireland-UK-US relations in the 1980s (and beyond) and hence to your subject=
.
It was published in FIELD DAY REVIEW (Dublin), no. 7 (2011), pp. 151-170.

Good luck with your research. I will be interested to learn about its
progress and results.

Sincerely,

Kerby Miller
Curators' Professor of History
University of Missouri


On 6/5/12 12:45 PM, "James Cooper [jsc]" wrote:

> Dear Sir/Madam,
>=20
> I am contacting you at the suggestion of one of my colleagues, Dr Paul
> O'Leary. I am undertaking a project about Ronald Reagan and Ireland. I =
am
> hoping to examine Reagan's use of the 'Irish identity' in politics and th=
e
> development of, if any, policy towards the Irish Question.
>=20
> If possible, could you please post a query relating to this topic? I sho=
uld
> be most grateful from any comments or advice re this project, e.g. source=
s or
> literature about the (American) political use of 'Irishness' or 'Irish
> identity' and the development of US policy towards Ireland in this period=
.
>=20
> Many thanks for your help.
>=20
> Best wishes,
>=20
> Jim
>=20
> Dr James Cooper
> Lecturer in Modern History
> Department of History and Welsh History
> Aberystwyth University
> UK
> Email: jsc[at]aber.ac.uk

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Forwarded on behalf of Cork University Press





Cork University has just published Daniel Corkery's Cultural Criticism:
Selected Writings which will be of particular interest to those working in
the fields of Irish Studies and/or Postcolonial Studies.

Daniel Corkery was the most influential and provocative Irish cultural
critic of the 1920s and 30s. His non-fiction writings include two major
critical studies, The Hidden Ireland and Synge and Anglo-Irish Literature,
writings on the Irish language and on the Irish language movement, newspaper
articles on a wide range of cultural issues, and reviews of Irish-language
and English-language literary works. His contemporary prominence as a
cultural commentator is evidenced by the flurry of interest that his
criticism generated; The Hidden Ireland and Synge and Anglo-Irish Literature
were reviewed and discussed in almost every notable British and Irish
newspaper and journal publication of his day.

His work was neglected during the latter half of the twentieth century, but
of late it has been the focus of renewed scholarly attention.


Regards

Mike

Mike Collins
Publications Director
Cork University Press

www.corkuniversitypress.com

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Speaking just for myself, Ultan, I'm just trying to deal with the =
desecration at Tara.

=
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ne-on-the-world-famous-Hill-of-Tara-159023055.html

-- Sean Williams

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> Just wondering if there's anybody out there? Maybe List members have =
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> Regards
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> Ultan Cowley
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Forwarded on behalf of Angela Gehrig





The O'Donnell Fellowship in Irish Studies

The O'Donnell Fellowship commemorates the donation to Newman College,
University of Melbourne, of the personal library of Melbourne-based doctor
and Irish scholar, Nicholas Michael O'Donnell (1862-1920). This collection
of books, pamphlets and manuscripts, many in the Irish language, was
presented in 1924, 'subject only to the condition that Dr O'Donnell's name
should be permanently associated with the gift' (Letter from Frank Brennan
(1873-1950), Dr O'Donnell's son-in-law and later Australian Federal
Attorney-General, to the Rector, Newman College, 3 July 1924).

The O'Donnell library forms the core of an Irish Studies collection that has
grown since 1924 with further donations and acquisitions relating to
Ireland. Highlights of the collection include many 19th-century Irish
histories and Irish-language publications. There are two 19th-century
manuscripts, both available online at Irish Script on Screen, Dublin
Institute of Advanced Studies: http://www.isos.dias.ie

More recent additions to the collection include a set of books on Irish
themes from the library of Daniel Mannix (1864-1963), Irish-born former
Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne; and a folder of papers and poems of Seamus
Heaney.

The Irish Studies collection is now housed in the Gerry Higgins Room in the
Allan and Maria Myers Academic Centre at Newman College and St Mary's
College. The room's name pays tribute to a generous donor to Newman College,
whose family has also funded the Gerry Higgins Chair of Irish Studies at the
University of Melbourne.

The collection is largely catalogued and records are available for searching
via the Academic Centre's library catalogue:
http://catalogue.newman.unimelb.edu.au/

In addition there are extensive Irish Studies resources in libraries close
by, particularly the University of Melbourne and the State Library of
Victoria.



In 2013 the O'Donnell Fellowship will be available for the period

7 January - 15 February



The O'Donnell Fellowship aims to:

o Promote the Irish Studies library to a research audience;

o Add value to the library by encouraging scholarship based around it;

o Support scholars especially in Irish Diaspora Studies and Irish History;

o Enhance the Academic Centre's role as a community of scholars;

o Strengthen ties between the Centre and the Irish Studies community.



The O'Donnell Fellowship, which is non-stipendiary, offers physical and
intellectual space to a scholar with an interest in Irish Studies, for a
period of 5-6 weeks. The offering includes:



o College living quarters;

o Access to the Academic Centre building and collections;

o Desk and study space in the Gerry Higgins Room;

o Access to the University of Melbourne library;

o $2000 for travel and other expenses.



Eligibility

Applicants should have a demonstrated track record in Irish Studies. This
could take the form, for example, of a relevant academic degree; and/or the
completion of relevant courses or projects; and/or the publication of
relevant books or articles. Previous applicants, both successful and
unsuccessful, are welcome to re-apply.

Application process

Fellowship applications should address ways in which the Irish Studies
collection in the Academic Centre, and wider Irish Studies resources in
Melbourne, could be used to further a research project upon which the
applicant is engaged.

Selection process

Applications in the form of a letter and including a CV, the names of two
referees and a project proposal, should be sent by Monday 2 July 2012 by
post or email, to Ms Angela Gehrig, Director of the Allan and Maria Myers
Academic Centre.

Email: director[at]snac.unimelb.edu.au

Post:

Ms Angela Gehrig,

St Marys Newman Academic Centre

c/o Newman College, 887 Swanston Street

Parkville VIC 3052

Australia



Applications will be considered by a committee chaired by Professor
Elizabeth Malcolm, the Gerry Higgins Professor of Irish Studies at the
University of Melbourne.



Successful applicants

The O'Donnell Fellowship holder will be expected to present a seminar in the
Melbourne Irish Studies Seminar (MISS) series, hosted at Newman College by
the Irish Studies Association of Australia and New Zealand (ISAANZ). In
addition, results of the research must be submitted for publication in the
Australasian Journal of Irish Studies. In consultation with the editors,
this may be in the form of a research report or a peer-reviewed scholarly
article. It is expected that any such work produced will acknowledge the
support of the fellowship.

More information

Any enquiries about the O'Donnell Fellowship should be sent by email to Ms
Angela Gehrig, Director of the Allan and Maria Myers Academic Centre, at:
director[at]snac.unimelb.edu.au

For more information about the Academic Centre, and about the fellowship
please see http://www.snac.unimelb.edu.au/





William H. Mulligan, Jr.

Professor of History

Murray State University

Murray KY 42071-3341 USA

office phone 1-270-809-6571

dept phone 1-270-809-2231

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Just wondering if there's anybody out there? Maybe List members have all gone on vacation...

Regards

Ultan Cowley

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2012 ACIS Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference

Call for Papers

Daemen College

Amherst, New York

October 5-6, 2012

*(Wo)Manning Up:*

*Performing Gender in Irish Culture*

*
*

From mythical representations of Mother Ireland and warrior culture to
postcolonial and =93New Irish=94 studies of Irishness, renderings of male a=
nd
female figures have played a key role in determining political and
religious conflict, social rituals, literary production, and historical
transformations. We invite papers from these and other perspectives in any
genre that engage with and interrogate the performance of gender in Ireland
throughout history. As usual, strong papers on other topics will be
considered as well. Topics may include, but are not limited to, the
following:

=D8 Gender and religious conflict

=D8 Models of the maternal and paternal

=D8 Traditional and non-traditional marriage

=D8 Gender and childhood acculturation

=D8 Gender and sex scandal

=D8 Gender and crime

=D8 Gender in film and other visual media

=D8 Representations of LGBT experience

=D8 Hypermasculinity/Hyperfemininity

=D8 Gender and colonialism/postcolonialism

=D8 Gender and ecocriticism

=D8 Gender and architecture

=D8 Gender and economics

We are pleased to announce that *Dr. Joseph Valente, *Professor of English
and Disability Studies, SUNY-Buffalo, and Dublin novelist *Mary Rose
Callaghan* have agreed to serve as keynote speakers during the conference.

Please send 250-word abstracts by *July 15* to: Dr. Shirley Peterson


--=20
Kate Costello-Sullivan
Associate Professor, English Dept
Director, Irish Literature Program
Le Moyne College
1419 Salt Springs Road
Syracuse NY 13214
315 445 4215
sullivkp[at]lemoyne.edu

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Forwarded from ACIS.=20

=20

Forthcoming Conference, =91Irish American Link: People, Places, =
Culture=92 which
will take place in The Ard R=ED Hotel, Tuam, Co. Galway from 12th =96 =
16th July
2012. The conference will be hosted by The Old Tuam Society in =
partnership
with Drew... University, Madison, New Jersey, U.S.A.; Galway County =
Council;
Centre for Irish Studies, N.U.I.Galway; and Galway County Heritage Forum
This conference is the first, to bring together a mix of academia and
community heritage organisations, to explore the historic connections
between the West of Ireland and America. The conference will involve
twenty-eight lectures over three days and two day tours, which will =
explore
the Hidden Heritage of East and West Galway. The speakers during the
conference will include leading figures and experts, who will focus on
historical figures, emigration, genealogy, history and culture. The
conference will open with a keynote address on the Irish Diaspora by
Professor Gear=F3id =D3 Tuathaigh. Lecture highlights will be =93 The =
Kindness of
Strangers=94 by Professor Christine Kinealy, Drew University, who has =
written
and lectured extensively on the Irish. Famine, =93Trans-Atlantic women:
patterns of mobility between the West of Ireland of the USA=94 by =
Professor
Bronwen Walter, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK. Other featured
conference speakers include: Professor Raymond Gillespie, NUI Maynooth; =
Dr
Nessa Cronin, Centre for Irish studies NUI Galway; Dr Nollaig =D3 =
Mura=EDle, NUI
Galway; Dr. Terry Golway, Kean University Center, NJ; plus many more. =
For
the full speaker line-up and conference agenda contact
www.irishamericanlink.com

website or email irishamericanlink[at]gmail.com.

=20

=20

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. Forwarded from ACIS


.


. Emancipation: Ireland and the World

The Midwest Region of the American Conference for Irish Studies will be
holding its 2012 meeting in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on the campus of Marquette
University from October 18-20, 2012. With its theme of "Emancipation:
Ireland and the World," the conference hopes to encourage us to think about
the concepts of freedom and citizenship as expressed by the Irish at home
and around the world. With its clear links to the long struggle for Catholic
rights that culminated in 1829, emancipation raises questions about the part
played by the Irish and Irish-Americans in the abolitionist and pro-slavery
camps in the USA, as well as in the fight for women's rights and for the
freedom of colonized peoples in all parts of the British Empire. It could
also focus on the struggles between economic, cultural, and political
interconnectedness on the one hand and national sovereignty on the other,
which are at the heart of contemporary debate. Lastly, emancipation
spotlights the role of creative Irish men and women in stretching academic
inquiry and artistic expression beyond the constraints of their society and
disciplines.

As such, we welcome proposals from individuals as well as from panels (of
three or four presenters) of approximately 250 words in length. We
especially encourage graduate students and emerging scholars to consider
submitting paper proposals to this conference. In keeping with the
conference theme, we would welcome papers that highlight new and challenging
approaches to research, and we welcome submissions addressing any and all
topics or themes relevant to Irish studies. Please be sure to include full
contact information for all panelists with each submission, including (where
appropriate) their academic affiliation. Proposals should be sent to the
attention of Tim McMahon (timothy.g.mcmahon[at]marquette.edu) no later than
June 1, 2012. For more information, contact Tim and watch the ACIS Facebook
Page.


DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS EXTENDED TO JUNE 30, 2012

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Forwarded on behalf of Mike Collins, Cork University Press.=20

=20

Ancestral Imprints: Histories of Irish Traditional Music and Dance will =
be published by Cork University Press in July 2012. Let me tell you more =
about the book.

This book is about the history and practice of recording Irish =
traditional music and dance, and the variety of documents that exist as =
a result of the activities of collectors both in Ireland and in North =
America.

Essay topics range from analyses of nineteenth-century printed =
documents, to the earliest wax cylinder recordings, to famous, rather =
large collections, and small all but unknown ones. Authors examine the =
role of the fieldworker/collector, the impact of broadcasting on =
regional style, the idea of =E2=80=9CIrish=E2=80=9D versus =
=E2=80=9CAmerican=E2=80=9D style in early uilleann pipe recordings, and =
the impact of the recording process and marketing on traditional song, =
amongst other topics. Approaches vary from the =
analytical=E2=80=94comparing and analysing various settings of tunes and =
titles=E2=80=94to the personal=E2=80=94reflecting on the impact of =
one=E2=80=99s own collecting and fieldwork on a regional tradition.

July 2012, ISBN 978-185918-492-9, =E2=82=AC39 =C2=A335, Hbk, 234 x =
156mm, 262pp

From original manuscripts in the National Library, to printed documents, =
audio and video recordings, and art work, this book examines the =
reception history of Irish traditional music and dance.

Th=C3=A9r=C3=A8se Smith is at the School of Music, University College =
Dublin

Further details on:

http://tiny.cc/hra9fw

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Call for Contributions

Volume 8, Number 2, December, 2012

=93Gender, Ireland, Latin America and the Caribbean=94

The editors of Irish Migration Studies in Latin America invite =
submissions
for a special issue on Gender (Volume 8, Number 2, December, 2012). =
Articles
discussing women and men from a gender perspective, and within an
Irish-Latin American/Caribbean context will be considered.
Emigration/Immigration, Feminism, Domestic Violence, Religion, =
Education,
Activism, Human Rights, Race, Homosexuality, Masculinity, Literature,
Cinema, Theatre, Art, Sports, and Health are possible areas of focus.
Articles using a comparative approach (examining a particular theme in
Ireland and Latin America/Caribbean), and complementary articles by
different authors on a similar theme, one article based in Ireland the =
other
in Latin America/Caribbean, will also be considered. Articles may be =
placed
in a historical! or contemporary setting.=20

Articles should be submitted to the Editor in Chief by August 20, 2012.
Articles related to the general theme of this journal will also be
considered. Scholarly articles should be between two and five thousand
words. The editors also welcome book, film and website reviews, edited
discussions of primary documents, photo essays, and short biographies
related to the topic of the special issue, and to the general theme of =
this
journal. All contributions must conform to the Contributors' Guidelines =
of
this journal http://www.irlandeses.org/contributions.htm before they =
will be
considered. All papers will undergo editorial screening and peer review.

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e-mail: gender[at]irlandeses.org Editor-in-Chief Cl=EDona Murphy


=20

Dr. Cl=EDona Murphy,=20

History Department,

California State University Bakersfield

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Visit the website at =
http://www.irlandeses.org

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A selection of new and recent titles from Four Courts Press. Please do =
not hesitate to contact me should you require any additional information =
on any of the titles listed below.=20
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Don=E2=80=99t forget to use your Author Discount when ordering these =
titles online at www.fourcourtspress.ie

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A Dictionary of Irish Saints
P=C3=A1draig =C3=93 Riain

The need for a summary biographical dictionary of Irish saints, =
containing information on such matters as feastdays, localisations, =
chronology, and genealogies has never before been satisfied. The =
material for the over 1,000 entries in this Dictionary has come from a =
variety of sources, including Lives of the saints, martyrologies, =
genealogies of the saints, shorter tracts on the saints (some of them =
accessible only in manuscripts), annals, annates, collections of =
folklore, Ordnance Survey letters, and other documents. Described as =
=E2=80=98an astonishingly comprehensive, intelligent and well-organized =
work=E2=80=99; it is unlikely to be superseded for many decades to come. =


Four Courts Press. 660pp 978-1-84682-318-3 =E2=82=AC65.00. Hardback=20

REPRINTED TODAY

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The Bell Magazine and the representation of Irish Identity

Kelly Matthews
This new study of The Bell magazine opens a window onto the Irish =
literary and cultural landscape of the mid-20th century. The Bell, which =
appeared monthly from 1940 to 1954, consciously promoted a multi-faceted =
version of Irish identity. =20
Four Courts Press. 224pp. Illustrated. 978-1-84682-323-7. =
=E2=82=AC50.00. Hardback.=20

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Danish Troops in the Williamite Army, 1689-91

Kjeld Hald Galster

About 15 per cent of the troops that fought on the Williamite side at =
the Battle of the Boyne were Danish. This book follows these Danish =
troops through the course of their Irish campaign, and utilizes a wide =
variety of sources to illuminate the leading personalities and key =
events of the war as seen particularly from the Danish perspective.

Four Courts Press. 272pp. Illustrated. 978-1-84682-284-1. =
=E2=82=AC50.00. Hardback.=20

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Rooted in the Soil: Cottage gardens and allotments in Ireland since 1750

Jonathan Bell & Mervyn Watson
This book deals with the cultivation of vegetables and fruit in Irish =
cottage gardens and urban allotments since the mid-18th century. =
Throughout the period, gardens and allotments have attracted the =
attention of people often pejoratively described as =
=E2=80=98do-gooders=E2=80=99 =E2=80=93 those who wished to encourage =
Irish people to improve themselves economically, but also politically, =
morally and even spiritually. Activists included improvers, =
co-operators, socialists, Protestants and Catholics, nationalists, =
unionists and, more recently, environmentalists. The book explores the =
different strategies adopted by these people and the kinds of plots and =
gardens that resulted from them.

Four Courts Press. 240pp. Colour illustrations.=20
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Decorative Plasterwork in Ireland and Europe: Ornament and the early =
modern Interior=20

Christine Casey and Conor Lucey, editors

Specialists explore early modern decoration in Irish architecture, =
including the sumptuous plasterwork ornament which is a celebrated and =
distinctive feature of Ireland=E2=80=99s 18th-century domestic =
architecture.

Four Courts Press. 256pp. Colour Illustrations. 978-1-84682-321-3. =
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Economy, trade and Irish merchants at home and abroad, 1600-1988

L.M. Cullen

Professor Cullen=E2=80=99s writing over a long career has had a profound =
effect on the interpretation of Irish history. This volume is mainly =
drawn from the most central concern in his corpus of writing =E2=80=93 =
trade and its wider impact on society. Development (rural and general), =
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Colonial Ireland, 1169-1369

Robin Frame

This new edition of Professor Robin Frame=E2=80=99s seminal work, =
originally published in 1981, has been revised and expanded for the =
present edition, which also contains a guide to more recent work. It =
examines the processes of conquest and colonization, against the =
background of economic expansion and seigneurial enterprise apparent =
elsewhere in Britain and Europe. It also explores the nature and extent =
of colonial retreat, and the political and cultural adjustments that =
were evident amid the less favourable conditions of the 14th century.

Four Courts Press. 224pp. Colour Illustrations. 978-1-84682-322-0. =
=E2=82=AC17.50. Paperback.=20

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The correspondence of Samuel Thomson (1766-1916)

Jennifer Orr, editor
The correspondence of Samuel Thomson, the =E2=80=98Bard of =
Carngranny=E2=80=99, a schoolmaster poet from Co. Antrim, provides a =
window on a Romantic circle of poets in the north of Ireland. =
Thomson=E2=80=99s cottage, known as Crambo Cave after the Scots verse =
parlour game, was a literary nexus for aspiring poets. This circle of =
bards were constantly corresponding with one another, encouraging each =
other to pen verse, often united by political sympathies and the role of =
Thomson in their development cannot be underestimated.
Four Courts Press. 256pp. 978-1-84682-305-3. =E2=82=AC55.00. =
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Miraculous Plenty: Irish Religious Folktales and Legends

Se=C3=A1n =C3=93 S=C3=BAilleabh=C3=A1in, editor
For over fifteen hundred years, Ireland has been predominantly =
Christian. Religion has been a continuous force in various aspects of =
Irish life. As one might expect, a rich body of religious folktales and =
legends =E2=80=93 both fanciful and credible - were part of the =
repertoire of the storyteller. Religious legends bring immediacy to the =
traditions of the Holy Family, Saints and the Devil. The stories in this =
book offer moral guidelines for a Christian life.=20

The tales vary in subject matter and include specifically Irish =
saint-lore as well as more general tales of the Holy Family.

Folklore of Ireland Council. 308pp. Colour illustrations. =
978-0-9565628-2-1. =20
=E2=82=AC25.00 Paperback.=20

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Alice Milligan and the Irish Cultural Revival

Catherine Morris
'A profound and moving analysis of one of the greatest inventors of =
modern Ireland, this account of Alice Milligan itself displays those =
qualities of intellectual versatility and imaginative audacity which =
ennobled her life through its many astonishing phases.' Professor Declan =
Kiberd

Four Courts Press. 368pp. Colour illustrations. 978-1-84682-313-8. =
=E2=82=AC49.50 Hardback.=20

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The Friars in Ireland, 1224=E2=80=931540

Colm=C3=A1n =C3=93 Clabaigh OSB

This book surveys the history, lifestyle and pastoral and cultural =
impact of the five orders of mendicant friars in medieval Ireland (the =
Dominicans, Franciscans, Augustinians, Carmelites and the Friars of the =
Sack), beginning with the arrival of the Dominicans in Dublin in 1224 =
and concluding with the Dissolution campaign of 1540=E2=80=931.
Four Courts Press. 420pp. Colour illustrations.=20
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The Gaelic Finn Tradition
Sharon J. Arbuthnot and Geraldine Parsons, editors
Thirteen essays offering new insights into the enduringly popular =
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288pp. Colour illustrations. =20
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Bank Architecture in Dublin. A history to c.1940

Michael O=E2=80=99Neill

This book opens with an historical introduction to eighteenth and =
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companies. The architecture of the impressive head-office buildings and =
their sumptuous banking halls are treated chronologically and =
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The Path of Mercy: the Life of Catherine McAuley

Mary C. Sullivan

This is the first full-length, documented narrative in more than fifty =
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who founded the Sisters of Mercy.=20

Four Courts Press. 540pp. Illustrations. 978-1-84682-320-6. =
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A Road Less Travelled: Tales of the Irish Missionaries
Aidan Clerkin & Brendan Clerkin, editors (Foreword by President Mary =
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Thousands of Irish missionaries have devoted themselves to the practical =
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legacies in fields as diverse as medicine, education, politics, ecology, =
and sport. These short narratives and anecdotes provide an insight into =
the lives of some of Ireland=E2=80=99s most outstanding emigrants.
Four Courts Press. 256pp. Illustrated. 978-1-84682-317-6. =
=E2=82=AC13.95. Paperback. =20
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A Troubled See: Memoirs of a Derry Bishop
Edward Daly
A Troubled See: Memoirs of a Derry Bishop continues the story begun in =
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new book covers his years as Bishop of Derry (1974=E2=80=9393) and his =
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Four Courts Press. 304pp. Illustrated. 978-1-84682-312-1. =
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Blarney Castle: An Irish Tower House

James Lyttleton

Blarney Castle, the medieval home of the MacCarthy lords of Muskerry, is =
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include a trip to the castle in their itinerary, often queuing to kiss =
the Blarney Stone in hope of acquiring the =E2=80=98gift of the =
gab=E2=80=99. This book brings the castle=E2=80=99s architecture to the =
fore, placing it in the context of an expansive native lordship in late =
medieval Munster.

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Lough Swilly: A living landscape

Andrew Cooper, editor

Explores Lough Swilly from the evolution of the present landscape =
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=20

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The Midwest Regional Meeting set for October 18-20, 2012 is about to close
down as well. But please pass along the news that I will accept proposals
until July 16, 2012. The program is starting to take shape, and it'll be a
great weekend. Proposals for "Emigration: Ireland and the World" can be sent
to me at timothy.g.mcmahon[at]marquette.edu.

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The Irish Novel 1960-2010 is published today by Cork University Press. =
The book is a wide-ranging survey, accessible and rewarding for both the =
student and the general public. As with all Cork University Press books =
this book has gone through peer review.

The increased visibility of the Irish novel in recent years has been one =
of the outstanding developments in contemporary Irish literature. This =
development has coincided with a period of significant change in Ireland =
as a whole. The Irish Novel 1960-2010 is the first book to study how the =
novel has been involved in discussing the seeds of change and the =
response to change as it evolved.=20

Authors covered:
Edna O=E2=80=99Brien, Sam Hanna Bell, John Broderick, Michael Farrell, =
Samuel Beckett, Brian Moore, Aidan Higgins, Flann O=E2=80=99Brien, =
Anthony C. West, James Plunkett, J.G. Farrell,=20
Francis Stuart, Jennifer Johnston, Vincent Banville, Ian Cochrane, =
Maurice Leitch, Caroline Blackwood, Benedict Kiely, Patrick McGinley, =
John McGahern, Julia O=E2=80=99Faolain, John Banville, Dorothy Nelson, =
Bernard MacLaverty, Desmond Hogan, Mary Leland, J.M. O=E2=80=99Neill, =
Carlo G=C3=A9bler, William Trevor, Timothy O=E2=80=99Grady, Dermot =
Bolger, Hugo Hamilton, Patrick McCabe, Roddy Doyle, Dermot Healy, Emma =
Donoghue, Seamus Deane, Anne Haverty, Joseph O=E2=80=99Connor, Glenn =
Patterson, Mary Morrissy, Eoin McNamee, Deirdre Madden, Keith Ridgway, =
Colm T=C3=B3ib=C3=ADn, Sebastian Barry, Gerard Donovan, Anne Enright, =
Joseph O=E2=80=99Neill, Colum McCann, Paul Murray

George O=E2=80=99Brien is a Emeritus Professor of English at Georgetown =
University, Washington DC, USA and a regular reviewer with the Irish =
Times

July 2012, ISBN 978-185918-495-0, =E2=82=AC39 =C2=A335, Hbk, 234 x =
156mm, 254pp

To order online go to

http://corkuniversitypress.com/The_Irish_Novel_1960_2010_/363/

Regards

Mike

Mike Collins
Publications Director
Cork University Press

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CFP: The Irish diaspora and revolution, 1845-1945

The Department of History at National University of Ireland, Maynooth,
invites submissions for a major international academic conference entitled
‘The Irish diaspora and revolution, 1845 – 1945’ to be held at NUI
Maynooth, 30 October-1 November 2012.

‘Diaspora’ and ‘revolution’ have been central transformative features of
Irish society between 1845 and 1945, penetrating every facet of life on
this island over the course of that century. Revolution as experienced by
the Irish diaspora during this period, however, transcended Irish
geopolitical isolation, situating Irish issues within evolving global
contexts and amorphous supranational networks. It is this rich and diverse
engagement of the Irish diaspora with revolution which this conference
seeks to explore.

Distinguished keynote speakers confirmed for the conference are Professor
R.V. Comerford and Dr. Patrick O’Sullivan.

We invite submission of abstracts which address the conference title from
any relevant historical period, geographical perspective or disciplinary
approach. Papers are to be no longer than twenty minutes in duration.
Panel proposals are welcome in addition to individual papers.
Postgraduates are also encouraged to register an interest in
participating. Proposals for papers and panels should include a title, an
abstract of no more than 250 words and a brief biographical summary
(including institutional affiliation and contact details).

Applications with these particulars attached are to be submitted to any of
the conference convenors Dr. Darragh Gannon, Dr. Gerard Moran and Dr.
Ciaran Reilly by 15 August at the email addresses below. Applicants will
be notified by email before 1 September. Conference attendance costs will
be posted at a later date (there will be no registration cost for
conference speakers).


Contact details
Dr. Darragh Gannon: Darragh.J.Gannon[at]nuim.ie
Dr. Gerard Moran: Gerard.Moran[at]nuim.ie
Dr. Ciaran Reilly: Ciaran.J.Reilly[at]nuim.ie

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