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We have already distributed the H-Net book review

James Loughlin. The British Monarchy and Ireland, 1800 to the Present.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007. xv + 398 pp. $99.00 =
(cloth),
ISBN 978-0-521-84372-0.

Reviewed by James H. Murphy

Published on H-Albion (July, 2008)

Professor James H. Murphy's original book review is now at=20
http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=3D14661

Below is James Loughlin's REPLY to that review.

P.O'S.


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From: Loughlin James
Subject: Author's reply to REV: James Murphy on Loughlin, _The British
Monarchy and Ireland, 1800 to the Present_
Date: Sat, 14 September 2008


While I appreciate the kind comments Professor Murphy made about my =
book,
The British Monarchy and Ireland: 1800 to the Present (Cambridge =
University
Press, 2007), in some respects it has been misinterpreted.

The work is described as having focused on political organisation at =
the
expense of popular sentiment =AD 'his approach throughout is in terms of
government and monarchy negotiating alliances with a variety of
politicised groupings at particular times.=B9 This is inaccurate, not =
only
respecting the book=B9s coverage of politics in general, but as to its
scope. Given the sources available to the historian, those of state and
party institutions will be of crucial importance, but as I point out
(p.194): 'Theodore Hoppen=B9s argument on the significance of localism =
in
Irish life is an important consideration when assessing Irish =
attitudes to
politics and, by extension, to royal occasions=B9. In this context the
recurring anxiety of nationalist politicians about the extent to which
popular opinion supported self government is identified, though they =
were
finally successful: 'While both the crown and nationalist movements =
had
difficulty negotiating the localist sphere of Irish everyday life,
nationalists were ultimately better placed to interact with it.=B9

Professor Murphy is right to insist on the difficulty of making sense =
of
popular responses to the institution of monarchy, royal personages and
royal occasions, but that should not deter attempts to grapple with the
problem. This should include not only extensive research in private and
state papers together with the press, but also folklore, which can
provide insights into popular mentalities, especially in the first half =
of
the nineteenth century, while at the end of the century the monthly RIC
reports for the 32 counties, necessarily problematic though they are =
in
some respects, nevertheless offer valuable snapshots of how Irish =
popular
opinion as a whole responded to major royal events. Again, it is not =
enough
to provide a mere narrative of such occasions as the major royal visits =
of
the period studied but attempts should be made to analyse the dynamics =
of
such occasions so as to approach an understanding of the forces that
conditioned apparent demonstrations of popular mass loyalty. Yet again, =
it
is important to note how differences of ritual context, rural and =
urban,
regional and state, might affect popular reponses to royal, or viceregal
occasions - and the Irish Viceroyalty, as the surrogate royal presence =
in
Ireland deserves sustained treatment - together with the effect of =
media
and educational modernisation. Furthermore, any attempt to understand =
how
the monarchy impacted on Catholic popular opinion must also take =
account of
how an institution such as the Catholic Church, mediated the political
concerns of the public sphere and those of the private and personal. All =
of
the above are features of my book.

Professor Murphy=B9s remarks on some specific issues also need =
correction. The
statement that I only really deal with Ulster Unionists in the last two
chapters of the book fails to acknowledge the discussion of their
relationship with monarchy during the Union period, especially the Home =
Rule
era. If, compared with the years after 1921, there is less attention to
Ulster Unionism, this is because there was less royal engagement, not =
least
because governments were sensitive about royal contact with a =
community
whose problematic loyalty could complicate their efforts to cultivate =
the
allegiance of Irish Catholics. Only after the setting up of the =
Northern
Ireland state could Ulster Unionists engage more directly with the =
crown.

Professor Murphy also claims I dismiss 'any significant
Catholic-nationalist element in the positive reception the prince and
princess of Wales in Dublin during their 1885 visitS [suggesting] that =
the
enthusiasm was that merely of Dublin loyalists and railway travellers =
from
Protestant Belfast.=B9 More exactly, in this instance I was referring =
to
Professor Murphy=B9s claim (Abject Loyalty, p. 240) that 'the Irish =
Party had
to marshal all its resources in order to turn public opinion against =
the
visit=B9 by pointing out that he failed to take account of 'the =
substantial
Protestant and loyalist community of the greater Dublin area =AD not to
mention ease of railway access from Belfast =AD which could be relied =
upon to
give the royal visitors an enthusiastic welcome even if no nationalists
were present=B9; not quite the same thing as dismissing any significant
Catholic-nationalist element. Again, the statement that I suggest =
'Irish
support for monarchy could be turned on or off depending on the =
political
scheme on offer=B9 is hardly supported by the quotation on Gladstone=B9s =
first
Home Rule scheme that he employs. It merely states 'the basic conditions
envisaged by Gladstone=B9 for establishing a symbiotic development of
monarchical loyalty with nationality.

Professor Murphy says my approach downplays 'underlying trends which =
were
certainly moving in an antagonistic direction as far as monarchy was
concerned from the last third of the nineteenth century=B9, but he d's =
not
state what these trends are. If he is referring to the development of =
the
'Famine Queen=B9 myth, that is also a subject on which we disagree. =
Finally,
he states his own approach as one which 'sees not only a variety of
politicized groups jostling together but finds within the individual
varying degrees of politicisation and non-politicization, of seriousness =
and
pleasure-seeking, of allegiance and counter-allegiance confusingly at =
work.
Thus the individual who might go to a nationalist Parnellite meeting =
of an
evening might watch a royal procession the next day because =
everyone
loves to see a prince.=B9 Leaving aside the highly debateable view that
'everyone loves to see a prince=B9, I would not disagree with =
Professor
Murphy. But I would insist on the necessity of locating the =
individual
within his socio-political context so as to better understand the =
relative
significance he/she might place on each occasion. A royal, or =
viceregal,
event might well attract an individual=B9s attention, but if the =
individual
was a tenant farmer who had invested nationalism with expectations of
substantive agrarian reform a reasonable assumption can be made about
which occasion would be regarded as the more significant.


James Loughlin
Reader in History
School of History and International Affairs
Magee campus
University of Ulster
Northland Road
Londonderry
Northern Ireland
BT48 7JL




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It was a great pleasure to visit Anglia Ruskin University Cambridge last
week and attend Professor Bronwen Walter's Inaugural Lecture as Professor of
Irish Diaspora Studies.

The Irish Diaspora list was well represented, by Bronwen's colleagues
Anthony Morgan and Sean Campbell, and by Mary Hickman and Sarah Morgan
(London), Brian Lambkin (Belfast), Piaras MacEinri (Cork), and myself
(Bradford). And there you have, I think, a simple demonstration of esteem
and affection.

Bronwen's lecture began to map out an area of research and thought,
beginning with Brah's notion of 'entanglements', exploring the ways in which
the Irish have a sometimes shadowy presence in present day English novels -
often unbeknownst to their authors - and ending, with a sense of more work
to be done, with the English/Irish balances of Newfoundland.

I think we were all very pleased to be able to share this event with
Bronwen. A small presentation was made on behalf of the Irish Diaspora List
to the Professor of Irish Diaspora Studies, a little silver and Connemara
marble brooch in the form of a shamrock. Made in Dublin 1963 (?), I think -
but this would need confirming by someone who knows Dublin silver marks
better than I do.

Patrick O'Sullivan


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Of Patrick O'Sullivan
Sent: 29 July 2008 13:50
To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: [IR-D] Professor Bronwen Walter: Inaugural lecture, Tuesday 9
September, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge

As I reminded people in an article in New Hibernia Review we do have one
Professor of Irish Diaspora Studies, a personal chair held by Bronwen Walter
at Anglia Ruskin University.

And now the Inaugural lecture.

Our best wishes to Bronwen as this important day approaches.

Anyone who wants an invitation to the event should, I guess, in the first
instance contact me.

P.O'S.


Professor Bronwen Walter: Inaugural lecture

Tuesday 9 September, Mumford Theatre, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge
5pm


Close to home: Irish/ English entanglements

How Irish are the English? The English have had an ambivalent relationship
with the Irish for centuries. Constructions of the Irish as the uncivilised
and violent 'other', which defines the boundaries of Englishness, are
well-recognised. But hybridities between the two - mixing, borrowing,
overlaps, exchanges, incorporations - are often overlooked or misread.
Novels may provide unexpected routes into these private worlds which are
often beyond the reach of social research. In this inaugural lecture I
explore some ways in which these identities constitute shared 'diaspora
spaces', both in England and more distantly.

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I wonder if anyone on the list can help with this: when did the Modern La=
nguage Association begin to recognize Irish literature as a distinct specia=
lty, and not as a subset of British literature?

My recollection is that it was fairly recently - say, 1992 or later.

Thanks in advance.

Jim Rogers
New Hibernia Review

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Dear Paddy
=20
Thank you and the other list members for your kind and generous support =
for
me last week. I shall treasure the silver and Connemara marble shamrock
brooch you presented me with and wear it at all future conferences.
=20
I look forward to the day when there is a whole fleet of Irish Diaspora
Professors.
=20
All the best
=20
Bronwen

________________________________

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Sent: Mon 15/09/2008 17:08
To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: Re: [IR-D] Professor Bronwen Walter: Inaugural lecture, Tuesday =
9
September, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge



It was a great pleasure to visit Anglia Ruskin University Cambridge last
week and attend Professor Bronwen Walter's Inaugural Lecture as =
Professor of
Irish Diaspora Studies.

The Irish Diaspora list was well represented, by Bronwen's colleagues
Anthony Morgan and Sean Campbell, and by Mary Hickman and Sarah Morgan
(London), Brian Lambkin (Belfast), Piaras MacEinri (Cork), and myself
(Bradford). And there you have, I think, a simple demonstration of =
esteem
and affection.

Bronwen's lecture began to map out an area of research and thought,
beginning with Brah's notion of 'entanglements', exploring the ways in =
which
the Irish have a sometimes shadowy presence in present day English =
novels -
often unbeknownst to their authors - and ending, with a sense of more =
work
to be done, with the English/Irish balances of Newfoundland.

I think we were all very pleased to be able to share this event with
Bronwen. A small presentation was made on behalf of the Irish Diaspora =
List
to the Professor of Irish Diaspora Studies, a little silver and =
Connemara
marble brooch in the form of a shamrock. Made in Dublin 1963 (?), I =
think -
but this would need confirming by someone who knows Dublin silver marks
better than I do.

Patrick O'Sullivan


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From: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [mailto:IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On =
Behalf
Of Patrick O'Sullivan
Sent: 29 July 2008 13:50
To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: [IR-D] Professor Bronwen Walter: Inaugural lecture, Tuesday 9
September, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge

As I reminded people in an article in New Hibernia Review we do have one
Professor of Irish Diaspora Studies, a personal chair held by Bronwen =
Walter
at Anglia Ruskin University.

And now the Inaugural lecture.

Our best wishes to Bronwen as this important day approaches.

Anyone who wants an invitation to the event should, I guess, in the =
first
instance contact me.

P.O'S.


Professor Bronwen Walter: Inaugural lecture=20

Tuesday 9 September, Mumford Theatre, Anglia Ruskin University, =
Cambridge
5pm


Close to home: Irish/ English entanglements

How Irish are the English? The English have had an ambivalent =
relationship
with the Irish for centuries. Constructions of the Irish as the =
uncivilised
and violent 'other', which defines the boundaries of Englishness, are
well-recognised. But hybridities between the two - mixing, borrowing,
overlaps, exchanges, incorporations - are often overlooked or misread.
Novels may provide unexpected routes into these private worlds which are
often beyond the reach of social research. In this inaugural lecture I
explore some ways in which these identities constitute shared 'diaspora
spaces', both in England and more distantly.

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Life on the fringe? Ireland and Europe between 1800 and 1922
Queen=92s University Belfast, 3-4 April 2009
Call for Papers

Up until the early 1990s Ireland remained on the fringe of Europe in
psychological as well as geographical terms, often perceived
as little more than =91the other island=92 in the Atlantic Archipelago. =
Since
then, however, EU initiatives like the Erasmus and
Socrates exchange programmes and the elimination of work barriers have
caused a spectacular increase in intra-European mobility
and have brought European countries closer than ever. =91The other =
island=92 has
finally come into its own as one of Europe=92s most
popular destinations for workers and tourists alike. The world of Irish
historiography is no exception to this trend. Many
European scholars have begun to engage with Irish history, bringing in =
their
own social, intellectual and cultural backgrounds to
provide fresh and illuminating insights. Unfortunately, intra-European
networks are difficult to establish in the world of
academic research; language barriers, physical difficulties of access to
foreign archives, and high levels of specialisation, tend
to enclose national histories within their own self-contained cocoons.=20

Still, even such emblematic themes in Irish historical
discourse as religious conflict, nationalism, republicanism, revolution,
emigration and exile, diasporas and the reinvention of
national culture, are by no means exclusive to the Irish context. By the
mid-nineteenth century, long before the foundation of the
European Union, a rich network of social, economic and cultural links =
had
already been established among European countries, and
phenomena like Daniel O=92Connell=92s liberal Catholicism, the Young =
Ireland
insurrection of 1848, the successive emigration waves and
the cultural revival of the late nineteenth century cannot be understood
without the influence of contemporary European events.

In order to help bring Irish studies out of their national-history =
shell,
and at the same time strengthen the links between
European postgraduate students and scholars, the proposed conference =
aims at
re-evaluating nineteenth-century Irish history by
placing it in its European context, while bringing all participants =
together
into an online research network.

We welcome papers from a wide range of disciplines, from social to
political, economic and cultural history. Possible paper topics
include: social and economic patterns, ethnic and/or religious conflict,
nationalism and other ideologies, emigration and exile,
and the history of science and technology. However, this list is by no =
means
exhaustive, and all papers covering aspects of Irish
history within a European framework will be considered.

Papers should not exceed 1,500-2,000 words in length (20 minutes=92 =
delivery).
A 250-word abstract, along with a short author
profile, should be submitted by 22 December 2008 to =
europeconference[at]nuim.ie


The working language of the conference will be English.

For comments and further enquiries, please contact the organisers at the
above address.

Pierre Ranger (Queen=92s University Belfast)
Brian Heffernan (NUI Maynooth)
Zsuzsanna Zarka (NUI Maynooth) =09
Marta Ram=F3n, PhD (NUI Maynooth)=20

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Ir-D members might like to look at

Professor Bronwen Walter
Web page

http://www.anglia.ac.uk/ruskin/en/home/faculties/alss/deps/hss/staff0/walter
.html

There is a list of recent publications, plus some forthcoming publications,
including...

'Strangers on the inside: Irish women servants in England, 1881' in R.Swift
and S.Gilley, Immigrants and Minorities, 2009.

' "No, we are not Catholics": intersections of faith and ethnicity amongst
the second-generation Protestant Irish in England' in M. Busteed (ed) Irish
Protestant identities, Manchester University Press (with Sarah Morgan),
2008.

Also on that page is a pdf download of a Bronwen Walter chapter...

'Voices in other ears: "accents" and identities of the first- and
second-generation Irish in England' in Rings G. and Ife A. (eds) Neocolonial
mentalities in Europe, Cambridge Scholars Press

Voices in Other Ears (84 Kb)

P.O'S.

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One of my colleagues, a military historian, is working on a survey of
American prisoners-of-war during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. He
is looking for any material on the San Patricios, and so I thought that I'd
bring his request to all of you.
Thanks,
Matt O'Brien

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He might try looking at Peter F. Stevens, Th Rogue's March: John Riley =
and
the St. Patrick's Battalion 1846-48, which has an extensive =
bibliography. =20

Bill Mulligan

William H. Mulligan, Jr., Ph.D.
Professor of History
Graduate Program Coordinator=20
Murray State University
Murray KY 42071-3341 USA=20
Office: 1-270-809-6571
Fax: 1-270-809-6587=20
=20
=20

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Subject: [IR-D] San Patricios

One of my colleagues, a military historian, is working on a survey of
American prisoners-of-war during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. =
He
is looking for any material on the San Patricios, and so I thought that =
I'd
bring his request to all of you.
Thanks,
Matt O'Brien

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Subject: CFP ACIS Conference 2009 / GCIS Conference 2009 - Galway,
10-13 June 2009
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Forwarded on behalf of
Samantha Williams
Conference Administrator


Subject: ACIS Conference 2009 / GCIS Conference 2009

A chairde,
=A0
The Centre for Irish Studies at the National University of Ireland is
pleased to announce details of next year=92s international meeting of =
the
American Conference for Irish Studies which will be convened =
in=A0Galway,
10-13 June 2009.
=A0
The title of the ACIS conference is =91New Irish, Old Ireland: =91The =
same
people living in the same place=92 and papers which explore aspects of
emigration and immigration are especially welcome.
=A0
We are also pleased to announce that the Second Galway Conference of =
Irish
Studies =91Into the heartland of the ordinary=92 will run concurrently =
with the
ACIS meeting and will explore aspects of the everyday in Irish culture =
and
society.
=A0
We would be grateful if you could circulate the attached calls for =
papers to
colleagues and others with an interest in Irish Studies.
=A0
The deadline for submission of proposals to both conferences and further
details can be viewed
at=A0=A0http://www.nuigalway.ie/research/centre_irish_studies/acis_gcis_0=
9.html
=A0
Le gach dea-ghu=ED,
=A0
Samantha Williams
Conference Administrator
=A0
=A0
Samantha Williams
Centre for Irish Studies
NUI,=A0Galway
Tel:=A0 091 492051
Fax: 091 495513
Email:=A0=A0irishstudies[at]nuigalway.ie
Web:=A0www.nuigalway.ie/cis/
=A0
=A0

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Call for contributions: Women's experience of War in Ireland

Contributors are sought for a new edited collection examining women's
experiences of war/conflict in 20th-century Ireland. The
collection, to be edited by Diane Urquhart (Institute of Irish Studies,
University of Liverpool) and Gill McIntosh (School of
History, Queen's University, Belfast), seeks to assess not only the First
and Second World Wars but also consider the gendered
impact of political and military conflict (for example, the War of
Independence, the Civil War and the Northern Ireland
'Troubles').


Informal queries and abstracts of 300-500 words should be emailed to
urquhart[at]liv.ac.uk by 30 November 2008.

**************
Institute of Irish Studies,
University of Liverpool
+44 1517943602

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I thought that this CFP from Brendan Hokowhitu makes interesting points
about patterns of interest within disciplines and sub-disciplines.

P.O'S.

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Subject: cfp: Postcolonial Popular Cultures

Postcolonial Popular Cultures
Location:
New Zealand
Conference Date:
2008-10-01 (in 13 days)


The field of postcolonial studies has recently been called on to
redress its lack of sustained attention to, and engagement with,
popular cultural practices and forms. A survey of the anthologies and
major collections informing the field suggest the point is a
legitimate one. While scholars such as Arjun Appadurai, Paul Gilroy,
and Kobena Mercer engage with popular cultural practices of diasporic
and migrant communities, the postcolonial field has shown less
attention to popular cultural forms as productive sites for exploring
the kinds of questions that animate it.

Taking on this challenge, we invite submissions from across
disciplines to engage with the theme of postcolonial popular
cultures. Theoretical and disciplinary inquiries may include the
constitution of postcolonial popular cultures, the function, role of
the postcolonial in postcolonial popular culture, and the critical
perspective offered by postcolonial studies. What can postcolonial
studies contribute to the study and understanding of popular culture
that has not been addressed by cultural studies? How would an
examination of contemporary popular cultural practices influence
significant areas of postcolonial theorizing: hybridity, resistance,
the politics of representation? How would it affect the field's focus
on a certain literary and theoretical canon, and its arguably textual
orientation? What economies of value shape the relative exclusion of
popular culture in postcolonial studies?

Beyond this, we are concerned to ask whether an emphasis on
postcolonial popular culture challenges specific structures of power,
or whether popular cultural forms and practices are complicit with
the institutions and operations postcolonial studies seek to
challenge? In a period of rapid commodification and intense
consumerism, what is at stake when we speak of postcolonial popular
cultures? What impact is made on postcolonial cultural expressions by
the 'global popular'?

These questions are by no means exhaustive; they are offered as a
point of entry for further discussion on the theme of postcolonial
popular culture. Postcolonial popular culture is defined in a broad
and inclusive way to incorporate lived and textual cultures, the mass
media, ways of life, and discursive modes of representation. Central
to the formation of postcolonial popular cultures are articulations
of the economic, social and political spheres and the conference
welcomes contributions that will highlight these issues.

Papers from across disciplines are invited to address aspects of
Postcolonial Popular Culture, including:

Popular culture and resistance
Everyday popular cultural practices
Sport
Music
Dance
Body cultures
Fashion/clothing
Food
Television and other broadcast media
Online games, computer and other technologies
Street and community theatre
Shopping

To maintain the integrity of discussions, we ask that submissions
address the question of popular culture in relation to some aspect of
the field of postcolonial studies. We invite abstracts of 250-300
words and a short bio of 100 words to be sent to Dr Brendan Hokowhitu
(Brendan.hokowhitu[at]stonebow.otago.ac.nz) by 1 October, 2008.

Brendan Hokowhitu
University of Otago
PO Box 56
Dunedin
New Zealand
Email: brendan.hokowhitu[at]otago.ac.nz
Visit the website at http://www.otago.ac.nz/humanities/research/
networks/postcolonial/index.html#forthcoming

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Subject: TOC Irish Educational Studies, Volume 27 Issue 3
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Irish Educational Studies: Volume 27 Issue 3 is now available online at
informaworld (http://www.informaworld.com).

This new issue contains the following articles:

Editorial, Pages 193 - 196
Authors: Dympna Devine; Paul Conway; Emer Smyth; Aisling Leavy

Neuroscience and education: how best to filter out the neurononsense =
from
our classrooms?, Pages 197 - 208
Author: Noel Purdy

After behaviourism, navigationism?, Pages 209 - 221
Author: Se=E1n Moran

The composition of applicants and entrants to teacher education =
programmes
in Ireland: trends and patterns, Pages 223 - 240
Author: Manuela Heinz

Comparative and international education in initial teacher education: an
Irish case study, Pages 241 - 251
Author: Margo O'Sullivan

Underneath the Band-Aid: supporting bilingual students in Irish schools,
Pages 253 - 266
Author: Emer Nowlan

Every school a school of choice: school choice in Ireland as viewed =
through
American eyes, Pages 267 - 279
Authors: Nina K. Buchanan; Robert A. Fox

Primary music education: the misrepresentation of the ideals of =
curricula in
research, Pages 281 - 293
Author: Mary Stakelum

Book review, Pages 295 - 296
Author: Judith Harford

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In Saturday's Guardian...

God's Executioner
Oliver Cromwell and the Conquest of Ireland
by Miche=E1l =D3 Siochr=FA
Faber

Brute force
Ronan Bennett applauds a trenchant study of Cromwell's Irish exploits

* Ronan Bennett
* The Guardian,
* Saturday September 20 2008

It is beyond the scope of Miche=E1l =D3 Siochr=FA's excellent book to =
explore in
detail the impact of Cromwell's legacy on modern Irish politics. =
However, he
does provide a telling anecdote: in 1997 Robin Cook, the newly appointed
foreign secretary, received a courtesy visit from Bertie Ahern, the =
Irish
taoiseach. On entering the office, the Irishman immediately walked out
again, refusing to return until Cook took down from the wall a picture =
"of
that murdering bastard" Cromwell.

Cook was unusual among New Labour grandees in that he had a genuine =
sense of
the historical, but he probably never thought much about Cromwell in
Ireland. Over the years, I have often been dismayed by my leftwing =
English
friends' sympathy for Cromwell's cause. They tend to see him as a =
radical
hero of the English civil war, politically flawed to be sure, especially
when he sided with the propertied elite during the Putney debates, but
without whose military genius and political vision the revolution of =
1649
would not have been possible...

... I don't see how Cromwell's reputation can survive this important =
book. =D3
Siochr=FA's calm and forensic reconstruction of events at Drogheda and =
Wexford
show "the greatest Englishman of all time" to have been a pitiless mass
murderer. I will be sending it to English friends this Christmas, along =
with
a card inviting them to join a campaign to have Cromwell's statue =
outside
parliament pulled down, cut up and chucked into the Irish Sea.

Full text at
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/sep/20/history

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Bill Fuller
Irishman whose empire of venues and hotels started in Camden

* Ann Scanlon
* The Guardian,
* Tuesday September 9 2008

Bill Fuller, who has died aged 91, was widely regarded as the man who first
brought rock music to London's Camden Town. Fuller, who built an empire of
entertainment venues and hotels across the world - including the Electric
Ballroom in Camden Town and San Francisco's Fillmore West - was an
innovative Irishman whose colourful presence impacted on 70 years of the
music business. Aside from his venues, Fuller ran a management and
promotions company whose list of clients included Joe Loss, Billie Holiday,
Patsy Cline and Johnny Cash.

He was also instrumental in the rise of the Irish showband scene in the
1960s and was one of the few promoters who was able to get his bands into
the then Mafia-stronghold of Las Vegas. "I love to take risks," he once
said. "Life is a risk."

Born in County Kerry, Fuller caught the boat train to London as a teenager
to work on building sites. He developed his own construction business and
took over a rundown Irish ballroom on Camden High Street when he was 20...

... As a rural Irish immigrant, Fuller understood those who were looking for
a place where they could meet, dance and find romance. In the 1950s, he
built a chain of ballrooms across England and Ireland, while amassing some
of his fortune from demolition.

Indeed there was a saying about him at that time: "What Hitler didn't knock
down, Bill Fuller did."

In September 1956, Fuller unveiled his global ambitions at Manhattan's City
Center ballroom, which soon became the leading Irish dance hall in New York
City, and he later opened ballrooms in Boston, Chicago and San Francisco

Full text at...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2008/sep/09/popandrock.musicindustry

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The starting point nowadays has to be

Edmundo Murray's list on

http://www.irlandeses.org/bibliomex.htm

http://www.irlandeses.org/sanpatriciosbiblio.htm

Which is as near complete as anything I've seen.

Also worth looking at, just to see what is visible... Irish History =
Online
- since the team there make an effort to track Irish Diaspora history, =
and
make use of our archives. And they have a hospitable definition of
'history' - anything with a date...

Actually, they don't have as much as Edmundo...

Beneath an emerald green flag : the story of Irish soldiers in Mexico /
Connaughton, Michael G. 2005

The St. Patricio Battalion : the Irish soldiers of Mexico / =
O'F=F3gartaigh,
S=E9amus. 2005

John Reilly and the San Patricios / Lavelle, Rory. 1995

The San Patricios. / Callaghan, James. 1995

San Patricios. The Irishmen who died for Mexico / Vincent, John. 1993

Of course database searches bring up outliers like studies of the San
Patricio colleges and Oberste's study of the Texas Irish colonies, =
Refugio
and San Patricio.

Plus from my own database...
See also
Power, Wally. 1969. The Enigma of the Patricios. =C9ire-Ireland 4 (4).

There is a thesis
Michaelsen, David. 2000. Between Two Republics: Making sense of the San
Patricio Battalion. Austin: University of Texas.

David's thesis is unusual in that he consulted Mexican historians and =
made
use of Mexican Spanish sources. I think that there is still a bit of a
language divide in this research area.

P.O'S.


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Behalf
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Sent: 19 September 2008 18:08
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Subject: [IR-D] San Patricios

One of my colleagues, a military historian, is working on a survey of
American prisoners-of-war during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. =
He
is looking for any material on the San Patricios, and so I thought that =
I'd
bring his request to all of you.
Thanks,
Matt O'Brien

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The San Patricios were not American prisoners-of-war but deserters.
However there is also the following:
The San Patricio Battalion: A Bibliography
http://www.irlandeses.org/sanpatriciosbiblio.htm

Edmundo Murray

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He might try looking at Peter F. Stevens, Th Rogue's March: John Riley
and
the St. Patrick's Battalion 1846-48, which has an extensive
bibliography. =20

Bill Mulligan

William H. Mulligan, Jr., Ph.D.
Professor of History
Graduate Program Coordinator=20
Murray State University
Murray KY 42071-3341 USA=20
Office: 1-270-809-6571
Fax: 1-270-809-6587=20
=20
=20

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Subject: [IR-D] San Patricios

One of my colleagues, a military historian, is working on a survey of
American prisoners-of-war during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
He
is looking for any material on the San Patricios, and so I thought that
I'd
bring his request to all of you.
Thanks,
Matt O'Brien

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A slightly idle question: has anyone researched Irish soldiers or =
sailors who fought with the Free French in the Second World War? I came =
across a reference a while back to two brothers who could not bring =
themselves to join the British Army, but found in the Free French a good =
way of fighting the Germans. Might there have been others, perhaps =
veterans of the Spanish Civil War, who did that?

=EF=BB=BF =EF=BB=BF =EF=BB=BF David Rose

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Samuel Beckett?

P.O'S.

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A slightly idle question: has anyone researched Irish soldiers or sailors
who fought with the Free French in the Second World War? I came across a
reference a while back to two brothers who could not bring themselves to
join the British Army, but found in the Free French a good way of fighting
the Germans. Might there have been others, perhaps veterans of the Spanish
Civil War, who did that?

? ? ? David Rose

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Thanks to Cian McMahon for bringing this resource to our attention.

Briefly, I have asked the University of Bradford Library to jump through the
relevant hoops. They confirm that the JSTOR Ireland Collection receives UK
JISC funding and has been made freely available to UK Higher Education
institutions.

You will have to get your own institution's library to sort out the license
- then access is through the ATHENS password system. I know that this is
gobbledygook to people outside the UK.

There is not as yet a great deal of material in the JSTOR Ireland Collection
- I have made a list below. The most exciting thing, I guess, is to see
Irish Historical Studies there. And some issues of The Dublin Penny Journal
and The Irish Penny Journal have appeared there.

But this is a growing resource.

P.O'S.


Ireland Collection

Collectanea Hibernica
Franciscan Province of Ireland
ISSN: 05307058 1958-2004 3 years

The Dublin Penny Journal
Dublin Penny Journal
ISSN: 20091338 1832-1836 Publication of this title ceased in 1836.

Irish Historical Studies
Irish Historical Studies Publications Ltd
ISSN: 00211214 1938-2002 5 years

Irish Journal of American Studies
Irish Association for American Studies
ISSN: 13513818 1992-2002 1 year

Irish Journal of Earth Sciences
Royal Irish Academy
ISSN: 07901763
Title History (1978-1983)
1984-2004 3 years

Journal of Earth Sciences
Royal Irish Academy
ISSN: 03321851 1978-1983

The Irish Penny Journal
Irish Penny Journal
ISSN: 20090935 1840-1841 Publication of this title ceased in 1841.

Ireland Collection
Irish Studies in International Affairs
Royal Irish Academy
ISSN: 03321460 1979-2004 3 years

The Journal of Irish Archaeology
Wordwell Ltd.
ISSN: 0268537X 1983-2002 3 years

Nordic Irish Studies
Centre for Irish Studies in Aarhus
Dalarna University Centre for Irish Studies
ISSN: 1602124X 2002-2004 3 years

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One of Bill Fuller's first entertainment venue acquisitions was a run-down ballroom in Camden Town called 'The Buffalo'. Amongst the Irish in the construction industry around London in subsequent years it was often asserted that, 'If a man couldn't get a woman in The Buffalo, the best he could do was lie down and die!'.

Ultan
----- "Patrick O'Sullivan" wrote:
> Bill Fuller
> Irishman whose empire of venues and hotels started in Camden
>
> * Ann Scanlon
> * The Guardian,
> * Tuesday September 9 2008
>
> Bill Fuller, who has died aged 91, was widely regarded as the man who
> first
> brought rock music to London's Camden Town. Fuller, who built an
> empire of
> entertainment venues and hotels across the world - including the
> Electric
> Ballroom in Camden Town and San Francisco's Fillmore West - was an
> innovative Irishman whose colourful presence impacted on 70 years of
> the
> music business. Aside from his venues, Fuller ran a management and
> promotions company whose list of clients included Joe Loss, Billie
> Holiday,
> Patsy Cline and Johnny Cash.
>
> He was also instrumental in the rise of the Irish showband scene in
> the
> 1960s and was one of the few promoters who was able to get his bands
> into
> the then Mafia-stronghold of Las Vegas. "I love to take risks," he
> once
> said. "Life is a risk."
>
> Born in County Kerry, Fuller caught the boat train to London as a
> teenager
> to work on building sites. He developed his own construction business
> and
> took over a rundown Irish ballroom on Camden High Street when he was
> 20...
>
> ... As a rural Irish immigrant, Fuller understood those who were
> looking for
> a place where they could meet, dance and find romance. In the 1950s,
> he
> built a chain of ballrooms across England and Ireland, while amassing
> some
> of his fortune from demolition.
>
> Indeed there was a saying about him at that time: "What Hitler didn't
> knock
> down, Bill Fuller did."
>
> In September 1956, Fuller unveiled his global ambitions at Manhattan's
> City
> Center ballroom, which soon became the leading Irish dance hall in New
> York
> City, and he later opened ballrooms in Boston, Chicago and San
> Francisco
>
> Full text at...
>
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2008/sep/09/popandrock.musicindustry