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Subject: Last reminder of AFIS conference and deadline for abstracts
=A0
Call for Papers
=A0
5th Annual Conference of AFIS (Association for Franco-Irish Studies)
=A0
Dates: 22-23 May, 2009
=A0
Venue: University College Cork
=A0
Theme: France, Ireland and Rebellion
=A0
Down the centuries, France and Ireland have both experienced rebellion =
in
many guises, be it political, historical, literary or religious. =
Sometimes
these struggles created strong links between the two countries. The
organisers of the 5th annual conference of AFIS invite abstracts (not
exceeding 200 words) that would examine some relevant aspect of =
rebellion as
it pertains to both countries. For the first time this year, speakers =
are
not required to treat of both Ireland and France and can stick to one
country if that suits their research interests better. Papers of 20-25
minutes=92 duration can be delivered in French or English and abstracts =
should
be submitted by Saturday 31 January 2009 to:
=A0
Dr Eamon Maher,
Director,
National Centre for Franco-Irish Studies,
IT Talaght,
Dublin 22,
Ireland.
Tel: 00 353 1 4042871
Email: Eamon.Maher[at]ittdublin.ie
=A0
Or
Professor Grace Neville,
Vice President for Teaching and Learning,
Department of French,
UCC,
Ireland.
Tel: 00 353 21 4902581
Email: g.neville[at]ucc.ie
=A0
=A0
A selection of the papers will be published in the Studies in =
Franco-Irish
Relations series with Peter Lang. For details on membership of AFIS, you =
can
consult the following website: www.it-tallaght.ie/ncfis
=A0
Some suggested panels:
=95 Links between Republicanism and rebellion in France and Ireland=20
=95 Modernity, literary innovation and revolt=20
=95 Contestation of institutional religion=20
=95 Popular culture and rebellion=20
=95 Joyce, Beckett and the French connection=20
=A0
Confirmed keynote speakers: Professor Anne Fogarty (University College
Dublin), Professor Luke Gibbons (University of Notre Dame), Professor =
Grace
Neville (University College Cork) and Dr Alison O=92Malley-Younger =
(University
of Sunderland).
=A0
=A0
Dr. Eamon Maher,
Director,
National Centre for Franco-Irish Studies,
ITT Dublin,
Tallaght,
Dublin 24
E-Mail: eamon.maher[at]ittdublin.ie
Phone: + 353 (0)1 4042871
www.it-tallaght.ie/ncfis

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PETER LANG - International Academic Publishers

are pleased to announce a new book by

Irene Lucchitti

THE ISLANDMAN
The Hidden Life of Tom=E1s O'Crohan

Oxford, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, New York, Wien, =
2009.
232 pp.
Reimagining Ireland. Vol. 3
Edited by Eamon Maher

ISBN 978-3-03911-837-3 pb.

sFr. 65.- / EUR* 44.20 / EUR** 45.40 / EUR 41.30 / =A3 31.- / US-$ 64.95
* includes VAT - only valid for Germany
** includes VAT - only valid for Austria

This book concerns Tom=E1s O'Crohan of the Blasket Islands and offers a
radical reinterpretation of this iconic Irish figure and his place in =
Gaelic
literature. It examines the politics of Irish culture that turned =
O'Crohan
into =ABThe Islandman=BB and harnessed his texts to the national =
political
project, presenting him as an instinctual, natural hero and a na=EFve, =
almost
unwilling writer, and his texts as artefacts of unselfconscious, =
unmediated
linguistic and ethnographic authenticity. The author demonstrates that =
such
misleading claims, never properly scrutinised before this study, have =
been
to the detriment of the author's literary reputation and that they have
obscured the deeply personal and highly idiosyncratic purpose and nature =
of
his writing.

At the core of the book is a recognition that what O'Crohan wrote was =
not
primarily a history, nor an ethnography, but an autobiography. The book
demonstrates that the conventional reading of the texts, which =
privileges
O'Crohan's fisherman identity, has hidden from view the writer =
protagonist
inscribed in the texts, subordinating his identity as a writer to his
identity as a peasant. The author shows O'Crohan to have been a literary
pioneer who negotiated the journey from oral tradition into literature =
as
well as a modern, self-aware man of letters engaging deliberately and
artistically with questions of mortality.

Contents:


Wild Things and Western Men: Impressions of the People, Culture and =
Language
of the Blaskets - Oral Tradition and Literacy on the Blasket Islands - =
The
Gaeltacht and Revival - Cultural Production and Translation in the =
Blaskets
- The Personal Voice of Tom=E1s O'Crohan - Tom=E1s O'Crohan and =
Autobiography -
Echoes of Voices Still.

The Author:


Irene Lucchitti is a specialist in early twentieth-century Irish =
literature
and culture, with expertise in life-writing and translation studies. She =
has
an abiding interest in the writers of the Blasket Islands. She studied =
the
Irish language at the University of Sydney, and completed her Ph.D. in =
the
English Literatures Program at the University of Wollongong, where she =
is
now an Honorary Fellow. She has published numerous articles on the =
Blasket
writers and is currently engaged in research into the work of Peig =
Sayers.

Direct order:
http://www.peterlang.com/index.cfm?vLang=3DE&vID=3D11837

Or you may send your order to:


PETER LANG AG
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NEW BOOK LAUNCH AND RECEPTION, Newman House, St. Stephen's Green, Dublin
=A0
You are cordially invited to the launch of Karen E. Brown (ed.), Women's
Contributions to Visual Culture, 1918-1939 (Aldershot: Ashgate =
Publishing,
2008) to be held at=A0Newman House, St Stephen's Green, Dublin on =
Thursday 22
January 2009 at 6pm. The launch will be held under the auspices of the =
Irish
Association of Art Historians and a reception will follow, courtesy of =
the
School of Art History and Cultural Policy, University College Dublin.

Dr. Brown=A0is a=A0Government of Ireland IRCHSS scholar=A0and will =
present the
lecture 'Norah McGuinness and Irish Visual Culture' for the occasion.

Book Information at
http://www.ashgate.com/default.aspx?page=3D637&calcTitle=3D1&title_id=3D1=
0427&edit
ion_id=3D11086

Note that Karen Brown's Introduction is available there as a pdf =
download.

Women's Contributions to Visual Culture, 1918=961939
Edited by Karen E. Brown, School of Art History and Cultural Policy,
University College Dublin, Ireland

* Imprint: Ashgate
* Illustrations: Includes 18 b&w illustrations
* Published: July 2008
* Format: 234 x 156 mm
* Extent: 200 pages
* Binding: Hardback
* ISBN: 978-0-7546-6400-0
* Price : =A355.00 =BB Online: =A349.50

An exploration of women=92s contributions to visual culture in major =
urban
centres between the wars (1918=961939), this collection sheds new light =
on
women=92s relationships with the processes of modernism and =
modernization.
Women=92s work in a variety of mediums is explored, including design, =
print,
illustration, murals, poster art, and costume design, as well as more
conventional forms of painting and sculpture. International in scope, =
the
volume discusses artists and exhibitions from the United Kingdom, =
Greece,
Mexico, France, Ireland and the United States. The contributors place a
strong emphasis on archival research yet each addresses contemporary
concerns in feminist art history. By focusing on a very specific time
period, the essays place a central concern on the history and theory of =
art
and gender and are united by their coherent focus on women=92s role in =
the
agency and mediation of artistic production in the interwar period.

Contents: Introduction, Karen E. Brown; Women war artists of World War =
I,
Katy Deepwell; 'Feminist art', 'female art', 'sexless art' in a =
modernist
context: women's collective exhibitions in Greece, 1925=961937,
Chariklia-Glafki Gotsi; 'An unsettling aura of inscrutability': =
imperialism,
racial stereotyping and the construction of the 'exotic' by British =
women
sculptors during the 1920s and 1930s, Jonathan Black; 'Her hands never
soft': Concetta Scaravaglione at the New York World's Fair, 1939=9640, =
Anna
Maria Carlevaris; Carola Giedion-Welcker: misrepresented collaborator of
modernists, Christa-Maria Lerm Hayes; Norah McGuinness, W.B. Yeats and =
the
illustrated book, Karen E. Brown; Negotiating 'new' venues in art: Doris =
and
Anna Zinkeisen in modernising London, Britta C. Dwyer; Ethel Gabain, =
Evelyn
Gibbs and Evelyn Dunbar: 3 approaches to professional art practice in
interwar Britain, Alice Strickland; The struggles of modernising Mexico =
and
the mural of Aurora Reyes at the Centro Escolar Revoluci=F3n, Terri =
Geis;
Index.

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I am looking for good sources for background on the state of Irish mental h=
ealth care and facilities in the 1930s=2C 1940s=2C 1950s. I'd appreciate an=
y references=2C advice=2C authors=2C etc.
Thank you=2C
Linda Dowling Almeida
New York University



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This project/institution was featured (under the title: 'The Voices of the Irish who will never be coming home') in the Review section of the Irish Times on Saturday January 10th last. Interestingly, the piece was located below an article assessing the prospects for would-be emigrants in the traditional receiving countries - Britain being conspicuous by its absence.

The piece states that the project has been 'encouraged' by the current Irish Ambassador, David Cooney (London-born son of Irish emigrants). Ambassador Cooney chaired one of the workshops at the Diaspora Conference Liam refers to, and funding is via the Department of Foreign Affairs, but the Dion logo appears at the bottom of the home page so presumably Dion vetted and recommended it.

Glenn Cumiskey is a 39 year old archivist from County Armagh, formerly with the Irish Traditional Music Archive in Dublin, who now lives in London. There doesn't appear to be anyone other than Glenn actively involved in the interviewing process although 'advisors' are credited on the website - all of whom are based in Ireland and are associated with either RTE or the collection and collating of Irish traditional music.

The declared aim of the IOHA is, quote, '... the making of a comprehensive digital audio and digital audio-visual collection for the appreciation, study and transmission of Irish oral history, especially as it relates to emigration. This emphasis is reflected in the Archive's foundation collection - Irish Emigrants in Britain. The Archive's wider collection includes the oral history of the second generation of Irish in Britain, as well as oral narratives of Irish people at home and in areas of Irish settlement abroad (including North America and Australia)', unquote. It is at least encouraging that Foreign Affairs regards Irish oral history as 'heritage' given that the Heritage Council itself does not...

Quite how this one individual, whose professional training is limited to the 'after the fact' archiving of collections - to date dealing exclusively with traditional music and musicians in Ireland, will manage to conduct actual interviews on such a scale, remains to be seen. How someone who is not himself an emigrant or former emigrant (in the relevant meaning of the term), will penetrate to the truth of this notoriously reticent, damaged, and habitually evasive older generations' lived experience, is an even more pertinent question given the likelihood that he'll only get one shot at it - neither funding nor opportunity for such a project are likely to come again.

In Ireland's state agencies even the toilet rolls will soon be rationed and as regards availability of interviewees death is fast taking its toll. Already statistics show that far fewer men than women over seventy remain - harsh conditions in the construction industry having prematurely broken the health of many of the men.

Finally, where does this initiative leave the existing archives, both public and private, already known and used by migration studies scholars and other interested parties? Have any of their custodians been approached about possible assimilation or at least collaboration? One would expect that these hard-won, irreplaceable, collections would naturally have formed the nucleus of this new initiative.

To be watched with interest, certainly...

Happy New Year to all

Ultan




----- "Liam Greenslade" wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> While stuck in Dublin's no-sign-of-thinning-out-despite-the-recession
>
> traffic yesterday afternoon, I chanced upon an interview on the radio
> with
> Glenn Cumiskey who, it would appear, is the director of the Irish
> Oral
> History Archive. Anyway, he seemed like a nice lad so I thought I'd
> draw
> the attention of the IR-D list to his work.
>
> The project seems to consist currently of interviewing Irish elders
> from
> the last-but-one great wave Irish emigration to Britain of the 1940s
> and
> 50s and depositing them in digital form. You can obtain further
> details
> at http://www.ioha.co.uk/
>
> I don't know what the politics (with a small 'p') of the project are
> but
> the site seems to be notably lacking in links to other Irish in
> Britain
> and I suspect it may have emerged from the Department of Foreign
> Affairs
> conference held in Dublin Castle in 2007 ( See
> http://liamgr.blogspot.com/2007/04/come-in-to-parlour-and-keep-your-wallet.html).
>
>
>
> Anyway, whatever its origins I think it's worth encouraging.
>
> Best
>
> Liam

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Hi

You might find something useful here:=20
http://mentalhealthsocialpolicy.blogspot.com/

I put most of my material from an Irish mental health course I ran at=20
Trinity a few years ago, feel free to pillage. Sorry about the yukky=20
colour scheme.

RTE also produced a documentary series about St Ita's Asylum in Dublin=20
called, uncannily enough, 'The Asylum' about 2 years ago, that may be=20
available from them.

Finally these may be relevant (although it's a long time since I read the=
m)

Reynolds, Joseph. Grangegorman: Psychiatric Care in Dublin since 1815.=20
Dublin: Institute of Public Administration in Association with Eastern=20
Health Board, 1992.

Robins, Joseph. Fools and Mad: A History of the Insane in Ireland.=20
Ireland: Institute of Public Administration, 1986.

Saris, A. Jamie. =93The Asylum In Ireland: A Brief Institutional History=20
and Some Local Effects=94 in The Sociology of Health and Illness in=20
Ireland Anne Cleary and
Margaret P Treacy eds. Dublin: University College Dublin Press, 1997.

Walsh D Daly A Mental Illness in Ireland 1750 -2002 Health Research=20
Board (Available on line but I can't find the URL

Best

Liam

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The death of Breand=E1n Mac Lua, the founder of The Irish Post =
newspaper, has
been brought to our attention.

I have pasted in, below, the Irish Times article. A web search will =
reveal
many more.

Breand=E1n was a good friend to our work. When I was struggling with =
The
Irish World Wide project he took the trouble to contact me, and make it
clear that he understood what I was trying to do. When we met socially =
he
would cross examine me about further developments, and hector me - =
though
his chief criticism seemed to be that I could not seem to find a way of
turning the study of the Irish Diaspora into a regular revenue stream.
Better men than I, Breand=E1n, better men than I...

I would expect to see more comment, at the end of this significant life.

Our thoughts are with Breand=E1n's family.

Patrick O'Sullivan


Thursday, January 15, 2009
'Irish Post' co-founder and former editor dies aged 73

MARTIN DOYLE

BREAND=C1N MAC LUA, who co-founded the Irish Post newspaper in London in =
1970
and edited it for its first 18 years, has died after a short illness, =
aged
73.

Irish Ambassador to Britain David Cooney said: =93Breand=E1n Mac Lua was =
a
massive presence among the Irish in Britain over several decades.

=93A writer and journalist of distinction, his greatest and more =
enduring
achievement was the founding of the Irish Post , which, in addition to
bringing news from home to the Irish in Britain, reported on the =
activities
of the community itself . . .

=93Breand=E1n was a man of great learning, blessed with a razor-sharp =
intellect
which he retained to the end. He will be greatly missed by the Irish in
Britain.=94

Mac Lua, from Co Clare, began his career in Dublin, where he worked for =
a
number of national newspapers and in 1967 wrote The Steadfast Rule: A
History of the GAA Ban. He helped form the Federation of Irish =
Societies.

Mac Lua played a vital role in bolstering the Irish in Britain at a
difficult time, media commentator Raymond Snoddy said: =93I think the =
Irish
Post was very important in giving the Irish a voice of their own when =
they
were close to being a persecuted minority.=94

In an interview to mark the 30th anniversary of the Irish Post , Mac Lua
said: =93From the outset, I banned the publishing of the words =
=91emigrants=92 and
=91exiles=92 and replaced them with =91the Irish community in =
Britain=92. The phrase
soon caught on.=94 Mac Lua=92s wife Maeve died in 2007. He is survived =
by two
daughters.

SOURCE
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2009/0115/1231738223559.html

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Chinese New Year=92s Celebration:=20
Lectures on China & Ireland at the Chester Beatty Library

Fri 23 Jan (1.10pm)=A0Public Lecture=20
The Dublin Chinese New Year Festival Committee in association with =
Dublin
City Council public lecture, Arts of the Book: China in Ireland, gallery
tour with Dr Shane McCausland, Head of Collections and East Asian =
Curator=A0

Sat 24 Jan (1pm & 3pm)=A0Public Lecture=20
The Dublin Chinese New Year Festival Committee in association with =
Dublin
City Council public lecture.=A0=20
1pm Business in China - Piercing the Veil, Richard Barrett, Treasury
Holdings
3pm Public Lecture:=A0China's Ecomonic Boom, Pauline Byrne, Treasury
Holdings=A0=A0


Sun=A025=A0Jan=A0(1pm & 3pm)=A0Public Lecture=20
The Dublin=A0Chinese New Year Festival Commitee in association with =
Dublin
City Council public lecture.=A0=20
1pm An Irish Mandarin: Robert Hart's career in=A0China 1854-1908, Dr =
Richard
O'Leary, Queen's University Belfast
3pm Oscar Wilde's Chinese Sage, Dr. Jerusha McCormack, Beijing Foreign
Studies University=A0=A0=A0

Fri=A030=A0Jan=A0(1pm & 3pm)=A0Public Lecture=20
The Dublin Chinese New Year Festival Committee in association with =
Dublin
City Council public lecture.=A0=20
1pm Early Irish Botanical Expeditions in China: An expansion of the =
story of
Augustine Henry's plant introductions, Seventh Earl of Rosse Brendan
Parsons=A0
3pm From Patsy O=92Wang to Fu Manchu: Ireland, China and Racism, Fintan
O'Toole, journalist for the Irish Times=A0=A0

Sat=A031 Jan=A0(1pm & 3pm)=A0Public Lecture=20
The Dublin Chinese New Year Festival Committee in association with =
Dublin
City Council public lecture.=A0
1pm China and Ireland: Musical Meetings, Dr Hwee San Tan, School of =
Oriental
and African Studies, University of London
3pm=A0China Comes to Ireland, Ruadhan McCormaic, journalist for the =
Irish
Times

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Hi Linda

In addition to the texts suggested by Liam Greenslade, it might be worth
your while checking out Birds' Nest Soup by Hanna Greally. Hanna spent
the best part of the 1940s and 1950s incarcerated in a psychiatric
hospital in the Irish Midlands and this book was written by her about
her experiences.

Publisher: Cork University Press=20



Cheers

Trish



Dr. Patricia O'Connor PhD=20

Research Fellow, Population Health=20

Centre for Eye Research Australia,=20

University of Melbourne=20

Locked Bag 8, East Melbourne Vic 8002 Australia
Ph: +61 3 9929 8146 Fax: +61 3 9662 3859 www.cera.org.au


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Subject: [IR-D] Mental Health Facilities in 30s, 40s, 50s

I am looking for good sources for background on the state of Irish
mental health care and facilities in the 1930s, 1940s, 1950s. I'd
appreciate any references, advice, authors, etc.
Thank you,
Linda Dowling Almeida
New York University



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Liam Greenslade has now removed the obstacles to this blog spot, and made it
freely available.

Our thanks to Liam.

P.O'S.

Liam Greenslade

Mental health and social policy

A blog for students taking the MSc in Mental Health School of Nursing
Trinity College Dublin 2007

http://mentalhealthsocialpolicy.blogspot.com/

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From: "Patrick Maume"
To: "The Irish Diaspora Studies List"

From: Patrick Maume
One minor omission I notice in the IRISH TIMES piece is that Breand=E1n =
Mac
Lua, THE STEADFAST RULE was not just a history of the GAA Ban (on =
playing
foreign games) but advocated its continuance.
Best wishes,
Patrick


> Thursday, January 15, 2009
> 'Irish Post' co-founder and former editor dies aged 73
>
> MARTIN DOYLE
>
> BREAND=3DC1N MAC LUA, who co-founded the Irish Post newspaper in =
London in =3D
1970
> and edited it for its first 18 years, has died after a short illness, =
age=3D
d
> SOURCE
> http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2009/0115/1231738223559.html
>

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From: ultancowley[at]eircom.net
To: The Irish Diaspora Studies List
Subject: Re: [IR-D] BREAND=?iso-8859-1?Q?=C1N_?= MAC LUA, 'Irish Post'
co-founder and former editor dies aged 73

I'm saddened to learn of Brendan's passing; since his retirement The Irish =
Post has steadily relinquished the advocacy role on behalf of the Irish in =
Britain which was its hallmark under his stewardship.

Brendan was as unhesitatingly helpful to me - a complete stranger, in my in=
itial efforts to tackle the subject of Irish male migrant labour in British=
construction, as he appears to have been to Paddy in his work. A true cham=
pion of the Irish in Britain, he was compassionate as well as clever, and h=
is passing is a sad loss for all of us.

Ultan Cowley=20

=20

----- "Patrick O'Sullivan" wrote:
> The death of Breand=C3=A1n Mac Lua, the founder of The Irish Post
> newspaper, has
> been brought to our attention.
>=20
> I have pasted in, below, the Irish Times article. A web search will
> reveal
> many more.
>=20
> Breand=C3=A1n was a good friend to our work. When I was struggling with
> The
> Irish World Wide project he took the trouble to contact me, and make
> it
> clear that he understood what I was trying to do. When we met
> socially he
> would cross examine me about further developments, and hector me -
> though
> his chief criticism seemed to be that I could not seem to find a way
> of
> turning the study of the Irish Diaspora into a regular revenue
> stream.
> Better men than I, Breand=C3=A1n, better men than I...
>=20
> I would expect to see more comment, at the end of this significant
> life.
>=20
> Our thoughts are with Breand=C3=A1n's family.
>=20
> Patrick O'Sullivan

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Call for Papers

5th Annual Conference of AFIS (Association for Franco-Irish Studies)

Dates: 22-23 May, 2009

Venue: University College Cork

Theme: France, Ireland and Rebellion

Down the centuries, France and Ireland have both experienced rebellion in
many guises, be it political, historical, literary or
religious. Sometimes these struggles created strong links between the two
countries. The organisers of the 5th annual conference
of AFIS invite abstracts (not exceeding 200 words) that would examine some
relevant aspect of rebellion as it pertains to both
countries. For the first time this year, speakers are not required to treat
of both Ireland and France and can stick to one
country if that suits their research interests better. Papers of 20-25
minutes' duration can be delivered in French or English
and abstracts should be submitted by Saturday 31 January 2009 to:

Dr Eamon Maher,
Director,
National Centre for Franco-Irish Studies,
IT Talaght,
Dublin 22,
Ireland.
Tel: 00 353 1 4042871
Email: Eamon.Maher[at]ittdublin.ie

Or
Professor Grace Neville,
Vice President for Teaching and Learning,
Department of French,
UCC,
Ireland.
Tel: 00 353 21 4902581
Email: g.neville[at]ucc.ie


A selection of the papers will be published in the Studies in Franco-Irish
Relations series with Peter Lang. For details on
membership of AFIS, you can consult the following website:
www.it-tallaght.ie/ncfis

Some suggested panels:

* Links between Republicanism and rebellion in France and Ireland
* Modernity, literary innovation and revolt
* Contestation of institutional religion
* Popular culture and rebellion
* Joyce, Beckett and the French connection

Confirmed keynote speakers: Professor Anne Fogarty (University College
Dublin), Professor Luke Gibbons (University of Notre
Dame), Professor Grace Neville (University College Cork) and Dr Alison
O'Malley-Younger (University of Sunderland).

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I would agree with Ultan. He was also helpful to me when my first book on =
the GAA in Scotland came out in 1995. Although we only spoke via telephone=
, I found Brendan an interesting character - genuine and well meaning.=20=
=20

May he rest in peace.

Joe Bradley

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From: ultancowley[at]eircom.net
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co-founder and former editor dies aged 73

I'm saddened to learn of Brendan's passing; since his retirement The Irish =
=3D
Post has steadily relinquished the advocacy role on behalf of the Irish in =
=3D
Britain which was its hallmark under his stewardship.

Brendan was as unhesitatingly helpful to me - a complete stranger, in my in=
=3D
itial efforts to tackle the subject of Irish male migrant labour in British=
=3D
construction, as he appears to have been to Paddy in his work. A true cham=
=3D
pion of the Irish in Britain, he was compassionate as well as clever, and h=
=3D
is passing is a sad loss for all of us.

Ultan Cowley=3D20

=3D20

----- "Patrick O'Sullivan" wrote:
> The death of Breand=3DC3=3DA1n Mac Lua, the founder of The Irish Post
> newspaper, has
> been brought to our attention.
>=3D20
> I have pasted in, below, the Irish Times article. A web search will
> reveal
> many more.
>=3D20
> Breand=3DC3=3DA1n was a good friend to our work. When I was struggling w=
ith
> The
> Irish World Wide project he took the trouble to contact me, and make
> it
> clear that he understood what I was trying to do. When we met
> socially he
> would cross examine me about further developments, and hector me -
> though
> his chief criticism seemed to be that I could not seem to find a way
> of
> turning the study of the Irish Diaspora into a regular revenue
> stream.
> Better men than I, Breand=3DC3=3DA1n, better men than I...
>=3D20
> I would expect to see more comment, at the end of this significant
> life.
>=3D20
> Our thoughts are with Breand=3DC3=3DA1n's family.
>=3D20
> Patrick O'Sullivan
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Academic Excellence at the Heart of Scotland.
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Hi Linda - along the lines of memory work/fiction, Sebastian Barry's
novel /The Secret Scripture/ is a excellent read, and may prove to be a
useful lead in any case.

Cheers
Chad

Trish O'Connor wrote:
> Hi Linda
>
> In addition to the texts suggested by Liam Greenslade, it might be worth
> your while checking out Birds' Nest Soup by Hanna Greally. Hanna spent
> the best part of the 1940s and 1950s incarcerated in a psychiatric
> hospital in the Irish Midlands and this book was written by her about
> her experiences.
>
> Publisher: Cork University Press
>
>
>
> Cheers
>
> Trish
>
>
>
> Dr. Patricia O'Connor PhD
>
> Research Fellow, Population Health
>
> Centre for Eye Research Australia,
>
> University of Melbourne
>
> Locked Bag 8, East Melbourne Vic 8002 Australia
> Ph: +61 3 9929 8146 Fax: +61 3 9662 3859 www.cera.org.au
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [mailto:IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On
> Behalf Of Linda Dowling Almeida
> Sent: Sunday, 18 January 2009 3:00 AM
> To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: [IR-D] Mental Health Facilities in 30s, 40s, 50s
>
> I am looking for good sources for background on the state of Irish
> mental health care and facilities in the 1930s, 1940s, 1950s. I'd
> appreciate any references, advice, authors, etc.
> Thank you,
> Linda Dowling Almeida
> New York University
>
>
>
> _________________________________________________________________
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Subject: Record Office of Northern Ireland PRONI e-catalogue
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Forwarded on behalf of
Stephen Scarth
eCATNI System Manager
PRONI

The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland's electronic catalogue is
now available on the web. It can be accessed via the PRONI website by
following this link.

http://applications.proni.gov.uk/LL_DCAL_PRONI_ECATNI/SearchPage.aspx


Over a million entries are available for searching and browsing, and
this represents the culmination of five years work.

Thanks to all the archival organisations who have helped and
contributed to a successful implementation.

Stephen


Stephen Scarth
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PRONI
66 Balmoral Avenue
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A number of Ir-D members will be interested in this interview in last
weekend's Guardian...

P.O'S.

A life in poetry: Ciaran Carson
I'm not that interested in ideologies. I'm interested in the words, and how
they sound to me, how words connect with experience

o Interview by Aida Edemariam
o The Guardian, Saturday 17 January 2009

"Belfast Confetti", one of Ciaran Carson's best known poems, repays
rereading: the more levels one uncovers, the more one discovers what makes
him tick. "Suddenly as the riot squad moved in, it was raining exclamation
marks, / Nuts, bolts, nails, car-keys." (It helps, but is not entirely
necessary, to know that Belfast confetti was metal detritus from the
shipyards.) Then the narrator feels panic at being trapped in the streets he
was walking through, "Balaclava, Raglan, Inkerman, Odessa Street - why can't
I escape?"; the Saracen, the stop-and-search questions - "What is / My name?
Where am I coming from?"

From those streets, of course, all of them off the Catholic Falls Road:
Raglan, he doesn't say, is the street he grew up on. The question, then, is
a particular affront, but also a reminder of how small and enclosed the area
always was, and how it will always, at some level, define who he is. The
metaphor that holds the poem together is of communication interrupted, a
sentence dissolving into "a fount of broken type"; "Why can't I escape?
Every move is punctuated." "Belfast Confetti" is confined as tightly into
its two stanzas as its narrator is into his warren of side-streets - and
yet, as a poem, it is for Carson a kind of escape...

... The five Carson children learned English playing in the street. Irish
made them eccentric, but also gave them power, in that no one could
understand what they were saying: "I think as a result of that I was always
aware of language, how it operates. How if you say it in one language it's
not the same as saying it in another." He remembers drifting off to sleep,
aged four or five, "and at that time you could still hear horses [in the
street], and I would think horse, and then the Irish 'capall', horse,
capall, capall, capall." He rolls it around on his tongue. "And the sound of
'capall', to me was horse, whereas 'horse' sounded exotic, and odd."...

Full Text at

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/jan/17/poetry-ciaran-carson-belfast-ire
land

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Brendan Kane
Email: brendan.kane[at]uconn.edu


=93Elizabeth I and Ireland=94
Thursday =96 Saturday, 12=9614 November 2009
University of Connecticut, Storrs

This conference aims to bring together a diverse range of historians and
literary scholars to explore both Elizabeth I=92s direct role in the =
shaping
of Irish policy and the ways in which Irish events and people affected =
her
political style.

Issues that we hope will be addressed by speakers and commentators =
include
the following:

=95 Elizabeth I=92s intervention in the administrative and military =
affairs of
Ireland;
=95 Her relationship with her military commanders and viceroys in =
Ireland;
=95 Her role in=96=96and views of=96=96the violence that increasingly =
marked the
English presence in Ireland;
=95 Her policies effecting religious change;
=95 Her interest in the mytho-historical origins of the Irish and their
culture;
=95 The extent to which she considered Ireland kingdom or colony; and
=95 Irish views of Elizabeth I.

We welcome proposals on these or other subjects from historians, =
literary
scholars, and those working in related fields. Proposals of no more than =
300
words should be e-mailed to brendan.kane[at]uconn.edu. Deadline: May 1, =
2009.

Plenary speakers:
Paul Hammer (Department of History, University of Colorado, Boulder) =
Leah
Marcus (Department of English, Vanderbilt University) Breand=E1n =D3 =
Buachalla
(Department of Irish Language and Literature, University of Notre Dame)

Brendan Kane
Wood Hall
241 Glenbrook Road Unit 2103
Storrs, CT 06269-2103
Email: brendan.kane[at]uconn.edu

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Thank you so much=2C this is tremendously useful.
Linda

> Date: Sat=2C 17 Jan 2009 17:57:34 +0000
> From: liam.greenslade[at]GOOGLEMAIL.COM
> Subject: [IR-D] Mental Health Facilities in 30s=2C 40s=2C 50s
> To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK
>=20
> Hi
>=20
> You might find something useful here:=20
> http://mentalhealthsocialpolicy.blogspot.com/
>=20
> I put most of my material from an Irish mental health course I ran at=20
> Trinity a few years ago=2C feel free to pillage. Sorry about the yukky=20
> colour scheme.
>=20
> RTE also produced a documentary series about St Ita's Asylum in Dublin=20
> called=2C uncannily enough=2C 'The Asylum' about 2 years ago=2C that may =
be=20
> available from them.
>=20
> Finally these may be relevant (although it's a long time since I read the=
m)
>=20
> Reynolds=2C Joseph. Grangegorman: Psychiatric Care in Dublin since 1815.=
=20
> Dublin: Institute of Public Administration in Association with Eastern=20
> Health Board=2C 1992.
>=20
> Robins=2C Joseph. Fools and Mad: A History of the Insane in Ireland.=20
> Ireland: Institute of Public Administration=2C 1986.
>=20
> Saris=2C A. Jamie. =93The Asylum In Ireland: A Brief Institutional Histor=
y=20
> and Some Local Effects=94 in The Sociology of Health and Illness in=20
> Ireland Anne Cleary and
> Margaret P Treacy eds. Dublin: University College Dublin Press=2C 1997.
>=20
> Walsh D Daly A Mental Illness in Ireland 1750 -2002 Health Research=20
> Board (Available on line but I can't find the URL
>=20
> Best
>=20
> Liam

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Series 2009 at QUB
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Dear Colleague
=A0
Queen=92s University, Belfast: Institute of Irish Studies
International Research Initiative
Public Lecture/Seminar Series 2009
=A0
=A0
January =96 June 2009
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You are invited to attend:
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4 March 2009:=A0=A0=A0Annual QUB Irish Studies Lecture,
Professor Joep Leerssen (University of Amsterdam),=A0
Cultural Transfer By A Commodious Vicus of Recirculation,

Venue: Room 212, Peter Froggart Centre.
=A0
31 March 2009:=A0 Professor Ruth-Ann Harris (Boston College),
The Women of Carrickmacross: from Petitions Undermining Patriarchy to
Immigrants in North America.=A0
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Venue: =A0G9,Lanyon Building
=A0
=A0
2 April 2009:=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 IRI book launch with Manchester University =
Press:
Professor Peter Gray (Queen=92s University Belfast),=A0The Making of the =
Irish
Poor Law, 1815-1843
=A0
Dr Katy Hayward (Queen=92s University Belfast),=A0Irish Nationalism and =
European
Integration: The Official Redefinition of the Island of Ireland
=A0
Venue:=A0 6pm, Seminar Room 1, 63 University Road.
=A0
7th=A0May 2009:=A0=A0=A0 Dr Claire Connolly (Cardiff University)
=91Biopower and Bare Life in Irish Literature:=A0Castle Rackrent; In the =
Shadow
of the Glen; The Gathering=92

Venue: =A05pm, Seminar Room 1, 63 University Road.
=A0
=A0
15th=A0May 2009:=A0=A0 One-Day Symposium: =91No place apart?=A0 =
Celebrating Frank
Wright and Comparative Approaches to the Study of Ethnic =
Conflict=92.=A0=A0
Keynote address by Professor Adrian Guelke (QUB)

Venue:=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Seminar Room 1, 63 =
University Road.
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For further details, please contact:
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www.qub.ac.uk/schools/IrishStudiesGateway/IrishStudiesInitiative/
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