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Jim,

There was a booklet published about 20 years ago called 'The Irish Face'. I have a
copy, but I'm not in my office at the moment. It contains a series of paintings,
drawings and photographs, and I think was produced by the National Library or
Museum. But it's a while since I've looked at it, and I don't remember that it
identified types.

In my experience, people do tend to say, you look Irish, in a way I don't think they
say, you look English or American or Australian. I've never understood what exactly
it means, perhaps because I've been assured by different people both that I do and I
don't look Irish!

But, as I presume you realise, this subject gets us into racial science or rather
pseudo science: measuring of heads and facial angles, etc. - what Perry Curtis
famously dealt with.

Recently I've been reading John Beddoe's 'The Races of Britain' (1885). Beddoe is
the English doctor who came up with an 'index of nigrescence' and was convinced the
Irish were 'Africanoid'. However, there's a lot else in his book besides this. He
has drawings of faces, including Irish ones, and uses them to type people. He has a
West Kerry face, for instance, and an Aran Is. face. He says you have to go to the
west and south west to find the true Irish type, unmixed with immigrants from
elsewere. The Irish nose is tabulated and compared to others in both Britain and
Europe, as is the size and sharp of the Irish head, and the colour of Irish hair and
eyes - hair is a particularly important indicator of origins according to Beddoe.

All very precise, detached and scholarly, researched at first-hand apparently over
some 40 years, with numerous maps, graphs, tables and footnotes - really quite
disturbing stuff when you know what the implications and effects were.

Elizabeth

__________________________________________________
Professor Elizabeth Malcolm

Gerry Higgins Chair of Irish Studies
School of Historical Studies ~ University of Melbourne ~ Victoria, 3010, AUSTRALIA
Phone: +61-3-83443924 ~ Email: e.malcolm[at]unimelb.edu.au

President
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Website: http://isaanz.org
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The latest issue of the journal, National Identities, is a special issue =
on
Protestant minorities in European states and nations.

A number of the articles are of specific Irish interest...

P.O'S.


National Identities: Volume 11 Issue 1 is now available online at
informaworld (http://www.informaworld.com).

This new issue contains the following articles:

Protestant minorities in European states and nations, Pages 1 - 8
Authors: Joseph Ruane; Jennifer Todd

A political profile of Protestant minorities in Europe, Pages 9 - 30
Author: John Coakley

Protestantism in the Czech historical narrative and Czech nationalism of =
the
nineteenth century, Pages 31 - 43
Author: Patrick Cabanel

Protestants and the French nation under the Third Republic: Between
recognition and assimilation, Pages 45 - 57
Author: Philippe Rigoulot

Living in a nation, a state or a place? The Protestant gentry of County
Cork, Pages 59 - 71
Author: Karen Lysaght

Identity, difference and community in Southern Irish Protestantism: The
Protestants of West Cork, Pages 73 - 86
Authors: David Butler; Joseph Ruane

Does being Protestant matter? Protestants, minorities and the re-making =
of
ethno-religious identity after the Good Friday Agreement, Pages 87 - 99
Authors: Jennifer Todd; Nathalie Rougier; Theresa O'Keefe; Lorenzo =
Ca=F1=E1s
Bottos

BOOK REVIEWS, Pages 101 - 108
Authors: Jackie Hogan; John Keefe; Peter Lowe; Martina Moeller

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And the appearance in our alerts of yet another journal with 'terrorism' in
the title...

P.O'S.

How 'terrorism' does not end: the case of the Official Irish Republican Army
Author: Kacper Edward Rekawek a
Affiliation: a School of Politics, International Studies and Philosophy,
Queen's University Belfast, UK
DOI: 10.1080/17539150802515038
Publication Frequency: 3 issues per year
Published in: journal Critical Studies on Terrorism, Volume 1, Issue 3
December 2008 , pages 359 - 376

Abstract
This paper is the first critical analysis of terrorism disengagement by the
Official Irish Republican Army (OIRA). This process was conducted in
instalments over nearly three decades. It has not been theoretically
assessed as far as studies on 'how terrorism ends' are concerned, and it
does not fit into any existing models of terrorism disengagement. The end of
terrorism in relation to the OIRA is not only the story of a terrorist
organisation ending its armed activities, but also a case study of terrorism
disengagement with important policy implications for decision-makers faced
with the threat of terrorism.

Keywords: terrorism; Official Irish Republican Army (OIRA); republicanism;
nationalism; disengagement; Northern Ireland

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I don=E2=80=99t know much about Alice McDermott as a novelist, but in thi=
s quote she is
obviously drawing upon 19th-century racial science. Her Billy, =E2=80=98t=
hin-faced with
black hair and pale blue eyes=E2=80=99, who seems to be =E2=80=98every in=
ch the poet or the
scholar=E2=80=99, is Beddoe=E2=80=99s native Irish type, with =E2=80=98na=
rrow skull=E2=80=99, =E2=80=98dark hair=E2=80=99 and =E2=80=98light
eyes=E2=80=99 (pp 290-1). While, with Dennis, I think the reference to no=
rthern France is
significant, because he approximates Beddoe=E2=80=99s Norman type: round =
or broad skull,
generally fair hair and mainly dark eyes (pp 102-3, 218) - 'a perfect cop=
or
barman'. Guess that does sum up parts of Irish history!

Elizabeth

------------

The exact quote is from the narrator, p. 73, of McDermott's novel, Charmi=
ng Billy,
"Of the (Let's Face It) half dozen or so basic versions of the Irish phys=
iognomy,
they had two of them, Billy thin-faced with black hair and pale blue eyes=
behind
his rimless glasses; Dennis with broad cheeks, eternally flushed, and dar=
k eyes and
fair hair that had only begun to thin under his combat helmet, somewhere,=
he
claimed in northern France. One every inch the poet or the scholar, the =
other a
perfect young cop or barman. The aesthete priest and the jolly chaplain."

__________________________________________________
Professor Elizabeth Malcolm

Gerry Higgins Chair of Irish Studies
School of Historical Studies ~ University of Melbourne ~ Victoria, 3010, =
AUSTRALIA
Phone: +61-3-83443924 ~ Email: e.malcolm[at]unimelb.edu.au

President
Irish Studies Association of Australia and New Zealand (ISAANZ)
Website: http://isaanz.org
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More recent titles include:

Julia McNamara and Jim Smith, The Irish Face in America
JoAnna M. McDonald, The Faces of Irish Civil War Soldiers
Fintan Cullen, The Irish Face: Redefining the Irish Portrait

Marion R. Casey
Glucksman Ireland House
New York University

On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 2:13 PM, Rogers, James wrote:

> That's it exactly! Many thanks.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [mailto:IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On
> Behalf Of Linda Dowling Almeida
> Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2009 6:53 AM
> To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: Re: [IR-D] physiognomy
>
> Hi Jim,
>
> The exact quote is from the narrator, p. 73, of McDermott's novel,
> Charming Billy, "Of the (Let's Face It) half dozen or so basic versions of
> the Irish physiognomy, they had two of them, Billy thin-faced with black
> hair and pale blue eyes behind his rimless glasses; Dennis with broad
> cheeks, eternally flushed, and dark eyes and fair hair that had only begun
> to thin under his combat helment, somewhere, he claimed in northern France.
> One every inch the poet or the scholar, the other a perfect young cop or
> barman. The aesthete priest and the jolly chaplain."
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Linda
> > Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2009 12:14:15 -0600
> > From: JROGERS[at]STTHOMAS.EDU
> > Subject: [IR-D] physiognomy
> > To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> >
> > I am trying to track down an I-hope-facetious quote from somewhere about
> the 'look of the Irish' - the thrust of which is that there are only eight
> Irish faces, and that these faces get recirculated over and over again
> through the gene pool.
> >
> > Does this ring any bells?
> >
> > Jim Rogers
> >
> > PS: I do not agree.
>
> _________________________________________________________________
> It's the same Hotmail(r). If by "same" you mean up to 70% faster.
> http://windowslive.com/online/hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_AE_Same_022009
>

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{decoded}Sorry to go back to this item, but I knew there was something else to add to the list... Both passages cited from John Macnie's "Work and Play in the Argentine" (London: T. Werner Laurie, 1925):

The Flahertys had a small place adjoining one of the Susana paddocks which was stocked with sheep, and running with them were three imported black-faced rams. One day the rams disappeared, and my late brother-in-law, Willie Davison, who was managing the camp, was naturally much upset at the loss of these valuable rams and went all over the countryside looking for them. Nothing could be heard of them, and at the end of a week Davison came to the conclusion that they must be hidden somewhere and decided that it was not improbable that the Flahertys had borrowed them. He rode up to their ranch and saw Mrs. Flaherty, who informed him that her husband was out in the camp. You havent seen those rams yet? inquired Davison. Deed no, Mr. Willie, we was just talkin about them this marning an wondering where they cud be. You are sure theyre not here then, insisted Davison. Oh, Glory be to God, said the old woman, do yiz think we wudnt tell yiz if wed seed them. Just at this moment a gust of wind came and one of the shutters of the house was blown open and instantly there came a loud baaa, and Davison looking round saw the face of one of the rams peering at him out of the window. The Flahertys had been hospitably entertaining the rams in their dining room, and only the lucky blowing open of the window gave the show away. There were further and vehement protestations on the part of the old lady that the rams must have got into the house unbeknownst, but anyhow the rams trotted joyfully back to their paddock and their wives and were not again molested by the Flahertys (76-77).

Johnny Smythe, who was one of the best polo players who ever lived in the Venado Tuerto district, had five first-class polo ponies. Hearing a revolution had broken out, he was determined to save these ponies at all cost, and he shut them into his dining room. On arrival of the troops, they took all the rest of the horses on the place, but as they did not go to the house, the polo ponies were not discovered. When the troops left, Smythe went to get out the ponies but found that in pawing round the room to get out, they had shot down the lower bolts of the door, and he eventually had to use an axe to break it open and get them out (115).

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From: Patrick Maume
It should I think be pointed out that nineteenth-century discussions of
allegedly distinctive Irish/Celtic physiognomy were not always conducted
from a hostile perspective. The first issue of FIELD DAY REVIEW has an
article on police photographs of Fenians in relation to physiognomic
theories by Breandan MacSuibhne in which he mentions/discusses an article on
"Irish Physiognomy" by the pro-Fenian journalist Denis Holland (c.1826-73)
in his paper THE IRISHMAN. i am trying to edit for publication a few
articles by Holland on "Great MEn I Have Known" and he does have a habit of
saying that anyone he likes (such as Sharman Crawford the Ulster land
reformer) possesses a head showing Celtic features of the finer sort.
Holland claims that as a teenager he read a paper on the subject of Irish
physiognonmy at Fr. Matthew's Temperance Literary Institute in Cork in the
presence of the painter JP Haverty, who congratulated him and said his own
experience as a portraitist bore out Holland's claims.
Holland's motive in claiming the Irish were racially distinct was to
underpin nationalist political claims of difference from the English (and
also to claim affinity with the French, who at that time were in the habit
of representing themselves as a Celtic race, descended from "nos ancestres
les Gaulois"). His comments on the alleged racial distinctiveness of the
Donegal peasantry, when doing an expose of landlordism in that county for
his paper THE ULSTERMAN, got him inot a row with James McKnight of the
LONDONDERRY STANDARD who accused him of racial and religious prejudice
against Ulster-Scots Presbyterians.
Best wishes,
Patrick

On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 8:28 PM, Marion Casey wrote:

> More recent titles include:
>
> Julia McNamara and Jim Smith, The Irish Face in America
> JoAnna M. McDonald, The Faces of Irish Civil War Soldiers
> Fintan Cullen, The Irish Face: Redefining the Irish Portrait
>
> Marion R. Casey
> Glucksman Ireland House
> New York University
>
> On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 2:13 PM, Rogers, James
> wrote:
>
> > That's it exactly! Many thanks.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [mailto:IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On
> > Behalf Of Linda Dowling Almeida
> > Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2009 6:53 AM
> > To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> > Subject: Re: [IR-D] physiognomy
> >
> > Hi Jim,
> >
> > The exact quote is from the narrator, p. 73, of McDermott's novel,
> > Charming Billy, "Of the (Let's Face It) half dozen or so basic versions
> of
> > the Irish physiognomy, they had two of them, Billy thin-faced with black
> > hair and pale blue eyes behind his rimless glasses; Dennis with broad
> > cheeks, eternally flushed, and dark eyes and fair hair that had only
> begun
> > to thin under his combat helment, somewhere, he claimed in northern
> France.
> > One every inch the poet or the scholar, the other a perfect young cop or
> > barman. The aesthete priest and the jolly chaplain."
> >
> > Hope this helps.
> >
> > Linda
> > > Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2009 12:14:15 -0600
> > > From: JROGERS[at]STTHOMAS.EDU
> > > Subject: [IR-D] physiognomy
> > > To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> > >
> > > I am trying to track down an I-hope-facetious quote from somewhere
> about
> > the 'look of the Irish' - the thrust of which is that there are only
> eight
> > Irish faces, and that these faces get recirculated over and over again
> > through the gene pool.
> > >
> > > Does this ring any bells?
> > >
> > > Jim Rogers
> > >
> > > PS: I do not agree.
> >
> > _________________________________________________________________
> > It's the same Hotmail(r). If by "same" you mean up to 70% faster.
> >
> http://windowslive.com/online/hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_AE_Same_022009
> >
>

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Subject: Novels about Ireland and WWI
From: Jason Myers
Date: February 20, 2009 4:12:17 PM GMT-05:00

All,

I'm looking for any references to works of fiction concerning the =20
topics of the First World War and Ireland. It seems that the standard =20
work for many years in this vein was "How Many Miles To Babylon?" and =20
only within the past 5 years or so two more novels appeared - "A Long =20
Long Way" by Sebastian Barry, and "The Canal Bridge" by Tom Phelan. It =20
seems that there is about a 30 year gap and I can't help but think =20
something was published in that period. So I appeal to the list for =20
any suggestions.

Regards,
Jason Myers
PhD Candidate
History Department, Loyola University Chicago

"Is maith an sc=E9ala=ED an aimsir." Time is a great storyteller. -- Irish P=
roverb

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Hi there

Could you post the following on the listserv on behalf of Prof. Elliot Barkan? Thanks!

Meaghan Dwyer


Prof Elliott Barkan is crafting and editing a 4 volume encyclopedia on U.S. Immigration. He currently has over 100 contributors, including authors writing on Catholic Irish to 1870, 1870-1940, and since 1940 and Protestant Irish to 1870 and since 1940. Only a few slots are open, specifically Irish Protestants 1870-1940 in America (the time frame of vol. 2) . He needs a 5800 word essay for which the contributor would be compensated. Due date would be summer 2010. For more details, pleaser contact Ellott at ebarkan[at]csusb.edu as promptly as possible. Prof. Barkan is a Professor Emeritus, California State University San Bernardino.

Elliott Barkan

Dr. Elliott R. Barkan
Professor Emeritus, History & Ethnic Studies
California State University
San Bernardino, CA 92407-2397 U.S.A.

_________________
Meaghan Dwyer
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EIRE IRELAND
VOL 43; NUMB 3/4; 2008
ISSN 0013-2683

pp. 11-30
Speaking the Unspeakable: Male Humiliation and Female National Allegory
after Kinsale.
McKibben, S.E.

pp. 31-57
Text and Textile in Sydney Owenson's The Wild Irish Girl.
Donovan, J.

pp. 58-84
Ellen O'Leary: A Bold Fenian Poet.
Novak, R.

pp. 85-117
You Have the Right to Refuse Silence: Oscar Wilde's Prison Letters and Tom
Clarke's Glimpses of an Irish Felon's Prison Life.
Jarrin, C.A.

pp. 118-122
Cover Note: Alice Maher's Cell: An Archaeology of the Prison Image.
Jarrin, C.A.

pp. 123-156
Funny Business: Popular Comedy and Entertainment Culture in Northern
Ireland.
Pettitt, L.

pp. 157-182
``Evanescent Impressions': Public Lectures and the Popularization of
Science in Ireland, 1770-1860.
Leaney, E.

pp. 183-216
Cartography and Utilitarianism versus Culture: Thomas Colby and the Ordnance
Survey of Ireland.
McWilliams, P.

pp. 217-252
``How to Smash the British Empire': John Forrest Kelly's Irish World and
the Boycott of 1920-21.
Chapman, M.E.

pp. 253-266
Fine Gael's Uncomfortable History: The Legacy of Cumann na nGaedheal.
Meehan, C.

pp. 267-289
``Repaying a Debt of Gratitude': Foreign Minority Nationalists and the
Fiftieth Anniversary of the Easter Rising in 1966.
Leach, D.

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Dear colleagues:

The 2009 Midwest Regional Meeting of the American Conference=20
for Irish Studies will be held October 17-19 at Southern=20
Illinois University-Carbondale. The conference theme=20
is =93Ireland: Medieval to Modern,=94 but papers and panel=20
proposals are welcomed on any topic related to Irish and Irish=20
Diaspora Studies, and presentations may be given in English or=20
in Irish. The plenary speakers are Mary O=92Malley and Brian =D3=20
Conchubhair; Louis de Paor will be awarded the Charles P.=20
Fanning Medal for his contribution to Irish Studies.=20

Please send 200-word abstracts to Beth Lordan, Director, Irish=20
and Irish Immigration Studies Program. The deadline for=20
submission is May 1, 2009.

Contact:=09
Beth Lordan
lordan[at]siu.edu
Department of English
Mail Code 4503
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Faner Drive
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The following has come to our attention:

The NCA Irish Social Film Club present

THE IRISHMEN
They came to rebuild post war Britain

Directed by Philip Donnellan in collaboration with Seamus Ennis, this film
shares the life of the working Irish in Britain and celebrates their
strength, skills and their contribution to the rebuilding of post war
Britain.

Including songs and music by Joe Heaney and Ewan MacColl

This film made in 1965 now represents a social history of work and

emigration.
.......Films with a family in Connemara and follows one of its sons on his
journey to Euston.
.......Rides with the men who drive the big earthmovers building a motorway
.......Joins the men at work deep under Oxford Circus driving tunnels that n=
ow
carry thousands on the Victoria Line.

Film will be shown on Thursday 12th March - free
7.30pm at The Swan & Helmet,
Clare Street
Northampton

Details from

Peter Mulligan
Project Coordinator
NCA Irish Social Film Club
Northampton Connolly Association
5 Woodland Avenue
Abington Park
Northampton NN3 2BY
Tel. 01604-715793
e-mail: pmcelt[at]o2.co.uk

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Obama to welcome Irish prime minister

14 hours ago

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is bringing the Irish prime
minister to the White House on St. Patrick's Day.

White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said Thursday that Obama is welcoming
Prime Minister Brian Cowen on March 17.

Gibbs says the new president is committed to strengthening U.S. ties with
Ireland. He said the two countries already have deep cultural bonds and a
"commitment for positive change" across the world. The spokesman said St.
Patrick's Day is a reminder of the friendship the two countries share.

Copyright C 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

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Only recently discharged from the Hospital for Over Writing...

P.O'S.

Forwarded on behalf of

Irish Theatre Magazine

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After ten successful years of publication, we are embarking on a new phase.
We call it ITM-at-speed. Or simply: the Future.

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launch our new web-based magazine later this year.

This means you will no longer have to wait to read your favourite writers in
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This item has been brought to our attention, and will interest a number of
Ir-D members.

The Chazkel article explores a long term illegal activity, with one starting
point a new state's illiberalism.

The Bocketti article explores the history of professional football and the
dilemmas of identity and nationality that will be familiar from the Irish
Diaspora literature. The placing of his study within the wider migration
literature is very helpful.

But be quick... Free now but not for long.

P.O'S.


> JOURNAL OF LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES
> Download Award-Winning Paper for FREE
>
> Dear Colleague,
>
> Originally published in Journal of Latin American Studies (JLAS)
> Volume 39, Issue 3, Amy Chazkel's article Beyond Law and Order: The
> Origins of the Jogo do Bicho in Republican Rio de Janeiro has just
> been honoured as Best Article published in 2007 by the Urban History
> Association.
>
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From: Patrick O'Sullivan
Subject: Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Northern Ireland Collection
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Wolverhampton Art Gallery

Has a series of events over the next few weeks drawing attention to and
making use of its Northern Ireland Collection.

There is a separate paper leaflet, but on the web site specific Irish items
seem to be scattered throughout other lists. I've copied a few, below -
otherwise poke about.

P.O'S.

Wolverhampton Art Gallery has a strong tradition of purchasing art tackling
social and political themes.

The Gallery has collected artworks on the theme of The Troubles since the
1980s, creating the only regional collection of its kind in the UK. The
collection contains work by both British and Irish contemporary artists, who
are linked by a need to say something about the modern phase of conflict in
Northern Ireland.

Artists represented in the collection include twice-nominated Turner Prize
artist Willie Doherty; official British war artist for the Gulf War, John
Keane; documentary photographic artist, Paul Graham; and the Belfast-based
artist, Rita Duffy.

More information about the collection at

http://www.wolverhamptonart.org.uk/shop/ni

http://www.wolverhamptonart.org.uk/shop/ni_resource_pack

Ten Minute Talks: Northern Ireland Collection
Wolverhampton Art Gallery

Spare ten minutes for an insight into one of three key artworks on display
in the Northern Ireland Collection exhibition with one of our knowledgeable
Art Interpreters.

Free admission, drop-in.

http://www.wolverhamptonart.org.uk/events/003886.html?category=738&name=Adul
t

http://www.wolverhamptonart.org.uk/events/003894.html?category=739&name=Spec
ial%20Events

Irish Connections
Wolverhampton Art Gallery

28 Mar 09

12:00pm - 3:00pm

Free admission, drop-in.

Join David Hayes a genealogist who works with the Irish Index (mid 19th
century - mid 20th century), a written record of Irish history which exists
in full only in London and Sutton Coldfield, to discover more about your
Irish roots. Also in attendance, following their recent relocation to the
Molineux Hotel will be Wolverhampton Archives & Local Studies, providing
information about local connections.

http://www.wolverhamptonart.org.uk/events/003892.html?category=739&name=Spec
ial%20Events

Caribee Island

21 Mar 09

1:00pm

Free Admission.


Join Wolverhampton Artist Brendan Jackson for an encounter with Caribee
Island, the Irish quarter of Wolverhampton in the 19th Century.

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From: "William H. Mulligan, Jr."
Subject: Biography of Arthur O' Connor
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The follwoing has come to our attention.


I would like to bring a new biography of Arthur O=92Connor to your =20
attention. I was prompted to write it because I came to the =20
conclusion that O=92Connor=92s role in Irish history has been seriously =20
underappreciated. I believed a case could be made that he was the =20
most important of the United Irish leaders in the era of the 1798 =20
Rebellion, and yet he has been all but forgotten. It seemed to me =20
analogous (all proportions guarded) to telling the story of the =20
Russian Revolution while mentioning Lenin only in passing. The result =20
of my efforts is the recently published Arthur O=92Connor: The Most =20
Important Irish Revolutionary You May Never Have Heard Of. I hope you =20
will judge for yourself whether I have made the case or not.


Thank you.

Clifford D. Conner


Clifford D. Conner is a historian on the faculty of the School of =20
Professional Studies, City University of New York Graduate Center. His =20
previous books include biographies of Jean Paul Marat and Colonel =20
Edward Marcus Despard.

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Subject: The Music Gatherers, TV series on collectors of Irish Music
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Begin forwarded message:

From: Kevin Whelan

Press release Na Bailitheoir=ED Ceoil/ The Music Collectors

Stirling Film and Television Productions presents =8CNa Bailitheoir=ED =
Ceoil
(The Music Gatherers)=B9- a new three-part documentary series on the =
lives and
times of the extraordinary men who went out into the highways and byways =
to
collect Irish music, from the 18th century to the 20th century, =
presented by
music collector and musician, Se=E1n Corcoran. =A0=A0The series is a =
stunning mix
of music, historical accounts and period reconstructions. The series =
starts
on TG4 on Wednesday 4 March at 9.30pm.

Each episode includes unique performances of songs and tunes from the
collections, brought back to life by Se=E1n and leading musicians, =
including
Tr=EDona N=ED Dhomhnaill, R=F3is=EDn Elsafty, Ronan Browne, Caoimh=EDn =
=D3 Raghallaigh,
and Conor Byrne.=20

Among the scholars contributing will be Breandan O Buachalla, Colette
Moloney, Peter Murray, Sean Corcoran, Nicholas Carolan and Kevin Whelan.

Episode one tells the story of organist Edward Bunting who became =
immersed
in the music of the people during 1790s when Belfast was in the grip of
revolutionary fervour. It also documents the forgotten work of his
assistant, Patrick Lynch, who risked his life walking across Ireland to =
be
the first music collector to notate songs directly from the mouths of =
the
Irish people.

Episode two takes us into the world of the 19th century antiquarians who
romanticised Irish music as an almost sacred remnant of a Golden Age to =
be
collected and preserved. We follow the musical life of landscape artist =
and
polymath, George Petrie, as he takes down "ancient melodies" in the =
streets
of Dublin or from the people of Aran.

The final part of this series takes us to the turbulent world of 19th
century Chicago, where a young flute-player, Francis O'Neill from =
Tralibane
in West Cork, worked his way up through the police service to become =
Chief
of Police. =A0At the same time he amassed a huge collection of Irish =
music
from the many musicians from all parts of Ireland who had settled there.
O=B9Neill=B9s The Dance Music of Ireland, is still the "bible" of Irish
musicians today.

The series begins on TG4 on Wednesday 4 March at 9.30pm.
(Episode 2, 11 March, episode 3, 18 March)

The series will also be available for viewing live [and subsequently as
archive] at www.tg4.ie

For more information please contact bernadette[at]stirlingtelevision.co.uk
or call + 44 (0)2890 333848

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From: Patrick Maume
Subject: Re: Inquiry Ireland and WWI
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From: Patrick maume
I hope this writer is not confining himself to novels, as there were a
couple of influential plays on this topic in the period - notably Frank
McGuinness's OBSERVE THE SONS OF ULSTER MARCHING TOWARDS THE SOMME.
Dermot Bolger has a fascination with Francis Ledwidge and wrote a play
about him recently (called THE ROAD HOME, I think). Sebastian Barry's
novel THE WHEREABOUTS OF AENEAS MCNULTY has a First World War element. One
of the characters in James Plunkett's FAREWELL COMPANIONS set in interwar
Dublin is a veteran based on Plunkett's own father.
I take it that the query refers to novels set at the Front rather than in
Ireland I can think of several recent ones, both adult and juvenile, which
include a WWI element), and that novels by contemporaries, such as Liam
O'Flaherty's RETURN OF THE BRUTE are not included in the scope of the work.
Keith Jeffrey in the School of History at Queens University Belfast has
written quite a bit about the First World War and its modern commemoration
in Ireland. his e-mail address is available on the QUB School of History
website.
Best wishes,
Patrick
On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 10:09 AM, William H. Mulligan, Jr. wrote:

> Forwarded from H-Albion
>
>
> Subject: Novels about Ireland and WWI
> From: Jason Myers
> Date: February 20, 2009 4:12:17 PM GMT-05:00
>
> All,
>
> I'm looking for any references to works of fiction concerning the topics =
of
> the First World War and Ireland. It seems that the standard work for many
> years in this vein was "How Many Miles To Babylon?" and only within the p=
ast
> 5 years or so two more novels appeared - "A Long Long Way" by Sebastian
> Barry, and "The Canal Bridge" by Tom Phelan. It seems that there is about=
a
> 30 year gap and I can't help but think something was published in that
> period. So I appeal to the list for any suggestions.
>
> Regards,
> Jason Myers
> PhD Candidate
> History Department, Loyola University Chicago
>
> "Is maith an sc=E9ala=ED an aimsir." Time is a great storyteller. -- Iris=
h
> Proverb
>

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From: Patrick Maume
I wonder does he have anything about O'Conner's relationship with the lad
reformer William Conner, who I believe was a nephew. I did the DICTIONARY
OF IRISH BIOGRAPHY entry on Conner; he's quite an interesting figure but we
know very little about him (compared to what we know about, say James Finta=
n
Lalor, who was his protege and later quarreled with him).
Best wishes,
Patrick

On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 6:43 PM, William H. Mulligan, Jr. wrote:

> The follwoing has come to our attention.
>
>
> I would like to bring a new biography of Arthur O=92Connor to your attent=
ion.
> I was prompted to write it because I came to the conclusion that O=92Con=
nor=92s
> role in Irish history has been seriously underappreciated. I believed a
> case could be made that he was the most important of the United Irish
> leaders in the era of the 1798 Rebellion, and yet he has been all but
> forgotten. It seemed to me analogous (all proportions guarded) to tellin=
g
> the story of the Russian Revolution while mentioning Lenin only in passin=
g.
> The result of my efforts is the recently published Arthur O=92Connor: Th=
e
> Most Important Irish Revolutionary You May Never Have Heard Of. I hope y=
ou
> will judge for yourself whether I have made the case or not.
>
>
> Thank you.
>
> Clifford D. Conner
>
>
> Clifford D. Conner is a historian on the faculty of the School of
> Professional Studies, City University of New York Graduate Center. His
> previous books include biographies of Jean Paul Marat and Colonel Edward
> Marcus Despard.
>