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From: John McCourt [mailto:mccourt[at]units.it]
Subject: Trieste Joyce School 2009

Dear friends and colleagues,

We write to draw your attention to this year?s Trieste Joyce School =20
which will be held at the University of Trieste from 28 June to 4 =20
July. We have just updated our website with full details of the =20
exciting academic, cultural and social program of this 13th annual =20
summer school. The site can be visited at =20
http://www2.units.it/~triestejoyce/

This year we are offering 15 scholarships to students of all levels. =20
Application forms can be found on the site. The closing date for =20
scholarships is 19th April. Ordinary participants are encouraged to =20
book early.

Speakers will include:

William S. Brockman (University of Illinois), Teresa Caneda =20
(University of Vigo), Ron Ewart (Z=FCrich James Joyce Foundation), Paul =

Fagan (University of Vienna), Carlos Gamerro (Universidad de San =20
Andr=E9s), Ljiljana Ina Gjurgjan (University of Zagreb), Geert Lernout =20
(University of Antwerp), Barry McCrea (Yale), John McCourt (University =20
Roma Tre), Maria McGarrity (Long Island), Ilaria Natali (University of =20
Florence), Laura Pelaschiar (University of Trieste) , Tom Rice =20
(University of South Carolina), Fritz Senn (Z=FCrich James Joyce =20
Foundation), Mark Thompson (Independent Scholar), Spurgeon Thompson =20
(CTL College, Limassol), Luke Thurston (Cardiff University), Jolanta =20
W. Wawrzycka (Radford University).
Special guest writers: Carlos Gamerro (Argentina), Margaret Mazzantini =20
(Italy), Barry McCrea (Ireland), Donal O'Kelly (Ireland), Boris Pahor =20
(Italy), Mark Thompson (UK).

We would be most grateful if you could forward this message to =20
students, friends and colleagues who may be interested.

With best wishes
John McCourt (mccourt[at]units.it)
Laura Pelaschiar (pelaschi[at]units.it)

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Ibsen and Chekhov on the Irish Stage.

This is advance notice of a conference to be held at the National University
of Ireland, Galway from 6-8 November 2009 on the reception in Ireland of the
plays of Henrik Ibsen and Anton Chekhov from 1890 to the present day. The
immediate context for this conference is the work of leading contemporary
Irish dramatists in adapting works by Ibsen and Chekhov for the Irish stage.
These contemporary adaptations pose questions on the cultural relevance of
the plays of Ibsen and Chekhov, their historical impact on the Irish
dramatic tradition, and their influence on the development of Irish theatre.
This conference aims to explore these questions by bringing together major
playwrights and leading theatre scholars. The conference in investigating
the cross currents between native tradition and international influence, and
between literary influence and public reception, will it is hoped, shed new
light on the history of Irish dramatic writing.

Further information and details of the provisional programme may be obtained
from the organisers Dr. Ros Dixon and Dr. Irina Ruppo Malone at
ruppodixon[at]gmail.com or by calling 353 91 493974.

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Subject: For posting: Cardinal Newman/Maynooth Lecture, 25 March

Dear Colleagues,

This year's Cardinal Newman/Maynooth Lecture will take place on Wed, 25th
March at 7.30 in Renehan Hall, St Patrick's College, Maynooth.

Speaker: Dr Sheridan Gilley 'Newman Then and Ireland Now: Permanence and
Development in a Time of Crisis'

The response will be given by Dr Garret Fitzgerald, Chancellor of the
National University of Ireland and former Taoiseach.

All are welcome.

Professor Margaret Kelleher, An Foras Feasa

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Dear all

Just a reminder of tomorrow's Ireland-Wales research seminar - it's
March 24th at 5.15 p.m. in room 2.47. The speaker is Dr Alice
Entwistle of the University of Glamorgan, who is a specialist in
twentieth-century and contemporary Anglophone poetry. The title of her
talk will be 'Walking Home: nation, identity and the pedestrian poet'
and in it she will discuss the work of, among others, Ciaran Carson
and Zoe Skoulding.

Best wishes

Katie Gramich and Claire Connolly
(Welsh below/Cymraeg yn dilyn)

Annwyl gyfeillion

Dim ond gair i'ch hatgoffa am y seminar olaf cyn y Pasg yn y gyfres
ymchwil Cymru-Iwerddon: yfory, Mawrth 24 am 5.15 y prynhawn yn
ystafell 2.47. Y siaradwraig fydd Dr Alice Entwistle o Brifysgol
Morgannwg sy'n arbenigwraig mewn barddoniaeth Saesneg yr ugeinfed
ganrif a barddoniaeth cyfoes. Ei phwnc fydd 'Walking Home: nation,
identity and the pedestrian poet' ac mi fydd hi'n son am waith Ciaran
Carson a Zoe Skoulding, ymysg eraill.

Cofion cynnes

Katie Gramich and Claire Connolly


Dr. Katie Gramich,
Reader in English Literature/Darllenydd mewn Llenyddiaeth Saesneg,
ENCAP,
University of Cardiff/Prifysgol Caerdydd,
Colum Drive/Rhodfa Colum,
Cardiff/Caerdydd,
CF10 3EU.
Tel: 029-208-75622

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Subject: CFP Irish Feminisms and the Future, University College Cork,
Saturday 9th May 2009
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From: Jim McAuley [mailto:j.w.mcauley[at]hud.ac.uk]

Professor James W McAuley
University of Huddersfield
(from iPhone)

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From: "McAvoy, Sandra" >

Irish Feminisms and the Future

University College Cork

Saturday 9th May 2009


Call for papers

What is the future for feminism and the women's movement in Ireland? How can
we build on what has been achieved since the 1970s while facing the
challenges of the current economic situation?

Join the discussion at a one day Women's Studies Conference in University
College Cork on Saturday 9th May 2009.

Proposals for interdisciplinary papers on social and economic issues,
reproductive rights, women and politics, women's health, sexuality,
motherhood, etc. should be submitted to Dr Sandra McAvoy, Women's Studies,
c/o the History Department, University College Cork or at

sandra.mcavoy[at]ucc.ie

Closing date for receipt of proposals is Friday 17th April 2009.

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The Irish Studies International Research Initiative, with Manchester
University Press, invite you to a reception to celebrate the publication =
of:
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The Making of the Irish Poor Law, 1815 -43
by=A0Professor Peter Gray, School of History and Anthropology,=A0QUB
Guest Speaker: Lord Bew of Donegore
=A0
Irish Nationalism and European Integration: the official redefinition of =
the
island of Ireland
by Dr Katy Hayward, School of Sociology, Social Policy and Social =
Work,=A0QUB
Guest Speaker: Professor Liam O'Dowd, QUB
=A0
The launch of both publications will take place on=A0Thursday =
2nd=A0April
2009=A0at 6pm in Seminar Room 1, 63 University Road, Queen=92s =
University
Belfast.

Elaine McKay
Irish Studies International Research Initiative
63 University Road
Queen's University Belfast
BT7 1NN
=A0
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Subject: Book Notice, Joseph Murphy,
AT THE EDGE Walking the Atlantic Coast of Ireland and Scotland
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Forwarded on behalf of=20
Robert Davidson [mailto:bob[at]sandstonepress.com]=20
Subject: New Book Links Gaelic Ireland and Scotland

Sandstone Press is very pleased to announce the publication in mid-April
2009 of =91At the Edge=92 by Joseph Murphy.

The book tells the story of a 1500 kilometre walk from Kerry to Lewis
through the Gaelic speaking communities of Ireland and Scotland. It will
appeal to everyone who is interested in Gaelic history, culture and =
language
and concerned about the challenges facing communities on this coastline
today.

Robert Davidson
Managing Director
Sandstone Press Ltd
e: bob[at]sandstonepress.com
s: bob-sandstonepress
t: 01349 862 583
m: 0788 795 5602
w: www.sandstonepress.com

isbn: 978-1-905207-22-0=20
rrp: =A311.99=20
Available: April 2009=20
from all good booksellers=20
at Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.com=20

www.sandstonepress.com=20


AT THE EDGE=20

Walking the Atlantic Coast of Ireland and Scotland=20

In a bid to rediscover his Gaelic heritage,=20
Joseph Murphy walked from Kerry=20
to Lewis along the dramatic west coast=20
of Ireland and Scotland. At the Edge:=20
Walking the Atlantic Coast of Ireland=20
and Scotland tells the story of his=20
remarkable 1500 km journey. Enduring=20
midges, blisters and cloud bursts along=20
the way, he pays tribute to 2,000 years=20
of Gaelic history, culture and language,=20
and looks towards a sustainable future=20
for this sensitive land and its people.=20

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Paddy - second attempt at sending this message!



I'm hoping somebody on the list can point me in the right direction to begi=
n a literature search on the maritime Irish. As we all know, the dominant =
=3D historiographical tradition of Ireland's engagement with the Atlantic w=
orld is one of migration rather than of seafaring. Together with a colleag=
ue at Liverpool, I'd like to explore the Irish Atlantic as a place of work =
for mariners within a network of seaport cities connected by a sojourning p=
opulation of seafarers with some degree of common Irish origins and culture=
. Any help with suggestions of secondary literature and primary sources wo=
uld =3D be much appreciated.



Best wishes to all on the list, John Belchem




Professor John Belchem
Pro-Vice-Chancellor
University of Liverpool
The Foundation Building
765 Brownlow Hill
Liverpool, L69 7ZX

Tel: 0151 794 2220
Fax: 0151 794 2929
Email: j.c.belchem[at]liv.ac.uk

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John Belchem,

I would try talking to Dr. Marcus Rediker, Professor of History at University of Pittsburgh. Through his work on books like _The Many Headed Hydra_, _Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea_, and, most recently, _The Slave Ship_, Marcus has an unrivaled knowledge of the primary sources out there on seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Atlantic seafarers. The Irish show up intermittently in his work.

Hope this helps,

Cian McMahon


> I'm hoping somebody on the list can point me in the right direction to
> begin a literature search on the maritime Irish. As we all know, the
> dominant = historiographical tradition of Ireland's engagement with the
> Atlantic world is one of migration rather than of seafaring. Together
> with a colleague at Liverpool, I'd like to explore the Irish Atlantic as
> a place of work for mariners within a network of seaport cities connected
> by a sojourning population of seafarers with some degree of common Irish
> origins and culture. Any help with suggestions of secondary literature
> and primary sources would = be much appreciated.
>
>
>
> Best wishes to all on the list, John Belchem
>
>
>
>
> Professor John Belchem Pro-Vice-Chancellor University of Liverpool The
> Foundation Building 765 Brownlow Hill Liverpool, L69 7ZX
>
> Tel: 0151 794 2220 Fax: 0151 794 2929 Email:
> j.c.belchem[at]liv.ac.uk
>
>

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Subject: Re: Article, `Irish Republic',
`Eire' or `Ireland'? The Contested Name of John Bull's Other
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May I just say that, as living (t)here, the appellation 'Northern =
Ireland'
seems to describe quite adequately the territory designated along with =
Great
Britain as the realm of the British Crown and the British Union. I =
could
wish that Home Rule, devolution, et tout ca, had been the option chosen
instead of a rather hollow republicanism and partition but it was not, =
and
is not.=20

The problem with the appellation of the actually existing 'Republic of
Ireland' The Irish Republic - is, as pointed out, the term used in the
Proclamation. It seems far to call it the aspirational term though it =
could
have been the practical one as in French Republic, and so forth. (In =
which
connection, the usual acronym on trucks and lorries these days is ROI - =
a
sort of royalist Ireland after the event.)=20

Obviously a fairly quaky and ultimately vacuous attempt at bilingualism =
in
the modern Irish state created an ambiguity for us all, but it must be
remembered that the Irish-language version of the Constitution enjoys
priority in law. The English version quoted by Piaras inevitably =
distorts
the meaning of the other. Pace David, it makes perfect sense in the
'original'.=20

As a Dubliner I perfectly understand and partly share the British =
tendency
to scoff at 'Eire' as a name for the nation. It's even dafter than =
calling
England 'Albion' since no one imagines that Albion is a place in the =
sense
that England or Great Britain are. I always though St John Ervine's
'Eireans' is what the Free State constitution deserved with its nutty =
talk
of Eire. As for the overprinted stamps of that period, even James Joyce =
had
the good sense to disparage them as counterfactual in a nauseating =
degree.
(You know, the whole island fiction.)=20

The salient thing is that 'Eire' was a totally humourless misprision. =
It
was part of a projected, fictionalised nation 'invented' during the =
cultural
revival and has never lost the aura of similar fantastic locations such =
as
Tir na nOg. . If you believe that Tir na nOg once existed, well and =
good.
Who am I to correct you? For myself, I'd quite like to go to Eire some =
time
if I only knew where to find it

Another thing: the name 'Eire', like the Irish language movement, =
broadly
springs from a form of social discomforture experienced by urbanised =
rural
emigrants and their children who were feeling pretty miserable about =
their
status as vulgar provincials (culchies) in a purportedly metropolitan =
centre
umblically attached to the English capital by the mail boat (or mailed =
boats
in earlier days).=20

Okay, everybody hurt sometimes. But where to go from here? I use Ireland =
to
signify the island, and speak of Northern Ireland and 'the Republic (of
Ireland)' when I am taking about political or economic issues &c.' but I
will just as say use 'northern' and 'southern' to signify the respective
areas of the country in conversation.=20

There is a perception that laughing at the Irish name-game is =
disrespecting
Irish people and I don't think that's true. Otherwise Irish people =
wouldn't
do it so often. It seems to me healthy to consider whether the 'imagined
Ireland' was not in some ways more of a nightmare than the real-life =
Ireland
that existed before Tim Healy clambered into the Vice Regal lodge.=20

Any, so much uisce faoi an ndroiceadh. The tide of economic history =
(butter,
eggs, navvies and Intel) makes a nonsense of any attempt to speak about =
best
options in a retrospective view - quite apart from the emotional urgings =
of
the people in the respective territories, north and south, after 1913.
General Maxwell saw to it in any case that England would be seen as the
oppressor in the best Fenian tradition for decades to come.=20

I suppose it's possible that the latest new Ireland might become a weeny =
bit
more socialist in the wake of the banker's cockup but don't bank on it.
Hobsbaum has a great paragraph on Irish republicanism his "Age of =
Capital"
which ends with a caveat against thinking for a moment that Irish
republicanism is in any organic way attached to socialism. It is a
nationalism, full stop. I happen to think that the logic of republican
dissidents is the right one - but this is the time to be rational, not
logical.=20

Bruce

PS Donegal is part of the west of Ireland and the anomaly that it is
politically 'southern' when it is geographically 'northern' is just
something that one accepts with good humour as one accepts the anomaly =
that
my town Coleraine, which is east of the Bann, is spoken of as part of =
the
North-West in UK/Unionist parlance. Jeez, I just know I'm living in the
North-east of Ireland.=20


Bruce S. G. Stewart
Languages & Literature
University of Ulster
N. Ireland BT52 1SA
02870324355 (office)
bsg.stewart[at]ulster.ac.uk

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Behalf
Of D C Rose
Sent: 13 March 2009 12:13
To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: Re: [IR-D] Article, `Irish Republic', `Eire' or `Ireland'? The
Contested Name of John Bull's Other Island

Taking Piaras's clarification and Patrick's identification of De
ValeranPedantry together, it seems to me that from the point of =
linguistics
the Phrase 'The name of the State is =C9ire, or, in the English =
language,
Ireland'

Cannot have any meaning given that the first six words are 'in the =
English
Language. What it should be is 'The name of the State is Ireland, or, in =
The
Irish language, =C9ire'. This would also be the proper translation of =
the
Irish version of Article 4.=20
=20
Yes ? No ? Perhaps ?=20
=20
We are leaving out 'Southern Ireland', the post-partition but pre-Free =
State

British name for the 26 Counties. And that there are now more than 26
Counties in the State.=20
=20
David=20
=20
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=20
From: MacEinri, Piaras
Date: 13/03/2009 12:35:26
To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: Re: [IR-D] Article, `Irish Republic', `Eire' or `Ireland'? The
Contested Name of John Bull's Other Island=20
=20
It's even more complicated than that.=20
=20
It's not quite accurate to say that the State is named =C9ire in both
Languages. The constitution actually says (Article 4) 'The name of the =
State

Is =C9ire, or, in the English language, Ireland'.=20
=20
My understanding is that the British media and political classes took to
Using the term =C9ire in English after the adoption of the 1937 =
Constitution
Here precisely to distinguish between the island of Ireland and the 26
County state. In other words, for most Irish people in this State, the =
term
Designated both the Irish name of the State and the name of the island, =
but
For many British people it only meant the name of the 26 county =
jurisdiction

The ambiguity of using the same term =C9ire for state and island in this
Jurisdiction was deliberate, it seems to me, and reflected the fact that =
the

Political aspiration of the time was to close the gap and end the =
ambiguity,

As it were, by bringing about a situation when the name of the state and =
the

Name of the island were one and the same I.e. A 32 county state. =
Nowadays,
The use of the term '=C9ire' in English by a British newspaper, for =
instance,
Would be taken as archaic in this country, and possibly also as a
(deliberately) intended slight. It was not unusual a few decades ago to =
hear

The word used in a sneering or condescending tone by British =
commentators.=20
=20
It gets worse. It's true that the Republic of Ireland Act of 1948 =
brought
About the end of the Irish Free State (although some republicans, =
especially

North of the border, refer to it as the Free State to this very day). =
But in

Official circles the name of the State in English continues to be =
Ireland,
Reflecting the constitutional position and presumably (as with =C9ire)
Reflecting a desire not to drive a semantic wedge, so to speak, between =
the
Island and the jurisdiction. So much so, that in my time in the =
Department
Of Foreign Affairs we were under formal instruction to use the term =
'Ireland

At all times and not the term 'Republic of Ireland'. This is the case, =
even
Though Irish legislation does provide that the term 'Republic of =
Ireland' is

The _description_ of the State. In international conventions and other =
legal

Documents the term 'Ireland' is invariably used as the name of the =
State,
Never 'Republic of Ireland'. UK legislation, by contrast, normally uses =
the
Latter term.=20
=20
Ultimately there is no way of squaring this circle. For instance, it has
Become the accepted practice in this jurisdiction to refer to 'Northern
Ireland', rather than some circumlocution such as 'the North' (my =
father's
Preferred term was and remains 'Occupied Ireland'!). I heard a Sinn =
F=E9in TD
Refer as recently as yesterday to Northern Ireland, slightly to my =
surprise,

Although as the subject matter was welfare fraud arising from double =
claims
In the two jurisdictions I suppose he had to distinguish for practical
Reasons between them. Yet for people in this State to call the name of =
the
State 'Ireland' and to call the other one 'Northern Ireland' raises the
Obvious nonsense that 'Northern Ireland' is simultaneously in 'Ireland' =
and
Yet not. I have been involved in a number of research projects, for =
instance

Between 'Ireland' and 'Northern Ireland'. 'Ulster' doesn't get around =
the
Problem either as three of the provinces of Ulster are in =
Ireland/Republic
Of Ireland (see? There is no way around this..)=20
=20
=20
Piaras Mac =C9inr=ED=20
=20

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The great (popular) historian of the sea and the maritime Irish was John
de Courcy Ireland. A wonderful eccentric who died in 2006, his Wikipedia
entry (whisper it not) is as good a starting point as any
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_de_Courcy_Ireland=20

Piaras

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From: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [mailto:IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On
Behalf Of Belchem, John
Sent: 25 March 2009 10:53
To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: [IR-D] Irish seafarers

Paddy - second attempt at sending this message!



I'm hoping somebody on the list can point me in the right direction to
begin a literature search on the maritime Irish. As we all know, the
dominant =3D historiographical tradition of Ireland's engagement with =
the
Atlantic world is one of migration rather than of seafaring. Together
with a colleague at Liverpool, I'd like to explore the Irish Atlantic as
a place of work for mariners within a network of seaport cities
connected by a sojourning population of seafarers with some degree of
common Irish origins and culture. Any help with suggestions of
secondary literature and primary sources would =3D be much appreciated.



Best wishes to all on the list, John Belchem




Professor John Belchem
Pro-Vice-Chancellor
University of Liverpool
The Foundation Building
765 Brownlow Hill
Liverpool, L69 7ZX

Tel: 0151 794 2220
Fax: 0151 794 2929
Email: j.c.belchem[at]liv.ac.uk

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Hi All,

=C2=A0 This conversation of Irish seafarers is very timely as the next=C2=
=A0Mid-Atlantic American Conference for Irish Studies Conference=C2=A0will b=
e focusing on the theme of Ireland's relationship with the sea and Ireland a=
s an island culture.=C2=A0 The conference will be at Monmouth University, W.=
Long Branch, NJ,=C2=A0Sept. 18-19, 2009.=C2=A0 Keynote speakers are Maria M=
cGarrity and Nini Rodgers.=C2=A0 A full CFP will be sent to the list as soon=
as I get back to my home computer, but I wanted to give everyone a heads up=
since there's been some good discussion=C2=A0of this topic here.=C2=A0=C2=
=A0

Thanks,
Beth Gilmartin
Dept. of English
Monmouth=C2=A0University=C2=A0=20

-----Original Message-----
From: Anelise Shrout
To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Sent: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 3:29 pm
Subject: Re: [IR-D] Irish seafarers


Tom Truxes has done some very compelling work on Irish-American trade in the=
sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, which includes some discussion of mari=
time practices and legislation.=C2=A0
=C2=A0
Thomas Truxes. Irish-American Trade, 1660-1783=C2=A0
=C2=A0
also=C2=A0
=C2=A0
Defying Empire: Trading with the Enemy in Colonial New York=C2=A0
=C2=A0
Anelise Shrout=C2=A0
Atlantic World History=C2=A0
New York University=C2=A0
ahs4[at]nyu.edu=C2=A0
=C2=A0
"Must we give up history as a serious study but keep it as a delightful amus=
ement, turn away from European wars and watch the ladies thronging to the to=
y ships, cease studying what sort of government our ancestors had and enquir=
e what they had for dinner?"=C2=A0
=C2=A0
=C2=A0
On
Mar 26, 2009, at 6:26 PM, Breen O Conchubhair wrote:=C2=A0
=C2=A0
> *Jonathan Wooding at the University of Wales, *has published two > books o=
n=C2=A0
> the topic that might be of use:=C2=A0
>=C2=A0
> *The Otherworld Voyage in early Irish Literature=E2=80=94an Anthology of=
=C2=A0
> Criticism *(Dublin:=C2=A0
> Four Courts Press, 2000).=C2=A0
>=C2=A0
> *Communication and Commerce along the Western Sealanes AD 400=E2=80=93800=20=
> *(Oxford:=C2=A0
> BAR International Series 654, 1996).=C2=A0
> Yours,=C2=A0
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Britain is an island in the North Sea, Ireland is an island in the North
Atlantic: discuss.

John De Courcy Ireland has been mentioned - he ploughed a lonely furrow for
many years. A web search will turn up the references, including the
obituary on
http://www.irishargentine.org/0607_179to180.pdf

The key books are
Ireland's maritime heritage, John De Courcy Ireland - 1992
Ireland and the Irish in Maritime History, John De Courcy Ireland - 1985

A search for John De Courcy Ireland in Google Scholar or Google Books will
reveal the places where he is cited.

A number of us are members of the H-Atlantic email list, and its archives
and reviews are worth looking at.
http://www.h-net.org/~atlantic/
At times 'Atlantic studies' can be simply a way of talking about slavery
without talking about slavery. But it is obvious that there ought to be an
Ireland dimension.

The other thing we have done is go to Irish History Online and simply search
for the word 'Atlantic'. This gets over 100 hits, including

Early Modern Ireland : A British Atlantic Colony? / Gibney, John. 2008

Ireland in the Atlantic economy [Was Ireland a colony?: economics, politics
and culture in nineteenth-century Ireland] / O'Hearn, Denis. 2005

Armitage, David, 1965-; Braddick, Michael J. (ed.), The British Atlantic
world, 1500-1800 (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2002),

The Atlantic economy : Britain, the U.S. and Ireland / O'Hearn, Denis. 2001

And so on...

So, I think you can see a certain reaching out to 'Atlantic Studies', and
increasingly this friendly gesture is not rejected.

I have pasted in below some items that turned up in my own database.

Paddy

Bosma, Ulbe. "Beyond the Atlantic: Connecting Migration and World History
in the Age of Imperialism, 1840-1940." International Review of Social
History, 2007, 52(01), pp. 116.

CANNY, NICHOLAS. "Atlantic history: what and why?" European Review,
2001/Oct/18 2001, 9(4), pp. 399 - 411.

Cunliffe, Barry W. Facing the ocean. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001.

Games, Alison. "Atlantic Constraints and Global Opportunities." History
Compass, 2003, 1(1), pp. ** - **.

Gibney, John. "Early Modern Ireland: A British Atlantic Colony?" History
Compass, 2008 2008, 6(1), pp. 172 - 182.

Hartnett, Alexandra. "The Politics of the Pipe: Clay Pipes and Tobacco
Consumption in Galway, Ireland." International Journal of Historical
Archaeology, 2004/06// 2004, 8(2), pp. 133 - 147.

Linebaugh, Peter and Rediker, Marcus Buford. The many-headed hydra. London:
Verso, 2000.

Mandelblatt, Bertie. "A Transatlantic Commodity: Irish Salt Beef in the
French Atlantic World." History Workshop Journal, 2007/1/1 2007, 63(1), pp.
18 - 47.

McCarthy, Mark. "The forging of an Atlantic port city: socio-economic and
physical transformations in Cork, 1660-1700." Urban History, 2001, 28pp.
25-45.

Nash, R. C. "Irish Atlantic Trade in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth
Centuries." The William and Mary Quarterly, 3rd Ser, 1985, 42(3), pp.
329-356.

Ohlmeyer, Jane. "Seventeenth-Century Ireland and the New British and
Atlantic Histories." The American Historical Review, 1999, 104(2), pp. 446.

Rodgers, Nini. "Ireland and the Black Atlantic in the Eighteenth-century."
Irish Historical Studies, 2000, xxxii(126),.

Sacouman, R. James. "Review, O'Hearn, The Atlantic Economy: Britain, the US
and Ireland." Review of Radical Political Economics, 2003, 35(3), pp. 349 -
350.













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I'm hoping somebody on the list can point me in the right direction to begin
a literature search on the maritime Irish. As we all know, the dominant =
historiographical tradition of Ireland's engagement with the Atlantic world
is one of migration rather than of seafaring. Together with a colleague at
Liverpool, I'd like to explore the Irish Atlantic as a place of work for
mariners within a network of seaport cities connected by a sojourning
population of seafarers with some degree of common Irish origins and
culture. Any help with suggestions of secondary literature and primary
sources would = be much appreciated.



Best wishes to all on the list, John Belchem




Professor John Belchem
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*Jonathan Wooding at the University of Wales, *has published two books on
the topic that might be of use:

*The Otherworld Voyage in early Irish Literature=97an Anthology of
Criticism *(Dublin:
Four Courts Press, 2000).

*Communication and Commerce along the Western Sealanes AD 400=96800 *(Oxfor=
d:
BAR International Series 654, 1996).
Yours,
Brian

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Tom Truxes has done some very compelling work on Irish-American trade =20=

in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, which includes some =20
discussion of maritime practices and legislation.

Thomas Truxes. Irish-American Trade, 1660-1783

also

Defying Empire: Trading with the Enemy in Colonial New York

Anelise Shrout
Atlantic World History
New York University
ahs4[at]nyu.edu

"Must we give up history as a serious study but keep it as a =20
delightful amusement, turn away from European wars and watch the =20
ladies thronging to the toy ships, cease studying what sort of =20
government our ancestors had and enquire what they had for dinner?"




On Mar 26, 2009, at 6:26 PM, Breen O Conchubhair wrote:

> *Jonathan Wooding at the University of Wales, *has published two =20
> books on
> the topic that might be of use:
>
> *The Otherworld Voyage in early Irish Literature=97an Anthology of
> Criticism *(Dublin:
> Four Courts Press, 2000).
>
> *Communication and Commerce along the Western Sealanes AD 400=96800 =20=

> *(Oxford:
> BAR International Series 654, 1996).
> Yours,
> Brian

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I doubt if they are quite covered by the term 'Irish seafarer' as here used,
but, by way of contrast, one should not forget Admiral Boyle Somerville and
Admiral Lord Charles Beresford.

David Rose
www.oscholars.com

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Contested Terrains: Ethnic and Gendered Spaces in the Harbour
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Contested Terrains: Ethnic and Gendered Spaces in the Harbour Grace =
Affray
Journal Canadian Historical Review
Publisher University of Toronto Press
ISSN 0008-3755 (Print) 1710-1093 (Online)
Issue Volume 90, Number 1 / March 2009
Category Articles
DOI 10.3138/chr.90.1.29
Pages 29-70
Online Date Thursday, March 19, 2009

Authors
Willeen G. Keough

Abstract

This article explores the negotiation of ethnicity between English
Protestants and Irish Catholics in nineteenth-century Conception Bay,
Newfoundland. Focusing on a particular moment of ethno-religious =
tension, a
ritual staking of claim in the 1880s, it demonstrates that ethnicity was
re-imagined through processes that drew selectively from Old World
narratives, yet was very much shaped by local circumstances. The essay
argues that ethnicity was not always driven by elites, but that popular
classes also invoked ethnic difference for their own self-interests =96 =
in
this case, as they jostled for position during economic decline. It also
examines the gendered nature of participation in the affray, =
particularly
the contrast between the institutional, predominantly male involvement =
of
popular-class English Protestants and the communal, gender-inclusive
response of popular-class Irish Catholics =96 a difference that =
reflected
dissimilar positioning of women in family economies and divergent ethnic
understandings of respectable womanhood.

Keywords
ethnicity, gender, communal violence, cultural memory, Newfoundland,
ethnicit=E9 =96 genre =96 violence intercommunautaire =96 m=E9moire =
culturelle =96
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From: Patrick Maume
Dear All,
Since John de Courcey Ireland's name has come up in this discussion I
thought it might be a good idea to draw your attention to a book called AUD
by Xander Clayton, published by GAC, PO Box 238, Plymouth PL5 1WU website
www.AUD-N.ORG . It was privately published but did
not have a wide circulation - I picked up my copy at Waterstone's in Dawson
Street, Dublin.
Clayton is a diver who has conducted dives on the Aud wreck site and who
has compiled everything he can find about the AUD and Karl Spindler. Durin=
g
the course of his research he came to the conclusion that de courcey
Ireland's THE SEA AND THE EASTER RISING which denounces Spindler as a
fantasist who never made it into Tralee Bay is highly inaccurate. He
includes correspondence between one of the surviving AUD crewmembers who
came over in 1966, read the pamphlet after he got back and wrote to de
Courcey Ireland to protest, whereupon de Courcey Ireland wrote back
informing him that he couldn't possibly have seen what he said he had seen.
Given the implications of this for de Courcey Ireland's scholarship, I woul=
d
like to see if anyone else out there has read the book.
Best wishes,
Patrick

On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 7:29 PM, Anelise Shrout wrote:

> Tom Truxes has done some very compelling work on Irish-American trade in
> the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, which includes some discussion o=
f
> maritime practices and legislation.
>
> Thomas Truxes. Irish-American Trade, 1660-1783
>
> also
>
> Defying Empire: Trading with the Enemy in Colonial New York
>
> Anelise Shrout
> Atlantic World History
> New York University
> ahs4[at]nyu.edu
>
> "Must we give up history as a serious study but keep it as a delightful
> amusement, turn away from European wars and watch the ladies thronging to
> the toy ships, cease studying what sort of government our ancestors had a=
nd
> enquire what they had for dinner?"
>
>
>
>
>
> On Mar 26, 2009, at 6:26 PM, Breen O Conchubhair wrote:
>
> *Jonathan Wooding at the University of Wales, *has published two books on
>> the topic that might be of use:
>>
>> *The Otherworld Voyage in early Irish Literature=97an Anthology of
>> Criticism *(Dublin:
>> Four Courts Press, 2000).
>>
>> *Communication and Commerce along the Western Sealanes AD 400=96800
>> *(Oxford:
>> BAR International Series 654, 1996).
>> Yours,
>> Brian
>>
>