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Bernard Shaw and the BBC
By L.W. Conolly
University of Toronto Press 256pp, =A324.95
ISBN 9780802089205
Published 25 April 2009

THES
Bernard Shaw and the BBC
4 June 2009
Shavian wit on the airwaves

Christopher Innes discusses a man whose talent to provoke made him the
perfect radio personality

Feisty, opinionated, witty, provocative - with an appealing hint of =
Irish
burr that softened his assault on conventional pieties - George Bernard =
Shaw
was the perfect radio personality.

He cut his teeth as a lecturer on the London circuit in an age that
appreciated rhetoric and ideas. Once the BBC was founded a quarter of a
century later, Shaw, now balding and white-bearded, was able to use the
microphone as a personal megaphone to talk to millions across Britain in =
the
same direct way that, as a bristling red-bearded radical, he had =
enthralled
and antagonised Fabian Society audiences.

Full Text at
http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=3D406863

Some BBC Shaw material on
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/audiointerviews/profilepages/shawg1.shtml

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This is a nice MA thesis freely available at the Florida State University.

Kristen L. Nyers very confidently explores an issue that is around in Irish
Diaspora Studies and Irish-American studies - choosing music and choosing
identity. Scholars she relies on as she builds her argument include
Brigittine French, Stokes & Bohlman, Deborah Rapuano and Simon Frith. The
bulk of the thesis is based on interviews and discussions with people active
in music.

Nicely done...

The link, below, takes you to the catalogue page. You can click on from
that page to get the full text of the thesis. Go carefully because this
takes you straight to quite a large pdf file - make sure your connections
can cope.

P.O'S.


http://etd.lib.fsu.edu/theses/available/etd-04102009-102019/

Type of Document Thesis
Author Nyers, Kristen L.
Author's Email Address kln07[at]fsu.edu
URN etd-04102009-102019

Title "Kiss Me I'm Not Irish, But I Wish I Was": The Cultural Adoption of
Irish Music in America
Degree Master of Music
Department Music, College of

Keywords
Irish American Music-Culture
Irish Diaspora
Culture
Ethnicity
Identity
American
Participation
Community
Respect
Cultural Adoption
Identity Expression

Availability unrestricted

Abstract
Ethnomusicological works often examine music as an expression of identity.
In these studies, music is seen as the product of culture and ethnicity.
This thesis reverses this approach and instead explores how musical
experiences, rather than only reflecting identity, can produce identity.
Within the context of the United States of America, a multicultural society,
the Irish music tradition is generally understood to belong to the community
of the Irish diaspora. This music is closely associated with a specific
population that is delineated by both a common ethnicity and culture.
However, this work considers the resulting impact upon identity construction
when individuals from outside of this community participate in its music.
This thesis examines how and why individuals in the United States,
regardless of their ethnic background, incorporate an Irish-American
cultural identity into their personal identity through participation in the
Irish-American music-culture. This work demonstrates that membership in the
Irish-American music community is determined more by musical participation,
personal interactions between individual members, and a respect for the
tradition than by an Irish ethnic connection. It also shows how Irish music
in an American context is uniquely suited for the construction and
reconstruction of identity by its participants.

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Time to remind people that the Economic and Social Review, Ireland's journal
for economics and applied social science, has an archive of online papers.

http://www.esr.ie/

The latest issue - TOC below - has started a new Policy Section -
Information below - which will engage with current problems and crises.

Starting with banking...

P.O'S.


Economic and Social Review
Volume 40
Summer 2009 No.2

'The Misperception of Inflation by
Irish Consumers '
David Duffy and Peter D. Lunn
ESR Vol 40#2 page 139

'Estimating the Price Overcharge from
Cartelisation of the Irish Automobile Industry'
Franco Mariuzzo, Patrick Paul Walsh and Oliver van Parys
ESR Vol 40#2 page 165

'Social Partnership: From Lemass to Cowen'
William K. Roche
ESR Vol 40#2 page 183

Policy Section

'Resolving Ireland's Banking Crisis'
Patrick Honohan
ESR Vol 40#2 page 207

'A New Fiscal Strategy for Ireland'
Philip R. Lane
ESR Vol 40#2 page 233

http://www.esr.ie/ESRTOC40_2.htm


Introducing ESR's Policy Section

Announcing an important new initiative which will see Ireland's academic
economists and other social scientists contributing to debates on Ireland's
problems and proposed solutions

The Irish economy is facing huge challenges. It is likely that the current
recession will be as deep as any experienced in the developed world since
the 1930s. The social implications, in areas such as unemployment and public
service provision, are likely to be immense.
Given this situation, it is clear that academics in Ireland working in the
areas of economics, sociology and other social sciences need to contribute
to solving Ireland's difficulties by providing high quality policy analysis
and prescriptions. In this context, Ireland's leading academic journal for
economics and applied social science is announcing an important new
initiative.

Since its establishment in 1970, the Economic and Social Review has
published original academic research, much of which was relevant to policy.
However, starting with the latest issue of the journal, the Review will now
also publish papers that focus to a greater degree on the implications of
research findings for policy issues.

The need for a forum for academic debate on policy issues has long been
recognised in other countries. In the US, there is a wide range of different
publications that meet this need, such as the Brookings Papers on Economic
Activity. For the UK, there is also a range of such publications, such as
the Oxford Review of Economic Policy.

This issue includes papers by Professor Patrick Honohan and Professor Philip
Lane, both the Trinity College.

Professor Honohan discusses the banking crisis. According to him: "The Irish
banking system has been, in effect, on a life-support system since September
2008. Complacency resulted in the banks fuelling the late stage of an
obvious construction bubble with massive foreign borrowing, leaving them
exposed to solvency and liquidity risks which in past times would have been
inconceivable. The Government's steps to put the system back on a sound
basis must have regard both to protecting taxpayers' interests and to
ensuring that credit flows to the economy are not hampered by inadequate
capital or liquidity."

Professor Lane considers the fiscal challenges facing the government.
According to him: "Getting fiscal policy right is especially important for
Ireland, since it is the main macroeconomic policy instrument available to a
national government within the euro area. Moreover, the close linkage
between fiscal sustainability and the re-financing of the domestic banking
system reinforces the imperative to demonstrate commitment to a sustainable
medium-term fiscal position. While the government has taken a large initial
step towards fiscal adjustment and has published the broad framework for its
ongoing efforts, many details have not been specified and its implementation
faces severe challenges."

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Nineteenth-century population structure of Ireland and of the
Irish in England and Wales: An analysis by isonymy
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American Journal of Human Biology
Volume 21 Issue 3, Pages 283 - 289

Published Online: 23 Dec 2008

Copyright C 2009 Wiley-Liss, Inc., A Wiley Company

Original Research Article

Nineteenth-century population structure of Ireland and of the Irish in
England and Wales: An analysis by isonymy

Malcolm T. Smith 1 *, Donald M. Macraild 2
1Evolutionary Anthropology Research Group, Department of Anthropology,
Durham University, Durham DH1 3LE, United Kingdom
2School of History and International Affairs, University of Ulster,
Londonderry, Northern Ireland BT52 1SA, United Kingdom
email: Malcolm T. Smith (Malcolm.smith[at]durham.ac.uk)


*Correspondence to Malcolm T. Smith, Evolutionary Anthropology Research
Group, Department of Anthropology, Durham University, Dawson Building, South
Road, Durham DH1 3LE, United Kingdom

Funded by:
ESRC (Research Methods Programme); Grant Number: H333250057
Abstract
This article uses isonymy to test predictions about the genetic structure of
Irish populations made on the basis of geography and population history, and
compares the mid-nineteenth century population of Ireland with the late
nineteenth century Irish-born population resident in England and Wales.
Surname data were derived from (1) the householders named in the index to
Griffith's valuation of Ireland, a survey undertaken between 1846 and 1864,
and (2) of Irish-born residents named in 1881 census of England and Wales.
Visual representation of the Griffith's valuation isonymy matrix by
multidimensional scaling (MDS) gives a result very close to the geographical
distribution of Irish counties, and Mantel matrix correlation shows random
isonymy between counties to be negatively associated with geographical
distance, generally decaying according to a pattern of
isolation-by-distance, with exceptions that can be explained in terms of
Irish population history. Some 141,360 Irish-born residents in England and
Wales at the 1881 census were assigned to an Irish county of origin, and
random isonymy by county of birth for this group also shows a close
correspondence to Irish geography. The Mantel matrix correlation between the
Irish in Ireland and the Irish in England is 0.855, R2 = 0.7306, indicating
that the emigrant Irish in England were representative of the populations of
the Irish counties from which they were derived. This result, together with
the strong geographical patterning of surnames in Ireland, suggests that
isonymy can be used to investigate the population structure and origin of
Irish emigrant groups in Britain and potentially throughout the Irish
diaspora. Am. J. Hum. Biol. 2009. C 2008 Wiley-Liss, Inc.

Received: 13 June 2008; Revised: 3 October 2008; Accepted: 27 October 2008

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The following item has been brought to our attention...

Posted Thursday, June 25, 2009 11:25 AM

CALL FOR PAPERS

Strangers in a New Homeland:
2nd Annual Conference on the Social Reconstructing of "Home" Among
Immigrants in the Diaspora

November 13, 2009
2nd Floor, University Centre

Organized by Faculty of Social Work, University of Manitoba

The Faculty of Social Work is pleased to invite Proposals and Papers for the
above-named Conference. The conference, the second in a series began in
2008, will bring together researchers, academics, graduate students, NGOs
and government representatives from across North America to promote exchange
and discussion on aspects of the integration and settlement processes of new
immigrants in the diaspora, the emotional and social deconstruction and
reconstruction of the concept of "Home". Individual presentations, panel
discussions and poster presentations are encouraged.

The theme of "home" is focused on as a way of encouraging conference
participants to reflect on the critical aspects of immigrant settlements
that shape the lives of first and second generation immigrants in the
diaspora. The feeling of not belonging and the lack of opportunities for
upward mobility have been cited in a number of studies as affecting the
integration process of first generation immigrants in the diaspora. They
have also been cited as factors that affect the family cohesion of the
second and third generations of such immigrant families. This perception of
lack of opportunities for upward mobility among first generation immigrant
population groups in host societies reinforces the "us" and "them" syndrome
that seem to permeate western societies in relation to mainstream population
and new immigrant population groups. This creates a situation where first
generation immigrant groups perceive themselves as always in transition and
have, therefore, never landed.

The conference will examine various immigration, settlement and integration
programs in western countries, especially North America, that affect the
deconstruction and reconstruction process of "home" among first generation
immigrant population groups. These programs will be examined along the
following themes:

i). The deconstruction and reconstruction process of home among immigrants
in the diaspora:

This theme addresses the impact of the settlement and integration policies
on the lives of first generation immigrants in the diaspora. Questions that
may be addressed in this section include the following?

How have first generation immigrants fared in their host societies in the
diaspora? How have their upward or downward social mobility affected their
perception of new societies as their "home"? What factors in the settlement
and integration processes in the host countries continue to inhibit their
perception of home in the diaspora which make them continue to feel strong
attachments to their original homelands? At what point in their lives in the
diaspora do these immigrants reconstruct their concept of home in their new
societies.


ii). "Beyond Refuge": Post Acceptance challenges in new identity
construction of Refugee Claimants in Host countries

This theme will focus on the post refugee claim settlement challenges of
immigrants that arrived in host societies as refugees. Immigrant and refugee
settlement agencies in host countries tend to focus on the traditional
settlement needs of new immigrants and refugees: housing, language training
and employment.

In addition to these settlement needs that mainstream agencies focus on, the
refugees themselves undergo very difficult processes of reconstructing new
identities as part of their efforts to carve new ways of life for themselves
and their families. They are eager to shed the refugee label and tag and
take on new identities as they navigate their way through their new society.
This process begins immediately after the acceptance of their refugee claims
in the host country, opening a whole new chapter in their lives.

iii) Canadian settlement and integration policies: the experiences of
immigrants:

This theme will examine the various federal and provincial policies that
have been designed over the years in managing the settlement and integration
of new immigrants to Canada. Have these measures worked?

SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS

Researchers, Academics, Government representatives and NGOs wishing to
present papers at this all-important conference must submit:

a 250-300 word abstract of your paper/panel
a personal biographic note of a maximum of ten (10) lines of presenters
The deadline for submission of abstracts or proposals for Panel Discussions
or Poster Presentations is August 28, 2009. Submissions should be sent in
Word Format to:

Dr. Michael Baffoe
Faculty of Social Work
University of Manitoba
500B Tier Building
Winnipeg-Manitoba
R3T 2N2, Canada
Tel: (204) 474-9682
Fax: (204) 474-7594
e-mail: baffoe[at]cc.umanitoba.ca

SOURCE
http://myuminfo.umanitoba.ca/index.asp?sec=251&too=100&dat=6/26/2009&sta=3&w
ee=4&eve=8&npa=19791

http://myuminfo.umanitoba.ca/index.asp?sec=251

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Civilising the Irish

Robbie McVeigh
Bill Rolston

University of Ulster

Taking Norbert Elias' work on the concept of civilisation as their cue, the
authors explore the long history of the 'civilising process' in Ireland,
showing how a dichotomy between the civilised and the barbarians is central
to English colonialism there. Examining comparative examples such as the
colonisation of North America and Australia, justifications of the violence
of the colonisers are surveyed to show their reliance on the idea of
civilising a racially inferior people. That inferiority can be demonstrated,
in different contexts, by a nomadic lifestyle, a lack of industriousness or
a different religion. 'Civilisation', it is argued, is the process of
rendering colonial subjects fit for purpose, first by transforming
resistance into subjecthood and, finally, recruiting 'natives' as actively
co-opted citizens. This process is examined in depth in the Irish context,
with particular focus on the early conquest, the seventeenth-century
Plantations and the eighteenth-century Famine. The symbolic ritual
humiliation that continues to be imposed on nationalists in Northern Ireland
- for example, compulsory poppy-wearing - shows that the Irish are still
required to prove their 'civilisation'.

Key Words: Anti-Irish racism . English colonialism . Giraldus Cambrensis .
Good Friday Agreement . Ireland . Norbert Elias . Plantation . Ulster
unionism


Race & Class, Vol. 51, No. 1, 2-28 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/0306396809106160

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Countering the hegemony of the Irish national canon: the
modernist rhetoric of Se=?iso-8859-1?Q?=E1n_O'Faol=E1in_?=
(1938-50)
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Countering the hegemony of the Irish national canon: the modernist =
rhetoric
of Se=E1n O'Faol=E1in (1938-50)

Author: MCNALLY, MARK1

Source: Nations and Nationalism, Volume 15, Number 3, July 2009 , pp.
524-544(21)
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing

Abstract:
The telling and re-telling of national history has long been recognised =
in
studies of nationalism as one of its key legitimising and mobilising
strategies. In this article I illustrate how a rhetorical approach can
effectively explore this dynamic and emotive dimension of nationalist
ideology by examining the rhetorical strategies in the Irish liberal
intellectual, Se=E1n O'Faol=E1in's, attempts to reconstitute the popular =
canon
of Irish history in the 1930s and 1940s. More specifically, I show that
contrary to depictions of O'Faol=E1in as a European liberal who employed
rational argument to undermine and encourage the rejection of Irish
nationalism and its emphasis on rhetorical narratives of the past,
O'Faol=E1in's challenge to the Irish national canon reveals that he =
himself
mobilised historical narrative to promote his own modernist version of =
Irish
liberal nationalism and demonstrated in the process that he was one of =
the
most skilful rhetors of his day.

Keywords: history; ideology; Ireland; nationalism; O'Faol=E1in; rhetoric

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Doing dead time for the sovereign: Archive, abandonment, performance
Author: Biddick, Kathleen1

Source: Rethinking History, Volume 13, Number 2, June 2009 , pp. 137-151(15)

Abstract:
This essay explores the fabrication of the concepts of event and archive
through the notion of dead time. It first unfolds this notion of dead time
as a critical concern of the German film maker, Harun Farocki, in his video
entitled, Ich glaubte Gefangenen zu sehen (I thought I saw prisoners 2001).
It then locates the historical constitution of dead time in Jeremy Bentham's
panopticon. I trace how Bentham linked dead time intimately with sovereignty
and the archive. If historians and convicts are still doing dead time, as I
propose they are, how can they together reimagine event and archive? The
final section of the essay explores the possibility of performance as a way
of thinking of an unsovereign history. It recounts the story of my
participation with convicts of Mountjoy Prison, Dublin (a panoptical-style
prison opened by the British in their Irish colony in 1851 and only recently
closed by the Irish Government) in developing a public installation,
entitled Cell, held in October 2004, during the dead time of evening
lockdown.

Keywords: archive; dead time; event; panopticon; performance; sovereignty;
zones of abandonment

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Irish and Scottish Gaelic: A European perspective
An Ghaeilge agus Gaeilge na hAlban =E2=80=94 s=C3=BAil Eorpach
La irlanda kaj la skotgaela =E2=80=94 europa perspektivo

Author: =C3=93 Riain, Se=C3=A1n

Source: Language Problems & Language Planning, Volume 33, Number 1, 2009 =
, pp. 43-59(17)
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company

Abstract:
This survey discusses the motives and consequences of the 13 June 2005 =
decision to include Irish among the EU's official and working languages, =
and the 15 July 2008 decision to upgrade the status of languages =
recognised by law in the UK, such as Welsh and Scottish Gaelic. It also =
looks at the current state of Irish and Scottish Gaelic. Irish's new EU =
status coincides with increased support at the top political level in =
Ireland. A tentative conclusion is that this happy coincidence could =
enhance the practical role of Irish, which in turn could exercise a =
knock-on positive effect on Scottish Gaelic. The continuing decrease in =
the use of Irish by young people in the Gaeltacht (Irish speaking =
regions), due to the unrelenting pressure of English, is a matter for =
deep concern, as is the failure of the authorities over many years to =
appreciate that language use, and not just language learning, needs to =
be planned. This may now be changing: expanded use of Irish in the =
electronic media, the structures put in place by the Official Languages =
Act of 2003, and Irish Government work on a 20-year strategic plan for =
Irish, together with continuing progress at EU level, give grounds for =
hope. To sum up: much has been done, but much remains to be done.

Is cusp=C3=B3ir don alt cur s=C3=ADos ar ch=C3=BAlra is ar =
iarmhairt=C3=AD chinneadh an 13 Meitheamh 2005 teanga oifigi=C3=BAil =
oibre de chuid an AE a dh=C3=A9anamh den Ghaeilge, agus ar chinneadh an =
15 I=C3=BAil 2008 ard=C3=BA c=C3=A9ime a bhronnadh ar na teangacha a =
bhfuil aithean-tas dl=C3=AD acu sa Bhreatain, amhail an Bhreatnais is =
Gaeilge na hAlban. Thairis sin, f=C3=A9achaimid ar =C3=BAs=C3=A1id an =
d=C3=A1 theanga faoi l=C3=A1thair. Tarla=C3=ADonn ard=C3=BA st=C3=A1dais =
AE na Gaeilge san aon am le neart=C3=BA suime ag leibh=C3=A9al an =
Taoisigh in =C3=89irinn. D=C3=A9anaimid amach go bhf=C3=A9adfadh an =
d=C3=A1 rud th=C3=A1bhachtacha seo cur le h=C3=BAs=C3=A1id =
phraitici=C3=BAil na Gaeilge. N=C3=ADor thaise do Ghaeilge na hAlban, ar =
a seal. C=C3=BAis imn=C3=AD is ea an lag=C3=BA ar =C3=BAs=C3=A1id na =
Gaeilge i measc na n-=C3=B3g sna Gaeltachta=C3=AD is l=C3=A1idre, de =
dheasca sh=C3=ADorbhr=C3=BA an Bh=C3=A9arla, agus teip na =
n-=C3=BAdar=C3=A1s le blianta fada a thuiscint gur g=C3=A1 =
=C3=BAs=C3=A1id na teanga a phlean=C3=A1il, agus n=C3=AD hamh=C3=A1in a =
foghlaim. B'fh=C3=A9idir go bhfuil athr=C3=BA ag teacht air seo anois: =
is =C3=A1bhair d=C3=B3chais na nithe seo: m=C3=A9ad=C3=BA na Gaeilge sna =
me=C3=A1in leictreonacha; oibri=C3=BA na strucht=C3=BAr a bhunaigh Acht =
na dTeangacha Oifigi=C3=BAla, 2003; obair rialtais na h=C3=89ireann ar =
phlean strait=C3=A9ise 20 bliain don Ghaeilge; chomh maith le dul chun =
cinn na Gaeilge ag leibh=C3=A9al an AE. Go hachomair: neart d=C3=A9anta, =
neart le d=C3=A9anamh.

La artikolo celas diskuti la motivojn kaj sekvojn de la decido la 13-an =
de junio 2005 igi la irlandan oficiala laborlingvo de EU, kaj de la =
decido la 15-an de julio 2008 doni novan statuson al la lingvoj kiuj =
estas le=C4=9De agnoskitaj en Britio, kiel la kimra kaj la skotgaela. =
Krome =C4=9Di rigardas la nunan uzadon de la irlanda kaj la skotgaela. =
La nova EU-statuso de la irlanda koincidas kun plifortigo de intereso =
=C4=89e la pinto de la irlanda registaro. Provizora konkludo estas ke =
tiu feli=C4=89a koincido povus grandigi la praktikan uzadon de la =
irlanda, kiu lauvice povus pozitive influi la skotgaelan. Estas zorge ke =
la =C4=89iutaga uzado de la irlanda ankoraumalpliforti=C4=9Das inter la =
junularo en la Gaeltacht (irlandparolantaj regionoj), pro la =
sen=C4=89esa premado de la angla, kiel ankaula malsukceso de la =
autoritatoj kompreni dum multaj jaroj ke endas plani lingvouzadon, kaj =
ne nur lingvolernadon. Eble tio nun =C5=9Dan=C4=9Di=C4=9Das: esperigaj =
estas la =C4=89iam pli granda uzado de la irlanda en la elektronaj =
amaskomunikiloj, la strukturoj kiujn starigis la Le=C4=9Do pri la =
Oficialaj Lingvoj de 2003, la laboro de la irlanda registaro pri 20-jara =
strategia plano por la lingvo, kaj la daura progreso de la irlanda =
EU-nivele. Resume: multo farita, multo farota.

Keywords: IRISH; SCOTTISH GAELIC; EUROPEAN UNION; EUROPEAN; STATUS =
PLANNING; LANGUAGE PLANNING; MEDIA; BRUSSELS

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Profiles of Irish survivors of institutional abuse with different
adult attachment styles
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Profiles of Irish survivors of institutional abuse with different adult
attachment styles

Authors: Carr, Alan1; Flanagan, Edel1; Dooley, Barbara1; Fitzpatrick, Mark1;
Flanagan-Howard, Roisin1; Shevlin, Mark2; Tierney, Kevin1; White, Megan1;
Daly, Margaret1; Egan, Jonathan3

Source: Attachment & Human Development, Volume 11, Number 2, March 2009 ,
pp. 183-201(19)
Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group

Abstract:
Two hundred and forty seven survivors of institutional abuse in Ireland were
classified with the Experiences in Close Relationships Inventory as having
fearful (44%), preoccupied (13%), dismissive (27%), or secure (17%) adult
attachment styles. The group with the secure adult attachment style had the
most positive profile, while the most negative profile occurred for the
fearful group in terms of DSM IV diagnoses and scores on the Trauma Symptom
Inventory, the Global Assessment of Functioning Scale, the World Health
Organization Quality of Life 100 scale, and the Kansas Marital Satisfaction
Scale. The profile of the preoccupied group was more similar to that of the
fearful group. The profile of the dismissive group was more similar to that
of the secure group.

Keywords: institutional abuse; clerical abuse
Document Type: Research article
DOI: 10.1080/14616730802638741

Affiliations: 1: School of Psychology, University College Dublin, Belfield,
Ireland 2: School of Psychology, University of Ulster, Londonderry, Northern
Ireland 3: The Arches National Counselling Centre, Tullamore, Co. Offaly,
Ireland

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Ireland says No (again): the 12 June 2008 Referendum on the
Lisbon Treaty
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Ireland says No (again): the 12 June 2008 Referendum on the Lisbon Treaty
Author: O'Brennan, John

Source: Parliamentary Affairs, Volume 62, Number 2, 20 April 2009 , pp.
258-277(20)
Publisher: Oxford University Press

Abstract:
This article analyses the significance of the 12 June 2008 Lisbon Treaty
referendum in the Republic of Ireland. This was the third such referendum on
Europe held in Ireland since the millennium, and the second referendum in
three to result in a rejection of an EU Treaty following the failed Nice
poll in 2001. Assessing both the campaign itself and the reasons for the No
vote, the article argues that while variables such as age, educational
attainment, geography, gender and social class all have a part to play in
explaining the outcome of the referendum, post-referendum analysis suggests
that two key phenomena proved decisive. First, an enduring Irish attachment
to an overwhelmingly exclusivist national identity rather than more open and
fluid identity conceptions means that a space exists where issues such as
neutrality, sovereignty and Ireland's relative influence in the EU
institutional matrix can be readily exploited by opponents of the European
integration process, and where any changes in the EU constitutional order
can be emotively presented as an existential threat to Ireland's values and
interests. Second, post-referendum analysis also suggests that lack of
knowledge constituted a key reason for voting No. The absence of any effort
by government to provide and promote sufficient information channels which
explain how and why Ireland's EU membership matters means that EU debates
within Irish political culture are frequently characterised by apathy,
confusion, and ignorance, in a context where the chasm in elite-popular
opinion has grown wider. The referendum result also points to a growing
Eurosceptic tendency in Ireland which has seen the size of the No vote
increase from 17 in 1972 to a decisive majority of 53.4 in 2008, on a
significantly higher turnout than either 2001 or 2002.

Document Type: Research article
DOI: 10.1093/pa/gsp005

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'Labour's Candidates': Chartist Challenges at the Parliamentary Polls,
1839-1860
Author: Chase, Malcolm

Source: Labour History Review, Volume 74, Number 1, April 2009 , pp.
64-89(26)
Publisher: Maney Publishing

Abstract:
Chartism is seen as the quintessential extra-parliamentary protest movement.
The extent to which it took an active part in parliamentary elections has
therefore been largely ignored. Chartists keenly contested the theatrical
arena of the hustings but their participation in elections is generally
understood to have ended there. However, on nearly forty occasions
explicitly designated Chartist candidates proceeded to the polls - tagged
'Labour's Candidates' by Feargus O'Connor (Chartism's foremost leader). In
addition, the National Charter Association endorsed (and sometimes supported
financially) middle-class Liberal candidates - usually described as 'Duncom
beites', in deference to T. S. Duncombe, the MP who more than any other
represented Chartist and labour interests at Westminster.
A National Central Registration and Election Committee existed (1846-52) to
manage this aspect of the Chartist challenge. That Chartism took
parliamentary electioneering seriously is an indicator both of the
movement's political aspirations and its pursuit of a tactical alignment
with middle-class reformers. Yet ironically, when O'Connor was returned to
Parliament (Nottingham, 1847) his victory was totally unanticipated. Equally
ironic, the election of a second designated Chartist MP (Samuel Carter at
Tavistock, Devon, in 1852) has been totally overlooked by historians of
Chartism, underlining the historiographical neglect of one of the core
short-term political purposes of Chartism, the creation of a caucus of
sympathetic MPs at Westminster who might hold the balance of power in a hung
Parliament, a strategy directly borrowed from Daniel O'Connell's Irish home
rule party.

Samuel Carter was unseated when it was revealed he could not meet the
property qualification. And O'Connor was an indifferent parliamentarian, one
moreover who sat alongside Peel and Disraeli in the Commons rather than with
the other 'Duncombeites'. Chartism's virtual failure as a parliamentary
force highlights the contradictions of Chartist rhetoric and the limitations
of its intervention in early Victorian politics.

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Expressions of stance in the 1798-1800 Irish paper war
Author: Levorato, Alessandra

Source: Journal of Historical Pragmatics, Volume 10, Number 1, 2009 , pp.
132-157(26)
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company


Abstract:
This paper examines the linguistic resources adopted by pamphlet writers to
express their stance and engage their readers during the so-called Irish
paper war that preceded the 1800 Union between Great Britain and Ireland.
The data (about 100,000 words) consists of 23 pamphlets divided, according
to their position in the debate, into two sub-corpora of approximately the
same number of words. My purpose in this paper is to investigate the
communicative and rhetorical functionality of the linguistic features
writers use to express their stance towards the union, with a view to
determining how writers establish themselves as morally and intellectually
authoritative in their texts. The analysis brings out the crucial role
lexico-grammatical patterns play, but also demonstrates the need for a
broader interactive perspective, in order to fully account for the dynamics
of persuasive discourse.

Keywords: IRISH PAPER WAR; UNION; STANCE; HETEROGLOSSIC/MONOGLOSSIC
ENGAGEMENT; AFFECT; JUDGEMENT; AUTHORIAL PERSONA
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From the Institute for Historical Research=20

Ireland, India and Empire: Indo-Irish Radical Connections, 1919=9664=20
Kate O'Malley
Manchester: MUP, 2008
ISBN-13: 9780719077517 ; 224 pp.; =A350.00=20

Reviewer: Keith Jeffery
Queen's University Belfast=20

Citation: Keith Jeffery review of Ireland, India and Empire: Indo-Irish
Radical Connections, 1919=9664, by Kate O'Malley (review no. 763)
URL: http://www.history.ac.uk/reviews/paper/jeffreyk.html

Date accessed: Wednesday, 01-Jul-2009 00:30:47 BST =20

Review
In this stimulating book (or =91thesis=92 as it is described on p. 2, =
rather
betraying its origins), the author claims to meet four principal =
objectives.
First, the book seeks to contribute to the process by which (in the =
words of
Erskine Childers (as quoted in the Irish Press, 10 Aug. 1954)) the =
=91indirect
influence from Irish nationalism on India=92s own freedom struggle =85 =
must some
day take its rightful place in the annals of the two nations=92 (p. 2).
Second, it =91adds a further international dimension to the history of =
Irish
republicanism, as well as contributing to a better understanding of the
nature of republicanism and its self-perception in the post-colonial =
era=92
(pp. 3=964). Third, the study =91seeks to support a more general =
argument about
British intelligence in the interwar period: that there was an =
over-emphasis
on monitoring the actions of communist or Bolshevik suspects and
organisations at the expense of other, perhaps more menacing, threats to
Empire, such as the development of right-wing organisations, radical
nationalism and anti-imperialist alliances of a non-communist variety=92 =
(p.
5). Fourth, and most ambitiously, the work =91will redefine accepted =
paradigms
of decolonisation=92 (p. 10).

The structure of the book is primarily chronological. O=92Malley begins =
with
the perceived communist menace which afflicted not just Britain=92s =
rulers in
the aftermath of the First World War. Here she introduces the first of a
series of sometimes colourful radical activists who populate the book: =
Roddy
Connolly, Sean MacBride, Frank Ryan and Peadar O=92Donnell on the Irish =
side;
M. N. Roy, Brajesh Singh, Shapurji Saklatvala on the Indian. In this =
chapter
the links between Irish and Indian radicals are explored in such bodies =
as
the =91League Against Imperialism=92 (LAI), which, according to Fenner =
Brockway,
sought to create a unity between =91organisations representing the =
subject
races of the world=92. Among the Indo-Irish parallels observed here is =
the
distinctly fissiparous tendency of radical groups. In Indian, as in =
Irish,
organisations it seems (in Brendan Behan=92s famous words) that the =
first
thing on any the agenda was =91the split=92. Why this should be so is =
easily
explained, as when a meeting is called of passionate =91true =
believers=92, with
strong and principled views about matters, consensus is never likely to =
be
the outcome. Following on after the work and comparatively brief life of =
the
LAI, O=92Malley investigates V. J. Patel and the Indian-Irish =
Independence
League (IIIL), formed in 1932 =91to help by every means possible to =
secure the
complete national, social and economic independence of the people of =
India
and Ireland=92. The two chief methods proposed were the boycotting of =
British
goods and a propaganda campaign by which an =91Indian Information =
Bureau=92
would =91spread the truth about the Indian struggle=92 (p. 77).

=91By every means possible=92, however, implies that action might not, =
as in
this case, be confined to non-violent methods. In an especially =
interesting
chapter, O=92Malley charts Subhas Chandra Bose=92s engagement with =
Ireland. Bose
was a great admirer of Michael Collins, though evidently more for =
Collins=92s
prowess as an Irish soldier of destiny than his clear political =
pragmatism.
And, although Bose and Eamon de Valera apparently met in London in 1938,
when asked in 1944 to offer support for Bose=92s =91National Provisional
Government for India=92 which he had established in Japanese-occupied =
Rangoon,
the late-flowering pragmatist Dev deftly ducked the question.

In her final chapter, =91A Commonwealth republic=92, O=92Malley moves =
away from
the central theme promised in the title of her book. Rather than =
=91radical
connections=92, there are different encounters, with the 1948 visit of =
de
Valera (no longer a revolutionary of any sort; now a =91statesman=92) to
newly-independent India, where Jawaharlal Nehru and fellow moderate
nationalists were in power, embodying in their careful constitutionalism =
an
Indian political tradition which downplayed the radicalism of Gandhi and
Bose alike. The parallels drawn here =96 which certainly deserve =
exploration =96
are more of shared partition than any shared radicalism. In this =
chapter,
covering the years up to 1964, we get assertions of a shared radical =
past
which sit a little uneasily with the complacent conservatism of (at =
least)
independent Ireland in the 1950s and early 1960s.

Kate O=92Malley=92s book undoubtedly contributes to the process =
articulated by
Erskine Childers as quoted at the start of this review. The =
subject-matter
itself and the author=92s assiduous identification of points of contact =
and
comparison between Ireland and India reinforce the argument that Irish
nationalism and India=92s freedom struggle were linked in some =
significant
ways. The linkages were not by any means confined to radicals. =
O=92Malley
observes that =91in the first half of the twentieth century British, =
Indian
and Irish elites alike believed that fundamental parallels between the =
two
countries=92 historical experiences formed the basis of a developing
Indo-Irish political nexus=92 (p. 2). =91Nexus=92 or not, parallels =
between
Ireland and India were commonplace in government, reflecting the
=91interconnectedness=92 of Ireland (and India) in the British imperial
world.(1) But the question which we might pose, however, is whether the
Irish experience actually made any difference to the Indian? Simply
preparing a catalogue of Indian admirers of, say, Collins or de Valera =
(and,
of course, noting that Irish independence preceded Indian), does not
necessarily prove any significant causal relationship between the two
nationalist movements. Indeed, extracting only Irish references from =
Indian
memoirs might actually over-emphasise the importance of Ireland. =
Assessing
the impact of Irish precedents on Indian nationalists surely requires a
wider examination of the multiplicity of influences acting upon the =
latter =96
domestic, foreign, imperial, spiritual, ideological, personal, and so on =
=96
to see how salient any particular factor might have been. O=92Malley
demonstrates the plausibility of the argument that Ireland made an =
important
contribution, but, for the meantime, a more definitive verdict requires
futher research at the Indian end, and the verdict on this issue must =
remain
=91not proven=92, as they say in Scottish law courts.

O=92Malley achieves her second objective more successfully than her =
first. We
find Irish republicans and anti-imperialists alike living off =91Moscow =
gold=92.
In 1922 Roddy Connolly was apparently funded by the Soviet emissary =
Mikhail
Borodin to travel to Berlin to make contact with the Comintern=92s =
Indian
representative, M. N. Roy. The League Against Imperialism, too, was a =
front
organisation, =91established essentially by two prominent communists who =
were
in regular contact with Moscow=92 (p. 31). The fact that Irish =
republicans
(like nationalists in India and other parts of the world) were prepared =
to
accept subsidies from communists sources does not, of course, mean that =
they
were themselves communist, but it does help explain the perception of
British security and intelligence agencies in the 1920s and 30s that =
Soviet
communism was the principal global challenge the empire faced=97the
=91over-emphasis=92 which O=92Malley identifies at the very start of her =
book. The
argument here is not that communism was not a threat, for it surely was, =
but
that, in context, it was not so paramount a threat as many believed. In
these cases, placing the affairs of Irish and Indian radicals in their =
wider
context is imperative to give perspective to both their activities and =
the
actual challenge they posed.

One of the praiseworthy features of this book is the author=92s =
extremely
productive use of the Indian Political Intelligence (IPI) papers in the
India Office Records at the British Library. Although a number of =
scholars
have worked on the topic of Indian revolutionaries and their =
international
networks=97most notably Richard Popplewell and Tom Fraser in his =
important and
pioneering unpublished PhD thesis (2) =96 and some use has already been =
made
of these papers (which comprise the records of the Indian government=92s
security and intelligence department), O=92Malley identifies IPI files =
as =91a
crucial aspect=92 of her study (p. 8). Among other things, they underpin =
her
general argument about the =91overemphasis =85 placed on Indians with =
communist
leanings at the expense of those driven by purely separatist ideals=92 =
(p.
180). This is uncontestable, but care needs to be taken in exploiting =
the
undoubted riches of the IPI papers, as with those of any security and
intelligence-related archive. Above all, is the problem of perspective. =
A
kind of implicit =91mutual admiration society=92 exists between radicals =
and
their official adversaries. On the one side, the doings of even tiny
schismatic radical groups were powerfully magnified in importance by =
their
own self-belief, a solipsistic confidence that, as keepers of the =
precious
revolutionary flame, they possessed the answers to the world=92s (or, at =
the
very least, the nation=92s) ills. On the other side were squadrons of
policemen and intelligence officers who took these miniscule and
unrepresentative groups all-too-seriously, charting their movements,
fastidiously recording their table talk and creating in their =
imagination
the very world-wide web of subversion which the subversives themselves =
might
only dream about. Scholars have to be careful about simultaneously being
sceptical about the intelligence agencies=92 world-view (in this case, =
of the
ubiquity and power of communism) and taking seriously their
painstakingly-assembled records, themselves inevitably informed and =
suffused
with that apparently skewed perception. This is not a specific criticism =
of
O=92Malley, but a general =91health warning=92 about expecting to find =
the =91truth=92
in security and intelligence records, a sometimes over-seductive source.
Like any other sources, such records need carefully to be interrogated,
weighed, assessed and contextualised.

Another problem about using police and intelligence reports, which also
applies generally to the study of clandestine activity (whether by state
agencies or subversive groups, or both), is that of speculation.
Intelligence officers are sometimes prone to =91filling in the gaps=92 =
between
apparently =91hard=92 information with suppositions about where their =
targets
were going, who they were meeting and even what they were thinking. This =
is
extremely contagious and historians can catch the disease too. At times
O=92Malley is a little inclined to hypothesise. A few =91perhapses=92 =
and verbs in
the conditional voice are unavoidable, but the temptation to speculate =
must
ruthlessly be resisted. One test of this tendency is simply is to do =
what
the signals intelligence people call =91traffic analysis=92 and count =
instances
of problematical words or usages. On p. 61 it is =91more than likely=92 =
that
Maud Gonne MacBride =91played a large part in fuelling the idea of the =
IIIL=92.
Other instances of =91more than likely=92 occur on pages 88, 136, 149 =
(twice)
and 165. =91Probably=92 crops up on pages 62 and 166; =91seems quite =
probable
that=92 (p. 70); =91seems clear=92 (p. 74); =91it was possible=92 (p. =
76); =91it seems
possible=92 and =91it is quite possible=92 (both p. 151); =91it is =
believed that=92
(p. 79). From the cumulative affacte of these usages, one =91is forced =
to
conclude=92 (p. 81) that at times O=92Malley is more speculative than is
absolutely desirable.

I am not quite sure if O=92Malley successfully meets her final =
objective, to
=91redefine accepted paradigms of decolonisation=92, since I am not =
quite sure
what this means. The matter is not addressed in her all-too-short =
conclusion
(just over three pages long), and it is not clear whether these =
=91accepted
paradigms=92 relate to Ireland and India separately or together. That
anti-imperialists across the British empire sought, and found, =
encouragement
in each other=92s activities is neither surprising nor a new finding. =
Years
ago, Jack Gallagher (not cited by O=92Malley) identified the
interconnectedness of imperial policy and imperial challenges in, among
other places, his celebrated 1974 Ford Lectures.(3) If the =91accepted
paradigms=92 concern the methods adopted by nationalists across the =
empire,
then there is a real problem =96 which O=92Malley recognises =96 in =
comparing
Ireland and India, and that problem is Gandhi, who is largely absent =
from
this book. O=92Malley correctly observes that =91Gandhi did not think =
that
Ireland was a useful, or indeed a healthy model for India=92s struggle =
for
independence, and he had dismissed Sinn F=E9in as an example after the =
party=92s
adoption of violent methods=92 (p. 3). Under Arthur Griffith, indeed, =
Sinn
F=E9in had begun as a non-violent party, though it did not remain so for =
very
long. For the purposes of her book, O=92Malley=92s definition of =
=91radical=92 is
that the figures she deals with =91were radical in the physical force =
they
were prepared to use=92. But not only does this exclude Gandhi and his =
very
special variety of non-violent political campaigning, but it also =
excludes
constitutionalist Irish republicans, radical in political ambition, but =
not
(following O=92Malley=92s definition) apparently radical in method. The =
visit of
V. J. Patel and Jamnadas Mehta to Britain and Ireland (North and South) =
in
the spring and summer of 1927, which O=92Malley mentions, suggests that =
there
might be a productive line of enquiry to be pursued about =
constitutionalist
parallels between nationalists across the empire. But the evidence for =
this
might not be so conveniently assembled in security and intelligence
archives. =91It is perhaps surprising=92, she writes, =91that little of =
note was
recorded by IPI in relation to his [Patel=92s] visit to Ireland=92. She =
answers
her own question. IPI=92s neglect =91was most likely due to the =
apparently
official purpose of his stay in Britain, to study democratic =
procedures=92 (p.
57). So, not surprising at all and demonstrating that if one =
concentrates
excessively on IPI themselves, who were only interested in =91radical=92
(violent) challenges, then the potentially very considerable =
significance of
non-=91radical=92 elements might be under-emphasised.

This book has been published in Manchester University Press=92s =
excellent
=91Studies in Imperialism=92 series, and, as always, there is a short,
stimulating introduction from the general editor, John M. Mackenzie. In =
it
he makes the point, now a commonplace (not least through his own =
efforts),
that =91it is increasingly apparent that scholars should be adopting a =
=93four
nation=94 approach not only to the pasts of the British and Hibernian =
[sic]
Isles, but also to the history of the so-called British Empire=92 (p. =
ix).
Quite so, but it does prompt the reflection that while the history of
=91Britain=92 and the =91so-called British empire=92 is being =
disaggregated
nationally (and perhaps regionally and ethnically too), that of India, =
at
least as it is demonstrated in this book, is not (or not yet). There is =
not
much Pakistan, only one mention of a princely state (Hyderabad on pp =
165=966)
and nothing at all regarding Burma. It could be argued that both Ireland =
and
=91British India=92 owed their unity =96 apparently =91national=92 in =
character, and
certainly accepted as such by the nationalist movements which began to
flourish in both places in the 19th century =96 to the imposition of =
common
British imperial rule across the whole geographical territory, a rule =
which,
to a certain extent and admittedly with varying intensity, suppressed
regional, sectarian and ethnic differences. =91India=92 might be as =
=91imagined=92 a
concept as =91Ireland=92, =91Britain=92 or even =91the British =
empire=92. As with
Gandhi, there is not much Jinnah in O=92Malley=92s book, though she does =
not
miss the delicious irony of de Valera visiting India (but not Pakistan) =
on
his =91anti-partition tour=92 of 1948.

As for other parallels between Ireland and India, the idea that Ireland
might have contributed its own measure of imperialism to the British =
empire
(a suggestion to which I plead guilty in the title of my own =
contribution to
the =91Studies of Imperialism=92 series (4)), might be compared with the =
notion
that there was an =91Indian Empire=92 too, and that India might have =
contributed
in similar ways to imperial (or =91sub-imperial=92) expansion, a topic
stimulatingly explored by Robert J. Blyth.(5) And on the matter of
parallels, perhaps India is not the place at all for comparing with =
Ireland.
Remarking that =91the Burmese have often been called the =93Irish of the =
East=94=92,
D. G. Hall went on to assert not only that =91certainly sentiment weighs =
far
more with them than reason=92, but also that =91their awakening =
nationalism in
the twentieth century made them more acutely conscious than any other =
people
in the East of their long history as an independent power=92.(6) Beyond =
Hall=92s
culturally-conditioned potential national libel about alleged Irish and
Burmese over-sentimentality, there are perhaps suggestive parallels here
between the two states: each experiencing troubled relations with a =
powerful
and dominant neighbour; each securing =91home rule=92 of a sort; each =
declaring
a republic in 1948, signalling a final and definitive break from what =
had
become the =91British Commonwealth=92; and each thereafter enjoying a =
mixed
experience (politically and economically) of independent existence,
including violence arising from secessionist minorities within the =
=91national
territory=92. Now there, surely, is a productive subject for comparative
study.

June 2009

The author is happy to accept this review and does not wish to comment
further

Notes
1.As argued (for example) in my =91The road to Asia, and the Grafton =
Hotel,
Dublin: Ireland in the =93British world=94=92, Irish Historical Studies, =
36
(2008), 243=9656.Back to (1)=20
2.Richard Popplewell, Intelligence and Imperial Defence: British
Intelligence and the Defence of the Indian Empire, 1904=961924 =
(London,1995);
T. G. Fraser, =91The intrigues of the German government and the Ghadr =
Party
against British rule in India, 1914=961918=92 (PhD, University of =
London,
1974).Back to (2)=20
3.Published (posthumously) in J. A. Gallagher, The Decline, Revival and =
Fall
of the British Empire, ed. Anil Seal (Cambridge, 1982).Back to (3)=20
4.=91An Irish Empire=92? Aspects of Ireland and the British Empire, ed. =
Keith
Jeffery (Manchester, 1996).Back to (4)=20
5.Robert J. Blyth, The Empire of the Raj: India, Eastern Africa and the
Middle East, 1858=961947 (Basingstoke, 2003).Back to (5)=20
6.D. G. Hall, Burma (London, 1950), pp. 175=966.Back to (6)

William H. Mulligan, Jr., Ph.D.
Professor of History
Graduate Program Coordinator=20
Murray State University
Murray KY 42071-3341 USA=20
Office: 1-270-809-6571
Fax: 1-270-809-6587=20
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Ir-D members who follow the H-Albion list will know that there has been an
announcement there, and much sad and angry discussion about the future of
the RHS Bibliography.

There is a Press Release and more information on the web site...

http://www.history.ac.uk/partners/rhs-bibliography/faq

Extracts and information, pasted in below...

The RHS Bibliography becomes a commercial subscription service at the end of
this year.

I have not seen a separate message about the future of Irish History Online.
But we know that Irish History Online, Phase 2 (2006-9) funding comes to an
end this year.

P.O'S.

'When will the new Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH) be
available?
The new Bibliography will be launched on 1 January 2010, with institutional
trials available from October 2009. A press release about the new service is
available at http://www.history.ac.uk/news/press-releases.

Will I still be able to use the old RHS Bibliography website?
No, the old Bibliography website will go offline at the end of December
2009. After December you will be able to find out about the new BBIH on the
websites of the Institute of Historical Research (http://www.history.ac.uk)
and the Royal Historical Society (http://www.royalhistoricalsociety.org).

Why is access to the Bibliography going to change?
The Bibliography has enjoyed UK Arts and Humanities Research Council funding
for several years but this has always been directed primarily at developing
functionality rather than adding new records to make sure that the
Bibliography is up-to-date. And the particular AHRC scheme on which we were
drawing has now ended. After much thought and consultation, the Institute
of Historical Research and the Royal Historical Society have decided that
the only way to develop and enhance the Bibliography in the long term (and
therefore to ensure its continuing usefulness) is through a partnership with
an experienced commercial publisher - Brepols Publishers. As part of this
arrangement, the IHR and RHS will increase their financial commitment to the
Bibliography, but it will nonetheless entail the Bibliography becoming a
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The Journal of Co-operative Studies has begun to appear on the Ingenta web
site. The latest issue is an Ireland special, edited by Olive McCarthy and
Donal McKillop.

Olive McCarthy is based at Centre for Co-operative Studies at University
College Cork
http://www.ucc.ie/en/ccs/

P.O'S.


Journal of Co-operative Studies
Volume 42, Number 1, April 2009

Guest Editorial
pp. 3-3(1)
Authors: McCarthy, Olive; McKillop, Donal

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pp. 4-12(9)
Authors: Moroney, Aisling; Briscoe, Robert; McCarthy, Olive; O'Shaughnessy,
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Cost Performance of Irish Credit Unions
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pp. 37-46(10)
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=A0
HISTORY AND MEMORY IN FRANCE AND IN IRELAND
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In a book called Les abus de la m=E9moire published in 1992, Tzvetan =
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the
French, have grown obsessed with a new cult, the cult of memory=92. He =
pointed
out that one museum was inaugurated every day in Europe, and that a
different event was commemorated every month, while citizens were =
constantly
reminded of their =91duty to remember=92 (le devoir de m=E9moire). =
Memory is
necessary for the recovery of the past, whether it be the collective =
past of
nations and peoples, or the individual past of each human being. The
individual who is unable to overcome his sense of loss and who continues =
to
live in the past is doomed to despair, if not to madness; the community =
that
does not give up the painful reminiscence and commemoration of the past
tends to neglect the present and the future. On the other hand, the =
memory
of the past can become a principle of action for the present, and a =
source
of justice. Provided, of course, that one may rely on the veracity of
memory, and that false, or deformed, images of the past do not replace =
the
truth, either unwillingly or deliberately. One of the most famous and
controversial historians of Ireland, Roy F. Foster, examines the notion =
of a
proper balance between history and memory in a book wittingly called The
Irish Story, in which he takes issue with those who define the =
historian=92s
task as =91a duty to reinforce the self-understanding of a =91people=92, =
no matter
how it relates to the historical record=92. =A0He also sets side by side
=91historical marketing=92 with =91the industry of commemoration=92.=20
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Common to France and Ireland over the last fifteen years has been the
promotion of what French historian Pierre Nora has called =91lieux de =
m=E9moire=92
(realms of memory). Foster gives the example of the 150th anniversary of =
the
Great Famine; in France, Nora mentions the bicentenary of the French
revolution and the commemoration of May 1968. But central to the issue =
of
history and memory in France are of course the war years, Vichy, =
P=E9tain, the
Resistance and collaboration, and the War in Algeria.=20
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exclusive
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both
nations, from Balzac to Proust, from Joyce to Beckett, Friel and Heaney, =
to
mention but a few famous names. =A0=A0Evidence of the way art, history =
and
memory collide in Ireland as in France is the publication by the
afore-mentioned Irish historian Roy Foster, of a major biography of one =
of
the most eminent Irish poets of all, William B. Yeats.=20
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the
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more
general notions such as =91the writing of history=92, =
=91commemoration=92,
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memory=92, =91lieux de
m=E9moire=92, =91memoirs=92, =91autobiography=92, =91biography=92, =
=91historiography=92,
=91history and fiction=92, =91metahistory=92, =91metafictional =
historiography=92, etc.=A0=A0
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Foot and Ankle Surgery
Article in Press, Corrected Proof -
See Note to users, below

Overuse ankle injuries in professional Irish dancers

R.J. Walls MB, MRCSI, MFSEMa, , , S.A. Brennan MB, MRCSIa, P. Hodnett MB,
MRCPI, FFRb, J.M. O'Byrne MCh, FRCSI, FRCS (Tr. & Ortho.), FFSEMa, S.J.
Eustace MB, MRCPI, FFR, FRCR, FFSEMb and M.M. Stephens MSc (Bioeng), FRCSIa

aDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Cappagh National Orthopaedic Hospital,
Finglas, Dublin, Ireland

bDepartment of Radiology, Cappagh National Orthopaedic Hospital, Finglas,
Dublin, Ireland


Received 15 December 2008; revised 29 April 2009; accepted 3 May 2009.
Available online 27 June 2009.
Abstract

Background

Overuse ankle injuries have been described in elite athletes and
professional ballet dancers however the spectrum of injuries experienced by
professional Irish dancers has not been defined.

Methods

A troupe of actively performing dancers from an Irish-dance show were
recruited (eight male, ten female; mean age, 26 years). The prevalence of
overuse injuries in the right ankle was determined from magnetic resonance
imaging. Foot and ankle self-report questionnaires were also completed
(AOFAS and FAOS).

Results

Only three ankles were considered radiologically normal. Achilles
tendinopathy, usually insertional, was the most frequent observation (n =
14) followed by plantar fasciitis (n = 7), bone oedema (n = 2) and
calcaneocuboid joint degeneration (n = 2). There were limited correlations
between MRI patterns and clinical scores indicating that many conditions are
sub-clinical. Dancers with ankle pain had poor low (p = 0.004) and high (p =
0.013) level function.

Conclusions

Overuse ankle injuries are common in Irish dancers. Incorporating eccentric
exercises and plantar fascia stretching into a regular training program may
benefit this population.

Keywords: Overuse injury; Ankle; Irish dancers; Magnetic resonance imaging

Article Outline

1. Introduction
2. Methods
2.1. Patients
2.2. Radiological evaluation
2.3. Clinical evaluation
2.4. Statistical analysis
3. Results
3.1. Ankle pain
3.2. Radiographic patterns of injury
3.3. Clinical outcome measures
4. Discussion
Conflict of interest statement
References

Corresponding author at: Professorial Unit, Cappagh National Orthopaedic
Hospital, Dublin 11, Ireland. Tel.: +353 87 2963651; fax: +353 1 4419405.

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This book will interest a number of Ir-D members...

http://www.us.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/HistoryWorld/British/18thC/
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Loyalism and Radicalism in Lancashire, 1798-1815
Katrina Navickas

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Loyalism and Radicalism in Lancashire, 1798-1815 is a lively and detailed
account of popular politics in Lancashire during the later years of the
French Revolution and during the Napoleonic wars. Drawing on a wide variety
of sources, such as letters, diaries, and broadside ballads, it offers fresh
insights into the complicated dynamics between radicalism, loyalism, and
patriotism, and emphasizes Lancashire's distinctive political culture and
its place at the heart of the industrial revolution.

This region witnessed some of the most intense, disruptive, and violent
popular politics in this period and beyond. Highly active and vocal groups
emerged--extreme republicans, more moderate radicals, Luddites, early trade
unionists, and also strong networks of "Church-and-King" loyalists and
Orange lodges.

Chapter 4
Radicalism, 1798-1805
Is of special interest

Abstract:
This chapter surveys the survival of popular radicalism from 1798 to 1806.
It offers some insights into a period that are often ignored or glossed over
by historians of radicalism. It highlights how committed individuals and
isolated circles in Lancashire towns and villages kept radicalism alive
during a period of overt inactivity from 1795. It looks at a wide range of
sources, including radical newspapers, poetry, and dialect writings. It also
offers more observations on the clandestine republican cells of the United
Englishmen, and their tense relations with the United Irish and with middle
class radicals in the region.
Keywords: radicals; United Englishmen; newspapers; radical circles; United
Irishmen; dialect

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P.O'S.

Protestant abuse victims must also be heard

OPINION: Victims of Protestant prejudice and State neglect are at a
disadvantage, writes DEREK LEINSTER

YOU DON'T have to be a Catholic to be listened to as a victim of
institutional abuse, but it seems to help. That is my experience as a
Protestant victim of institutional neglect. Like all sufferers, I am a
victim of prejudice.

It was prejudice that forced my mother into the Bethany Home in Orwell Road,
Rathgar in 1941 for the "social sin" (as one cleric put it) of being
pregnant out of wedlock. To add to her burden, her gestating baby had a
Catholic father. Marriage in those circumstances was out, and so was I,
fostered out to a dysfunctional family in Wicklow where I was beaten black
and blue and (I mention it since it seems to be what Irish people are most
interested in) sexually molested.

I left school illiterate when I was 13 and Ireland when I was 18, still
unable to read or write. Some people escaped Catholic Ireland. I escaped the
equally self-contained Protestant version, from Wicklow to Wakefield, in
England.

Patsy McGarry wrote all too briefly about my call to include the Bethany
Home in the Irish State's redress scheme, but a lot about abuse being
something peculiarly Irish and Catholic (Irish Times, June 20th). I can
assure him that just being Irish was reason enough. That and being poor was
often sufficient...

...Derek Leinster became a trade union official and accomplished amateur
boxer in England. He is now retired. Hannah's Shame, and a companion volume,
Destiny Unknown, are available via his website, www.derekleinster.com

Full text at...

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/opinion/2009/0701/1224249837505.html