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Synge's papers are in Trinity College Dublin and I believe they have some of
his Aran ISland photographs; I've seen reproductions in a printed
catalogue. If you got in touch with the TCD Library they might be able to
help you further and point you int he direction of further publications.
Best wishes,
Patrick

On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 8:34 PM, Joseph Lennon
wrote:

> A slightly related note: Steven Speilburg was just out in the Aran
> Islands,
> scouting a film perhaps. Pictures of Aran continue to resonate apparently.
>
> Best
> Joseph Lennon
>
>
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> Behalf
> Of Maria McGarrity
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> Dear Michael,
>
> I'd recommend you look at "Visible Others: Photography and Romantic
> Ethnograhy in Ireland" by Justin Carville. The essay, an analysis of The
> Aran Islands as a visual/photographic text, appears in the collection I
> co-edited with Claire Culleton, Irish Modernism and the Global Primitive
> (Palgrave, 2009). His bibliography might also point your colleague in some
> useful directions.
>
> Best regards,
> Maria McGarrity
> LIU Brooklyn
>
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>
>
>
> Dear Friends,
>
> One of my new colleagues here at FIU is working on JM Synge. He told me
> that
> he recently came across a book, published by Synge's family, the prints
> photos taken by Synge on the Aran Islands and in Wicklow. The book is
> titled, My Wallet of Photos.
>
> I had never heard of Synge's interest in photography (though admittedly one
> could fill a warehouse with things of which I had never heard). I would be
> very grateful if someone on the list could point my colleague and I in the
> direction of more information on Synge the photographer.
>
> All the best,
> Michael
>
> Michael Patrick Gillespie
> Professor of English
> Florida International University
>

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From: patrick Maume
Synge's papers are in Trinity College Dublin and I believe they ha=
ve some of his Aran ISland photographs; I've seen reproductions in a pr=
inted catalogue.=A0 If you got=A0in touch with the TCD Library they might b=
e able to help you further and point you int he direction of further public=
ations.

=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Best wishes,
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Patrick=A0
On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 8:34 PM, Joseph Lennon <joseph.=
lennon[at]manhattan.edu> wrote:
A slightly related note: =A0Stev=
en Speilburg was just out in the Aran Islands,scouting a film perhaps. =
=A0Pictures of Aran continue to resonate apparently.
BestJoseph Lennon


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JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On BehalfOf Maria McGarritySent: Monday, August=
10, 2009 9:04 PM
To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UKSubje=
ct: Re: [IR-D] Synge the PhotographerDear Michael,I'd r=
ecommend you look at "Visible Others: Photography and RomanticEthn=
ograhy in Ireland" by Justin Carville. =A0The essay, an analysis of Th=
e
Aran Islands as a visual/photographic text, appears in the collection I=
co-edited with Claire Culleton, Irish Modernism and the Global Primitive(Palgrave, 2009). =A0His bibliography might also point your colleague in s=
ome
useful directions.Best regards,Maria McGarrityLIU Brooklyn________________________________From: The Irish Diaspora Stu=
dies List on behalf of Michael GillespieSent: Mon 8/10/2009 14:19
To: IR-D[at]jiscmail.ac.ukSubje=
ct: [IR-D] Synge the PhotographerDear Friends,One o=
f my new colleagues here at FIU is working on JM Synge. He told me that
he recently came across a book, published by Synge's family, the prints=
photos taken by Synge on the Aran Islands and in Wicklow. The book istitled, My Wallet of Photos.I had never heard of Synge's inte=
rest in photography (though admittedly one
could fill a warehouse with things of which I had never heard). I would bevery grateful if someone on the list could point my colleague and I in t=
hedirection of more information on Synge the photographer.All t=
he best,
MichaelMichael Patrick GillespieProfessor of EnglishFlorida=
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A very interesting piece and one which seems sure to draw a
counter-blast from certain other voices in Irish America! I don't think
it's too difficult to work out who the main targets are here..

Piaras

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/opinion/2009/0808/1224252235105.html

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Dear Friends,

I was going to write to Tom privately to congratulate him on the accuracy o=
f his post, but it occurred to me that it would be better to share my views=
with all. Although some may disagree with Tom's tone, I think it will be d=
ifficult to refute his central points, save perhaps one. Tom and many of yo=
u have a better sense of history than I do, but I do think that the Irish, =
and indeed most of the world, expressed a great deal of support and sympath=
y for America in the days immediately following 9/11. That being said, over=
the past decade the Irish, and indeed most of the world, have felt a licen=
se to offer meticulous and detailed criticism not simply of American politi=
cs but of almost every aspect American life. (For those visiting Ireland, t=
he lecture on the flaws of America begins with the cab ride from Dublin air=
port and continues through a great many social exchanges while one is there=
, often conducted by individuals happy to accept American eccentricities wh=
en it comes to over-tipping while vociferously critiquing our other cultura=
l foibles. When in Ireland, I cannot escape feeling that we Americans are =
regarded by many as the slow-witted distant relatives who have through shee=
r luck stumbled into over-generous material circumstances.

There is much in America worthy of criticism, and the Irish and any other g=
roup have every right to express it. But as Tom has intimated, as great a p=
roportion of Americans of Irish descent have feelings as mixed for Ireland =
as do the Irish of whom Tom speaks. My mother's father left Achill in 1910.=
When he was dying in 1975, I asked him why he never returned. He said: "Mi=
chael, they wouldn't feed me while I was there, and I was Goddamned if I wa=
s going back to feed them later."

Michael =20

Michael Patrick Gillespie
Professor of English
Florida International University


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Niall Stanage's piece on IrishTimes.com strikes me as reasonably accurate.
There is no organized Irish political bloc in the U.S., although in local
politics in some communities a sense of identification as Irish-Americans
may play a (very) minor role. Enough residual Irish identification exists
so that temporary concern and engagement is possible when Irish issues are
front and center -- as they were during the worst of the Troubles. Likewise=
,
a small band of politicians with Irish heritage and Irish sympathies have a
fair amount of power, but most of them are of advanced age and, in the case
of Ted Kennedy, seriously ill. =20

What strikes me as almost humorous is any Irish expectation of a "special
relationship" after the recent decade. As soon as the Irish got a taste of
prosperity, they were in an enormous rush to forget their American ties and
to prove how "European" they are. The reaction was predictable. Poor
relations like to forget former dependency, and systematic EU investment
rather than ad hoc U.S. contributions or American remittances proved to be
the key to Irish development. Now, however, the economy of Mother Ireland
is spinning in the flusher even faster than that of the U.S., and the
traditional forelock tugging shows signs of resuming. Don't be surprised i=
f
Americans are not quick to respond.

Relations between the U.S. and Europe (including Ireland but not so much th=
e
UK) soured after 9-11, which initially generated sympathy for America on a
par with that in reaction to the death of Michael Jackson.* Much of the
problem was rooted in the unilateral nature of America's subsequent actions=
,
although Europe's own one-sided experience with the meaning of "collective
security" since World War II (i.e., let Uncle Sam bear the costs and we'll
pretend) possibly played a role. The Irish, of course, were unusually
visible among the disaffected. That's fine, but even if the Irish were
correct in their global views, they have to expect to pay a price. Althoug=
h
Irish in America range politically from the far left to the far right, ther=
e
are still a lot of them who have old-fashioned ideas of patriotism and
public service. The funerals in NYC after 9-11 recalled an age of Irish
presence in America much different from our own. The families involved wer=
e
the kind of people who formerly provided the substance of the special
relationship. Does anyone think that Congressman Peter King, who represent=
s
their world view, really cares as much about the fate of the Irish and of
Irish immigrants as he once did? Much farther to the right than King, John
Bolton wrote in the Wall Street Journal today to denounce President Obama's
decision to award the "Medal of Freedom" to Mary Robinson, whom the former
U.S. ambassador to the U.N. denounced as anti-American.

The U.S. remains a politically divided nation. President Obama won in 2008
with an impressive majority in the Electoral College, but his share of the
popular vote was only 53% (Bush had 51% four years earlier). The president
retains a high level of personal popularity, and the Republicans are still
stumbling. Nevertheless, despite the Democrats' great advantages in
Congress, the president's legislative program has not gone forward smoothly
and what will happen with the economy is still up for grabs. Afghanistan
could become Obama's Iraq; he now has the option to win the war or lose it.
Either outcome will cost him politically. Therefore, assumptions that the
United States has permanently changed course may be premature. =20

The immigration issue offers a grand insight into Irish ignorance about the
U.S. In light of all the chiding that Europeans, including the Irish, give
the U.S. about racism and xenophobia, the idea that the Americans will
handle Irish immigrants, especially undocumented ones, with a wink and a no=
d
is ludicrous. The Irish might constitute as many as 50,000 of the 11.5
million undocumented immigrants in the U.S. That's less than one-half of
one percent. They don't count. The vast majority of the undocumented are
either non-white or, in the case of Hispanics, may be considered non-white
or "another kind of white." What sane -- or just -- American politician is
going to suggest at this point special treatment for Europeans? What
holier-than-thou Irish person will have the nerve to ask for it?

*The allusion to Michael Jackson was sparked partly by a Hispanic
journalist's remark in the L.A. Times criticizing the hoopla over MJ's
passing. He suggested that Jackson's planned comeback would have been so
likely to fail that his chances for a second career would have been better
if he had opted to become an Irish priest. To an unfortunate extent, that'=
s
more typical of the American outlook on Ireland these days than is any idea
of a special relationship.

Tom

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A very interesting piece and one which seems sure to draw a
counter-blast from certain other voices in Irish America! I don't think
it's too difficult to work out who the main targets are here..

Piaras
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/opinion/2009/0808/1224252235105.html

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In addition to studies already mentioned the photographs are discussed by
Tim Robinson in his Introduction to the Penguin edition of The Aran Islands
By John Millington Synge.

You can find some of the photographs on the web - eg
http://www.aran-isles.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-search.fcgi?IncludeBlogs=1&tag=john%
20Millington%20Synge&limit=20

http://www.siamsagallery.ie/exhibition-of-forgotten-photography-marks-the-ce
ntenary-of-synge's-death/

Tim Robinson notes that Jack Yeats' illustrations for the first edition were
based on Synge's photographs.

And see
http://www.irishartsreview.com/html/vol26_no2/diary_vol26_01/jul09/diary_jul
09text.htm

See also
Burke, Anne. "Intersections on the Aran Islands: Integrating photographic
practice and historical enquiry." Journal of Media Practice 9, no. 2 (2008)

I have a copy of
Synge, J. M., and Lilo Stephens. My wallet of photographs. Dolmen editions.
Vol. 13. Dublin: Dolmen Press, ii-xvi [55] p. illus., ports.

There is an article about the book by Justin Carville in Irish Journal of
Anthropology, 10, 1, 2007 pp 5-11.

Paddy


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Of Michael Gillespie
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Subject: [IR-D] Synge the Photographer

Dear Friends,

One of my new colleagues here at FIU is working on JM Synge. He told me that
he recently came across a book, published by Synge's family, the prints
photos taken by Synge on the Aran Islands and in Wicklow. The book is
titled, My Wallet of Photos.

I had never heard of Synge's interest in photography (though admittedly one
could fill a warehouse with things of which I had never heard). I would be
very grateful if someone on the list could point my colleague and I in the
direction of more information on Synge the photographer.

All the best,
Michael

Michael Patrick Gillespie
Professor of English
Florida International University

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IRISH GEOGRAPHY
VOL 42; NUMBER 2; 2009
ISSN 0075-0778

pp. 225-243
The transformation of inner Dublin: exploring new residential populations
within the inner city.
Howley, P.; Clifford, B.

pp. 245-252
Reflections on the science and artof using a GIS to locate a new national
children's hospital in Ireland.
Houghton, F.

pp. 253-255
Segregation and territoriality: comments on Waterman.
Storey, D.

pp. 257-260
Book reviews.
Storey, D.; Sage, C.

pp. 125-144
The Irish question and the question of drunkenness: Catholic loyalty in
nineteenth-century Liverpool.
Beckingham, D.

pp. 145-164
Immigration, integration and risks of social exclusion: the social policy
case for disaggregated data in the Republic of Ireland.
O'Boyle, N.; Fanning, B.

pp. 165-183
Geographic information in eLocal government: evaluating online mapping
applications in Irish local authorities.
de Roiste, M.

pp. 185-205
Limits to FDI-driven growth in Ireland: a newspaper content analysis for
investment, upgrading and divestment.
Horner, R.; Aoyama, Y.

pp. 207-223
Spatial distribution of urban land-use change in the Dublin city-region:
1990-2006.
McInerney, D.; Walsh, C.

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The English Historical Review
The English Historical Review 2009 CXXIV(508):732-733;

Certain Other Countries: Homicide, Gender, and National Identity in Late
Nineteenth-Century England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales

Melissa Fegan
University of Chester

Certain Other Countries: Homicide, Gender, and National Identity in Late
Nineteenth-Century England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales, by Carolyn A.
Conley (Columbus, OH: Ohio State U.P., 2007; pp. 255. $49.95; CD $9.95).

EXTRACT
Based on more than 7,000 homicide reports, nearly 6,000 homicide trials and
articles in national and local newspapers, Carolyn Conley's volume provides
a fascinating sidelight on attitudes to race, gender, class and insanity in
the four nations of the United Kingdom between 1867 and 1892. The countries
may have been united politically, but crime and punishment were locally
determined: Irish juries were reluctant to convict in cases related to land
or politics, partly because the Home Office was least likely to commute
Irish death sentences; English juries were tolerant if the killer had been
delivering a 'justifiable chastisement' to a child, wife or subordinate, but
particularly stern if the killer was a jealous lover; the Scots were tough
on those who killed while poaching; Welsh-speaking juries often delivered
verdicts that seemed at odds with the evidence or the judge's direction,
perhaps because they could not understand them-much of the evidence and
direction being given in English. As Conley notes: 'The same factors that
might make execution more likely in one nation might be considered
mitigation in another' (p. 36). Attitudes to drink were notably local: in
Ireland killers who were drunk served shorter sentences and were less likely
to be executed; English juries were more likely to convict a drunk killer
(though sober killers were more likely to be convicted of murder) and the
Home Office was more likely to allow an execution to proceed if the killer
had been drunk; in abstemious Scotland, drunk killers were seven times more
likely to hang than sober ones.

Certain crimes were associated with other nations: kicking was regarded as a
perniciously Irish action by the Scots and English, so while deaths by
beating were considered the unfortunate outcome of a 'fair fight' and were
less likely to lead to a murder conviction, if the killer had kicked he was
more likely to be convicted of murder, and his sentence was much harsher.
Homicides in Ireland were included in the Outrage papers prepared for the
chief secretary, implying that murder there was almost always a political
action-despite the fact that the rate of reported homicides in Ireland was
lower than that in England for most of the period. The Scots blamed Irish
immigrants for much of the crime and violence in the United Kingdom, while
the Welsh were equally convinced that English and Scots immigrants were to
blame. Guns and knives were associated with Americans, crimes of passion
with Europeans, and foreigners were generally more likely to be convicted
and executed. However, being foreign could also work in one's favour; in
1879 a judge reduced a sentence from fifteen to ten years because the use of
the knife by 'a man of colour' was 'somewhat more excusable than it would
have been had he been a white man' (p. 59).
EXTRACT ENDS

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Note that this article has not yet been assigned a place in the paper
version of the journal.

The article will interest a number of Ir-D members, and is a useful summary
of debates and observations we have touched on in the past. I am pleased to
see Paddy Hillyard's perceptions developed in this way - and one way in
which the article is useful is in its outline of challenges to Hillyard, eg
Greer, and in its use of developments since those times, eg Hickman.

Paddy Hillyard himself is thanked for helpful comments on an earlier dfraft.

P.O'S.


British Journal of Criminology Advance Access published online on June 22,
2009
British Journal of Criminology, doi:10.1093/bjc/azp031

From The 'Old' to the 'New' Suspect Community

Examining the Impacts of Recent UK Counter-Terrorist Legislation

Christina Pantazis* and Simon Pemberton
* Centre for the Study of Poverty and Social Justice, School for Policy
Studies, University of Bristol, 8 Priory Road, Clifton, Bristol BS8 ITZ, UK;
C.Pantazis[at]bristol.ac.uk.

The 'war on terror' has emerged as the principal conflict of our time, where
'Islamic fanaticism' is identified as the greatest threat to Western liberal
democracies. Within the United Kingdom, and beyond, this political discourse
has designated Muslims as the new 'enemy within'-justifying the introduction
of counter-terrorist legislation and facilitating the construction of
Muslims as a 'suspect community'. In this paper, we develop Hillyard's
(1993) notion of the 'suspect community' and evidence how Muslims have
replaced the Irish as the main focus of the government's security agenda
whilst also recognizing that some groups have been specifically targeted for
state surveillance. We conclude that the categorization of Muslims as
suspect may be serving to undermine national security rather than enhance
it.

Key Words: 'war on terror' . counter-terrorism . policing . Muslims .
suspect community

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Bill Mulligan has kindly continued to act as moderator to the Irish Diaspora
list, as I recover from my epic holiday...

As Ir-D members will be aware we have a number of traps and catchers in
place around the web, trying to become aware of research material of
interest to Irish Diaspora Studies.

The turn of the month - when most of these things are activated - occurred
whilst I was away.

I now see, in our nearby traps, well nearly 100 new items that might merit
consideration by the Irish Diaspora list.

This is without looking at the traps in the outlying fields - the total
could easily reach 200.

It is partly a matter of better traps, and more visibility. For example,
more and more scholarly journals and publishers are plugged into systems
like Informaworld. Articles in forthcoming issues of journals are much more
visible, or articles not yet assigned a place in the paper versions.

But also there is a clear trend whereby scholars inside Ireland are making
determined bids to publish more - within their specific discipline and
within that discipline's journals, but using Ireland or the Irish as subject
matter.

This, I guess, might be relevant to Irish Diaspora Studies - in that we are
looking at how Ireland is seen and understood in the world.

I was cheerfully working my way down the lists of items, until I realised
how long they were. I am not sure now that this is the right way to go
forward. Does the Irish Diaspora list really want 100 research items
suddenly brought to its collective attention? Am I going to have to be more
selective in what I let go through to the list?

Time for thought. And comment?

Paddy

PS By the way, no virtual creature is harmed by our traps - they are simply
tagged and released.


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Dear Paddy
I think most colleagues would prefer not to receive 100 alerts at once...es=
pecially during August. I would be happy for you to filter them in terms of=
their significance and/or send them out by batch under specific categories=
(eg urban geogoraphy; history; literature; gender etc) - but this option w=
ould involve more work. Not to be recommended when we have a little sunshin=
e to enjoy.

all best
Joan
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Subject: [IR-D] Pause for Thought

Email Patrick O'Sullivan

Bill Mulligan has kindly continued to act as moderator to the Irish Diaspor=
a
list, as I recover from my epic holiday...

As Ir-D members will be aware we have a number of traps and catchers in
place around the web, trying to become aware of research material of
interest to Irish Diaspora Studies.

The turn of the month - when most of these things are activated - occurred
whilst I was away.

I now see, in our nearby traps, well nearly 100 new items that might merit
consideration by the Irish Diaspora list.

This is without looking at the traps in the outlying fields - the total
could easily reach 200.

It is partly a matter of better traps, and more visibility. For example,
more and more scholarly journals and publishers are plugged into systems
like Informaworld. Articles in forthcoming issues of journals are much mor=
e
visible, or articles not yet assigned a place in the paper versions.

But also there is a clear trend whereby scholars inside Ireland are making
determined bids to publish more - within their specific discipline and
within that discipline's journals, but using Ireland or the Irish as subjec=
t
matter.

This, I guess, might be relevant to Irish Diaspora Studies - in that we are
looking at how Ireland is seen and understood in the world.

I was cheerfully working my way down the lists of items, until I realised
how long they were. I am not sure now that this is the right way to go
forward. Does the Irish Diaspora list really want 100 research items
suddenly brought to its collective attention? Am I going to have to be mor=
e
selective in what I let go through to the list?

Time for thought. And comment?

Paddy

PS By the way, no virtual creature is harmed by our traps - they are simply
tagged and released.


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Subject: Article,
The Gulen Movement in Ireland: Civil Society Engagements of a
Turkish Religio-cultural Movement
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The Gulen Movement in Ireland: Civil Society Engagements of a Turkish
Religio-cultural Movement
Author: Lacey, Jonathan1
Source: Turkish Studies, Volume 10, Number 2, June 2009 , pp. 295-315(21)
Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group

Abstract:
In recent years there has been a growing interest among sociologists
regarding the transnational engagements of migrant communities and
organizations. This paper contributes to this body of knowledge by focusing
on a Turkish religio-cultural society in Ireland, namely the Turkish Irish
Educational and Cultural Society (TIECS). This society is affiliated with
the Turkey-based transnational Gulen movement. Drawing on ethnography and
qualitative interviews conducted with members of TIECS, the study examines
their contribution to the discourse on Islam and integration in Ireland and
shows how they exploit global opportunity spaces in order to expand the
Gulen movement's presence in Europe.
Document Type: Research article

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The Irish American myth of the frontier West
By Marguerite Quintelli-Neary

This is the first research monograph to study the interstices between native
Irish folklore and the emerging myth of the American West during the last
frontier period (1860 1890). It begins with by tracing the role of Irish
pioneers and their contributions to the westward migration and then examines
the many parallel developments between the myths of Ireland and those that
would come to define the American West. Dr Quintelli-Neary ,for instance,
discusses the adoption of traditional Irish music for Custer s 7th Cavalry (
the Garry Owen ) as well as the Texas Rangers ; this reaffirms not only the
presence of the Irish but validates an incorporation of their culture in a
blending western population.

By examining the trends of American western mythology through the exploits
of four major icons who are Irish by origin, association or appropriation
the author demonstrates how their adventures serve to enrich a mythology
that Americanizes them, while retaining such traditional Celtic features as
a cattle raid, the elopement and pursuit motif, the formation of vigilance
groups and the establishment of non traditional roles for female heroes.

A study of the historical lives of Billy the Kid, Calamity Jane, Belle Starr
and Jesse James as filtered through the generous imaginings of pseudo
biographers, journalists, pulp fiction writers demonstrates how little
factual history is retained in the American consciousness while the
mythology is strengthened and enlarged by images perpetuated through fiction
and film.

Finally, the final loop of retooled mythology makes its way back to Ireland
where it is accepted in popular culture (music, fiction, film and dress) and
takes on the form of championing self government, liberty, opportunity, and
an idyllic agrarian culture.

Contents:
1. Establishing Boundaries
2. At Home on the Range: Fionn MacCumhaill and Billy the Kid
3. Calamitous Persona: Martha Jane Cannary s Role in the Irish American
Frontier
4. The Original Starr Wars, or Tales of a Southern Belle and a Bandit
Queen
5. The Irishness of Jesse James 6.Enabling the Myth

IRISH RESEARCH SERIES ,No.54

About the Author
Marguerite Quintelli-Neary is on the faculty of Winthrop University. She
holds a PhD from Delaware University. She is a specialist in American
Frontier history and Irish folklore and cultural mythology.

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Subject: Article, Points Critical: Russia, Ireland,
and Science at the Boundary
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Osiris, 24:99=E2=80=93119, 2009
=C2=A9 2009 by The History of Science Society. All rights reserved

Points Critical: Russia, Ireland, and Science at the Boundary
Michael D. Gordin*

Abstract
This essay compares the way in which Russia and Ireland have defined =
themselves since the mid=E2=80=90nineteenth century as scientific =
nations (or not) by following the careers of D. I. Mendeleev =
(1834=E2=80=931907) and Thomas Andrews (1813=E2=80=9385), both of whom =
were involved in the discovery of the =E2=80=9Ccritical point=E2=80=9D =
boundary between liquids and gases. Mendeleev and Andrews deployed their =
critical=E2=80=90point research in a similar fashion to integrate =
science into the national identity for their respective countries, a =
strategy that proved far more successful for Mendeleev than for Andrews.

*Department of History, Princeton University, 136 Dickinson Hall, =
Princeton, NJ 08544; mgordin[at]princeton.edu.

This paper has benefited enormously from comments by participants at the =
conference Science, Technology, and National Identity, held at the =
University of South Carolina, September 20=E2=80=9322, 2007, especially =
the suggestions by Ann Johnson, Carol Harrison, and Alfred Nordmann, as =
well as the perceptive observations by the three Osiris reviewers. Peter =
Brown=E2=80=99s comments on the Anglo=E2=80=90Irish have also proven =
most helpful.

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Virile Turks and Maiden Ireland: Gender and National Identity in
Early Modern English Travel Literature
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Virile Turks and Maiden Ireland: Gender and National Identity in Early
Modern English Travel Literature
Author: Suranyi, Anna1

Source: Gender & History, Volume 21, Number 2, August 2009 , pp. 241-262(22)
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing

Abstract:
This article examines the role of gender in depictions of national identity
in early modern English travel literature. I show that human sexual
relationships were believed to be echoed in relations between territories,
which were often represented as masculine or feminine. Travellers used
metaphors representing marriage, seduction and rape to describe geopolitical
relationships, including colonialism, tribute payments and rebellion.
Representations of Ireland and the Irish, and the Ottoman Empire and the
Turks are among the most revealing. I argue that such metaphors were
especially favoured by travel writers because gender was believed to be
inherently mutable, thus providing a variety of easily understood and
mutually accepted narratives to describe international political
relationships.

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Subject: Article, The Maritime Border Areas of Ireland, North and South
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The Maritime Border Areas of Ireland, North and South: An Assessment of
Present Jurisdictional Ambiguities and International Precedents Relating to
Delimitation of 'Border Bays'

Author: Symmons, Clive R.1

Source: The International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law, Volume 24,
Number 3, 2009 , pp. 457-500(44)
Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, an imprint of Brill

Abstract:
Since the time of Partition of the island of Ireland in the 1920s, there
have, for good political reasons (such as particularly the pre-Belfast
Agreement Irish claim to all the territorial waters around Northern
Ireland), been no agreed international maritime boundaries between either
jurisdiction North or South: either in the two border bays lying to the
north-west and north-east of the land boundary (Lough Foyle and Carlingford
Lough, respectively) or in regard to the lateral boundaries extending
further seawards from these loughs. Nor have any official closing lines been
agreed to indicate that the two border bays contain internal waters. The
past lack of maritime boundaries has been mitigated in the more recent past
by the unique cross-border jurisdiction relating to fisheries in Lough Foyle
from 1952, as now extended under the Belfast Agreement to Carlingford Lough,
through the enhanced joint regime administered through the Loughs Agency
(part of a North-South body). However, for other jurisdictional purposes,
such as criminal law enforcement, security, and planning aspects for marine
uses such as windfarming, the lack of territorial sea/internal waters
boundaries has led to Anglo-Irish problems and jurisdictional vacuums. This
article looks at the past and present of such jurisdictional
problems-including those relating to the new Loughs Agency-in the light of
border bay precedents elsewhere in the world, and suggests maritime boundary
solutions which might be mutually adopted
Keywords: BORDER BAYS; DELIMITATION; BORDER BAYS AND IRELAND

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The Curse of Cromwell: Warrington's Statue of Oliver Cromwell
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There is also Bradford's statue of Cromwell, on the town hall of 1873

http://www.olivercromwell.org/exhibition/ex10.htm

http://www.bradford.gov.uk/leisure_and_culture/hobbies_and_interests/history
_of_city_hall.htm

P.O'S.

The Curse of Cromwell: Warrington's Statue of Oliver Cromwell

Authors: Cunniffe, Steve1; Wyke, Terry1

Source: Northern History, Volume 46, Number 2, September 2009 , pp.
245-259(15)

Publisher: Maney Publishing

Abstract:
The revision of the historical reputation of Oliver Cromwell in the
Victorian period associated with writers such as Thomas Carlyle was
expressed in many forms, in histories and biographies, novels, public
lectures, magazine articles, and also in the erection of outdoor public
statues. Two Cromwell statues were erected in the North of England,
Manchester in 1875 and Warrington in 1899. This article traces the history
and responses to the installation of the statue of Cromwell, sculpted by
John Bell, in Warrington. The gift of a prominent local Liberal businessman,
the statue exposed divisions within the community, reinforcing the view that
the reassessment of Cromwell's status and place in the making of modern
Britain was far from settled. Opposition to the scheme was especially
evident within the town's substantial Irish community.

Articles that cite this article?

Keywords: OLIVER CROMWELL; WARRINGTON; THOMAS CARLYLE; PUBLIC MONUMENTS;
IRISH; VICTORIAN LIBERALISM

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1179/174587009X452422

Affiliations: 1: University of Manchester and Manchester Metropolitan
University

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How smoke-free laws improve air quality: A global study of Irish
pubs
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I have looked at this article and find it baffling... The 'Irish' pubs -
carefully defined - are scattered over many different countries. What is
being measured here other than local anti-smoking laws and efficacy of
enforcement?

P.O'S.

Nicotine & Tobacco Research Advance Access originally published online on
April 20, 2009
Nicotine & Tobacco Research 2009 11(6):600-605; doi:10.1093/ntr/ntp038

How smoke-free laws improve air quality: A global study of Irish pubs

Gregory N. Connolly, Carrie M. Carpenter, Mark J. Travers, K. Michael
Cummings, Andrew Hyland, Maurice Mulcahy and Luke Clancy
Gregory N. Connolly, D.M.D., M.P.H., Division of Public Health Practice,
Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
Carrie Murray Carpenter, Ph.D., M.S., Harvard School of Public Health,
Boston, MA
Mark J. Travers, Ph.D., M.S., Division of Public Health Practice, Department
of Health Behavior, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY
K. Michael Cummings, Ph.D., M.P.H., Department of Health Behavior, Roswell
Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY
Andrew Hyland, Ph.D., Department of Health Behavior, Roswell Park Cancer
Institute, Buffalo, NY
Maurice Mulcahy, M.Sc., Environmental Health Department, Health Service
Executive-West, Galway, Ireland
Luke Clancy, B.Sc., M.D., F.R.C.P.I., Research Institute for a Tobacco Free
Society, Dublin, Ireland

Corresponding Author: Gregory N. Connolly, D.M.D., M.P.H., Division of
Public Health Practice, Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Ave,
Landmark Center, 3rd Floor East, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Telephone:
617-496-0863; Fax: 617-495-8543; E-mail: gconnoll[at]hsph.harvard.edu


Abstract
Introduction: The present study examined indoor air quality in a global
sample of smoke-free and smoking-permitted Irish pubs. We hypothesized that
levels of respirable suspended particles, an important marker of secondhand
smoke, would be significantly lower in smoke-free Irish pubs than in pubs
that allowed smoking.

Methods: Indoor air quality was assessed in 128 Irish pubs in 15 countries
between 21 January 2004 and 10 March 2006. Air quality was evaluated using
an aerosol monitor, which measures the level of fine particle (PM2.5)
pollution in the air. A standard measurement protocol was used by data
collectors across study sites.

Results: Overall, the level of air pollution inside smoke-free Irish pubs
was 93% lower than the level found in pubs where smoking was permitted.

Discussion: Levels of indoor air pollution can be massively reduced by
enacting and enforcing smoke-free policies.

Received: January 31, 2008; Accepted: September 24, 2008

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Subject: Article,
An Empirical Assessment of Whiteness Theory: Hidden from How Many?
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Starts with a useful survey of 'whiteness studies' so far. And, in the =
end,
by and large, finds support for 'the central insights of whiteness
studies...'

P.O'S.

Abstract
Social Problems
August 2009, Vol. 56, No. 3, Pages 403=96424 , DOI =
10.1525/sp.2009.56.3.403
Posted online on July 21, 2009.
(doi:10.1525/sp.2009.56.3.403)

An Empirical Assessment of Whiteness Theory: Hidden from How Many?
Douglas Hartmann=9D
University of Minnesota
Joseph Gerteis=9D
University of Minnesota
Paul R. Croll=9D
Augustana College


This paper employs data from a recent national survey to offer an =
empirical
assessment of core theoretical tenets of whiteness studies. Using survey
items developed explicitly for this purpose, we analyze three specific
propositions relating to whites' awareness and conception of their own
racial status: the invisibility of white identity; the understanding (or
lack thereof) of racial privileges; and adherence to individualistic,
color-blind ideals. Consistent with whiteness theories, we find that =
white
Americans are less aware of privilege than individuals from racial =
minority
groups and consistently adopt color-blind, individualist ideologies.
However, we also find that whites are both more connected to white =
identity
and culture as well as more aware of the advantages of their race than =
many
theoretical discussions suggest. We then combine these results to =
estimate
that 15 percent of white Americans exhibit what we call "categorical
whiteness," a consistent and uniform adherence to the theoretical tenets
that are the focus of this body of theory. We conclude by suggesting =
that
these findings provide the basis for a more nuanced, contextualized
understanding of whiteness as a social phenomenon.

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Institutions and Governance: Saving the Lisbon Treaty - An Irish
Solution to a European Problem
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From
Journal of Common Market Studies
Volume 47 Issue s1 , Pages 1 - 294 (September 2009)
Special Issue: The JCMS Annual Review of the European Union in 2008

Institutions and Governance: Saving the Lisbon Treaty - An Irish Solution to
a European Problem

Author: DINAN, DESMOND1
Source: Journal of Common Market Studies, Volume 47, Supplement 1, September
2009 , pp. 113-132(20)
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing

EXTRACT
The result of the June 2008 Irish referendum on the ratification of the
Lisbon Treaty - 53.4 per cent against; 46.6 per cent in favour; with a
turnout of 53.4 per cent - was another stunning rebuke of the European
Union, comparable to the French and Dutch rejections of the Constitutional
Treaty in 2005. Ireland's rejection of the Nice Treaty in June 2001 was a
harbinger of the Lisbon result. In the event, not only did many more people
vote in 2008 than in 2001, but also many more voted against the Lisbon
Treaty than had voted against the Nice Treaty seven years earlier (the 'no'
vote was 28 per cent larger). The outcome of the 2008 referendum could not
be dismissed by claiming a low turnout or voter apathy. Instead, the result
was additional, unambiguous evidence of deep-rooted dissatisfaction with the
EU in Ireland and beyond. If nothing else, it confirmed the wisdom of not
holding referendums in other Member States as part of the treaty
ratification process...

...Member States tend to view us now only through the prism of the Lisbon
Treaty' (Oireachtas, 2008, pp. 23-4). According to Noel Dorr, a former
Secretary General of the Department of Foreign Affairs, 'What we did has
greatly weakened our influence among Member States. This matters because [.
. .] influence and the ability to build alliances and coalitions within the
Council have been the key to our success in the Union' (Oireachtas, 2008, p.
33). Bobby McDonagh, Ireland's Permanent Representative in Brussels,
lamented that '[u]ntil earlier this year, people [thought] of Ireland as a
small constructive country which has been helpful to them and so they wished
only to be helpful to us. Now, without any ill-will, when they see us they
think of Lisbon' (Oireachtas, 2008, p. 24).

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Subject: Article, Contesting the Irish Countryside: Rural Sentiment,
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The Environmental Movement in Ireland
Publisher Springer Netherlands
Copyright 2008
ISBN 978-1-4020-6811-9 (Print) 978-1-4020-6812-6 (Online)

Contesting the Irish Countryside: Rural Sentiment, Public Space, and
Identity
Author: Leonard, Liam
Source: Nature and Culture, Volume 4, Number 2, Summer 2009 , pp.
123-137(15)
Publisher: Berghahn Journals

Abstract:
This article examines the nature and trajectory of various conservationist
campaigns in Ireland that have focused on the integrity of the landscape and
the protection of public space. "Issue histories" of disputes over Ireland's
natural and built heritage such as protests at the historic Viking site at
Woodquay in Dublin and at the ancient site of the High Kings at Tara are
used to show how conservation advocacy is part of a much wider movement that
contests dominant notions of development. This paper conceptualizes "rural
sentiment" as a reflexive form of conservation, which has shaped many
heritage campaigns in a changing Ireland where rapid economic growth and
unchecked property development have threatened the integrity of many rural
and urban environments.

Keywords: COMMUNITY; CONSERVATION MOVEMENTS; HERITAGE; MOBILIZATION
Document Type: Research article