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“800 Years We Have Been Down”: Rebel Songs And The Retrospective Reach Of The Irish Republican Narrative, Seán Ó Cadhla

Articles

From the glamorous, cross-dressing “Rebel, Rebel” of David Bowie, to the righteous Trenchtown “Soul Rebel” of Bob Marley and The Wailers, both varied and various musical articulations of cultural and socio-political rebellion have long enjoyed a ubiquitous presence across multiple soundscapes. As a musicological delineator in Ireland, however, ‘rebel’ conveys a specifically political dynamic due to its consistent deployment as an all-encompassing descriptor for songs detailing events and personalities from the Irish national struggle. This paper sets out to examine the specific musical delineator of “rebel song” from both musicological and politico-ideological perspectives with a view to interrogating its appropriateness …

From The Dark Margins To The Spotlight: The Evolution Of Gastronomy And Food Studies In Ireland, Máirtín Mac Con Iomaire

Books/Book Chapters

For many years, food was seen as too quotidian and belonging to the domestic sphere, and therefore to women, which excluded it from any serious study or consideration in academia. This chapter tracks the evolution of gastronomy and food studies in Ireland. It charts the development of gastronomy as a cultural field, originally in France, to its emergence as an academic discipline with a particular Irish inflection. It details the progress that food history and culinary education have made in Ireland, suggesting that a new liberal / vocational model of culinary education, which commenced in 1999, has helped transform the …

Imaging The Great Irish Famine: Representing Dispossession In Visual Culture, Preface & Introduction, Niamh Ann Kelly

Books/Book Chapters

‘Niamh Ann Kelly's lavishly illustrated book throws new light on the visual culture commemorative of hunger, famine and dispossession in mid-nineteenth-century Ireland. Located within the discipline of International Memorial Studies, the text and images both challenge and extend our understanding of Famine history. Examining the visual culture since the time of the Famine until the present, Kelly asks, how do we view, experience and represent the past in the present? To what extent does the viewer insert themselves in this complex process? Is there such a thing as ethical spectatorship? Kelly’s sophisticated yet sympathetic study of the “grievous history” …

Ultimate Witnesses - The Visual Culture Of Death, Burial And Mourning In Famine Ireland, Extract, Niamh Ann Kelly

Books/Book Chapters

No abstract provided.

1916 And The Challenges Of Commemorative Exhibitions In Ireland, Siobhan Doyle

Conference papers

Like many countries, Ireland has a chaotic and tumultuous past which results in challenges for national cultural institutions in presenting history to satisfy the education and expectation of both national and transnational audiences. The Easter Rising of 1916- a failed rebellion against British rule- is the pivotal event in the creation of the modern Irish state and is synonymous as a moment in the past which represents Irish history, characterizes Irish culture and amplifies national identity.

With 2016 marking 100years since the Easter Rising, my paper will explore how the recent centenary commemorations of this historic event have been a …

1916 And The Challenges Of Commemorative Exhibitions In Ireland, Siobhan Doyle

Conference papers

This paper examines how National Cultural Institutions in Ireland have demonstrated significant responses in facilitating collective, reflection, celebration and engagement with the 100th year anniversary of the 1916 Rising by discussing some of the broad tensions and issues facing three exhibition case studies at the National Museum of Ireland and National Gallery of Ireland in Dublin and at the Crawford Art Gallery in Cork City.

1916 Easter Rising And The Reconceptualization Of Memory, Siobhan Doyle

Academic Articles

Like many countries, Ireland has a chaotic and tumultuous past which results in challenges for the state in presenting history to satisfy the education and expectation of both national and international audiences. The years between 1912 and 1922 were arguably the most transformative in modern Irish history as it was a decade of war, revolution and rapid social change. The 1916 Easter Rising- a failed rebellion against British rule- is synonymous as a moment in the past which represents Irish history, characterizes Irish culture and amplifies national identity. My paper will explore how the centenary commemorations of this historic event …

The Changing Geography And Fortunes Of Dublin Haute Cuisine Restaurants, 1958-2008, Máirtín Mac Con Iomaire

Articles

This paper considers the changing geography and fortunes of Dublin’s haute cuisine restaurants over the last half century, placing them within both a national and international context. Ireland’s place within the global story of food is discussed, and the paper illustrates links between Dublin and European and global trends. The paper points out that Dublin in the 1950s could be seen as the gastronomic capital of the British Isles. The leading restaurateurs are briefly profiled, and the decline, stagnation, and gradual re-birth of Dublin’s haute cuisine restaurants over the 1958-2008 period is charted and discussed. The paper combines data from …

The Move From Protectionism To Outward-Looking Industrial Development: A Critical Juncture In Irish Industrial Policy?, Paul Donnelly, John Hogan

Articles

This paper utilises a new framework for examining critical junctures to help us understand whether the changes to Irish industrial policy at the end of the 1950s constituted a critical juncture, breaking cleanly with what came before, or were a continuation of policy pathways previously established. The framework is made up of three elements, which must be identified in sequence, for us to be able to declare a critical juncture. Irish industrial policy is examined here, as it constitutes a core tenet of wider economic policy.

Voice, Listening And Social Justice: A Multimediated Engagement With New Immigrant Communities And Publics In Ireland, Alan Grossman

Conference Papers

No abstract provided.

Searching For Chefs, Waiters And Restaurateurs In Edwardian Dublin: A Culinary Historian's Experience Of The 1911 Dublin Census Online, Máirtín Mac Con Iomaire

Articles

No abstract provided.

Submission By Pat Rabbitte, Minister For Commerce, Science And Technology To The Democratic Left Annual Delegate Conference, 10th. May, 1996, Democratic Left

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Includes cover letter from the Minister to Delegates

Democratic Left Annual Delegate Conference, Royal Marine Hotel, Dun Laoghaire, Dublin 10th-11th. May, 1996: Guide And Timetable, Democratic Left

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No abstract provided.

Ard Fheis Annual Delegate Conference - 1987 : Oráid An Uachtarán, Workers' Party Of Ireland

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Presidental address by Alderman Tomás Mac Giolla TD

The Democratic Socialist, Vol. 1, No.3, Jan - Feb. 1984, Democratic Socialist Party

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Discussion journal of the D.S.P (Democratic Socialist Party)

Articles include ''The Workers Party in Perspective'' by Philip O'Connor

Workers And Trade Union Songs, Sinn Féin The Workers' Party

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The cover of the book extends 'Fraternal Greetings to ICTU in Belfast 1980'.

This song book was published by The Workers Party '' to celebrate the victories, to fight the tyrants and to ridicule the vain and pompous'.

Songs includes are Sliagh Na Mbán, James Connolly & Guantanamera.

A Handbook Of Republican Relations, Sinn Féin The Workers' Party

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A public relations guide for PROs. Guidelines with dealing with media, press conferences and public meetings.

Issued by the Propaganda Department, 30 Gardiner Place, Dublin 2.

Ard Fheis - 1976 -77, Working For Peace, Planning For Pogress : Clár, Sinn Féin The Workers' Party

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Clár ( agenda/programme) Ard Fheis 1976 /77,

Eolas : International Newsletter, No. 38, January, 1976, Irish Republican Movement

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No abstract provided.

Peoples Hope : Special Easter Issue, No. 11, Republican Clubs

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No abstract provided.

An Eochair, No. 6, 1975, Irish Republican Movement

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A bulletin of the Irish Republican Movement, Long Kesh, 1975

Civil Rights : The Journal Of The Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association, Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association

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Articles include, Defeat reaction - unite of democract, Repeal the emergency provisions act,Tyrone news and Catholic anti- discrimination association.

Sinn Fein - Structure And Activities, Sinn Fein

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Three page report on Sinn Fein, structure and activities. Outlining duties and responcibilities of , the Comhairle Ceanntair (regional executive) Ard Comhairle (national committee), role and structure of each Cumann and duties and obligations of individual members.

Note: date is approximate.

Sinn Féin Árd Fheis - Oraid An Uachtaran 1973 - 74, Sinn Féin

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President Ruairí Ó Brádaighs address to the Sinn Féin Árd Fheis 1973

South Wester, Sinn Fein

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Flyer receeding general election, 1973.

Pamphlet encourages voting for Thomas Mac Giolla , Sinn Fein candidate.

A Morning In Dublin, Irish Tourist Association

Papers

It is always pleasant to have a morning to spend in Dublin. There are so many things to do and see that your only trouble will be to choose between them. The morning's tour suggested here has Guinness's Brewery at St. James's Gate as its objective, and gives an opportunity of seeing several other places of interest on the way. The route is marked in green on the map which follows.