THE AUSTRALIAN IRISH HERITAGE NETWORK No 2, November 2007 PRINT POST APPROVED PP 336663/00047 $6 Redmond mission of 1883 Patrick Naughtin Spirit and courage Max Charlesworth DBY0122/TIN JINGLE BAILEYS Join baileyslounge.com.au The Baileys word and associated logos are trademarks © R and A Bailey & Co 2007. Enjoy Baileys in a 50ml serve. Share the pleasure responsibly. Tinteán No 2, November 2007 Tinteán is a publication of the Contents Australian Irish Heritage Network Regulars PO Box 13095, Law Courts, 2 Letters: Further encouragement and praise Melbourne, 8010 3 Editorial: Beyond Monocultures, Frances Devlin-Glass Tel 61-3-96708865s 4 News: Vikings; Second-hand smoke; Celtic Club dinner Email [email protected] 5 News: Eureka and the Irish; Irish Anglicans; ‘Catalpa’; Protecting Rath Lugh Web http://www.tintean.org.au 6 News: St Brigid’s Koroit Fundraiser; Famine Commemoration 2007 Published four times per annum 7 Bolg an tSolatháir, Val Noone writes for Tinteán ABN 13643653067 8 Investor Psychology, Pat Lardner ISSN 1835-1093 9 BYO Choreography, Stuart Traill 11 Profi le, Máirtin Ó Fáinín, Irish Ambassador to Australia Editor: Liz McKenzie Features Deputy Editor: 16 A courageous Bishop, Max Charlesworth Felicity Allen 18 Redmond in Australia, Patrick Naughtin Business Manager: 20 Synge’s Riders to the Sea: An Ecstasy of Grief, Terry Monagle Patrick McNamara Advertising: Poetry Marie Feeley, tel 03 5996 3343 22 Buckley Prize night; From Gaeltacht; John McLaren and Vincent Buckley Production: 23 Varuna Haiku; Near Ben Bulben; Iggy McGovern and Joyce Parkes Andrew Macdermid Other workers on this issue: Reviews Terry Monagle, Peter Kiernan, 24 The Drunken Poet, Catherine Arthur Frances Devlin-Glass, Bob Devlin- 24 Robert Lehane: William Bede Dalley, Frank Molloy Glass, John McMahon, Catherine 25 Sean MacBride: That Day’s Struggle, Felicity Allen Arthur, Meg McNena, Amanda 26 Brian MacAongusa: Hidden Streams, Peter Kiernan Haberman, Kate Cliff ord, Mark 27 John Collins: Cool Waters. Emerald Seas, Bryan Coleborne Quinn, Rob Butler, Bernie Brophy, 28 John Braniff : And Gladly Teach, Patrick McNamara Don McKenzie. Travellers Tales Views expressed in the articles, 29 Connections in Cork, Meg McNena letters and advertisements are 30 Walsh Family in the Emerald Isle, John Joseph Walsh those of the contributors and not 31 Still at Lissadell, Meg McNena necessarily those of the Australian 32 Mulligan Tour Highlights, Loretta Sullivan Irish Heritage Network or of the editor. Cover: Illustration of the prow of the Oseberg ship in the The Viking Ship Museum at Bygdøy The Australian Irish Heritage Network to build and explore the Irish Australian identity. The maga- Membership is open to all with an identifi cation with Irish her- zine will welcome material which explores the big themes of itage. It was founded in 2007 to continue the spirit and work exile, diaspora and settlement. It will also encourage the tell- of Val Noone and Mary Doyle. ing of the micro-stories that express narratives of individuals One of its activities is to publish the magazine Tinteán and families. There will be a continual study of the political (meaning hearth in Gaelic and pronounced ‘Tintoyne’ – the and economic evolution of Ireland, and of the contribution fada on the fi nal á giving the syllable the dominant stress and which Irish-Australians have made to Australia. The intention the “augh” sound). is to explore and celebrate the playing out of the Irish heritage The AIHN offi ce is in the basement of the Celtic Club, 316 in Australia, past, present and future. Queen St, Melbourne. We express our thanks to the Club for its generosity. People are welcome to drop in. However we are Activities only there parttime so check fi rst. As well as the magazine, we hope to put on social and educa- tional events; disseminate news and information via the inter- Objectives of the AIHN net to disseminate news and information; off er recognition for This Association, as its primary objective, will produce a liter- service to literary and historical endeavours; issue cultural and ary magazine called Tinteán. The focus of the magazine will be political comment, and research and record our heritage. Tintain November 2007 1 Letters A bridge from Táin to Tinteán Michael, being first born of the mar- Cromwell and 250 years of depredations Congratulations to all concerned with the riage. He moved away from Killarney in Ireland? production and distribution of Tinteán. It (Vic.) to Williamstown in the 1880s and Gerry Fahey, Castlemaine, Vic. is great to know that a bridge has been consequently I have not much first-hand built with Táin that will take us into the information of my grandfather’s siblings. Congratulations future. Best wishes and thanks. Matthew’s younger brother settled at We have just received your first issue. Anne Dalton RGS, St Kilda, Vic. Yambuk. Congratulations to all involved and we Good luck for your future editions. are sure that it will be a worthy successor Encouragement from Kerry McInerney, Lower Templestowe, to Táin, as your editor hopes. Good luck Wollongong Vic. and success with the new issue to our I write to you on behalf of the Irish friends at Tinteán from all at the Pat Australian Club (Wollongong) to inform Tradition in good hands Finucane Centre. you that we are very pleased to make a Today I received Tinteán. It is great. I Though born and bred in Derry, I donation to become foundation members am glad that the Táin tradition is in good suppose I could reclaim my Irish Aus- of the Australian Irish Heritage Network. hands and look forward to receiving tralian identity. My mother was born in We are very pleased to make this dona- many more and, hopefully, making the Melbourne and lived there until she was tion having had experience of the great odd written contribution. ten. Then my homesick granda made the work that Val Noone and Mary Doyle Tom Sinclair, Coalville, Vic. reverse trip to Donegal. And that in an put into producing Táin previously. The age where there were no airlines! Irish language Class (Teanga Gaeilge Continuing the wonderful Paul O'Connor, Project Coordinator, Wollongong), a group under the aegis of work Pat Finucane Centre, Co Derry the Club here at Wollongong, will also be Just a quick note to say that I was delighted subscribing to the magazine. to receive the welcome news that you are Táin’s loss is Tinteán’s gain We wish you continued success. going to continue Val Noone’s and Mary While in Darwin I was pleasantly sur- Having seen a copy of the first issue, we Doyle’s wonderful work. Your letter was prised to find a copy of your magazine can see that you are on the right road to among the pile waiting for us when we hanging on the magazine rack in the success. returned from Ireland and was a cheerful Roma Bar. A few years ago I similarly Go n-éiri an bhóthar libh. interlude in the midst of overdue bills! discovered Táin, edited by my old friend Cioth Mac Conraoi (Keith Conroy), Val sometimes published articles that Val Noone. After I contacted Val, he Dapto, NSW I wrote in Irish and I would be happy to asked me to write a short piece on my continue to contribute. I shall be contrib- great grandfather, George Throssell. By ... and from Drogheda uting to the on-line Magazine Beo! and I the time I had written the piece, Táin We would like to take this opportunity to would be delighted if they were reprinted had folded and my email was returned. wish you all the best with the magazine. in Tinteán. The Historical Society of Northam WA is As good friends of Val Noone and Mary Best wishes for the magazine. restoring the Throssell grave in prepara- Doyle, we have enjoyed reading Táin, but Bearnaí Ó Doibhlin, Kambah, ACT tion for the commemoration, in 2010, of are pleased that they are enjoying more the 100th anniversary of his death. I will free time, hopefully! Wishing you every The first of many scan a small newspaper article on this. success in the future. Congratulations to everyone involved Bill Day, Maylands, WA Collette & Sean O’Connor, Drogheda, with the new magazine. May it be the Co Meath first of many issues to come. Chris Mooney, Hastings, Vic. ... and from Heidelberg Enclosed is my subscription. Best wishes Waiting for Cromwell to say and good luck with Tinteán. ‘sorry’ Kevin Byrnes, Heidelberg, Vic. It was touching to read the apologies by the Danish Culture Minister, Brian Mik- Recalling ‘our past’ kelson, for the Viking attacks and destruc- I enclose my subscription form, having tion of Ireland. Referring to the Danish read with interest and enjoyment, your people, he said, "We are not proud of the first issue. I am sure that it will continue damages to the people of Ireland that fol- the fine work started by Táin. lowed in the footsteps of the Vikings." A native of Fermoy, Co Cork, I was pleased to read the ‘Buying back Apparently the first Danish raiding George Throssell, a prominent WA our past’ article. My great uncle, Jim parties arrived in 795AD. That is only businessman and parliamentarian, McInerney, was in the photo. My great a wait of 1200 years for an apology. became premier of WA in 1901. grandfather was Matthew McInerney, Now that the Danes have shown the We look forward to the commemo- whose second wife was Mary Ryan. They way, I guess we can now only expect the ration in 2010. had ten children, with my grandfather, English Prime Minister to apologise for 2 Tintain November 2007 Beyond monocultures: thinking & living differently As Irish-identified Australians, or as Irish people, we may find cultural knowledge? Why is schooling so substandard, so out we have several points of identification with the First People of of touch with the needs of bicultural children and so blind to this continent.