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AUSTRALIAN IRISH HERITAGE NETWORK No 16, June 2011 PRINT POST APPROVED PP 336663/00047 THE AUSTRALIAN IRISH HERITAGE NETWORK No 16, June 2011 PRINT POST APPROVED PP 336663/00047 An Outstanding Exhibition Canberra until 31 July 2011 Tinteán No 16, June 2011 Contents Tinteán is a publication of the Australian Irish Heritage Network Regulars 2 What's on PO Box 13095, Law Courts, 4 Letters: An Irish genetic disorder, In search of Bernard Henry’s descendants Melbourne, 8010 5 News: Irish General Election, Is an apology enough? The third man and more Tel 03 9670 8865 6 Miscellany: A Pint of Plain, Joseph Murphy Email [email protected] 8 Music: Run For Cover – the music of Gary Moore, Stuart Traill Web tintean.org.au 9 Bolg an tSoláthair / Odds & Ends: Val Noone Published four times per annum 16 Irish language: Not Just Béarla, Bearnaí Ó Doibhlin ABN 13643653067 36 Poetry: Terry McDonagh, Noel King, Karol Wojtyla ISSN 1835-1093 Features Editor: Liz McKenzie 10 Technologies for Teaching Irish: Crossley (Bán na Cròise), E. Reilly Deputy Editor: Felicity Allen 11 Universal Healthcare, Felicity Allen Poetry Editor: Meg McNena 12 Brother against brother: the Civil War in an Irish town, Frank O’Shea Business Manager: Rob Butler 14 The state of play in Irish cricket, Patrick McNamara Advertising: Rob Butler 15 Irish Monsters, Great Danes and Giant Wolfhounds, Frances Devlin-Glass Production: Andrew Macdermid 19 Not Just Ned and the other Melbourne Cup, Peter Kiernan Printing: Arena Printing 20 Not Just Ned: a true history of the Irish in Australia, Peter Moore 2-14 Kerr St Fitzroy Vic 21 The opening of a great exhibition, Máirtín Ó Fainín 22 Photos from the exhibition Other workers on this issue: 24 Irish-Australian history exhibited and recorded, Patrick McNamara Peter Kiernan, Catherine Arthur, 26 Stole six bold Fenians away, Rob Butler Frances Devlin-Glass, Bob Glass, Meg McNena, Kate Cliff ord, Patrick 28 William Smith O’Brien in Victoria, Richard Davis McNamara, Don McKenzie, Elizabeth 30 Tales of mixed marriage, Siobhan McHugh Benfell, Debra Vaughan, Rob Butler, 32 Captain Francis Crozier – Death in the ice, John Hagan Clodagh Ridgway, Denis French. 34 Listening to My Father, Noel King Views expressed in the articles, letters and Reviews advertisements are those of the contributors 38 Free Passage, Perry McIntyre, reviewed by Felicity Allen and not necessarily those of the Australian 39 Aspirations for Ireland, Susannah Kingston ed, reviewed by Bob Glass Irish Heritage Network or of the editor. 40 A Behanding in Spokane, Peter Evans (Director), reviewed by Frances Devlin-Glass Cover 41 Freedom Denied, Colm McNaughton, reviewed by Felicity Allen The Charlotte Medal, 1788, (obverse) 41 Howie the Rookie, Greg Carroll (Director), reviewed by Frances Devlin-Glass attributed to Thomas Barrett 42 Pity Beyond All Telling, James O’Halloran, reviewed by Debra Vaughan Photo: Andrew Frolows, Australian 43 The Show, Celtic Thunder, reviewed by Kevin Ryan National Maritime Museum. See page 5. 44 An Elephant Called Rex, Tony Curtis, reviewed by Chloe Elizabeth McNena The Australian Irish Heritage Network Objectives is to explore and celebrate the playing out of the Irish heritage The Australian Irish Heritage Network aims to build the social, in Australia – past, present and future. cultural, sporting, historical and literary consciousness of Irish Activities Australians and to explore and celebrate the development of As well as the magazine, AIHN plans to conduct social and Irish heritage and culture in Australia. educational events; disseminate news and information via Principal Activity the internet; off er recognition for service to literary and his- As its fi rst priority, AIHN produces the literary magazine torical endeavours; issue cultural and political comment; and Tinteán (meaning hearth in Gaelic and pronounced ‘Tintawne’ research and record our heritage. – the fada on the á giving the syllable the dominant stress Membership and the ‘augh’ sound, as in ‘taught’). The focus of the maga- Anyone identifying with Irish heritage is welcome to join. zine is to build and explore the Australian Irish identity. The AIHN Committee magazine welcomes material which explores the big themes President: Frances Devlin-Glass of exile, diaspora and settlement. It also encourages the tell- Vice-President: Peter Kiernan ing of the micro-stories that express narratives of individuals Secretary: Bob Glass and families. There will be a continual study of the political Treasurer: Patrick McNamara and economic evolution of Ireland, and of the contribution Committee Members: Felicity Allen, Catherine Arthur, Liz which Irish-Australians have made to Australia. The intention McKenzie, Debra Vaughan Tinteán June 2011 What’s on Farewell Reception Bloomsday in Melbourne 2011 Ambassador Máirtín Ó Fainín Joyce and the Nation 16-17 June 2011 Monday, 6 June 2011, 6:30 pm Celtic Club, Melbourne The 18th Bloomsday microfestival features: Current fi nancial members welcome. the play based on Joyce’s most ‘Irish’ chapter (Cyclops, Ch 12 of Ulysses): ‘An Irishman and a Jew go into a pub’. Contact: [email protected] Directed by Brenda Addie. or [email protected] 1:00 pm, 8:00 pm, 16 June, and 8:00 pm, 17 June. Open Stage, University of Melbourne, 757 Swanston Street ($35 & $25). Irish Studies Seminars the seminar: ‘Joyce and Nationalism’, featuring Val Noone and Frances Devlin-Glass. The Oratory, Newman College, Melbourne 3:30 pm, 16 June, Open Stage ($20 & $15). Tuesday, 7 June 2011, 6:00 pm Frank O’Shea (Canberra): John Betjeman in Dublin during WWII the Bloomsday dinner. 6:00 pm, 16 June, Cafe La Notte, 140 Lygon Street, Carlton ($45), with entertainment focussed on Joyce’s death Scoil Gheimhridh Sydney 2011 and its aftermath, 70 years ago this year. The 9th Scoil Gheimhridh Whole day ticket for 3 events $90. 10-13 June 2011, Kensington, NSW Bookings essential: Bob Glass 03 9898 2900 www. The Scoil Gheimhridh, or winter school, brings adults together bloomsdayinmelbourne.org.au from across Australia to learn and polish up their Irish language skills. Suitable for all levels, from complete beginners upwards. Language classes plus talks, dancing, music and singing. 15th Annual Kilmore Celtic Festival Contact: Éilis Hurst 0424 718 538 [email protected] www.IrishLanguageSchoolSydney.org.au 24-26 June 2011 A weekend of music, dance and entertainment with good old-fashioned country hospitality. National Celtic Festival 2011 Friday: welcome dinner at the Old Town Hall Restaurant, with 10-13 June 2011, Portarlington, Vic. live music accompaniment. Featuring acclaimed USA supergroup Solas, together with Saturday: present a poem or a reading at the Poet’s Breakfast, singer/songwriter Eleanor McEvoy (Ireland), the brilliant or just be entertained, followed by dance displays, the Scottish fi ddle of Hanneke Cassel Trio (USA), the dynamic duo Highland Dance competition, and live Celtic music all day in Sophie & Fiachra (Canada/Ireland), and the Gaelic songstress three venues. Christine Primrose (Isle of Skye). Australian favourites include The Bushwackers, the Brisbane Sunday: a Celtic Mass, a Celtic Banquet and an afternoon of group Sunas, Jimmy Moore and Claddagh with Mary McEvilly, feasting and entertainment. the renowned fi ddle player Catherine Fraser, Blackbird, Maria Forde, the Badja River Quartet, McAlpine’s Fusiliers and Cath Artists include Clan MacLeod Pipe Band, Claymore, St Patrick’s Connelly. Breton Dancers, Fianna, Irish Pipers, Myra McCrae Band, O’Shea-Ryan Irish Dancers, Ricketty Bridge and Saoirse. Contact: GPAC 03 5225 1200 www.nationalcelticfestival.com Contact: 03 5781 1711 www.kilmore.info/celticfestival For inclusion in the What’s On column, please submit items to [email protected] Tinteán June 2011 Australasian Irish Studies Conference In Sight of Raftery National Museum of Australia, Canberra Raftery Festival, Kiltimagh, Co Mayo 30 June to 3 July 2011 7-13 November 2011 A festival of poetry, theatre, readings, fi lm, writers’ workshops, The 18th ISAANZ conference, to be held in conjunction with the music, singing and fun, including a new poetry competition, National Museum’s major Not just Ned exhibition, showcasing The Raftery Award, and a schools’ poetry competition. the presence of the Irish in Australia, 1788 to the present. Terry McDonagh will facilitate writing workshops for the region’s schools. Includes contributions from areas of history, migration studies, sociology, politics, literature, the arts, gender, geography, Contact: [email protected] anthropology and economics. The fi nal day, Sunday, 3 July, will be staged at St Clement’s Conference Centre, Galong, NSW. The Importance of Being Earnest Melbourne Theatre Company Contact: Richard Reid, National Museum [email protected] 12 November - 30 December 2011 Oscar Wilde’s timeless classic. Geoff rey Rush as Lady Bracknell, with Bob Hornery as both the butlers. Lake School Contact: MTC 03 8688 0800 Launch of the 2012 program Friday, 9 July 2011, from 5:00 pm Micky Bourke’s Hotel, Koroit Australian Irish Heritage Network Annual General Meeting AGM and induction of Mark & Lisa McDonnell as ‘Legends of the Lake’. The Annual General Meeting of the Australian Irish Heritage Network will be held in the Tinteán offi ce in Contact: 0413 801 294 [email protected] the basement of the Celtic Club, 316 Queen St, Melbourne on Sunday 28 August 2011 at 3 pm Agenda items will be confi ned to approval of the minutes Doneraile Literary & Arts Festival of the 2010 Annual General Meeting, receipt of reports, Creagh Castle, Doneraile, Co Cork approval of applications for membership and election of offi ce holders for 2011–2012. 5-7 August 2011 Nominations for the positions of President, Vice-President, Treasurer, Secretary and two Committee members should be A festival of poetry, theatre, readings, workshops, music and submitted in writing to the Secretary, AIHN, PO Box 13095, fun, including competitions: Law Courts, Melbourne 8010. Nominations must be signed by Canon Sheehan Short Story (prize €1000) two AIHN members and accompanied by the written consent Edmund Spenser Poetry (prize €500) of the nominee.
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