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An Innate Right to Land the Life and Times of Arthur Calwell THE AUSTRALIAN IRISH HERITAGE NETWORK No 8, June 2009 PRINT POST APPROVED PP 336663/00047 An innate right to land Kevin Cahill The life and times of Arthur Calwell Mary Elizabeth Calwell Tinteán No 8, June 2009 Tinteán is a publication of the Contents Australian Irish Heritage Network Regulars PO Box 13095, Law Courts, 2 Letters: Environmental omissions, St Patrick’s Day and more connections Melbourne, 8010 3 Editorial: Patrick Finucane Conference 2009, Bernie Brophy Tel 03 9670 8865 4 What's on Email [email protected] 6 News: Speaking Irish; Irish Australian of the Year; St Brigid's; St Kevin’s Web http://tintean.org.au 8 News: St Patrick’s Day events Published four times per annum 10 Music: A step backwards in technology, Stuart Traill ABN 13643653067 11 Bolg an tSoláthair / Odds & Ends Val Noone ISSN 1835-1093 12 Miscellany Joseph Murphy 15 Irish language: Craiceann Geal – Croí Marbh, Bearnaí Ó Doibhlin Editor: 21 Poetry Neil McCarthy Liz McKenzie Features Deputy Editor: 14 The Red Ribbon Agitation, Peter Kiernan Felicity Allen 16 Dublin’s Hero Priest, Michael Doyle Business Manager: 17 The continuing saga of the Irish economy, Felicity Allen Rob Butler 18 PM disputes Ireland’s patron saint, Patrick McNamara Advertising: 22 The Irish War of Independence through Australian eyes, Joice Nankivell Loch Rob Butler, tel 03 9670 8865 24 Who owns the world? Kevin Cahill Production: 26 St Mary’s: vigilantes or archbishop in control? Frances Devlin-Glass Andrew Macdermid 29 Brigid and her sisters, Dianne Hall Other workers on this issue: 30 No more memoirs, Chris Ashton Peter Kiernan, Frances Devlin-Glass, 32 Calwell: committed to Christian humanitarianism, Mary Elizabeth Calwell Bob Glass, Catherine Arthur, Meg 44 Suicide rates in Ireland, Felicity Allen McNena, Kate Clifford, Rob Butler, Don McKenzie, John McMahon, Reviews Maureen Pollard, Elizabeth Benfell 34 A politician who divides opinion, Bill Anderson 35 The Last Salon of Lady Wilde, Ellie Kenealy Views expressed in the articles, 36 The Churches and Climate Change, Len Puglisi letters and advertisements are 38 Protagonist and antagonist in the intellectual ferment, Morag Fraser AM those of the contributors and not 40 Glendalough: The mother lode, Robert J F Butler necessarily those of the Australian 41 Down the decades with The Link and Nuácht, Mattie Lennon Irish Heritage Network or of the 42 History & the Irish language question, Frances Devlin-Glass, Patrick McNamara editor. 42 Speak of the Dead, Robert J F Butler 43 Feisty lady, Felicity Allen 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; offer recognition for service to literary and his- As its first 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 2008–2009 magazine welcomes material which explores the big themes President: Peter Kiernan of exile, diaspora and settlement. It also encourages the tell- Vice-President: Frances Devlin-Glass 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, Rob which Irish-Australians have made to Australia. The intention Butler, Don McKenzie, Liz McKenzie Tinteán June 2009 1 Letters Environmental omissions on this occasion that I literally met my When I lived in Melbourne in the In Tinteán issue 7, the reviewers of match and my life was organised, for the 1980s, I was involved with the Welfare Golden Years, Grounds for Hope pre- better, from that date. Bureau and a few weeks ago called in sented a laudatory coverage of the How things have changed! Today, no to see Marian O’Hagan when I was in book, and dealt at length with social and march, and a St Patrick’s Day breakfast Melbourne for a conference. religious dimensions of the 1950–1960s masquerading as a party political event. I was aware of the tragic death of Newman Society phenomenon at the Robert O’Byrne, Shoreham, Vic. another boyhood friend in Melbourne University of Melbourne, but they failed (Richie Grace, active in the GAA Keys- to deal with an important strand in the More Connecticut connections borough) through a trench collapse in book – earth-consciousness. Greg Den- I found Tinteán issue 6 very interesting the late 1980s or early 1990s and the ing’s intentions that the book should regarding the Connecticut connections. fate of other friends or sons of friends embody a contemporary direction The reference to Thomas Kelly could who came to grief whilst living or visit- entailed a major section dedicated to an possibly concern a local of the same ing here. ‘earth’ (and environment) theme. name who died in 1898, aged 75, but Keep up the excellent work of Tint- The reviewers fail to mention this whose daughter went to the USA in the eán! pivotal reorientation towards a new 1890s and never returned. Slán go foil/Cheers. religious consciousness. Neither do they But more interesting was the refer- Noel Ryan, Brisban, QLD acknowledge anthropologist-historian ence to the Drum/Maher families. It is Dening’s attempts to introduce us to over 60 years since I met Michael and Literary Limerick deep-time dimensions of culture and (I¿HDQGDOVR(OL]DEHWK 'UXP 0DKHU Go raibh maith agat mar an ‘Tinteán’. human formation. Nor earth scientist of the Minyip area. In fact, a daughter of Tá sé go sármhaith. Jim Bowler’s introduction of the same -RKQ DQG (OL]DEHWK 0DKHU PDUULHG P\ I have sent around your subscription theme including reference to aboriginal wife’s brother, Vincent Delahunty, and form so hopefully some friends will take perspectives. Nor engineer and natural- two Drums, of whom Michael was the it up. ist Geoff Lacey’s exposition of the sig- uncle, married into the Delahunty fam- You might be interested to know QL¿FDQFH RI ORFDO QDWXUDO VHWWLQJV 1RU ily, my wife’s cousins – a real circle of that the Limerick Journal brought out a this writer’s urbanist attempts to bring to relationships. special Australian issue some years ago. light Newman Society awakenings from Also in that article is a photo of a There are sure to be articles of interest the 1950s and religious explorations on Maureen Delahunty of Connecticut in for your readers. human-nature themes from around the about 1850-60. A Daniel Delahunty, my I am very glad my poem reached one world. None of these did the reviewers wife’s relation, went to America, so with or two in Australia and I would like to ¿QGZRUWK\RIPHQWLRQ this in mind I will contact Neil Hogan contribute again to your journal some- Are we to make of these absences of the Connecticut Society. You never time. Just say the word. that human-dominant perspectives still know. Beir Beannacht. prevail in the face of what writers like Ewan Neeson, Casterton, Vic. John Liddy, Limerick Fr Sean McDonagh and Dening are Interested readers may contact Sheila seeking to bring to our attention? And in Brinn, Liddy and Ryan Deegan at the Limerick Corporation at the face of what he and many others call Dia dhíbh/G’day. DUWVRI¿FH#OLPHULFNFLW\LH irreversible threats to the future of life I am one of the broadcasters on the on earth? I hope not, but I fear so. Irish Program 4EBFM 98.1 in Brisbane A (Len) Puglisi, urban environmental and it was my turn to broadcast the pro- The Early History planner, Melbourne gram on Saturday, 14 March 2009. Len Puglisi reviews a book on climate Apart from playing the agreed pre- of Kells, Part One change by Fr Sean McDonagh at p 36 recorded message (contra deal between A 30 minute DVD dealing with the Tinteán and ourselves), I gave a brief founding of the monastery at Kells, St Patrick’s Day at Hilliers overview of the contents of Tinteán St Colmcille, the Book of Kells and My compliments to Patrick McNamara issue 7. the coming of the Vikings. It is a high et al for their great article in the last I was saddened to read the poem ‘Ger quality professional production, issue of Tinteán on the St Patrick’s Day Brinn Dies In Australia’ by the poet narrated by local historians. It was launched in Kells on 7th December March of the 1950s. I was a marcher in John Liddy. I knew both growing up in 2008, and produced by Kells Media those days. Like the principal author, I Rathbane, Limerick City, though they Productions, a small voluntary local was also persuaded to assist in lessen- were a couple of years younger than I. I production company. ing the overcrowding in St Patrick’s was unaware that the late Ger Brinn was Available for €15/$25 (incl. postage). Cathedral for Benediction by electing living in Australia, let alone that he had Further information from: Danny Cusack, to forego this celebration in favour of died in some tragedy.
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