Vol. III, 2016 The Irish Polish Society Yearbook Rocznik Towarzystwa Irlandzko-Polskiego, tom III, 2016 Irish Polish Society Towarzystwo Irlandzko - Polskie The Irish Polish Society Yearbook, vol. III, 2016 Rocznik Towarzystwa Irlandzko-Polskiego, tom III, 2016 Edited by: Jarosław Płachecki Peer reviewer: Gabriel Doherty Editorial Advisory Panel: Witold Rakowski (Academic reviewer), Wawrzyniec K. Konarski (Academic reviewer), Hanna Dowling (Data yearbook), PatrickBożena QuigleyCierlik (Academic (Linguistic reviewer), reviewer), Mariusz Kamiński (Polish to English translation and linguistic reviewer), CallJason for Dolan papers (Digital: The photography Irish Polish Societyand reviewing). Yearbook is the officialThe Irish journal Polish of Society the Irish Yearbook Polish (IPSY)Society. It has been established to promote greater mutual interest, integration and understanding between the Irish and Polish communities. editorial policy is pluralist and interdisciplinary. The journal is dedicated to the publication of high-quality articles on the history, society, cultural events, arts, economic and political relationships between Poland and Ireland as well as reports on activities of the Irish Polish Society and other Polish organisations in Ireland. It provides a forum for critical and creative writing in English and Polish for members of the IPS, academics, writers and other authors and organisations that work towards integration between the two communities in Ireland. All proposals for papers relating to the above areas should be sent to the editor on e-mail address: [email protected] and should include: the author(s) name, title and affiliation (if any), contact details, paper title and preliminary abstract. Full papers of no more than 6000 words (including notes and references) should begin with a short abstract of 250-400 words, describing the main thesis and conclusions of the article and finish with a bibliography at the end of the text and a short summary of max. 400 words (which will be translated). The number of notes, references, graphs and tables should be kept to a minimum. References need to be cited in the text (Harvard style) and then listed in the bibliography. The Editor reserves the rights to make any necessary changes in the papers or request the author to do so. Correspondence to Editor should be addressed to: Editor of the Irish Polish Society Yearbook, Polish House, 20 Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin 2, Ireland e-mail: [email protected] Supported by: Irish Polish Society Towarzystwo Irlandzko-Polskie The Irish Polish Society Yearbook III 2016 vol. Rocznik Towarzystwa Irlandzko-Polskiego tom III 2016 tom Edited by: Jarosław Płachecki Dublin 2016 The Irish Polish Society Yearbook, vol. III, 2016 Rocznik Towarzystwa Irlandzko-Polskiego, tom III, 2016 Editor: Jarosław Płachecki Peer reviewer: Gabriel Doherty Publisher: Irish Polish Society Polish House, 20 Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin 2, Ireland. E-mail/Web: [email protected] Tel. 087 466 3838 © Copyright by: The Editor/Irish Polish Society, Dublin 2016 ISSN 2009-860X (printed edition) ISSN 2009-9568 (electronic edition) Publishing House of the Institute for Sustainable Technologies – National Research Institute 26-600 Radom, 6/10 Pułaskiego Street, phone (+48 +48) 36 442 41, fax (+48 +48) 36 447 65 e-mail: [email protected] http://www.itee.radom.pl ... The Irish Polish Society Yearbook, vol. III, 2016 CONTENTS Editorial Note .................................................................................... 11 Articles ................................................................................................. 13 • Patrick Quigley On Opposite Sides: Casimir & Constance Markievicz in • 1916 – ............................................................... 13 Hanna Dowling ... Paul Edmund Strzelecki. His Life, Travels, Discoveries • and Humanitarian Work in Ireland – 31 Izabela Jankowska-Prochot ................... The Foundation of An Garda Síochána. Historical • and Legal Study – 47 The ChangingAgnieszka Nature ofPędrak the Polish ..................................................... Community in Great Britain and Ireland: Past and Present Motivation to • Hanna Dowling Emigrate – 55 Polish languageBrian Friel section in Poland ................................................................. – ................................ 7975 • Maciej Bartosz Furtas ...................... Revenge or Justice? The British Military Courts after • Agnieszka Easter Rising 1916 – 79 Wieczorkowska ................................................................................. 101 Disability in Ireland and in Poland – Reviews ............................................................................................... 125 • Sisters against the Empire. Countess Constance MarkieviczJarosław Płachecki and Eva Gore-Booth, 1916–17, Patrick Quigley, The Liffey Press, Dublin 2016 • – .................................................................... 125 RevolutionaryPatrick Quigley Lives ............................................................................... Constance and Casimir Markievicz, Lauren Arrington, Princeton University Press, 2016 – 127 • Polska Irlandia wspólna historia: Poland & Ireland – A Common History?Patrick eds. Quigley Marchlewicz ................................................. K. and Kucharski A., Irish Culture Foundation, • Poznań 2015 – 130 First of the Small Nations: the Beginnings of Irish ForeignPatrick Policy Quigley in ...............................................................................the Interwar Years, 1919–1932, Gerard Keown, Oxford University Press, 2016 Irish Polish– Society Reports & Notes ......................................... 137133 • Hanna Dowling Strzelecki Commemorative Plaque in Dublin • – ........................................................................... 137 Edyta Dolan Summary of the Irish Polish Society activities • in the year 2014/2015 (English version) – ... 143 Edyta Dolan Summary of the IPS activities during the year • 2014/2015 (Polish version) – ...................... 149 NoteEdyta on Dolanthe Meeting of the Polish Organizations in the Polish House on 18 January 2015 • – .................................................................................. 155 NoteAgnieszka on the Wieczorkowska,Meeting of the Polish Jarosław Organizations Płachecki in the Polish House on 6 Sept. 2015 • – ............. 163 Edyta Dolan Irish Polish Society Chairpersons in years 1979–2016 Irish Polish– Society Documents .................................................................................. & Correspondence ............. 169168 • Rules of the Polish House (English version) .......................... • Rules of the Polish House (Polish version) ............................. 169 • IPS Commentary on the Program of co-operation 170 between the Polish government and the Polish Diaspora in years 2015–2020 (15th December 2014) • Planning Permission for Plaque on Clerys Building ........................... 171 (5 February 2015) .......................................................................... 173 • Program of events in the Polish House during Polska Éire 2015 Festival • Mayor of Poznan speech during the unveiling of the ............................................................. 174 Strzelecki plaque (English version) (29 March 2015) • Mayor of Poznan speech during the unveiling of the ...... 180 Strzelecki plaque (Polish version) (29 March 2015) • Wojciech Owsianowski’s the initiator of the project ......... 181 English version (29 March 2015) • Wojciech Owsianowski’s the initiator of the project .............................................. 182 Polish version (29 March 2015) • Final MEDIA RELEASE sent by Dublin City Council .............................................. 183 (30 March 2015) • ............................................................................. 184 Letter from the Mayor of Poznan to Edyta Jankowska chairperson of the IPS regarding successful • Polska Eire 2015 Letter from HE Ambassador completion of the Strzelecki project (7 April 2015) ....... 186 Ryszard Sarkowicz to Irish Polish Society (9 April 2015) Irish Polish Society Photo ................................................................................... Album 2014/2015 ......................... 189187 Rocznik Towarzystwa Irlandzko-Polskiego, tom III, 2016 SpiS Treści Od wydawcy ....................................................................................... 11 Artykuły ............................................................................................... 13 • Patrick Quigley Po przeciwnych stronach: Kazimierz i Konstancja • Markiewicz w 1916 r. – ............................ 13 Hanna Dowling .................. Pawel Edmund Strzelecki – życie, podróże, odkrycia • i praca społeczna w Irlandii – 31 Izabela Jankowska–Prochot ....... Początki irlandzkiej policji Garda Síochána. Ujęcie • historyczne i prawne – 47 EwolucjaAgnieszka polskiej Pędrak społeczności .......................................................................... w Wielkiej Brytanii i Irlandii: dawne i współczesne przyczyny emigracji • Hanna Dowling – 55 część polskojęzycznaDramaturgia Briana ..................................................................... Friela w Polsce – 7975 • Maciej Furtas .. Zemsta czy sprawiedliwość? Brytyjskie sądy wojenne • po powstaniu wielkanocnym 1916 r. – 79 Agnieszka Wieczorkowska ........................................................ 101 Niepełnosprawność w Irlandii