THE AUSTRALIAN IRISH HERITAGE NETWORK No 13, September 2010 PRINT POST APPROVED PP 336663/00047 Reflections on the Saville Report A Hidden Gem – Kells Bay Gardens Co Kerry THE AUSTRALIAN IRISH HERITAGE NETWORK No 1, August 2007–Dec 2007 foor lilivelyely and crcritical writing aboout the celebelebraratioPRINTn of POST Irel APPROVEDand’s he PPr itage in Austraalilia 336663/00047 THETH AUSTRALIAN IRISH HERITAGE NETWORK E AU STRA O ly $ e LyIAeN n 55 p r aIRrIS H HE ((44 issuess)) RITA No 2, NovemberGE N 2007 PRINT POST APPROVED PP ETW $XVVWWUDOLDQ,ULVKKLVWRU\\ERRNV&'VJHQHV&'VJHQHDORJ\DORJ\WUDYHOOHUV¶WDOHRVK SROLWLFVIDPLOLO\KLV\KLVWRU\UHYLHZVVSRVSRUWFXUUHQWHYHQWVRUWUWFXUUHQWHYHQWVFXUUH 336663/00047 $6 JJusu t fill in the form inside anaTHETHd AUSTRALIAN post it to: IRISH HERITAGE NETWORK HE AAU Australian Irish Heritage Networkk, POO Box1x 133009ST5T,RA LAaw CoCoururtss, ViVicc, 880010 LIANAN IRIR SSHH HEERR ITAAGG E NEE PRINT POSTNoN APPROVEDo 3,3 March PP TW 2008ORO Mar K ch 2 336663/00047008 $6 THE AUSTRALIAN IRISH HERITAGE NETWORK H HER ITAG E NE PRINT POST APPROVEDNoN 4, PPJune TW 2008 POST o 4 OR APPR , June K OVEVED PP 33 20 336663/000476663/ 08 00047 THE AUSTRA LIAN IRISH HERITAGE NETWORK No 5, September 2008 PRINT POST APPROVED PP OST APP ptetemb RK ROVEVED P er 2 P 33666336663/00047008 3/00047 g THE AUSTRALIAN IRISH HERITAGE NETWORK a No 6, December 2008 PRINT POST APPROVED PP 336663/00047 Card inal Dispelling the Myths Mo Patricia O'Connor r he M Aran Isles’ currachs Elizabeth Malcolm Farewelling Gregchs Dening Terry Monagle 1946–2008 Eileen Monagle, Peter Kiernan, Val Noone ValVa Noone and Frances Devlin-Glass PeterNNoNoooooon Steele S.J. onne an DyingDying for land d France for s De land vlin-Gla ss Tinteán No 13, September 2010 Contents Tinteán is a publication of the e l Australian Irish Heritage Network R gu ars 2 Letters: Peter Lalor, Shared schools in NI, The diaspora in Queensland PO Box 13095, Law Courts, 6 News: Modern Irish Studies, Irish Language School Sydney, Ewen Baker Melbourne, 8010 9 Editorial: Lessons from Ireland’s economic crisis, Felicity Allen Tel 03 9670 8865 10 What’s on Email [email protected] 12 Bolg an tSoláthair / Odds & Ends, Val Noone Web tintean.org.au 13 Irish language: Vicipéid – an Chiclipéid Shaor, Teresa Lynn Published four times per annum 13 Wordwatch: Corrigan’s sign, Felicity Allen ABN 13643653067 14 Miscellany, Joseph Murphy ISSN 1835-1093 32 Poetry: Mervyn Ennis, Meg McNena, Orla McGuinness Features Editor: Liz McKenzie 5 James Griffi n obituary, Paul Ormonde Deputy Editor: Felicity Allen 8 Shamrocks grow better in the bush, Patrick McNamara Business Manager: Rob Butler 16 Transnational Ireland: migration, confl ict, representation, Patrick McNamara 9 S Advertising: Rob Butler 1 The enduring legacy of Bloody unday, Adrian Little 20 The Writers’ Centre in the ‘City of Literature‘, Jack Harte A Production: ndrew Macdermid 22 A ‘fair go’ in Australia, Anne McMahon Printing: Arena Printing 23 Generations, Denis Cleary 2-14 Kerr St Fitzroy Vic 24 Poet and priest, Patrick Morgan 25 A piece of Down-Under Up-Over, Eoin Ó Cuirc Other workers on this issue: 26 Souls of bronze, Carolyn Hirsh A Peter Kiernan, Catherine rthur, 27 The Potato Famine, Carolyn Hirsh Frances Devlin-Glass, Bob Glass, 28 Thomas A Fitzgerald, OFM, Sean Ua Cearnaigh N Meg Mc ena, Kate Cliff ord, Patrick 29 If I lived in Galway… Michelle Collins N Mc amara, Don McKenzie, Elizabeth 30 Irish language in Australian poems, Val Noone and Colin Ryan Benfell, Debra Vaughan. Reviews Views expressed in the articles, letters and 34 Colm Tóibín in conversation, Colm Tóibín, reviewed by Chris Toussaint advertisements are those of the contributors 36 Bloomsday, reviewed by Trevor Code and not necessarily those of the Australian 38 Occasions of Sin, Diarmaid Ferriter, reviewed by Frances Devlin-Glass Irish Heritage Network or of the editor. 39 Beyond Belief, Colm O’Gorman, reviewed by Robert Glass Cover 40 San Patricio, The Chieftains, reviewed by Mairéid Sullivan A soaring gum tree in Kells Bay Gardens 42 This Floating World, Libby Hart, reviewed by Meg McNena Co Kerry 43 A Local Habitation, Peter Steele SJ, reviewed by Bridie McCarthy A Photographer: Billy lexander 44 Voices from the Grave, Ed Moloney, reviewed by 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; 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: 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, Liz which Irish-Australians have made to Australia. 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