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=== News Snaps from Ireland
=== Chester Beatty Library, Dublin
=== Blarney Castle, Cork
=== I Wandered Silent to a Sainted Hill - A Poem
=== My Recent Trip to Ireland by Cornelius Quinn
=== YouTube Videos of Irish Interest
=== Irish Clan Gatherings
=== Gaelic Phrases of the Month
=== Monthly Free Competition Result
Popular Articles from recent Newsletters:
St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin
'Grandma's Gramophone' - A Story by Michael Collins
Natural History Museum, Dublin
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FOREWORD
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The talk here in Ireland has been of the landmark apology finally given to the victims of the infamous Magdalene Laundries. The stories told by the survivors of these awful places are truly harrowing. We have provided a link in the Video section of the newsletter to a YouTube full length movie on this subject.
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IRISH GOVERNMENT FINALLY ISSUES APOLOGY TO MAGDALENE SURVIVORS The Irish Government response to the release of the Report into the extent of Irish State involvement in the now infamous 'Magdalene Laundries was very poor indeed. 
Taoiseach Enda Kenny botched the response and unwittingly inflicted more stress and hardship on the victims. The easy and honorable thing to do would have been to immediately apologise to the victims of what were essentially State-Sponsored Labour camps. Instead of apologising Enda Kenny decided that his Government needed more time to examine and consider the findings of the Report. Now, in respect of putting together a proper financial compensation package for the estimated 1000 still surviving women who were interred in these prisons, a considered approach is certainly appropriate. But quite why an immediate apology did not follow is a source of bafflement to just about everyone outside of the Taoiseach's close circle of handlers and advisors and prompted severe media criticism. The backlash had an effect. Enda Kenny finally stood up in Dail Eireann (the Irish Parliament) and apologized to the women, some of whom were in attendance: "Therefore, I, as Taoiseach, on behalf of the State, the Government and our citizens, apologise unreservedly to all those women for the hurt done to them, and any stigma they suffered, as a result of the time they spent in a Magdalene Laundry" The Government has also established a fund to provide compensation for the victims of the 10 Magdalene Laundries. Labour leader Eamon Gilmore criticized the four religious orders who ran the Laundries and called on them to help provide compensation for the women. What compensation can their be for a life destroyed by these terrible places? Many did not even make it out the front gate. At least 988 women were buried within the grounds of the Laundries - likely many more died within the walls. 
In the decades that followed the creation of the Irish Free State in 1922 and the Republic in 1948 the Catholic Church had tremendous influence in Ireland. It is only since the 1970's that this influence has declined. Over the last two decades the litany of abuse carried out in institutions by religious orders and sponsored by the State has been graphically exposed. One such institution was the 'Magdalene Laundry' where young girls and women who had a child out of wedlock, or who were prostitutes, or who were even homeless, were basically interned. The Laundries were state-sponsored workhouses. Although privately owned by religious orders they were subsidised by the Irish State for part of their existence. Thousands of women were forced to work in the Laundries which were run on a for-profit basis by several religious orders. The inmates were imbued with a sense of shame - their first names were changed and their surnames never used. They were often labelled as 'Maggie' by those of the public they encountered - a slang-word for a prostitute. It is both an amazing and damning fact that the final Laundry did not close until 1996. Located in Sean McDermott Street it is in the very heart of Dublin city centre. The apology does not mark the end of the investigation into the running of the Laundries but it is a starting point and hopefully will provide some measure of, if not closure then at least acknowledgment, for the women who suffered so badly in these most terrible of places. Comment on this Irish News Story at the Ireland Blog at: https://www.ireland-information.com/blog/?p=440#respond DEBT DEAL FOR IRELAND: A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION? The Irish debt deal did not reduce the amount owed by the country. Ireland still owes in the region of 125BN Euro - a staggering figure that will take decades to pay off. The new debt deal merely allows part of the debt to be paid off over a longer term.  This is not necessarily a bad thing if you are able to ignore the immorality of it. By pushing the debt repayments down the road to the year 2053 the current Government has essentially lumbered today's toddlers with the task of paying their parents debts. On the other hand, the breathing space that will be created by not having to pay as much as 2BN Euro annually over the next 10 years has given the current generation the opportunity to create jobs and growth to repair the damage sooner. Under the deal the Central Bank of Ireland swapped high-yielding 'Promissory Notes' for longer-term Government Bonds. The original deal was to cost over 3BN Euro annually for the next 10 years. The new deal sees a reduction in the interest rate from 8% to 3% and stretches the loan out to 40 years. This reduces the borrowing requirement of the Government in the short term which it is hoped will free up funds for job creation. The response in Ireland to the news of the deal has been broadly welcoming although those opposed to the whole concept of the Government bailing out the banks to begin with used the opportunity to demand that a write-down of Irish banking debt be sought immediately. The Fine Gael and Labour Party coalition Government made the point that the European Central Bank has never agreed to debt write-down before so it would have been pointless to even negotiate on that basis. The more militant of those opposing the Government want to see an immediate default on the debt to force the issue with the ECB, EU and IMF. This may yet happen. The level of debt being carried by Irish citizens and small businesses is reaching catastrophic proportions. Although the economy of the country has stabilised it is still quite dreadful. Unemployment in Ireland is stuck at over 14%, Irish emigration is at pre-Famine levels and job creation is barely perceptible. The gamble by Fine Gael that they can soldier on in the hope that the economy recovers may backfire under an avalanche of personal debt and mortgage defaults. In such a scenario a massive default on the loans granted to us by our European 'partners' will become a question of 'when' and 'how much' rather than 'if'. Against this backdrop the much vaunted 'Promissory Note' deal may become just another footnote in this bizarre period of Irish history. Comment on this Irish News Story at the Ireland Blog at: https://www.ireland-information.com/blog/?p=427#respond IRISH EMIGRATION AT HIGHEST LEVEL SINCE THE FAMINE The tragedy of Irish emigration continues unabated. Over 46,500 Irish people emigrated from Ireland in the year up to April 2012. The rate of emigration is the highest in Ireland since the Great Famine in the middle of the nineteenth century. 
The devastating recession and austerity measures being imposed in Ireland have made work very hard to come by. Unemployment remains above 14% in Ireland and at over 11% in the Eurozone. Little wonder then that so many Irish citizens are flocking to places like Canada, Australia and America. More than half of the 6,350 working visas to Canada available to Irish people during 2013 have been taken up in the space of just a few days. Demand for the 2-year work-travel visas has been especially high as Canada is crying out for skilled workers in certain parts of the country. The high cost of living in Canada and particularly in the major cities such as Toronto and Vancouver has not put off the hordes of mostly younger Irish people who continue to escape from their recession-hit homeland. Comment on this Irish News Story at the Ireland Blog at: https://www.ireland-information.com/blog/?p=410#respond RATE OF UNEMPLOYMENT IN IRELAND REMAINS HIGH The rate of unemployment in Ireland remains stubbornly high within the 14% to 15% range. This bad news has in part been reduced by an increase in the rate of emigration. 
The Central Statistics Office has announced that the number of people 'signing on' is just under 430,000, down just over 10,000 since the start of 2012. The figures could not mask the increase in the number of those considered to be 'long-term' unemployed. Nearly 190,000 of the total unemployed have been claiming benefits for over a year - a 3.3% increase over the year. The Irish Central Bank estimates domestic growth of only 0.5% in 2013 with GDP growth of 1.3%, a reduction in previous estimates. These numbers do not encourage any belief that the rate of Irish unemployment will decrease any time soon, putting further strain on an Irish economy already struggling with a huge social welfare bill. European unemployment continues to be a big issue with Spain at a massive 26%, Portugal at 16%, Italy at 11%, France at over 10%, the UK at under 8% and Germany at just under 7%. Comment on this Irish News Story at the Ireland Blog at: https://www.ireland-information.com/blog/?p=405#respond 17TH CENTURY POT OF GOLD FOUND IN FOUNDATIONS OF IRISH PUB Ok there was no actual Pot but a hoard of 81 coins dating from the 1630's to the early part of the 1700's has been discovered by workmen at a County Tipperary Pub that had burned down some years ago.  The hoard includes guineas and half-guineas including 35 Charles II coins, 25 James II coins, 19 William III and two William III and Mary III coins. Cooneys' pub in Carrick-on-Suir was one of the oldest pubs in the County until it was destroyed by fire. The unlikely find by the workmen has been described as perhaps the most significant archeological find in the region since the Derrynaflan Chalice was discovered in nearby Killenaule in 1980. According to Irish law all artifacts found in such a manner are the property of the State. The coins are likely to be displayed in the National Museum of Ireland for whom a spokesperson said: No comparable 17th-century hoard of gold coins has been found in Ireland since the discovery in Portarlington, County Laois, around 1947, of a hoard that contained little over 100 gold coins as well as some silver coins, It remains to be seen if the workmen or the pub-owner will receive any reward for the find. Comment on this Irish News Story at the Ireland Blog at: https://www.ireland-information.com/blog/?p=400#respond OPINION PIECE: FURTHER FIANNA FAIL POLL SURGE IS THE LOW-MARK OF IRISH DESPONDENCY The ruling Fianna Fail Party was trounced in the 2011 election. At 17% of the vote they seemed to be on the very edge of oblivion. Fine Gael and Labour had brushed them aside, bolted into power on a wave of optimism about 'real change' and 'burning the bond-holders' (a reference to not paying back bank loans to unsecured bond-holders in Europe).  For a while it seemed that there might actually be some a change in direction. But alas it is now clear that the current Government has merely assimilated the trappings of power worn with such gusto by Fianna Fail, and in fact is implementing much of the previous Government's policies.  It is difficult now to see any real difference between Fianna Fail and Fine Gael from a policy standing. The historical civil-war divide between the two parties is now all but irrelevant. Fine Gael have made very few changes to the deal struck with the EU/IMF/ECB troika who are lending Ireland huge sums of money in order to pay back German and French banks (and at a nice interest rate). Even the renegotiation of the Irish Promissory Note Deal is but a scratch on the surface of the mountain of debt facing the country. Heralded as a triumph it actually increases the amount of debt Ireland owes!  The Irish electorate is facing a scenario where there are two big Parties occupying the moderate central section of the Irish political landscape (Fine Gael, Fianna Fail) while the Labour Party vainly attempts to brand itself as the party of the left wing, a space now dominated by Sinn Fein and the Socialist Party. Rumours abound that the vacancy for a more right-of-centre Party may about to be filled with the establishment of a new 'Progressive Democrats' style of Party, but it has not happened yet. The most recent opinion poll shows that Fianna Fail are now the best supported Party in the country at 27% compared to Fine Gael on 25%, 20% for Sinn Fein and Labour at 13%. How could this happen? How could the Party that was in Government while the Irish economy imploded be a mere two years later regarded as the best bet to lead Ireland to recovery? Perhaps it is a sign that the current Government has failed or that the prospect of Sinn Fein in power is just too much for some people. Perhaps it is the disgust with the Labour Party being expressed so openly now by even some of its own membership. Perhaps it is the now five years of austerity and hardship that has been imposed on a relatively docile Irish citizenry by its masters in Government. Perhaps it is a combination of all of the above - or is it that such are the depths of Irish despondency and cynicism with the Irish body politic that people will now vote for anyone just to get some real change. Anyone. Even Fianna Fail. Comment on this Irish News Story at the Ireland Blog at: https://www.ireland-information.com/blog/?p=444#respond |
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FREE ATTRACTION #8: CHESTER BEATTY LIBRARY, DUBLIN
The Library that bears the name of Sir Alfred Chester Beatty was opened in 1954. He was born in America and was an avid collector of antiquities his entire life. He made his fortune in the mining industry, settled in London, then Cairo and then Dublin where he was to become Ireland's first ever honorary citizen in 1957. His priceless collection was bequeathed to a trust for the enjoyment of the public and has remained so for over half a century. 
The Library is a collection of books and manuscripts, miniature paintings, prints, drawings and decorative arts, some dating from the year 2700 BC. Housing artifacts primarily from Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Europe the Library offers a marvellous insight into the religions and cultures of the world. The Library was awarded the title 'European Museum of the Year' in 2002. The Collections in the Library include some of the earliest surviving copies of the Bible and Qur'an. The East Asian Collection include scrolls and manuscripts from China while the Japanese and Islamic Collections house hundreds of priceless objects from the past. Admission is free to the Library which is located on the grounds of Dublin Castle, a few hundred yards from Trinity College, O'Connell Street, Christchurch Cathedral and St. Stephens Green. The building is wheelchair and child-buggy accessible and offers audio-visual presentations describing the marvellous antiquities housed there. The 'Silk Road Cafe' offers a variety of Eastern and International foods in keeping with the ethos of the Library itself. Free guided tours are available at certain times of the week. Hidden behind the walls of Dublin Castle the Library has an amazing reputation. It is also situated right in the heart of Dublin city centre so its delights can be enjoyed as part of a walking tour of the city centre, perhaps taking in Christchurch Cathedral or the Book of Kells at nearby Trinity College. A fine day out might be to visit the Library in the morning, enjoy lunch at the cafe, and then take in some shopping and a stroll down Grafton street, ending with a walk around St. Stephens Green park. All completely free (apart from the shopping bill!) Find out more here: http://www.cbl.ie FEE-PAYING ATTRACTION #8: BLARNEY CASTLE, CORK 'Kissing the Blarney Stone' has become something of a tourist obligation for visitors to Ireland, along with visiting the Book of Kells and Newgrange. Tradition has it that any person who has kissed the stone will never be short of words - the 'gift of the gab' so to speak. It is easy to distil a visit to Blarney Castle into this sole purpose but that would be a big mistake. The Castle has a lot more to offer. 
The Castle itself is a treasured antiquity of Ireland and is nearly six centuries old. It was built in the year 1446 by Dermot McCarthy who was the King of Munster, the Southern part of Ireland. The original wooden building on the site was constructed in the tenth century! McCarthy is said to have provided 4000 men to aid Robert the Bruce at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314. Bruce is said to have given McCarthy half of the 'Stone of Scone' in gratitude to the Munster King, this gift becoming the famous 'Blarney Stone'. The origin of the word 'blarney' (meaning flattery, humorous coaxing, witty persuasion) hails from the era of Queen Elizabeth. Determined as she was to capture the Castle in her conquest of Ireland the English Queen instructed the Earl of Leicester to seize it. McCarthy employed delaying tactics, offering banquets and negotiations, always delaying and politically thwarting the Earl's mission. So annoyed was the Queen with the repeated reports of his failure to take the Castle that she described his lengthy letters and explanations as 'blarney'. It is rare indeed that such an obviously Irish term should have been coined by an English Monarch! A visit to the Castle can of course include the famous Blarney Stone but also should include an exploration of the Gardens and Rock Close, this latter being a walk in the grounds including views of the ancient Dolmen, the Wishing Steps, the Sacrificial Altar of the ancient Druids and the Ancient Circle. The wonderfully named 'Badgers Cave' provided an underground escape route for the native inhabitants when Cromwell's invaders eventually breached the Castle defences in the seventeenth century. The Castle is located some 8km northwest of Cork City. One of the other main attractions in the Cork area is the Fota Wildlife Park which is located to the East of Cork city, maybe a half hour to an hour drive from Blarney, depending on the route taken! Tickets for Blarney Castle can be bought online at a modest discount. The Free Blarney Castle Guide Leaflet can be downloaded at: http://www.blarneycastle.ie/files/20110309114903Blarney%20Castle%20Guidebook%202011.pdf |
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I WANDERED SILENT TO A SAINTED HILL
- A Poem by Jeremiah J. Shea (1903-1964)
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I wandered silent to a sainted hill
Where oft in boyhood I was wont to play
I wondered if the cabin stood there still;
Alas the years had mouldered it away.
A crumbling pile of chimney stones remain,
A flagstone stands where stood the little door;
I saw while in my heart there swelled a pain
A welcome mat of clover on the floor.
Who lived there? Does it matter? They are gone.
Yet I can hear their laughter ringing still.
My schoolboy comrades Willie, Ned, and John
Inside the little cabin on the hill.
I stood there on the welcome mat of green
And saw afar the gap of old Dunloe;
The shoulders of the reeks that seemed to lean
Against the skies in summer's afterglow.
Forgotten verses, snatches of old rhymes
Came teeming through my memory in a flood;
Old faces, friends of other years and times,
Came stealing to the green whereon I stood.
The far flung sweeping moorland valley lay
Before us in a gorgeous heather gown.
The distant farms as patchwork quilting gay
Spread out around each village, church, and town.
With friends I know and love so very well
I rested till a silence as in prayer
Was broken when the tolling of a bell
From old Killallow filled the mountain air.
The spell was broke, the vespers far away
Recalled to each the hour when we must part;
But we who stood upon the Point that day
Will carry each that hour within each heart.
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MY RECENT TRIP TO IRELAND
by Cornelius Quinn
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Planning a trip to Ireland? I'm back from a nice two weeks in Ireland. Some friends asked me for information about my trip as they were planning a trip in the future. Dublin is a great place to start. Don't rent a car for the first couple of days. Driving in Dublin is dangerous and in addition to daily rental fee you may have to pay 10 Euros or more per day to park. There is good public transportation from the airport to downtown Dublin. We took a cab to our B&B for about 30 euros. There is a lot to do and see in Dublin and the best way to do that is to take the 'Hop-on Hop-off' bus which stops at all the key places. The trip ticket is good for two days and is a good value. You can't see everything in just two days so you must decide your priorities. 
If you are interested in history, the Irish National Museum at Collins Barracks is the best place to get a feel for the history of Ireland's struggle for independence. When you first walk into the wide open plaza you can almost see the British Calvary and the soldiers standing at muster. There is a detailed section on the War for Independence. In the back of the Museum is the Gun-running ship 'The Asgard'. For a quiet few minutes be sure to visit the Cemetery in back where many who were killed in the 1916 rising are buried. Dublin Castle, where in the movie 'Michael Collins' you see the Colors being turned over to the Irish Government, has a very bloody history. Its tour is very interesting. Kilmainham Gaol where many political prisoners were held is another important site. Ask about the Donegal Corner where my Uncle was a guest of the British! The General Post Office and the area around is a nice short walk to nearby places for Irish souvenirs. Trinity College, Guinness Storehouse, Old Jameson Distillery and Brazen Head (the Oldest Pub in Ireland) are all worth the time. They all are on the Hop-on bus route. The Temple Bar area for evening entertainment is fun if you like a lot of young kids and a big crowd. A nice Irish dinner and a beer at the Temple Bar Pub was enough for me. The Arlington Hotel is still the best Irish show in Dublin. I stayed at the Phoenix Park B&B. Its location is great, right on the bus lines and across the street from the Heuston Rail Station if you are taking a train or bus to other parts of Ireland. The accommodations are clean and modern. It's a family run business and Joe and Mary Smith will help you with anything you need. There is a full restaurant and pub on premises run by their son Liam. From Dublin it's a short drive to Belfast and the museum about the Titanic is worth the trip. Then it's about an hours drive to historic Derry. The highlight of the trip to Derry was a walk on the Wall with Adrian Callan. He is well versed in the history of old Derry and the underlying causes for the civil rights fights in that area. He gave a detailed history of the City. Adrian is an expert in the issues leading up to Bloody Sunday. It is an emotional and sad history of that time. We stayed at the Abbey B&B run by Seamus Kennedy and it is the only B&B in Bogside. Its location is right next to the area where Bloody Sunday occurred. The accommodations are clean and Seamus is a fine host. Be sure to book a walking tour of the Wall. 
From Derry you could head to Donegal. A nice side-trip there is on the Donegal Bay Waterbus located in Donegal town. It covers a lot of history of the area including Coffin Ships used during the Great Famine. Don't miss the seals sleeping on a sandy beach. Say hello to my Cousin Sean Quinn who is usually serving nice Irish Coffee on the Waterbus. Departing Donegal it is a half-day drive on good roads to Our Lady of Knock Shrine in County Mayo. Then a drive to Connemara where a stop at Kylemore Abbey is nice. Heading South to Galway I recommend staying outside the city. Depending on your time and interest next are the Ring of Kerry and/or Kinsale in the most Southern part of Ireland. A lot of history about the 160 Siege of Kinsale is centered there. Kinsale also has great restaurants while Kinsale Glass is as good as Waterford and a lot cheaper. It's then a short trip to Blarney Castle and finally back to Dublin or Shannon for a flight home. There is still so much to see or do that I hope to make on my next trip! Cornelius Quinn |
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Chester Beatty Library, Dublin
Blarney Castle, Cork
2002 feature film 'The Magdalene Sisters'
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PHRASE: Conas ata tu?
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PHRASE: Glacfaidh me do theocht/chuisle
PRONOUNCED: glock-igg may duh teowked/cush-leh
MEANING: I will take your temperature/pulse
PHRASE: Gheobhaidh me an bhanaltra/dochtuir duit
PRONOUNCED: geow-igg may on bawn-all-tra/dock-tour dwit
MEANING: I will get the nurse/doctor for you
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