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      The Information about Ireland Site Newsletter 
                       March 2010
     
    The Newsletter for people interested in Ireland 
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    		IN THIS ISSUE
    
    === News Snaps from Ireland 
    === New free resources at the site
    === Free Kids Games to Print
    === Irish Recipes and Irish Songs - free download
    === The Life of Saint Patrick
    === March 17th by JJ Leyden
    === Irish Heritage by Bonita M. Emerson
    === Saints and Skelligs by Nathan Kingerlee
    === An Alarm Clock by Pat Watson
    === Shamrock Site of the Month: celticattic.com
    === Gaelic Phrases of the Month
    === Monthly free competition result
    
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    FOREWORD
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    Happy Saint Patrick's Day! This years parade and 
    festival are perhaps a little more muted than in 
    recent years but the organisers have again done 
    a great job. Be sure to check out the Saint 
    Patrick's day downloads, kids games and 
    screensavers from the links shown below.
    
    Beannachtai na Feile Padraig!
    
    Michael
    
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    NEWS SNAPS FROM IRELAND
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    PATRICK'S DAY EVENTS EXPECTED TO ATTRACT 650,000
    
    Merrion Square in the heart of Dublin city has 
    been closed off and turned into party-central for 
    those celebrating Saint Patrick's day this year. 
    Street theatre and music acts are being provided 
    with the highlight of the week being the Dublin 
    parade that will showcase over 2000 performers. 
    Irish soccer legend Packie Bonner is this years 
    grand marshall.
    
    IRISH ECONOMY TO EXIT RECESSION THIS YEAR
    
    The Irish employers group IBEC has predicted that 
    the recession will end in Ireland later this year 
    and has further predicted economic growth of 2.1% 
    in 2011. IBEC reported in their latest set of 
    economic forecasts that there has been an 
    improvement in confidence internationally in the 
    Irish economy and that the cuts in public sector 
    pay and services will have the desired effect on 
    government finances.
    
    Despite this upbeat assessment it is clear that 
    unemployment is going to remain stubbornly high 
    in Ireland for some years to come and will 
    continue to be a major drag on the economy. 
    
    STRIKE WARS BEGIN
    
    Management at Aer Lingus have indicated their 
    seriousness about restructuring their staffing 
    and productivity arrangements by sacking 230 
    cabin crew staff and then offering to re-hire 
    up to 75% of the staff at reduced wages and 
    conditions. Staff unions had previously rejected 
    managements plans to restructure the company and 
    lay off 600 staff across the loss-making company. 
    
    Irish Unions have been sabre-rattling for some time 
    since the government imposed wage cuts across the 
    entire pubic service. A series of 'works-to rule'
    and half-day stoppages are expected to escalate 
    into all-out strike action as the Unions seek to 
    have the pay cuts reversed. This goal seems very 
    unlikely to be achieved with the government aware 
    that the vast civil and public service will receive 
    very little support from private sector workers
    who have suffered huge cutbacks and unemployment.
    
    While Unions may privately acknowledge that there 
    is little chance of getting the pay cuts reversed 
    they surely must have one eye on the next budget 
    announcement later this year with the expectation 
    that yet more pay cuts may be on the cards.
    
    Unions have entered negotiations with the 
    government about the pay cuts and although hopes 
    of a deal are slim it is possible that some short 
    term agreement may be reached. The fact that the 
    broad-ranging pay cuts have affected lower paid 
    staff even more than higher paid managers is a 
    continued and justified source of irritation to 
    the Unions and is one area where the government 
    actually has some room to manoeuvre.
    
    The stakes are very high. If industrial 
    unrest spreads throughout the economy then the 
    damage to the fragile economic recovery expected 
    in 2011 may have very long terms consequences.
    
    ULSTER SAYS YES AGAIN
    
    In another important landmark in Northern Ireland 
    the parliament there has decided to vote in favour 
    of devolving powers relating to policing and 
    justice administration from London to the Assembly 
    at Stormont. 
    
    The Ulster Unionist Party opposed the move while 
    the traditionally hard-line DUP voted in favour. 
    This development certainly cements the deal made 
    between the DUP and Sinn Fein, both of whom are 
    considered the more extreme wings of Unionism and 
    Nationalism in the north. The vote was welcomed 
    by the Irish ans British governments as well as 
    by US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton.
    
    ONLINE ARCHIVE OF IRISH HISTORICAL PHOTOS EXPANDED
    
    The National Archive of Ireland has expanded its 
    online service which allows visitors to view 
    over 34,000 photographs of Ireland from the 
    period 1860 to 1954. This free archive can be 
    viewed at:
    
    
    http://www.nli.ie/digital-photographs.aspx
    
    View a 19th century peasant thatched cottage at:
    
    http://digital.nli.ie/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/glassplates&CISOPTR=28693&CISOBOX=1&REC=3
    
    View the ruins of the GPO after the Easter 1916 Rising here:
    
    http://digital.nli.ie/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/glassplates&CISOPTR=7693&CISOBOX=1&REC=20
    
    View Countess Markievicz addressing a political rally:
    
    http://digital.nli.ie/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/glassplates&CISOPTR=33784&CISOBOX=1&REC=9
    
    
    'BOY IN THE STRIPED PAJAMAS' BOOK OF THE DECADE
    
    The book 'The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas' by 
    Irish author John Boyne was voted the best book 
    of the last decade in a recent poll. Colm Toibin's 
    'Brooklyn' was ranked in twentieth place with 
    John Banville's 'The Sea' in at 44. 
    
    
    Voice your opinion on these news issues here:
    
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    NEW COATS OF ARMS ADDED TO THE GALLERY:
    
    The following 5 coats of arms images and family
    history details have been added to the Gallery:
    
    J: Jameson
    N: Neary, McNew
    P: Perry, Pigott
    
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    FREE KIDS GAMES TO PRINT
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    Go here to print off some simple games to teach 
    kids about Ireland:
    
    
    https://www.ireland-information.com/freegames.htm
    
    FIND OUT ABOUT SAINT PATRICK HERE:
    
    
    https://www.ireland-information.com/saintpatricksday.htm
    
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    IRISH RECIPES AND IRISH SONGS - FREE DOWNLOAD
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    IRISH RECIPES
    
    Our free Irish Recipes electronic book is packed 
    with 25 of the very best Irish Recipes to try 
    out on Saint Patrick's Day. Corned beef and 
    cabbage, Irish Pound Cake, Wicklow Pancakes 
    - try them all!
    
    You can download it from here:
    
    
    https://www.ireland-information.com/irishrecipes/index.htm
    
    You can send these ebooks to a friend from here:
    
    https://www.ireland-information.com/postcardnew.htm
    
    IRISH SONGS
    
    You can view the lyrics to 74 of Ireland's most 
    popular traditional, drinking and folk songs AND 
    you can listen to the music online too.
    
    The music tune is supplied in MIDI files that are 
    easily understood by the majority of Internet 
    Browsers so:
    
    * Make sure that your PC speakers are connected 
      and working
    * Turn the Volume up
    * Select the song you want 
    * All together now....
    	'in Dublin's fair city 
    	 where the girl's are so pretty, 
    	 I first set my eyes on 
    	 sweet Molloy Malone...'
    
    There's More!!!!
    
    You can download ALL of the Music files and ALL 
    of the Lyrics onto your PC in the form of a free 
    'ebook' that you can print off and keep forever! 
    You can even send the ebook to your friends and 
    relatives or offer it at your website.
    
    ALL COMPLETELY FREE!
    
    Here are some of the songs available:
    
    * Amhran na bhFiann (the Irish National Anthem)
    * She Moved Through the Fair 
     (Julia Roberts sang this in the film 'Michael Collins')
    * Back Home in Derry (Bobby Sands)
    * Black is the Colour (of my true love's hair)
    * An Irish Lullaby 
      (Barney Gumble sang this in 'The Simpsons')
    * Cockles and Mussels (alive-alive-oh!)
    * Erin Go Bragh
    * I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen
    * Rocky Road to Dublin
    * The Fields of Athenry
    * The Rose of Tralee
    * When Irish Eyes are Smiling
    * Whiskey in the Jar (Thin Lizzy classic)
    
    ........and over 60 more!
    
    View and Listen here:
    
    
    https://www.ireland-information.com/irishmusic/irishsongs-music-lyrics-midis.htm
    
    
    
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    THE LIFE OF SAINT PATRICK
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    The Patron Saint of Ireland was born into Roman 
    Britain in the fourth century. He was captured as 
    a teenager by Niall of the Nine Hostages who was 
    to become a King of all Ireland.
    
    He was sold into slavery in Ireland and put to 
    work as a shepherd. He worked in terrible 
    conditions for six years drawing comfort in the 
    Christian faith that so many of his people had 
    abandoned under Roman rule.
    
    Patrick had a dream that encouraged him to flee 
    his captivity and to head South where a ship was 
    to be waiting for him. He traveled over 200 
    miles from his Northern captivity to Wexford 
    town where, sure enough, a ship was waiting to 
    enable his escape.
    
    Upon arrival in England he was captured by 
    brigands and returned to slavery. He escaped 
    after two months and spent the next seven years 
    traveling Europe seeking his destiny.
    
    During this time he furthered his education and 
    studied Christianity in the Lerin Monastery in 
    France. He returned to England as a priest. 
    Again a dream greatly influenced him when he 
    became convinced that the Irish people were 
    calling out to him to return to the land of 
    his servitude.
    
    He went to the Monastery in Auxerre where it 
    was decided that a mission should be sent to 
    Ireland. Patrick was not selected for this task 
    to his great disappointment. The monk that was 
    selected was called Paladius, but he died before 
    he could reach Ireland and a second mission was 
    decided upon.
    
    Patrick was made a Bishop by Pope Celestine in 
    the year 432 and, together with a small band of 
    followers, he traveled to Ireland to commence 
    the conversion.
    
    Patrick confronted the most powerful man in 
    Ireland, Laoghaire, The High King of Tara, as 
    he knew that if he could gain his support then 
    he would be safe to spread the word throughout 
    Ireland. To get his attention Patrick and his 
    followers lit a huge fire to mark the commencement 
    of Spring. Tradition had it that no fire was to 
    be lit until the King's fire was complete, but 
    Patrick defied this rule and courted the 
    confrontation with the King.
    
    The King rushed into action and traveled with the 
    intention of making war on the holy delegation. 
    Patrick calmed the King and with quiet composure 
    impressed upon him that he had no intention other
    than that of spreading the word of the Gospel. 
    The King accepted the missionary, much to the 
    dismay of the Druids who feared for their own 
    power and position in the face of this new threat. 
    They commanded that he make snow fall. Patrick 
    declined to do so stating that this was God's 
    work. Immediately it began to snow, only stopping 
    when Patrick blessed himself.
    
    Still trying to convince the King of his religion 
    Patrick grasped at some Shamrock growing on the 
    ground. He explained that there was but one stem 
    on the plant, but three branches of the leaf, 
    representing the Blessed Trinity. The King was 
    impressed with his sincerity and granted him 
    permission to spread the word of his faith, 
    although he did not convert to Christianity 
    himself.
    
    Patrick and his followers were free to spread 
    their faith throughout Ireland and did so to great 
    effect. He drove paganism (symbolised by the 
    snake) from the lands of Eireann. 
    
    Patrick was tempted by the Devil whilst on a 
    pilgrimage at Croagh Patrick. For his refusal to 
    be tempted, God rewarded him with a wish. Patrick 
    asked that the Irish be spared the horror of 
    Judgment Day and that he himself be allowed to 
    judge his flock. Thus, the legend that Ireland 
    will disappear under a sea of water seven years
    before the final judgment, was born.
    
    Patrick died on March 17th in the year 461 at the 
    age of 76. It is not known for sure where his 
    remains were laid although Downpatrick in County 
    Down in the North of Ireland is thought to be 
    his final resting place.
    
    His influence is still felt to this day as Nations 
    the world over commemorate him on March 17th of 
    every year.
    
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    Saint Patrick screensavers, pictures to color and 
    more can be found here:
    
    
    https://www.ireland-information.com/saintpatricksday.htm
    
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    MARCH 17TH 
    by JJ Leyden
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    March 17th, Saint Patrick's Day.
    There is a gathering of family and friends.
    Traditional corn beef, cabbage, and boiled potatoes.
    
    We linger at the table and talk.
    There is a catching up on news and gossip.
    Drinks are shared and laughter abounds.
    Old bonds are re-cemented.
    There is closeness available nowhere else.
    
    The dearly departed and their deeds are remembered.
    We speak of our children and their accomplishments.
    Old family stories, told time and time again,
    are told once more, and relished.
    
    A celebration of family and our Irish ethnicity.
    Isn't it grand, just being part of it?
     
    John Leyden
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    IRISH HERITAGE
    by Bonita M. Emerson
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    The rain gently falls upon the emerald hill,
    As drizzled sprinkles collide with sunshine,
    A multi-colored spectrum rainbow appears,
    Bends at both ends amongst green shamrocks.
    Luck or no, to search and find that 
    fabled pot of shiny gold,
    Shimmering against a thatched cottage,
    Next to a stoned wall fence 
    of nature's earth tones.
    Of myth and legend 
    is the land of 'Erin go braugh',
    Ireland: tis' my Celtic heritage
    
    Bonita M. Emerson
    
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    SAINTS AND SKELLIGS
    by Nathan Kingerlee
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    Long before Strongbow entered Ireland with his 
    Welsh knights - at the invite of traitorous Irish 
    king Dermot MacMurchada - the Irish were 
    plundering the English and Welsh coastline.
    
    Wild and bearded Irish warriors stalked the Irish 
    Sea, landing lightning attacks on unsuspecting 
    settlements and Roman villas. They would loot and 
    plunder what they could, carrying women and 
    children back to Ireland into marriage and 
    slavery. There are stories of highly planned 
    kidnap and ransom missions, with Roman family 
    members being safely reunited with their families 
    once huge ransoms were paid.
    
    Like the Vikings many years later, for a time the 
    Irish struck fear deep into the hearts of the 
    English and Welsh, and also the Romans, who at 
    the time were encamped in Britain.
    
    It was a plundering raiding party, looking for 
    slaves and wives, who carried a Roman boy back to 
    Ireland into a cold life of slavery. This fourteen 
    year old Roman boy, Patrickus, grew to be
    Saint Patrick.
    
    This Welsh/Roman man has been adopted by the Irish 
    as one of our patron saints, responsible for 
    converting single handed a land of ruthless pagans 
    into devout Christians, driving snakes from our 
    green and rocky shores and trademarking the 
    shamrock. The story of Saint Patrick is incredible 
    and tough. He's even believed to have killed 
    someone, possibly a lover, during his lifetime.
    
    In truth Christian missionaries were traveling 
    Ireland's hills, forests and bogs before a newly 
    ordained Patrickus returned to Ireland, having 
    escaped from slavery in a row-boat several years 
    earlier.
    
    Although he wasn't the first missionary to arrive 
    in Ireland, when Patrickus returned as a priest, 
    he had several things in his favor. After six 
    years living here he knew the land, the people, 
    the customs and the language. He was able to move 
    relatively unhindered around the country and 
    possibly because of his Roman noble descent he 
    was treated with some respect. He was also here 
    just at the right time, as the country was ready 
    for the bells of Christianity to toll.
    
    The Irish pagans and druids worshipped several 
    gods, including snakes. Certain groups of druids 
    carried a snake tattoo emblazoned on their upper 
    arm. The druids Patrickus wasn't able to convert 
    (and there were many of them) he drove from 
    Ireland - hence the connection with Patrickus 
    driving all snakes from the country.
    
    One of Ireland's furthermost outreaches is a 
    brutally sharp protrusion of rock off the Kerry 
    coast, which we now call Skellig Michael. Here 
    stood the final outpost of druids and pagan 
    worshipers - wild, rugged men, who called on 
    many gods, threw curses across the country from 
    atop of their rock and performed human sacrifices 
    - or so Christianity viewed them.
    
    To this rock Patrickus travelled, alone and wary, 
    in a little currach, to face his final battle. 
    Here he faced his enemies and found his match. 
    Men capable of performing human sacrifices and 
    surviving a tough, tough life on these rocks 
    stood against the stout heart and strong staff 
    of Patrickus...
    
    For a day or more Patrickus argued and fought 
    with the druids, until at last, weary, bloodied, 
    dehydrated and faltering he drew together his 
    final strength and called upon the archangel 
    Michael to help. What happened next, whether the 
    archangel Michael descended to assist, or whether 
    Patrickus used his final strength, is not known, 
    but he did succeed in driving the last of the 
    Irish pagans off the black rock and out of Ireland 
    and today this rock is known as Skellig Michael 
    - The Rock of Michael.
    
    A monastery was built on Skellig Michael, and 
    hardy monks made a life of worship and survival 
    for themselves from the 6th to the 12th century.
    
    Wherever druids had settled and worshipped, the 
    first Irish priests and monks would often build 
    churches and monasteries in an effort to keep the 
    displaced druids from returning and keep at bay 
    the evil gods and spirits, whom to some extent 
    were still half-believed and feared. This is 
    exactly what happened on Skellig Michael, after 
    being such a powerful pagan site for so long, 
    there was no way Patrickus could leave it to its 
    own menacing devices.
    
    Interestingly, one of the reasons that Skellig 
    Michael was abandoned in the 12th century was 
    because the Roman Catholic Church feared the 
    monks and holy men living in remote locations 
    were becoming too connected with nature, too in 
    awe of the elements around them, and slipping 
    into some of the pagan ways of life - so larger, 
    more central monasteries were built with a more 
    formal way of holy life and worship.
    
    The tiny village of Ballinskelligs, near 
    Caherciveen, is where the monks from Skellig 
    Michael were moved - Ballinskelligs meaning 
    'Homestead of the Rocks'.
    
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    Nathan Kingerlee runs 'Outdoors Ireland' who 
    provide trips and guided tours in the County 
    Kerry area:
    http://www.outdoorsireland.com
    
    Easter Adventure Break in Killarney:
    
    http://outdoorsireland.blogspot.com/2010/03/find-adventure-in-april.html
    
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    AN ALARM CLOCK 
    by Pat Watson
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    'This is your final warning, if you are late one 
    more morning you will be dismissed.' 
    That's what the stationmaster at Kings Cross 
    railway station said to Timmy. 
    
    In 1957 Timmy had come to London with another 
    twenty-five thousand young Irishmen. Most of the 
    others were big, strong muscular men who were 
    willing and able to work as navies with Wimpeys 
    or McAlpines. Timmy alas was weak, lanky, lean 
    and lazy. 'Avoid hard work, you're not able for 
    it,' that's what his mother always told him. In 
    this he always obeyed her. That was why he 
    avoided the building sites and got a job with 
    British Rail. Now he was on his final warning.
    
    He shared the digs with three Wimpies, a bed in 
    each corner of the big room on the third floor. 
    In the other big room across the hall were four 
    big Kerry McAlpines. All eight shared the tiny 
    kitchen, the radio, the banter and several pints 
    each, nightly. Unfortunately Timmy's starting 
    time was six am while the navies started at 
    eight. Now he was on his last chance.
    
    You need one of these alarm clocks with two bells 
    on top with a little hammer that bangs over and 
    back between them. Place it in a tin basin to 
    double the noise-  it would waken the dead, that's 
    what his friends told him. Get it today tomorrow
    will be too late.
    
    He found the clock easy enough but the basin that 
    was a different thing. If you were in Mohill or 
    Coothill or Summerhill you'd have no bother buying 
    a tin basin but in London you won't find a tin 
    basin in Harrods window or any other high street 
    window for that matter. Pronouncing it 'bashin' 
    wouldn't help your cause either. However he 
    persisted and finally was on his way home with 
    the basin wrapped in brown paper under one arm 
    and the hammer clock held by its carrying handle 
    in the other hand. Then he met the two Cavan 
    girls, the big one and the little one, Mary and 
    Mona. They lived next door. 
    
    'Are you going to make a bomb with the clock?' 
    said Mary.
    'Give it to me and I'll put it inside my coat.' 
    All three got on the busy tube train, Timmy sat 
    in the middle, the big girl sat on his right 
    and he put the basin upside down on his left to 
    give the small girl a lift. When she sat the 
    basin dinged a little with a plonking sound. 
    Unfortunately she was suffering from severe 
    hiccups, each of which was followed by a double 
    plonking of the basin. It would have been worse 
    if it had been the big girl as she had a smoker's 
    cough. 
    
    Opposite sat two Cockney gentlemen, drivers of 
    the famous black taxis, on their way home. They 
    were greatly amused by the antics of the 'Oirish' 
    and one of them said to Mary as she coughed, 
    'Cough it up mate it might be a watch.'
    'No it's a clock,' she said as she pulled out the 
    clock. That shook him and all the carriage laughed 
    loudly at him. Just as the Cockneys turned nasty 
    with racist remarks the train stopped at the 
    Tottenham Court Road and the three Wimpies got on 
    and threw off the two Cockneys. That settled that.
    
    Now that he was sure of being wakened in the 
    morning Timmy and his friends celebrated well and 
    fell into bed after midnight. The clock in the 
    basin was even better than expected. At five am 
    all hell broke loose, Timmy thought the war had 
    started in his head, the devil of a clock was 
    jumping round the basin clamoring for action, he 
    picked it up and hurled it at the wall only there 
    was no wall there, just a window.
    
    If you are driving a black taxi in London at five 
    in the morning what are the chances of being hit 
    by a flying clock? 
    
    When last seen Timmy was clambering over 
    back-garden walls in Camden Town in his pajamas 
    pursued by a very angry taxi man.   
    
    
    'An Alarm Clock' 
    is one of sixty lyrical yarns from 
    'Original Irish Stories' by Pat Watson, 
    Creagh, Bealnamulla, Athlone, Ireland. 
    First published in March 2006.
    To get your copy email the author here:
    
    pjwatson@utvinternet.com
    
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    PHRASE:		Slainte 
    PRONOUNCED:	slawn-che
    MEANING:		Good Health!
    
    PHRASE:		Eireann go braugh
    PRONOUNCED:	air-in go braw
    MEANING:		Ireland forever!
    
    PHRASE:		Beannachtai na Feile Padraig
    PRONOUNCED:	bann/ockt/tee nih fail/eh pawd/rig
    MEANING:		Happy Saint Patrick's Day
    
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