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      The Information about Ireland Site Newsletter 
                      November 2005
     
    The Newsletter for people interested in Ireland 
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    		IN THIS ISSUE
    === Foreword
    === News Snaps from Ireland 
    === New free resources at the site
    === Dermot, Strongbow, and the Invasion of Ireland
    === The Irish-American Thanksgiving Day 
    			by Patrick Kevin Quinn
    === 10 Great Christmas Gift Ideas
    === A little bit of Dublin - #8
    === Gaelic Phrases of the Month
    === Monthly free competition result
    
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    FOREWORD
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    NEWS SNAPS FROM IRELAND
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    IRISH ECONOMIC BOOM CONTINUES
    
    Recent statistics have revealed that there are 
    300 PAYE (ordinary tax-payers) who earn over 1 
    M-illion Euro annually. This is 3 times the number 
    who earned that much in 2001. The continuing 
    shortage of skilled staff is the most likely 
    explanation for the boom in wages.
    
    Irish house prices continue to rise, despite the 
    annual predictions of an imminent decline. Some 
    commentators are predicting a 15% gain over the 
    next 2 years, despite repeated warnings from the 
    Irish Central Bank. 
    
    Since joining the Euro currency, control over 
    interest rates now rests with the European Central 
    Bank. The ECB has kept rates at record low levels 
    for years, primarily because of sluggishness in 
    the German, French and Italian economies. This is 
    good news for Irish mortgage-holders who continue 
    to see the value of their property rise.
    
    The ingrained Irish desire to own property is well 
    known but it is unlikely that previous generations 
    could have envisaged the distance their descendants 
    would be willing to go. Not content with snapping 
    up property in the UK, France and Spain, Irish 
    investors are now targeting Canada, Africa, New 
    Zealand, Croatia and even Thailand. Investors from 
    Ireland recently spent nearly 3 M-illion Euro in a 
    Las Vegas development while over 4.5 M-illion Euro 
    has been spent on a Thai property scheme. It is 
    estimated that more than 600,000 Irish people now 
    own property abroad. 
    
    EXCESSIVE NUMBER OF KIPPERS IN IRELAND
    
    The Irish obsession with owning their own home 
    has bred a new generation who are refusing to 
    leave their parents' house until well into their 
    20s, 30s, 40s and beyond. Spiralling property 
    prices have caused the number of KIPPERS (Kids 
    in Parents' Pads Eroding Retirement Savings) to 
    soar. It is likely that the majority of KIPPERS 
    are saving to invest in a property of their own. 
    A recent Central Statistics Office study has 
    found that over 450,000 adults still reside 
    with their parents. This figure represents 12% 
    of the entire population of the country. 
    
    As one commentator remarked 'Irish mammies don't 
    have apron strings, they have steel cables.' 
    
    34 BILLION EURO TRANSPORT PLAN UNVEILED
    
    The most ambitious and expensive transport 
    infrastructure plan in the history of the State has 
    been unveiled by the Government. Over 34 B-illion 
    Euro will be spent over the next decade on various 
    schemes which will have a dramatic effect 
    transport in Ireland.
    
    The plan includes:
    
    * Linking up the 2 LUAS (light rial) city lines
    * 6 other Luas projects
    * An 'Atlantic Corridor' road network linking 
      Donegal, Galway, Limerick, Cork and Waterford
    * 2 metro lines including a link to Dublin Airport
    * An underground station at St. Stephens Green.
    * Completion of the Dublin Port Tunnel
    * Upgrading of the M50
    * A new rail link to Navan
    
    Critics of the plan point to previous projects 
    that fell behind schedule as well as running 
    over-budget. The Government plans to implement 
    strict financial controls to ensure no such 
    over-runs occur in the future.
    
    COST OF LIVING IN IRELAND FOR FOREIGNERS SOARS
    
    A recent survey has recorded Ireland as the third 
    most expensive place in the EU, and sixth 
    worldwide, for foreign people to live in. Norway 
    is the most expensive followed by Denmark and 
    then Japan.
    
    IRISH POTATO IMPORTS CONTINUE TO GROW
    
    Despite the historical image of Ireland relying 
    heavily on the consumption of potatoes as a 
    dietary staple, the importation of potatoes from 
    the U.K. and beyond. Most of the imports are 
    being used in fast-food restaurants and take-aways 
    as the quality of home-grown potatoes is not 
    regarded as sufficiently high for producing 
    'French Fries'.
    
    The Irish Government agency concerned with food 
    development is seeking to develop a potato that 
    can be more readily used by restaurants, such 
    as McDonalds.
    
    POLISH WOMAN LIVED AT AIRPORT FOR WEEKS
    
    In an episode similar to the Tom Hanks movie 'The 
    Terminal' a 26 year-old Polish woman has been 
    found living at Dublin Airport for three weeks.
    
    An airport policeman noticed the young Polish 
    woman who had arrived to meet up with her 
    boyfriend but who had no money or food and who 
    could not speak the language. He immediately 
    assisted the bewildered arrival who had survived 
    by sleeping on waiting seats and eating restaurant 
    scraps. He bought her a meal and contacted the 
    authorities who are now arranging for her return 
    home.
    
    IRISH AUTHOR WINS THE BOOKER PRIZE
     
    Irish author John Banville has won the prestigious 
    'Booker Prize' with his 14th novel 'The Sea'. 
    Manville was born in Wexford in 1945. His first 
    title, 'Nightspawn' was published in 1971. He 
    previously worked as literary editor at 'The Irish 
    Times' newspaper.
    
    
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    The following 8 coats of arms images and family
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    B: Barron, Bainbridge
    C: Cashion
    F: Farrar
    G: McGinty
    H: Hughes
    Q: Quain
    T: Tebbetts
    
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    DERMOT AND STRONGBOW, AND THE INVASION OF IRELAND
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    Dermot MacMurrough was the King of Leinster during 
    the twelfth century and is most remembered as the 
    man who invited the English into Ireland. 
    
    He was born circa 1100 and succeeded to the throne 
    of his father, Enna, in 1126. He was a ruthless 
    leader and demonstrated the ferocity of the times 
    by killing or blinding 17 rivals in 1141. He became 
    involved in a dispute with the King of Breffney, 
    Tiernan O'Ruark, whose wife he kidnapped in 1153. 
    O'Ruark formed an alliance with Rory O'Connor who 
    was the recognised High King of Ireland at the 
    time. In 1166 this long-running and bitter feud 
    resulted in MacMurrough being driven into exile 
    by the Gaelic Chieftains. He fled to France.
    
    Dermot MacMurrough was a deeply ambitious man who 
    refused to accept his exile. He made his way to 
    the Court of Henry II of England and offered to 
    become a vassal to the King in return for military 
    aid in retaking his kingdom. The king did not 
    directly provide assistance but allowed MacMurrough 
    to petition the Anglo-Norman lords. It was at this 
    time that the Earl of Pembroke, Richard de Clare, 
    later known as 'Strongbow', agreed to lead an army 
    to Ireland. MacMurrough brought an advance party 
    of adventurers back to Ireland in 1167, 
    recaptured Wexford, and waited for Strongbow to 
    arrive.
    
    From his base in Wales Strongbow launched an 
    offensive in 1170, capturing Waterford and Dublin, 
    taking control of the East coast, much to the 
    dismay of the Gaelic Chieftains and O'Connor. To 
    cement the alliance, MacMurrough married his 
    daughter Aoife to Strongbow, in Christchurch 
    Cathedral in Dublin 1170. 
    
    The Irish Chieftains did not allow the invaders 
    to settle however and they were continually 
    attacked and harassed. At one stage it seemed 
    likely that they would be driven from the country 
    if it were not for the support given by Henry II, 
    who had become concerned with the amount of power 
    and influence that Strongbow was amassing across 
    the Irish sea. It is speculated that Henry II 
    feared that Ireland might be used as a base by 
    the Saxons to launch an offensive back into England 
    in the wake of their defeat at Hastings in 1066. 
    The subsequent domination of South Wales by the 
    Normans was a result of the need to keep supply 
    lines into Eastern Ireland open.
    
    Dermot MacMurrough died in 1170 leaving Strongbow 
    to declare himself King of Leinster. His later 
    support for Henry II in France led to his being 
    named Governor of Ireland. He died in 1176 
    suffering an infection during a raid by Irish 
    rebels. 
    
    Much of Ireland was still under local influence 
    and it only was the East coast, known as 'the Pale', 
    that remained in Norman control. Henry granted 
    these lands to his son 'Jean Sans-terre' (or John 
    Lackland) in 1185 creating the 'Lordship of 
    Ireland'. It seemed likely that Ireland would 
    remain a minor Kingdom except that fate intervened. 
    The death of his elder brothers allowed Jean 
    Sans-terre to succeed to the English throne, 
    becoming King John of England and the Pale 
    becoming part of English dominated territories.
    
    Demot MacMurrough has for centuries been blamed 
    as the man who caused, or at least facilitated 
    the invasion and subsequent subjugation of Ireland
    by outsiders. Recent revision of this history 
    however, have been less critical of his actions.
    
    It is likely that the island would have eventually 
    been dominated by its larger neighbour even 
    without Dermot MacMurroughs prompting. The 
    unwillingness of the Gaelic Chiefs to form a 
    Kingship with defined rights of succession 
    certainly made invasion and domination easier. It 
    was also not uncommon of the times for Gaelic 
    Chiefs to seek help from foreigners in combatting 
    their local enemies.
    
    Despite this more generous interpretation of his 
    actions, it will always be Dermot MacMurroughs 
    lust for power, bringing the English into Ireland, 
    for which he will be most remembered. 
    
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    THE IRISH-AMERICAN THANKSGIVING DAY 
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    			by Patrick Kevin Quinn
    
    Foreword: Patrick Quinn was born Saint Louis Irish, 
    the fourth generation of his family in the United 
    States. His family were all policemen, firemen, 
    plumbers or priests, and for fifteen years he was 
    one of the policemen. 
    
    He and his family moved to Lee's Summit twenty 
    years ago and he has since been very involved with 
    the Kansas City Irish Community.
    
    He is currently a member of the Heart of America 
    Police Emerald Society, and has been a member of 
    the Committee that is in the process of creating 
    an Irish Cultural Center in Kansas City. He was 
    Grand Marshal of Kansas City's Brookside St. 
    Patrick's Parade in 1993, and was an organizer 
    and the Chief Marshal of the parade for the first 
    fourteen years of it's existence.
     
    His reflection on the meaning of St. Patrick's Day 
    to the Irish-American community was originally 
    written as an invocation for a program at 
    Greenwood Elementary School in the Kansas City 
    suburb of Greenwood, Missouri. 
    
    	The Irish-American Thanksgiving Day
    
    Cead Mile Failte!  or in American, 'A Hundred 
    Thousand Welcomes'
    
    Most often, when one thinks of St. Patrick's Day 
    they think of the parade, which is the largest 
    single day event held each year in Kansas City, 
    and they think some of the very Americanized 
    stereotypes such as Corned Beef and Cabbage and 
    green beer. But to Irish-Americans, St. Patrick's 
    Day is a special day of thanksgiving. The 
    following are just a few of the special things for 
    which we Irish-Americans in Jackson County are 
    thankful.
    
    We started these remarks with a Gaelic greeting, 
    and are thankful for the survival of that language 
    in spite of the attempts to eradicate it.
    
    We are thankful that in spite of many of the first 
    Irish-Americans being brought to this country as 
    slaves (they called us 'involuntary servants') that 
    our forefathers desire and ability to escape made 
    the proposition unprofitable, and it quickly came 
    to an end.
    
    We are thankful that when it came time to stand up 
    for the United States, more Irish-Americans signed 
    the Declaration of Independence than any other 
    ethnic group.
    
    We are thankful that our forefathers and mothers 
    took a very active role in fighting to free our 
    country, such as Henry Knox, the first Secretary 
    of War and Commodore Jack Barry, who organized the 
    United States Navy, as well as several generals 
    and thousands of soldiers and sailors. In fact, 
    one half of the Continental Army and three-fourths 
    of George Washington's regiments at the decisive 
    battle of Yorktown consisted of Irish-American 
    soldiers and officers.
    
    We are thankful for the Irish-Americans who 
    explored this great country, identifying its 
    potential and guiding its pioneers. Men like Daniel 
    Boone and Davey Crockett, whose parents came from 
    County Derry.
    
    We are thankful and proud that no less than 38 
    regiments of the Union Army in the War Between the 
    States, the war to end slavery in the U.S., were 
    manned totally by Irish-Americans.
    
    We are thankful for the service of no less than 
    nineteen Irish-Americans who have been elected to 
    the Office of President of the United States, 
    including Andrew Jackson for whom Jackson County was 
    named. His parents came to this country from 
    Carrickfergus in County Antrim.
    
    We are thankful for an Irishman from Galway by the 
    name of Charles Kearney, who pledged his fortune, 
    and convinced others to do the same to build the 
    first bridge across the Missouri River at Kansas 
    City. Thus transforming a sleepy, dusty river town 
    into the third largest rail hub in the nation, and 
    the metropolis we are today.
    
    We are thankful for the courage of our great 
    grandparents who persevered during the times in our 
    country when Irish-American children were refused 
    an education in public schools because of rampant 
    bigotry, and signs were openly posted in windows 
    stating 'Help Wanted - No Irish Need Apply'.
    
    We are thankful for the courage of our grandparents 
    and parents who endured threats and assaults from 
    mobs, because of their nationality. In 1922, one 
    stated reason that some 14,000 members of the Ku 
    Klux Klan assembled here in Jackson County was to 
    drive Irish Catholics out of Kansas City. One week, 
    a whole lot of hate speeches, a whole lot of 
    marching and a whole lot of whiskey later, they 
    left town having failed at their mission.
    
    And finally, we are thankful that our parents and 
    grandparents took the time to teach us the history 
    of our families and our heritage.
    
    So today, we would like to extend to you one of 
    our special Irish blessings, that we seem to have 
    for just about any occasion:
    
     'May there always be work for your hands to do,
     may your purse always hold a coin or two.
     May the sun always shine on your windowpane,
     may a rainbow be certain to follow each rain.
     May the hand of a friend be always near you,
     And may God fill your heart with gladness to 
     cheer you.'
    
    Slainte!
    (Good Health)
    
    Pat Quinn
    
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    A LITTLE BIT OF DUBLIN - #8
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    The famous Atmospheric Railway was opened in 1844. 
    The line ran from Dalkey to nearby Kingstown (now 
    Dun Laoghaire) on the southside of the city. This 
    unique system relied on atmospheric pressure to 
    force the railway carriage up the hill to Dalkey 
    and then relied on gravity for the return to 
    Kingstown. 
    
    A 483 yard pipe ran the length of the track from 
    which air was extracted by a steam-driven pump at 
    the Dalkey end. The resulting vacuum caused a 
    piston to move along the pipe, to which was 
    connected the train. Wax-covered flaps in the pipe 
    opened and closed allowing the piston to move 
    along its length. As the train moved along a wheel 
    pressed down on the pipe sealing in the vacuum as 
    progress was made. Problems with this system meant 
    a man had to follow the train to manually seal 
    the flaps. 
    
    Momentum from the journey would allow the train to 
    travel the final part of its journey when the pump 
    had been stopped. The piston was then hooked onto 
    the train for the return journey back to Kingstown.  
    If the train stopped short of the station the 
    third-class passengers were required to push the 
    carriage the final part home. Occasionally the 
    train would fly past the Dalkey station and off 
    the tracks at the far end. 
    
    The system worked well for a decade but was 
    eventually abandoned because of the problems with 
    sealing the vacuum flaps and because of 
    developments with steam-driven engines. The grease 
    and wax that was used on the flaps was also a great 
    attraction for rats who caused repeated damage to 
    the line. The tunnel that was constructed along the 
    line only offered 3 inches of head clearance making 
    it a tricky proposition passengers sticking their 
    heads out of the windows! 
    
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    GAELIC PHRASES OF THE MONTH
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    PHRASE:	 	Fainne oir ort!
    PRONOUNCED:	fawn-yeh ore urt
    MEANING:		A gold ring on you 
    			(Bravo! or Well Done!)
    
    PHRASE:		Go dte tu an cead
    PRONOUNCED:	guh day two on kade
    MEANING:		May you live to be 100
    
    PHRASE:		Go maire tu! 
    PRONOUNCED:	guh mire-ehh two
    MEANING:		May you live 
    			(Congratulations! or Live long!)
    
    
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    NOVEMBER COMPETITION RESULT
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    The winner was: aileenbrown@sympatico.ca
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    Send us an email to claim your print, and well 
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    I hope that you have enjoyed this issue.
    
    Until next time,
    
    Michael Green,
    Editor,
    The Information about Ireland Site.
    
    
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