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  The Information about Ireland Site Newsletter 
                  November 2009
 
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		IN THIS ISSUE

=== News Snaps from Ireland 
=== New free resources at the site
=== Great Irish Families: O'Sullivan
=== Great New Gift Ideas for Christmas 
=== Two Trips to Ireland
=== 'The Summer of '43' by Pat Watson
=== 'In Ireland' by William Wasson
=== The Life of Padraig Pearse
=== Gaelic Phrases of the Month
=== Monthly free competition result

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FOREWORD
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Welcome to this November newsletter from Ireland. 
This month we have another lyrical yarn from Pat 
Watson, a biography of Padraig Pearse, a history 
of the famous O'Sullivan septs of Ireland and 
much more.

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Ireland or the Irish do send it in - we would
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The December issue will be sent you in the next 
week, so until then,

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NEWS SNAPS FROM IRELAND
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FLOODING DISASTER HITS IRELAND

Counties Cork and Galway have borne the brunt of 
some of the most severe weather and flooding 
witnessed in Ireland in living memory. Indeed the 
dramatic fall of water has been described as a 
'once in 800 years event'. The National Emergency 
Coordination Committee has been attempting to 
co-ordinate relief efforts but the sheer scale of 
the problem threatens to overwhelm the emergency 
services and army troops who have been called in 
to assist in shoring up river banks, evacuating 
residents and protecting vital installations such 
as hospitals and power-generating facilities.

Supply stations for the distribution of drinking 
water to beleaguered residents have been set up 
by county councils in the affected areas. Supplies 
of water in parts of Cork have been disrupted for 
over a week. Rail, bus and motorway transport 
links have all been hit by the deluge.

The Electricity Supply Board was forced to release 
535 tons of water to reduce pressure on its dam. 
This controversial move worsened the situation for 
the tens of thousands of Cork residents who have 
seen their homes and businesses destroyed.

The art gallery at University College Cork was at 
one stage under five feet of water with frantic 
attempts being made to salvage the priceless 
artwork with many pieces suffering severe water 
damage.

Amazingly, there have been no direct fatalities 
caused by the flooding, but with more severe 
weather predicted the threat of the loss of life 
remains very high.

GOVERNMENT TO FORCE BANK MERGER

The Irish Nationwide Building Society is to be 
merged with the Educational Building Society in a 
further rationalization of the Irish banking 
sector. Having proceeded with the 'bad bank' 
option of NAMA, the Irish government is now 
forcing the INBS to merge with the EBS in an 
effort to create a larger banking entity in the 
Irish market.

The government is also working on its next 'budget' 
announcements which are likely to see severe 
reductions in pay for the public service. It is 
speculated that the pay cuts will mirror the near 
12% reverse suffered by the private sector. 
Taxation is expected to be increased also.

Strikes by the public sector unions are inevitable 
but their membership will get little or no sympathy 
from those in the private sector who have lost 
their jobs in droves.

NEW COURTS BUILDING OPENED

A new Courts building has been opened at a cost 
of 140M Euro which is the largest state-built 
building constructed since James Gandon designed 
the Four Courts in the year 1796. All criminal 
cases will be held in the new building, some 
250,000 cases annually. The building is unique 
in that it has been designed to allow separate 
entrances and receptions for defendants and the 
accused, so that the previous ordeal of victims 
of crime having to wait outside a courtroom with
their accused assailant seated nearby will no 
longer be the case.

A BITTER PILL TO SWALLOW

The Irish soccer team was eliminated from 
qualification for the World Cup Finals in South 
Africa next year in dramatic fashion. 

Against all the odds the 'boys in green' scored a 
famous 1-0 victory in Paris to force the match 
into extra time. Despite having had the better of 
the chances the Irish team had failed to punish 
their French hosts and were made to pay in 
stunning fashion. 

A disputed free-kick was taken and despite several 
French players being offside play was allowed to 
continue. The ball was not cleared by the Irish 
defence but ran on to Thierry Henry who handled 
the ball not once but twice before crossing for 
William Gallas to tap in the winner. That it was 
a handball and that the goal should have been 
disallowed is not in dispute. What is amazing is 
that the match officials did not see, or chose not 
to act upon this most obvious infringement of the 
rules. It had been speculated before the game that 
a strong set of officials would be needed if 
Ireland had any hope of progressing. In Paris 
these fears were realized in front of the sporting 
world when the referee and linesman failed 
miserably both the game of football in particular 
and sport in general. 

The reaction of the Irish players told it all with 
tears and expressions of disbelief all round. 
Thierry Henry sat on the ground beside Richard 
Dunne. He apologised the following day for his 
handball describing the French victory as 
'embarrassing'. After another day of severe 
criticism he even suggested that the fairest thing 
to do would be to replay the match. Of course this 
was never going to happen, despite the protests by 
the Football Association of Ireland. Football's 
governing body (FIFA), not once but twice asserted 
that the decision by the referee was final. Had the 
French football association offered a replay then 
it would have been very interesting to see what 
the reaction of FIFA would have been. 

It was not to be. The French had their victory and 
were already planning for South Africa.

Perhaps some good will come of this debacle. If it 
encourages the implementation of video-replay 
technology then so much the better. It seems 
certain that FIFA will now hasten the introduction 
of more match officials at each goal in time for 
the World Cup. Not enough, but a step in the right 
direction.

For the Irish team it was a familiar case of 
'nearly'. Lost among the protests was the fact 
that the 1-0 victory against the recent world 
cup winners was arguably the teams greatest result 
ever. Suggesting that the Irish should not feel 
aggrieved simply because they had their chances 
during the game and failed to take them is 
infantile, given the blatant cheating that 
occurred to secure the French win.

The reputation of both FIFA and of the FAI has once 
again been hammered. Why did the Irish association 
protest so vehemently after the game in Paris when 
they should have protested at the way the play-off 
matches were seeded it the first place! The 
reputation of Thierry Henry and the French team 
has also been tarnished. Henry is one of the great 
players of the modern game but this incident will 
haunt him for the rest of his life.

It will be a tough experience for Irish 
soccer fans to have to watch the French line out 
in the World Cup next year. A very bitter pill to 
swallow.


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GREAT IRISH FAMILIES: O'SULLIVAN
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The famous Irish surname O'Sullivan has a number 
of variants including Sullivan and Sulivan. These 
names are all anglicized forms of the Gaelic 
O'Suileabhain sept that takes its origin from the 
word 'suil' meaning 'eye'. The full meaning of 
the name is in some dispute with both 'hawk eyed' 
and 'one-eyed' suggested. 

Their ancient history stretches back to the first 
millennium AD when they were one of the leading 
families of the Munster Eoghanacht. Their 
prominent ancestor at this time was Eoghan Mor, 
the father of Oilioll Olum, who was the King of 
Munster in the third century AD. After the twelfth 
century Anglo-Norman invasion led by Strongbow, 
the septs of O'Suileabhain began to dominate in 
the very south-western part of the country, in 
modern Counties Cork and Kerry. They divided into 
a number of septs, the most prominent of which was 
that of O'Sullivan Mor who was seated at Dunkerron 
castle, and O'Sullivan Beare who was based near 
Bantry and Beare.

Perhaps the most famous of the O'Sullivans of this 
time was Donal O'Sullivan Beare (1560-1618) who is 
renowned for his exploits at the battle of Dunboy 
and for the now-famous march northwards to Ulster 
after the disastrous defeat of the Irish at the 
battle of Kinsale in 1602. After the battle he 
retreated to Dunboy Castle but after a long siege 
his army was slaughtered and the castle lost to 
the enemy. He gathered his remaining followers and 
with women and children in tow marched towards 
Ulster, seeking assistance along the way. Apart 
from being constantly harassed by the English in 
constant pursuit the O'Sullivans were mistreated 
by other Gaelic septs who resented their claim on 
food and shelter. The O'Sullivans were reduced to 
raiding local villages for food along the way with 
inevitable conflict. Upon arrival at O'Rourke's 
castle in County Leitrim a mere 35 of the original 
force of 1000 had survived with many succumbing to 
hunger, war, or abandoning their journey and 
settling along the way. Donal O'Sullivan attempted 
to join with the other Gaelic chiefs to renew their 
war effort but when Hugh O'Neill settled for 
peace O'Sullivan was forced to flee to Spain where 
he was welcomed by King Philip III. He was 
assassinated in 1618 by an English spy.

O'Sullivan's nephew was Philip O'Sullivan Beare 
(1590-1660) who was a famed historian. Owen Roe 
O'Sullivan (1748-1784) was a famous Gaelic poet. 
Major General John Sullivan (1740-1795 fought in
the US war of Independence under Washington and 
served as Governor of New Hampshire. Barry Sullivan 
(1821-1891) was an actor of renown. In modern times 
Maureen O'Sulivan (1911-1998) is equally regarded 
in the field of acting. Sir Arthur O'Sullivan was 
one half of the famed Gilbert and O'Sullivan opera 
partnership. John L. Sullivan (1858-1918) is famous 
in boxing circles as the first heavyweight champion 
of gloved boxing in 1881. Louis Henri Sullivan 
(1856 – 1924) was an American architect who is 
considered as the creator of the modern skyscraper.
Edward Vincent Sullivan (1901-1974) was a legendary 
television figure in the US during the fifties 
and sixties. Kathryn Dwyer Sullivan (born 1951) was 
the first American woman to walk in space. The 
feats of the widespread members of the O'Sullivan 
septs are merely touched upon here!

The name still ranks as the third most frequently 
found in Ireland, with the vast majority being 
found in Counties Cork and Kerry.


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TWO TRIPS TO IRELAND
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I spent two weeks in Kerry in August and had a 
wonderful time. My sister and cousins and I 
stayed in a lovely home we rented on a dairy 
farm. The area was beautiful and despite the 
rain we had a great time. The rain contributes 
to a beautiful countryside and very clean roads. 
It was very obvious that the Irish do not litter 
nor write graffitti all over the place as it is 
done here in the US. Shop keepers were helpful 
and welcoming and we loved buying our Irish 
mementos to bring home. The pictures we took 
look wonderful as Mother Nature was very 
accommodating. The mountains, sky, water, flowers, 
rocks and abundance of green were lovely and 
many times breath taking to see. We had some 
fierce weather to accompany us on the Dingle 
peninsula that was very fitting and soft rain 
on the Ring of Kerry so we could still see the 
sights but appreciate the many shades of green. 
Sorry to say not one rainbow the entire visit
- surprising when there was so much rain but 
oh well! We still felt lucky to be there and 
have so much fun. We lucked out with lovely new 
friends who showed us around and they were 
unselfishly kind in treating us to every lovely 
view from the forests in Kerry to the Ocean in 
Kinsale. We must come back to see many other 
areas that we just could not make in our short 
visit and we look forward to that. We are proud 
of our Irish heritage and loved being in Ireland. 
Wishing all our Irish friends all the best 
especially during these tough times. We tried to 
spend what we could afford to help out! It was my 
first trip to Ireland and I cannot wait to come 
back. Erin go Bragh & Slainte! 

Tracey McHugh

There are no words to express my love of and for 
Ireland.I have been to Ireland 4 times, and will 
be back in 2010. I have been asked why I never go 
to other countries and my answer is always the 
same: there is only Ireland! I have been to 
other countries, and I have a desire only for 
Ireland. The first time I visited Ireland, I felt 
like I was home. I didn't feel as if I was a 
visitor. My family name is Coyle, and my dad was 
always proud of being Irish, although he and I 
were not born in Ireland. There is an atmosphere 
in Ireland that I have never felt in any other 
place that I have been, including my own country.
Could I live in Ireland and be happy? Oh yes!! I 
love the people. I know that there is crime and 
rude people in all countries, BUT ,GIVE ME IRELAND 
ANYTIME! I never have had any health issues 
whenever I am in Ireland. I breathe better, etc. 
I will never get tired of Ireland. I know that 
people from all the world, sooner or later will 
feel like they need to get away from their own 
home, and although I am blessed to be from America, 
I will always long for Ireland. Ireland to me is 
the most wonderful place on earth.

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THE SUMMER OF '43
by Pat Watson
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'It looks like the war is turning against the 
Germans,' that's what the men said after Mammy 
read the paper last night. They were talking in 
the firelight as Mammy blew out the lamp as soon 
as she finished reading in order to spare the 
paraffin oil. As always she stood up on a chair, 
put her hand sideways at the top of the globe 
and blew. It seemed very dark for a minute but 
when your eyes got used to the darkness you could 
see well enough by the flickering firelight. 
Stories about the war were scarier in the dark 
but not as scary as ghost stories. As long as I 
can remember, Germany was always winning and 
they were able to run through other countries in 
a few weeks, isn't that very strange? Or maybe 
James was right when he said 'Russia would stop 
them just like it stopped Napoleon.' 
'Who the hell was Napoleon?' asked Jim, 
'Or what has he to do with the war?' 
'He was a French man who like Hitler thought he 
would take over the world. He was going great 
until he brought his army of over a million 
soldiers to Russia where most of them died with 
the cold. History repeats itself they say.' 
'That was before the panzer car was invented, 
it would not happen now,' said Peter. James was 
very old. He told me he was seventy-six years 
older than me and he remembered back to the 
eighteen sixties. Peter says that old man is 
doting half the time and not to give him any 
heed but he had good stories and he knew about 
the war.
 
'Your father, Larry, was a great orator' that's 
what James said. 'In nineteen eighteen after the 
British had executed the men of nineteen sixteen, 
the Sinn Fein party was formed to fight the 
general election. The party people at that time 
asked me and your father to write suitable 
speeches to convince everybody to take courage 
and vote out the British altogether. All those 
standing were new people many of them were 
wanted by the police, indeed half of them were 
in jail, put there by the 'Sassenach'. When big 
meetings took place and they were very big, 
because the British had turned everyone against 
them with the 1916 executions, the speakers 
would be watched by the peelers and might be 
arrested or harassed some time later. Many of 
them were arrested and held on some charge or 
other, just to keep them out of circulation 
until after the election. The peelers wouldn't 
dare step in while the crowd was there but a 
day or two later when all was quiet that's 
when they'd pounce. They were very sneaky 
that way. 

After a while Sinn Fein got round this by sending 
their orators to other constituencies where they 
would not be recognized. Good speakers were 
scarce and the message had to be got to everybody 
in Ireland within a few weeks. This could only be 
done by orators speaking loud and clear to large 
crowds for up to an hour at a time to get the 
message across. The whole idea was new. Only 
dreamer's thought of a free Ireland before this 
time and if Sinn Fein failed at this election 
while the people's blood was up they would never 
get the chance again. That's why speakers were 
prepared to go on the run in a strange part of 
the country and sleep in a different safe house 
every night.

O'Nael was involved in organizing this. His real 
name was William O'Neill but everybody called 
him O'Nael. He had a very fast pony and sidecar 
and on this he took your father on a three week 
speaking tour of Galway seeking votes for Kevin 
O'Higgins. He brought his little son Christy 
with him as well so that people would think they 
were local. They went the coach road through 
Ballinasloe. In Clonark they met the gentry, the 
Naghtens, taking the crown of the road and it 
went very hard on O'Nael to give way. 
'Keep your cool William' Said Larry,
'After we win this election they will come to know 
their place.' After the three weeks travelling 
through Galway the peelers were watching for them 
so they decided to come home by Ballyforan. A 
friend of theirs took the sidecar and child across 
the bridge together with a few of his own children, 
just to fool the watching peelers. After dark the 
two men crossed by boat a mile downriver. From 
there locals led them through fields of rocks and 
ferns 'till they reached Fallons in Coolderry near 
Dysart where their sidecar and child and a great 
feed were waiting, served by Liza and Mariah. They 
stayed there for the night and came home very 
early the following morning, Election Day. They 
came through Drum to avoid the barracks in 
Bealnamulla. Your father got off at Killians and 
came home the Mass path while O'Nael returned to 
Mounthussey. Later that day both men went to vote 
in Drum school as if they were there all the time. 
Sinn Fein won the election and declared Ireland a 
free state and that's how we finally got rid of 
the British. They still have the six counties but 
we will get them back as well, if not in my time, 
certainly in yours.'

 Old James died in 1941 and while his prophecy 
has not yet come to pass, things have changed 
for the better and hopefully I have a little 
more time!


'The Summer of'43' is one of sixty lyrical 
yarns from 'Original Irish Stories' by 
Pat Watson, Creagh, Bealnamulla, Athlone, 
Ireland. First published in May 2006.
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'IN IRELAND'
by William Wasson      
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In Ireland... the air is fresher there
and happiness abounds
breezes sing soulful songs
that soothe and hypnotize
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Once your feet touch the green
you won't be the same
wild stories and laughter
in your heart remain 
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Friends and acquaintances
are one and the same
everyone gets a smile
tourists get a wink
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Such a tiny country
like a giant looms
casting a huge shadow
filled with rainbow dreams
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Everything's beautiful
bog to mountaintop
love, peace and contentment
like shamrocks they grow
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Some say it is heaven
right here on this earth
don't know if that is true
but it sure comes close
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Just like the leprechauns
you'll swear you have seen
beautiful memories
will warm every dream
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In Ireland...as long as the sun shines
everyone's eyes are green
and the only thing that's blue
is the sky up above.
 
by William Wasson      
WRW (C) 2009

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THE LIFE OF PADRAIG PEARSE
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Patrick Pearse was born in Dublin, on November 10, 
1879 to an English father (he was a sculptor) and 
an Irish mother. 

Pearse became interested in the heritage and 
history of Ireland at a very early age and joined 
the Gaelic League when 21 years old. The purpose 
of the league was to promote Irish tradition and 
language and it was very much part of the revival 
of Gaelic consciousness that took place at the 
turn of the century. Pearse was an enthusiastic 
member and became editor of the leagues newspaper: 
An Claidheamh Solais ('The Sword of Light'). 

Pearse tried to use knowledge and education to 
defeat the English and insisted on the use of the 
native Irish language and founded St. Enda's 
College near Dublin in 1908. St Enda's structured 
its curriculum around Irish traditions and 
culture and tutored in both the Irish and English 
languages. 

Pearse was a pioneer of Irish writing and 
published poems, stories, articles and essays to 
further the identification of Ireland as a 
separate culture. 

The Gaelic League inevitably attracted militant 
nationalists and Pearse soon realised that it 
would take more than education and tradition to 
break the link with England. 

In July 1914, Pearse was made a member of the 
Supreme Council of the Irish Republican 
Brotherhood (IRB), a militant group that 
believed in using force to throw the British 
out of Ireland. 

When England entered the First World War Irish 
nationalism split between those who wanted to 
take advantage of England's plight and those 
(including John Redmond) who wanted to assist 
England in the war in the hope of getting 
concessions when it was over. 

John Redmond, a member of Parliament fighting 
for Home Rule, took a pro-British stance during 
the war. This alienated many Irish citizens and 
support for the Brotherhood grew. Shortly before 
1915, the Irish Republican Brotherhood had plans 
for a full military revolution in Ireland. 
Pearse was a believer in a revolution while the 
British were occupied fighting a war in Europe. 
Pearse was opposed to Redmond's stance and felt 
that the only way to liberate Ireland was by 
insurrection. His famous oration at the funeral 
of Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa (an Irish 
revolutionary) in August 1915 demonstrates this: 

'We stand at Rossa's grave not in sadness, but 
in exultation of spirit... This is a place of 
peace sacred to the dead, where men should speak 
with all charity and all restraint, but I hold it 
a Christian thing... to hate evil, to hate 
untruth, to hate oppression, and hating them to 
strive to overthrow them... while Ireland holds 
these graves, Ireland unfree, shall never be 
at peace.' 

Pearse was heavily involved with the planning of 
the 1916 Easter Rising which was the catalyst for 
the subsequent War of Independence, Civil War and 
eventual declaration of a Republic in 1949. 

The Rising failed as Pearse must have known it 
would. He was executed on May 3, 1916 with 
fourteen other rebels. 

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PHRASE:	 	Ni mor a admhail...
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MEANING:		I has to be admitted....

PHRASE:		Is baolach... 
PRONOUNCED:	iss bwail-ock
MEANING:		Unfortunately... 


PHRASE:		de reir dealramh
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