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			IN THIS ISSUE
~~~~~ Foreword
~~~~~ Support us for free
~~~~~ New free resources at the site
~~~~~ News Snaps from Ireland
~~~~~ Eamon DeValera - An Irish Leader
~~~~~ Readers Article: An Irish Holiday
~~~~~ Shamrock Site of the Month: Irish History on the Web
~~~~~ Searcher Site of the Month: The APGI
~~~~~ Readers NoticeBoard
~~~~~ Monthly free competition result

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FOREWORD
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Hi Again from a freezing cold Dublin!

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NEW FREE RESOURCES AT THE SITE
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CARA: THE IRISH PENPAL SERVICE - LAUNCH DATE

The new Service has been swamped with subscribers and is
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The new service will allow people to 'connect' without their
email addresses being made public. When you are happy to
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easily do so. The new service will provide a means for the
transmission of email messages that conceal the email
address of both sender and recipient, but will keep a log of
the I.P. address of the sender, in case there are any
problems down the road.

The Penpal area will be password protected and will also
feature a free chatroom and bulletin board.
More features will follow.

Not surprisingly the registration of female penpals has
significantly outstripped that of male registrants by a
factor of 4 to 1. I am left wondering if this ratio is
because of the 'Irish' influence of the service or because
men really are from Mars (Women being from Venus).

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NEWS SNAPS FROM IRELAND
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3 DRAWS SEE IRISH SOCCER TEAM FAIL TO QUALIFY FOR EURO 2000:

Mick McCarthy's soccer team once again covered itself in
failure by conceding a last minute goal in the qualifying
game in Macedonia. The 1-1 draw ensured that the Irish
finished second to Yugoslavia whom they had so impressively
defeated in Dublin only the previous month.

A two-legged playoff against Turkey followed in which the
Irish could only muster a 1-1 draw at Landsdowne Road and
a 0-0 draw in Turkey. The Turks therefore qualified for
the final stages of the tournament in Holland and Belgium
next year, along with England who defeated Scotland in
their playoff matches.

The Football Associated of Ireland reacted in typical
fashion to this failure by awarding McCarthy a 2-year
extension to his contract.


WELSH WORKERS TO TAKE DAILY SAILING INTO DUN LAOGHAIRE:

In a novel plan the coastal town of Dun Laoghaire is
examining ways in which they can recruit workers from
Wales by utilising the daily Ferry service. There is
such an abundance of jobs in the Irish economy at the
moment (and a lack of employees) that it is likely to
be economically viable to pay staff from Wales to take
the 90 minute journey to Dun Laoghaire, to do a days
work and then to travel home in the evening.

There has been a predictable lack of response from the
various Government and Social organisations about the
scheme.

NEW HOPE IN NORTHERN IRELAND PEACE TALKS:

The US Senator, George Mitchell, has concluded his Review
of the Good Friday Agreement. In historically significant
statements from both sides of the conflict in the North,
the Ulster Unionist leader, David Trimble, has recognised
the right of the nationalist community to pursue their
political agenda of a United Ireland. The IRA made a
statement to the effect that they would decommission
their weapons in tandem with the creation of a
power-sharing Executive.

These are truly remarkable shifts in attitude from both
sides but the deal still has to be sold by the Unionist
leader to his community, which is looking increasingly
divided on the issue.

MTV COMES TO DUBLIN:

The European MTV awards rocked the Point Depot in Dublin
City Centre and generated an estimated £3 Million for the
city. The only problem of note was the poor language used
by BoyZones Shane Lynch who has been the subject of much
criticism by family and religious groups as a consequence.

DUBLIN REFUGEE APPLICATION CENTRE AT BREAKING POINT:

The Government centre for processing the ever increasing
influx of refugees into Ireland was closed on a number of
occasions recently as the staff were simply unable to cope
with the volume of applicants. Weapons such as flick-knives
and hammers are being confiscated daily as the problem is
exacerbated by criminal gangs who smuggle refugees into
the country for fees of up to £3000 per person. Up to 250
asylum seekers are arriving at the centre every week.

40 BILLION POUNDS TO BE PUMPED INTO THE IRISH ECONOMY:

In a measure that has produced groans from economists and
ridicule from the Opposition, the Bertie Ahearn led
Government announced that the National Development Plan
would allocated £40 Billion into the infrastructure of
Roads, Housing, Transport and other schemes over the
next 7 years.

The unprecedented growth in the economy has led to terms
such as 'full employment' (the current rate is 5.5% - half
the EU average) being utilised by Ministers on an almost
daily basis.

The announcement comes on the back of a semi-climbdown by
the Environment Minister, Noel Dempsey, with regard to the
compulsory allocation of 20% of all private building
developments to 'social and affordable' housing. The
building industry has already warned that any such scheme
would result in house prices actually increasing by upwards
of 20% per annum. This is precisely the effect that the
Government is trying to avoid.


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EAMON DEVALERA: AN IRISH LEADER
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Foreword: Eamon DeValera was one of the most important
figures in the history of Ireland. His relationship with the
people of the country was often strained and his attitude
and motives have frequently puzzled historians throughout
this century. The fact remains however, that without his
involvement in the Irish Nationalist movement the course of
Irish history would have been radically different.

He was born in New York on the 14th of October in 1882 to
Catherine Coll (a young Irish immigrant from County
Limerick) and Juan Vivion DeValera (an immigrant of
Spanish origin).

Little is known of his early childhood except that his
family moved from America in 1885 to Ireland where the
young Eamon studied at Blackrock College in Dublin and was
largely reared by his Grandmother. He studied languages
and mathematics and was, like Michael Collins, a student
of English Rule in Ireland. The early 1900s was a time of
the great Gaelic cultural revival in Ireland as literature,
drama, sport and the language of the Gaelic nation were all
revived.

The main spearhead of the revival was The Gaelic League
which he joined in 1908. He was greatly influenced by the
League and learned the Irish language whilst immersing
himself in the Gaelic culture. The Gaelic League was an
obvious recruiting ground for the various revolutionary
organisations of the time and it was not long before
DeValera became a member of the Irish Republican
Brotherhood. DeValera was second in command to Thomas
MacDonagh of the Dublin Brigade during the Easter Rising
of 1916.
 
The Rising failed and the seven leaders, MacDonagh and
Pearse among them, were executed, along with 9 other rebels.
DeValera was also sentenced to death as an organiser of the
revolt but was to escape the firing squad because of the
confusion surrounding his ancestry (the English authorities
did not want to risk the execution of an American citizen).

DeValera was elected as the leader of Sinn Fein upon his
release and set about the formation of an Irish parliament
(the Dáil). He was arrested in 1918 for subversion and
imprisoned in England in Lincoln prison. With the help of
Michael Collins he escaped to America to raise both funds
for and consciousness about, the Irish plight. In his
absence the War of Independence was being waged by Collins.
The English Prime Minister of the time was Lloyd George
who wanted to see an end to the violence.

DeValera returned to negotiate with Lloyd George and soon
realised that his ambition of a free and independent
Ireland would not be granted. He returned home and sent a
delegation led by Michael Collins to negotiate a settlement.

The subsequent Anglo-Irish Treaty was ratified by the Dáil
in 1922 but DeValera opposed both the partition of the
country and the Oath of Allegiance to the English crown that
the Treaty required. A bloody Civil War followed which saw
both the defeat of the Anti-Treaty side, led by DeValera,
and the death of Michael Collins.

DeValera was again imprisoned but released in 1926 when he
formed the Fianna Fáil party. He now attempted to achieve
his aims by the use of constitutional politics. By 1932 he
had removed the Oath of Allegiance and sought about
establishing an independent Ireland. He created an Irish
Constitution in 1937 but an Irish Republic was not declared
because of the partition of the country.

DeValera resisted both bribes and threats from Churchill
during the war years, ('the emergency'), and it was not
until the Costello led Government declared a Republic in
1949 that the effects of the Anglo-Irish Treaty were finally
removed from the Southern part of Ireland. Partition remained.

DeValera was Taoiseach of Ireland for much of the fifties
and on 25 June, 1959 he was inaugurated as President of
Ireland, a position he held for 14 years. He retired in
1973 and died shortly afterwards, on 29th August 1975 at
the age of 92.


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ELAINE EVERITT'S IRISH HOLIDAY
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We have had two marvelous holidays in Ireland and I would
recommend it to everyone. The people are so friendly without
wanting to know everything about you. We found driving
around so much better than in England and more courtesy on
the roads which may surprise people who have been reading
about all the people driving around Ireland that haven't
taken a test.

In 1998 we stayed near Clonakilty and spent our days touring
and walking with our dogs. Gouganne Barra forest was lovely
as was Glengarrif. We went to Killarney and took a ride in
the jaunting cars. We also discovered some of the history of
Ireland and visited some sites of the ambushes that Michael 
Collins' men were involved in. This last Summer we returned
and stayed on the banks of the Beara peninsula. The weather
was really good to us and the ferry crossing had been much
smoother than before! This time we looked at more history of
the area and also visited the monument to Michael Collins --
-- beautiful fresh flowers were placed there, a reminder
that in Ireland past leaders are not forgotten. My husband
bought many books that we have no chance of finding over
here. We toured the Healy Pass which had been built by
people during the famine. We learnt much of the hardship of
the people and sometimes on distant fields the old famine
farms were visible as faint marks. Their boundaries were
still visible. We shall not forget Ireland and it's people
and hope to return one day.

Elaine Everitt


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SHAMROCK SITE OF THE MONTH
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of the links found here will lead to primary documents,
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SEARCHER SITE OF THE MONTH
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