Source: Why Fianna Fáil isn’t meeting local election target on female candidates, by Averil Power in the Irish Times, April 2, 2014.
‘This trailblazing woman (Countess Constance Markievicz, above) would be horrified that the party she helped establish doesn’t have a single female TD today.’ Source: Why Fianna Fáil isn’t meeting local election target on female candidates, by Averil Power in the Irish Times, April 2, 2014. This post will serve as a free-form opportunity to deeply explore topics, issues, ideas, inquiries, events and/or people that may not have been directly or critically addressed and/or discussed in class, but which, nonetheless, piqued an intense interest relative to our politics unit and a desire for independent research and cybersleuthing comprised of a more personalized and focused nature.
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Michael Collins (1996). Michael Collins plays a crucial role in the establishment of the Irish Free State in the 1920s, but becomes vilified by those hoping to create a completely independent Irish republic. Source: IMDb Director: Neil Jordan Writer: Neil Jordan Stars: Liam Neeson, Aidan Quinn, Julia Roberts The Wind that Shakes the Barley (2006). A sympathetic look at Republicans in early 20th century Ireland, and two brothers who are torn apart by anti-Brit rebellion. Source: IMDb Director: Ken Loach Writer: Paul Laverty Stars: Cillian Murphy, Padraic Delaney, Liam Cunningham In this Irish Politics unit, we are investigating the historical political antecedents of The Troubles – including Easter 1916 Rising, Patrick Pearse and the Fenians, the Proclamation of the Republic, revolution and civil war, Éamonn de Valera, Sinn Féin and Fianna Fáil, and Michael Collins and the Irish Volunteers. This week, we watched the 1996 Neil Jordan film, Michael Collins (voted Best Picture at the 1996 Venice Film Festival) – about the rise and fall of one of the most important and controversial figures in Ireland's struggle for independence. For a succinct overview of events depicted in the film, see the Mark Deming review. We also watched the Ken Loach film, The Wind that Shakes the Barley (won the Palme d'Or at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival) – set during the Irish War of Independence (1919–1922) and the Irish Civil War (1922–1923). Read A.O. Scott’s beautiful review in the NY Times.
This post will serve as a space for sharing reflections on, ideas and inquiries about, and responses that personally resonate re: some aspect of each or both of the films – as well as found resources while cybersleuthing, and during lectures, discussions and other research activities. In this Irish Politics unit, we’re exploring Irish Politics – the parties and the Irish General Elections, States of Ireland, the political process and key people in Irish politics, historical and contemporary. Having learned about The Troubles in our Peace unit, we are also investigating historical political antecedents – including Easter 1916 Rising, Patrick Pearse and the Fenians, the Proclamation of the Republic, revolution and civil war, Éamon de Valera, Sinn Féin and Fianna Fáil, and Michael Collins and the Irish Volunteers.
This post, focused on the main Irish political office holders – the President, the Taoiseach and the Tánaiste – will serve as a space for sharing reflections, ideas, inquiries, responses, and resources that resonate – as well as synthesizing provided and found resources while cybersleuthing. Members of the public and Sinn Fein political party protest outside government buildings after The Minister for Finance, Brian Lenihan's outlined Ireland's toughest budget in the history of the Irish state on Tuesday. Source: Martin Murphy in The Epoch Times In this Irish Politics unit, we’re exploring Irish Politics – the parties and the Irish General Elections, States of Ireland, the political process and key people in Irish politics, historical and contemporary. Having learned about The Troubles in our Peace unit, we are also investigating historical political antecedents – including Easter 1916 Rising, Patrick Pearse and the Fenians, the Proclamation of the Republic, revolution and civil war, Éamon de Valera, Sinn Féin and Fianna Fáil, and Michael Collins and the Irish Volunteers.
This post, focused on the major Irish political parties, will serve as a space for sharing reflections, ideas, inquiries, responses, and resources that resonate – as well as synthesizing provided and found resources while cybersleuthing. Making peace, I have found, is much harder than making war. This semester, we'll explore historic and contemporary major players and policies in the Republic and Northern Ireland, and we'll share research and reflections, and provide collaborative resources for further study and discussion.
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