...“Irish folk is probably the biggest influence musically that I’ve ever had. My mother’s Irish, and when I was very young, both my brothers were very into traditional music, English and Irish. They were always playing music, so I was always brought up with it.” In this quote, Kate Bush (musician) signifies Irish music in the present and is an example of how Irish folk music is passed down from one generation to the next. Irish folk music is the music of the community and has been primarily impacted by Irish history. The harp, a historical and cherished instrument, has altered Irish culture and music in several different ways. Irish music is also greatly influenced by Irish history and tradition, songs are built around the history of Ireland and contain lyrics from events in history. The Great Famine of the 1840’s caused Irish people to emigrate to countries across the world. They brought their songs and musical traditions with them. Even though, the Great Famine was a time of depression for the Irish, it caused them to emigrate and share their musical traditions with others. After the emigration, recordings of Irish musicians were developed in the US, most were fiddle players. Later on, a band of traditional musicians in the early 1960’s called Ceoltoiri Chualann formed and created the concept of an Irish music ensemble. As the musical...
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...Irish women in nineteenth century Ireland faced a number of challenging circumstances in the period, the Great Famine forced thousands of Irish women to emigrate to the United States. The factors that contributed to Irish women emigrating are slightly more complex in comparison to the reasons why men emigrated from Ireland. Women who emigrated left behind poor social conditions that were showing no signs of improvement, the United States promised a new way of life in all forms. It has been debated that Women in Ireland had become out of touch with their Irish heritage and culture however the emigration of Irish women can be seen simply as a movement by which Irish women enhanced their way of life which still encapsulated all forms of Irish...
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...Dresses filled with multi colored gems and fabric. Light bouncing off them making them shine. The sound of a violin playing fast in the background. Each step they take to the rhythm. This is the world of Irish Dance. The world of the Corda Mór Irish dance school in Edina, Minnesota. Corda Mór Irish Dance is one of many Irish dance schools located in the Twin Cities. Teaching kids from age five all the way to twenty. This school has been a big part of my family for years. Both my younger sister, Clare, and my older sister, Kennedy, have been a part of it. My father, Joe, is even the emcee for the school. As Kennedy got older she moved onto other things, like college. Clare however is still very actively involved in the community and will be for some time. Dancing her heart away. Only in seventh grade Clare has been dancing all her life. Ever since she was five she has been on that dance floor. Tapping away to the beat. After...
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...24 April, 1916. The Irish republicans wanted to establish Irish independence, end the British rule, and remove all aspects of it from the island. But the British would not be willing to go along with this, the independence would have to be fought for, hence the armed uprising. The Easter Rising was suppressed by the British Army after just six days, however, it was the most significant Irish uprising since the rebellion of 1789. Fifteen men were identified as leaders; to some these men were traitors and to others national heroes. Why would they risk their lives to go against what was at the time one of the world’s most powerful force ….? From the time of the Great Famine Irish people lost faith in British government. They felt like the government simply did not care about them, their complaints, and also...
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...Irish literature and American Irish literature can be considered as similar styles, but they are different and can be quite interesting to compare. The country of Ireland has produced many famous writers such as William Butler Yeats, James Joyce, and Lady Gregory. Although all of these writers are from Ireland, they each have their own style, that are different than the works of Irish Americans. Many great Irish Americans include Nancy Sullivan, John Montague, and James McAuley. Writing is an interesting topic because it can vary depending on who wrote it, how certain events affected the writer, where it was written, and the time period the work was created. Therefore, the works created in Ireland are different than those created by Irish Americans....
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...established by Peel’s government in order to employed many Irish peasants were continuing to be adopted. Men, women, and even children were employed to improve old roads and build new ones. Many of the workers, who did not have the money to afford proper winter clothes and were malnourished or suffered from various illnesses, fainted and died right on the spot. These people were so poor, especially in the southern counties of the island, that they were buried without coffins (“The Great Hunger”). In January 1847, since this laissez-faire policy proved to be a complete disaster, the government abandoned it and, under the direction of the Prime Minister Russell, the priority became to keep the people alive. The Soup Kitchen Act of 1847 aimed to provide free food through soup kitchens, which were financed by the taxes collected by local relief committees from Irish landowners and merchants. However, since Ireland was going bankrupt,...
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...In the year of 1845, late in the summertime, Irish life would be forever altered. The fungus names phytopthora infestans infected the potato crops of Ireland causing a potato blight in the country. Over one million people died during the next five years because of this blight while over two million people Emigrate Ireland in the ten years following when the blight first struck. It was a major European famine and the last of its kind in Europe. In Irish history, the great famine is known as a watershed. The potato was the main source of nutrition in Ireland at this time especially for the cottier class, agricultural labourers and poor people in general. At least one third of people survived and depended on the potato crop. During the first year of this blight it caused unbelievable mayhem as many people who survived and depended on the potato crop had no other source of food leading to many deaths and...
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...For my Research Paper, I plan to explore James Joyce's use of Irish History in "The Dead" through the lens of the character Gabriel Conroy. This topic is significant now on the grounds that Joyce wrote short stories that demonstrated the social conformity from which Ireland, particularly Dublin, endured. Particularly controversial about this topic is that Joyce used vivid descriptions of past events when the truth about the names of Dublin public places, such as the parks and streets, and the unattractive Irish behavior, especially child and spousal abuse, drunkenness, prostitution, gambling, corruption and suicide, were revealed. As a matter of fact, including such specific details in any literary work meant to delay the publication of this...
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...Secondary schools were established to foster the English language and behaviour as well as protestant beliefs. In the class structured view of education which prevailed, secondary education was seen as a concern for the middle classes, who if they saw fit, should buy it as a commodity, just like any personal goods. Following the establishment of the Irish Free State in1922 the mode of state financing was altered to capitation grants for pupils in ‘recognised schools’ and incremental salaries for ‘recognised’ secondary school teachers. However the schools continued as purely private denominational institutions- free to conduct their own affairs once they complied with the rules for recognised status. The state established no ordinary secondary schools and the initiative was purely in voluntary hands. It was not until 1964 that the first state grant was given for capital expenditure on secondary schools. Expansion of Secondary Education in Ireland, 1924-60 Year Sec. schools No of Pupils 1924-25 278 22,997 1930-31 300 28,994 1940-41 352 38,713 1950-51 424 48,559 1960-61 526 76,843 (Coolahan, p.79) Introduction This essay will include four major developments which have occurred between the period 1922 and 1967. These developments have had the most impact on secondary education in Ireland and therefore it is important to cover these particular areas of development in education. The four main developments...
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...UCD CENTRE FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH WORKING PAPER SERIES 2011 Ireland’s Sovereign Debt Crisis Karl Whelan, University College Dublin WP11/09 May 2011 UCD SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN BELFIELD DUBLIN 4 Ireland’s Sovereign Debt Crisis Karl Whelan University College Dublin 1 May 2011 1 This paper was presented at a workshop on "Life in the Eurozone With or Without Sovereign Default?" that took place at the European University Institute in Florence on April 14, 2011. 1 1. Introduction Among the countries currently experiencing sovereign debt crises, Ireland’s case is perhaps the most dramatic. As recently as 2007, Ireland was seen by many as top of the European class in its economic achievements. Ireland had combined a long period of high economic growth and low unemployment with budget surpluses. The country appeared to be well placed to cope with any economic slowdown as it had a gross debtGDP ratio in 2007 of 25% and a sovereign wealth fund worth about €5000 a head. Fast forward four years and Ireland is shut out of sovereign debt markets and in an EUIMF adjustment programme. Its debt-GDP ratio has soared over 100% and the sovereign wealth fund is effectively gone. In this short paper, I provide a brief review of how this rapid change came about and discuss potential future developments in relation to Ireland’s sovereign debt situation. 2. The Rise and Fall of the Celtic Tiger It is now well known that Ireland’s famed “Celtic Tiger” ended...
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...Mapping the Supply Chain for Deodorant Soap James Brown MKT/421 May 08, 2014 Ken Metz Mapping the Supply Chain for Deodorant Soap In 1970 Colgate-Palmolive marketed Irish Spring deodorant bar soap for the first time (Colgate-Palmolive Company, 2015). Irish Spring is one of many products produced by the 200 year old maker of personal care products. This paper will examine and map the supply chain used to produce, distribute, and sell deodorant soap. Manufacturer Colgate-Palmolive Company (CPC) uses outside manufacturers to provide the raw materials necessary to produce Irish Spring and its other deodorant soap products. According to CPC’s 2013 form 10-K, it spent $267 million on research and development (R&D). The R&D element is the beginning of the supply chain process for deodorant soap. CPC developed a compatible combination of ingredients necessary to create Irish Spring bar soap. The two major raw materials necessary to manufacture deodorant bar soap are animal fat and alkali ("How Soap Is Made", 2015). CPC acquires these two chemicals, as well as the raw materials necessary for adding fragrance from other companies. The suppliers send CPC the raw materials to manufacture and package the deodorant soap for shipment through its supply chain. CPC maintains its own marketing department, which responsibilities can include creating an innovation pipeline for each product, developing enticing packaging, and advertising the product to consumers on...
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...Ian Fischer January 26, 2014 Paper #1 for Global Issues Irish Immigration Before and After the Potato Famine Globalization is to be defined as, “The worldwide movement toward economic, financial, trade, and communications integration,” according to BusinessDictionary.com. The immigration to the exponentially growing United States had been open to all types of ethnicities and cultures throughout the 18th and 19th Century, and along the North-Eastern coast, the people of Ireland were settling. I chose this group and time frame, because I believe it represents globalization at its finest. Immigrants from Ireland had been immigrating to the United States before the Potato Famine, but it had been just the wealthy population of Ireland, because they could afford to start a new life in America. After the Potato Famine in the 1840’s, the majority of the immigrants were the surviving peasants of Ireland, which I will need to research why that was. As I searched for a background source by looking up Irish Immigration to the United States, I found a very informing and reliable website named Irishamericanjourney.com. After I read through this website, I was able to understand their culture and the reasoning behind why they left their country even before the Potato Famine, and how these Irish immigrants were accepted into American Culture and ideology. To find even more in depth information I used Google Scholar through the library’s database to explore what books and articles...
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...The Irish Electoral system of PR-STV is Fundamentally Flawed and should be replaced by the Single Member Plurality System In today’s environment of political apathy and scepticism it is particularly important that we scrutinise our political policies and procedures, so as to bolster a confidence of our countries governance in its people. Electoral systems are perhaps one of the most important aspects of the political process as they are the people’s main mechanism for having their voices heard. The main challenge for any political system is to strive to assist in creating a government that is an accurate representation of its citizen’s desires and future hopes for its political direction while ensuring stable governance. This essay will discuss the Irish electoral system of Proportionate Representation through the Single Transferable Vote (PRSTV) and whether a Single Member Plurality (SMP) system is a viable and worthwhile alternative. By first giving a brief history of the Irish electoral system as well as an explanation of how both systems operate. Then laying out some of these electoral systems advantages as well as disadvantages. Dáil Éireann and its members, Teachtai Dála (TDs) have been elected by the PRSTV electoral system since Irish independence in 1922. There are two main reasons for this. In the early 1900s a period in which Ireland was going through great political change PRSTV had historical support by the nationalist movement, which had the biggest political...
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...“Analyse the current government’s argument that the nature of jobs created within an economy dictate the degree of success rather than the amount of jobs”. 1. Introduction The Irish economy has changed greatly in the last Forty years. An educated workforce and Urbanisation of our towns and cities has seen an industry shift. There are a number of important factors that allowed this to happen so quickly. Ireland’s membership of alliances such as the E.U. and the O.E.C.D and the directives that were incurred as a result of these memberships. More recently in the Nineties the economy had enjoyed a period of prosperity which was generally accredited to the provision of subsidies to knowledge based industries such as I.T., Financial Sectors and Research & Development. This coupled with a desirable location and a new highly educated workforce. As stated in the department of finances report in 2011 the economy experienced imbalances due to bad auditing systems in the banking and building sectors. “The Irish economy was transformed over the past two decades. Per capita income rose strongly, converging towards and subsequently overtaking European average levels. However, from the early part of the last decade, imbalances began to emerge which made the economy increasingly vulnerable. A major property bubble began to unwind from 2007, and the fall-out from this was exacerbated by the major deterioration in the external environment...
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...Martin Lynch 10/28/2013 SOC 3200 Getting Society Inside The culture that was instilled in me since I was born was two families, my mother’s and father’s. My father’s family is of Irish Catholic descent and my mother’s family is of Italian Catholic descent. I was born and raised on the Southside of Chicago and I do still refer to that beautiful city as home. All of my beliefs and values are a result of these two families, but as I have grown up it is amazing how similar they could be and how different they can be. I know for an absolute fact there are two values that are agreed on by the Irish and the Italians. Those would be an undying work ethic and a strong Christian foundation. I remember being five years old and my father saying, “You are either working hard or hardly working.” It was not just expected by my family to work hard, it was demanded. If you wanted money, you went out and got it. I was a golf caddy for about eight years and still to this day go when I need some extra cash and also worked at a Chili’s restaurant throughout high school while playing two sports and a member of the Honor Roll. My siblings and I were never allowed to leave the house until our homework and chores were done. It was an expectation by not just my parents but my family as a whole to be hard working productive members of society who respected their elders and treated people with the utmost respect. Growing up it was expected to go to church every Sunday and thank God for what...
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