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Aonghus
Member Username: Aonghus
Post Number: 224 Registered: 08-2004
| Posted on Thursday, September 30, 2004 - 11:22 am: |
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Ó_diocháin
Member Username: Ó_diocháin
Post Number: 15 Registered: 09-2004
| Posted on Thursday, September 30, 2004 - 11:33 am: |
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Aoghuis, a chara, I agree that this is an excellent essay. It is closely related to Gordon's PhD thesis, which I would strongly recommend to anyone who finds this essay to be of interest. The only problem is that I think you need to have access to the library at Queens University Belfast in order to be able to read it. Le gach dea-ghuí! Chris |
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Jonas
Member Username: Jonas
Post Number: 467 Registered: 08-2004
| Posted on Friday, October 01, 2004 - 07:44 am: |
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The only problem is that I think you need to have access to the library at Queens University Belfast in order to be able to read it. I don't think so, at least I was able to read it. Then again, I'm reading it from my office at the university and I know that I can access most univeristy libraries from my computer so that might be the case. Anyway, a most interesting essay. I don't see why speaking a particular language - nor belonging to a particular church - should define one's national feeling. Finland has two official languages, (Finnish and Swedish) and two official churches (Lutheran and Orthodox). The Finnish speakers are the majority but all Swedish speakers feel we are Finns, definitely not Swedes. The Lutherans are the majority church but all Orthodox feel they are Finns, not Russian at all. |
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Aonghus
Member Username: Aonghus
Post Number: 232 Registered: 08-2004
| Posted on Friday, October 01, 2004 - 08:32 am: |
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It shouldn't. However, in Ireland it has been used over the centuries to define "who you belong to". This will take time to overcome. As is the case in most former colonies, different religious/ethnic/cultural groups were delibrately pitted against each other by the imperial power. For example, Randolph Churchill, the father of Winston, when a democratically acheived Home Rule for Ireland was a possibility: "While Gladstone prepared an Irish policy, Lord Randolph prepared for his own visit to Ireland. In February, he wrote,"I decided some time ago that if Gladstone went for Home Rule, the Orange card would be the one to play. Please God it may turn out the ace of trumps and not the two." Later, he uttered the phrase that became the "ace of trumps" for all opponents of Home Rule: "Ulster will fight, and Ulster will be right." " (from http://www.winstonchurchill.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=165 ) |
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Ó_diocháin
Member Username: Ó_diocháin
Post Number: 19 Registered: 09-2004
| Posted on Friday, October 01, 2004 - 11:47 am: |
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Jonas, a chara, Is amadán mise. Tá an ceart agat. Of course you can access Gordon's PhD thesis from or through the "academic" library of any institution which is part of the inter-library loan scheme. In some cases, depending on the nature of your institution or the class of your own membership of the library, you may have to pay a modest fee for this service. Slán beo! Chris |
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