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Laura Ostrowski wrote a new post on the site Irish Studies 10 years ago
I was looking for more information on Jean McConville, one of 17 people that “disappeared” because of the IRA. Apparently, there is a documentary about this group, titled “Disappeared” but I couldn’t find it […]
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Laura Ostrowski started the topic Film and Incertus in the forum Irish Studies 10 years ago
I know we talked about “Incertus” in class on Monday, but I think it fits in really well with parts of the film we watched in class today. The poem suggests an air of uncertainty, but still doing what the speaker is told, being obedient. In the video, Brendan Hughes talks about the “disappearance” of Jean McConville. There were arguments within…[Read more]
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Laura Ostrowski started the topic Heaney and Dodge RAM Trucks in the forum Irish Studies 10 years ago
Approximately 50 years later and a continent away, Heaney’s image of farmers prevails. American truck company, Dodge RAM, used Paul Harvey’s speech, “So God Made a Farmer” from a farmer’s convention in a Superbowl ad, which is still running today. I just saw the commercial again last night and was reminded of it as soon as the class started…[Read more]
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Laura Ostrowski started the topic Yeats inspired sculpture in the forum Irish Studies 10 years, 2 months ago
This is a sculpture by Imogen Stuart, depicting the “Fiddler of Dooney,” but also inspired by a photograph she saw in an Irish newspaper about 40 years later. It was interesting how she took publications (poem and newspaper) from a broad time spectrum and combined them to make one sculpture. Either aspect could be art on its own, but the…[Read more]
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Laura Ostrowski started the topic The Gaelic Fountain in the forum Irish Studies 10 years, 2 months ago
While this is not a profound observation, I do want to point out a section of “The Celtic Movement” just because I really enjoyed it. We all know Matthew Arnold finds Celts passionate and emotional, and that Yeats does not think that sentimentality is a bad thing. When discussing passion in “The Celtic Movement,” Yeats explains that a “new…[Read more]
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Rob Doggett and Laura Ostrowski are now friends 10 years, 2 months ago
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Laura Ostrowski joined the group Irish Studies 10 years, 2 months ago
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Laura Ostrowski became a registered member 10 years, 2 months ago