English @ SUNY Geneseo | Andrew Mowrer | Group Activity https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/members/amowrer/activity/groups/ Public group activity feed of which Andrew Mowrer is a member. Thu, 27 Aug 2026 18:23:02 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 64f5883275191f8fefef951b24764f11 Christian Case edited the blog post Works Cited in the group Irish Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/11644/ Thu, 13 Dec 2018 19:55:42 -0500 Yeats, W. B. The Celtic Twilight. Macmillan and Co., 1893. Print.

Yeats, W.B. “The Song of Wandering Aengus.” The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats, edited by Richard J. Finneran. Springer, 1991. Pp. 59 – 60 […]

]]> 0 75c892840df0af1fe12015bbea297955 Emilio Garcia wrote a new blog post Remembrance Day Bombing in the group Irish Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/11609/ Thu, 13 Dec 2018 17:09:37 -0500 The Remembrance Day Bombing, also known as the Poppy Day Massacre, occurred in late 1987 in the town of Enniskillen. The bombing resulted in the death of ten people, nine civilians and one police officer, and the […]

]]> 0 27c6977a5981f0d52367b0412f315e88 Carina Chanthabandith edited the blog post About the Authors in the group Irish Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/11607/ Thu, 13 Dec 2018 02:54:35 -0500 ABOUT US

Jade Chang: Hi! I’m second year Social Studies Adolescent Education Major at SUNY Geneseo. I’ve been interested in Irish history since I took an Immigration history class with Professor Mapes. Whi […]

]]> 0 617b09c8fe6e4d9b051b7d674e173c97 Olivia Schmidt edited the blog post Works Cited and About Us in the group Irish Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/11606/ Wed, 12 Dec 2018 22:50:23 -0500 Bloom-Cooper, Louis. “Bloody Sunday: Was the NICRA March Illegal or the Ban
    on Marches Unlawful?” Political Quarterly, vol. 77, no. 2, Apr. 2006, pp. 227–
    237. EBSCOhost, 10 Nov. 2018.

Brod […]

]]> 0 c0bf61841d510e8780e7dee6f6b60750 Hailey Merry edited the blog post Bloody Sunday 1972 in the group Irish Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/11605/ Wed, 12 Dec 2018 21:14:04 -0500 On January 30, 1972 a shooting in the Bogside are of Derry in Northern Ireland occurred. In January of 1972, a ban on marches was put into place, and was extended into early February. The Northern Ireland […]

]]> 0 1d10377b7d856e827133432093323395 Eamon Danieu edited the blog post Glenfada Park in the group Irish Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/11577/ Wed, 12 Dec 2018 17:00:34 -0500 Back to Bloody Sunday Page

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“Jim Wray fell close to the alleyway, immobilized by a gunshot wound in the back…To the horror of eyewitness, Wray was approached by a Para who shot him again in t […]

]]> 0 2a723ab8e2f2a9704fdbf20fba7e999c Eamon Danieu edited the blog post Shooting of Jack Duddy in the group Irish Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/11576/ Wed, 12 Dec 2018 16:49:20 -0500 Back to Bloody Sunday Page

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In previous centuries, walls were breached with battering rams and siege towers. In Derry, in 1972 the Paras Support Company used armored personnel carriers, four […]

]]> 0 7deedcced8c3f0991b8279c9751e9584 Carina Chanthabandith edited the blog post Borders, Boundaries, and their Function in Northern Irish History in the group Irish Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/11572/ Wed, 12 Dec 2018 16:31:24 -0500 Timeline of the Protestant and Catholic tension in Northern Ireland 

First, there is the cultural boundary created by English colonists within Ireland. On one side is the Catholic Irish who resented the […]

]]> 0 d97430d15481cec9999a5a76f9fd8f2d Christian Case edited the blog post Evolution of Irish Stereotypes in the group Irish Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/11571/ Wed, 12 Dec 2018 16:29:46 -0500 Negative stereotypes in Ireland trace back to their Celtic ancestors who were once openly criticized by outsiders as barbaric heathens with crude traditions and little understanding of the world. Druid traditions […]

]]> 0 df17eb7b4061b7fb4a4a9971297babf1 Olivia Schmidt edited the blog post Terence O'Neill Becomes Prime Minister in the group Irish Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/11568/ Wed, 12 Dec 2018 05:59:25 -0500 Terence O’Neill was a member of the Ulster Unionist Party, however, he was constantly involving himself in Catholic affairs–meeting with them, attending events, and actively trying to reverse statutes excluding a […]

]]> 0 0681f725b639c55114d03e292a6e5e5e Natalie Amidon edited the blog post Falls Road Curfew in the group Irish Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/11566/ Wed, 12 Dec 2018 02:43:40 -0500 The Falls Road Curfew of 1970 severed any future of Catholics having good relationships with the British army. The army sealed off an area of the Lower Falls district while they ransacked the houses, looking for […]

]]> 0 55dd34109cb56942b4f61bddba779771 Ciara Farrington edited the blog post Burntollet Bridge Incident in the group Irish Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/11565/ Tue, 11 Dec 2018 22:57:54 -0500 People’s Democracy organized a peaceful protest from Belfast to Derry, this was called the Long March. This march was delayed many times by mobs of Protestants blocking the way. Many times the police r […]

]]> 0 7491629175ec4545f4dec90fd31efc25 Natalie Amidon edited the blog post Employment in Northern Ireland in the group Irish Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/11564/ Tue, 11 Dec 2018 20:49:44 -0500 Discrimination of Catholics by Protestants also occurred in the workplace. One example of this discrimination in the workplace is through the hiring processes. During an interview in the hiring process, many times […]

]]> 0 7692585c37aef78c2f2d74b43599b00f Natalie Amidon edited the blog post Housing in Northern Ireland in the group Irish Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/11563/ Tue, 11 Dec 2018 20:48:23 -0500 A housing crisis was prevalent during this time, due to housing shortage and an unequal distribution of houses. The government started building new houses and giving them to civilians in need. Local councils were […]

]]> 0 cb39e78dce4d02566253bee9201f0f8c Natalie Amidon edited the blog post Schooling in Northern Ireland in the group Irish Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/11562/ Tue, 11 Dec 2018 20:47:27 -0500 Even before The Troubles “officially” began, there was a deep segregation in the schooling of children. When the Republic of Ireland formed, both churches refused to give up their own holds on their school sys […]

]]> 0 1f3cc247ff685670f45b4a270c31be3c Ciara Farrington edited the blog post Policing in Northern Ireland in the group Irish Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/11561/ Tue, 11 Dec 2018 20:22:21 -0500 The Special Powers Act enacted in 1922 gave police much power over citizens, which caused great  fear in the Catholic community because the Royal Ulster Constabulary was 90% Protestant. Due to jobs jobs given […]

]]> 0 7f3f125c4c6ea912928660e6e605cb4e Rebecca Hagan edited the blog post Catholicism in the group Irish Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/11560/ Tue, 11 Dec 2018 19:53:08 -0500 Catholicism was a major force in Irish culture and subsequently Irish-American culture. Some aspects of Catholicism that are particularly relevant to the formation of Irish-American identity are:

The emphasis […]

]]> 0 5324b7ee2939715f82075fcb1a0f9f1f Sam Silver edited the blog post Patriarchal Figures in the group Irish Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/11559/ Tue, 11 Dec 2018 19:13:57 -0500 In this scene, patriarchy is highlighted as the 1974 South Boston Bus Boycotts were taking place (Delmont 2). In this clip, Frank Costello, a mob-boss played by Jack Nicholson, is talking about the diversity […]

]]> 0 254dc1287dddd17f3485d07352991026 Rebecca Hagan edited the blog post Irish Immigrants to America in the group Irish Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/11558/ Tue, 11 Dec 2018 19:08:32 -0500 Irish people have been immigrating to America since the colonial period (Hershkowitz 11). However, most of these immigrants were Protestant, from the Northern parts of Ireland and were primarily wealthier merchant […]

]]> 0 9f9c1b1a93517a9499c3557367cd1ee1 Sam Silver edited the blog post Website Map in the group Irish Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/11557/ Tue, 11 Dec 2018 18:38:41 -0500 If you are unsure of how to navigate this site, here are some ideas to get you started.

If you are interested in background information about Irish immigration go to the Immigration to America page.
If you […]

]]> 0 a933188014b6f4d834737135d4dbf5e9 Kaitlyn McNulty wrote a new blog post About Us in the group Irish Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/11552/ Mon, 10 Dec 2018 16:53:54 -0500 My name is Kaitlyn McNulty.  I’m from Long Island and am a sophomore here at SUNY Geneseo studying English Education. Along with literature and writing, I’m also very interested in history. For my research […]

]]> 0 b1dfbde1365da606921f79d85340445c Rebecca Hagan edited the blog post About Us in the group Irish Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/11551/ Mon, 10 Dec 2018 16:30:43 -0500 Hi, welcome to the about us page! We are 4 undergraduates at SUNY Geneseo currently taking an Irish Studies course on landscape and memory. Allow us to tell you a bit more about ourselves.

Rebecca Hagan is a […]

]]> 0 e984deff08713b2ef217cc6c21915b96 Emily Meyer edited the blog post "A Tale of Two Cities" Bibliography in the group Irish Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/11550/ Mon, 10 Dec 2018 16:12:32 -0500 EMILY:

Primary Sources:

Fagan, Terry. Dublin Tenements: Memories of Life in Dublin’s Notorious Tenements. Dublin, IE: North Inner City Publishing, 2013.

Kearns, Kevin Corrigan. Dublin Tenement Life: An O […]

]]> 0 5a968e4dc488b9de2804b02d049fec44 Natalie Amidon edited the blog post Northern Ireland Today: A Photo and Video Gallery in the group Irish Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/11535/ Mon, 10 Dec 2018 04:41:20 -0500 The Troubles, although technically came to end with the Good Friday agreement, still haunt Northern Ireland today. There are physical barriers as well as mental as the people caught up on the conflict figure out […]

]]> 0 58c628dfcd47f2d55521be161328e498 Olivia Schmidt edited the blog post Political Structures to Social Anxieties in the group Irish Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/11534/ Sun, 09 Dec 2018 18:44:15 -0500 Unionist politics focused on separation of Catholics and Protestants, and ensuring Nationalists stayed out of government. Through gerrymandering, school segregation, and the housing crisis, Protestants made […]

]]> 0 9fb0b83753c8683264b3092a97736222 Olivia Schmidt edited the blog post Why Did it Take So Long? A Brief History in the group Irish Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/11533/ Sun, 09 Dec 2018 16:23:46 -0500 Around 400 AD, Saint Patrick converted the people of Ireland to Catholicism, as England at the time was Catholic. In 1170 the King of Leinster, Dermot MacMurrough, was overthrown and appealed to the current king o […]

]]> 0 89508dd3c052c46110cf1c6a5ab4dcf3 Emily Meyer edited the blog post About Us in the group Irish Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/11532/ Sun, 09 Dec 2018 00:10:24 -0500 Get to know our research group!

Emily Meyer is a senior history major and art history minor at SUNY Geneseo. She has an academic background in European, with an interest in the British Isles, and Latin American […]

]]> 0 979fdb4c06626557f3e1d0c2c680ef85 Cathrine McNeil edited the blog post Fianna Boys in the group Irish Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/11531/ Sat, 08 Dec 2018 20:05:11 -0500 Return to Homepage

Not only did women participate in the rising but also Irish children. The Fianna boys consisted of boys and girls from the ages of eight to eighteen.  The organization of these children […]

]]> 0 9e564e973b0343b16960107d4e96756b Daniel Mariani joined the group Irish Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/11499/ Thu, 06 Dec 2018 17:44:06 -0500 0 423ea372e6021d9616aafd9a72a2be82 Chloe Hoffman edited the blog post About Us in the group Irish Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/11491/ Wed, 05 Dec 2018 17:14:13 -0500 Welcome to our page on the duality of Irish authenticity! We are Chloe, Alissa, Maeve, and Rebecca, four Geneseo students enrolled in a class centered on Irish landscape and memory. Our project explores how […]

]]> 0 90c0918540be9d7e23c88aef97759bd0 Chloe Hoffman edited the blog post Tourism Advertisement in the group Irish Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/11490/ Wed, 05 Dec 2018 15:43:29 -0500 This advertisement encompasses assumptions held surrounding the issue of authenticity in the effort to sell an image benefiting the tourism industry. It displays the duality of the presentation of the Irish […]

]]> 0 07cd817fad9482babc1e55f18bd7296f Natalie Orman edited the blog post Orange Parades and Their Effects in the group Irish Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/11430/ Sun, 02 Dec 2018 22:27:07 -0500 Return to Main Page

The Troubles erected peace lines through Northern Ireland, creating a divide between Catholics and Protestants. Two distinct occurrences that detail the change in the social and political […]

]]> 0 1e01dece23e0abad5ddcac0e96ee8ad8 Hemingway Lovullo edited the blog post Irish Gangs in New York in the group Irish Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/11429/ Sun, 02 Dec 2018 22:13:22 -0500 Within the Five Points neighborhood–arguably the worst slum in the city–Irishmen sought to create a sense of community, authenticity, and belonging for themselves. This craving for an identity, as well as their […]

]]> 0 2987b2a907f3b88e59e7e02c9cc0236c Jade Chang edited the blog post Murals in Belfast in the group Irish Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/11420/ Sun, 02 Dec 2018 07:33:20 -0500 Return to Main Page

The Troubles were a violent time period which produced peacelines and and a myriad of art which included murals and graffiti. Peacelines were these huge walls that stand over 50 feet that […]

]]> 0 ad97eadf82a43cdb2eb16b8ea37227de Sam Silver edited the blog post Patriarchal Society in the group Irish Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/11354/ Fri, 30 Nov 2018 20:22:34 -0500 Patriarchy is described as a male-dominant social system. In this system, a male acts as the head of a social group oftentimes described as a “family” (Napikoski & Lewis 1). This father-like figure is a sym […]

]]> 0 ff02a2c97a53b11054b02b06c00c0f6b Sam Silver edited the blog post Irish American Identity in the group Irish Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/11353/ Fri, 30 Nov 2018 19:57:15 -0500 Welcome to our site about Irish-American Identity! All throughout history, Ireland has sought to create an identity for themselves. After being religiously and politically oppressed by Britain, many Irish citizens […]

]]> 0 d071d003e7166e56194203307f3c777f Hannah Laneuville edited the blog post Authenticity of Irish Identity in the group Irish Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/11352/ Fri, 30 Nov 2018 19:55:18 -0500  

Having an authentic “Irishness” implies that there is a pure core element to the culture which is simply not true. The concept of Irish identity and culture is constantly changing, therefore making it […]

]]> 0 54418cbba3bc2c8ea3632aedbdc760d0 Rebecca Hagan edited the blog post LGBT Irish in the group Irish Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/11351/ Fri, 30 Nov 2018 19:43:55 -0500 Since Catholicism is an important aspect of Irish-American identity there is a tension between being Irish-American and being LGBT, since Catholicism is against homosexuality. The Chicago St. Patricks Day […]

]]> 0 fdbfec11dee5e0d52bf2c159eadafa8a Hannah Laneuville edited the blog post American Views on Irish Immigrants in the group Irish Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/11349/ Fri, 30 Nov 2018 19:37:41 -0500 The Irish people have been viewed in a negative light by people of other nations, particularly Great Britain, for centuries. The political cartoon above was drawn by Thomas Nast, known for anti-Irish cartoons […]

]]> 0 b6194effdb8838b934edafb3eca01828 Rebecca Hagan edited the blog post St. Patrick's Day Parade in the group Irish Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/11348/ Fri, 30 Nov 2018 19:36:38 -0500 The celebration of St. Patrick’s Day in America started in the 1830s and 1840s, due to the influx of Irish immigrants due to the Potato Famine. In Ireland St. Patrick’s day was celebrated as a “non-festive holy […]

]]> 0 a5e8d5f058b746074ce599cd3c94c454 Cathrine McNeil edited the blog post Countess Markievicz in the group Irish Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/11338/ Fri, 30 Nov 2018 06:34:36 -0500 Return to Homepage

Constance Gore-Booth, who would later become the Countess Markievicz was of planter stock and from an English noble family.  With her background, she was an unlikely candidate to become […]

]]> 0 a6637ca1f770c3222f1d9d8e95ba1e41 Cathrine McNeil edited the blog post Margaret Skinnider in the group Irish Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/11336/ Fri, 30 Nov 2018 05:25:04 -0500 Return to Homepage

Margaret Skinnider traversed Dublin with despatches for the Republic of Ireland during the Easter Rising.  She was an intelligent teacher who had an infinity for mathematics and calculus.  S […]

]]> 0 88dc56aba47eefa0428deefe2b69fef8 Hannah Fuller edited the blog post Bowens Court in the group Irish Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/11326/ Thu, 29 Nov 2018 22:42:52 -0500  

Elizabeth Bowen, the author of The Last September, spent her summers in her family’s country home, Bowens Court. It was built in the 1770s by Henry Cole Bowen and is located in Cork, Ireland. Bowen de […]

]]> 0 76e8ce46bdcaa5e86051cf91f48be169 Joey Saxton edited the blog post Political Environment- Leaders of The Easter Rising in the group Irish Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/11323/ Thu, 29 Nov 2018 20:10:29 -0500 James Connelly was born in June 1868 in Edinburgh Scotland where he came from a very poor upbringing. This is lead him to develop a hatred for poverty, one that he would carry with him for the rest of his life […]

]]> 0 609dd8abf7d1a8344dcd3d1180b7751f Cathrine McNeil edited the blog post Women of the Uprising in the group Irish Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/11286/ Wed, 28 Nov 2018 17:02:27 -0500 Return to Homepage
Cathleen ni Houlihan

In Cathleen ni Houlihan by William Butler Yeats and Lady Gregory, the play was used metaphorically to encourage young men to resist English ways and fight for their […]

]]> 0 693a38bb91b976b3c1cfe50350f5aa68 Natalie Amidon edited the blog post Peace Talks in the group Irish Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/11285/ Wed, 28 Nov 2018 16:41:35 -0500 In order to resolve the conflict, there were many different ideas and approaches made in an attempt to find peace, with the ones with the largest impact outlined below.  Each had its own flaw that led to increase […]

]]> 0 a7d119f639c3346bd6d1bed30e1c0265 Olivia Schmidt edited the blog post Unionist Politics in the group Irish Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/11284/ Wed, 28 Nov 2018 16:41:26 -0500 Ireland officially split in 1920, forming Northern Ireland. The Government of Ireland Act was created amidst the violent War of Independence in an attempt to quell the IRA and Nationalist anger and satisfy the […]

]]> 0 7147c91b9aef2c93e6216b296599610f Hailey Merry edited the blog post Nationalist Politics in the group Irish Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/11283/ Wed, 28 Nov 2018 16:41:08 -0500 The goal of the Irish nationalist in Northern Ireland was to split from Great Britain; contrary to the Irish protestants who wanted to remain loyal to the British. Nationalists advocated for self-government. […]

]]> 0 d9984759453123b10292b61c06f9be8b Ciara Farrington edited the blog post Catholic and Protestant Relations in the group Irish Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/11282/ Wed, 28 Nov 2018 16:41:06 -0500 After the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1922, there were many fears and anxieties for both Catholics and Protestants over what the state of Northern Ireland would be. They both felt that they were living in a country with […]

]]> 0 f47bcd2896a0d26e2263d305ec62ff04 Jeanmarie Ryan edited the blog post Irish Famine Immigrants in the group Irish Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/11280/ Wed, 28 Nov 2018 16:15:12 -0500 The Great Famine in Ireland caused death and suffering for people throughout the country. Many people died, and many others emigrated from Ireland in order to escape the famine. When most people in the modern […]

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