https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/members/lauraostrowski/activity/ Activity feed for Laura Ostrowski. Thu, 27 Aug 2026 18:23:02 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 ae5392a3b7d9c092f1c90d388eea2f30 http://irishstudies.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=266 Sat, 19 Apr 2014 19:10:11 -0500 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 […]

]]> 0716c770b582e15695f3ec65fb52ec01 http://sunygeneseoenglish.org/groups/irish-studies/forum/topic/film-and-incertus/ Wed, 16 Apr 2014 15:06:40 -0500 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]

]]> 158ec9266a93aa3c4656074513fbdee0 http://sunygeneseoenglish.org/groups/irish-studies/forum/topic/heaney-and-dodge-ram-trucks-2/ Mon, 07 Apr 2014 17:43:23 -0500 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]

]]> 2fc9842f49ac03ebd120583c87519e68 http://sunygeneseoenglish.org/groups/irish-studies/forum/topic/yeats-inspired-sculpture/ Mon, 10 Feb 2014 17:13:19 -0500 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]

]]> 4d38050302813d909a4f34ba3cc77eff http://sunygeneseoenglish.org/groups/irish-studies/forum/topic/the-gaelic-fountain/ Wed, 05 Feb 2014 12:52:13 -0500 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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