http://hdl.handle.net/10379/6569 2017-10-29T21:54:49Z http://hdl.handle.net/10379/6757 "Ar son an Naisiuin": The National Film Institute of Ireland's All-Ireland Films Crosson, Seán [No abstract available] 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10379/6584 Reimagining an Irish City: I am Belfast Crosson, Seán An early shot in Mark Cousin's I am Belfast lingers on a very unusual and unexpected landscape, what appears to be an icy vista reflected in water, with clouds drifting by in the distance. Where s this our narrator asks. Are we at the North Pole? Or in the clouds? Or on an ice planet? As the shot widens, it reveals a Belfast landmark, Shore Road Mill, hiding behind a hill of salt. From the beginning, Cousins film is concerned to provide a different vision of Belfast, to encourage the viewer to look anew at the familiar, or (to the non-local) to familiarise ourselves with the extraordinary richness of place, space and people in this much misrepresented Irish city. 2017-03-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10379/6474 Defining the heathen Irish and the pagan African: two similar discourses a century apart Bateman, Fiona This article looks at two different missionary projects separated by space and time: British Protestant missions to Ireland in the mid-nineteenth century; and Irish Roman Catholic missions to Africa in the 1920 and 1930s. It argues that in both cases missionary discourses were strongly influenced by prevailing public attitudes towards the 'other', in the earlier case the Irish, in the later case, the Africans. Using evidence from a range of contemporary mission publications, the article highlights the similarity between British Protestant efforts to 'colonise' Ireland in religious terms and later Irish Catholic attempts to create a 'Spiritual Empire' in Africa in the context of the recently-formed Irish Free State and in contrast to the ostensibly materialistic and corrupting influences on Africa of British imperialism. Cet article se penche sur deux projets missionnaires séparés dans le temps et l'espace: les missions protestantes britanniques en Irlande au milieu du 19e siècle, et les missions catholiques irlandaises en Afrique dans les années 1920-30. Il montre que, dans les deux cas, le discours missionnaire a été influencé par la façon dont le rapport à l'«Autre,» qu'il soit irlandais dans un cas ou africain dans l'autre, était généralement conçu. Par l'analyse de nombreuses publications missionnaires, le texte révèle les similarités existant entre les efforts des protestants britanniques pour «coloniser» religieusement l'Irlande et, plus tard, les efforts des Catholiques irlandais pour créer un «Empire spirituel» en Afrique dans le contexte du nouvel Etat Libre d'Irlande et d'un désir de se distinguer des influences matérialistes et néfastes de l'impérialisme britannique en Afrique. 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10379/5987 Horror, hurling, and Bertie: aspects of contemporary Irish horror cinema Crosson, Seán THIS GRAFFITI image(1) appeared in Dublin's Ranelagh district in June 2009. In its representation of a dejected looking Bertie Aherne combined with the distinctive and unmistakable markings of a particular animal, it reflected the close association of the former Taoiseach (Irish Prime Minister) with the years of the so-called Celtic Tiger economy and the widespread disillusionment with subsequent economic decline and revelations of government mismanagement of the boom.(2) The publication of the Report of the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes, popularly know as 'An Bord Snip Nua', the following month marked the most bold and alarming statement of the decline of this 'Tiger' and the confirmation of the recessionary state of the Republic of Ireland. One of the more alarming recommendations of the board was the proposal to abolish Bord Scannán na hÉireann (The Irish Film Board), a proposal likely to have catastrophic consequences for the Irish film industry if implemented given its dependence on the board for financing and support. 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z