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A Decision N o t Freely M a d e
Emigration is an explosive word in the Irish vocabulary. The figure of the emigrant -- the man or woman forced to leave Ireland because of poverty or persecution -- has become part of the folklore of this island. From 'The Wild Geese' to the '40's and '50's of this century, the poignant themes of loss and farewell have etched themselves into the Irish psyche. With politicians and journalists starting to talk about emigration once more, it might seem as though the bad old days were on their way back. But emigration is a far more complex subject today. The older associations of the word tend to obscure the very real differences between the emigrant of the past and that of today. For one thing, to talk about the return of the 'American Wake' in a world where communications and transport have brought even the most distant places near to each other makes no sense. Emigration today no longer has the terrible finality it once had. Secondly, we must recognise that people now decide to leave Ireland for a variety of reasons, only some of which have to do with unemployment. Many go abroad because they want to, because they recognise that living and working in another society can be enormously beneficial. Others, sadly, leave Ireland out of a desire to escape what they regard as the narrow parochialism symbolized by the recent referenda. Finally, we must recognise what we could call positive emigration. In the past, a man or woman leaving this country for the United States or Britain was often poorly educated and unable to move easily in another culture. But many who go abroad now are highly educated and well able to assert themselves in the world market-place. And this is evident in the number of responsible positions Irish people often occupy in other countries and in important organisations. We only have to think of someone like Kevin Boyle, Professor of Law at UCG, who is about to take over the direction of Article 19 -- a world-wide organisation set up to monitor abuses of freedom of expression. However, even when all of the above is taken into account, the traditional causes of emigration are still with us. Unemployment figures are high, and many are obliged to look outside of Ireland for work. They may not leave for good, but it is still a matter for serious concern that the decision to leave is'not freely made. Last Monday Deputy Molloy drew attention to the fact that Industry in Galway has made enormous progress in recent years. In his speech he urged the IDA to publicise Galway as the attractive location it is for new industries. Only in ways like this will we be able to attract the further industrial investment that will create new jobs and train our young people in the skills they need to compete in today's world. We must do all that we can to create an economic climate where emigration is a matter of choice rather than a necessity. Deputy Molloy's suggestion should be put into action.

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Galway A nniversaries
Lionel, Duke of Clarence
When Edward Ill's wile gave birth in this week in the year 1)38 the event would appear to presage little impact on the growing town of Galway. It was, however, to be a significant event for the infant, to be known as Lionel Duke of Clarence, was to play a part in Irish, Connacht and Galway history. His particular significance for Galway was not his part in p a s s i n g the famous Statutes of Kilkenny but the fact that he married E l i z a b e t h de B u r g o , daughter and heiress of the last Earl o f Lister. This marriage took place when Lionel was but fourteen years of age and in right o f his wife heassumed the style of Earl of Ulster, Lord of Connaught and Tuam. The Succession there fore to the earlythirteenth century grants to the de Burgos was being claimed through the female line. The succession w a s to continue in the same way for the marriage pro duced no son and Lionel's daughter, Philippa, was to s u c c e e d . B y h e r marriage to Edmund Mortimer, Earl of March, in 1368, the original de Burgo title passed through their heirs to Edward IV. Indeed the Galway city arms at that time incorporated the arms o f the Earls of March and o f Lister. Thus the royal title had gone full circle back into royal hands again for Edward IV was a descendant o f Lionel and Elizabeth de Burgo. It was this fact which helped Galway to get from successive kings the charters which raised its status from 1361 onwards. Many o f these charters were designed to protect the city as a Royal inheritance from the incursions of the alien ated junior branches of the de Burgos. This same Royal claim to succession to Elizabeth, Duchess of Clarence, which gave the excuse to Charles I to the de Burgo property in Galway and M a y o in 1635. Thomas P. O 'Weill.

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The D o g Called M a g g i e T.
Two very colourful West Sligo ladies recall "ascend ency life" in the County; in the 30's and 40's in this week's edition of "Looking West" on RTE Radio 1 at 3.02 on Wednesday next, December 3rd. There are tales of militia raids on the ancestral home during the 1798 rebellion; 19th century matchmaking escapades; Victoria Crosses won on the North West Frontier; family diaries and wills dating back to famine times . . . and early photo graphy in Sligo. The family home of Myra and Reesa Kilcullen was a very famous landmark on the West Sligo coastline for many centuries . . . and Myra and Reesa admit that it was originally built from the cutstone of a 14th or 15th century O'Dowd Castle . . . the mines of which still survive. The sisters now farm the remaining 80 acres of the original 300 acre estate. Reesa, who learned how to handmilk cows at the age of seven still does the farmwork . . . and Myra looks after the garden and the upkeep of the wing of the house they now occupy. The original manor farmhouse had to be unroofed for safety's sake and the two sisters say they now live a "rather bohemian" life which sees them keeping touch with London life, drama, literature and politics. Of anglo Irish stock they stHl display pictures of the Royal Family and Myra has the reputation for knowing the most intricate details of every Royal Family in Europe. The family's pet labrador is curiously called "Maggie Thatcher" . . . but, in the spirit of equanimity, the household gander is known as "Charlie" . . . after a certain rather well known political personality.

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Smaller Than Reality
h seems almost unbelievable that President Reagan, a graduate of U.C.G. should be caught dealing with, of all people, the Iranians. President Reagan always had the wonderful ability to appear at his Press Conferences a little larger than life. Last week he was smaller than a school boy badly caught out. After all, he came to power in large part because of the hostile public reaction to the way in which poor Jimmy Carter mishandled the hostage crisis in 1979-1980. A mere six years later the Americans are back in the arms business with Teheran! Equally disturbing is the employment of the intelligence veterans to do the dirty work. Every war leaves in its wake highly trained men with nothing to do. Their former masters try to keep them busy by giving them bizarre assignments away from home. The British did this with their demobbed agents from Aden and Africa -- they sent them to Ireland. Today the Americans have a similar group of largely unemployable former agents. They keep them busy in Nicaragua and as we now know -- in the Middle East. With agents like these -- who needs enemies?

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