‘Remembering 1916’ – Photos from Evening with Professor Diarmaid Ferriter in Cork, Cloyne and Ross

Posted on January 31, 2016 by Latest News and Photos from the Church of Ireland Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross

Here is a gallery photos from the first event in the Cork, Cloyne and Ross 2016 centenary programme “Remembering 1916′.  The photos were taken at a reception beforehand at The Palace in Cork and at the Aula Maxima in UCC:

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Tractor Run in Bandon Church of Ireland Parishes

Posted on January 27, 2016 by Latest News and Photos from the Church of Ireland Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross

Bandon Union of Parishes in the Diocese of Cork held a Tractor Run on the afternoon of Sunday, 24th January. About 130 tractors took part and drew participants from across West Cork and farther afield.  Bandon curate, the Reverend David White went into a special period of tuition and training in tractor driving so that he could lead off the tractor run.

Pictured at the tractor run at Bandon Co Cork was the Rev David White, curate of Bandon, who led off the tractor run. Picture Denis Boyle.

Pictured at the tractor run at Bandon Co Cork was the Rev David White, curate of Bandon, who led off the tractor run. Picture Denis Boyle.

The 23 mile route looped from Bandon via the villages of Ballinadee and Ballinspittle. Registration and refreshments were in the Old Still at Bandon Mart. Tractor runs have become popular events nationwide and have a strong social aspect as well as being occasions for fundraising. Proceeds for the event will support Bandon Union of Parishes and Bandon Area Special Children (BASC).

Pictured at the tractor run at Bandon Co Cork were Grace and Lucey Rowe from Bandon. Picture Denis Boyle

Pictured at the tractor run at Bandon Co Cork were Grace and Lucey from Bandon. Picture Denis Boyle

NEWS 24/1/2016 Pictured at the tractor run at Bandon Co Cork was Alan Coleman MCC and Margerat Murphy O'Mahony MCC with new Election Candidate for West Cork Gillian Powell. Picture Denis Boyle

Pictured at the tractor run at Bandon Co Cork were Alan Coleman MCC and Margaret Murphy O’Mahony MCC with new Election Candidate for West Cork Gillian Powell. Picture Denis Boyle

NEWS 24/1/2016 Pictured at the tractor run at Bandon Co Cork was Chris Corcoran, Dan Keohane and John O'Neill. Picture Denis Boyle

Pictured at the tractor run at Bandon Co Cork were Chris Corcoran, Dan Keohane and John O’Neill. Picture Denis Boyle

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Standing Room Only at Ferriter Lecture Inaugurating Cork Church of Ireland ‘Remembering 1916’ Programme

Posted on January 23, 2016 by Latest News and Photos from the Church of Ireland Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross

The ‘Remembering 1916’ programme of the Church of Ireland Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross started last night (Friday 22nd January) with a lecture delivered in the magnificent setting of the Aula Maxima, University College Cork by Diarmaid Ferriter, Professor of Modern Irish History at University College Dublin.  There was a capacity attendance with nearly 300 seated, dozens standing throughout the two and a half hour event, many in an adjoining ante-room, and, unfortunately for them, many also were unable to be admitted.

Public lecture - 1916: New Perspectives; Old Rows - by Professor Diarmaid Ferriter, Professor of Modern Irish History at University College, Dublin, first of a series of events planned by the Church of Ireland in the United Dioceses of Cork, Cloyne and Ross to mark 1916, at the Aula Maxima UCC, Cork. Bishop Paul Colton (centre) with (l-r) with Professor Diarmaid Ferriter, Guest Speaker, Professor John A Murphy, Guest Speaker, Dr. Michael Murphy, President UCC, Dr. John Borgonovo, School of History UCC and Linda Connolly, Event Chairperson. Picture Jim Coughlan.

Public lecture – 1916: New Perspectives; Old Rows – by Professor Diarmaid Ferriter, Professor of Modern Irish History at University College, Dublin, first of a series of events planned by the Church of Ireland in the United Dioceses of Cork, Cloyne and Ross to mark 1916, at the Aula Maxima UCC, Cork.
Dr Paul Colton, Bishop of Cork (centre) with (l-r) Professor Diarmaid Ferriter, Professor John A Murphy, Dr. Michael Murphy, President UCC, Dr. John Borgonovo, School of History UCC and Dr Linda Connolly, Event Chairperson.
Picture Jim Coughlan.

‘Clearly there was huge interest in the event,’ said Dr Paul Colton, Bishop of Cork who thanked UCC for on-going partnership with the Diocese and the welcome to the Aula Maxima. Bishop Colton said afterwards:  ‘I don’t think we have ever had an event of this kind in the Diocese before in my seventeen years as Bishop, when we were, sadly, turning people away.’ 

The gathering was welcomed to UCC by the President of the University, Dr Michael Murphy.  Bishop Colton, in his opening remarks, reflected on the relationship of the Church of Ireland to the events of 1916.  Quoting the speech of Archbishop Crozier at the subsequent meeting of the General Synod, as well as Bishop Colton’s own family background (on the English side), and the story of his own chaplain, the Reverend Elaine Murray (whose grandfather took part in the Rising and whose sentence to death was commuted), Dr Colton described the Church of Ireland’s relationship with the events as ‘complicated.’

Dr Linda Connolly, also from UCC, was chairperson for the evening.  The main focus of the evening was a principal lecture by Professor Ferriter – 1916: New perspectives; Old Rows – examining the history of 1916 in the light of more recently available sources which, he said, revealed even more nuance and complication than ever before.  He quoted from Brian Friel’s play Translations: ‘Confusion is not an ignoble tradition.’  Professor John A Murphy then scrutinised the text of the 1916 Proclamation itself, following which Dr John Borgonovo, an American historian based in Cork, spoke about the role University College Cork played in events from 1916 to 1923. Questions and comments from the floor followed.

Reflecting on the evening, Bishop Colton said:

Our gratitude in the Diocese goes indeed to the small organising committee at St Fin Barre’s Cathedral:  the Very Reverend Nigel Dunne, Dean of Cork, Mary Leland and Dr Alicia St Leger.  They did us an immense service and devised an evening which received many well-deserved plaudits from those present.

Beforehand, the Bishop and Mrs Susan Colton hosted a reception at The Bishop’s Palace in honour of Professor Ferriter, Professor Murphy and Dr Borgonovo, which was attended also by the Lord Mayor of Cork, Ms Ann Doherty, CEO of Cork City Council, Bishop John Buckley (Bishop of Cork and Ross), Bishop William Crean (Bishop of Cloyne), members of the Chapter of St Fin Barre’s Cathedral, the organising committee, ecumenical guests, and many historians and academics.

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Professor Diarmaid Ferriter to Deliver Lecture in Cork as Part of the Cork Church of Ireland 1916 Programme

Posted on January 21, 2016 by Latest News and Photos from the Church of Ireland Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross

Professor Diarmaid Ferriter, Professor of Modern Irish History at University College Dublin, will deliver a lecture – 1916: New Perspectives; Old Rows – tomorrow evening, Friday, 22nd January, 2016 at 7.30 p.m. in the first event organised by the Church of Ireland Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross in this centenary year of the events of 1916.  University College Cork, neighbours of St Fin Barre’s Cathedral, has kindly made the Aula Maxima available to the Diocese for this event.  Admission is without ticket but will be on a first come first served basis.

The evening will be chaired by Dr Linda Connolly, Director of the Institute for Social Science in the 21st Century at UCC.  Short responses to Professor Ferriter will be made by UCC historians Dr John Borgonovo and Professor Emeritus John A. Murphy.

1916 Centenary Lecture

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Cork Hospital Chaplain is one of UCC Researchers to contribute to Lancet ‘Ending Preventable Stillbirths’ Series

Posted on January 19, 2016 by Latest News and Photos from the Church of Ireland Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross

Researchers and Clinicians from University College Cork (UCC) have contributed to the Lancet Stillbirth Series: Ending Preventable Stillbirths, which was launched globally today in London.  Among them is Church of Ireland hospital chaplain in Cork, Cloyne and Ross, Canon Dr Daniel Nuzum.  This series builds on the original Lancet Stillbirths Series published in 2011 which reviews where international progress has and has not been made, and shows what steps should be done to end preventable stillbirths by 2030.

At the launch of The Lancet - Ending Preventable Stillbirths Series - at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, London today were: (l-r) Dr Richard Horton, Lancet Editor in Chief, Canon Dr Daniel Nuzum (co-author of one of the papers), and Dr Alexander Heazell, Chair, International Stillbirth Alliance and Lead author of 'Stillbirths: Economic and Psychosocial Consequences'.

At the launch of The Lancet – Ending Preventable Stillbirths Series – at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, London today were: (l-r) Dr Richard Horton, Lancet Editor in Chief, Canon Dr Daniel Nuzum (co-author of one of the papers), and Dr Alexander Heazell, Chair, International Stillbirth Alliance and Lead author of ‘Stillbirths: Economic and Psychosocial Consequences’.

Dr. Keelin O’Donoghue, Consultant Obstetrician, and Dr Daniel Nuzum, Healthcare Chaplain, both from the Pregnancy Loss Research Group at UCC, are among the co-authors of one of the five seminal papers in the Series. Other group members Margaret Murphy and Sarah Meaney formed part of the Lancet Stillbirths High Income Countries Investigator Group that contributed to another of the Series papers. Formed in 2012, the Pregnancy Loss Research Group, led by Dr O’Donoghue, is based at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology UCC and Cork University Maternity Hospital (CUMH).

The group are among 216 authors and advisors from more than 40 countries who have contributed to this Lancet Stillbirth Series. The series presents the clearest picture to date of the ongoing progress in reducing stillbirths, as well as missed opportunities leading to a call to action for ending preventable stillbirths.

Every year globally, more than 2.6 million babies are stillborn. Dr. Keelin O’Donoghue, Senior Lecturer UCC and Consultant Obstetrician CUMH states that:

Of these 2.6 million stillbirths, 98% occur in low- and middle-income countries and almost half of all stillbirths happen during labour and birth. Most deaths result from problems that can be avoided with good maternity care such as the prevention or treatment of infections and pregnancy-related complications (e.g. high blood pressure, diabetes, or poor growth of the baby before birth.) Efforts to prevent stillbirth need to form part of normal healthcare of women and babies.

The series highlights that most stillbirths could be prevented during pregnancy, labour and birth, and that improvements in global maternity care will also prevent the deaths of mothers and newborn babies and ultimately improve child development.

In the face of the global burden of stillbirth, the impact of stillbirth can sometimes be overlooked in high-income countries such as Ireland. Dr Nuzum, Healthcare Chaplain CUMH, comments that:

Stillbirth is a tragedy for families and can have long lasting psychological, social, spiritual and financial impact. How people are cared for at the time of their loss can influence their overall experience and wellbeing. Having respectful maternity services that include good quality bereavement care can reduce the negative impact for parents and families. Although the impact of stillbirth mostly affects women and their families, caregivers, communities, and health services are also affected.

Figures presented in the Lancet Series show that Ireland now ranks 17th out of 186 countries in the world with a stillbirth rate of 2.7 stillbirths per 1,000 total births after 28 weeks of pregnancy. The National Perinatal Epidemiology Centre’s 2013 report showed that from 69,146 births in Ireland, 301 infants were stillborn. It is important to remember that this loss of life has a huge impact on families and caregivers and places a significant burden on both maternity services and wider society. The Lancet Ending Preventable Stillbirth Series calls upon all high-income countries to set and meet targets to close equity gaps for parents and to use data to track and prevent stillbirths.

 

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