Irish Mailing Lists/List servers

Email lists are a great way to find out more information on your favorite subjects. You simply send an email message to a special server (usually a listproc, listserve or majordomo) and then - presto! - you have been automatically added to an email list, where you can post messages and receive all the messages other subscribers post in your own email mailbox. The best part is, unlike regular "snail mail", you can unsubscribe yourself from the mailing lists at any time.

Irish studies and activism has many email lists to choose from. Below you will find information on how to subscribe to many different lists. BE WARNED! Email lists can be quite active, and it may not be uncommon to have 50 or more emails waiting for you each day.

Ireland_list: News from and about Ireland

• Daily news from various newspapers, wire services and organizations.
• · Includes news pertaining to the Republic of Ireland, the North of Ireland and the Irish Diaspora; also feature stories and press releases.
• All news submitted by volunteers; everyone encouraged to submit Irish news from various perspectives and resources.

To subscribe to Ireland_list send the following message to majordomo@email.rutgers.edu:

Subscribe Ireland_list

IRL-Discussion: Discussion about Ireland

• Discussion about all things Irish. Although politics and current events tend to be very popular, other topics such as language, history and culture, are welcome and encouraged.
• People interested in news and press releases should subscribe to Ireland_list.
• List is uncensored and all political viewpoints (or lack thereof) are welcome.
• Warning: although it tends to fluctuate, list traffic is heavy at times.

To subscribe to IRL-Discussion send the following message to listproc@lists.cc.utexas.edu:

Subscribe irl-discussion your name where 'your name' is replaced with your full name (not your user/account name). All subscriptions must include your full name and are subject to confirmation. No anonymous accounts will be subscribed. For more information on IRL-D, visit the official IRL-D web page!

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PFCNEWS: PFC News Updates

• brief but accurate summaries of some key events in the political situation affecting the North
• a weekly news service provided by the Pat Finucane Centre for Human Rights and Social Change

To subscribe to PFCNEWS send the following message to listserv@listserv.syr.edu:

SUB PFCNEWS your name

where 'your name' is replaced with your full name

Irish Republican News and Information Service

• RM_Distribution is an electronic news service carrying Republican news updates and information.
• The service features reliable daily news coverage, Sinn Fein news releases, Irish activist bulletins and articles selected from other news sources.
• On average, two or three bulletins are issued daily.
• Subscribers are asked to make a financial contribution for the service. Subscribe to the list via the web or email the listowner at rmlist@irlnet.com.

IRL-POL: Discussion about Irish Politics

• IRL-POL is a discussion list about Ireland, similar to IRL-Discussion but nominally more devoted to politics and the Irish Republic.
• IRL-POL is administered by the Dublin Higher Education Authority.

To subscribe send email to listserv@danann.hea.ie

with the message: SUB IRL-POL Firstname Lastname

Irish women's studies list

To subscribe send email to listserv@listserv.hea.ie with the message:

subscribe IRWMST-L firstname lastname

Old-Irish-List

• Old-Irish-List is a list for discussion of the language and literature of early Ireland.
• The main emphasis is on Old and Middle Irish, but Primitive (Ogham) Irish and Continental Celtic (Gaulish, Celtiberian, etc.) as well as modern Celtic languages are also discussed when this material is relevant to Old Irish.
• Discussion of modern reconstructions of Celtic religion is off-limits.

To Subscribe, send mail to: OLD-IRISH-LIST-REQUEST@ESKIMO.COM with the command:

SUBSCRIBE

on the subject line of the message. The body of the message may be left blank.

Celtic language lists

there are two listserv lists devoted to Celtic languages:

GAELIC-L for Irish, Scots and Manx Gaelic and WELSH-L for Welsh, Breton and Cornish

to join the list, send a mail to listserv@irlearn.ucd.ie containing the line:

sub <listname> <your name>

i.e.

sub gaelic-L Iain Mac a' Gobhainn

Irish Studies News Groups

Although not email lists, news groups can perform many of the same functions. To learn which newsgroups may interest you, try visiting Deja-News.