Member: liamfoley

You know, I've never looked into what Killeen meant, though I know it was named for a railroad executive that never visited the town. Now that I know that the "Kill" or "Cill" means "church," several Irish surnames make sense. I got my BA and MA at Tarleton in Stephenville, which is right down the road from Dublin, Texas - the home of Dublin Dr Pepper http://www.dublindrpepper.com/ - see, it's a small world.

Thanks for the note!

posted by tuckerresearch at 11:32 pm (EST) on May 7, 2009

FYI
I have uploaded a cover for No Band of Brothers: Problems of the Rebel High Command by Steven E. Woodworth.

posted by DVanderlinde at 3:59 pm (EST) on Apr 25, 2009

And those five books that we do share are great ones! Unfortunately, I don't have any good books on archiving, so I have none to recommend. Do you have any suggestions for me?

posted by Audacity at 7:41 pm (EST) on Apr 22, 2009

Great. Send me your e-mail address (mine is mail@christophertusa.com), and I'll e-mail you the book.

Thanks,

Chris

posted by cmtusa at 8:47 pm (EST) on Mar 30, 2009

Hi,

Was wondering if you'd be interested in reviewing my new novel and posting your comments here as well as a few other book-related sites. Saw you liked Butcher Boy, and I thought you might like my novel since it's also about a disturbed adolescent and a bit dark. I could e-mail you the novel in an e-book format if you'd like. Let me know if you're interested. Here's a link to a summary in case you're interested:

http://christophertusa.com/blog/?page_id...
Thanks,

Chris

posted by cmtusa at 10:16 am (EST) on Mar 25, 2009

Greetings! Thanks for the note. I'm very interested in Irish history and hope to visit Dublin again - sometime.

A relative new book - Mick - by Peter Hart, a Canadian, is very good on Michael Collins.

All the best.

M.

posted by mcjohnson22 at 9:16 am (EST) on Mar 2, 2009

Hi, I haven't yet read The Last of Summer but have read and enjoyed other books by Kate O'Brien. Anne

posted by byzanne at 6:17 am (EST) on Jun 15, 2008

Thanks for the welcome!

posted by lollygaggingabout at 8:28 am (EST) on Jun 13, 2008

Hi,

Actually Judeo-Christianity is the largest area of the collection right now. The tag for those books is "White Blue" and it shows that there are 103 books. Probably 1/5 of those are various editions of Bibles. I don't know if you're familiar with Unitarian Universalism. While our roots are in Christianity the faith has broadened to include exploration of spirituality in many forms.

If you're interested in knowing more about UUism this is a basic explanation: http://www.beliefnet.com/story/80/story_...
and this is a good article as well:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unitarian_U...

Have a great day!
Vicki, UUCLR Librarian

posted by UUCLR at 7:10 am (EST) on Apr 30, 2008

I'll pass on your problem to someone at the Royal Irish Academy, maybe there is some work-around they know of. I'll give them your email as shown on your profile

posted by tartalom at 12:37 pm (EST) on Apr 9, 2008

it worked in my old mac but the CD got cracked a couple of years ago - never let children near your shelves! - so it probably wouldn't work in the one I have now. CDROM was already going out of fashion as a publishing format when the thing was originally published. I'm proud to say I was involved in the production of that. I proof-read the latin text and aligned it with with the parallel translation :)

posted by tartalom at 3:37 pm (EST) on Apr 8, 2008

Dear Liam,

The denomination I belong to has links with many other Protestant churches; though none of these would be regarded as the 'mainstream' denominations. We believe that the main denominations have gravely departed from God's infallible Word in a great many areas of doctrine and practice. We do not regard Liberal churchmen as being Protestants at all, but heretics who murder men's souls.

As for the Church of Rome, you may know our relation to it from our Subordinate Standards; particularly from the Westminster Confession of Faith Ch. 21.

May I leave you with a few quotations which will give you some idea of what we hold and endeavor to be to the Glory of God.

“A man’s capacity for such propriety in Christ’s righteousness is union with Him. Christ’s taking our nature into union with Him was His capacity to take our sins and condemnation on himself; and His taking our persons into union is our capacity to have that interest in His righteousness so as to be made the righteousness of God in Him.” Obadiah Grew {Puritan}, Christ Our Righteousness, p.?

“Jesus the Mediator of the New Covenant” - Heb. 12:24. Jesus Christ is the sum and quintessence of the gospel; the wonder of angels; the joy and triumph of saints. The name of Christ is sweet, it is as music in the ear, honey in the mouth, and a cordial at the heart.” Thomas Watson {Puritan}, Unknown

“By grace we are what we are in justification, and work what we work in sanctification.” Richard Sibbes {Puritan}, Unknown

“Perfect holiness is the aim of the saints on earth, and it is the reward of the saints in Heaven.” Joseph Caryl {Puritan}, Unknown

“By walking with God, I mean, a sincere endeavour, punctually and precisely, to manage, conduct, and dispose all our affairs, thoughts, words, and deeds, all our behaviour and conversation, in reverence and fear, with humility and singleness of heart, as in the sight of an invisible God, under the perpetual presence of his all-seeing, glorious, pure eye; and, by a comfortable consequence, to enjoy, by the assistance and exercise of faith, an unutterable sweet communion and humble familiarity with his holy Majesty; in a word, to live in heaven upon earth.” Robert Bolton {Puritan}, General Directions for a Comfortable Walking with God

“While we are zealous for good works, let us be careful not to put them in the place of Christ’s righteousness, and not to advance anything which may betray others into so dreadful a delusion.” Matthew Henry {Puritan}, Unknown

“1. Some actions of God’s love unto us are so in Christ, that they are wholly suspended on him, and his merits are the only procuring cause of them: for example, forgiveness of sins is an action of God’s love unto us, and yet this wholly depends upon Christ and his merits; so that his precious blood must either procure this mercy for us from God, else they will never be forgiven; and this and the like love of God is both in Christ and for Christ. 2. There are some other actions of God’s love which arise merely and only out of the absolute will of God, without any concurrence of Christ’s merits; as the eternal purpose of God, whereby he hath determined so choose some men to salvation: this is an action of God’s love, merely arising out of his absolute will, without Christ’s merits. For Christ is a Mediator, and all his merits are the effects of his love, not the cause of it. And yet this love, though it be not for Christ, yet it is in Christ.” John Randall {Very Early Puritan}, In a Sermon upon Romans 8

“Never did any man take Jesus Christ savingly, who took him not for a husband and a Lord, to serve, love and obey him for ever after, as well as a saviour to disburden him of his sins; as a King to govern him by his Word and Spirit, as well as a Priest to wash him in his blood.” Robert Bolton {Puritan}, Instructions for a Right Comforting

“There is no possible way in which a sinner can be freed from the perpetual obligation of the law as a covenant than be presenting, in the hand of faith to it, the infinitely perfect and meritorious righteousness of the second Adam as a full answer to all its high demands. When this glorious righteousness is received by faith, and graciously imputed to a man, the law in its covenant form is fully satisfied with respect to him. A sinner depends on the righteousness of Christ for justification to no good purpose if he does not rely on it only, and neither in whole nor in part on his own obedience.” John Colquhoun, Unknown

“They that are truly converted are new men, new creatures; new not only within, but without; they are sanctified throughout, in spirit, soul and body; old things are passed away, all things are become new; they have new hearts, and new eyes, new ears, new tongues, new hands, new feet…they walk in newness of life, and continue to do so to the end of life.” Jonathan Edwards {Puritan}, Religious Affections, pp. 313-14

Sorry for the amount, but you can read them a few at a time. Feel free to visit www.puritanismtoday.co.uk

Yours Faithfully,

Gary

posted by puritanismtoday at 7:08 pm (EST) on Apr 1, 2008

I'm turning green with envy!!! I've not made it to Ireland yet, but the last trip to England, my traveling companion finally said "if one more person says 'ooh, there's a castle' or 'look! look! there are some church ruins'," he would throw us out of the car. Treading the stairs at Glastonbury that have been trodden(??) for 1200 years and climbing up to the top of the tor at midnight, were two of the greatest experiences of my life! I know, silly American! I haven't entered my archeaology books yet. Good hearing from you!

Fran

posted by medievalmama at 2:20 pm (EST) on Mar 24, 2008

Paragraph 1 -- I should have said "the intersection of the Anglo-Saxon gospels with the Old Saxon _Heliand_". And I know, I'm all over the map, but I started graduate school in 1977, dropped out (for personal health reasons) in 1986, and came back in 2002. Things have changed just a little!
Fran

posted by medievalmama at 3:57 pm (EST) on Mar 21, 2008

Medieval English and Arthurian legend as it moves from the OE chronicles, through the French and German romances of the 12th c, back into England (particular at the odd combination of Germanic epic and Arthurian romance that SGGK is). I'm taking specialist comps tomorrow in medieval literature and am looking towards the gospels and the _Heliand_ for my dissertation.
My secondary field is contemporary American lit, especially the novelists of the 1980s and into the 1990s -- (I just gave a very well-received paper on "Bakhtin's dialogic imagination, Medieval exegesis, and Alice Walker's _By The Light of My Father's Smile_" as a half session paired with Dr. Kim Sisson on "To Hold as T'were the Mirror up to Hate: Terrence McNally's Response to the Christian Right in 'Corpus Christi'".)
My tertiary was Renaissance non-dramatic literature, but I am now more interested in the drama.
My M.A. in 1981 was in literary theory -- "Deconstruction: From Derrida to Yale" with a chapter each on J. Hillis Miller, Paul de Mann, Geoffrey Hartman, and Harold Bloom. I was lucky that Derrida came to Emory for a whole week and Miller taught at Emory for that same semester and I was allowed to sit in on all of Miller's classes and on all of Derrida's lectures.
Long answer for a short question -- but our shared interests were why I was surprised that we did not have more books in common.
F
For fun, I read murder mysteries and fantasy, mainly with strong female protagonists.

posted by medievalmama at 3:53 pm (EST) on Mar 21, 2008

I am really surprised from your essential books for Medieval Europe thatwe only have 11 books in common. Of course, I have not finished entering mine and some of the ones you list, I have read but don't own.

posted by medievalmama at 1:17 pm (EST) on Mar 20, 2008

Reply to:
Professor Smith,
LT attributes you as being the author of this book: http://www.librarything.com/work/5023192. Is this so?

William L. Smith, smithwil in Library Thing, is NOT the author. Thank you for asking, and pointing it out!

;-)

posted by smithwil at 10:36 pm (EST) on Mar 8, 2008

Liam,

Here I'm biased, as Francis Carty is one of my best friends. I'm not myself terribly interested in McQuaid per se, but FXC's focus here on his efforts at reputation management I find interesting (both Francis and I have taught public relations at university). It's very well written, as is everything Francis does. He has also written an autobiographical account of his own religious calling: Why I Said No to God, which you might find of interest.

Conor

posted by ConorMcGrath at 9:01 am (EST) on Feb 24, 2008

I'm in Vienna. I saw that I show up on your map as being in Graz. Not quite sure why.

I'm not really up-to-date on the various Theological faculties on the Austrian Universities. I attend lectures as my health permits at the Theological Courses of the Archdiocese of Vienna - which is for lay people. That's where I have been learning Hebrew. There are are proper courses, but those aren't suitable for me. I just go to lectures, and this Hebrew class. However the lectures are great as the speakers come from various places in Austria and Germany. Most of my theology I have learned from books, and some from a distance course out of England. It's a lot more exciting to sit there and listen to someone, and maybe be able to ask questions.

We lived in Geneva for a while, and although I much prefer Vienna, due to the WCC and the Lutheran World Federation there were often interesting things going on in English. The Lutheran pastor knew I was interested and somewhat informed, so he got me into a lot of things that weren't generally open.

posted by MarthaJeanne at 2:33 pm (EST) on Feb 22, 2008

And I am in the middle of a long attempt to react to a comment that you haven't really prayed the psalms until you can do it in Hebrew. There is more to it than that, but I have discovered that there is a lot of truth in it. I also have gained a lot of insight into both the Old and New Testaments. This summer I'm taking a 'relaxing' break to upgrade my Greek skills a bit. Hebrew is the first time I've tried to deal with a non-Indoeuropean language.

Actually, I can read Latin - sort of - better than either Greek or Hebrew anyway, thanks to Mr. Cor and two years of High School Latin, and several decades of looking at Latin inscriptions. It might be interesting, at that, to read a facing page edition of 'City of God'. I would read the English or German, but check out interesting passages in the Latin. By the end of that I would either add Latin to the languages I need to work on, or give up on it entirely.

BTW our 'books you share' category will be a lot higher once I finish getting my library entered. I saw several in your library. For now, Raymond E. Brown already gives me a good opinion of you. I'm an American by birth and passport, Church of England by choice, although now going to Old Catholic services, and a fairly permanent resident of Austria.

posted by MarthaJeanne at 5:01 am (EST) on Feb 22, 2008

I don't have Joseph & Chico yet. I read about it in the National Catholic Register. Then I just found out it is available to pre-order on Amazon, so I added it. I hope to get it for Easter for my sons.

posted by maryanntherese at 7:21 pm (EST) on Feb 15, 2008

Uh, Hi Liam - Yes, I am aware that English is used in Ireland - I assume this was a joke? Do you have any suggestions for books - please don't say Ulysses, I'll confess I've tried and failed to read it about 10 times!

All the best!

posted by fannyprice at 3:48 pm (EST) on Jan 12, 2008

Liam,

I'm glad to have found someone who shares my affinity for O'Connor. That is such an excellent collection. The title story had such a personal focus, and Larry's family symbolized O'Connor's family in many ways. O'Connor even admits that he has written about his father in various disguises.

I'm leaving for Galway mid-week for the holidays and am looking forward to it. Don't know how much reading I'll get in but I'm taking Frank O'Connor's Collected Stories with me.

Hope your holidays are filled with peace, love and joy.

Sean

posted by SeanLong at 7:31 am (EST) on Dec 17, 2007

Liam,

Thanks for getting in touch. Have just read Waters' Lapsed Agnostic. Didn't enjoy it much personally.I often don't agree with him, but he is generally interesting at least. I found this book too long/repetitive: some quite banal rants against, eg, consumerism, which may be perfectly sensible but just not very insightful. As an atheist, I did find him a bit unnecessarily dismissive of why people would choose not to believe in God - he is interesting on his own path, but seems to feel that because he has rejected one way of life, it stands to reason that everyone should. Anyway, hope you enjoy it.

Conor McGrath

posted by ConorMcGrath at 5:55 am (EST) on Dec 17, 2007

Yes, I think going into finance in Ireland today would set you up well. Change is happening fast there. Despite the economic boom, the quality of life is still good! Enjoy....

posted by TumnusEthic at 11:28 am (EST) on Nov 3, 2007

Hello! A break sounds nice. Were you getting your STL? BA? I teach theology at a University in Queens, NY. Got my PhD at Maynooth College.

posted by TumnusEthic at 4:26 pm (EST) on Oct 12, 2007

Hi Liam. We're home from Ireland. What a great trip. The weather was really quite good by Irish standards. Rain lots of days, but never heavy, and usually not lasting too long with lots of sun mixed in too. My wife loved it so much she's nearly got me planning our next trip already.

Joe

posted by wgman at 9:09 pm (EST) on Oct 11, 2007

Hello--just responding now to your comment. "A professional moral theologian?" Yes. Strange but true. And, more to the point, an avid reader. I see other connections in interest/history as well: I studied in Maynooth College for a time!

posted by TumnusEthic at 11:27 pm (EST) on Oct 8, 2007

Liam, sorry I missed your comment to me a few months ago. I forgot about people being able to leave messages here. Much of my Irish library is reference books for writing and editing on an Irish history website that I've been doing with a friend for the last ten years or so. It's called "The Wild Geese Today," you can find it here: http://www.thewildgeese.com/ . My new wife and I are actually leaving for two weeks in Ireland tomorrow afternoon. We'll be staying in Co. Offaly, so we can travel out in all directions and see lots of the country. I've been twice before, but this is her first trip.

Joe (wgman)

posted by wgman at 1:45 pm (EST) on Sep 20, 2007

Hi Liam, Thanks for that checked out the site and it is very good. All the best. Jimmy.

posted by jkavanagh at 8:36 am (EST) on Aug 18, 2007

Hi Liam,

Yes - I just saw the GGS production on the TV and thought it was much better than the book!!! And when I saw Jared in the flesh - I realized that his personality reflected my feelings about the book ----- bo....and insip.. - perhaps I dare not say it as I know you liked his book. I did write a review but maybe I am too unfair.

Anyway - nice to hear from you again.

Just received a Mary Lavin title in the mail - looking forward to some Irish fare...

Cheers, Karen

posted by kiwidoc at 8:14 pm (EST) on Aug 17, 2007

Thanks for that Liam,I will check it out. Kind regards, Jimmy.

posted by jkavanagh at 3:05 pm (EST) on Aug 15, 2007

Liam,

Medieval cities is a really good book if you are a history buff- fascinating to realize that the development of European cities and especially the Meditterean was so strongly influenced by Islam. I had thought it was just a kinda cultural collapse mainly caused by attacks from Barbarians that stymied Europe into the Dark Ages.

I have to confess that some parts of the book are quite lucid for me and others not - I think he makes assumptions about a certain level of knowledge that I perhaps do not have. If you are a history buff you will find him very good.

Some of his comments date the book - for example taking about the current Italian states - long since unified.

Are you interested in history - Medieval in particular?

Cheers, Karen

posted by kiwidoc at 12:19 pm (EST) on Aug 6, 2007

So....a leading question from your last post - what is your first great passion - Ireland, ??? Not necessary to answer, of course. It would be great if you could let me know your Irish favs - maybe two or three authors you cannot live without//

Cheers, Karen

posted by kiwidoc at 12:37 pm (EST) on Aug 1, 2007

Hi again Liam, Hope you don't mind if I exert some voyeurism over your library - it really does look interesting. I did post a review on the GGS book - but you may not agree based on your last post to me.

Cheers, Karen

posted by kiwidoc at 12:18 pm (EST) on Jul 30, 2007

Hi Liam,

I see that you have Jared Diamond as a favourite author.

I have just finished reading 'Guns, Germs and Steel' after it gathered dust on my shelf for a few years.

I don't know how you found it - but I thought the book ideas very interesting, the writing style pedantic and repetitive (more in keeping with a textbook style), and overall it was a bit of a slog. Ouch - I generally love non-fiction but like a bit more of a creative style to presentation unless I am taking a University course. Would love to know what you thought.

Karen

posted by kiwidoc at 12:41 pm (EST) on Jul 27, 2007

Thanks for the heads up about the Brendan Voyage video! I'll see if I can track down a copy.

posted by Sarahsponda at 9:16 am (EST) on Jun 4, 2007

The view of Orr's book on my blog is a bit longer but only because I have included more personal information. I thought it was an admirably clear book on the experiences of the soldiers on the ground, making it easy to track the actions of individual units; as I said, a bit short on the wider political context but you can't have everything.

posted by nwhyte at 6:12 am (EST) on Jun 2, 2007

Good day, Liam.

I see that you have a copy of Mary Lavin's Tales From Bective Bridge in your library, and I was wondering if you have read it and what your opinion, if any, was of her. I'm currently reading from her Collected Stories. She's been criminally neglected here in the U.S., but I'll put her work up against any of the masters of the short story form.

Sean

posted by SeanLong at 8:48 am (EST) on Mar 28, 2007

Hi Liam
Just saw your name on SeanLong's profile. So, a Happy St Patrick's Day to you as well.
Amanda
P.S. I am Australian but my mother-in-law is from Ballybunion in Kerry.

posted by amandameale at 9:17 am (EST) on Mar 16, 2007

We left Ireland when I was five-years old, Liam. My Da was originally from Fermanagh, my Ma from Clare. Since Da was Protestant and Ma was Catholic, the marriage was not approved of and the resulting circumstances forced them to emigrate from Ireland. I, as well as all of my siblings were brought up as Irish-Catholics in the U.S., going through 12 years of Catholic school and graduating from various Catholic Universities. My sister wants to go back next summer and take a trip to Fermanagh, although Da's relatives are gone. I won't go there for obvious reasons, I love Clare and that's where I stay when I go back.

posted by SeanLong at 10:08 am (EST) on Feb 21, 2007

Not many Irish here in Florida, but I do have one friend from Galway who I used to study Irish with.

Funny though, when I go back my brother's kids refer to me as "Uncle Sean, the Yank." I have to remind them that I was born there. And I still have trouble understanding the slang, especially in Cork. When my niece said her sister was "out doing a line with her boyfriend," well, you can understand what I thought. I had no idea that it meant she was out with him on a date.

posted by SeanLong at 10:50 pm (EST) on Feb 20, 2007

I was back in Clare last year, and try to get back once every two, three years. Lately, I've not been wanting to return to the States, but alas, it's not in the cards at the moment.

posted by SeanLong at 10:14 pm (EST) on Feb 20, 2007

Greetings, Liam

Yes, as Irishman we should be sharing more books! I have yet to input all the books that I bought in Ireland over the years which I keep in two separate book cases. I have some titles that may interest you.

I am intrigued by your library, especially your Catholic, Irish and history tags. Do you get back to Limerick much?

Sláinte chugat

posted by SeanLong at 9:09 pm (EST) on Feb 20, 2007

I see you are interested in theology. I wonder if you might be interested in my Bible Reading Notes, covering the Old & New Testaments, posted in November 2006 at http://chascameron.spaces.live.com www.christinallthescriptures.blogspot.co... www.theologyofgcberkouwer.blogspot.com
Happy New Year.

posted by bellsmyre at 7:18 pm (EST) on Jan 3, 2007

About half ar up. The resta re in storage but I hope to catalogue them soon or over the Christmas holidays. I have some rare Irish books and am presently expecting to hear if I got a copy of the 1768 Focloir of John O'Brien at an auction. Fingers are crossed.

posted by job2007 at 6:20 pm (EST) on Dec 4, 2006

Thank you for joining the Political Conservatives group. Welcome!

posted by ggchickapee at 1:11 pm (EST) on Nov 6, 2006