Ionbhá: The Empathy Book for Ireland

by Cillian Murphy (Editor), Pat Dolan (Editor), Gillian Browne (Editor), Mark Brennan (Editor)

Overview

Ionbhá or empathy is a core element of wisdom and a universal language of the soul. It brings joy to the everyday, making the unbearable bearable. "We need empathy in schools just as we need empathy in the world right now" - Cillian Murphy, Actor and Patron of the UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre.

The wide range of contributions to the publication Ionbhá act like a compass, guiding us on things that really matter in life. Reflections on empathy illuminate its healing properties, vividly opening our eyes to the countless ways in which its power can shape us all. This collection shows that no matter how big or small, empathetic actions have a massive impact. Although we rarely appreciate how these actions affect people and their communities, they often reverberate long after we act. 

89 contributors include Michael D. Higgins, Hozier, Tolü Makay, The Edge, Rachael Blackmore, Blindboy Boatclub, Mary Coughlan, Clodagh Finn, Katy Hyland, Imelda May, Brendan O'Connor, Louise O'Neill, Valery Biden Owens and citizens from all walks of life.

All royalties from the sale of this book will go directly to delivering the Activating Social Empathy education programme in Irish schools and youth work organisations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781781178201
Publisher:	Mercier Press, Limited, The
Publication date:	10/06/2022
Sold by:	Bookwire
Format:	eBook
Pages:	352
File size:	829 KB
Age Range:	13 - 18 Years

About the Author

Cillian Murphy, Actor and Patron of the UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre Galway

 Actor and Patron of UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre,  University of Galway.
 Professor Pat Dolan holds the prestigious UNESCO Chair in Children, Youth and Civic Engagement, the first to be awarded in the Republic of Ireland. The UNESCO Chair delivers a comprehensive programme of work towards the objective of promoting civic engagement and leadership skills among children and youth. Professor Dolan is Director of the Institute for Lifecourse and Society at the  University of Galway . Professor Dolan has completed an extensive body of research on children youth and family issues including longitudinal research on adolescents and has over 100 peer reviewed academic publications. His research interests include civic engagement, empathy, family support, youth mentoring models, and resilience and social support theory. Professor Dolan has extensive practice and policy experience, both nationally and internationally. 
 Gillian Browne is administrator for the UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre at the School of Political Science and Sociology,  University of Galway . Since joining the University in 2006, Gillian has provided support to the MA in Family Support Studies and works on a range of event management and operational areas. Gillian holds a BA in Business Studies from the GMIT, Galway and a Higher Diploma in Education from NUI, Galway. Prior to commencing employment at the CFRC, Gillian worked in a number of administrative roles in the Health and Technology sectors. 
 Mark Brennan, Ph.D. is the UNESCO Chair for Community, Leadership, and Youth Development and Professor of Leadership and Community Development at the Pennsylvania State University. Dr. Brennan’s teaching, research, writing, and program development concentrate on the role of civic engagement, community, and leadership development in the youth and community development process. His work has also increasingly focused on the role of citizens across the lifespan as active contributors to peace building, social justice, and functioning societies. Dr. Brennan has nearly 30 years of experience in designing, conducting, and analyzing social science research related to community and youth development. This work has involved extensive comparative research throughout the United States, Europe, Australia, Africa, Asia and Central America. He is co-founder of the Global Network of UNESCO Chairs on Children, Youth, and Community.  All research outputs have been translated into teaching and outreach curriculum to facilitate the transfer of knowledge to a wider international audience, as well as published in nearly 200 peer reviewed journal articles, UN publications and Extension/Outreach publications.   

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements 10 The Trick Seems to be to Work on it – Cillian Murphy 12 Unpacking Empathy – Charlotte Silke and Bernadine Brady 16 Brothers – Michael D. Higgins 20 The Talker – Rory O'Neill 26 Seeing Through the Eyes of Another – Pamela Joyce 29 Sausage Poisoning – Blindboyboatclub 32 Empathy – Michael Kerin 37 Thoughts on Empathy's Place in Music – Hozier 41 Toss the Bobbin – Nicola Joyce 46 Empathy in Music Therapy – Rebecca O'Connor 51 Don't Murray, Be Happy! – Cathal Murray 54 My Essay on Empathy – Tolü Makay 58 The Light in Somebody Else's Storm – Lynda Peilow 61 Too Sensitive – Louise O'Neill 65 Empathy Checkpoint – Martina Venneman 69 Showing Empathy to Youth – Gary Nugent 73 A Traveller's Perspective – Martin McDonagh 76 Empathy through Food – Michelle Darmody 80 Reflections on Empathy and Sport – Eamonn O'Shea 83 Stepping in the Stirrups of Others – Rachael Blackmore 87 Empathy isn't Black and White – Joanne O'Riordan 89 Nursing – in the Blink of an Eye – Marie Lohan 92 Empathy from My Mother – Seán Campbell 95 Served with Compassion – Niamh Condon 98 Empathy in Journalism – Carl O'Brien 103 Green over Blue – Kiernan Forsyth 107 6 On the Mend – John Gaffey 110 The Person who Sees – Ailbhe Greaney 115 Empathy, Images and the Internet – Mary McGill 123 Empathy for the Devil … and the Nuns – Mark Brennan 126 Educating for and with Empathy – Dr Niamh Flynn and Emer Davitt 131 YHTAPME – Róisín Hanley 138 English Class – Elaine Feeney 144 I Sure Hope the School around the Corner is Not the Same – Pat Dolan 147 Empathy in Education – Hugh Fitzmaurice 151 It's You I Like … The Way You Are Right Now – Dr Dana Winters and Dr Annie White 155 A Sheep among Wolves – Aisling Duffy 159 The Music Medicine Woman – Mary Coughlan 164 Nocturne II – John Kelly 167 Savita – Kitty Holland 168 Lonely Hearths – Gillian Browne 176 Empathy for My Mother – Dermot Whelan 177 The Magic Cauldron – Susan McKeown 178 Does it Count as Empathy – Brendan O'Connor 182 Hot Wheels, Warm Heart – Tara Dawson 186 Empathy as an Act of Defiance – The Edge 189 Empathy, the Best Superpower – Rabbi Zalman Lent 191 My Power Called Empathy – Matthew Shaw-Torkzadeh 195 Empathy as a Broader Understanding of Family – Valerie Biden Owens 197 Empathy and the Displaced – Niamh Heery 202 Empathy across Generations – Mary Sugrue 208 Our Empathy Story – McDonough Family 211 7 All Lives Matter – Uchechukwu Helen Ogbu 216 Historical Empathy? – Sarah-Anne Buckley 223 Northern Dilemmas – Alan and Elaine Smith 226 A Wing-Back and a Prayer – Colin Regan 228 Closer to Home – Eoin, Róisín & Brendan Dolan 233 Who Am I to Judge? – Peter McVerry 236 Yesterday's Enemies – Saoirse Egan 239 The True Power of Sport to Really Connect – Hugo MacNeill 245 Best Way to Human – Imelda May 251 Growing Up – Stephanie Roche 252 Radiant Empathy in the Dark – Ella Anderson 257 Empathy and Me – Ashling Dunphy 261 Broken Radios – Fiona Prine 264 Ingredients – Nevin Maguire 269 He Fell through the Cracks – Rita Ann Higgins 273 Citylink Tales – Catherine Denning 275 Thinking in Plastic – Ciara-Beth Ní Ghríofa 277 Courageous Conversations – Ben Hughes 281 My Understanding of Empathy – Timmy Long 291 Empathy to Me – James Leonard 292 Empathy can Heal our Troubled World – Shaykh Dr Umar Al-Qadri 294 Empathy Sa Chistín – Hume Family 298 Empathy – A True Champion of the West – Hannick Family 303 Managers of Empathy – Paul McGrath 308 Mary Elmes – Clodagh Finn 311 Finding Empathy – Eamonn Fitzgerald 316 Ciorcal Iomlán – Kathy Hyland 325 Luck – Louis de Paor 328 8 No Idea what will Happen Next – Tiernan Henry 332 Reflections on Learning Empathy – Mark Brennan and Pat Dolan 336 Contributors' Biographies 346