If you thought the old folks were exaggerating about anti-Irish and anti-Catholic prejudice in nineteenth- and much of twentieth-century Anglo-Protestant Australia, our authors have put it back on centre stage. Continue reading
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The Scoil Gheimhridh Sydney 2019 is a Winter Irish Language School – a long weekend of Irish language and craic. Come and improve your Irish language skills. Continue reading
Readings, music, Irish literature more generally, and eating and drinking – Bloomsday at the Queensland Irish Association in Brisbane. Continue reading
They remembered the Black and Tans. Twenty years later, they refused to be conscripted into the British army a world away. Continue reading
Screwball eggheads tear up the Library in ‘Travesties’, Tom Stoppard’s brilliant comedy about Joyce, Lenin and Tzara. Continue reading
Reports from the Irish Film Festival, Melbourne Continue reading
European elections, murder, the courts, two true Dubs Continue reading
Report by Shauna Stanley A Lifetime of Stories (2019) launched at the Irish Film Festival. It is a multilingual short feature, spanning less than 40 minutes, written, produced and directed by the Director of the Festival Enda Murray, as an open access project available for free viewing on Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYPJ18eJn24 The film features five older … Continue reading
Danta as Gaeilge with English translations Continue reading
When angry local men turned up with brickbats at an Irish concert. Continue reading
He came from nothing, but his success left him isolated and alone. Continue reading
Written and performed by James McCaughey who is a regular contributor to Tintean. It also features Matthew Horsley on uilleann pipes VLAD & ME Conversations with the soul about reincarnation and other inconveniences 4 — 5 JUNE 2019 Southbank Theatre, The Lawler PRESENTED BY Redfinch productions ‘Mr President, when I look into your eyes I see a … Continue reading
