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A one-man meditation on memory, mortality, identity, ambition, desire, loss, waning powers and more, Krapp’s Last Tape comes to Melbourne in Laurence Strangio’s production precisely 60 years after its first performance at London’s Royal Court Continue reading
Remembering Famine Orphan Girls at Williamstown Continue reading
The Treaty settlement almost a hundred years ago led to the Irish Civil War; the outcome of the backstop talks over the next few months could be just as momentous. Continue reading
As a border child from the counties of Tyrone and Derry, I have seen the hard border, that no one wants again. I remember the salmon smuggling, the customs officers on both sides Continue reading
Hurling is coming to Australia. At stake is the beautiful Wild Geese Trophy Continue reading
Presidential Election, Booker Prize Winner from NI, Travellers, Listowel, and more…. Continue reading
A study of the role of food in the cultural life of Ireland, its austerity and changes over time. Continue reading
Throughout WWII, agents were sent to Ireland from Germany with instructions to communicate with German military intelligence. Richard Hayes broke most of these ciphers. Continue reading
‘Jigs to Jacobites’ provides information about the origins and developmental pathways of forty dance tunes. Continue reading
This personal journey of the author, on the death of his father, inspires in him an enduring respect for the ancient rituals Continue reading
