They had emigrated from Cork in their teens and had never been back. Continue reading
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Celtic Club Program
You can watch the Games at the Club – LIVE – on the big screens. Continue reading
Launch of 15th Lake School
induction of Jack Brennan as Legend of the Lake Continue reading
Cow up the Tree
– his skilled draughtsmanship and precise execution of paint instead reveals an intelligent sociological commentary on Australia’s war effort by an artist of great technical merit. Continue reading
The Delia Murphy Festival
We want to capture memories of Delia’s music and lively personality and introduce a new generation to her music Continue reading
A Tourist in the 1850s and 1860s: William Smith O’Brien
In 1849 William Smith O’Brien’s interest in foreign travel was boosted on his transportation for High Treason to Van Diemen’s Land, and despite all the problems and irritations of foreign travel in the nineteenth century, O’Brien never gave up foreign travel, and assiduously recorded his experiences Continue reading
Piecing together Elusive Fragments
The Introduction of Val Noone’s ‘Hidden Ireland in Victoria’ outlines some reasons for the elusiveness of the Irish language in historical records and launches a beautiful metaphor of beachcombing to express the work’s methodology for recovering whatever remains of the Irish Gaelic heritage. Continue reading
McDonagh’s Irish Gothic
An opportunity to see ‘The Beauty Queen of Leenane’, a macabre tragi-comedy set in a Connemara village. Continue reading
20th Bloomsday in Melbourne (2013)
It’s full of comedy, music and even some dance, Continue reading
Celtic Woman
‘I am so excited to be touring Australia with Celtic Woman this September’ said Celtic Woman member Susan McFadden. Continue reading
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