The 100th Anniversary of the 1916 is next year and the Club has plans to celebrate in style. Continue reading
Posted in August 2015 …
Podcast: Episode 5 of The Irish at Gallipoli by Dr Jeff Kildea.
Despite initial success in the seizure of Chocolate Hill, the Irish would suffer greatly at the hands of determined Turkish defenders Continue reading
Poetry
does God not see
our tears falling on the ground
near the stony road Continue reading
Do you Remember Capuchin Annuals?
…the most astonishing thing is the quality, and enduring interest, of what’s between the covers. Continue reading
Four Courts Press – an interview
Four Courts Press genuinely believes that we have a list that offers something for everyone, in a multitude of disciplines and a wide range of subjects. Continue reading
The Legendary ‘Lugs’ Branigan
He was the archetypal old-school Guard, inclined to action before questions. Continue reading
Galway to Port Jackson
This short novel takes its title from the chorus of the moving and immensely popular modern Irish folk song The Fields of Athenry. However, it is not ‘the book of the song’. The song provides the inspiration, the theme and the emotional register but not the story. Continue reading
A Song Cycle for Nora Barnacle
Nora Barnacle was known to be a plain speaking woman, practical, stoical, yet with as much mettle in her as there was in Joyce. Continue reading
Internationalising Irish Studies at Maynooth: The 21st ISAANZ Conference
Such internationalism was appropriately in keeping with the conference theme of Ireland’s historical and cultural diversity. Continue reading
Barry versus Kelly At Beechworth Kelly Festival
I’ll see you where I go Continue reading
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