Event: Launch of Nicholas O’Donnell’s Autobiography, edited by Val Noone
Where: The Celtic Club , 316-320 Queen Street, Melbourne, Vic 3000
When: Sunday 19 February 2017 from 3 pm-4 pm.
Cost: Free entry – nibbles served ~ drinks at bar prices ~ bar opens at 2.30
Further information: nod-launch-invite ; Celtic Club
or phone: 03 96706472;
RSVP helpful but not essential: info@ballaratheritage.com.au
MC: Catherine Noone
Welcome: Brian Shanahan, President of Celtic Club
Launch speech: Professor Elizabeth Malcolm
On behalf of O’Donnell descendants: Peter Brennan
For the publishers: Dot Wickham From the editor: Val Noone
Music: Brendan Power and his friends Graeme and Noel are generously offering music from 2.30 onwards and, as part of the formalities, will give us a relevant tune from Limerick.
Nibbles served ~ Drinks at bar prices ~ Bar opens at 2.30
Nicholas O’Donnell’s Autobiography is a gem of family and social history. Born in 1862 at Bullengarook in central Victoria, O’Donnell graduated in medicine, married New Zealand-born Molly Bruen and for many years, based in West Melbourne, they were community leaders and prominent campaigners for Irish Home Rule. Nicholas was was a Gaelic scholar and one of the founders of the Celtic Club.
Before the arrival of the internet, he researched his and his wife’s parents and scores of others who migrated from Ireland, especially Limerick. Although O’Donnell died in 1920 before publishing his findings, his descendants cared for his manuscript.
Val Noone has edited O’Donnell’s hand-written pages, adding an Introduction and an Epilogue. This is an attractively illustrated volume of 344 pages.
- Recommended retail price: $38.50
- Special launchprice: $30 if collected at the launch. $40 posted.
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