Calls for Donations for a new play about WWI by Irish-Australian poet, Meg McNena. Continue reading
Posted in June 2018 …
Ned Kelly Fundraising Dinner in Glenrowan
A fundraising dinner to be held to create a Ned Kelly Museum at Glenrowan. Continue reading
Holy Cow! Bloomsday’s 2018 Festival
Holy Cow! Bloomsday in Melbourne’s 25th season celebrates women, fertility, the uses and abuses of tradition. Continue reading
Brian Bourke, Barrister and Irishman (1929-2018)
What was Irish about Brian Bourke? Of course, he had the name and the face, a map of Ireland. Continue reading
John Redmond: one of Irish history’s great losers
Meleady makes very clear that he does not accept much of the previous scholarly and political consensus concerning Redmond’s alleged personal and political shortcomings. Continue reading
Behind the Scenes at Bloomsday in Melbourne
While the setting and the craic is unmistakably Dublin, the literary tour embraces some Irish writers (Swift, Sterne, Goldsmith, Sheridan) but mostly lashes out at English classics – the revenge of a supremely gifted Irish writer on English letters. Continue reading
The Human Side of the Signatories
The names of the contributors to ‘Signatories’ guarantee material of the highest quality. Continue reading
Irish Language Writers
How many writers are writing in Irish? The answer is surprising…. Continue reading
Mythology in the Irish Landscape
Thousands of commuters drive over the N4 that winds through the landscape of Contae Liatroma agus Sligeach* every day but I wonder how many take a moment to glimpse the foggy shores of Lough Arbhach and ponder the significance of the landscape. Continue reading
Banville as Ventriloquist
John Banville names this book after a character who is probably unfamiliar to many… Continue reading
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