Stories about women who made an indelible impression on their children are often preserved in family folklore handed down the generations, but memory of Margaret Cooke doesn’t appear to have survived in this way… Continue reading
Posted in December 2019 …
Women in the Church
Mary McAleese bemoaned how ‘women were deliberately made invisible and programmed to stay invisible’ because of church structures that are ‘designed to create and maintain the invisibility and powerlessness of women.’ Continue reading
Poems for an Irish Family
A bush poet turns his mind to his Famine ancestors. Continue reading
Flinders Moon by David Harris
Flinders Ranges hilltop, full moon eve. Continue reading
Celebrating Irish Feminism
A fascinating history of how feminism and nationalism converged to challenge traditional gender binaries at some key points in modern Irish history Continue reading
Book Review: Bathurst welcomes the Irish workhouse orphans
Anyone who has dabbled in researching Famine Orphan girls will recognise the vast amount of work and skill involved in this collection of histories. Continue reading
Whatever You Say …
This outstanding book about the Northern Ireland Troubles takes its title from Seamus Heaney’s poem about the place where he grew up. Continue reading
Tribute to a Good Man
Fr Des was known by everyone where I grew up. He was held in awe, affection and with a small dose of apprehension by most. Continue reading
From the Papers
Snippets from the papers: Niall Toibin, Fr Des, Orwell Prize Winners, the royals, and more…. Continue reading
AN AUSTRALIAN-IRISH BOOK FESTIVAL
An Irish Australian Book Festival at Celtic at Metro Continue reading
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