An attempt to piece together the history of the elusive Famine Orphan, Bridget Gallagher of Donegal. Continue reading
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Vale, Peter Kiernan (1923-2019)
Peter Kiernan had a long association with Irish affairs in Melbourne – the Connolly Association program on Radio 3CR, the Famine Rock commemoration at Williamstown, and with both Táin and Tinteán magazines… Continue reading
The Irish Australian Literature Symposium (22 November 2019)
The Irish-Australian Literature Symposium of 2019 may be remembered in years to come as the event that marked the formal initiation of ‘a distinctive new field of research’. Continue reading
Irish General Election: A Screenshot
By Sean Farrell As this is written, we are well into the second week of the General Election campaign; the vote to take place on Saturday 8 February. Though the early opinion polls show the two main parties neck and neck, as they have been virtually since 2016, it has not been a good start … Continue reading
Dirty Linen
When the day of your confinement came / they gave you nothing to ease the pain… Continue reading
The Women Who Changed Australia
The subtitle of this book reflects the ambitions of its author: ‘The women who changed Australia’. It’s a big claim… Continue reading
Resurrecting our Feminist Dead
This novel is a paeon of love to Sydney and to Michael Davitt and the Ladies Land League. Continue reading
Nevil Shute’s Irish Connection
Book review by Sean Farrell and Frank O’Shea Nevil Shute. On the Beach. Text Publishing, Melbourne 2019. With Introduction by Gideon Haigh. 352 pp. ISBN: 9781822268327 RRP: $24.99 h/b It is easy now to forget how close the world may have come to nuclear war during the Cuban crisis of 1962. In a way, we … Continue reading
Global Irish Newsletter.
This past year has seen a wealth of diaspora activity taking place around the world. Continue reading
Melbourne Celtic Festival
St Patrick’s Day at the Seafarer’s Mission. Continue reading
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