The Genealogical Society of Victoria (GSV) and Family History Connections (FHC) are proudly presenting two full-day seminars delivered by Fintan Mullan and Gillian Hunt, two internationally renowned experts in Irish research from the Ulster Historical Foundation.
Sunday 18 February 2024 – 9.00 am at Docklands Library
- Irish resources at the GSV & FHC
- Understanding Irish townlands
- Sources for famine research
- Importance of gravestone inscriptions
- Newspapers for Irish research
- Plantation & 17th century records
- Examples of successful searches
- Q&A and solving brick walls
Monday 19 February 2024 – 9.30 am at Blackburn RSL
- Irish archives & their websites
- Records for churches in Ireland
- Using landed estate records
- Census substitutes and other sources
- Using wills & testamentary records
- Using the Registry of Deeds
- Q&A and solving brick walls
Adelaide Writers’ Week March 2-7
See programme below
https://www.adelaidefestival.com.au/writers-wee
Irish Movies and TV on offer in Australia
What a feast. We thank Enda Murray and the Irish Film Festival Australia for the Intell! You can subscribe and follow them
- All of Us Strangers (cinemas)
A film set in London about a relationship that develops after a chance encounter between neighbours Adam and Harry. Adam then finds himself drawn back to his childhood home, where his parents appear to be living just as they were on the day they died 30 years ago.
starring Irish actors Paul Mescal and Andrew Scott
- Best Interests (ABC iView)
A family faces a choice no parent wants to make. When your child is desperately ill, who decides what happens next? Sharon Horgan switches from comedy and gives a tremendous performance as the mother who refuses to let go of her sick child.
starring Irish actresses Alison Oliver, Niamh Moriarty and Sharon Horgan
- Foe (Amazon Prime)
Hen & Junior’s life is thrown into turmoil when a stranger shows up at their door with a startling proposal. Will they risk their relationship & personal identity for a chance to survive in a new world?
starring Irish actor Paul Mescal and actress Saoirse Ronan
- Masters of the Air (Apple TV)
During WWII, five miles above the ground and behind enemy lines, ten men inside a bomber known as a “Flying Fortress” battle unrelenting flocks of German fighters.
starring Barry Keoghan, oscar-nominated for ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’
- The Doll Factory (SBS OnDemand)
Iris paints dolls for a living, alongside her twin sister. When she meets Silas, and then Louis, she is offered an opportunity to escape and start a new life – but to do so, she must abandon her sister.
starring Irish actor Éanna Hardwicke from IFF2023 film ‘Lakelands’
- The Missing Children (ABC iView)
Telling the extraordinary and moving stories of some of the children who survived life at the Tuam mother-and-baby home in Ireland, and the search for the truth about what happened to those who disappeared.
doco about the Tuam mother and baby home in Ireland
- The Tourist (Stan)
When a man wakes up in the Australian outback with no memory, he must use the few clues he has to discover his identity before his past catches up with him.
starring Irish actor Jamie Dornan, season 2 also filmed in Dublin
Celtic Connections event
Thursday 15 February 6pm at the Oxford Scholar
The President and CEO will be talking about the new venue in Sydney Road Brunswick (the Sarah Sands has been refurbished for Club members). This is probably the last Celtic Connections event to be held at the Oxford Scholar, 427 Swanston Street. Watch this space for more information about the grand opening of the new venue.
Irish Genealogy Seminars
Sunday 18 February 2024 – 9.00 am at Docklands Library & Monday 19 February 2024 – 9.30 am at Blackburn RSL
The Genealogical Society of Victoria (GSV) and Family History Connections (FHC) proudly present two full-day seminars delivered by Fintan Mullan and Gillian Hunt, two internationally renowned experts in Irish research from the Ulster Historical Foundation.
St Patrick’s Race Day at Geelong Race Track.
16 March 2022
This was great fun last year even though the weather was extremely hot and windy. Every person who attends and mentions The Geelong Irish Society, will get free entry and the GIS will get $20. Last year they had two marquees, being the base area, where people could leave their picnic stuff or sit in the shade. If you definitely think you will attend they can send you tickets in advance. Please let them know, geelongirish@gmail.com .
St Patrick’s Day 2024 at Edinburgh Gardens
Sunday 17 March
As it is a family event it might clash with people wanting to have lunch at our new venue (if it is open) with their family. However, there will be many thousands at Edinburgh Gardens and it will be an opportunity to promote our new venue to a wide audience that many may not be aware of. And hopefully, attract some business in the evening at our CC venue.
Peter raised this matter with the CoM and recommended that the club have a stall at Edinburgh Park. Sponsorship was raised but Peter had no information. It is expected that there will be charges for the professionally erected shelters next year.
There is no conflict with a St Patrick’s Day event which will occur in St Kilda.
The CEO agrees that the club should be involved.
MELBOURNE CELTIC FESTIVAL
16-17 March 2024
SECOND RELEASE TICKET SALES SELLING FAST
Afternoon and Evening Sessions $40 – $45 (Children 12 and under free) to join us for the entire Festival please purchase an arvo and evening ticket!
Enjoy a stellar line-up of Celtic musicians across 3 indoor stages and a garden stage at this community event that promises the best Craic in town in 2024.
MCF is a showcase of Celtic Music in the heart of the city over St Paddy’s weekend, Saturday, March 16 & Sunday, March 17, 2024 at The Mission to Seafarers
More information at their website.
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Sunday 14 April at 2pm
IRISH WOMEN IN THE ANTIPODES: FOREGROUNDED (Wakefield Press)
BOOK LAUNCH
The Irish Australian Association
13 Carrington Street
Adelaide
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