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Mary McConnell, a Belfast Girl
Mary Mc Connell entered the workhouse in Belfast in July 1847 as an orphan and a pauper. Continue reading
Women on the Frontier
‘Unsettled’ by Gay Lynch breaks new ground in Irish Australian fiction. It is aptly titled. Continue reading
Seasonal Leitrim Poems, and a Dublin one, by Mary Guckian.
Poems from the Leitrim soil…. Continue reading
Brigidfest 2020
An annual luncheon at Celtic@Metro celebrating Irish and Irish-Australian women, and the guest speaker is Magistrate Fiona Hayes who will talk about women facing court and justice and human rights issues. Continue reading
Margaret Cooke (1833-?): from Carbury in Kildare to Gladstone in Queensland, and Monte Cristo Station on Curtis Island
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
Poems for an Irish Family
A bush poet turns his mind to his Famine ancestors. 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
AN AUSTRALIAN-IRISH BOOK FESTIVAL
An Irish Australian Book Festival at Celtic at Metro Continue reading
FAMINE ROCK SENTINEL STANDS FOR 21 YEARS AT HOBSON’S BAY
Famine Orphan Girls memorial at Williamstown – 21 years on. Continue reading