The book provides a cameo of life of the poor Irish tenant farming families during the Famine and even those who recanted and were given tenancy and accommodation in the Mission land found that the promises made to them were not realised. Continue reading
The Economic strengths of small states are better focussed upon than their deficits, argues Stephen Kisella. Continue reading
That Trench was one of those responsible for the Famine exodus cannot be entirely excused by the fact that his motives were good, and that he felt this was a better solution than the humiliation of the workhouse and the cruelty of road-making. Continue reading
International Famine Commemoration to be held in Williamstown. Continue reading
Play about Ned Kelly to be reprised in regional Victoria Continue reading
Reading Ulysses slowly and in a community. Continue reading
Insistent talk of hard and soft borders in the North revived this readers’s interest in Spike Milligan’s lampoon, Puckoon(Penguin, 1963), Colm Tóibín’s Bad Blood: A Walk along the Irish Border(Vintage, 1987). Continue reading
The moral of this story is don’t trust a novelist masquerading as an an obstetrician. Continue reading
In Holy Cow!, pathos was blended with comedic bombast, prolixity with wordless groans, and irony with genuine feeling. The ending was incredibly moving, reminding us of Joyce the man and the writer. Continue reading
A fundraising dinner to be held to create a Ned Kelly Museum at Glenrowan. Continue reading
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