J.M.Synge and Travel Writing will send its readers back to the work being discussed with renewed interest. Continue reading
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An Irish Language Champion Honoured
It is important to keep our Celtic languages alive, even far from our home countries Continue reading
Index to Trevor McClaughlin’s Famine Girls Archive
a useful resource for anyone interested in this aspect of Irish-Australian history. Continue reading
Unpacking President Michael D Higgins’ Address at the University of Melbourne on 12 October 2017
A Feature by R. E. Glass Several Tinteán readers and others in the Irish community have expressed the need for a ‘plain language’ explanation of President Michael D Higgins’ comments about economic theory in his speech after being conferred with an honorary Doctor of Laws at Melbourne University. Here goes! It is important to note … Continue reading
Centre Stage, The Bed
Janet Moran’s performance exuded the confidence of a woman secure in her bodily attractiveness and willing to surrender to her drives, while David Pearse’s Bloom was steady, sane, thoughtful, loveable, Continue reading
Another Irish Hero for the Pantheon
It is a highly dramatic memorial which takes the form of a secular ‘stations of the cross’, with little way-points for remembering as persons those murdered. Continue reading
Slow Reading of Ulysses in Brisbane
With slow reading, we take our time: whatever time the members want to take with it. We read together, page by page (no preparations or homework needed), stopping whenever we want for discussion Continue reading
View from within the Orbit of Ophelia
And the state was insistent on keeping us safe from falling trees, powerlines, roofs hurtling through the air Continue reading
Peacemaker or Murderer?
This biography, written by one who is certainly no fawning acolyte of Adams, nevertheless adds to the understanding of one of the most important figures in peace in our time. Continue reading
‘Ulysses’ in the dock
For those with a literary bent, with legal training, interested in censorship or with a James Joyce obsession, this book about the American trials in which Ulysses was alleged to be pornographic is an engaging and enlightening read. Continue reading
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