Nature of Event: Ulysses for Beginners: Penetrating the ‘Impenetrable’ is a 6-hour intensive course for those who have tried and failed to read Ulysses, the most admired work of modernity. It aims to empower readers by uncovering some of Joyce’s techniques and by examining the architecture of the work. It will be presented by Frances … Continue reading
An account of a theatrical performance by Niki na Meadhra Celtic Club, 29 March 2015. Niki na Meadhra performed her one-woman show, Dancing the Bones of Irish Myth and Legend, to a mixed audience of Celtophiles, Narrato-philes, and some enthralled adults and children, at the Celtic Club on Sunday 29 March. It was storytelling taken … Continue reading
Readers of Tinteán who are interested in the Earl Grey Irish Famine orphans, might want to check out Trevor McClaughlin’s blog. See the ‘About’ page of the blog for more on Trevor’s interest in the subject” He commented to Tinteán that his latest post may be not an uplifting post for whichever one of the St Patricks … Continue reading
Meet heroes, tricksters, the Cailleach, and beautiful maidens in difficult situations. Continue reading
NEWSFLASH Oh, for such a facility in Sydney or Melbourne!
Molly v Guy: Continue reading
Nature of Event: Public Lecture: ‘The Long Shadow of the Great Famine on Irish people’s Health at home and abroad’ by Prof. Cecily Kelliher, Chair of Public Health Medicine and Epidemiology, University College Dublin. When: Wednesday 18 March at 6.30pm Where: Copland (Basement) Theatre, 98 Pelham St., Carlton, Vic. 3053. Cost: Free but it is essential to … Continue reading
The point was eloquently made: religion or politics were often not essential factors of many of these deaths Continue reading
![Riverrun: Melodio[sities] in pure effusion](https://tintean.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/afriverrun_credit_tony_lewis_01.jpeg?w=160&h=120&crop=1 "Riverrun: Melodio[sities] in pure effusion")
Riverrun, the theatrical tour de force based on the final section of Finnegans Wake, devised and performed by Olwen Fouéré, in making the choice to dramatise the Liffey rather than the characters offers an unexpected but very clarifying innovation… Continue reading
Eurosong, Ireland’s contest to select a singer for Eurovision, is a different beast in 2015. No shirtfronts. No drug allegations. No mention of defamation proceedings. And even the computers worked! Continue reading
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