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Frank O’Shea on Becoming Stardust
What happens to the knowledge and experience, the good and bad things, the loves and dislikes, the stories and beliefs that lived in my brain when I die? Continue reading
A road to nowhere: faith-based political parties
A concise history of the politics of religion-based parties in Australia. Continue reading
An Aussie at Willie Week July 2024
Willie Clancy School is a profound and deep learning experience for learners of traditional Irish music. Continue reading
Irish Melbourne on the Kulin lands, 1835-2024
this talk offers six snapshots from the 190 years of the Irish and their descendants who settled in Melbourne on the lands of the Kulin nation. Short overviews are offered of settler and Indigenous histories, followed by stories about Sir Charles Gavan Duffy, my great-grandfather John Noone, Archbishop Daniel Mannix, and Uncle Wayne Atkinson. Continue reading
Symbiosis between an Artist and their Work
While Beckett’s encounter with Joyce teaches him he must follow a different creative path from Joyce’s to achieve his purposes, the same cannot be said of Lucia. Continue reading
Thomas Meagher, Constitutionalist Father of a Revolutionary
It says something about our collective love of celebrity, chaos and flashy headlines that the subtitle of this book is the ‘Forgotten father, of Thomas Francis Meagher’…There is no doubt however, that the life and times of the father are a history worth telling… Continue reading
Another Joycean, a Thespian, reviews ‘Rainbow Girl’
Nothing is funnier than unhappiness. Well, in the theatre, anyway. Continue reading
1 in 7 babies born in Ireland’s baby homes died.
Missing Persons offers an important counternarrative to the unsatisfactory official histories perpetuated by the various inquiries into institutional abuse. The Commission of Investigation is just the latest iteration. Its significance, however, does not lie Continue reading
What’s on in July and Beyond
Christmas in July, a free public lecture and a course, multiple events at the Celtic Club. And another Joyce play. No excuses to be bored or not go out! Continue reading
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