Evelyn Conlon, novelist, elected member of Aosdána, explores the relationship between fiction and history, in relation to her own fiction.
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Giving British Imperialism the middle finger
A film review of Kneecap by Isla Sutherland Kneecap, Screen playwright and Director, Rich Peppiat, Starring Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh, Naoise Ó Cairealláin and JJ Ó Dochartaigh, Cinematography by Ryan Kernaghan, Distribution by Wildcard [1](Ireland) Curzon Film (United Kingdom), 2024. Kneecap explores Northern Irish identity and what it means to be part of the ‘ceasefire generation’ amidst … Continue reading
Love Song for Tory Island
A book about Tory Island’s history and mythology directed at the younger reader as well as the curious outsider. Continue reading
A Modern Secular Nunnery
Dominating Hagstone is Rathglas, a colony of ‘nun’-like women, home to refugees from the violence that is typically visited on some women in the modern world. Continue reading
What’s On in September and Beyond
A book launch, Roisin O, Riverdance, Talks, Celtic Conversations, and more
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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
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