News Report by Frances Devlin-Glass A meeting of members was convened on 30 July to discuss the findings of a subcommittee charged with investigating how the Club should operate into the future. Chaired by Maurice Hanrahan, other members of the subcommittee included Veronica O’Sullivan, Francie Collins, Andrew Perry and Brian Shanahan. Their brief was to … Continue reading
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Exit, a sweet Prince: Obituary for Simon McGuinness
An OBITUARY by Frances Devlin-Glass It is with shock and an acute sense of loss that the Bloomsday community this week heard of the early death of its first theatre director, Simon McGuinness, in London, after a short illness. Simon was a flamboyant enabler with an infectious sense of fun and comic timing. He offered … Continue reading
Hail Mary, full of Yeats
McCready makes much of how Belfast in the 1950s was a cultural desert, and I wondered if, in terms of serious literary theatre, the same could not also be said of many cities in the western world; certainly ’50s Brisbane and Melbourne were not too dissimilar from Belfa Continue reading
Pictures that speak eloquently of Seamus Heaney
The Guardian published a series of photos of Seamus Heaney on the occasion of his death. They tell much about the man.
Australian writing in Irish
Yet Irish speakers in Australia tend to think of the language as their own, a part of the native landscape, a view at odds with the Irish tendency to think of the language as being relevant only to their own national identity. Continue reading
Behind the Scenes of ‘Ulysses Prestissimo’, an 18+ comedy.
The question is: ‘will the earth move for Gerty’? We expect so! Continue reading
Move over, Flann O’Brien.
Here is a book to restore your faith in reading, to make you laugh loudly and often. You will be enthralled by the way words can be used to coax you into a story that is sad and funny and uplifting and engrossing, all at the same time. Continue reading
Where did it all go wrong? Ireland at Eurovision 2014
[For Ireland] to fail to make the Top 10 in a 15 song semi with the UK voting is nothing short of disastrous ….. Continue reading
Anzac Day in Dublin
A FEATURE by Jeff Kildea Republished from Jeff Kildea’s Blog with his permission. When I arrived at Dublin’s Grangegorman Military Cemetery this morning at 6 o’clock for the Anzac Day dawn service to commemorate all those who died in the Gallipoli campaign of 1915, a crescent moon was rising in the east. Very appropriate, I … Continue reading
Christmas in July at the Celtic Club
Nature of Event: The Irish Australian Support Group and Resource Bureau are holding a Christmas Dinner in July at which the Irish-Australian of the year will be announced. Music by Saoirse. When: 26 July at 7.30pm Where: Celtic Club, 316-320 Queen St., Melbourne. Cost: $55 per head. Drinks at Bar Prices. Bookings Essential: Phone … Continue reading
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