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
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
Celebrate the Winter solstice with Comhaltas… Continue reading
A fearless rebel rather than a criminal…. Continue reading
Comhaltas invite you to some workshops….. Continue reading
Many of the residents of Dromana on the Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, believed that their town was named after a town in Ireland. Strictly speaking this is untrue though understandable…. Some people believed that this Dromana is named after one or the other of two towns named ‘Dromore’ in Northern Ireland – County Down or County Tyrone. This is also incorrect, though interesting. Continue reading
…the greatest challenge in the book is confronting the difference between the sniper fighting the enemy soldier, and indiscriminate bombing likely to target many innocent people. Continue reading
The story of Joseph Mary Plunkett is so dramatic, so full of high courage and drama and resolve, that it should have made the best kind of biography. Continue reading
A crowd-funding enterprise to put into permanent form David Monahan’s photographic study of post-Celtic-Tiger migrants. Continue reading
Nature of Event: The annual Bloomsday in Melbourne’s James Joyce festival occurs between 11-16 June and comprises four main events: a Play, Ulysses Prestissimo, directed by Wayne Pearn – a high-octane, vaudeville-inspired comedy, an original adaptation for theatre of Ulysses; a Seminar, Ulysses Lento, in which Dr. Steve Carey and Mr Philip Harvey will discuss the pleasures of … Continue reading
