Finally, I gently clasp the dragonfly’s wings
and release it at the backdoor to fly away.
Was it a lost soul of a relative
From long ago looking for our prayers? Continue reading
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Dánta Póca Julie Breathnach-Banwait
Discovery of another poet writing in Irish, to the great acclaim of her peers. Continue reading
Irish judges in Australia: South Australia’s experience
Irish judges and politicians in colonial Australia have been credited with ‘undermining British Australia’ and ‘transforming English law’ in Australia and contributing to ‘Irish Supremacy’ down under. Strong words! Continue reading
The Irish and Australian Law
The role of Irish lawyers in colonial Australia has received regular attention over the years
but has not achieved much clarity. Continue reading
Irish Settlers in South Australia
This author’s style is varied and warm but grounded in truth-finding and truth-telling…. This is also a handsome book. Great thought has gone into its design and format. Continue reading
ISAANZ25 Off and MISS On
ISAANZ Conference has had to be cancelled but those interested anywhere in Australia and elsewhere may want to join Melbourne Irish Studies Seminars online. Continue reading
Poems from Colin Ryan
Poems in Irish by Colin Ryan. Continue reading
More of Fr Bob’s Musings
Last month we had an account of Fr Bob Arthure’s cocooning with the good nuns at Glencairn Abbey where he has found a new interest, writing blogs. Here are some of his writings on St Carthage. ST CARTHAGE (MOCHUDA) OF LISMORE Traditional feast day: 14 May; Liturgical feast day (since Vatican II): 15 May … Continue reading
Ceo Bruithne agus scéalta eile by Colin Ryan
Ceo Bruithne agus scéalta eile (Heat Haze and other stories) Book Review by Dymphna Lonergan Colin Ryan Ceo Bruithne agus scéalta eile. Cló Iar-Chonnacht 2019. 100 pp. ISBN: 978 1 7844 203 3 RRP: €10 A heat haze, according to Wikipedia, is ‘a shimmering of the air near the ground that distorts distant views’. ‘Ceo Bruithne’ is … Continue reading
Global Irish Words
By Dymphna Lonergan Thanks to the increased availability of digitally uploaded word lists and dictionaries, research into how far the Irish language has travelled globally has been made much easier. It is interesting that individual Irish language words have found new homes in Global English dialects. It is doubly interesting to see these words’ meanings extended … Continue reading
