The Irish character in Australian literature is often introduced by a piece of dialogue that confirms the character’s origins. Continue reading
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In Defence of Peig
I envied Peig’s status in the family as a peata, a ‘pet’ and how her big brother carried her around in a bhaclainn ‘in his arms’. I loved how kindly the teachers and neighbours treated her. Continue reading
Never Losing the Accent
Excerpts from an autobiographical piece by Michéal Ó Súileabháin Continue reading
Irish on the Moon
Irish language message left on the moon in 1969. Continue reading
Sydney Winter School 2019: Sunburnt Irish Symposium
The Sunburnt Symposium is now part of the Australian daonscoileanna, the summer and winter Irish language intensives and also featured in some Australasian Irish Studies conferences. Continue reading
Poems by Colin Ryan
Danta as Gaeilge with English translations Continue reading
Twin Room by David Harris
But very definitely single beds… Continue reading
Call for Abstracts ISAANZ 2019
December 9-12, 2019, Adelaide, South Australia. The 24th Irish Studies in Australia and New Zealand conference (ISAANZ) will be held December 9-12, 2019, in Adelaide, South Australia. The theme of the conference is Foregrounding Irish Women : the Antipodes and beyond Call for Abstracts (250 words by May 31) The Antipodes, the opposite, figuratively, geographically, metaphorically. We … Continue reading
St Patrick’s Day Badges
The badges are a tangible link with the past and are unique to South Australia. Continue reading
Daughters remember Barney Devlin
Tributes from his daughters for Barney Devlin, journalist, teacher, lover of the Irish language. Continue reading
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