A summer immersion in the Irish language in International House, University of Melbourne over the Australia Day weekend…. Continue reading
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Irish Language Writers
How many writers are writing in Irish? The answer is surprising…. Continue reading
Mythology in the Irish Landscape
Thousands of commuters drive over the N4 that winds through the landscape of Contae Liatroma agus Sligeach* every day but I wonder how many take a moment to glimpse the foggy shores of Lough Arbhach and ponder the significance of the landscape. Continue reading
23rd Australasian Conference of Irish Studies (ISAANZ) ‘Memory and Myth’
The closing date for abstracts for the ISAANZ Conference is 12 May 2018. Continue reading
The Irish Exile
The Irish Exile and Freedom’s Advocate was a brief but potent manifestation in print in early colonial Australia of the fight for Irish freedom. Continue reading
Poems from Colin Ryan
Gan rogha Bualadh chun bóthair, sin é an cleas a deirteá is tú ag cuimhneamh ar chonairí rúnda do dhúchais, ar an bhfásach thiar nach bhfaca tú riamh; anseo bhí na páistí ag súgradh ar shráidíní crochta faoi dhealbha mire, an gheargáil ag brúchtadh smúite: ach níl sé i ndán duit dúiseacht as an taibhreamh … Continue reading
My Time at Daonscoil Melbourne 2018
A Brisbane-based Irish Speaker came to the language several years ago via a podcast. She had an overwhelming feeling of ‘coming home’, a feeling experienced again when she visited Ireland in 2016 and the Melbourne Daonscoil recently. Continue reading
Mo sheanmháthair críonna – áthas, brón agus bród – My grandmother, happiness, sadness, and pride Marc Ó Conaill
I remember my own mother telling me about my grandmother’s uncle who also lived at the Marsh. It happened that TB took his children and wife. Day after day he would bury a child. He would come home from a funeral only for another to die. It’s not surprising that Nana wasn’t happy to talk about those times. Continue reading
St. Patrick’s Day celebrations in Adelaide
Adelaide’s St Patrick’s Day Continue reading
Call for Papers for the 23rd Australasian Irish Studies conference in Sydney in 2018
A Call for Papers for the 2018 Australasian Irish Studies Conference in Sydney in November 2018. Continue reading
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