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
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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
Melbourne Irish Language Summer School, January 2018
the opportunity to learn, to improve and to speak the Irish language in the most congenial of surroundings, with the most dedicated teachers. Continue reading
The Mass
On the hill, the church.
Simple, practical, not ornate. Continue reading
Poems from Colin Ryan
Agus thagadh an áit sin
chugat aniar i mbrionglóid
i bhfad i ndiaidh a tréigthe: Continue reading
A language learner’s traveller’s tale
The course itself was as much culture and music as language. Continue reading
Irish Studies Postgraduate Essay Prize
2018 ISAANZ Irish Studies Postgraduate Essay prize Continue reading
In a Subjunctive Mood by David Harris
His light touch reflects his playful approach to a range of topics. Continue reading