Les Murray speculates on the ‘odd beginnings’ of shiralee, suggesting, but not asserting ‘Gypsy, perhaps, or Irish origin’ for the word…… Continue reading
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European testing (TEG) in Irish comes to Sydney
Irish Language testing comes to Sydney Continue reading
Looking for Irish in Australia
In a few years I had lost this language. I vowed to go back to Irish and to never again lose it. Continue reading
Dánta le Colin Ryan
Brionglóid Bhí an chearc uisce anseo, an foitheach is an corp ar a shuaimhneas ar snámh ag breathnú suas ar áilleacht éigin a lámh in airde aige d’fhonn toradh a stoitheadh i ngéaga an aeir: ag imeacht dó le sruth d’fhás bláth ina lámh a ndearnadh éan de (níor aithin mé é, bheadh orm a … Continue reading
Children of the Rising, an untold story
A BOOK REVIEW by Dymphna Lonergan Joe Duffy: Children of the Rising: the untold story of the young lives lost during Easter 1916, Hachette Books Ireland, Dublin, 2016 RRP: €20 ISBN: 9781473617056 This is a surprising book. The title, with its euphemistic ‘lost’ for the word ‘died’ might give the impression that this will be a … Continue reading
Further Call for Abstracts: Irish Studies Association of Australia and New Zealand (ISAANZ)
The 22nd Australasian Irish Studies Conference ‘Change, Commemoration, Community’ will be held in Adelaide from November 29 – December 2. The call for abstracts has been extended to June 24. We are especially interested in more papers on community, language and the Arts. Enquiries and abstracts may be sent to Dr Dymphna Lonergan For more … Continue reading
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