Since its first edition in February 1989, the ‘Irish Echo’ has not missed an issue Continue reading
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It might be nonsense, but at least it’s clever nonsense
A novelist, a bolshevik, and a dadaist walked into a bar, is one way of getting the joke that is Travesties. Or it’s a demonstration of how The Importance of Being Earnest is a Marxist tract. Continue reading
A Story to Thrill and Delight
The Catalpa escape involved the rescue of six men serving life sentences. All were former British soldiers who had taken the Fenian oath. Continue reading
From the Papers
A miscellany of news items from the press. Continue reading
Untold History
They remembered the Black and Tans. Twenty years later, they refused to be conscripted into the British army a world away. Continue reading
Irish Film Festival
Reports from the Irish Film Festival, Melbourne Continue reading
From the Papers
European elections, murder, the courts, two true Dubs Continue reading
A LIFETIME OF STORIES
Report by Shauna Stanley A Lifetime of Stories (2019) launched at the Irish Film Festival. It is a multilingual short feature, spanning less than 40 minutes, written, produced and directed by the Director of the Festival Enda Murray, as an open access project available for free viewing on Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYPJ18eJn24 The film features five older … Continue reading
Time Long Past
When angry local men turned up with brickbats at an Irish concert. Continue reading
A First Book Gem
He came from nothing, but his success left him isolated and alone. Continue reading
