They came and survived and their descendants are all over Australia. Continue reading
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Do Australian Catholic schools have an Irish history?
How the schools became divided. Continue reading
The Man from Clare who started Australia’s Biggest Gold Rush
A name possibly better known in Australia than in Ireland. Continue reading
New Irish Non-Fiction.
History had not been kind to what we used to think of as a victory. Continue reading
My Book of the Year
An outstanding novel by an Australian now living in Ireland. Continue reading
From the Papers
Snippets from the news: Fada officially protected; All Irelands, Brian Cowen… Continue reading
God Bless the English
It would be nice to say that it is usually employed as a term of affection and perhaps it is; but even then, there is an undertone of disparagement, a hidden adjective with its own sting. Continue reading
Fraud in Ireland
Former footballer gives a riveting account of the workings of the fraud squad, from an insider’s perspective. Continue reading
New Irish Fiction
Three new Irish or Irish Australian fictions reviewed by book-devourer, Frank O’Shea Continue reading
The Old School
t wasn’t so much that I went to school, but rather that school came to me. In every single waking moment of my life school surrounded me. I never could escape from it. I breathed school air. I heard school sounds. I saw school everywhere. I felt the school pumping in my blood. How could this be? Continue reading
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