This concern for the underdog was passed onto Barney and he became renowned as a fighter for the poor and the disadvantaged. Continue reading
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11 November in Australian history
11th November: does this date have an uncanny talismanic quality? Continue reading
South Australia’s Irish lawyers, 1837-1914
In the colony, Irish lawyers would function like English lawyers. The playing field was levelled because even Englishmenhad to adjust, on the job, to frontier conditions. Continue reading
Susan Ryan: a daughter of St Brigid
Australians, and Irish-Australians in particular, will continue to be enriched by the legacy of Susan Ryan, a daughter of St Brigid. Continue reading
The 1889 Home Rule Tour
‘Take back across the waves Australia’s message, / And say our hearts are big’. Henry Lawson. Continue reading
Congratulations
Two new OAM recipients with connection to Tintean Continue reading
Two Irish Contributions to Australia
This impressive work tells us the story of two exceptional personalities, Curtin and Scullin, it is also, in a most profound manner, the story of the movement they nurtured, the Australian Labor movement. Continue reading
New book on Irish Australian history
A new Australian book on the Irish National Association, advance notice. Continue reading
Searching for Bridget
An attempt to piece together the history of the elusive Famine Orphan, Bridget Gallagher of Donegal. Continue reading
Vale, Peter Kiernan (1923-2019)
Peter Kiernan had a long association with Irish affairs in Melbourne – the Connolly Association program on Radio 3CR, the Famine Rock commemoration at Williamstown, and with both Táin and Tinteán magazines… Continue reading
