We wanted to avoid that sense that we’re going to film a quick interview, but to have them experience the process as collaborative. Continue reading
Filed under emigration …
Seamus Heaney and silencing the ‘flail’
Heaney’s poetry is full of surprises. It would appear that he knew everything about the flail, but he seemed to refuse to give it a poetic voice. Continue reading
190-year anniversary of an acclaimed and esteemed Irish pioneer settler in Adelaide
Kingston was young, keen, and, above all, fit enough in the summer heat to negotiate the dense forest in what was later named Hindley Street. On 6 November 1836, his thirsty dog came across what turned out to be the river Torrens; it was subsequently named after the Derry-born Chairman of the South Australian Colonisation Commission, Colonel Robert Torrens. Continue reading
Filíocht/Poetry/Gearrscéal/ Short Story: Hugh Curran, Colette Ní Ghallchóir, Colin Ryan, Tommy Fogarty.
At the cemetery, Canada geese nibbled grass as my nephew played ‘Danny Boy’ on his saxophone Continue reading
What’s on October/November and beyond
Irish in Australia: Irish-themed Movies, Tours, and Festivals Continue reading
The Wild Atlantic
It started calm enough, but God it turned, and suddenly we were being tossed here and there and everywhere. Ger said he never saw anything like it, but we bent the oars and headed in. Continue reading
What’s on September/October and beyond
Irish in Australia: Irish-themed Movies, Tours, and Festivals Continue reading
Aonach an Daingin The Dingle Fair
Then the jobber proceeded to examine the heifers and shaking his head he offered £16 and Dad emphatically said no. Continue reading
What’s on August/September and beyond
Irish in Australia: Irish-themed Movies, Tours, and Festivals Continue reading
Going to London 1960
While there a fella walked in and prepared for bed. However, he first removed the biggest knife I ever saw and laid it beneath the mattress. We started walking the streets looking in windows but not seeing. We were pretty low but pretended not, to shield one another. Continue reading
