All of this growth and the desire of the group to continue sharing research interests has led to the idea of a history of the Irish in South Australia. Continue reading
Filed under emigration …
Global Irish Civic Forum 2017
However the collective knowledge is immense and the purpose of this event is to learn from one another, share experiences and build new networks. Continue reading
Casey, you’re the divil
In the eyes of many he ‘fell from grace’, but he maintained a silent dignity to his grave. Continue reading
Book Review: A Dog’s Soul
Even if I can’t read or write
I can imagine sun flooding a page. Continue reading
Mountbellew Workhouse Project
The aim, once they have collated all the descendants, is to reconnect them with their ancestors in Ireland. Continue reading
Impromptu music at the 2016 Famine commemoration at Williamstown
Ambassador Breandán took an inclusive and humanist approach, linking the sufferings of the victims of the Irish Famine with those of people displaced today. Continue reading
22nd Australasian Irish Studies Conference, Adelaide 2016
The aim of The Children’s Relief Fund was to relieve hardship, assist with building reconstruction, and to support breadwinners in prison.
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The World of Sebastian Barry
You get to love too his elegant turn of phrase, understatement providing more eloquence than a rattle of words. Continue reading
No Time for Love
‘Murder wasn’t enough. These guardians of one version of independence would ration even human sympathy.’ Continue reading
Kids in Australia by Noel King
None of my three sons are here to share it Continue reading
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