Memories of a 1950s Irish leftie in St Kilda, Melbourne by Dr Dennis Walker The extraordinary cultural mix of St Kilda inevitably brought together people of radically opposing ideologies. Dr Dennis Walker sheds some light on one aspect of this diversity remembered from his childhood: the Irish immigrant nationalists. My father, Patrick Joseph Walker, was born … Continue reading
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The 1916 Easter Rising: New York and Beyond
This is an outstanding example of citizen journalism at its very best. Continue reading
Irish Film Festival
The films in the festival shine a light on contemporary Ireland. Continue reading
Reaching Out To The Irish Diaspora
IXO volunteers in the parish of your ancestors are a friendly face and great source of information and advice; Continue reading
A Slip of a Thing – Book Review
when everyone is poor, cooperation tends to be more common than conflict. Continue reading
‘Brooklyn’ – Crowley’s Reworking of Tóibín’s Novel
‘Brooklyn’ is a gentle film which takes you on an anguishing journey through the everyday. Eilis loves the Irish life and culture she left, and learns to love the one she takes on, and faces very tough choices. Continue reading
Clann MacKenna International Gathering
A two-day International Clann Gathering will be held in the heart of “McKenna Country” – Emyvale, the Barony of Truagh and Monaghan Town to celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising Continue reading
Review of Famine Rock Commemoration
the main emphasis of his address was to the impressive histories of all the Irish diaspora around the world, Continue reading
Irish Ambassador at Famine Rock Commemoration 2015
His Excellency, the Irish Ambassador to Australia, the Honourable Noel White, will be the guest speaker at this year’s event. Continue reading
A Forgotten Colonial Woman Poet
Eliza Dunlop’s poetry shows that as early the 1850s she was not only aware of, but actively opposed to, the ‘racially and ethnically exclusive construction of ‘Australianness’ and of the ‘native’ (that is, white Australian born)’ Continue reading
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