Sometimes a series of events can be so unusual and improbable that factual information becomes stranger than fiction so that a bizarre story trumps one’s wildest imaginings. This applies in spades to the strange story of Joanne Hayes from Abbeydorney … Continue reading
Skellig really is a magical place. Continue reading
Given that so much of mainstream Australian history continues to ignore the Irish or even, on occasion, to disparage them, a new general history of the Irish in Australia is overdue. Continue reading
The Honourable Hugh Mahon is one of the most interesting personalities in the national legislature. There has been more stirring incident in his career than in a dozen ordinary men’s lives. Continue reading
Lawson used Irish characters in his multicultural cast as a literary device, in the main a comic one Continue reading
let us look at a family that truly deserves the word ‘extraordinary’ Continue reading
The book ties in to events and personalities of the time Continue reading
Beckett and MacGowran in Paris Continue reading
for him nothing remotely matched these Irish events in importance. Continue reading
The ISAANZ conference circuit is as healthy and vibrant as it is because it is open to those outside academia and enthusiastically followed by family historians, journalists, and those who take a pride in their Irish heritage. Continue reading
