Only Ireland, – until now – is legally exempt from the requirement to charge for domestic water usage. Continue reading
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The Snap
Across the valley was a long walk for a three–year old. I was put standing on a dry stone-wall which was probably three feet high but to me seemed like a skyscraper.. Continue reading
A Centenary for The Bad Boy of Welsh Literature
Thomas’s best-loved work is his play for voices, Under Milk Wood. A late work, it perhaps belongs in the category described by George Orwell as ‘a good bad book’ with its mixture of vulgarity and sentimentality. The prayer of Revered Eli Jenkins is an example of how the most famous of Anglo-Welsh poets inspires both love and embarrassment in Wales. Continue reading
Walking Old Irish Sydney
The story of the Old Irish Walking app, like any good Irish story begins a few years back. Continue reading
THE OAK ** Quercus robur
The Vikings were the first invaders to realise the potential of the oak. Continue reading
Sarah Hanmer and Ballarat’s Adelphi Theatre
In a matter of months, Sarah had been able to convert herself from immigrant, actress, and single mother, into a respected Ballarat businesswoman and community identity. Continue reading
Australian writing in Irish
Yet Irish speakers in Australia tend to think of the language as their own, a part of the native landscape, a view at odds with the Irish tendency to think of the language as being relevant only to their own national identity. Continue reading
Behind the Scenes of ‘Ulysses Prestissimo’, an 18+ comedy.
The question is: ‘will the earth move for Gerty’? We expect so! Continue reading
Where did it all go wrong? Ireland at Eurovision 2014
[For Ireland] to fail to make the Top 10 in a 15 song semi with the UK voting is nothing short of disastrous ….. Continue reading
A Forgotten Irish Saint, and his Many Churches
The period from 1880 to 1907 appears to be the main foundation date for most of the churches named for St. Carthage in Australia ….. Continue reading
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