Dubbed ‘the champion spy of the century’ for twenty five years Henri Le Caron operated as a British mole inside the Fenian movement. Continue reading
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A Tourist in the 1850s and 1860s: William Smith O’Brien
In 1849 William Smith O’Brien’s interest in foreign travel was boosted on his transportation for High Treason to Van Diemen’s Land, and despite all the problems and irritations of foreign travel in the nineteenth century, O’Brien never gave up foreign travel, and assiduously recorded his experiences Continue reading
HEARTH DREAMING
This rekindling of the virtual hearth allows us to identify who we are Continue reading
The Melbourne Irish
For a number of reasons Melbourne became the focal point in Australia of consciousness of being Irish Australian, and of consciousness of the wrongs of old Ireland. Continue reading
‘Death or liberty, and a ship to take us home…’
The influx of so many seasoned Irish rebels was a problem for the authorities in Port Jackson. Continue reading
Linking Laois to Eureka
This will be one of the major centres where people can learn about how the democratic process began in Australia Continue reading
She was but a dull sailor
Trevor’s practice was to send every man who was ambulatory to the colony of NSW which was well known to the naval surgeons . Continue reading
Monumentality on Photographic Paper
It is odd to be thinking of photographic portraits on heavy paper as monumental. But that is exactly what David Monahan has achieved in his stunning art photo documentary series, Leaving Dublin, on display at the Immigration Museum until 25 August 2013. Viewing it should not be put on a long finger. It’s the sort … Continue reading
Irish emigration and its health consequence
Emigration has been a response to poverty, oppression and lack of opportunity for hundreds of years, among the Irish and many other communities. Continue reading
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