a collaboration between the Irish Club and Adelaide City Council. Continue reading
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Remembering John MacBride
In 1916, Irish people had come to dread the knock on the door. Continue reading
Centenary of Archbishop Mannix’s ‘Trade-War’ Speech
Come to the centenary re-enactment of the speech, by noted actor Rod Quantock. 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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A Forgotten Hero
After all the excitement of the Rising, he worked doggedly to help people who had been part of it. Continue reading
Commemoration of Archbishop Daniel Mannix’s First Speech Against Conscription.
As the pool of Australian volunteers had begun to dry, Prime Minister Hughes, ever an avid defender and supporter of the British Empire and of Australia as a key dominion, sought to conscript additional Australian manpower. Continue reading
Another chance to see new play on Casement
His trial was fraught with difficulty and sabotaged in various ways. Continue reading
Central Victorian Irish Association
CVIA program of events to commemorate the 1916 Easter Rising. Continue reading
‘Convicted on a Comma’, explained perfectly
Haunted by the scale of barbaric atrocities unleashed by imperialist colonisation in the Congo and later in the Putumayo, Colombia, Casement aligned with the Irish ‘freedom fighters’ who believed the Irish could achieve freedom from the scourge of British colonialism. Continue reading
Rebel Sisters
Despite having the word ‘rebels’ in the novel’s title, the Gifford sisters’ active engagement in the Rising is downplayed. Continue reading
