Dublin is known as a city of elevated gossip; this book is in one sense a vast compendium of elevated ecclesiastical gossip. Continue reading
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Irish Australia – ‘Getting more Interesting’
If you thought the old folks were exaggerating about anti-Irish and anti-Catholic prejudice in nineteenth- and much of twentieth-century Anglo-Protestant Australia, our authors have put it back on centre stage. Continue reading
Famine Amnesia
By Frank O’Shea The word ‘amnesia’ was heard several times at the Famine round table in the Williamstown Town Hall on October 28. It was used to describe the way that Ireland seemed to have forgotten about the Great Famine of 1845-51 until it was brought to public discourse following the publication of Cecil Woodham-Smith’s … Continue reading
From Tallaght to the Senate
Lynne Ruane had left school at 14, though it appears that her attendance there was often sporadic. She was smoking and drinking and had graduated to drugs … Continue reading
The Ormond Butlers
The Butlers, powerful aristocrats, occupied a major part in the history of Ireland for over 500 years. Continue reading
Brigidfest 2019: Brigid Need not Apply
Brigidfest 2019 – Irish women on the goldfields. Continue reading
Melbourne – the world’s centre for Famine Commemoration in 2018
Remembering Famine Orphan Girls at Williamstown Continue reading
Dancing through History
‘Jigs to Jacobites’ provides information about the origins and developmental pathways of forty dance tunes. Continue reading
Irish History Circle: Dublin Hospitals
An astounding number of voluntary charitable institutions sprang up in Dublin in the early eighteenth century. Continue reading
New History of Irish Australia
A new history of Australia to be launched on 20 November at Newman. Continue reading
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