The Embassy of Ireland, Canberra invites the submission of funding proposals for events in Australia and New Zealand to commemorate the 1916 Easter Rising. Continue reading
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Once Upon a Barstool
What a rarity it is to be seduced by the sound of the human voice and the beauty and rhythm of the spoken word: Continue reading
Celtic Club
The 100th Anniversary of the 1916 is next year and the Club has plans to celebrate in style. Continue reading
Podcast: Episode 5 of The Irish at Gallipoli by Dr Jeff Kildea.
Despite initial success in the seizure of Chocolate Hill, the Irish would suffer greatly at the hands of determined Turkish defenders Continue reading
Poetry
does God not see
our tears falling on the ground
near the stony road Continue reading
Do you Remember Capuchin Annuals?
…the most astonishing thing is the quality, and enduring interest, of what’s between the covers. Continue reading
The Legendary ‘Lugs’ Branigan
He was the archetypal old-school Guard, inclined to action before questions. Continue reading
Galway to Port Jackson
This short novel takes its title from the chorus of the moving and immensely popular modern Irish folk song The Fields of Athenry. However, it is not ‘the book of the song’. The song provides the inspiration, the theme and the emotional register but not the story. Continue reading
Ned’s Nemesis
The book really gets into its stride examining the ins and outs of the Kelly trial – especially the ineptitude of Kelly’s lawyer. Continue reading
War Poetry and Peacekeeping by Michael J Whelan
The exhibition features many poems inspired by events during the poet’s tours of duty as an Irish United Nation’s Peacekeeper Continue reading
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