Her particular interest lay in the role of women in literature, myth and history. Continue reading
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The Man They Call The Banjo
the secret love affair between Banjo Paterson and Christina Macpherson as they wrote Waltzing Matilda Continue reading
The Irish at Gallipoli (Episode 2: The Landing)/Podcast
Among the British Army troops at Helles were Irish regulars of the Dublin Fusiliers, Munster Fusiliers and Inniskilling Fusiliers. Continue reading
Gallipoli – an Irish, as well as an Australian, campaign
Twas better to die ‘neath an Irish sky than at Suvla or Sud-El-Bar (The Foggy Dew) Continue reading
Quinnipiac – and Irish Famine Research
Today, the Lender Family Special Collection at Quinnipiac University is probably the largest collection in the world of published material relating to the Irish Famine. Continue reading
Oileán agus Oileán Eile
Is cuid lárnach de chultúr na nGael í traidisiún na hoilithreachta. Continue reading
Mannix in his own words
After so many books on him, we desperately needed one by him, which we now have with this anthology of his own words and articles, Continue reading
The Sons of Erin and the Mahogany Ship
During 1967, Monash decided to abolish some of the Clubs and Societies because they were considered too frivolous to subsidise and one of these, unfortunately, was ‘The Sons of Erin’. Continue reading
Convict Women and Orphan Girls – update.
Convict Women and Orphan Girls is a compelling portrayal – meticulously researched, vividly scripted and brilliantly enacted Continue reading
Miegunya Lecture on Famine and its effect on Health
Nature of Event: Public Lecture: ‘The Long Shadow of the Great Famine on Irish people’s Health at home and abroad’ by Prof. Cecily Kelliher, Chair of Public Health Medicine and Epidemiology, University College Dublin. When: Wednesday 18 March at 6.30pm Where: Copland (Basement) Theatre, 98 Pelham St., Carlton, Vic. 3053. Cost: Free but it is essential to … Continue reading
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