Invitation to the launch of a new book by Dermot Meleady on the leader of the Home Rule Party, John Redmond. Continue reading
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Who created the nocturne? Is it Polish or Irish?
I wish to establish, once and for all, the right of John Field to be credited with the invention and naming of the nocturne. Continue reading
A Light in the Window
In this highly readable memoir, Mary, in conjunction with her daughter, Tessa, narrates how a ‘reserved freckle-faced bookworm’ (p.26) from Ballina ‘a small town in a small country on the western periphery of Europe’, became one of Ireland’s most recognisable and celebrated leaders, both domestically and internationally. Continue reading
Famine Commemoration
The monument was inspired by the arrival in Australia of over 4,000 single young women, most of whom were teenaged orphans. Continue reading
The Famine Girls
With the right opportunities they can be the foundation of stable families for the future.’ Continue reading
The Regalia 1826: An eventful voyage
…we have to take a terrible bad set with us – they have set the ship on fire five times during this last fortnight. The Guard was obliged to shoot one of them. Continue reading
Not the Same Sky/Book Launch
this compelling novel tells the story of four Irish famine girls and their voyage to Australia in 1848. Continue reading
Quaker Connections discovered in suburban Melbourne
Descendents of Quakers in Dublin meet over dinner in Melbourne…. Continue reading
The Atlas of the Great Irish Famine
The Atlas of the Great Irish Famine, published by Cork University Press and co-edited by Michael Murphy, won the Irish Published Book of the Year. The Famine is the most pivotal event in Irish modern history. Over a million people perished between 1845 -1852 and well over a million others fled to Europe, America, Australia and other … Continue reading
Kerry Genealogy Road Show
this project is the most significant genealogy advisory and tourism event in the country and saw it as an excellent opportunity to advise thousands of visitors to Kerry. Continue reading
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