Heaney’s poetry is full of surprises. It would appear that he knew everything about the flail, but he seemed to refuse to give it a poetic voice. Continue reading
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Filíocht/Poetry/Gearrscéal/ Short Story: Hugh Curran, Colette Ní Ghallchóir, Colin Ryan, Tommy Fogarty.
At the cemetery, Canada geese nibbled grass as my nephew played ‘Danny Boy’ on his saxophone Continue reading
What’s on October/November and beyond
Irish in Australia: Irish-themed Movies, Tours, and Festivals Continue reading
The Wild Atlantic
It started calm enough, but God it turned, and suddenly we were being tossed here and there and everywhere. Ger said he never saw anything like it, but we bent the oars and headed in. Continue reading
Irish-Born Australian Journalist Continues to Expose Perpetrators of Violence and Sexual Abuse through Crime Fiction
Fittingly, Milligan, a well-known, award-winning investigative reporter is capable of writing with clarity and ease as she is a journalist who turned fiction writer in recent years. Continue reading
What’s on September/October and beyond
Irish in Australia: Irish-themed Movies, Tours, and Festivals Continue reading
Aonach an Daingin The Dingle Fair
Then the jobber proceeded to examine the heifers and shaking his head he offered £16 and Dad emphatically said no. Continue reading
Learning Irish at Oideas Gael – Gleann Cholmcille
I took a language course then and learnt a lot of Gaeilge. There were classes with eight levels available from beginners, to intermediate to fluent. There was 35 hours of contach (Teaching) available. Continue reading
What’s on August/September and beyond
Irish in Australia: Irish-themed Movies, Tours, and Festivals Continue reading
How to say ‘hello’ in Irish and the curious origin of ‘playboy’
The Irish language is noteworthy in using religious terms for greetings: Dia duit ‘God with you’ is responded to by Dia is Muire Duit ‘God and Mary with you.’ The latter response is not as prevalent nowadays)….It is not clear what playboy means in the drama and it is not clear that playboy was used regularly in the English of the west of Ireland at that time. Why then did Synge use this word for his protagonist? Continue reading
