the final end of the Irish nation was at hand, unless they acted dramatically to call back the nation’s soul from the very shadow of death. Continue reading
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Féile Bríde 2016
Remembering the women of the 1916 Dublin rising. Continue reading
John Ford, Ireland 1916 Easter Rising Film Night
International film historian Charles Barr charts a pivotal moment in Ireland’s Independence, Continue reading
Globalising the Rising: 1916 in context
the 1916 Rising was watched closely by radicals and aspirant revolutionaries as far away as India and Russia Continue reading
Review of Famine Rock Commemoration
the main emphasis of his address was to the impressive histories of all the Irish diaspora around the world, Continue reading
POETRY – Outlaws by Tom Phillips
Homesickness was a wound but our dear children
in time helped us better relate to it all here, Continue reading
Dissonant Voices: Faith and the Irish Diaspora
‘I now believe that the spiritual life is deeply political’ p.175.
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It’s About More Than Winning.
perhaps the biggest contrast is in the personality of the two central characters, hinted in the title that each chose for his book. Continue reading
Brigidfest 2016
Celebrating Irish and Irish-Australian women Continue reading
Eileen Grey – influential designer of the twentieth century.
one of the most influential designers of the twentieth century. Continue reading
