Around the Boree Log is more than a source of nostalgia for parlour poetry. It is also a source that provides an insight into the language of Irish Australia in the early twentieth century. Continue reading
Filed under Irish Studies …
Jonathan Swift: On the Road to Ireland
Clive Probyn reads the Holyhead journal of 1727 as a turning point in his life. Continue reading
The Importance of the Gaelic Revival
Their literature, their games, their religion and certainly their language existed at a higher level than anything the locals had to offer. Continue reading
Irish Settlers in South Australia
This author’s style is varied and warm but grounded in truth-finding and truth-telling…. This is also a handsome book. Great thought has gone into its design and format. Continue reading
Jane Feeney and DNA
DNA testing brings together many generations later cousins descended from a Famine orphan Jane Feeney. Continue reading
Book Review: Bathurst welcomes the Irish workhouse orphans
Anyone who has dabbled in researching Famine Orphan girls will recognise the vast amount of work and skill involved in this collection of histories. Continue reading
ISAANZ 24 conference, 2019 Foregrounding Irish Women
Papers will range from Irish orphan stories, Mary Lee, women in the 1916 Rising and conscription, Irish nuns and identity, chain migration, women in World War 1, through to the 20th century ‘Troubles’ and abortion reform and neonatal deaths. Continue reading
What is Irish-Australian Literature? A Symposium 22 November 2019
A symposium to explore the nature of Irish-Australian literature Continue reading
Deep Irish History, Culture and Language in New South Wales
Irish Language classes in Sydney, and history and archeology in Penrith and the Blue Mountains. Continue reading
Irish Women Migrants of the 1850s
Single women seeking work as domestic servants were faced with frequent ‘No Irish Need Apply’ advertisements in newspapers. Yet, most Irish women did find employment, and were successful immigrants. Continue reading
