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Honours for Australian Irish Dance Teachers
Two veterans of Irish Dance honoured in Australia Day list for a lifetime of teaching. Continue reading
From the Papers
Where Numbers Tell a Story Sinn Fein fielded 42 candidates; 37 were successful. Dublin West: Paul Donnelly (SF) 12,456, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar 8,478 Dublin north west: Dessie Ellis (SF) 14,375. Next was Roisin Shortall 6,124 Dublin Central: Mary Lou McDonald (SF) 11,223; Pascal Donohoe (FG) 4,181 Dublin Bay North: Denise Mitchell (SF) 21,344. Richard Bruton, … Continue reading
A Runaway Juggler, a Missing Boy and a Mother and Cleric in Crisis
A new musical play by Felix Meagher Continue reading
Searching for Bridget
An attempt to piece together the history of the elusive Famine Orphan, Bridget Gallagher of Donegal. Continue reading
Irish General Election: A Screenshot
By Sean Farrell As this is written, we are well into the second week of the General Election campaign; the vote to take place on Saturday 8 February. Though the early opinion polls show the two main parties neck and neck, as they have been virtually since 2016, it has not been a good start … Continue reading
Nevil Shute’s Irish Connection
Book review by Sean Farrell and Frank O’Shea Nevil Shute. On the Beach. Text Publishing, Melbourne 2019. With Introduction by Gideon Haigh. 352 pp. ISBN: 9781822268327 RRP: $24.99 h/b It is easy now to forget how close the world may have come to nuclear war during the Cuban crisis of 1962. In a way, we … Continue reading
Global Irish Newsletter.
This past year has seen a wealth of diaspora activity taking place around the world. Continue reading
The Man They Call The Banjo
A secret love story Continue reading
Invitation to Irish Emigrants
Irish emigrants are invited to participate in a study being carried out by Maria Touza, Emilia Grycuk and David Tracey, as part of their Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology at Utrecht University, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences. The study aims to investigate Migratory Grief among migrants living abroad who originate from either Poland, Venezuela … Continue reading
