This documentary warrants many viewings for a full appreciation of Steve Cooney, a hero of Irish traditional music. But with just one viewing, there’s eating and drinking in it. Continue reading
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Joe Biden and Seamus Heaney
It means once in a lifetime
That justice can rise up
And hope and history rhyme.
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Two Irish Artists and the Archibald Prize
Sinead Davies has painted fellow Irish-born Australian Claire Dunne, OAM, and the painting was shortlisted for the Archibald Prize. Continue reading
Active Adelaide under Covid19
Adelaide is certainly a fortunate place to live during Covid19. Continue reading
Forthcoming seminar on Swift
Melbourne Irish Studies Seminar Series – Online Melbourne Irish Studies Seminar Series – ONLINE 17th November 20206.30pm Australian Eastern Daylight Time Topic: The death of Swift’s printer John Harding: new evidence that implicates Swift Speaker: Dr. Craig Pett, journalist and researcher Abstract: John Harding, the printer of the seditious Letters written by Jonathan Swift under the pseudonym … Continue reading
Susan Ryan: a daughter of St Brigid
Australians, and Irish-Australians in particular, will continue to be enriched by the legacy of Susan Ryan, a daughter of St Brigid. Continue reading
Melbourne’s Finnegans Wake Reading Group
Raphael Slepon, founder of FWEET, on annotating Finnegans Wake. Continue reading
Next Melbourne Irish Studies Seminar – open to everyone everywhere
A seminar on commemorations, which have played a pivotal role in Ireland as a way of re-evaluating the ideals and objectives of those who fought for an independent county. Continue reading
Great Irish Famine Commemoration Hyde Park Barracks, Sydney, 30 August 2020 LiveStream
The artist Hossein Valamanesh always insisted the monument was not just about the Great Irish Famine but about all famine. For me, this is what makes it a great monument. Continue reading
From the Papers
Snippets from the newsrooms. Continue reading
