As someone who has relatives who died at Gallipoli and in the Somme, I have an appreciation for how these men and their legacies were overlooked in Ireland for decades. Continue reading
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Muireann Ní Bhrolcháin
Her particular interest lay in the role of women in literature, myth and history. Continue reading
Poet, entertainer, raconteur in Bloomsday Fundraiser
He is wickedly witty. Continue reading
The Man They Call The Banjo
the secret love affair between Banjo Paterson and Christina Macpherson as they wrote Waltzing Matilda Continue reading
The Irish at Gallipoli (Episode 2: The Landing)/Podcast
Among the British Army troops at Helles were Irish regulars of the Dublin Fusiliers, Munster Fusiliers and Inniskilling Fusiliers. Continue reading
Happy Easter
Happy Easter to All Continue reading
Quinnipiac – and Irish Famine Research
Today, the Lender Family Special Collection at Quinnipiac University is probably the largest collection in the world of published material relating to the Irish Famine. Continue reading
Presidential Distinguished Service Award.
The High Level Panel considers nominations from the Irish diaspora around the world. Continue reading
Dancing the Bones of Archaic Irish Stories
An account of a theatrical performance by Niki na Meadhra Celtic Club, 29 March 2015. Niki na Meadhra performed her one-woman show, Dancing the Bones of Irish Myth and Legend, to a mixed audience of Celtophiles, Narrato-philes, and some enthralled adults and children, at the Celtic Club on Sunday 29 March. It was storytelling taken … Continue reading
Trevo’s Famine Orphans Blog
Readers of Tinteán who are interested in the Earl Grey Irish Famine orphans, might want to check out Trevor McClaughlin’s blog. See the ‘About’ page of the blog for more on Trevor’s interest in the subject” He commented to Tinteán that his latest post may be not an uplifting post for whichever one of the St Patricks … Continue reading
