[For Ireland] to fail to make the Top 10 in a 15 song semi with the UK voting is nothing short of disastrous ….. Continue reading
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Anzac Day in Dublin
A FEATURE by Jeff Kildea Republished from Jeff Kildea’s Blog with his permission. When I arrived at Dublin’s Grangegorman Military Cemetery this morning at 6 o’clock for the Anzac Day dawn service to commemorate all those who died in the Gallipoli campaign of 1915, a crescent moon was rising in the east. Very appropriate, I … Continue reading
Christmas in July at the Celtic Club
Nature of Event: The Irish Australian Support Group and Resource Bureau are holding a Christmas Dinner in July at which the Irish-Australian of the year will be announced. Music by Saoirse. When: 26 July at 7.30pm Where: Celtic Club, 316-320 Queen St., Melbourne. Cost: $55 per head. Drinks at Bar Prices. Bookings Essential: Phone … Continue reading
Anthony Penhall plays Ned
A fearless rebel rather than a criminal…. Continue reading
Brian Boru 1000th Anniversary Commemoration
The Central Victorian Irish Association Inc presents: King Brian Ború 1000th Anniversary Commemoration Recounting the life of King Brian Ború in narrative, music, poetry, story-telling and song. Sunday 18 May 2014 at 1:30pm (for 2pm start) at The Brian Ború Hotel, Cnr Chapel St & McIvor Hwy, Bendigo. Entry – Gold coin donation Call 5443 9746 or 5442 6649 or visit … Continue reading
The Settlements and Names of Dromana
Many of the residents of Dromana on the Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, believed that their town was named after a town in Ireland. Strictly speaking this is untrue though understandable…. Some people believed that this Dromana is named after one or the other of two towns named ‘Dromore’ in Northern Ireland – County Down or County Tyrone. This is also incorrect, though interesting. Continue reading
An Unlikely Hero – Joseph Mary Plunkett
The story of Joseph Mary Plunkett is so dramatic, so full of high courage and drama and resolve, that it should have made the best kind of biography. Continue reading
Leaving Dublin begins a new life in print
A crowd-funding enterprise to put into permanent form David Monahan’s photographic study of post-Celtic-Tiger migrants. Continue reading
The Man they call the Banjo/Dennis O’Keefe
Mr O’Keeffe had conducted extensive research into the origins of the iconic Waltzing Matilda Continue reading
Bloomsday in Melbourne’s 21st Festival
Nature of Event: The annual Bloomsday in Melbourne’s James Joyce festival occurs between 11-16 June and comprises four main events: a Play, Ulysses Prestissimo, directed by Wayne Pearn – a high-octane, vaudeville-inspired comedy, an original adaptation for theatre of Ulysses; a Seminar, Ulysses Lento, in which Dr. Steve Carey and Mr Philip Harvey will discuss the pleasures of … Continue reading
