While there a fella walked in and prepared for bed. However, he first removed the biggest knife I ever saw and laid it beneath the mattress. We started walking the streets looking in windows but not seeing. We were pretty low but pretended not, to shield one another. Continue reading
Irish in Australia: Irish-themed Movies, Tours, and Festivals Continue reading
NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD SCREENING NATIONALLY FROM JUNE 25 ‘A sumptuous production, rich in detail, craft and spectacle‘ The Guardian NT Live: The Playboy of the Western World is in cinemas from June 25. J M Synge’s classic play was first performed at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin on 26 January 1907, … Continue reading
This was the start of a 14 year war, which divided the Irish community. Enormous efforts to resolve the matter by many parties occurred at a high legal cost. Continue reading
Tinteán marks the passing of Professor Elizabeth Malcolm on 19 May 2026. Her contribution to Irish-Australian scholarship was immense. Continue reading
In Old Norse, there are two words for Viking: víkingr refers to a person, while víking is an activity. Neither word is inherently negative nor associated with violence. Continue reading
Éan Creiche Le Tommy Fogarty Go luath san earrach, lá álainn tráthnóna a bhí ann. Bhí an ghrian go híseal sa spéir, loinnir as na carranna, solas súilíneach. Bhí mé i mo shuí sa trácht ag éisteacht le podchraoladh, ‘The Rest is History.’ Bhí Tom agus Dom ag plé an Chogaidh Mhóir. Bhí an trácht … Continue reading
I liked him because he wouldn’t back from anyone or thing. No. He’d rush headlong into whatever he perceived an adversary and flail away like a mad thresher. Continue reading
John Banville’s ‘The Singularities’ promises something akin to a crime fiction, but continually frustrates that expectation of plot. Continue reading
Creidimid this is the most southerly Pop-Up Gaeltacht and Ciorcal Comhrá in the world. Continue reading
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