Dermot Bolger’s novel deals with the decline of the landed Anglo-Irish class, the rise and fall of Soviet-style Socialism in Ireland after the establishment of the Free State Continue reading
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What’s on: November, December ’23, January ’24
Famine Rock Commemoration, MISS seminar, Eureka Dinner, Irish Language Summer School Continue reading
An Irish Ethnic Minority Speaks for Itself…
A community led ethnography of Traveller culture. Continue reading
From Tipperary to Outback Australia
Today, a hundred and eighty years later I stand near his grave in the hot, dry semi-desert land of the Australian ‘outback.’ Emigrating to Australia in the 1860s and becoming one of the burgeoning numbers of the Irish diaspora, John, better known as Jack, was part of a heroic effort to develop this new and challenging land, so different in every way from the green fields of Tipperary. Continue reading
At Swim-Two-Birds: mad Sweeny and the artist
I cannot remember exactly how I discovered the book in my teens. What I can remember is the experience of reading it for the first time, of getting lost in its marvellous, frenzied chaos and laughing aloud. It holds a unique appeal for me as an artist because, like a spiral staircase, it tricks you into thinking that you are simultaneously working towards a destination and moving away from it. Continue reading
Hallowe’en Oíche Shamhna
Barm Breac* Recipe It’s that time of year again. Ingredients 500g raisins cut in half 500g sultanas 1 cup brown sugar 2 tsp grated lemon rind 2 tbsp lemon juice 1 cup hot strong tea Two thirds cup Irish whiskey 4 eggs lightly beaten 3 and a half cups plain flour 3 tsps baking powder … Continue reading
Re-reading At Swim-Two-Birds.
The longer the book went on, the more convinced I was that I had not read it before, but then I found on the bottom of page 189 a note in my pencilled handwriting. Continue reading
Middleton’s Irish connection
The name Middleton seemed appropriate for this midpoint between Goolwa and Port Elliot, but I was unable to pinpoint where in Ireland the original Middleton was, presumably a place between two towns or village Continue reading
Two Books to Make us Think
What it really meant to be poor and how to survive it. And a book about a priest who fathered a child with nun. Continue reading
A Feast of Irish Film
‘That irresistible cocktail of culture and craic that is the Irish Film Festival ‘ – Enda Murray. Bookings now open. 2023 FESTIVAL DATES / LOCATIONS 5- 8 OCT: SYDNEY Dendy Cinema, Newtown 13-15 OCT: BRISBANE Dendy Cinema, Coorparoo 20-22 OCT: CANBERRA Dendy Cinema, Canberra 27-29 OCT: PERTH Luna Cinema, Leederville 2-5 NOV: MELBOURNE Cinema Nova, … Continue reading
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