Tea drinking may be associated with English culture, but it is still very much part of Irish culture too. Continue reading
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Behind the Scenes of James Joyce’s ‘Exiles’
James Joyce’s forgotten masterpiece Exiles explores the subject of ethical free love as well as new gender scripts which are more legible now than they were a century ago. Continue reading
THANK GOD FOR BOB MAGUIRE
Father Bob Maguire was less a larrikin than a rebel who believed in helping the poor and calling out injustice…. Continue reading
Slán ó Chroí le Maelíosa Stafford Goodbye from the Heart
We are saddened to hear of the untimely death of Maolíosa Stafford. Tomás de Bhaldraithe has sent us this account of Maelíosa’s many achievements followed by a translation: Continue reading
The Irishman who Shot the Duke of Edinburgh
The author, Simon Smith, is a filmmaker who has recorded stories from around the world, and that background is seen in the writing as he fills in little details and concentrates on the lives, likes and troubles of the main characters. Continue reading
What’s On in May-June 2023
Enjoy Irish or Irish-Australian events around the nation. Continue reading
Irish History Professors in Irish Universities: Brief Lives series No. 4 J. F. Lydon, 1928-2013
James Francis Michael Lydon (1928‒2013) ‒ always ‘Jim’ to his friends ‒ was the most influential historian of later medieval Ireland of his time…His achievement was to revive the study of a neglected stretch of the Irish past both through his own writings and through the fascination and lasting commitment he inspired in those he taught. Continue reading
‘Paris green’ and the story of young Albert Cyril Ashton
This is a story about one of the great-grandchildren of the ‘Earl Grey Irish Famine orphans’ Continue reading
Grace Gifford: Just Ephemera? A new discovery in Sydney
A rare example of the ways Grace Gifford Plunkett sought to avoid poverty in the Civil way and the early years of the Free State. Continue reading
Ireland Crowned 2023 Grand Slam Champions
Tinteán’s resident rugby fanatic Steve Carey wraps up a highly entertaining Six Nations Championship In Dublin on St Patrick’s weekend, Ireland duly collected their fourth Grand Slam and their first completed at home, thanked the hated English for coming, got their coats on and went out for a drink. In the process they saw captain … Continue reading
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