it appears to be an insult directed against the Irish. How ,then, did it end up as a name for an English political party? Continue reading
Filed under News …
From the Papers
Daniel Kinahan back in the news and so is Russia Continue reading
What’s On….
Melbourne Irish Studies Seminar Online Melbourne Irish Studies Seminar Series – ONLINE 6.30pm Australian Eastern Time 10 May 2022 Speaker: Dr Jennifer McLaren: ‘This vile place.’ An Irish family in Trinidad in the Revolutionary AtlanticThis paper traces the Caribbean lives of Ulsterman John Black and his daughter Adele, 1771-1840. Black left Belfast after the Seven Years War … Continue reading
Sixty Years of Ireland
One of Ireland’s best-known writers and his take on the years since he was born in 1958 Continue reading
A postcard from my sister
I want to climb those hills
and find a shepherd minding sheep Continue reading
New Irish Fiction
Three recent novels with Irish authors or Irish themes. Continue reading
Bloomsday in Melbourne’s Centenary Season 2022
Saturday, 4 June 2022, 6pm. Love’s Bitter Mystery: The Year that made James Joyce. A Feature Film. The world première of Bloomsday in Melbourne’s first feature film, coming to the Rivoli Cinema, Camberwell on 4 June 2022, at 6pm for one night only. Directed by Carly Wilding in collaboration with Film-maker, Jak Scanlan. Also available to stream … Continue reading
His First Rodeo A Chéad Róidió
He turned on his heels and walked out of sight like John Wayne at the end of The Searchers. Continue reading
A Cycle of Crisis and Collapse
Ironically, the Northern Ireland Assembly elections will resolve nothing, but they will set the parameters for what will happen next in this troubled land. Continue reading
In Review: Guinness Six Nations 2022
Steve Carey reflects on a blockbuster tournament As the sun sets behind the East stand for the last time on Guinness Six Nations 2022, now might be a good time to retire to The Bridge 1859 and reflect over a sponsor’s pint. After two years of eerie silence, the crowds are back in full voice. … Continue reading
