Jonathan Swift, privy to a murder? Continue reading
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From the Papers
Snippets from the Irish Press. Continue reading
Vale, Young Peg (1928-2020)
Obituary notice for Peg Cockram Continue reading
More Irish Film Festival Reviews
Two more film reviews from the Online Irish Film Festival (19-29 November). Three more will be reviewed in our January issue. Seamus Heaney and the Music of What Happens Reviewed by Shauna Stanley Everyone remembers the first time they read a Seamus Heaney poem. I was aged 10, sitting in a prefab in 4th class, … Continue reading
Irish Film Festival Review-Sé mo Laoch
This documentary warrants many viewings for a full appreciation of Steve Cooney, a hero of Irish traditional music. But with just one viewing, there’s eating and drinking in it. Continue reading
Irish Film Festival – Online in 2020
6TH ANNUAL IRISH FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES FULL PROGRAM The popular annual Irish Film Festival returns from 19 – 29 November with its biggest line-up ever. Moved online this year due to COVID-19 restrictions, cinephiles all over Australia can now catch the best new Irish cinema releases without leaving their homes. The online festival program is packed … Continue reading
Joe Biden and Seamus Heaney
It means once in a lifetime
That justice can rise up
And hope and history rhyme.
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Two Irish Artists and the Archibald Prize
Sinead Davies has painted fellow Irish-born Australian Claire Dunne, OAM, and the painting was shortlisted for the Archibald Prize. Continue reading
Active Adelaide under Covid19
Adelaide is certainly a fortunate place to live during Covid19. Continue reading
Forthcoming seminar on Swift
Melbourne Irish Studies Seminar Series – Online Melbourne Irish Studies Seminar Series – ONLINE 17th November 20206.30pm Australian Eastern Daylight Time Topic: The death of Swift’s printer John Harding: new evidence that implicates Swift Speaker: Dr. Craig Pett, journalist and researcher Abstract: John Harding, the printer of the seditious Letters written by Jonathan Swift under the pseudonym … Continue reading