Tasmanian artist Christina Henri’s Roses from the Heart Memorial focuses on the 25,566 women and children sentenced to transportation to Australia up to 1853. By Christina Henri In 2003 I took units in ‘Historical Landscape’ as part of a Fine Arts degree at the University of Tasmania, a subject that included visiting the Cascades Female … Continue reading
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A First Novel to Cherish
Book Review by Frank O’Shea Alan McMonagle. ITHACA. Picador. 310 pp. €15 ISBN: 978-1-5098-2985-9 RRP: €15 In any list of memorable opening sentences, Galway writer Alan McMonagle’s start to his first novel has to be up there with the best: ‘I am the cancer-ridden only son of a dangerous driver who has thoughts of turning … Continue reading
Joyce with his Nose in the Air
Handed such a whiffy text, director Wayne Pearn took a deep breath and turned it into a play piece of encaptivating ingenuity Continue reading
Floating Prisons
The Surprise, moored at the Cove of Cork, and the Essex, at Kingstown in Dublin Bay (now Dun Laoghaire), were derelict ships which operated as holding prisons for convicts from 1823 until 1837. Continue reading
Global Irish Newsletter.
The social interaction and enjoyment that people get from celebrating Irish culture also plays a wider and invaluable role in supporting the well-being of our communities abroad Continue reading
2017 Global Irish Diaspora Congress, Dublin, August 15-19
Proposals are invited for Research Papers and/or Sessions and/or Posters Continue reading
CELTIC WOMAN EXPERIENCE
the world-class performing collective celebrates Irelands’ rich music and cultural heritage, bringing a fresh fusion to centuries of musical and cultural tradition. Continue reading
Book Launch of new work on Santamaria’s Movement
Book launch of The Show: Another Side of Santamaria’s Movement Continue reading
Annual Australian Irish Cultural Dinner
The dinner will also be a farewell to our building of 58 years which contains memories of our life and events within. Continue reading
The Irish History Circle Meeting July 2017
‘The Orange Order Parades’
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