Ireland’s 1916 Easter Rising helped to shape political forces in Australia at a crucial time in our own national history. Continue reading
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Barry Versus Kelly
I will see you where I go Continue reading
Ballarat Jumps Festival 20-21 August
Nature of Event: This weekend event will include some 7 Jump events including the competition between Irish and Australian Irish Jump Jockeys. Katie Walsh, the world’s leading female Jumps Jockey will be featuring in the Grand National Steeplechase on the Sunday. Irish themes and an Irish Band will feature during this Racing Festival. This will be … Continue reading
The Border and Brexit
For many in NI, the ‘open border’ is a tangible sign of the end of ‘The Troubles’. Continue reading
Australia and the 1916 Rising in Ireland
The presentations will enthral both scholars and students of Australian-Irish relations. Continue reading
The Ireland Funds
Nowadays the funds raise $US 540 million for projects both north and south of the Border with over 3000 organisations contributing to its coffers. Continue reading
BREXIT – Northern Ireland reacts.
Derry-born, London-living poet novelist, Michael Foley, writing in the Irish Times, felt Brexit was an appeal to Nationalism, with its double-speak of sovereignty and taking-back control. Given the economic and societal insecurity, Europe was the perfect scapegoat. Continue reading
Voices from the Dublin streets, Easter 1916
BOOK REVIEW by Georgina FitzPatrick Ruán O’Donnell and Mícheál Ó hAodha, eds, Voices from the Easter Rising, Merrion Press, 2016 ISBN 978-1-78537-066-3 RRP: €15.50 Thirty-two eye-witness accounts of the Easter Rising have been collected in this volume from a wide range of participants. Ordinary members of the Irish Volunteers and Cumann na mBan such as Dick … Continue reading
European testing (TEG) in Irish comes to Sydney
Irish Language testing comes to Sydney Continue reading
An Acknowledgement and An Apology
Cottage in Mayo Continue reading
