Yet Irish speakers in Australia tend to think of the language as their own, a part of the native landscape, a view at odds with the Irish tendency to think of the language as being relevant only to their own national identity. Continue reading
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what path what peace lies before you Continue reading
The Origins of the Irish
There’s good reason that most archaeologists wouldn’t touch the subject of Irish origins with a barge pole: the topic involves a very unfashionable cultural historical approach to the archaeological record of a period of Ireland’s existence which is clouded in obscurity and entails a moras of issues that most archaeologists spend a lifetime trying to avoid. Continue reading
Lake School of Celtic Music and Dance
Workshops all day, sessions and concerts at night, and surf in the morning! Great fun for the whole family! Continue reading
The Delia Murphy Festival
We want to capture memories of Delia’s music and lively personality and introduce a new generation to her music Continue reading
Piecing together Elusive Fragments
The Introduction of Val Noone’s ‘Hidden Ireland in Victoria’ outlines some reasons for the elusiveness of the Irish language in historical records and launches a beautiful metaphor of beachcombing to express the work’s methodology for recovering whatever remains of the Irish Gaelic heritage. Continue reading
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