Hubert Butler’s essays have an elegiac quality: he mourns a class he thinks might have enriched the nation by building more robust debates around topics like religion and class… Continue reading
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Tionscnamh Amhrán na hÉireann – The Irish Song Project
18th Century Irish Ballads – “The Best English-Irish Poetry before Yeats”?’ Continue reading
Finscéalta
Is annamh a thoghfadh imircigh Éireannacha an Astráil de rogha ar an mBreatain nó na Stáit. Continue reading
Walking Old Irish Sydney
The story of the Old Irish Walking app, like any good Irish story begins a few years back. Continue reading
Thanks to English, Irish thrives
In 19th century Ireland a balanced bilingualism ceased to be possible. Continue reading
Australian writing in Irish
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
Abhaile
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
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