It includes the first public recitation from a Litany of the Saints, in an Irish language prayer-book, Continue reading
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Poetry
No new life here and ancient yellowing receipts
hung on rusty nails in the long black rafter beams. Continue reading
ISAANZ Maynooth
this conference will also have a specific focus around the idea of diversity. Continue reading
Bloomsday, 16 June, and the Joyce who loved films
Bloomsday in Melbourne in 2016 celebrates the Joyce who loved film. Continue reading
GALLIPOLI (The Great War)
The peninsula is a beautiful picturesque landscape littered with graves, many of them Irish graves. Continue reading
Ulysses for more Advanced Readers
A course designed to deepen understanding of Ulysses, focussing on the challenging figure of Stephen Dedalus. Continue reading
Poetry
that stream still wound
Its onward carving through ancient
Ground of sod and sedge and glacial sands Continue reading
Ulysses for Beginning Readers
Nature of Event: Ulysses for Beginners: Penetrating the ‘Impenetrable’ is a 6-hour intensive course for those who have tried and failed to read Ulysses, the most admired work of modernity. It aims to empower readers by uncovering some of Joyce’s techniques and by examining the architecture of the work. It will be presented by Frances … Continue reading
Dancing the Bones of Archaic Irish Stories
An account of a theatrical performance by Niki na Meadhra Celtic Club, 29 March 2015. Niki na Meadhra performed her one-woman show, Dancing the Bones of Irish Myth and Legend, to a mixed audience of Celtophiles, Narrato-philes, and some enthralled adults and children, at the Celtic Club on Sunday 29 March. It was storytelling taken … Continue reading
Dancing the Bones of Irish Myth and Legend
Meet heroes, tricksters, the Cailleach, and beautiful maidens in difficult situations. Continue reading
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