The poems in Irish illustrate the directness of the language, its peculiar music, its power to evoke a history which seldom finds a voice in English… Continue reading
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John Sexton’s Moon Magic
Sexton is not one to pull his punches… Continue reading
Negotiating the Fringe in Edinburgh
Irish plays in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival Continue reading
Poetry page
old books, riverbanks, Bogs, and wool just washed, And hung out in the wind to dry. Continue reading
The Man They Call The Banjo
Interest in new performances of The Man They Call the Banjo has been coming in from all over the country, Continue reading
Irish Writers’ Centre
If you are an Irish literature enthusiast or a writer of any kind – amateur, emerging, or prolific and well-known – you are in the right place. Continue reading
Colm Tóibín at Melbourne Writers’ Festival
whether reform is possible following the crisis of child abuse Continue reading
Two views of Bloomsday 2013
Joyce’s life and work handled with irreverence and erudition… Continue reading
McDonagh’s Irish Gothic
An opportunity to see ‘The Beauty Queen of Leenane’, a macabre tragi-comedy set in a Connemara village. Continue reading
20th Bloomsday in Melbourne (2013)
It’s full of comedy, music and even some dance, Continue reading
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