For some years, he was in dispute with his bishop and had to say Mass in his own house. A true peacemaker. Continue reading
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More of Fr Bob’s Musings
Last month we had an account of Fr Bob Arthure’s cocooning with the good nuns at Glencairn Abbey where he has found a new interest, writing blogs. Here are some of his writings on St Carthage. ST CARTHAGE (MOCHUDA) OF LISMORE Traditional feast day: 14 May; Liturgical feast day (since Vatican II): 15 May … Continue reading
ISAANZ 24 conference, 2019 Foregrounding Irish Women
Papers will range from Irish orphan stories, Mary Lee, women in the 1916 Rising and conscription, Irish nuns and identity, chain migration, women in World War 1, through to the 20th century ‘Troubles’ and abortion reform and neonatal deaths. Continue reading
A Woman Ahead of Her Time
It is easy today to forget the extreme ways that nineteenth-century British society divided along sectarian lines. Continue reading
The Influence of the Irish National School System on Australian Educational Policy
Waugh’s brief is not to debate the merits of the current Australian education system but to highlight the significant influence of the Irish National Schools system in colonial times in paving the way for the provision of public education in Australia. Continue reading
The ‘Best Choir in the Anglosphere’
Catherine Fitzpatrick, a convict’s wife, conductor of the first choir of an infant colony. Continue reading
Recalling Daniel Mannix
Morgan’s book, The Mannix Era, is richly personal. It is written with considerable charm and an acerbic wit. But to read it in 2019 is to be overwhelmed by its masculinist perspective. Continue reading
Chief Secretary of Ireland’s Office Archives.
The records of the Chief Secretary of Ireland’s Office constitute one of the most valuable collections of original source material for research into Ireland in the nineteenth and early twentieth century. Continue reading
Casey, you’re the divil
In the eyes of many he ‘fell from grace’, but he maintained a silent dignity to his grave. Continue reading
O’Donnell’s Autobiography – Book Launch
Nicholas was was a Gaelic scholar and one of the founders of the Celtic Club. Continue reading
