My poem was written in English and in Irish, so I needed to find a suitable Irish term for a Dust Devil. Continue reading
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Bloody Sunday: 50 years on
It was a sunny afternoon when 10,000 – 15,000 people joined together to take part in the march. The march began in the housing estate of Creggan and then made its way down the Bogside, which is the largely Catholic area just outside of Derry’s Old City walls. Continue reading
Sunburnt Irish A-Z
The Irish language thriving in Australian soil. Continue reading
‘A very jolly spree’: Irish Contraceptive Laws in the 70s
I have never smuggled anything over borders before or since and I was extremely nervous, but our car was not searched on the way over. The return trip was a different matter. Continue reading
A Brief History of the Irish in Australia
A summary of Irish role in history and literature of Australia, written prior to more recent research and publications in the area. Continue reading
The Irish Civil War
It is difficult to write about it – or, indeed, read about it – without anger, 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
Eureka’s Children
Today it is up to the Australian community to require our governments to deliver long-promised justice and recognition for our indigenous communities. Continue reading
Rubber Justice by Catherine Guinness
‘Let him speak who has seen with his eyes’. Congolese Proverb Continue reading
Linen Hall Library, Belfast
Over the years the Library has become the repository for a vast amount of material relating to the subject and the subsequent Peace Process Continue reading
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