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Tinteán – A Magazine for Irish Australia
Our aim is to provide serious comment and an independent perspective on a wide range of Australian/Irish topics.
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Season’s greetings!
An email from Bethlehem
We are on our way to seek asylum in Egypt Continue reading
Christmas at the Celtic Club
Christmas at the Celtic Club Continue reading
Who are your favourite Irish novelists?
Ok, give me two I should read, Continue reading
Irish Studies Rock Adelaide
The ISAANZ conference circuit is as healthy and vibrant as it is because it is open to those outside academia and enthusiastically followed by family historians, journalists, and those who take a pride in their Irish heritage. Continue reading
The Man Who Won The War
Michael Collins decided the best way was to have an intelligence system of his own, that would be superior to anything the British could do…. Continue reading
No Romance at this 1916 Wedding
‘Oh Grace, just hold me in your arms and let this moment linger…’ Continue reading
Long, Long Thoughts
THE BIRTHING By Maurice Brick On our little farm in Gorta Dubha we had for the most times, seven cows. The cows were well respected. They each had a name and a particular stall in the cowshed. We had Bó Dave which we bought from Dave a’Gabha (blacksmith), Bó Danny we bought from Danny Sheehy … Continue reading
Poetry
The Second Wife from: The Wooing of Etain The poems in this series concentrate on the part of the legend: The Wooing of Etain, where Midir brings Etain, his new wife, home and she meets his first wife, Fuamnach. Consumed with jealousy, Fuamnach conspires against her beautiful rival. She turns her into a pool of … Continue reading
The World of Sebastian Barry
You get to love too his elegant turn of phrase, understatement providing more eloquence than a rattle of words. Continue reading
