Ballarat Jumps Festival 20-21 August

Nature of Event:  This weekend event will include some 7 Jump events including the competition between Irish and Australian Irish Jump Jockeys. Katie Walsh, the world’s leading female Jumps Jockey will be featuring in the Grand National Steeplechase on the Sunday. Irish themes and an Irish Band will feature during this Racing Festival. This will be … Continue reading →

Excess of Love? The case of Roger Casement

Excess of Love? The case of Roger Casement

Brian Gillespie talks about his new play, Convicted on a Comma: the Trial of Roger Casement And what if excess of love Bewildered them till they died? So said William Butler Yeats of the leaders of the 1916 Easter rebellion. It is particularly true of Roger Casement. In 1911 Roger Casement knelt before King George V, knighted … Continue reading →

Perth Seminar to commemorate 1916

Perth Seminar to commemorate 1916

Nature of Event: 1916 Centenary Seminar – Visions Past and Present. This is  a two-day weekend seminar featuring local and interstate speakers and more. This is a once-in-a-century programme that will be of compelling interest to everyone with connections to, or interest in the modern Ireland with a view to the future. Featured speakers include Dr. … Continue reading →

Kelly vs Barry

 Nature of Event:  Barry versus Kelly is a dramatic narrative about the trial and execution the famous Irish/Australian outlaw Ned Kelly, and his haunting of Judge Barry, the judge who sentenced him, with the words – ‘I will see you where I go.’ Set inside the freezing walls of the Melbourne goal, the play and music … Continue reading →