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the final end of the Irish nation was at hand, unless they acted dramatically to call back the nation’s soul from the very shadow of death. Continue reading
A FEATURE by Roslyn Hames The Lake School of Celtic Music, Song and Dance is an annual camp held during the first week of January (2-7 Jan.) across tiny Koroit, a historical town of many Irish connections on the south-west coast of Victoria. The event offers a high level of tuition in the building blocks … Continue reading
your arms around me as in my life’s first hours; Continue reading
Fanning is quick to point out that Dev ‘remains the most divisive figure in the history of modern Ireland’ (p 1). Fanning considers de Valera’s ‘culpability for the Irish Civil War…irrefutable’. Continue reading
Several of his fellow officers suspected that Bowen-Colthurst was insane, but action to control him was only taken at the instigation of a Major Vane, who arrived in the barracks shortly after the killings and was horrified to discover what had happened. Continue reading
Tony O’Reilly was the tallest of Irish tall poppies, an easy target for the begrudgers, but the author makes a strong case for Tony O’Reilly, the modern Irish patriot. Continue reading
‘Brooklyn’ is a gentle film which takes you on an anguishing journey through the everyday. Eilis loves the Irish life and culture she left, and learns to love the one she takes on, and faces very tough choices. Continue reading
Eugene O’Rourke, prominent for years in many Irish groups in Melbourne, was on Australia Day the recipient of a Medal in the Order of Australia for services to ethnic radio. Eugene has broadcast the Irish programme on 3ZZZ since 1975, and is devoted to spreading his expertise in radio by training many other presenters. He has chaired … Continue reading
RTE has internally selected former Westlife member, Nicky Byrne, who has co-written the Irish entry, ‘Sunlight’. Continue reading
Remembering the women of the 1916 Dublin rising. Continue reading
