Our aim is to provide serious comment and an independent perspective on a wide range of Australian/Irish topics.
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A conference series which welcomes anyone interested in Ireland, and or Irish Australia. Continue reading
Their productions, which deliver meticulous historical research with narrative force and aesthetic appeal, have been broadcast around the world, Continue reading
Blindness, loss, condemnation, forgiveness and redemption are all knitted seamlessly into the tight uplifting script that deservedly won The Seafarer many awards. Continue reading
The billing of the movie CALVARY as; ‘wickedly funny’ or ‘a black comedy’ is way off the mark for me…This partnership between Gleeson and writer-director John Michael McDonagh is a triumph….Gleeson’s Lavelle is a portrayal of genius proportions…. Continue reading
James Joyce’s Ulysses may be termed ‘modernist,’ but it is such a unique work that it is difficult to categorize, and also very difficult to manipulate. In recent years Bloomsday Melbourne Inc. has edited and reshaped chapters for its quasi-theatrical presentations, but now, to take on the whole of this both internalized and externalized mammoth of a work, so geographically, physically and psychologically capacious, is to attempt something Herculean, including the stables! Continue reading
It seems Sean Heuston led a double life, by day a diligent and trusted employee of the GSWR and by night and on weekends spending his time on military training and quasi military marches in the Dublin hills. Continue reading
News Report by Frances Devlin-Glass A meeting of members was convened on 30 July to discuss the findings of a subcommittee charged with investigating how the Club should operate into the future. Chaired by Maurice Hanrahan, other members of the subcommittee included Veronica O’Sullivan, Francie Collins, Andrew Perry and Brian Shanahan. Their brief was to … Continue reading
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Independent Irish fimmakers Barrie Dowdall & Siobhan Lynam have recently completed a 4-hour documentary series, filmed in Australia, called Convict Women & Orphan Girls which tells the story of the 25,000 convict women, nearly half of them Irish born, who were transported from Ireland to Australia from 1787 to 1853. The series also features the 4,200 … Continue reading
It is a dream come true to perform my music to an Australian audience. Continue reading
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