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By Trevor McClaughlin This entry was posted on April 10, 2023 by Trevor McClaughlin, in Australian-Irish history, Belfast Girls, Irish Australian History, News and tagged ‘a working man’s paradise’?, Albert Cyril Ashton, C.G.Wade, Charles Emanuel Cohen, Crime, Earl Grey ship, Julian Windeyer, Maitland Circuit Court, Mary McConell, R. v Tudor, Richard O’Connor, Thomas Ashton, William Knox Child. Bookmark the permalink. (Edit) This is a story about one of the great-grandchildren of the ‘Earl Grey Irish Famine orphans’. … Continue reading →

By Jeff Kildea, first published in John Menadue’s Pearls and Irritations. We thank this site for permission to republish. More than three years after Boris Johnson got Brexit done with his ‘excellent’ and ‘oven-ready’ deal, his second successor Rishi Sunak may have actually baked it, but only after changing the recipe from cake to fudge. But is … Continue reading →

A Family History Feature by Mary Barthelemy This entry was posted on April 10, 2023 by Tintean Editorial Team/fdg, in News and tagged An Abbey Theatre poster by Grace Gifford, Civil War, Easter rising, Grace Gifford Plunkett, Holy Pictures, Irish culture, Irish history, Joseph Plunkett, Kilmainham Gaol murals, Poverty in Ireland in the nascent Free State, The Sydey-based Amour Brothers on tour in Ireland. Bookmark the permalink. (Edit) In my family archival … Continue reading →

By Mae Leonard I was sick that day.   Sick of New York.  I’d had more than enough of the City That Never Sleeps.  But I was really sick in Radio City Music Hall and all its finery was lost on me.    My eyes wouldn’t focus properly and my ears were buzzing.  All I could see … Continue reading →

Irish History Professors in Irish Universities: Brief Lives Series I’m hoping this short series on Irish History Professors will make their achievement more widely known among Australian readers. I’m often disconcerted by how few of my friends and colleagues realize just how talented, professional, diverse and inclusive, Irish historians are. Lately I’ve taken delight in … Continue reading →