Grace Gifford: Just Ephemera? A new discovery in Sydney

Grace Gifford: Just Ephemera? A new discovery in Sydney

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 →

What’s Coming up in February 2024

Brigidfest 24 in Melbourne Please don’t delay booking for Brigidfest, the hottest ticket in the Irish-Australian calendar (seats have sold out for some years). The good news is that we’re back at Batman’s Hill on Collins, our generous hosts at the western end of Collins, right opposite Southern Cross (and very handy for our regional … Continue reading →

A Blacksmith From Limerick in New York

A Blacksmith From Limerick in New York

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 →

Professor J C Beckett

Professor J C Beckett

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 →

Tá an Nollaig Buailte Linn: Christmas is upon us

Tinteán wishes all our readers Nollaig agus Athbhliain faoi mhaise Happy Christmas and New Year. A big thank you to all of our contributors this year and to our retiring editor Trevor McClaughlin. Beimid ar ais! We will be back in February 2024. And we wish to thank retiring editor, Trevor McClaughlin, historian and genealogist … Continue reading →

Eamonn Wall: transatlantic poet part two

Eamonn Wall: transatlantic poet part two

Much commemorated in literature and music, the 1798 legend lives on in the town because the geography and townscape have changed little. Wall walks the same trails meandering alongside the Slaney. That is his Enniscorthy, a place of enduring pain, and ancient prayer represented here by his poem, ‘Night Heron’ Continue reading →