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When I heard the cry ‘where’s Paddy gone?’, it started me thinking about my own childhood in South Purrumbete Continue reading
Her restlessness, watching evening steam
rise from a thread of river to sift the pine
and fir on sweatered hillsides Continue reading
The Irish Government has launched anonymous online Global Irish Surveys in order to inform its next Diaspora Strategy. IrishCentral Staff republished with permission Jul 07, 2025 Ireland’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) has launched Global Irish Surveys as part of a consultation process to inform the Irish Government’s new Diaspora Strategy. With Ireland’s current Diaspora … Continue reading
I had longed with all of my heart to be one of the girls taking the Leaving Certificate, exchanging ideas with the nuns, listening, considering, and being part of Paradise Lost or Paradise Regained. But that was not to be. Continue reading
Eimear McBride’s The City Changes Its Face is an ambitious, no-holds- barred, literary novel that tackles difficult and confronting social and personal issues Continue reading
Go see the movie for the breathtaking landscape and the solid acting of Gabriel Byrne and the young stars Anne Skelly, Fionn O’Shea, and Ferdia Walshe Peelo, Continue reading
Swinging on the front gate with my brother for mother to arrive home with the fruit we only saw once a year: coconuts and pomegranates. My brothers attacking the coconuts with a hammer and chisel. Me, the youngest, given the first taste of the milky juice. Continue reading
Bacon and Cabbage Night at Comhaltas, Celtic Club events, Irish Movies, Irish Language classes in Brisbane, Bush Dance, Ulysses class and more…. Continue reading
In reviewing this important book about Irish who have migrated to Australia since 1945, I have two messages. Firstly, Patricia O’Connor and Fidelma McCorry have broken new ground with a solid and stimulating book. Continue reading
No, it was not the gold discovery that brought me out. In Corrigeen, Barony of Kilmarney, where I lived, seventeen houses were burnt in one day by way of eviction. I at once made up my mind to be under Parker, our landlord, no longer, and I came out here. Continue reading
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