Irish Film Festival – Online in 2020

6TH ANNUAL IRISH FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES FULL PROGRAM  The popular annual Irish Film Festival returns from 19 – 29 November with its biggest line-up ever. Moved online this year due to COVID-19 restrictions, cinephiles all over Australia can now catch the best new Irish cinema releases without leaving their homes. The online festival program is packed … Continue reading →

Restoration of Images of the Founders

Restoration of Images of the Founders

A Report by Peter Gavin The Celtic Club Melbourne was successful in securing a grant under the Emigrant Support Programme to restore the Club’s founders’ picture and create a digital copy and a smaller print copy.  This magnificent and invaluable collage painting is a historical document featuring the Club’s initial purpose in supporting Home Rule, … Continue reading →

Elegy for the Corncrake by Michael Boyle

Elegy for the Corncrake by Michael Boyle

An Elegy for the Corncrake (On September 26 2020 local bird watcher Jared Clarke saw a corncrake on the South- east coast of Newfoundland.) Crek craik, crek craik crek craikNear noon on that Saturday mornon the boggy bake apple barrensflushed out by the spottersat a droke close Cape Race.You were only just a couple hours … Continue reading →