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Anyone who has dabbled in researching Famine Orphan girls will recognise the vast amount of work and skill involved in this collection of histories. Continue reading
This outstanding book about the Northern Ireland Troubles takes its title from Seamus Heaney’s poem about the place where he grew up. Continue reading
Fr Des was known by everyone where I grew up. He was held in awe, affection and with a small dose of apprehension by most. Continue reading
Snippets from the papers: Niall Toibin, Fr Des, Orwell Prize Winners, the royals, and more…. Continue reading
An Irish Australian Book Festival at Celtic at Metro Continue reading
Economic Impact of Brexit on the UK and Ireland by Brian M. Deane Introduction The result of the referendum in 2016 indicated that the British people decided, 52 to 48 percent, to leave the European Union (EU). However, the economic consequences of leaving were, not at that time or since, made clear. Indeed, one … Continue reading
Famine Orphan Girls memorial at Williamstown – 21 years on. Continue reading
Named for the original builders, it is a public acknowledgement of the part played by the Irish in early Perth Continue reading
Porridge, RTE, the Travellers … Continue reading
Poetry by David Harris Bubble All those questions.The woman is nice enoughBut she asks me questions.Couldn’t answer one. Here’s another–‘Do you know where you are?’At last, success.‘Of course I know.’‘I’m here.’ Not ‘In the clinic…’ or ‘In the ambulance…’but ‘here’.Beautiful in simplicityand truth. ‘Here’. It follows me, surrounds me,I am in an ever-present wrapping of‘here’. … Continue reading
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