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Papers will range from Irish orphan stories, Mary Lee, women in the 1916 Rising and conscription, Irish nuns and identity, chain migration, women in World War 1, through to the 20th century ‘Troubles’ and abortion reform and neonatal deaths. Continue reading
Life was not easy for Jane and Bridget, two of at least fifty famine orphan girls who were gaoled in NSW from the 1850s to 1900. Continue reading
Brexit creeps closer Comment by Sean Farrell ‘When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight it concentrates his mind wonderfully.’ The Brexit Endgame is approaching, with prospects all round ranging from unpalatable to disastrous so Dr Johnson’s remark seems appropriate, certainly in Ireland’s case. Boris Johnson (no relation of Dr Samuel) … Continue reading
Mary Ann McMaster came to Australia under the Earl Grey Scheme. Continue reading
A great-great-grandson remembers an unapologetic rebel and determined reformer Continue reading
He was a monk in a scriptorium
when, tongue out in concentration,
he applied himself to decorative capitals: Continue reading
She decided where her daughter should go to school. She did not tell the child’s father. Continue reading
It is easy today to forget the extreme ways that nineteenth-century British society divided along sectarian lines. Continue reading
Waugh’s brief is not to debate the merits of the current Australian education system but to highlight the significant influence of the Irish National Schools system in colonial times in paving the way for the provision of public education in Australia. Continue reading
The Irish character in Australian literature is often introduced by a piece of dialogue that confirms the character’s origins. Continue reading
