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Their letters amount to a good deal more than a litany of woes and requests; embedded in some and explicit in others is a deep social critique of the universe they inhabited. Continue reading
Calls for Donations for a new play about WWI by Irish-Australian poet, Meg McNena. Continue reading
A fundraising dinner to be held to create a Ned Kelly Museum at Glenrowan. Continue reading
Holy Cow! Bloomsday in Melbourne’s 25th season celebrates women, fertility, the uses and abuses of tradition. Continue reading
What was Irish about Brian Bourke? Of course, he had the name and the face, a map of Ireland. Continue reading
Meleady makes very clear that he does not accept much of the previous scholarly and political consensus concerning Redmond’s alleged personal and political shortcomings. Continue reading
While the setting and the craic is unmistakably Dublin, the literary tour embraces some Irish writers (Swift, Sterne, Goldsmith, Sheridan) but mostly lashes out at English classics – the revenge of a supremely gifted Irish writer on English letters. Continue reading
The names of the contributors to ‘Signatories’ guarantee material of the highest quality. Continue reading
How many writers are writing in Irish? The answer is surprising…. Continue reading
Thousands of commuters drive over the N4 that winds through the landscape of Contae Liatroma agus Sligeach* every day but I wonder how many take a moment to glimpse the foggy shores of Lough Arbhach and ponder the significance of the landscape. Continue reading
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