Memories of a 1950s Irish leftie in St Kilda, Melbourne by Dr Dennis Walker The extraordinary cultural mix of St Kilda inevitably brought together people of radically opposing ideologies. Dr Dennis Walker sheds some light on one aspect of this diversity remembered from his childhood: the Irish immigrant nationalists. My father, Patrick Joseph Walker, was born … Continue reading
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Irish Film Festival
The films in the festival shine a light on contemporary Ireland. Continue reading
Reaching Out To The Irish Diaspora
IXO volunteers in the parish of your ancestors are a friendly face and great source of information and advice; Continue reading
A Slip of a Thing – Book Review
when everyone is poor, cooperation tends to be more common than conflict. Continue reading
Clann MacKenna International Gathering
A two-day International Clann Gathering will be held in the heart of “McKenna Country” – Emyvale, the Barony of Truagh and Monaghan Town to celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising Continue reading
Review of Famine Rock Commemoration
the main emphasis of his address was to the impressive histories of all the Irish diaspora around the world, Continue reading
Walking out of the Fog of Indignant Righteousness
So they locked hands and fled into the depths of night, seeking to put quick distance between them and any who might try to follow, defying the dead weight of the past and the scourge of present anger, with a light drizzle perhaps freshening the route and the light of the moon gleaming in the puddles as they left the familiar night sounds of home, the heavy movement of the cow and calf, the restlessness of sheep. Continue reading
POETRY – Outlaws by Tom Phillips
Homesickness was a wound but our dear children
in time helped us better relate to it all here, Continue reading
Irish Ambassador at Famine Rock Commemoration 2015
His Excellency, the Irish Ambassador to Australia, the Honourable Noel White, will be the guest speaker at this year’s event. Continue reading
Irish Films in BBC First British Festival Australia
Never has Ireland looked so colourful and sunny as it has in this film. Continue reading