one imagines that, as with all oral story-tellers, the verse tethers memory to the story’s emotional highs and lows. Continue reading
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Once Upon a Barstool
What a rarity it is to be seduced by the sound of the human voice and the beauty and rhythm of the spoken word: Continue reading
27 Reasons You Should Move To Live In Ireland Right Now
With Irish people starting to think about moving home and plenty more thinking about moving here for work, we thought we’d give them a little nudge along…
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‘Bendigo And District–The Irish Contribution’
Bendigo and district have a powerful and dynamic history Continue reading
The Famine Rock Commemoration 2014
I found the common reaction was one of a deep and sincere appreciation of the civility and gravity of the prevailing atmosphere of this gathering. Continue reading
Focus on Irish-Australian history
unraveling the gritty, dirty and sometimes uncomfortable side we don’t usually hear much about Continue reading
Leaving Dublin begins a new life in print
A crowd-funding enterprise to put into permanent form David Monahan’s photographic study of post-Celtic-Tiger migrants. Continue reading
Is it or isn’t it? Only statisticians know for sure.
Ireland tentatively emerging from its long slump, .. is being cited as the great exemplar of the virtues of austerity. Continue reading
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