Irish in Australia Research Updates In the middle of the pandemic we published an article by Trevor McClaughlin, Australia’s foremost authority on the Irish Orphans – see his blog at https://earlgreysfamineorphans.wordpress.com/author/trevo1/. We are reprinting it here below. Of course, at that time, we did not know we were in the ‘middle’ of the pandemic. While … Continue reading
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Raucous, Rambunctious and Riotous
The cast of Love’s Old Sweet Songs was led by the magnificent and maleficent MC, who, in true music hall style got us all wound up and raring to go for the opening of the show musical eisteddfod – a turning point / ‘tuning fork’ in the road in Joyce’s life. Continue reading
ENDA MURRAY AND THE IRISH FILM FESTIVAL AUSTRALIAN CINEMA PROGRAMME
2022 Irish Film Festival programme has landed. Continue reading
Siamsa Tire – Learn Dancing online
…as well as on-demand online classes for people of all ages, starting from age seven. This means that the wealth of tradition at Siamsa Tíre can now be shared with everyone, no matter where they are in Ireland or the world, what age they are, or how much or how little they know about our traditional song, music, and dance. Continue reading
One of a Kind
Sinéad O’Connor is the kind of street kid that the whole world, except America, wants to take in and put in the guest room, and feed up with porridge and potatoes …. Continue reading
New Irish Fiction
Four new new Irish works, reviewed by Frank O’Shea. Continue reading
Shane MacGowan: The Bottle and The Damage Done
MacGowan’s anarchic spirit is well served by Julien Temple, who writes and directs, bringing a lifetime of music filmmaking and a keen sense of place and time. Continue reading
Jack Charlton, ‘A Dictator, But a Nice One’
Jack Charlton, the subject of a new Irish film, showing at the Irish Film Festival. Continue reading
Families in Stress
The opening scenes in Wildfire set a background for this gritty story of pain and difficulty coming to terms with the past. Continue reading
Thin Lizzy, Not Meant to End in 1983
A film featured in the forthcoming Irish Film Festival (online in 2021) about the versatile Phil Lynott. He could sing in so many styles from pop to metal. Continue reading