During Easter Week Lucy hid arms, and mobilised Cumann na mBan. In 1916 Lucy was romantically linked with Con Colbert, one of the sixteen executed leaders who called her ‘the nicest girl in Dublin.’ Continue reading
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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
Australian Women’s History Network Conference in 2016.
We invite papers that explore ‘intersections’ in women’s, feminist and gender history from a variety of perspectives, Continue reading
‘Peacekeeper’ by Michael Whelan
The poems were inspired by my tours of duty as a United Nations Peacekeeper with the Irish Defence Forces in South Lebanon and Kosovo. Continue reading
Commemorative Events of the 1916 Easter Rising at the Celtic Club
The Melbourne Celtic Club’s Cultural Heritage Committee is holding a series of commemorative events Continue reading
Féile Bríde 2016
Remembering the women of the 1916 Dublin rising. Continue reading
Celts at the British Museum
The objects presented here give a sense of peering through chinks in remote historical time, gaining privileged glimpses of a little known world. Continue reading
Governor Richard Bourke Commemorated
During the evening the invited guests were informed and entertained by talks on Bourke Continue reading
Wanderings’: an exhibition of artwork and calligraphy by Lynne Muir
Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul.’ 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
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