It’s Irish Film Festival Time again with seven Australian premieres and in 2021 it’s online. Continue reading
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Poems from Colin Ryan
Ní fhágfaidh mé agat ach focail
lán de bhrí … I’ll only leave you words, full of meaning Continue reading
Balm for the Homesick
Pathways/Cosán This virtual exhibition by visual artist Bernie Joyce explores how the Connemara people and landscape inspired Patrick Pearse as a teacher, writer and leader. Pathways sends the viewer on a journey back in time to when the Celtic Revival was in full swing. This was a period when artists, poets and writers turned their … Continue reading
ISAANZ25 Call for Papers
The 25th Irish Studies in Australia and New Zealand conference (ISANZ25) will be held at Auckland University December 6-8. Continue reading
More of Fr Bob’s Musings
Last month we had an account of Fr Bob Arthure’s cocooning with the good nuns at Glencairn Abbey where he has found a new interest, writing blogs. Here are some of his writings on St Carthage. ST CARTHAGE (MOCHUDA) OF LISMORE Traditional feast day: 14 May; Liturgical feast day (since Vatican II): 15 May … Continue reading
Cocooning – the Irish experience
Future generations will read what we thought about COVID 19 at the time. Continue reading
Holy Cow! Bloomsday’s 2018 Festival
Holy Cow! Bloomsday in Melbourne’s 25th season celebrates women, fertility, the uses and abuses of tradition. Continue reading
Prisoners of Memory
Beside such extreme acts of violence, ordinary life was of course lived ordinarily, decently, by scores of citizens. The vast majority of people wanted no truck with the killing. Continue reading
Irish Film Festival Australia
Comedy, drama, documentary and Irish history, we’ve got something for everyone. Continue reading
The Lake School Of Celtic Music Song And Dance 2017
Learn to play Irish Music! Learn Irish dance steps and Celtic songs!
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