Celebrate the rich and enduring culture of the Irish in this stirring concert event. Continue reading
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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
The Significance Of 1916 by Garret Fitzgerald
the final end of the Irish nation was at hand, unless they acted dramatically to call back the nation’s soul from the very shadow of death. Continue reading
The Maximalist by Matt Cooper
Tony O’Reilly was the tallest of Irish tall poppies, an easy target for the begrudgers, but the author makes a strong case for Tony O’Reilly, the modern Irish patriot. Continue reading
Féile Bríde 2016
Remembering the women of the 1916 Dublin rising. Continue reading
John Ford, Ireland 1916 Easter Rising Film Night
International film historian Charles Barr charts a pivotal moment in Ireland’s Independence, Continue reading
Death or Liberty – an Australian/Irish documentary
‘Death or liberty, and a ship to take us home’ was the catch cry of the largely Irish convicts ——- who staged the Castle Hill rebellion in NSW in 1804: Continue reading
Globalising the Rising: 1916 in context
the 1916 Rising was watched closely by radicals and aspirant revolutionaries as far away as India and Russia 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
