Irish gatherings in antiquity that have survived into modern times, and their ritual functions. Continue reading
Tagged with Irish history …
Thomas Meagher, Constitutionalist Father of a Revolutionary
It says something about our collective love of celebrity, chaos and flashy headlines that the subtitle of this book is the ‘Forgotten father, of Thomas Francis Meagher’…There is no doubt however, that the life and times of the father are a history worth telling… Continue reading
1 in 7 babies born in Ireland’s baby homes died.
Missing Persons offers an important counternarrative to the unsatisfactory official histories perpetuated by the various inquiries into institutional abuse. The Commission of Investigation is just the latest iteration. Its significance, however, does not lie Continue reading
Riverdance: 30 Years of Irish Dance on the world’s stages
Riverdance changed global perceptions of Irish dance. Continue reading
New Sexual and Gender Scripts
Women are the powerhouse of The Wren, the Wren and demonstrably and progressively make meaning and lives independent of men Continue reading
For Irish and Irish-Australian Film Buffs…
A feast of Irish film available in Sydney, but also online around Australia. A roundup from Enda Murray and team. Continue reading
What’s On in June and beyond…
A Miscellany: Plays, Bloomsday, Christmas in July, Lughnasa Bacon and Cabbage, Talks, Music, singing, Dancing Continue reading
The Belfast Good Friday Agreement – a model for Palestine?
The problems of Palestine and Northern Ireland share a common origin in the decline of the British empire after the First World War. In the early 1920s the British imposed half-baked solutions on both Continue reading
New Irish Non-Fiction
Books on Alan Joyce, cocaine purveyors…. Continue reading
What’s On in May and June
Music, dancing, classes, seminar paper, festivals…. Continue reading
