Films, Races, St Pat’s Celebrations, Celtic Connections, A Book Launch & Genealogy Continue reading
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Fintan O’Toole’s Latest – an antipodean perspective
For the marginal outsider like myself, this book explained the geopolitical realignments that occurred so quickly and unexpectedly in Ireland between 1958 and 2018. Continue reading
Irish History Professors in Irish Universities: Brief Lives Series. No. 6. Professor J.A. Murphy
…his greatest contribution as an historian was as a communicator of modern historical research to the wider public…He was much loved across the UCC community for his wit, his outspokeness …and as the great proponent of the historic mission and proper modus operandi of the University as a community of scholars Continue reading
What’s On in April – May 2023
Lots to choose from…. This month’s arts roundup features SBS’s celebration on Irish cinema, recent Irish casting news, Folk Festivals and other dates for your diary. We also feature a save the date for an African and Irish music concert on Saturday 6th May. SBS On Demand have put together a catalogue of Irish Films … Continue reading
Irish Fiddle Music in Nulla Nulla Creek
A musical tradition found along the banks of the winding stream that makes up the Nulla Nulla Creek where my grandfather Billy Kyle lovingly nurtured Irish traditional music so that we too remember and indeed continue to cherish those songs and sounds today. Continue reading
Summer Schools at Koroit and Bungendore
On being first-timers at Lake School, and teaching Irish at Bungendore. Continue reading
What’s On in February or March
Irish events coming up… Continue reading
What’s on in January/March 2023
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
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
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Artful Music with an Irish Pedigree
A new CD from Irish-born Martin Doherty, which sings of random acts of kindness, cameliers of the Australian desert, and disposable factory workers. Continue reading
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