The Australian Irish community in Sydney celebrated the St Brigid’s Day Festival this year with readings, music performances and poetry on the saint’s day (1 February), followed the next day by an all-day seminar showcasing the historical and cultural contribution of Irish-Australian women in shaping modern Australia. By Jeff Kildea The Aisling 20/20 Vision seminar … Read more
BY TONY CANAVAN Oireachtas 1919–2019 goes on-line The Oireachtas Library and Research Service recently launched an on-line ‘Bibliography of Parliament 1919–2019’. The bibliography aims to be an authoritative but not exhaustive list of works relevant to the first 100 years of parliamentary self-government in Ireland. It was commissioned as part of the Houses of the … Read more
BY AODHÁN CREALEY MARCH 18/1957 The trial of Antrim-born Dr John Bodkin Adams on a charge of murdering Edith Morell, one of his elderly patients, opened at the Old Bailey. A lifelong bachelor, Adams was for many years a popular and familiar figure driving around the more affluent areas of Eastbourne, East Sussex, in his … Read more
On the occasion of the 250th anniversary of the Trinity College Historical Society (‘the Hist’). By Ian Ashe The Hist’s 250th anniversary in March 2020 is an apt occasion to mark the strong connection to Thomas D’Arcy McGee, who pleaded: ‘Am I remembered in Erin, I charge you, speak me true? Has my name a … Read more