Today marks 150 years of one of the most daring episodes in Irish history. The #CatalpaRescue of 6 #Fenian #politicalprisoners from Fremantle Prison to the US was a major political coup for the cause of Irish freedom. #IrishAustralia #Catalpa #SpéirGhorm hintadupfing.blogspot.com/2026/04/a-vo...

“A Voice from the Tomb”: The C...
“A Voice from the Tomb”: The Catalpa Rescue at 150

April 17-19, 2026, marks 150 years of one of the most daring episodes in Irish revolutionary history – the Catalpa Rescue. In a meticulously...

Our first #IrishStudies Seminar of the new semester will be by Anna Johnston (Queensland) on '“Songs of an Exile”: Sentiment and Violence in Eliza Hamilton Dunlop’s Irish and Australian Elegies, 1838-63'. Mon 18/9 at 4.30.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/irish-studies-seminars-anna-johnston-tickets-715868119817 #IrishAustralia #IrishLiterature
Irish Studies Seminars: Anna Johnston

Prof Anna Johnston: ‘“Songs of an Exile”: Sentiment and Violence in Eliza Hamilton Dunlop’s Irish and Australian Elegies 1838-63'

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The wonderful Val Noone gives an Irish walking tour of #Melbourne General Cemetery https://isaanz.org/2023/07/16/tour-of-melbourne-general-cemetery/ #IrishAustralia
Tour of Melbourne General Cemetery

15 July 2023. At the Melbourne General Cemetery, a few members of the Celtic Club had the pleasure of touring Melbourne with historian, Val Noone. This event was pioneered by Prof. Ronan McDonald a…

St Mary's Newman Academic Centre in #Melbourne has advertised the 2024 O'Donnell Fellowship in #IrishStudies for Jan/Feb 2024. Details at https://www.snac.unimelb.edu.au/odonnell-fellowship/ #IrishAustralia
O’Donnell Fellowship

St Mary's Newman Academic Centre