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The Irish Experience in Australia
Thomas Keneally is widely-recognized for a wide body of work of a historical and political nature, including The Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith, which explores differences between the white and Aboriginal cultures. Confederates examined the consequences of the American Civil War on a group of individuals; Schindler's List looks at the Holocaust. And in To Asmara he focused on the … [Read more...] about The Irish Experience in Australia
Women in Irish Traditional Music
By P.J. Curtis July August 1992
In a small, dimly lit pub in a West Clare village, a group of attentive listeners gather around an elderly woman seated in a corner. The year is 1958 and some of the people gathered have travelled from as far away as Dublin City to sit in the presence of one Mrs. Crotty, who sits smiling but unmoving; except for her nimble fingers, which dance effortlessly across the keys of a … [Read more...] about Women in Irish Traditional Music
