Address by President of Ireland Michael D Higgins in Boston 5th May 2012 CLICK HERE
See also or facebook page the Drogeda Commemoration  

I stood and watched, my heart so tense
As from the shadows, crawled
A child, so frail in ragged clothes
Some words, she feebly called
I went and knelt beside her there
“What are you crying for”
And put my ear, her words to hear
She cried “An Gorta Mor”.

Comhaltas Western Australia PRESENT A CONCERT
In appreciation of the musical contribution made by
Rob Zielinski (aka Stafford)
An evening of traditional Celtic music 
by some of Perth’s best singers and musicians
At The Irish Club Friday 18th May, 2012 at 7.30pm
Tickets:  $20 (Patrons and performers) $5 children  
Tickets Available at Door

The Australian Irish Heritage Association of Western Australia events:

Sunday 3rd June
Irish Famine Commemoration Irish Club Theatre, 3pm Afternoon
Informative afternoon of song and story on an emigration theme as contribution to Ireland’s National Famine Memorial Day remembering the catastrophic potato famine of 1845 – 1851. This is not a lamentation but a celebration of life!
Gold coin donation for afternoon tea will be donated to the Claddagh Association

Saturday 16th June
Bloomsday Irish Club Theatre, Saturday June 16th, 8pm
Annual celebration of James Joyce’s literary masterpiece Ulysses featuring performed readings by local celebrities and music from Edwardian Era as it happened on June 16, 1904. Includes hot supper and cakes.
Bookings 9367 6026 Tickets $20

The Australian-Irish Heritage Association is an inclusive organisation which encourages and promotes an awareness of Australia's Irish heritage. To this end, the Association creates opportunities for all to learn about, participate in and enjoy this distinctive heritage.

Taoiseach & Tánaiste launched The Gathering Ireland 2013 and asked every community in Ireland to play a part
“The Gathering gives each and every one of us an opportunity to do something positive for our country in our own unique way.”
An Taoiseach, Enda Kenny and Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore have asked every community in Ireland to get involved in The Gathering Ireland 2013, the biggest tourism event ever held in Ireland.

Great Concert with Eric Bogle
at the FLY BY NIGHT FREMANTLE
Eric Bogle woth John Munro: Sat 2 June
Writer of the anti war classics
“And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda” “No Mans Land” and many more
Normally $48
Telephone Richard Collins 0422 914 568

AUSTRALIAN TOUR MAY / JUNE 2012

There can be few more haunting and evocative sounds in all of music than that of the female Celtic folksingers, their voices drifting out of some mystical past and being reborn onstage in the present.  The new album Celtic Divas II currently released by ABC Music is our confirmation.

 

I wanted to share a video that I posted on YouTube a couple of days ago, after finally converting it from Beta tape to DVD. It's a video that was made by my father about Dublin in 1988 for the millennium celebrations. There is more detail in the video description on YouTube. I thought your readers might be interested in some of the footage of Dublin and how much it has changed in a mere 24 years! Perhaps a little something to warm the cockles of all us Irish in these hard times, I thought it might be worth a mention. It has gained near 10,000 hits at the moment. Brian Mooney
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hya7OiFmHs&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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