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Merry Christmas to everybody.It’s been a great year for me but I’m thinking of the people who are doing it tough, as getting through the day last year was a struggle.If you’re stuck on your own or…Continue
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What began as a routine move between three familiar Brisbane venues became an unexpected evening of Scottish history, humour and reflection. In a brewery built on conversation, chance encounters and passing travellers, a performance by Bruce Fummey offered a reminder that questions of identity, migration and belonging are often closer to home…
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By Tim Flynn
Years after leaving Afghanistan and settling in Alice Springs, Tim Flynn rented a copy of the acclaimed documentary Restrepo. Only as the credits rolled did he realise that one of its creators, Tim Hetherington, was the same fellow altar boy from Southport's St Marie's Church who had…
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Today, more than 4,400 people remain buried beneath Suncorp Stadium. Among them are founders, sheriffs, surveyors, diplomats, merchants, migrants, children, and some of the most influential figures in colonial Queensland.
By Tim Flynn
Like many Brisbane residents, I assumed the old Paddington Cemetery was…
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Ireland, Canada, and the Netherlands have demonstrated that randomly selected citizens can tackle some of society's most divisive policy questions with surprising success. As political polarization deepens across the democratic world, Australia and the United States may have much to learn from this emerging model of deliberative…
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Hi, Tim.
Just wanted to extend a bit of a belated welcome here to The Wild Geese. Hope you've had the opportunity to look around the site to see what's on offer. Of course, there is even more to come. It's a great little burgeoning community with loads of interesting folks enjoying the discussion of all-things-Irish.
Hope to hear more about your own Irish connections here in the days ahead.
Thanks, Tim ... and welcome aboard!
~ Ryan
Theo:
Anything like that happen in Perth, or other cities. Where is the largest enclave of IRISH IN AUSTRALIA? Up here New York and Boston get a lot of ink but Chicago and Philly (counties around) have the most.Irish.
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