Australia Irish Heritage Association

THE FOURTH TUESDAY BOOK CLUB THE FOURTH TUESDAY BOOK CLUB Meets fourth Tuesday of the month, with exception of December. At 7.30pm Meets fourth Tuesday of the month, with exception of December. At 7.30pm July 26 May 24 ‘Phosphorescence’ by Julia Baird, to be presented by Trish Dooey June 28 TBA to be presented by Cecilia Bray To be confirmed as most members may be out of the state on holidays Aug 23 Venue Irish Club Committee Room, 61 Townshend Road, SubiacoTo be confirmed Venue Admission Free. All welcome. Light refreshments provided. Tea and coffee from the Bar $2 Contact Convener Mary Purcell, m.purcell@telstra.com Irish Club Committee Room, 61 Townshend Road, Subiaco Admission Free. All welcome. Light refreshments provided. Tea and coffee from the Bar $2 Contact BLOOMSDAY - James Joyce Literary CompetitionConvener Mary Purcell, m.purcell@telstra.com presentations Launched in 1995 the annual Mary Durack Memorial Lecture honours the pioneering work in Australia on many fronts by the Durack family and our founding member and first patron Dame Mary Durack AC DBE Australian author and historian, (1913 - 1994). This year’s lecture will be delivered by Patsy Millet, writer, journalist and archivist, daughter of Dame Mary Durack. The Subject is ‘The Irish Partners – Connor and Doherty’. The story of the two men who became the partners in To mark the 100th anniversary of the publication of Ulysses, the AIHA will hold a celebratory event on June 16th , officially known world-wide as Bloomsday, after Leopold Bloom in Ulysses. At the event, the the firm of CD&D – cattle agents and more to the Kimberley. shortlisted entries from our competition will be staged as readings, drama, music and visual presentations Patsy Millet recently published “Inseparable Elements. Dame Mary Durack: A Daughter’s Perspective”, Fremantle Press, by solo or groups. The overall winner will be chosen by popular vote on the night and will2021. A review is included on flyer, available on request receive a cash Venue prize. We thank our adjudicators Frank Murphy and Frances Devlin Irish Club Theatre -Glass Date Sunday 14 August at 3pm. $20/$15 members. Bookings available from July Includes Irish afternoon tea, moderated Q&A segment open to the audience

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Date Thursday June 16 at 7.30pm Venue Irish Club Theatre, 61 Townshend Road, Subiaco (to be confirmed) Admission AIHA members $20, Non-members $25, includes light refreshments Prizes Best Edwardian dressed male or female. Plus special Irish raffle Bookings https://www.trybooking.com/BZAVU

Check our website https://irishheritage.com.au/news-blog/ for a selection of exclusive interviews conducted by committee member Gill Kenny and other articles of note. If you click on the interview with Aine Tyrrell you will arrive at our YouTube channel. Aine is really interesting - victim of domestic violence, successful singer, living in a bus and rearing 3 children. She has great perspectives on life and AIHA Website had a real Irish chat with Gill. Easter Monday Annual Catalpa Commemoration was professionally videod this year. The link will be on our website as soon as available. Check our website https://irishheritage.com.au/news-blog/ for a selection of exclusive interviews conducted by commitWe thank Gill and Patricia Bratton for this new member feature. tee member Gill Kenny and other articles of note. You can view this year’s Easter Monday Annual Catalpa Commemoration which was professionally videod. Check out our Irish Heritage Trail under About/Heritage Trail. It is split into North Members of AIHA receive 4 editions of the Journal each year. Latest edition for March 2022, Vol 31, No 1 is and South of the Swan river. You can identify the location of 18 sites on the maps and by clicking the arrows on the available. We now have a library of 30 years of Journal and are compiling an index of every article title, bottom left of the maps you can read a summary of the relevance and importance of each site. author and subject detail to be made available on our website from May this year. We anticipate almost 2,000 titles in the index. The JOURNAL Contributors can email editor Julie Breathnach-Banwait on journal@irishheritage.com.au Non-members can purchase copies at $10 Members of AIHA receive 4 editions of the Journal each year. We have now compiled an index of over 2,000 articles from 30 years of Association Journals by article title, author, subject and editor. This data has a search feature and will be made available on our website shortly. Contributors can email editor Julie Breathnach-Banwait on journal@irishheritage. Annual Mary Durack lecture to be delivered by Patsy Millet, daughter of Dame Mary Durack, AC DBE Australian author and historian, (1913 - 1994). Date is subject to confirmation by Irish Club in July or Augustcom.au Non-members can purchase copies at $10. Coming Up Planning and Review session Saturday 9 July. We welcome input and ideas Illustrated Talk on Irish Famine Orphan Girls, details being confirmed MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL Due 1 January, 2022

Family membership $65 Concession (Centrelink and unwaged students with ID) $55 Distant (200 kms from Perth) $45 Membership fee includes tax deductible donation of $20 Members enjoy discounted rates to dinners and functions, exclusive events, quarterly Journal, voting rights, and opportunities to participate in activities which promote an awareness of Australia’s Irish Heritage 90-page Journal publication is issued free to members quarterly and available for purchase at $10.