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Article: Irish-Australian attitudes.(Australia)
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- Quadrant
- Article date:
- November 1, 2004
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LIKE ONE OF THOSE planetary alignments that occur from time to time, this year occasions the commemoration of four key dates in the Irish-Australian mental landscape: two events in Australian history, and one in Irish literary culture that also has apparent significance in this country. There is a fourth anniversary that for me is the most important of them all, though as far as I know no one else is aware of its existence, at least not in official Irish-Australian
academic and cultural circles. In any case, this fourth event would sit somewhat awkwardly with the Ireland of the mind that Irish-Australians, and Australians in general, seem to prefer.
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