Eileen
15th – 18th November 2018
“Tis a great day tonight for the Irish, for the cause we’ve fought for and died. And the time is soon to be when you’ll see Old Ireland free! ‘Tis the land of our love and our pride!”
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National Celtic Festival
- Event Date: 08-06-18 09:00
Held over the Queen’s Birthday long weekend this festival in beautiful Portarlington on the Bellarine Peninsula is considered as Australia’s largest and most diverse celebration of Celtic culture- both traditional and contemporary.
Roundtable: The Famine and Irish Australia
Venue: Council Chamber, Williamstown Town Hall
Date: Sunday 28th October 2018, 5pm (Following the ceremony at the Famine Rock)
MC: Professor Ronan McDonald, the Gerry Higgins Professor Irish Studies at the University of Melbourne
Panel: Professor Elizabeth Malcolm, Associate Professor Dianne Hall, Dr Fidelma Breen and Dr Val Noone
Koroit Irish Festival 2018
- Event Date: 27-04-18 09:00
With events spread across many of the town’s venues, this 3 day festival of music, song and dance occurs in one of Australia’s most complete examples of an early Irish settlement.
Commemoration of the Great Irish Famine
Cuimhneachan Idirnaisiunta An Ghorta Mhoir
International Irish Famine Commemoration, and 20th Annual Melbourne Famine Commemoration
Commemoration of the Great Irish Famine and the arrival of Irish Orphan Girls
Sunday 28th October 2018, 2.30pm-4pm
Kilmore Celtic Festival
- Event Date: 29-06-18 11:20
Held in June. Kilmore – which means “Big Church” owes its name to one of its great entrepreneurs, William Rutledge who was born in Kilmore, Co. Clare, Ireland.
Eureka Commemorations
- Event Date: 03-12-18 09:00
Eureka commemorations and celebrations are based on the Eureka events that occurred in Ballarat around December 3rd 1854.
Beechworth Celtic Festival
- Event Date: 09-11-18 09:00
Centred on the historic Gold Mining town of Beechworth in NE Victoria, this 3-day festival celebrates the culture of our Celtic past, present and future with dance and music, concerts, parades, workshops, theatre and exhibitions.
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