We are very grateful to the Australian Embassy in Ireland for hosting an event for the West Cork History Festival in Dublin on Wednesday 26 June.

Professor Dianne Hall of Victoria University, Melbourne, the leading historian of the Irish in Australia, was in conversation with Victoria Kingston, co-founder of the Festival. They discussed Professor Hall's most recent book A New History of the Irish in Australia written with Professor Elizabeth Malcolm (2019) and many of the fascinating strands and stories it draws out. Diaspora is one of the key themes of the 2024 West Cork History Festival in August.

His Excellency Ambassador Gary Gray introducing the event at the Australian Embassy

Professor Dianne Hall and Victoria Kingston listening to a question from the audience