Ireland and Australia

The Irish Passport

Society & Culture

4.8 • 652 Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2020

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Ireland shares a fascinating history with the Australian continent – by the 19th century, in fact, about 25% of settlers in Australia were Irish-born. In this episode, we speak to Victoria University’s Diane Hall about the history of the Irish in Australia, Tim meets two generations of Irish Australians who explain what their unique identity means to them, and Naomi explores some of the major issues facing the Irish in Australia today. If you liked this episode, why not give us a rating on whatever podcast app you use – It makes all the difference to us! If you want more bonus content from the Irish Passport Podcast, you can become a Patreon supporter today and gain instant access to our archive of Halfpint episodes. Just head over to www.patreon.com/theirishpassport The music featured in this episode is “Remember Love” by Lobo Loco.

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0:00.0	Hello, welcome to Irish Passport.
0:02.3	Let's do it.
0:03.1	Welcome to the Irish Passport.
0:04.8	I'm Tim McInerney.
0:06.0	I'm Naomi O'Leary.
0:07.0	We're friends.
0:07.7	Can you both to Naomi?
0:08.5	Anwar Fat, Tim.
0:09.9	This is your passport to Irish culture, history and politics.
0:13.2	Uh-huh.
0:13.5	I'm recording.
0:14.2	One, two, two, three.
0:16.6	Okay.
0:16.8	Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Hello, Hello everyone.
0:58.9	Hello and welcome back listeners.
1:01.0	It's a special Australia-themed episode of the Irish Passport podcast.
1:05.2	Ireland and Australia, of course, even though they're on opposite sides of the world,
1:09.1	have a long and illustrious history together
1:11.2	going back centuries. And we want to give a special thanks here to listener Claire Murphy,
1:15.5	who kindly sponsored this episode and has been patiently waiting until we got right into it.
1:20.0	Thanks so much, Claire. Yes, absolutely. Thanks, Claire. And by the way, you guys, if you're
1:24.2	interested in more about Ireland and Australia, you can check out Claire Murphy's
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