Former Aisling president Dr Jeff Kildea, who holds the Keith Cameron Chair of Australian History at University College Dublin for 2014, gave the Anzac Day address in Dublin at the dawn service at Grangegorman Military Cemetery, where seven Australian and three New Zealand soldiers of the First World War are buried. For his report on Anzac Day in Dublin 2014 go to jeffkildea.com.

On Wednesday 1 May 2013 at 6.30pm Dr Jeff Kildea, adjunct senior lecturer at the Global Irish Studies Centre at UNSW, will be giving an Anzac Day address at Parliament House, Sydney on “Irish Anzacs: the contribution of the Australian Irish to the Anzac tradition”. If you would like to attend just let the Irish consulate know for catering purposes: (02) 92649635 or by using the consulate’s online contact form.