John Boyle O’Reilly was a member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, and was transported to Western Australia.
He escaped to America, and campaigned for the Irish community and culture through his paper Boston’s The Pilot.
Ogham, the mysterious language of the trees
The Origins of the Ogham alphabet are still a mystery for many historians, but it is primarily thought to be an early form of the Irish written Language.

Distance
The world is large when its weary
leagues two loving hearts divide,
But the world is small when your enemy
is loose on the other side.