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When Irish Eyes Weren’t Smiling: The Hidden Slave Past

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When Irish Eyes Weren’t Smiling: The Hidden Slave Past
Enlist the kids in making decorations, or even leprechaun traps on the night before the holiday. FamVeld/Shutterstock
Nicole James
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St Patrick’s Day fills March 17 with a luminous swirl of emerald nostalgia. It’s an annual pageant where Australia once joyfully dipped its toes into a faux-Irish reverie.

Parades glittered, premiers sank into the revelry at the Mercantile at the Rocks, sipping Green Guinness, grinning beneath hats of shamrock hue.

Nicole James
Nicole James
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Nicole James is a freelance journalist for The Epoch Times based in Australia. She is an award-winning short story writer, journalist, columnist, and editor. Her work has appeared in newspapers including The Sydney Morning Herald, Sun-Herald, The Australian, the Sunday Times, and the Sunday Telegraph. She holds a BA Communications majoring in journalism and two post graduate degrees, one in creative writing.