Dr Dymphna Lonergan is a retired academic from Flinders University (Adelaide, South Australia) with adjunct status. She has continued her ongoing interest in the Irish language and Irish Australia history since retirement. She is a member of the editorial collective for the online Irish Australian magazine Tintean and was part of the editorial group for Irish South Australia: New histories and insights (Wakefield Press, 2019) which included her chapters on 'G.S. Kingston and other pioneers in South Australia' and 'Cultural capital and Irish place names'. Her PhD research on the Irish language in Australia resulted in the book Sounds Irish (2004). In addition, she has published two bilingual short story collections: As Gaeilge (2022) and Scealta Eile (2023) with Immortalise, South Australia.