In addition to the Irish Outreach Coalition members (O'Shea Irish Dance, Center for Irish Music, Irish Music and Dance Association, and Irish Fair of Minnesota) with whom we create educational and entertaining outreach programming, the Celtic Junction Arts Center has valuable partnerships with organizations locally and internationally based.
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Aonach Mhacha: Irish cultural center in Armagh
We are developing a partnership with our sister-cultural center in Armagh, Ireland. Watch for special opportunities ahead with Aonach Mhaca Director RĂ©amonn Ă“ CiarĂ¡in like his recent Irish language article published in the Celtic Junction Arts Review titled, "Anishinabe: Reframing the past, reclaiming the future".Â
Aonach Mhacha is a collaborative social enterprise that set out to build and manage a cultural center in the historic heart of Armagh City in 2008. Read about their journey to build and open this center here.
National University of Ireland Maynooth
Gael Linn is a non-political, non-governmental foundation, established in 1953. Its main aim is to foster and promote the Irish language and its heritage throughout Ireland as a living language and as a source of identity. Gael Linn offices are located in Dublin and Armagh.
The Celtic Junction Arts Center is Gael Linn's first Irish language satellite program in North America.
 Minnesota Scottish Fair & Highland Games
In 2021 and 2022, CJAC sponsored and co-produced fundraising events at The Celtic Junction to support the Scottish Fair in returning to their usual location which was interrupted due to the Pandemic.
The Minnesota Scottish Fair & Highland Games (MSFHG) is a 501(c)3 organized exclusively for charitable and educational purposes, to promote and preserve Scottish traditions, and heritage through education, competitions, and public display, with a goal to establish and maintain a Scottish Cultural Center.
 University of St. Thomas and O'Shaughnessy Library
New Hibernia Review
The New Hibernia Review is a multidisciplinary journal of Irish Studies that presents plainly argued scholarship on all aspects of Irish civilization. The journal is published quarterly by the Center for Irish Studies at the University of St. Thomas, Minnesota.
St. David's Society
of Minnesota
Sgwrs Cymraeg, Welsh Conversation
Any learners or would-be learners are welcome to any or all of these classes. ALL classes held via Zoom on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays from 10:30am - 12:30pm. Contact conversation facilitator: Laurel Bradshaw, llawryf@yahoo.com for Zoom link.
Visit the St. David's Society website to see what else is happening!