By the Numbers:

Total number of records in Online Library Catalog to date: 6790

• Books: 5172
• Commercial Audio Recordings on CD: 1061
• Commercial Audio Recordings (other formats): 462
• DVDs: 95

Total number of records in Online Archives Catalog to date: 207

Total number of records in Online Photo Catalog to date: 232

Newly Published Online Content:

Henry’s Books kids video book review of the book The Comical Celtic Cat

Twin City Irish American Club article in Celtic Junction Arts Review 

Records added to our Online Catalog during this period:

• Books: 159
• LPs: 140
• DVDs: 35
• Archival Items: 1

New Acquisitions: Archival Items

Adding to the Eoin McKiernan Papers: Dr. Eoin McKiernan’s daughter Grania McKiernan brought in two large boxes of Dr. McKiernan’s papers, photos, awards, press clippings and items relating to the Irish American Cultural Institute. These include many fascinating one-of-a-kind items such as a set of 8×10 photos of Dr. McKiernan with Princess Grace and personal correspondence between Dr. McKiernan and legendary Irish dramatist Brian Friel.

Michael Sullivan Family Photos: Colleen Gegen allowed us to digitize and add to our collection two dozen photos of her Sullivan family members including many of her great grandfather, immigrant fiddle player Michael Sullivan (1881-1954) and his family. She also contributed photos of her grandfather, one time St. Paul city prosecutor James Sullivan (1894-1969).

Three New Oral History Recordings on Video: We completed three new video oral history interviews with community members Dan Gleason, Con Sullivan and Deb Martin.

New Acquisitions: Library Items

Books Purchased by Celtic Junction Arts Center:

• Buckley, Celina. Salmon of Knowledge
• Colfer, Eoin. Cloud Babies: Sometimes All We Need to Do is Look Up
• Collins, Méabh. Freya Harte is Not a Puzzle
• Treacy, Carol Ann. Barney Goose: A Wild Atlantic Way Adventure
• O’Brien, Gráinne. Limerick Fairytale
• Hearne, John. Very Dangerous Sisters of Indigo McCloud
• Goscinny, René. Asterix. Albums 1-5
• Saumande, Juliette. My little album of Ireland: an English/Irish wordbook
• Cullen, Catherine Ann. The song of Brigid’s cloak
• Donnelly, Paddy. The Vanishing Lake
• Holawaty, Lauren. Peppa Goes to Ireland
• Forde, Patricia. Fidget the Wonder Dog
• Priddy, Roger. Focail : leabhar cairtchláir ildaite
• Feeney, Tatyana. Mo chuid Amhráin Ghaeilge / My Irish Songs
• Feeney, Tatyana. Mo chuid Amhráin Ghaeilge 2/ My Irish Songs 2
• Feeney, Tatyana. Mo chéad Rainn Ghaeilge/My First Irish Nursery Rhymes
• Mac Liam, Risteard. Fuaimeanna na Farraige: Sounds of the Sea
• Webb, Sarah. Blazing a Trail: Irish Women Who Changed the World
• Magan, Manchán. Wolf-Men and Water Hounds: The Myths, Monsters and Magic of Ireland
• Ryan, Ellen. Girls Who Slay Monsters: Daring Tales of Ireland’s Forgotten Goddesses
• Ryan, Ellen. Gods Don’t Cry: Unsung Stories of Ireland’s Forgotten Immortals
• Billings, Mathieu W. Irish in Illinois
• Massy, Eithne. Turning of the Year: Lore and Legends of the Irish Seasons
• Wilde, Lady. Legends, Charms and Superstitions of Ireland
• De Barra, Caoimhín. Gaeilge: A Radical Revolution
• Mac Coitir, Nial. Ireland’s Wild Plants: Myths, Legends and Folklore
• Hageneder, Fred. The Living Wisdom of Trees
• Wohlleben, Peter. Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How they Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World
• Adams, Max. Wisdom of Trees
• Ní Bhrolcháin, Muireann. Introduction to Early Irish Literature
• Bunbury, Turtle. Ireland’s Forgotten Past: A History of the Overlooked & Disremembered
• Carlin, Bob. The Birth of the Banjo: Joel Walker Sweeney and Early Minstrelsy
• Linn, Katen. That Half-Barbaric Twang: The Banjo in American Popular Culture
• Lott, Eric. Love and Theft: Blackface Minstrelsy and the American Working Class
• Scott, Harold. The early doors: origins of the music hall
• Baker, Richard Anthony. British Music Hall: An Illustrated History
• Gaddy, Kristina R. Well of Souls: Uncovering the Banjo’s Hidden History
• Hirschman, Elizabeth. Two Continents, One Culture: The Scotch-Irish in Southern Appalachia
• Scott, Michael. Legends and Lore: Ireland’s Folk Tales
• Devlin, Zoë. The Wildflowers of Ireland: A Field Guide
• Simon, Francesca. Horrid Henry: A Yucky Year
• de Valera, Sinéad. The Enchanted Lake: Classic Irish Fairy Tales
• Olcott, Rita. Song In His Heart
• Haverty, Anne. Constance Markievicz : Irish Revolutionary
• O’Connor, Sinéad. Rememberings
• Burke, John and Fatti. Mary Robinson: A Voice for Fairness

Alyssa Cotton: Celtic tales: fairy tales and stories of enchantment from Ireland, Scotland, Brittany, and Wales

Bob Ford: Two books by Fiona Ritchie: The NPR Curious Listener’s Guide to Celtic Music and Wayfaring Strangers: The Musical Voyage from Scotland and Ulster to Appalachia

Deb Martin: second copies of popular graphic novels Wolf Walkers, Song of the Sea, and The Secret of Kells

Anne Kane: 10 books on Celtic spirituality

Carol Walsh: Hicks, John Donald. The political career of Ignatius Donnelly

Denis Skrade: Commissioners of National Education in Ireland. Reading Book for the use of female schools

Prof. Greg Koos: 10 books on aspects of Irish and Irish-American history

John Dingley: 3 books on Minnesota history

Gordon Barr: Gilfillan, George ed. The national Burns, including the airs of all the songs and an original life of Burns by the editor.

Michael McGrath: The Irish Americans and A Dictionary of Irish mythology

Natalie O’Shea: Cullinane, John. Aspects of the history of the world Irish dancing championships 1970-2015, Oireachtas Rince na Cruinne

Pat O’Neill: O’Neill, Pat. From the bottom up : the story of the Irish in Kansas City

Patty Rau: 23 books on Celtic lettering and decorative arts

Ross Sutter: 3 books including two on St. Paul history

Tim Scanlan: O’Toole, Fintan. We Don’t Know Ourselves : A Personal History of Modern Ireland

The Estate of Patrick Golden: 15 books on Irish music

The Estate of Robin Sinclair: 2 large boxes of books on Scottish topics