Posts Tagged ‘History’
Screening and Discussion: “Stories I Didn’t Know”
A search for her Irish ancestors leads a woman down an unexpected path to a family secret about a sacred piece of land. Rita Davern exposes an ugly reality at…
More >Into the Woods: Irish Music and Dance in Logging Era Minnesota
Franz Rickaby, one of only a handful of folk song collectors to work in Minnesota, wrote in the 1920s that “in the logging camp the hegemony in song belonged to…
More >MOVIE: The Magdalene Sisters
The year is 1964, three teenage women are forced by their families and caretakers to live and work in one of the many homes for “fallen women” run by individual…
More >Irish Studies Round Table
The discussion theme will be the Easter Rising 1916. All are welcome to join! We will meet in the education classroom across from the McKiernan Library. Jane Kennedy and Patrick O’Donnell…
More >The Stories They Tell: Ireland’s Famine Museums
Free. In-person. The Stories They Tell: Ireland’s famine museums – in Dublin and Strokestown – are compelling stops for visitors. This class will spotlight the museums’ histories with photos and…
More >Dan Gleeson Gallery Opening
An immigrant’s relationship with a city is a two-way process that inevitably changes both the newcomer and the new home itself. The beautiful architectural renderings of Irish-born architect Dan Gleeson…
More >Film: Gael Linn at 70
70 Years of Innovation in Language and Cultural Revitalization “Gael Linn ag 70,” a commemorative program of music and song to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Irish language organization.…
More >Irish Studies Round Table
Irish Studies Round Table is a new discussion forum for a broad spectrum of topics related to Irish culture. Any general interest in Irish culture is sufficient. It is hosted…
More >Book Discussion: James Plunkett’s “Strumpet City”
Join Steve Griffith for a three-night discussion of James Plunkett’s 1969 masterpiece, Strumpet City. Although a work of fiction, the story is based on the real-life Dublin worker’s lockout of 1913.…
More >Irish Studies Round Table
Irish Studies Round Table is a new discussion forum for a broad spectrum of topics related to Irish culture. Any general interest in Irish culture is sufficient. It is hosted…
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