Posts Tagged ‘History’
Lecture – Despair in the Heartland
$10 Jane Kennedy tell the story of the Connemaras of Graceville. Featuring original research, this substantive talk will present an account of how Connemara emigrants from Ireland’s western seaboard suffered through and survived one of Minnesota’s harshest winters in 1880. This event is part of the Irish Arts Week.
More >New Hibernia Review Panel & Discussion
Free. Discussion of the New Hibernia Review, its history and importance and significance as the quarterly journal created by the University of St. Thomas’s Center for Irish Studies since the 1990s led by David Gardiner, the new Director of the Center. A discussion of one or more recent articles follows. This journal is the cornerstone…
More >Leacht le Brian Ó Conchubair / Lecture with Brian Ó Conchubair
This will be a fascinating look at Douglas Hyde’s travels in America in 1905/1906 during which he raised funds and awareness for the revival of the Irish language.
More >Leacht le Dáithí Sproule / Lecture with Daithi Sproule
Dáithí Sproule explains the connection music groups Skara Brae and Altan have with Irish music and the Gaeltacht.
More >Free Colloquium: A lecture by Irish musician and author Fintan Vallely
Join Irish musician, writer and researcher Fintan Vallely for an illustrated talk exploring the history of the popular Irish drum, the bodhrán, and how it came to join Irish dance as a percussive element in Irish music.
More >What Is Democracy? Film Screening and Director Q&A
Coming at a moment of profound political and social crisis, What Is Democracy? reflects on a word we take for granted. Skype with filmmaker after screening.
More >Class: Ten Tunes to Rule Them All, The Celtic Music Diaspora
This research-based survey course tells the tale in terms of 10 (or so) classic tunes and songs that crossed the Atlantic and came to “rule” regional repertories across North America.
More >Class: Irish Community in St. Paul 1860-1914
How the Irish, both Catholic and Protestant, helped shape MN and their relationship with other immigrant groups.
More >Burren Girl: Sneak Preview Clips & Crowdfunder Launch
Burren Girl brings the past to life with a Minnesota woman’s 40-year quest to find the place and the people her Irish immigrant grandmother left behind.
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