Irish Language Lecturer Pádraig Ó Cearúill hosts an evening of traditional music and song with NYU students and local musicians. Free. Made possible through the support of the Department of Gaeltacht Affairs, the government of the Republic of Ireland. Free admission. In order to ensure a seat at events, please RSVP by calling 212-998-3950 or by emailing ireland.house@nyu.edu All […]
The infamous New York Democratic political machine known as Tammany Hall was founded in 1786 and over the next 150 years became an increasingly important force in the politics and governmental operations of New York City, New York State, and even the United States. Through manipulation of political nominations, patronage, influence, and loyalties won (especially […]
Taking their name from an old Irish slip jig, fiddler Liz Knowles, uilleann piperKieran O'Hare and singer/bouzouki player Pat Broaders have formed as powerful a trio as you'll find anywhere in the world of Irish music. Liz and Kieran, who were on the road for several years as the musical directors of the Celtic Legends show, are happy to […]
During the years before World War I, Ireland was alive with movements and causes. The campaign for Home Rule, the emergence of a cultural and national renaissance, formation of the Gaelic League by Arthur Griffith, and the organization of a vigorous labor movement by James Larkin and James Connolly — all of these added to […]
The Tom Quinlan Lecture in Poetry at Glucksman Ireland House honors Tom, a public school teacher in Philadelphia, a lover of poetry, and Glucksman Ireland House member since 1997; the lecture is endowed by his family. We are especially pleased that the Quinlan Lecture is offered in partnership with the Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry […]
Acclaimed writer and Bronx-native Peter Quinn will read from his new novel, Dry Bones. Dry Bones is the final part of three installments that began with the Hour of the Catand The Man Who Never Returned, historical mysteries that trace the life of a detective from the fall of the Third Reich up through the Cuban Revolution. This final novel of […]
This outstanding Massachusett-based duo has only rarely performed in the Big Apple, and this is a long overdue Blarney Star concert series debut. Whether it's vocals or instrumentals you like, you won't be disappointed by the Heatons. Matt Heaton, a master of both guitar and bouzouki, can supply propulsive rhythmic drive when that's called for, but he […]
This lecture by Prof. Joe Lee marks the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the Irish Volunteers, the Irish nationalist movement whose membership split, with the majority fighting with the British in WWI and the minority becoming the Irish Republican Army, staging a rebellion in 1916 that was key to the establishment of the Irish national state. […]
Irish broadcaster and journalist Cathal Mac Coille of "Morning Ireland," Ireland's most popular radio news program on RTÉ Radio 1, will deliver the seventh annual Irish Institute of New York Lecture that examines the duties, challenges, and opportunities inherent in broadcasting during troubled times. With a nationally recognized voice and as a frequent interviewer of prominent politicians […]
Doimnic Mac Giolla Bhríde, the well-known sean-nós singer from Gaoth Dobhair, Co. Donegal, will teach an afternoon workshop in the sean-nós style. Sean-nós, which is Irish for "old style," is a highly ornamented style of traditional Irish music that is performed unaccompanied. The interaction between the performer and the audience is crucial to understanding the […]
