Irish Music & Dance Association
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. Produced by Aniar for TG4, the celebratory program features music and conversation with an all-star cast. In 1953, Gael Linn began a weekly program on […]
Join us for a lecture by Réamonn Ó Ciaráin, foremost expert on the legendary Irish hero Cúchulainn. He’ll be speaking on Cúchulainn as a source of inspiration. Réamonn will be joining us from Dublin for the weekend. This lecture is free to registrants of the DSG. In this talk, Réamonn Ó Ciaráin discusses how the mythological figure […]
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 commentary from the academic coordinator of the Irish Heritage Trust which operates the National Famine Museum in Strokestown. The free and in-person presentation is located […]
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 will be your hosts. In Person, free
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 orders of the Catholic Church that existed throughout Ireland until the 1990s. The Magdalene Sisters is a heartbreaking and sometimes brutal film that portrays without […]
Franz Rickaby, one of only a handful of folk song collectors active in Minnesota, wrote in the 1920s that "in the logging camp the hegemony in song belonged to the Irish." Eoin McKiernan Library Director Brian Miller has spent over 15 years investigating songs and other Irish cultural expressions in logging-era Minnesota. Join him for […]