Irish Music & Dance Association
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 […]
Join award-winning Co. Galway poet and writer Geraldine Mills as she reads from “When the Light,” a collection of new and selected poetry published in 2023. As a descendant from a family who arrived in the U.S. in 1883, stayed briefly and returned to Ireland, Mills’ poetry draws from her family’s experience in search of […]
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 […]