Glucksman Ireland House Events Calendar Spring 2008Free admission to Members of Glucksman Ireland House and to all students/faculty with a valid NYU I.D. card.
For non-members: $10 donation at the door for regular event series;
$15 donation at the door for Blarney Star Concert Series.
In order to ensure a seat for Thursday night events, please RSVP to 212-998-3950 (option 3) or email ireland.house@nyu.edu. The Blarney Star Concert Series does not accept reservations.
All events are held at Glucksman Ireland House unless otherwise noted.
Please click images or event titles for more further information regarding each listing.
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In 1982 New York native John Nolan became the first-ever American-born winner of the senior All-Ireland button accordion championship at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, Ireland’s great annual traditional music festival. John will be joined by Brooklyn keyboard ace Keith Sammett, who played with him on his critically acclaimed 2000 recording A Rake of Reels, and by local fiddle great Bernadette Fee. |
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Monsignor Thomas J. Shelley, Fordham University, traces the development of the Catholic community in New York from the incorporation of St. Peter's Church in 1785 to the present day, based upon his commissioned, comprehensive, and lavishly illustrated book, The Bicentennial History of the Archdiocese of New York, 1808-2008. |
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Robert Spiegelman presents the intriguing story of Irish landlord, John Adair, notorious for the 1861 evictions at Derryveagh, and his wife, Cornelia Wadsworth Ritchie, the daughter of elite New York landowners, and their quest to bag the last American buffalo trophy. Presented in collaboration with the New York Council for the Humanities. Free. |
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Assassinated at the height of the famine, Roscommon landlord Major Denis Mahon removed thousands of his tenants by offering some passage to America, giving others a pound or two to surrender peaceably, and sending the sheriff to evict the rest. A descendant of Roscommon famine survivors, Peter Duffy is an award-winning journalist and the author of The Bielski Brothers (2004). |
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Flute player Mike Rafferty is an ageless marvel still going strong well into his eighth decade. A native of famously musical Ballinakill, County Galway, Mike is the finest living exponent of the old-time east Galway flute style. For this performance, Mike will be joined by his daughter Mary Rafferty (formerly of Cherish the Ladies) on button accordion and his son-in-law Donal Clancy on guitar. |
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Éamon de Valera was one of the dominant political figures in 20th century Ireland, serving in public office from 1917 to 1973, holding the various Irish prime ministerial and presidential offices. This evening Diarmaid Ferriter joins Joe Lee in conversation about the life and legacy of de Valera. Diarmaid Ferriter teaches history at St. Patrick’s College, Dublin City University. He is the author of Judging Dev: A Reassessment of the Life and Legacy of Eamon De Valera (2007), The Transformation of Ireland 1900-2000 (2005), and co-author (with Colm Tóibín) of The Irish Famine (2004). Joe Lee is Professor of History and Glucksman Chair of Irish Studies at NYU. |
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NYU Senior Irish Language Lecturer Pádraig Ó Cearúill and professional singer Ashley Davis keep learning Irish fun by teaching language through songs in this day-long workshop. Free. |
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"Born in a land, I wake in a globe."
Reading from his latest collection, Globe, distinguished poet Micheal O’Siadhail explores how a world is shaped. How do the past and our memories bear on the present? What kind of people help to alter the dynamics of history? How to face the open wounds of irreversible tragedies and loss? |
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David McWilliams and Wiley launch The Pope's Children: The Irish Economic Triumph and the Rise of Ireland's New Elite (2008), an irreverent and brilliant discussion of how economic success has changed Ireland and how this newfound prosperity has unleashed a variety of forces that are changing the landscape of the country and the way people live. Free. |
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In a society with a historical experience that produced a specific and static ideal of national identity for much of the twentieth century, how does increasing contact through globalization and net migration challenge such conceptions of identity? How did such a small country transform itself into a significant participant in the global domain and what are the challenges and opportunities for the future? Please see the Grian page for details of conference schedule and participants. |
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Father Andrew M. O'Connor of Holy Family Church in the Bronx will celebrate the Mass, with Msgr. Donald Sakano, pastor of the Old Cathedral, as a concelebrant. Readings will be done in English by Father O'Connor and in Irish by Pádraig Ó Cearúill, Senior Language Lecturer of Irish Studies, NYU. The Washington Square Harp and Shamrock Orchestra, led by Mick Moloney, Global Distinguished Professor of Irish Studies and Music, NYU, will perform liturgical music, along with Irish-language vocalist Dawn Doherty. Charles Currin will play the beautiful and historic 1868 Henry Erben pipe organ.
After the Mass, a party celebrating the Feast of St. Patrick will be held in front of the church, with traditional Irish music and refreshments. |
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Gerard Moran, NUI Galway, discusses "Shoveling out the Paupers: The Poor Law and Emigration from Irish Workhouses in the Nineteenth Century" based on his recent book which examines assisted emigration schemes to North America and Australia. Moran is the author of Sending Out Ireland's Poor: Assisted Emigration to North America in the Nineteenth-Century; The Mayo Evictions of 1860; and Sir Robert Gore Booth and His Landed Estate in County Sligo, 1814-1876: Land, Famine, Emigration and Politics.
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO ILLNESS. Glucksman Ireland House NYU hopes to welcome Prof. Moran in the future. |
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Join the Lower East Side Tenement Museum, Glucksman Ireland House NYU, and the Irish Arts Center for an evening of songs and storytelling with Irish-American musician Mick Moloney and writer/historian/musician Daniel Cassidy. Moloney and his band will perform the music of vaudevillians Harrigan and Hart, while Cassidy discusses his book How the Irish Invented Slang, which is now in its fourth printing. Leading them in musical performance and lively conversation will be award-winning author Peter Quinn. |
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Dermot Keogh, UCC, speaks on Taoiseach Jack Lynch and the growing crisis in Northern Ireland in the late 1960s and early 1970s, based upon his forthcoming monograph on Lynch, who served as Taoiseach from 1966 to 1973 and from 1977 to 1979. Presented in collaboration with Notre Dame. Free. |
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Two members of the instrumental supergroup Lúnasa – Clare flute player Kevin Crawford and Armagh uilleann piper Cillian Vallely – will join Waterford guitarist Dónal Clancy of the band Danu for this concert. This is a powerhouse trio who could form a world-class band all by themselves, and it will be a rare treat to see three such renowned performers in the intimate setting of Glucksman Ireland House.
Note: Tiarnán Ó Duinnchinn and Stephanie Makem, originally scheduled to perform at this show, have had to cancel their U.S. tour plans. We hope to present them at a future date. |
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Éamon Ó Cuív, T.D., Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs delivers the 2008 Barra Ó Donnabháin Memorial Lecture. This annual lecture was established in 2006 to commemorate a beloved and influential teacher and advocate of the language in the United States. A grandson of Éamon de Valera, Éamon Ó Cuív has been a Dáil Deputy representing Galway West since 1992. He served previously as Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food & Rural Development and prior to that, he was Minister of State at the Department of Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht & the Islands, with special responsibility for the Gaeltacht areas, the Irish language and for Island Development from 1997 to 2001. In 2006, Minister Ó Cuív’s department announced substantial funding support for the teaching of the Irish Language at third level institutions overseas. Lecture will be in English and Irish. Free. |
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Sean Ó Tuama (1926-2006) achieved notable successes as a poet, playwright, critic, university lecturer, and authoritative scholar. His positive influence on the development of Irish Gaelic literary studies is fully established without question by experts in the field. However, the record of his role as an administrator of Irish language agencies has elicited equivocal responses. Even so, his stature as a major figure of Irish Gaelic letters and his personal practice as a creative writer and scholar has contributed to the substance and admirable quality of Irish Gaelic discourse in the 20th century. Dr. Seamus Blake, well-known host of WFUV’s Mile Fáilte program, has been broadcasting in Irish for 30 years. He has also published extensively on Irish Gaelic literature and been on the editorial board on the subject for multiple academic journals. Presented in English and Irish. Free. |
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Mairéad McKendry will discuss her research which investigates the ways in which the work of two contemporary Belfast poets, Ciarán Carson and Gearóid Mac Lochlainn, deals with the legacy of their city’s troubled past. The presentation will be in Irish. Free.
Beidh Mairéad McKendry ag plé a cuid taighde ar fhilí comhaimseartha Bhéal Feirste, Ciarán Carson agus Gearóid Mac Lochlainn. Cuirfear béim ar an dóigh a théann na filí seo i ngléic le toradh na dtrioblóidí ar an chathair. Beidh an léacht as Gaeilge. |
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Cormac K. H. O’Malley, son of Irish revolutionary and intellectual Ernie O'Malley, launches 'No Surrender Here!’ The Civil War Papers of Ernie O’Malley, 1922-1924 (Lilliput, 2007) and a previously unpublished manuscript by his father, Rising Out: Sean Connolly of Longford, 1890-1921 (UCD, 2007) with introductory remarks by Joe Lee. |
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Irish language writer-in-residence at NUI Galway, Séamas Mac Annaidh, speaks about his life and work as a writer. Mac Annaidh has worked in many genres, in both the Irish and English languages, as well as in journalism, film and music. His novel Cuaifeach Mo Londubh Buí (1983) is regarded as pioneering and earned critical acclaim. His most recent publications include a collection of short stories, Lisa agus an Gramfón (2005), and a novel, Dioscó Dé (2006). Dual language presentation. |
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The appeal of Irish traditional music, to musicians as well as listeners, is not limited to the ethnically Irish. This concert features two of the finest members of the Irish music foreign legion. Asian-American fiddlers Dana Lyn and Tina Lech both possess top-shelf technical chops and both are also both masters of the nuances of Irish traditional style. Dana has performed with singer Susan McKeown and Mick Moloney’s Green Fields of America troupe. Tina is a North American Irish fiddle champ and a veteran of Michael Flatley’s Lord of the Dance show. Piano backing from keyboard wizard Donna Long, formerly with the group Cherish the Ladies. |
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NYU Irish Language Lecturers Pádraig Ó Cearúill & Hilary Mhic Shuibhne and NYU’s Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA) Mairéad McKendry lead a day of learning Irish through sessions on vocabulary and pronunciation with creative group activities in Irish.
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We regret to announce that this event with best-selling author and journalist, Nuala O’Faolain, is cancelled. Ms. O’Faolain is currently convalescing in Ireland having recently been diagnosed with a serious medical condition. |
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An evening of traditional music and song with NYU students and local musicians hosted by Irish Language Lecturer, Pádraig Ó Cearúill. Bí Linn! |
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Origin Theatre Company, in association with Glucksman Ireland House NYU, presents Midden by award-winning Irish playwright Morna Regan. Awards for Midden include the Edinburgh Fringe First Award and nominations include The Irish Times Theatre Award and the Heidelberg European Author’s Award.
Midden is a story of five women from three generations and a prodigal daughter's return. After 15 years in Philadelphia, Ruth has built up a business successful enough to bring her home to Derry. But instead of the welcome she has longed for, her arrival provokes instant strife, opening old scars and revealing incendiary secrets.
Free. Please RSVP to Origin at (212) 253-8300. |
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Origin Theatre Company, in association with Glucksman Ireland House NYU, presents Lenin’s Shoe by Romanian playwright Saviana Stanescu. Her play, Waxing West, was the winner of the 2007 New York Innovative Theatre Award for Outstanding Script. Directed by David Sullivan.
Free. Please RSVP to Origin at (212) 253-8300. |
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New York fiddler Tony DeMarco will celebrate the release of his new Smithsonian Folkways recording The Sligo Indians. A Brooklyn native of mixed Italian and Irish descent, Tony is a master of the intricate ornamentation, swinging rhythm and profuse melodic improvisation that characterize the famed County Sligo fiddle style. Tony was mentored by the late, great Paddy Reynolds, recorded an acclaimed duet album with New York fiddler Brian Conway and has been at the center of the Irish music scene in New York for three decades. |
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Origin Theatre Company, in association with Glucksman Ireland House NYU, presents Gryf Head by award winning Welsh playwright Lucy Gough. Ms. Gough has been short listed for the BBC Wales Writer of the Year Award, John Whiting Award, and The Theatre Wales Writing Award. Directed by Liza Milinazzo.
Free. Please RSVP to Origin at (212) 253-8300. |
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On April 26th 2008, award-winning Irish playwright Sebastian Barry, on behalf of the BBC, announced the 2007 winner of The Stewart Parker Award and the Origin Initiative: Sean McLoughlin for his play, Noah and the Towerflower. From this year forward, in addition to winning the prize money, the recipient of the Stewart Parker Trust Award will be flown to New York where his or her work will be presented at Origin Theatre Company’s annual play reading series, Mondays of May, in association with Glucksman Ireland House NYU.
Free. Please RSVP to Origin at (212) 253-8300. |
Free admission to Members of Glucksman Ireland House and to all students/faculty with a valid NYU I.D. card.
For non-members: $10 donation at the door for regular event series;
$15 donation at the door for Blarney Star Concert Series.
In order to ensure a seat for Thursday night events, please RSVP to 212-998-3950 (option 3) or email ireland.house@nyu.edu. The Blarney Star Concert Series does not accept reservations.
All events are held at Glucksman Ireland House unless otherwise noted.
Please click on images or event titles for more further information regarding each listing.
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