Wednesday, March 17, 2021 4:00 pm EST, 8:00 pm Ireland
The New York Irish Center Presents:
History Loves A Parade
An online Salute to 260 Years of the New York Saint Patrick’s Day Parade.
Explore key milestones of the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in North America from Colonial times to the present. Featuring archival images and new photography, guest musicians, and original … [Read more...] about History Loves a Parade
260 Years of the New York
St. Patrick’s Day Parade
Hibernia
History Loves a Parade
Remembering John Hume
St. Patrick’s Day 2021
Wednesday, March 17, 2021 3:30 pm EST, 7:00 pm GMT
This Saint Patrick’s Day we mark the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Friends of Ireland in Washington DC. We also mark the first Saint Patrick’s Day since the death of the great John Hume, Nobel Laureate, politician, architect of the Peace Process in Northern Ireland.
Please join the family, … [Read more...] about Remembering John Hume
St. Patrick’s Day 2021
The Life and Death
of Seneca Village
By Jill Fergus
An exhibition tells the story of an interracial community destroyed to make way for New York's Central Park.
Dog walkers and joggers nonchalantly stepping over the barely visible cobblestones embedded in a grassy patch in New York's Central Park have no idea that those stones were church foundations of a once prosperous enclave called Seneca Village. Begun in 1825 by … [Read more...] about The Life and Death
of Seneca Village
Irish Eye on Hollywood
By Tom Deignan
December/ January 2021
JESSIE BUCKLEY POISED FOR THE A-LIST Only the worldwide pandemic could slow down the stratospheric rise of Kerry native Jessie Buckley. And even with Hollywood more or less shut down, Buckley is still getting raves – meaning she will be poised to hit the A-list when show biz really opens up again in the new year. You can see Buckley now in the offbeat Netflix romance I’m … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood
News: Sinn Féin Surge in Irish Election
The Irish people went to the polls on February 8 to elect a new government. Almost a month later, that government has yet to be formed. Why is this and what does it mean? In order to form a government in Ireland, a party or coalition of parties must have at least 80 seats. In the recent election, Fianna Fáil narrowly emerged as the largest party with 38 seats. Sinn Féin were … [Read more...] about News: Sinn Féin Surge in Irish Election