A festival showcasing the best of contemporary Irish film took place at the beautiful American Film Institute Silver Theatre and Cultural Center in Silver Spring, M.D. It was six days of feature films, short programs, and documentaries, with post-screening discussions and meet-and-greet receptions that ran from February 27 through March 1. Some of the highlights included a … [Read more...] about Festival in Silver Springs, M.D. Showed the Best of Irish Film
Issues
Education for Girls
The urgent need to empower girls was the theme of an Irish Mission to the U.N. event in New York on February 11. The “Drive for Five” campaign identifies five transformative actions that the world’s governments should take to provide adolescent girls with quality education in supportive and safe environments. Millions of girls worldwide are not provided with this … [Read more...] about Education for Girls
Burns Library Exhibit on Writer Louise Imogen Guiney
Louise Imogen Guiney (1861-1920), an American poet and essayist with ties to nineteenth-century Boston literary circles, is the subject of a retrospective exhibition at the John J. Burns Library, on display through May 29. Devoted Catholic & Determined Writer: Louise Imogen Guiney in Boston focuses on Guiney’s relationships with Catholic religious leaders, fellow … [Read more...] about Burns Library Exhibit on Writer Louise Imogen Guiney
A Visit to the Irish America Hall of Fame
The Irish America Hall of Fame is fast becoming a travel destination in Ireland. The Hall of Fame is housed at the Dunbrody Famine Ship Experience in New Ross, County Wexford. The ship, open for tours, is an exact replica of a sailing ship of that name that ferried thousands of Irish to America during the Great Hunger. New Ross is also the port from which Patrick Kennedy … [Read more...] about A Visit to the Irish America Hall of Fame
A Gala Evening at NYU Celebrates Jewish and Irish Ties
NYU’s Glucksman Ireland House, at their eighth annual gala, recently honored Irish business leader Dómhnal Slattery and award-winning writer Colm Tóibín at an event at NYU’s Kimmel Center for University Life. Loretta Brennan Glucksman presented Mr. Slattery with the Lewis L. Glucksman Award for Leadership in recognition of his immense achievements over three decades, most … [Read more...] about A Gala Evening at NYU Celebrates Jewish and Irish Ties