Home Away From Home This ChristmasAirs December 24 @ 2 PM EST (7PM Ireland)
A celebration of Ireland’s greatest writers from Ireland's most loved artists
From W. B. Yeats to Frank McCourtDirected by George C. HeslinProduced by Turlough McConnell
The New York Irish Center brings comfort and joy to those prevented from returning to Ireland due to Covid-19.
Last year, around 1.2 … [Read more...] about The New York
Irish Center Presents
Turlough McConnell
The New York
Eugene O’Neill:
An Irish-American Boyhood
Presented by
Irish American Writers & Artists Presents an Online Production of
Eugene O'Neill: An Irish-American Boyhood
By Turlough McConnellFeaturingCiaran Byrne, Maria Deasy and Colin Ryan
DATE: Saturday, October 17, 2020TIME: 2PM - 3: 30PM EST (Ireland 7PM)PLACE: Zoom - … [Read more...] about Eugene O’Neill:
An Irish-American Boyhood
Photo Album: Kilcar, My Donegal Playground
When we were children, my brother and I spent our summers in southwest Donegal in the village of Kilcar, with my mother’s people. Our parents sent us there so they could build their business in Buncrana, a tourist town 100 miles north. For me the journey southwest was an opportunity to switch one thriving location for another that was wild and a bit mysterious. Harry Percival … [Read more...] about Photo Album: Kilcar, My Donegal Playground
Ulster at Play Pays Homage to Northern Irish Theatre
Celebrating its 10th anniversary, the Origin 1st Irish Theatre Fest, which ran during the month of January, welcomed all those with a love of the Irish arts scene to attend any of its seven productions and nine special events over its three-week run. Among the featured productions was playwright and producer Turlough McConnell’s Ulster at Play, a dramatic performance about the … [Read more...] about Ulster at Play Pays Homage to Northern Irish Theatre
How the Nuns of New York Tamed the Gangs of New York
I was able to sniff back tears during most of the moving presentation of the 200 years history of the Sisters of Charity, entitled How the Nuns of New York Tamed the Gangs of New York, at the Sheen Centre on June 3, but I couldn’t stop myself from sobbing when a group of children dressed in 19th century costumes sang “Where is Love” from the movie Oliver. They represented some … [Read more...] about How the Nuns of New York Tamed the Gangs of New York