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Hibernia: News

By Sharon Ní Chonchúir
Spring 2023

April 20, 2023 by Leave a Comment

Documents on Irish Foreign Policy series The Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin launched Volume XIII (13) in the Documents on Irish Foreign Policy series on February 22.  Since 1997, the Department of Foreign Affairs has worked with the Royal Irish Academy and the National Archives to create this series and has now succeeded in compiling a collection … [Read more...] about Hibernia: News

IRELAND TODAY 2022

May 13, 2022 by Leave a Comment

New York Irish Center's Inaugural Youth Conference “Ireland Today 2022” May 20-22 The New York Irish Center hosts “Ireland Today 2022" - The Inaugural America-Ireland Youth Conference” which takes place virtually beginning on Friday, May 20th to Sunday, May 22nd. Ireland Today brings together policymakers, educators, and students from Ireland and the US for a live-stream … [Read more...] about IRELAND TODAY 2022

Irish Film Institute Unveils Century-Old Footage

By Maggie Holland, Assistant Editor
May / June 2019

May 1, 2019 by 1 Comment

The Irish Film Institute (IFI) was at the Consulate General of Ireland in New York in April to launch its Irish Independence Film Collection, a culturally significant compilation of newsreel material from the early 20th century. With over 150 films in total, the footage, which features Michael Collins, Éamon de Valera, and Queen Victoria to name a few, gives fascinating … [Read more...] about Irish Film Institute Unveils Century-Old Footage

Ancient Gaelic Manuscript Discovered

By Patricia Harty, Editor-in-Chief
March / April 2019

March 1, 2019 by Leave a Comment

Arecently discovered 15th-century Irish vellum manuscript reveals a connection between Gaelic Ireland and the Islamic world, and illustrates that medical scholarship in medieval Gaelic Ireland was on a par with that practiced on the continent. The discovery – a sheet full of text in Irish – cut from a 15th-century Irish vellum manuscript that had been trimmed and folded and … [Read more...] about Ancient Gaelic Manuscript Discovered

UCC at NYU

By Irish America Staff
March / April 2019

March 1, 2019 by Leave a Comment

L-R: Rob Donelson, Executive Director of Development and Alumni Relations UCC; Prof. Patrick O'Shea, President of UCC; Prof. Kevin Kenny, Director of Glucksman Ireland House NYU; and Ciarán Madden, Ireland's Consul General to New York.

Alumni of University College Cork got together at NYU’s Glucksman Ireland House, for a reception hosted by the president of ​UCC, Professor Patrick O’Shea. Graduates were updated on the exciting developments taking place at their alma mater and mingled with former classmates and faculty. ♦ … [Read more...] about UCC at NYU

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October 22, 1906

The famous pianist Charles Lynch was born on this day in 1906. Born in Co. Cork to a well off family descended from novelist Maria Edgeworth (Castle Rackrent), Lynch gave his first piano recital at the young age of nine. At fifteen, he won a scholarship to study at the Royal Academy of Music, London. He became famous through out England and premiered the works of several 20th century composers. His greatest achievement was when he played all of Liszt’s transcriptions of Beethoven’s symphonies.

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