Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig! Happy Saint Patrick’s Day!
St. Patrick’s Céilí – Tickets are going fast for An Cumann’s 25th annual St. Patrick’s Céilí. This year, we’re celebrating on Saturday, March 14th at St. Agnes Church Auditorium, corner of Chebucto Road and Mumford Road, Halifax, starting at 6:30 p.m.
Thhis year’s event will feature a traditional Irish stew, great music and song, and lots of dancing. Advance tickets are $20 each, (children $5), and can be purchased until March 13 by calling 902-266-2072 or 902-479-1110, or by e-mailing info@ancumann.org. If any tickets remain, they will be sold at the door: $25/adults, $5/children.
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Clár Imeachtaí / Schedule of Events
Upcoming Irish cultural events around Halifax
Friday, March 13, at 7:00 pm – McNally Auditorium, Saint Mary’s University – 9th annual Cyril Byrne Memorial Lecture – Irish-Canadian author Emma Donoghue, critically acclaimed writer and best-selling author of Slammerkin, will read and participate in an audience Q&A. The evening will begin at 7:00 pm with a live performance by ECMA-winning singer-songwriter Erin Costello. As always, admission to the Cyril Byrne Lecture is free and all are welcome.
Saturday, March 14, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm – CIBC Auditorium, 6050 University Avenue, 2nd floor – 2nd annual Dalhousie Gaelic Colloquium – Presentations and discussions about the Gaelic languages of Ireland and Scotland. For more information, see details elsewhere in this newsletter.
Saturday, March 14, at 6:30 pm – Saint Agnes Church Auditorium, corner of Chebucto Road and Mumford Road, Halifax – An Cumann’s 25th Annual St. Patrick’s Céilí. Irish stew, Irish music, dancing and singing. Tickets are $20 for adults ($25 at the door, if any are left) and $5 for children. For further information call 902-266-2072 or 902-479-1110 or send us an email at info@ancumann.org.
Monday, March 16, at 7:00 pm – Room 260, Sobey Building, Saint Mary’s University – Irish Studies presents Éibhear Walshe – “Re-making Henry James: Colm Tóibín’s The Master”. All welcome.
Tuesday, March 17, from 7:00 am – The Old Triangle, corner of Bedford Row and Prince Street, Halifax – St. Patrick’s Day Breakfast. A Halifax tradition and a fund-raiser for An Cumann. Start the big day off right.
Tuesday, March 17, 6:00 pm for 7:00 pm – Halifax Marriott Harbourfront Hotel – Charitable Irish Society of Halifax Festival of St. Patrick Dinner 2015 . Guest Speaker: Dr. Mark McGowan, historian and author. For further information or tickets, please contact the Society’s website at www.charitableirishsocietyofhalifax.ca.
Wednesday, March 18, at 7:00 pm – Room 260, Sobey Building101, The Atrium, Saint Mary’s University – Éibhear Walshe – “Oscar Wilde’s Trial: a reading from the novel The Diary of Mary Travers”. All welcome.
Friday, March 20, at 7:00 pm – Room 265, Sobey Building, Saint Mary’s University – D’Arcy McGee Lecture – New York University professor Nicholas Wolf, author of The Other ‘Silence’?, will explore his ground-breaking work on the reasons behind the decline of the Irish language. Dr. Wolf challenges received wisdom and brings new scholarship to bear on how Ireland and the Irish language emerged from the 19th century. Admission is free.
James Joyce Exhibit at New Halifax Central Library – A 22-panel exhibit on the life and works of Irish writer James Joyce is now on display at the Halifax Central Library until the end of March, 2015. It is one of three travelling exhibits created by the Irish Government in 2004 to promote Irish literature and culture. Brian Doherty, Honorary Consul General of Ireland in this region, helped bring the James Joyce exhibit to Halifax.