 The Irish Cultural Society is a group of your friends and neighbors who want to know more about their Irish heritage. The group, non-political by its charter, endeavors to bring together people with the common goal of learning about our roots and supporting Irish culture and study. Irish Novelist Tom Phelan to be Our Guest Speaker!
The next meeting of the Irish Cultural Society on February 15th will
have as its guest Irish novelist Tom Phelan.
Phelan will read selections from his latest novel, Nailer, and
discuss the history behind it—the Irish industrial schools and the church-state
collusion that allowed the schools to flourish. He will describe a visit to
Connemara that inspired the novel and talk about the subsequent research that
took him to Letterfrack, Daingean, Baltimore, and other sites.
The meeting starts at 7:30 p.m. in the Garden City Public Library (map), 60 Seventh Street, across the street from the Garden City Hotel. The meeting is free and open to the public. Click here for more details. Writing Contest 2012 is Underway!
Our popular annual challenge for local high school students has begun. This year we ask students to use the Titanic tragedy as the source for creative writing. The challenge of the writer will be to bring the people they have chosen back to life for the reader and to recall the enormous tragedy which took place one hundred years ago. Click here for full contest details. The Hedgemaster Our latest additions to the archives are 'Belfast & Derry Murals' and "The Titanic".
Members receive our newsletter, the Hedgemaster, four times a year. The Hedgemaster announces meetings, theater trips, and other news of interest to people interested in matters Irish, and contains an article of about 1000 words on a topic from Irish history or culture. The Book of Kells, the Wild Geese, the Apprentice Boys, the Travelling People, the Brehon Laws, and the Potato Famine are among the many subjects of articles in the Hedgemaster. Please visit our Hedgemaster Archives to sample past articles. Contact Us
Mailing Address Irish Cultural Society
P.O. Box 247
Garden City, NY 11530
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