Remembering Irish Women of the Easter 1916 Rising. A reading and conversation with Sinéad McCoole. Mechanics Institute, SF. 6 pm. Free for Crossroads donors, $15/general public.
Participants will present on specific participants in the Rising and the role of SF Irish community in supporting it.
International Congress of Irish Studies: 4th Annual Conference UCBerkeley Fri. April 22nd through Sun. 24th, 2016 Theme: Parallel Irelands Welcome Reception & Concert: Women's Faculty Club, UCBerkeley Fri 22nd @ 7pm Conference : 229 Dwinelle Hall, UCBerkeley Sat April 23rd, & Sun April 24th Co-sponsored by UCBerkeley’s Celtic Studies Program, Commemoration of 1916 Rising. ;Reading of the Irish Proclamation by Che Heron.. - great-grandson of…
Join the San Francisco Irish community in commemorating the heroes and heroines of the 1916 Easter Rising and remembering the contributions of the Irish in San Francisco. From 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm, you will have an opportunity to participate in a variety of activities including viewing exhibits relating to the women…
This performance created especially for the centennial expresses the passions of poets, protesters and activists in the quest for independence. This staged reading includes inspiring passages by playwright Sean O’Casey, speeches by political leader James Connolly, poems by Patrick Pease and William Butler Yeats, the daring deeds of Countess Markievicz,…
Directed by Neil Jordan, Liam Neeson, and Aidan Quinn, this biopic of the IRA co-founder Michael Collins, Rickman plays Éamon de Valera as a man who begins as Collins’ revolutionary ally and ends as his philosophical opponent. Covering the end of the Easter rising to Collins’ assassination in 1920, this movie was…
CALENDAR SPONSORED IN PART BY THE CONSULATE GENERAL OF IRELAND, SAN FRANCISCO