The Éire Society of Boston
A Fragile Peace: Inside Brexit and Belfast
Date: Saturday, May 1, 2021
Zoom Meeting (See details below)

Join us May 1 at 1:00 – 2:30 EST via zoom. The Film A Fragile Peace: Inside Brexit and Belfast was featured during the 2021 ORIGIN 1ST IRISH VIRTUAL THEATRE FESTIVAL in New York City and is a work in progress (filming in Northern Ireland halted by COVID) from a younger generation perspective that captures the history of the Troubles, legacy of women’s contributions to the peace process and other stalwarts like John Hume, current and expected effects of Brexit on the arts among other topics more contemporary to include the active voices of American advocates of the peace process such as recent Gold Medal awardee Congressman Richard Neal. Special panelist Damian McGenity who is featured in the film is a farmer living on the border of Ireland and the UK. He is a spokesperson for Border Communities Against Brexit and will be joining via Zoom from Northern Ireland. He has led delegations in the Irish Parliament, and gave an address to the EU Parliament. BCAB engages extensively with Irish America, the AOH, Unity Conference, and meet groups in Ireland to include meeting with Rep Richard Neal and Speaker Pelosi when they visited Ireland. In July 2017 the European Parliament awarded the group a European Citizen's Prize. Join us May 1 at 1:00 EST to give a warm Boston welcome to our guests as we hold a viewing of snippets of the documentary and panel discussion on the making of the film. RSVP to eirenotification@gmail.com to receive link to special thirty minute preview and link to panel. Note: this will be held as a meeting on Zoom so you will have the opportunity to engage live with panelists. Hosted by Eire Society of Boston President, Dr. Mimi McNealy Langenderfer.

Come support our ESB Board Members Brian Frykenberg and Maire Concannon who have been part of a wonderful project to capture Irish language oral histories:

What: Connemara, New England, and the Irish Language: Living Stories that Connect Us

When: Saturday, April 17 | 10:00 a.m. (EST), 3:00 p.m. (GMT)

This virtual event is free and open to the public, but advance registration is required. Please sign up by visiting tinyurl.com/irish-language-event. You will receive an email the day before the event and on the day of the event with information about accessing the virtual event (via Zoom).
This event celebrates the Boston and the Irish Language oral history project, sponsored by Cumann na Gaeilge i mBoston (The Irish Language Society of Boston) and supported by a Mass Humanities project grant and the Emigrant Support Programme of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Ireland. The oral history collection is a part of the digital collections in University Archives and Special Collections in the Healey Library at UMass Boston and, at present, includes ten interviews with Irish-speaking community members. Explore the collection, which includes English-language transcripts of each interview.
The event will feature Máirtín Ó Catháin from the Emigrants Commemorative Centre Carna, Michael Connolly from the Maine Irish Heritage Center, and Seán Ó Coistealbha from Muintearas, together with panelists Natasha Sumner, Gregory Darwin, and Brian Frykenberg.
The Boston and the Irish Language project investigates the unique importance of Irish in forming persistent bonds among and between Connemara emigrants living in Boston with their families and communities in Ireland through recorded personal interviews. Topics explored include: upbringing through the Irish language, economic and social conditions in Ireland, reasons for emigration or return, adaptation to and participation in life within the United States, changes experienced since arrival, and current use of Irish.

The Éire Society of Boston
Virtual Holiday Gathering
Date: Saturday, December 19, 2020
Zoom Meeting (See details below)

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The Éire Society of Boston
Gold Medal Award Ceremony
Date: Saturday, October 24

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The Éire Society of Boston
2020 Annual Meeting
Date: Saturday, June 27
Time: 1:00PM
Location: via Zoom (See details below)

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The Chieftains "The Irish Goodbye"

Gold Medal Dinner and Award Ceremony

Date: TBD

Awardee to be announced in November

Friday, 13 March, 2020
Symphony Hall

Time: 8:00 PM

After fifty-seven years of making some of the most beautiful music in the world, The Chieftains remain as fresh and relevant as when they first began. Come see them perform at what will be a memorable evening of music, song and dance on this final journey. Tickets are $85/ each

Please contact us if you are interested in a ticket.

Holiday Celebration with the Charitable Irish

Thursday, 30 January, 2020
Cutler Majestic Theater, Boston, MA

Time: 7:00 PM

Matinee of Celtic Sojourn at the Cutler Majestic Theater followed by libations at a nearby restaurant.

Irish Women Revolutionaries Conference

Saturday, 22 January, 2020

Details to be announced.