Irish Studies, Saint Mary's University
923 Robie Street B3H 3C3 Halifax, NS, Canada

We have been informed that there are a couple tickets left for this Friday night to hear Ten Pegs...Orla, our language instructor is part of this group. Don't want to miss out!

I know that there is a lot of GAA fans out there. If you are local, this may be of interest to you.

Our next lecture is on 15 April at 7pm - Dr Robert Lynch on Partition. All welcome. https://usihs36.com/2021//09/usihs-lecture-dr-robert-lynch/

The newest article in the special issue of the open-access journal _Genealogy_ ("'Stad is éisd ri guth bho’n uaigh' [Stop and listen to a voice from the grave]:... The Deathways and Deathscapes of Canada’s 18th- and 19th-Century Scottish Gaels"), is now up and accessible to readers. The article is entitled "Markers to Emigration from North West Sutherland: The Presbyterian Cemeteries of Lot 21 of Prince Edward Island," by Malcolm Bangor-Jones: https://www.mdpi.com/2313-5778/5/2/35 See more

Instead it is the first day of classes...welcome back!

Some free events happening virtually this week. Open also to non-speakers of the Irish language.

#TrasnaNadTonnta (English: 'across the waves') is an online Gaeltacht gathering. Usually organized in Spring, this December they are organizing a special pre-Christmas #TrasnaNadTonnta from 14/12 (Monday) to 18/12 (Friday), to reach out and engage with the diaspora around the world, and in particular, with those who are isolated due to the coronavirus. Follow @Trasna20 on Twitter and trasnanadtonnta on Instagram and get involved!

I am sure like me, many of you are excited to see this year come to an end. We want to wish you a safe and healthy holiday.

SpringerLink is providing open access (available for free) to Cultural Convergence: The Dublin Gate Theatre, 1928-1960. Dr. Pádraig Ó Siadhail has an article in there as well. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007%2F978-3-030-57562-5

McGill-Queen's University Press has released North American Gaels a collection of essays honouring the late Ken Nilsen, formerly of the Celtic Department, St. Francis Xavier University, Nova Scotia. One of our own, Dr. Pádraig Ó Siadhail has an essay in there. https://www.mqup.ca/north-american-gaels-products-978022800

#GeographyAwarenessWeek starts today, established by National Geographic as a way to educate people about how the decisions that they make in everyday life affe...ct the world we live in. At the National Library of Ireland, we collect all sorts of maps (real and imagined!) which you might enjoy exploring in our online catalogue: http://ow.ly/9cVB50ChS7O [IMAGE: 'Geography Bewitched, The false Ireland and the true. Erin strangling the hag of Hawarden' by the artist Tom Merry, June 23rd, 1888; http://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000181959]

Here is the first of the #CooleParkPoetrySeries of films recorded in Coole Park during DruidGregory, commissioned by our partners Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foun...dation. Enjoy Felispeaks reading W.B Yeats' When You are Old. Remember you can view all the films in The Mick Lally Theatre free exhibition until Dec 19th. https://www.druid.ie/productions/coole-park-poetry-series

Today is #RemembranceDay a day to remember and reflect on the contributions and sacrifices of thousands of Canadians who gave their lives and fought for our freedom. #LestWeForget

Learn about the Irish experience at home during WWI. Join us for this virtual tour of our exhibition World War Ireland on Thursday, 12 November on Zoom. Book your free ticket now: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/online-tour-world-war-ireland-e

#OnThisDay 4 November 1908 - Six women met at the home of women's activists Hanna and Francis Sheehy-Skeffington to establish the Irish Women's Franchise League. [IMAGE: Women's suffrage poster, Irish Women's Franchise League, c. 1910-1914]