This is your week to pick up some interesting tidbits of Irish history.
On Sunday, Celtic scholar Sister Sheila Holly SSJ, will present a talk on “The Ancient Celts who They Were” at the Ancient Order of HiberniansHall in Bristol Borough.
Genealogist and blogger Deborah Large Fox’s Irish genealogy group meets on Thursday morning at the Family History Center in Cherry Hill, where you can learn about tracing your own Irish history.
And on the following Saturday,writer Margaret Lynch-Brennan will talk about her book, “The Irish Bridget,”about Irish immigrant in domestic service from 1840 to 1930, at the historic Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion in Germantown.
On Friday, May 7, the Philadelphia Ceili Group is sponsoring the only Philadelphia screening of the life and times of the late Liam Clancy of the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem at the Irish Center. Tickets will not be sold at the door so order yours now (they’re only $10).
Synchronize your calendars: Next Saturday is the fourth annual Irish Street Festival in Phoenixville, a free event filled with music, dancing, vendors, food, and general conviviality in a town that’s vying for “most Irish community” in Pennsylvania (take that as a challenge, Upper Darby).
And on May 23, honor 11 remarkable Irish women and help support the Philadelphia Irish Center at a cocktail party and awards program at the Irish Center, which opens an art exhibit. The fabulous contemporary Irish group, Runa, and members of the musical Boyce family (including Michael and John of Blackthorn and their sister, Karen, who sang with Causeway) will perform. Tickets are only $35 and include hot and cold hors d’oeuvres, wine and beer, and a chance to mingle with some of the most amazing women you’ll ever meet.
