Author: Noreen Bowden

Summer school, book recall Fenians on 150th anniversary

2008 is the 150th anniversary of the birth of Fenianism, and Brendan O’Cathaoir notes in today’s “Irishman’s Diary” section of the Irish Times that the anniversary “is passing by largely unnoticed”. The Fenians were an Irish Republican organistion with branches in both Ireland and the US. As O’Cathaoir explains, the Famine exodus played a large… Continue reading Summer school, book recall Fenians on 150th anniversary

Member Publication: “Memories of the Past”

Ottawa’s Irish Drop-In Group has created a wonderful miscellany called “Memories of the Past: Stories and Recipes from Ottowa’s Irish Drop-In Group”. The eclectic collection of reminiscences, poems, jokes, photographs and more is a splendid insight into the lives of the 40+ seniors in the drop-in group, which meets every week at Margaret Mary’s Church… Continue reading Member Publication: “Memories of the Past”

Summer roundup: From Galway to Turkey, exhibitions reveal emigrants’ lives

Exhibition Roundup There are a number of interesting exhibitions that those interested in emigration might be interested in, no matter what part of the world you find yourself in this summer. Dublin: Strangers to Citizens: The Irish in Europe 1600-1800 is continuing at the National Library of Ireland through December 2008. It’s a fascinating look… Continue reading Summer roundup: From Galway to Turkey, exhibitions reveal emigrants’ lives

“Women Religious and the Political World”. Galway, August 2008

In 2008, the Historians of Women Religious of Britain and Ireland (H-WRBI) will hold their fifth annual conference: WOMEN RELIGIOUS AND THE POLITICAL WORLD. This conference will be held on 22nd-23rd August 2008 at the National University of Ireland, Galway.  It will be an exciting programme of medieval, early modern, and modern papers on such… Continue reading “Women Religious and the Political World”. Galway, August 2008

Mexico: SILAS, July 2009. “Heroes, victims or villains?”

Second Conference of the Society for Irish Latin American Studies (SILAS) “Heroes, victims or villains? Irish Presentations and Representations in Latin America and the Caribbean” Morelia, Mexico 15-18 July 2009 Organised by the Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo Call for Papers The time has come for SILAS to convene its first conference in… Continue reading Mexico: SILAS, July 2009. “Heroes, victims or villains?”