A film featuring the experience of Connemara emigrants in London has been nominated by an Irish jury to be put forward for the Oscars. The film, produced and directed by Tom Collins, is a bilingual Irish-English production. It is the first Irish-language film to be nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film category. Kings is… Continue reading Emigrant film an Oscar nominee?
Trinity hosts Migration Research Fair, Sept 2007
Trinity’s Immigration Initiative will host its Migration Research Fair on 24 September at Trinity College, Dublin. The aim is to showcase, map and share academic research on migration in Ireland through a gathering of academic and other researchers, state, public sector and NGO stakeholders and migrant organisations. The day will be divided into five thematic… Continue reading Trinity hosts Migration Research Fair, Sept 2007
Should Ireland welcome its diaspora home?
Irish commentator David McWilliams is calling for the Irish diaspora to be welcomed to a “New Hibernia” in his upcoming book, The Generation Game. He is calling for descendants of Irish emigrants to be welcomed back for the economic and cultural health of Ireland. In an excerpt from the new book published in yesterday’s Sunday… Continue reading Should Ireland welcome its diaspora home?
John Boyle O’Reilly Summer School: September, 2007
The Flight of the Earls is the subject of this year’s John Boyle O’Reilly Summer School, hosted by The Old Drogheda Society. Speakers will include Dr Patrick Fitzgerald of the Centre for Migration Studies at the Ulster American Folk Park in Omagh, who will speak on “The Flight of the Earls and the Origins of… Continue reading John Boyle O’Reilly Summer School: September, 2007
RTE gives details of global All-Ireland broadcasting
RTE Radio has announced that its All-Ireland Hurling and Football Final coverage will be broadcast to Irish people living abroad in countries across Europe, Africa and the Far East. In Africa and the Far East, the finals will be on shortwave. Across most of Britain, listeners will get coverage on LongWave 252. Most of Europe… Continue reading RTE gives details of global All-Ireland broadcasting
Irish Theatrical Diaspora focuses on Dublin Theatre Festival
The Irish Theatrical Diaspora group will hold its 2007 conference in association with the Dublin Theatre Festival and the Irish Theatre Institute. The conference will explore the history of the Dublin Theatre Festival in its first five decades, focusing on landmark Irish plays first staged at the DTF visiting companies and productions from abroad that… Continue reading Irish Theatrical Diaspora focuses on Dublin Theatre Festival