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Past Events
During the 1998-1999 Academic
Year
The ICS, along with the amazing Dr. Murphy and the Irish Studies
Program, had an excellent year.
For the first year in existence our goals were to make the ICS
known, make it a reputable student organization, and to get Black 47 on campus.
I think that it was an complete success. After looking back on it, you
realize how much the ICS has really accomplished.
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First and foremost was the 1st Annual ICS Irish Musical
Festival. The ICS started to plan for the from the beginning of the
year, but we never really thought that it was a possibility until we saw it
with our own eyes. Click here to see
more about the event.
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Over the year Dr. Murphy and the Irish Studies program
brought in many wonderful historians, poets, writers, etc. including:
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Poet Eamon Grennan
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Journalist/Historian Tim Pat Coogan, giving a Lecture
called "Peace in Northern Ireland?"
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Poetry Reading by Michael Coady who has been awarded
Listowel Writer's Week and the Francis MacManus Short Story Award. He
has also received the Patrick Kavanagh Award in 1979 for poems in his
first collection entitled "Two for a Woman, Three for a Man".
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Poet Moya Cannon who has won the 1991 Behan Memorial
Prize for the best first collection published in Ireland since the
previous year.
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Historian Tom Bartlett, giving a Lecture entitled
"The Rebellion of 1798 and its Aftermath".
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We have celebrated James Joyce's Birthday by going to
Annie's Pub to listen to some of his readings with music provided by
Gerry Timlin.
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We have been entertained by going into Philly and enjoying a
few every now and again, while listing to new up and coming Local Irish
Talent.
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The ICS has presented featured films, such as in the Name of
the Father and the Boxer
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And of coarse we went to New York City to celebrate St.
Paddy's day.
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