Mile Failte

Mile Failte - 03/16/13

3.20.13 at 6:00pm by Seamus Blake

Mile Failte with Seamus Blake for March 17th: Happy Saint Patrick's Day to you all = La le Padraig shona daoibh go leir, with the anthem "Dochas Linn Naomh Padraig" = You are our hope Saint Patrick

Mile Failte - 3/9/13

3.11.13 at 2:07pm by Seamus Blake

Belfast, home of the first urban Gaeltacht, the Reggae Band Breag, and Grainne Holland, and the senior sean-nos balladeer, Albert Fry

Mile Failte with Seamus Blake for March 2nd: Muscrai, the Cork Gaeltacht, glorious voices: Maire Ni Cheileachair, influenced by Bess Cronin (1879-1956), who was the grand-aunt of the internationally renowned stylist, Iarla O Lionaird, and the choir founded by Sean O Riada (1931-1971), Cor Chuil Aodha, and continued today by his son, Peadar.

Mile Failte - 02/23/13

2.25.13 at 11:23am by Seamus Blake

Mile Failte with Seamus Blake for February 23rd: At 2 PM, today, at the New York Irish Center, in Long Island City, the Irish language book club, Club Leabhar Nua Eabhrac, discusses the collection of short stories by Alex Hijmans, originally from Holland -- A Dutch, Portugese, English and Irish Gaelic speaker. Written in Irish, the collection, "Gonta" [which means "wounded"], is set in the areas of Brazil where the poor, Afro-Brazilians reside. All who have read it are welcome.

Mile Failte - 02/16/13

2.18.13 at 11:23am by Seamus Blake

Mile Failte with Seamus Blake for February 16th: The annual Irish Language Teachers' Workshop, Ceardlann na Muinteoiri, will take place in Esopus, NY, Sunday and Monday, February 17 to 18, conducted by Maire Nic an Bhaird, Ph.D, a Lecturer in Roinn na Gaeilge, at the Froebel Education College, Dublin, sponsored by Daltai na Gaeilge.