Irish History Month 2020
From 1st March 2020
Across the city of Leeds
Did you know that throughout the month of March every year, Irish History Month takes place? An initiative brought about by the Irish Arts Foundation, first celebrated in Leeds in 2007, it is now in its fourteenth year.
See here for updates regarding the events.
I Wouldn’t Start from Here: The Second-Generation Irish in Britain
Thursday 5th March 7:30pm
Headingley Library and Community Hub, LS6 3HG
In collaboration with Headingley LitFest.
Four Leeds-based distinguished second-generation Irish writers explore questions of identity and belonging. Ian Duhig, Ray French, Moy McCrory and Kath McKay ask the perennial question “where is home – here or Ireland?”Through their essays, fiction and poetry about music, family and history, they explore being ‘not quite British, not quite Irish’.
The Leeds Irish Centre : 1970-2020
Friday 6th March 10:30am
Thoresby Room, Leeds City Museum, Millennium Square, Leeds LS2 8BH
In collaboration with Leeds Museums and Galleries Services.
Irish Arts Foundation Director, Des Hurley, will chair a discussion and presentation, ‘The Leeds Irish Centre. 1970-2020’, with the Sociable History Club at Leeds City Museum.
‘Hello Delia Murphy’
Monday 9th March 11:30am
Montague Burton Resource Centre, Banstead Street West, Roundhay Road
In collaboration with Leeds Irish Health & Homes.
Carmen Cullen performs the songs and tells the story of her aunt Delia Murphy in her roving show ‘Hello Delia Murphy’.
The talk explains Delia Murphy's meteoric rise to fame and how the tradition she began has been taken up by well-known ballad groups and performers to the present day. Born in County Tipperary, now based in Bray, County Wicklow, Carmen Cullen is a writer, poet and performer.
You’re welcome here kind stranger….‘Home from Home’
Saturday 14th March 10:30am
Abbey House Museum, Kirkstall, LS5 3EH
In collaboration with Leeds Museums and Galleries Services.
As part of the ‘Sounds of Our City’ project, Conor MacMahon, will give a first public screening of his final year film, ‘Home from Home’. Conor is a Uilleann Piper and Film and Television Production Student at the University of Bradford and worked with Leeds CCÉ (Irish Music Association), Leeds Irish Centre and the Irish Arts Foundation to explore the current Irish music scene in Leeds and traces the history of Irish immigration to the city.
Traditional Irish Music Afternoon
Sunday 29th March 3:30pm
The Kirkstall Flyboat, Granary Wharf, Leeds, LS11 5PS
A traditional Irish music session in the inspired setting of the Kirkstall Flyboat, moored in the picturesque surroundings of Granary Wharf on the Leeds Liverpool Canal - featuring local musicians – all welcome.
The Sunday Sessions
From Sunday 29th March 2020 3:30pm
FREE EVENT
TBC
Between March and August 2020, on the last Sunday of the month between 3:30pm and 6pm the Irish Arts Foundation will be hosting an early evening informal 'session' of traditional Irish music.
Check here for updates regarding the locations of these events.
Appalachian folk music meets traditional Irish music
Monday 6th April 8:00pm
£ Pay What You Feel
Cardigan Arms Community Hub, 364 Kirkstall Road, Leeds LS4 2HQ
Blending tradition, innovation and whimsy in equal measure, The Idumea Quartet deconstruct and reassemble Appalachian folk music whilst drawing strong influences from other genres.
The Idumea Quartet - Appalachian folk music
Des Hurley & Friends - Traditional Irish music.
theidumeaquartet.bandcamp.com
Tuesday Night Live
Tuesday 22nd April 8:00pm
PAY WHAT YOU FEEL
Assembly Bar & Kitchen, Headingley Enterprise and Arts Centre, Bennett Road, Leeds LS6 3HN
An evening of traditional Irish Music and Song with special guests
Suggested donations of £3-£5, but no one turned away for lack of funds
www.heartcentre.org.uk
Rush Hour Trad
Wednesday 27th May 6:00pm
£ Pay What You Feel
Seven Arts, 31a Harrogate Road, Leeds LS7 3PD
Chill out with a drink or coffee after work for an hours traditional Irish music.
www.sevenleeds.co.uk
Irish Language Conversational Groups
Throughout 2020
Contribution to room hire (further details on request)
Swarthmore Education Centre 2-7 Woodhouse Square, Leeds, LS3 1AD
We are pleased to announce the continuation of the Irish language conversation group for the forthcoming academic year. The group, open to new members, is operated in a relaxed environment. The session takes place at Swarthmore Education Centre (Wednesday 6pm-7pm). It is ideally suited for those who have a little knowledge of the language already. tel: 0113 2787442
The Roscoe Display
Throughout 2020
FREE EVENT
The Community Corridor, Leeds City Museum Millennium Square, LS2 8BH
A recreation of the legendary Leeds pub, The Roscoe (formerly of Sheepscar interchange) is currently on display in Leeds City Museum.
The model is the creation of Dubliner Andy Gibney, a resident of Leeds since the early 1970's and forms part of the 'Story of Leeds' section of the museum.
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