IACI Announces New Membership Program
In partnership with the IACI Jersey Shore chapter, we are proud to announce a new monthly virtual program, which will be free to IACI Members.
This month, we invite you to join us for an online evening showcasing traditional Irish tunes played by traveling musicians & steps taught by dancing-masters at the crossroads.
Shannon Dunne, dance teacher, renowned international performer and principal of Shannon Dunne Dance, an intergenerational dance company in Washington D.C., will host the presentation Monday, March 8 at 7:00 p.m. Ms. Dunne grew up in New Jersey where she studied tap dancing which eventually led her to Irish dancing. “I’m thrilled to be returning to my roots in New Jersey to talk about traditional Irish dancing masters who taught at the crossroads of Ireland and performed tunes once played by traveling musicians. It is my goal to pass down these early Irish tunes and dances to the next generation.”
All IACI Members are welcome to attend Ms. Dunne’s presentation online via Zoom. Advance registration is required and attendance is limited. If you are an IACI Member and wish register contact us. If you are not already a member, but would like to join to take advantage of this member benefit join now.
Schedule of Presentations:
3/8 Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day 2021 – Traditional Music & Dance Shannon Dunne, international performer and award-winning Sean-Nós dancer
4/12 “Maud Gonne and the Birth of a Nation” Christine Kinealy, author of Frederick Douglass and Ireland: In His Own Words
5/10 “Memories of Our Fathers in the Irish War of Independence” Cormac O’Malley, Peggie O’Brien, Mícheál Ó Máille
6/14 “Ireland Divided: Eamon De Valera and Michael Collins” Lorcan Collins (Dublin), creator and host of “Revolutionary Ireland” podcast
7/12 “Revolutionary Dublin, 1921” Liz Gillis (Dublin), author of Women of the Irish Revolution
8/9 TBD
9/13 “Mapping the Burning of Cork” – Helene O’Keeffe (Univ. College Cork)
10/11 “Outrage: Women's Experiences of Violence and War in Ireland, 1921” Mary McAuliffe (UCD), author of We Were There: 77 Women of the Easter Rising
11/8 “The Anglo-Irish Treaty & Creation of Irish Free State” Speaker TBD
12/13 Holiday Musical Party