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November 2007

Thu 8
November 8, 2007 @ 6:00 pm

William J. Matthews, Ph.D., “The Life and Times of Michael Collins”

Thu 29
November 29, 2007 @ 6:00 pm

Alen MacWeeney, Photographer, Author, “Irish Travelers, Tinkers No More” (New England College Press, 2007)

Alen MacWeeney was born in Dublin in 1939 and came to the U.S. at age 21 to become assistant to the renowned photographer Richard Avedon. He soon established himself as

January 2008

Thu 17
January 17, 2008 @ 6:00 pm

Nancy Lusignan Schultz, Ph.D., “Mass Mailings: The Irish and American Miracles of Prince Alexander Hohenlohe, 1823-24”, (published Mar. 2011 as “Mrs. Mattingly’s Miracle: The Prince, the Widow, and the Cure that Shocked Washington City”, Yale Univ. Press)

March 2008

Mon 10
March 10, 2008 @ 6:00 pm

Dr. Brian Trainor, Ulster Historical Foundation, “Emigration from Ulster to North America in the 18th Century”

October 2008

Tue 14
October 14, 2008 @ 6:00 pm

Scott Molloy, Ph.D., “Irish Titan, Irish Toilers: Joseph Banigan and Nineteenth-Century New England Labor” (University Press of New England, July 2008)

In his book Molloy explores the life of Joseph Banigan (1839-1898), one of America's most successful 19th Century industrialists, who became New England’s first Catholic millionaire. Banigan was an Irish

November 2008

Thu 6
November 6, 2008 @ 6:00 pm

. Charles Artaud Byrne, MS, Lt.-Col. U.S. AF (retired), “Ranelagh: The Irish Warlord” (Tate Publishing Company, 2008)

Byrne brings one of Ireland’s ancient and respected families to vivid life. His epic of the O’Byrne family begins in 16th Century County Wicklow, as they struggle to counter English

February 2009

Thu 19
February 19, 2009 @ 6:00 pm

William J. Matthews, Ph.D., “The Irish Famine (An Gorta Mor) 1845-1849”

The great Irish famine was a horrific period in Irish history of incredible calamity, suffering, and death. The proximal cause of this disaster was the Irish dependence on the potato

March 2009

Tue 3
March 3, 2009 @ 6:00 pm

Denny Lynch, Photographer, MS, BS, “The Battle of Baltimore, September 1814”

Photographer and Baltimore native, Denny Lynch will share his fascinating slide illustrated talk about the Battle of Baltimore. It was in September of 1814 that American soldiers stood up once

Mon 9
March 9, 2009 @ 6:00 pm

John F. Quinn, Ph.D., “The Rise of Catholicism in Newport, 1880-1950” (an “encore” presentation hosted by Cluny School, 75 Brenton Road, Newport)

In 1800 there were scarcely any Catholics in Newport, but by the mid-19th Century their numbers had risen dramatically, driven by immigration from Ireland. By 1880, the city’s one Catholic

April 2009

Thu 16
April 16, 2009 @ 6:00 pm

Edward T. McCarron, Ph.D., “From the Nore Valley to North America: Migrations from the Parish of Inistioge, County Kilkenny”

Professor McCarron received his B.A. from Drew University, his M.A. from Florida State University, and his Ph.D. from the University of New Hampshire. His courses at Stonehill include "Irish-American Experience”;

October 2009

Thu 22
October 22, 2009 @ 6:00 pm

Edward T. O’Donnell, Ph.D., “Compassion & Corruption: The Political Machine and the Irish American Experience”

Historian Edward T. O'Donnell’s talk will explore the origins and workings of the “political machine” and why the Irish were uniquely suited to take advantage of it. He will also

November 2009

Tue 17
November 17, 2009 @ 6:00 pm

Joyce M. Botelho, M.A. – “Nora Mulloy’s Newport”

American writer Thornton Wilder once described Newport as a community made up of nine cities, each with its separate identity. Like Theophilus North’s fictional Newport of 1926, each city has

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To tell the story of the Irish immigrants and their descendants in Newport County and the surrounding area  from the Colonial era to the present and to seek to preserve artifacts and mementoes relating to their experiences and facilitate research on Irish history and heritage.

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