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News in Brief ...... DEVELOPMENT WORK - IDSA - Alison Cullen 30th Marxh 09 (Click on image for larger size)
On Wednesday 18th March the official launch of IDSA (the Irish Diaspora in Scotland Association) took place at Holyrood, the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh. The reception itself was hosted by Michael McMahon MSP and Clionna Manahan our Irish Consulate in Edinburgh. The reception was attended by approximately 25 to 30 MSP’s in Parliament, Speakers Professor Tom Devine and Dr Joseph Bradley together with members from the various Diaspora groups in Scotland. Myself, the Chairperson of the Scottish Region and ten youngsters from our 4 branches of Comhaltas in Scotland made our way to Edinburgh for this reception. The ten youngsters from Johnny Doherty, St James the Great, St Patrick’s and the Irish Minstrels branches of Comhaltas provided the music for this reception and promoted Comhaltas very well. There was a display of Irish Dancing from The Haughey MacAuley School of Irish Dancing and some lovely singing from our own Gaelic Choir who ended the evening with our National Anthem. (You could say that this would be a momentous day in the history of our Irish Culture to have this played and sung in the Scottish Parliament). All the groups banners including our own were displayed well and it made good networking opportunities for all the organisations present. ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Scottish Fleadh....
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__________________________________________________________________________________________ Irish Minstrels April Newsletter A copy of the newsletter is avaialble to download here ... April_Newsletter_2009.doc ___________________________________________________________________________________________ IRISH HERITAGE FILMS - See website - www.irelandstraditionalcrafts.com The 'Hands' series of documentaries on traditional Irish crafts and lifestyles date from the 70's and were first shown on RTE television. A generation grew up watching and loving these films, giving a glimpse into how things 'used' to be in Ireland. The 37 films are now available to the public in a box set with 20 hours of viewing. All the films deal with Irish crafts, from wool spinning through to boat building, whose practitioners have either died off or that their indigenous production has become eclipsed by cheap foreign imports and suffered consequently. |
