Events
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Thank you – Bloomsday 2022
Thank you to all the Bloomsday attendees who joined us June 16 at Summit Manor in beautiful St. Paul. It was our best and biggest to date with a splendid cast of characters. Special congratulations to Brian Molloy, winner of second annual Bloomsday Literary award. Also, grateful to our keynote speaker and Joycean scholar, David Gardiner, who joined us from the University of St. Thomas Irish Studies program and provided background on Ulysses. Mark your calendars for next year. Special “Thank You” to David & Amber McLaughlin at Summit Manor, David Gardiner, Irish Fair Minnesota, Tom Dunn Photography, Brian Malloy, our “Ulysses” readers, Kevin and Sarah Geraghty, Dennis Stanton, Tom…
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IN MN’s Bloomsday Festival
Join Irish Network Minnesota on Thursday, June 16th from 5 to 8 PM for our 5th Annual Bloomsday Festival at Summut Manor, 275 Summit Ave., St Paul, MN. $20 at the door includes: Appetizers, beer, wine, music by Katie McMahon, céilí dance, dramatic readings, best period dress contest, and presentation of our annual IN MN Bloomsday Literary Award. Link below for video from the 1st Bloomsday in 1954. https://youtu.be/A0gNNWHmj9Q Flann O’Brien, Patrick Kavanagh and friends set off on the historic first Bloomsday.
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Bloomsday 2022 – Saint Paul, MN
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Save the Date – Bloomsday Festival 6/16/2022
Please join Irish Network Minnesota Thursday, June 16, 2022, for our 5th annual Bloomsday Festival celebrating the 100th anniversary of James Joyce’s Ulysses! Celebrating again this year at the beautiful Summit Manor.
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St. Patrick’s Day Parade 2022
3/26/22 Join Irish Network MN Thursday, March 17th at the St Patrick’s Day Parade in downtown Saint Paul from 12 – 1:30 PM. Parade route this year starts in Rice Park (5th St & Market St) and will travel along 5th Street, ending near Mears Park (5th St & Sibley St). St. Paul St. Patrick’s day Association and Guinness are hosting a party in CHS Field at the end of the route to celebrate the return of the parade in 2022! See you there!
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March Out Hunger
Help Irish Network Minnesota, Extended Exposure and Minnesota Food Share this March to end hunger in Minnesota! In the Spirit of Saint Patrick, we would like your help to fight Hunger. The Irish, who are no strangers to hunger, are once again excited to join this year’s effort to March Out Hunger during the month of March. Minnesota Food Share has a Campaign to March Out Hunger. It is a statewide, grassroots food-drive, in which, every dollar donated goes to local food shelves. According to Hunger Facts MINNESOTA*, in 2021, the projected food insecurity rate was 8.6% in Minnesota, up from 7.7% in 2019. A whopping 3.7 million visits were…
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Bloomsday Planning for 2022
1/28/22 Board Members met last evening to begin planning for our 2022 – Bloomsday Festival! Join Irish Network MN on Thursday, June 16, 2022 for our 5th annual Bloomsday Festival. We will again be celebrating at the beautiful Summit Manor from 5 – 8 PM. Come for an exciting evening filled with drama, costumes, music, dancing, conversations, food, drinks and fun! More information to follow! Sláinte!
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Planning for a New Year!
11/18/21 – Our Board Members met last evening to begin planning our upcoming partnerships and events. We are excited and looking forward to a great year! We welcome two new members to our board – Kathy Luby and Amaya Cork and our new Vice President, Pat Duffy!
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Ten Men Dead- A Minnesota Remembrance of the 1981 Irish Hunger Strike
Ten Men Dead- A Minnesota Remembrance of the 1981 Irish Hunger Strike Saturday, October 16, 2021 from 3 PM – 6 PM at the Dubliner Pub The event is free and all are welcome. Join us as we recognize the 40th anniversary of the Irish Hunger Strikers – Ten political prisoners who died in 1981. The event will include biographies of the prisoners, readings from their letters, music and refreshments. Presented as a partnership with Irish Fair of Minnesota, Minnesotan’s for a United Ireland, the Irish Gazette, the Communications Workers of America Local 7250, the St Paul’s St Patrick’s Day Parade Association and the Dubliner Pub. More than 100,000 people…
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Ambassador’s Reception
Welcome Ambassador Daniel Mulhall, his wife Greta, and Consul General, Kevin Byrne to the outdoor stage at Celtic Junction Arts Center. Please join Irish Network Minnesota, August 23 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
