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← Older postsA Portrait of George Moore and Modern Ireland
March 4, 2024The “Manet/Degas” exhibition brilliantly showcases the groundbreaking work that significantly influenced the trajectory of modernist painting in France. It is fascinating to note that one of Manet and Degas’ mutual acquaintances was County Mayo-born George Moore (1852–1933). The Metropolitan Museum … Read More
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April 14, 2023This was posted on IrishCentral on April12, 2023
Posted in featurednews, news | Comments Off on A IGHBord salute to mark President Joe Biden’s visit to IrelandSean McNeill Award 2022
March 27, 2023On March 28th, 2023 the Irish Business Organization awarded the Sean McNeill Award to Turlough McConnell in recognition of his excellent contributions to the Irish community in New York.
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May 8, 2021Great Famine Voices 2021 continues with William Henry Lane “Master Juba” – the Father of Tap Dance who visited Ireland in 1849, when the country was slowly emerging from a devastating famine. Join us this Sunday and hear how this … Read More
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May 8, 2021An online Salute to 260 Years of the New York Saint Patrick’s Day Parade. NARRATED BY ORLAGH CASSIDYDIRECTED BY GEORGE C. HESLINWRITTEN AND PRODUCED BY TURLOUGH MCCONNELL With HistoriansPatrick Fitzgerald | Christine Kinealy | Harold Holzer | Maureen Murphy |Terry … Read More
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March 24, 2021Turlough McConnell Communications is delighted to announce that the online series on the life and work of Oscar Wilde is now available to view on YouTube. FREE. Thanks to curator Professor Christine Kinealy and co-curator Matthew Skwiat for inviting us … Read More
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January 18, 2021The New York Irish Center presented “Home Away From Home This Christmas,” a celebration of Ireland’s greatest writers from Ireland’s from W. B. Yeats to Frank McCourt. The program was directed by George C. Heslin and produced by Turlough McConnell. … Read More
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October 29, 2020Irish American Writers & Artistspresents an Online Production of Eugene O’Neill: An Irish American Boyhood by Turlough McConnell featuring Ciaran Byrne, Maria Deasy and Colin Ryan Eugene O’Neill is the only American playwright to have won four Pulitzer prizes and the … Read More
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April 2, 2020Today, as we patiently wait in quarantine and lockdown, we do well to remember that our forebears emerged triumphant after enduring calamity. We have prevailed before, and we will do so again. In February, just before Covid-19 changed our world, … Read More
Posted in featurednews | Comments Off on Maynooth CelebrationKilcar, My Donegal Playground | Irish America Magazine
July 6, 2019Turlough McConnell recounted his wild and mysterious summers in Kilcar, County Donegal in Irish America magazine. Read the article here.
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