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Posted on May 19, 2017 by turlough
2pm Saturday, June 3rd, 2017
Sheen Center for Thought and Culture
18 Bleeker Street
New York, New York 10012
To mark the bicentennial of the arrival of the Sisters of Charity to New York City (1817-2017), the Sheen Center will present How The Nuns of New York Tamed The Gangs of New York directed by George Heslin and created by Turlough McConnell featuring the highly acclaimed cast:
Lead narrators Orlagh Cassidy (St. Vincent) and Ciaran Byrne (Public Morals) join Grammy award-winning folk musicians Jay Ungar and Molly Mason (Ken Burns’ The Civil War), violinist Gregory Harrington, tenor David O’Leary and Hammerstep dance company. There will be an additional guest appearance by Terry Donnelly reprising a scene from Doubt. Academy award-winning playwright John Patrick Shanley will be in attendance. There will also be a preview of the new Shrine, in tribute to the bicentennial, which opens this Fall at Saint Patrick’s Cathedral on Fifth Avenue.
Please join us to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Sisters of Charity of New York with this multimedia storytelling event.
For more information and to purchase tickets please visit www.sheencenter.org
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Posted on May 19, 2017 by turlough
From right, Turlough McConnell, Fionnuala Quinlan, Consul General of Ireland Boston, Dr. Christian Dupont, Burns Library, Kateri Walsh and Frederick Sullivan of the
Holyoke St Partick’s Parade Committee, Aoife Budd, Deputy Vice Consul of Ireland and Micheal J. Moriarty, Director, One Holyoke Development Corp.
On March 19th, Turlough McConnell will be honored at the Ambassador’s Breakfast on the morning of Holyoke’s Saint Patrick’s Day Parade. Holyoke’s Saint Patrick’s Day Parade has been running for the past 65 years and attracts over 400,000 spectators and was recently praised by USA Today as the second largest Saint Patrick’s Day parade in the United States.
The Ambassador Award is presented to a person, or organization that works or has worked to promote the relationship between Ireland and the United States of America. The Chair of the Ambassador’s award Selection Committee, Kateri Walsh stated “Our 2017 Ambassador Award recipient truly embodies the spirit of our prestigious award, presented by The Republic of Ireland to an individual who strengthens the ties between United States and Ireland. Through his two decade experience as a creative executive in the Irish-American market, producing live events of interest to Irish American, he is most-worthy of this award.” Turlough McConnell is the 26th recipient of this award.
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Posted on September 28, 2016 by turlough
Leading historians reveal the American story behind Ireland’s 1916 Easter Rising. Photographs by Kit DeFever. Designed by Andrew Patapis Design. Edited by Judith Rodgers. Produced by Turlough McConnell Communications.
Portraits of contemporary Irish-American historians with a selection of historic images and text create an American perspective of Ireland’s struggle for Independence.
On view through mid-October, 2016.
Exhibition free and open to the public by appointment only.
Please call +212 319 2555
Consulate General of Ireland
345 Park Avenue 17th Floor
New York NY 10154-0037
Check this website for upcoming related programming.
Featured exhibition PRESS here:
Irish Voice, September 28 – October 4, 2016
For more on the American Story of the 1916 Easter Rising, please see Turlough McConnell’s special feature for Irish America Magazine:
Launch Digital Edition
As featured on IrishAmerica.com
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Posted on September 19, 2016 by turlough
Leading historians reveal the American story behind Ireland’s 1916 Easter Rising. Photographs by Kit DeFever. Designed by Andrew Patapis Design. Edited by Judith Rodgers. Produced by Turlough McConnell Communications.
Hear vital voices from across the US as leading historians and writers reveal the American story behind Ireland’s Easter Rising. With New York Irish History Roundtable members and Special Guests.
Moderated by journalist, author and historian Terry Golway.
1:00pm
Consulate General of Ireland
345 Park Avenue 17th Floor
New York NY 10154-0037
FREE Event
RSVP Required
866-811 4111
For more on the American Story of the 1916 Easter Rising, please see Turlough McConnell’s special feature for Irish America Magazine:
Launch Digital Edition
As featured on IrishAmerica.com
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Posted on June 16, 2016 by turlough
Quinnipiac University salutes Adrian Flannelly for his lifelong service to the Irish American community.
Photograph by Kit Defever at the Irish Hunger Memorial, Battery Park, New York City, 2016.
Produced by Turlough McConnell Communications for Quinnipiac University.
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Posted on April 30, 2016 by turlough
On Wednesday, April 27, 2016, Three Centenaries were celebrated in Washington DC: the 1916 Easter Rising, the founding of the National Park Service and the commissioning of the Robert Emmet Memorial Statue by Irish sculptor, Jerome Connor.
This “very Irish day,” introduced by Tara D. Morrison, Superintendent of Rock Creek Park, included an eloquent speech by the Irish Ambassador to the United States, Anne Anderson; a solemn reading of the 1916 Proclamation of Independence by Captain Peter Kelleher of the Irish Army; remarks by Congressman Joe Crowley; Bob Vogel, Superintendent of the National Mall and Memorial Parks; Elizabeth Broun, Director of the Smithsonian Museum of Art; Thomas Burke, National President of the Irish American Unity Conference and Brendan Moore, National President of the Ancient Order of the Hibernians.
In the March issue of Irish America Magazine, Turlough McConnell writes on the historical significance of this important monument and the story of Robert Emmet. You can read his full article in this post elsewhere on our website.
In addition, Turlough McConnell Communications is pleased to share video documentation of the historic April 27th, rededication in the player below. Video courtesy of www.FedNet.net.
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Posted on April 3, 2016 by turlough
Leading historians reveal the American story behind Ireland’s 1916 Easter Rising. Photographs by Kit DeFever. Designed by Andrew Patapis Design. Edited by Judith Rodgers. Produced by Turlough McConnell Communications.
As Ireland commemorates the centennial of the Easter Rising we remember the American connection. 1916-2016: Proclaiming The American Story is a special feature in Irish America Magazine by Turlough McConnell that highlights the recent scholarship on the Easter Rising and opens soon in Manhattan as a photo exhibition supported by the Consulate General of Ireland New York.
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Posted on March 22, 2016 by turlough
Sculptor Rowan Gillespie installing the Hughes memorial in front of the Old Cathedral with his crew for Sunday’s unveiling. Photo by: Irish Voice
Turlough McConnell Communications had the honor of coordinating an historic event on November 22, 2015 at the Sheen Center in Manhattan: A ceremony commemorating the twin Bicentennials of the founding of the Sisters of Charity of New York (1817–2017) and the opening of St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral (1815–2015).
This celebration wove together an exciting variety of performances to tell the story of immigrant Irish-Americans, their struggles and the courage of those who fought for their rights in early 19th century New York.
In addition to the celebration, Turlough McConnell Communications also unveiled a bronze memorial to Archbishop John J. Hughes recently completed by prestigious Irish sculptor, Rowan Gillespie and opened the exhibition, “How the Nuns of New York Tamed the Gangs of New York”at the Basilica of Old St. Patrick’s on Prince and Mott Streets in SoHo.
Cahir O’Doherty provided coverage of these events for Irish Central:
“The cathedral opened and the Sisters arrived in Manhattan within two years of each other between 1815 and 1817, the latter group arriving at the behest of Elizabeth Ann Seton, herself a onetime New Yorker.
On Sunday, 200 years later, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the 10th archbishop of New York, blessed the newly restored Basilica and unveiled a spectacular new bronze memorial to the city’s first Archbishop John J. Hughes created by sculptor Rowan Gillespie, who attended the performance and the blessing.
At the performance, narrators Neil Bradley and Carey Van Driest said it was Pope Pius VII who established the Diocese of New York in 1808, in response to the population surge spurred on by immigration.”
Click here to read the full article
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Posted on March 20, 2016 by turlough
Legacy Thrives at Monsignor Scanlan High School
By Turlough McConnell
“A turnaround is happening in the Bronx. The decline of Catholic education in New York City is being reversed by the creative efforts of civic-minded donors who have contributed dollars and ingenuity.”
To read the full article click here
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Posted on March 9, 2016 by raoul
Turlough McConnell reviews Irish Hunger: Myth, Memory and Memorialization, edited by Dr. Patrick Fitzgerald (Mellon Centre for Migration Studies), Professor Christine Kinealy (Director of Ireland’s Great Hunger Institute, Quinnipiac University) and Dr. Gerard Moran (European School, Lacken, Brussels) in the February/March 2016 issue of Irish America. This collection showcases the scholarship of the 2014 Ulster-American Heritage Symposium (UAHS) 20th Anniversary proceedings at Quinnipiac University in Connecticut and University of Georgia in Athens.
The contributors to this volume include Marguérite Corporaal, Patrick Fitzgerald, David Gleeson, Christine Kinealy, Jason King, Brian Lambkin, Mark McGowan, Gerard Moran, Kay Muhr, Maureen Murphy, Andrew Newby, Nini Rodgers, Catherine Shannon, and Damian Shiels.
To read the full review please click here
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