Tues 9 March: ‘The Irish in London, from Elizabeth’s reign to the 1841 Census‘.
A talk by Gill Spraggs
7.30pm  Nottingham Irish Centre   £3 / £1.50
Saturday 13 March: Irish folktales for children 10.30am
Mansfield Library. Free. Info: Paula.fraser@nottscc.gov.uk
Tues 16 March: Feargus O’Connor: Chartist Champion (1794-1855).
A talk by Pat Murphy
7.30pm  Nottingham Irish Centre   £3 / £1.50
Friday 19 March 10.30am: Workshop on Irish folklore for Nottingham Hospice
Mon 29 March: Readings from Samuel Beckett
7-9pm Beeston Library  £6 / £4 
Info: sheelagh.gallagher@nottscc.gov.uk

Nottingham Irish Studies Group is running a series of talks on Irish culture and society in Spring-Summer 2010, on the second Tuesday of each month. Our next talk will be

Gill Spraggs on the Irish in London from Elizabeth I’s reign to the 1841 census
Nottingham Irish Centre, Tuesday 9th March 2010, 7.30 - 9pm.

Gill Spraggs lectures at Loughborough University. She is a poet and critic, and very knowlegeable on historical matters.  Gill will speak for about 45 minutes and then take questions/comments.
£3 / £1.50.   All Welcome
This event is supported by a grant from Irish Emigrant Services.

NISG ran a short course on Modern Irish History Oct-Nov 2008.
It was presented by Pat Murphy, and got excellent audiences and feedback.
FULL description of 2008 course HERE

See 2010 Diary for other activities.

Click on the ‘irishnottingham’ link below to read Patrick Murphy’s article:
‘Irish Settlement in Nottingham in the early Nineteenth Century’
Published in Transactions of the Thoroton Society of Nottinghamshire, vol xcviii, 1994

irishnottingham.pdf

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REBELS AND DISSIDENTS

Click on this LINK to read (or download - right click and  ’save as ) a word document

detailing the series of talks in Autumn 2009

Rebels and Dissidents Word Doc

IRISH LANGUAGE CLASSES @ NOTTINGHAM IRISH CENTRE
Irish language classes ran at the Irish Centre, Wilford St,  for four years, but currently are suspended. We are interested in running a beginners class, if sufficient numbers express an interest. If you are interested, email us on info@nottinghamisg.org.uk. When we get enough people to make a class viable, we’ll get back to you. Classes would cost about £3 each per session . Also, the Irish Centre expect anyone using the centre to join - membership cost is very reasonable.
In the meantime, anyone would be very welcome to join the Mansfield Irish language group - details below.

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Irish language classes in Mansfield:

We meet monthly 7.30 - 9pm at [Wetherspoon’s pub] The Court House NG18 1HX , in Market Square. We’re a small, friendly group using Buntús Cainte and lots of pictorial material to learn Irish in an informal way. All welcome, including beginners. £2.50 per session. Upcoming date: De Máirt (Tues) 6 Aibreán (April) 2010.
For more information email info@nottinghamisg.org.uk.
If you would like some free Irish language worksheets, get in touch and we’ll send some, by post or email - simple stories and exercises in Irish. We recommend this website: http://talkirish.com/

The Irish Reading Group meets monthly, usually on a Wednesday, in Nottingham Central Library, Angel Row, to discuss a wide range of Irish literature. Recent books discussed: Beloved Stranger by Clare Boylan;  Hugo Hamilton’s The Speckled People; Shade by Neil Jordan; Booker Prizewinner The Gathering by Anne Enright; Reading in the Dark by Seamus Deane; Clare Boylan’s Emma Brown; You are my Dream by Nuala O’Faoláin.
Many thanks to Marie Stott and Jane Brierley for their hard work in co-ordinating this reading group.
Info: Jane.Brierley@nottinghamcity.gov.uk