NISG are holding a double Bloomsday celebration on Saturday 16 June this year.

In the morning, we’ll be in the beautiful setting of Bromley House Library, for an hour’s reading from the work of James Joyce. Brian and Deirdre will read selected extracts, in costume. If you’ve heard us before, come and hear different pieces this time, though Molly will get her finale as usual:
Bloomsday (i) @ Bromley
11am - 12 noon
Bromley House Library
Angel Row
Nottingham NG1 6HL
www.bromleyhouse.org
Click here for Bromley House newsletter.

Tickets £4, inc refreshments from Bromley House 0115 9473134.
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In the afternoon, we’ll be participating in Nottingham Libraries’ Cultural Olympiad.
Various local drama groups will perform at Central Library from 11am - 2.30pm:
Bloomsday (ii) at Angel Row
1.35 - 1.55pm.
Nottingham Central Library
NG1 6HP

We’ll be reading different selections from those heard at the morning’s Bromley House event.
We will still be in costume - why not dress in 1904 style to keep us company?

This is a free event. Info: 0115 915 2828

Tá ainm Gaeilge nua againn: Grúpa Nottingham don Léann Éireannach.
Go raibh maith ag Daltaí na Gaeilge, a thug cabhair liom.

Áit nua don rang Gaeilge: new space for Notts Irish Language:
Peacock pub, Mansfield Rd, thuas staighre/ upstairs.
Tá an Peacock ar cúinne (corner)
Bóthar Mansfield Rd/sráid Peachey St.,
opposite Teach/House of Fraser.
Tá sé ‘handy’ don Victoria bus station & city buses.
Limited parking on Major St/Bluecoat Close (Clós Cóta Gorm)
Tá sé ar meter/ It’s on a meter: £1, 6-8pm.

Rinne muid tosach nua/ We made a new start!
An chéad rang eile / next class:
De Chéadaoin/Wednesday  30 Bealtaine/May   7.30-9pm.
Feicfidh muid sibh ann. Fáilte!
We don’t have a set charge but recommend a donation of £2 per person.
If you’re unwaged, give what you can. We won’t turn anyone away for lack of funds.
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NISG now has its own page on Facebook:
facebook.com/Nottingham Irish Studies Group.
Click on the link and ‘Like’.

We are also part of Facebook group East Midlands Irish Forum.
Join us there to find or post Irish-related news.

NISG March 2012 Newsletter

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) details of the series of Nottingham talks in Autumn 2009. This series was repeated for Mansfield Irish Association in 2010: Rebels and Dissidents Word Doc

IRISH LANGUAGE
Irish language classes in Mansfield:

We meet once a month 7.30 - 9pm at  [Wetherspoon’s] Court House NG18 1HX , in Market Square. We’re a small, friendly group using Buntús Cainte and pictorial material to learn Irish in an informal way. All welcome, though complete beginners might find the Nottingham group (details above) more accessible. You will be expected to buy a book or two occasionally. We are currently reading Fleá Bhricriu, based on an ancient Irish folktale featuring Cú Chulainn and the Red Branch Knights. Suggested donation: £2 (dhá phunt). Next class: De Máirt (Tues) 12 Meitheamh (June). 
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/