Book Club: Let Me Go Mad in My Own Way by Elaine Feeney
A multi-generational family story of the west of Ireland and its women and a love story of second chances from the Booker-longlisted author of How to Build a Boat
Book Club: Field Notes from an Extinction by Eoghan Walls
Fast-paced and funny. Scientific and tender. A literary thriller featuring Auks. As if Hilary Mantel’s The Giant, O’Brien met Robinson Crusoe, here is a story of one man’s growing humanity amidst famine and extinction.
Book Club: Otherworld by Lisa M. Bitel
Bitel retells little-known, anonymous tales from Ireland, written a thousand years ago or more, about human and supernatural lovers who cross the boundaries between our world and the Otherworld.
Book Club: The News from Dublin by Colm Tóibín
From Colm Tóibín, “one of the world’s best living literary writers” (The Boston Globe), comes a brilliant collection of nine short stories, many never-before-published, set across Ireland, Spain, and America—about the complexities of family, longing, loss, and love.
Book Club: Land by Maggie O'Farrell
A spellbinding story of separation, longing, recovery and survival as a family makes a new home in the aftermath of tragedy.
Book Club: Walk the Blue Fields by Claire Keegan
Walk the Blue Fields, an unforgettable array of quietly wrenching stories about despair and desire in the timeless world of modern-day Ireland.
Book Club: Thirty Two Words for Field by Manchán Magan
In Thirty-Two Words for Field, Manchán Magan meditates on these words – and the nuances of a way of life that is disappearing with them.
Book Club: Said the Dead by Doireann Ní Ghríofa
From the author of A Ghost in the Throat, an unforgettable book - both history and ghost story - that will leave you gasping by its final page.
Book Club: Heart Be at Peace by Donal Ryan
From one of the most acclaimed Irish writers today, a new novel about smalltown Ireland that explores a community on the mend and the power of love and trauma to both bring people together and divide them.
Irish Film Series: Saipan
Gear up for the World Cup at this exclusive screening of Saipan!
Irish Film Series: Song of the Sea
Bring the whole family and join the Irish Center as we screen Song of the Sea - from the team that brought you The Secret of Kells!
Performance: You’ll See…
"Ulysses for children?? Has the world gone mad?...Branar has gone and done it."
-The Irish Times
Book Club: Confessions by Catherine Airey
For fans of The Goldfinch and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, an ambitious and absorbing debut that follows three generations of women from New York to rural Ireland and back again.
Book Club: New Collected Poems by Eavan Boland
An expansive, celebratory collection from “one of the finest and boldest poets of the last half century”.
Irish Culture Night with Katie and Vivienne
A night of Irish comedy, history, language and culture!
They’ll talk about the many fun everyday English words we get from Irish, the slang, the folklore, wild historical stories of Ireland and standup from one of Ireland’s funniest comedians living in the USA!
Book Club: By the Lake by John McGahern
Following his characters through the course of a year, through lambing and haying seasons, market days and family visits, McGahern lays bare their passions and regrets, their uneasy relationship with the modern world, their ancient intimacy with death.
Book Club: These Days by Lucy Caldwell
These Days is a timeless and heart-breaking novel about living under duress, about family, and about how we try to stay true to ourselves.
Book Club: Rot: An Imperial History of the Irish Famine by Padraic X. Scanlan
A revelatory new history of the Irish Great Famine, showing how the British Empire caused Ireland’s most infamous disaster.
Book Club: Prophet Song by Paul Lynch
A fearless portrait of a society on the brink as a mother faces a terrible choice, from an internationally award-winning author.
November Movie Night: Róise and Frank
Join the Irish Center as we screen Róise and Frank - if you love Ireland, dogs, and laughter, this is the film for you!
Distillation
“This ode to our landscape will give you a new perspective on Ireland... All of the senses are engaged: not just sight and hearing but also touch, smell and even taste.”—THE IRISH TIMES
Book Club: A Stranger in the Family by Jane Casey
The gripping new thriller featuring DS Maeve Kerrigan and DI Josh Derwent from the Top Ten Sunday Times bestselling author.
October Movie Night: Oddity
Join the Irish Center for a fright as we screen Irish horror film Oddity!
Book Club: Glorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon
Told in a contemporary Irish voice and as riotously funny as it is deeply moving, Glorious Exploits is an unforgettable ode to the power of art in a time of war, brotherhood in a time of enmity, and human will throughout the ages.
September Movie Night: Small Things Like These
Join the Irish Center as we screen Small Things Like These, adapted from the same author that brought us The Quiet Girl.
Book Club: The Alternatives by Caoilinn Hughes
The story of four brilliant Irish sisters, orphaned in childhood, who scramble to reconnect when the oldest disappears into the Irish countryside.
July Movie Night: Sing Street
Join the Irish Center as we screen the tuneful and emotional Sing Street, from the team that brought us Once.
June Movie Night: The Secret of Kells
Join the Irish Center as we screen the animated delight The Secret of Kells, which brings the creation of the Book of Kells to vivid, magical life.
Intermezzo by Sally Rooney
An exquisitely moving story about grief, love, and family—but especially love—from the global phenomenon Sally Rooney.
Tom Moran is a Big Fat Filthy Disgusting Liar
Have you ever told a lie? How bad was it? And how far would you go to keep it a secret?
Brimming with compassion and humor, Tom has a story to tell, some secrets to share and a future to fix. Tom is a self-proclaimed people-pleaser and expert in empathy - but someone who really struggles with the truth - in this hilarious but completely true solo show.
Classic Irish Short Stories, ed. by Frank O'Connor
In his introduction to this collection, Frank O'Connor, himself a distinguished short story writer, emphasizes the richness of the short story tradition in Ireland.
Motherfoclóir: Dispatches from a not so dead language by Darach O'Séaghdha
As the title suggests, Motherfoclóir takes an irreverent, pun-friendly and contemporary approach to the Irish language.
I Can't Believe It's Not Ireland!
A one-man show about the past and the future, the show explores the history of plantation, partition, and the Irish Protestant contribution to Irish (and American) life - then projects to 2032 to see what a United Ireland will be like.
Cyprus Avenue (play) by David Ireland
Gerry Adams has disguised himself as a newborn baby and successfully infiltrated my family home. David Ireland’s black comedy takes one man’s identity crisis to the limits as he uncovers the modern day complexity of Ulster Loyalism.
Shaking with Laughter with Adam Burke
Enjoy a hilarious night of comedy and cocktails as comedian Adam Burke shakes up a delicious blend of jokes and mixology.
We Don't Know Ourselves by Fintan O'Toole
We Don't Know Ourselves is a very personal vision of recent Irish history from the year of O'Toole's birth, 1958, down to the present.
December Movie Night: Brooklyn
Join the Irish Center as we screen the big screen adaptation of Colm Tóibín's modern classic, Brooklyn. In Brooklyn, Saoirse Ronan plays Eilis, an Irish immigrant who lands in 1950s Brooklyn.
The Paper Man by Billy O'Callaghan
Based on true events, The Paper Man is the story of twentieth-century Europe and love against the odds. It is a story that will take Jack far from Cork and all the way back to Vienna, and towards The Paper Man.