Mile Failte

Irish Gaelic language and culture through words and music with Dr. Seamus Blake, Saturdays from 8-9am.

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August 28, 2010 Mile Failte for August 28th,
August 21, 2010 Mile Failte for August 21st,
August 14, 2010 Mile Failte for August 14th,
August 7, 2010 Mile Failte for August 7th
July 31, 2010 Mile Failte for July 31st
July 24, 2010 Mile Failte for July 24th
July 17, 2010 Mile Failte for July 17th
July 10, 2010 Mile Failte for July 10th
July 3rd, 2010 Mile Failte for July 3rd
June 26, 2010 Mile Failte for June 26th
June 19, 2010 Mile Failte for June 19th
June 12, 2010 Mile Failte for June 12th.
June 5, 2010 Mile Failte for June 5th.
May 29, 2010 Mile Failte for May 29th.
May 22, 2010 Mile Failte for May 22nd.
May 15, 2010 New CD, "Ae Fond Kiss," The West Ocean String Quartet with Maighréad Ní Dhomhnaill singing "Oileán na Marbh," in four movements, with lyrics by the poet Cathal Ó Searcaigh.
May 8, 2010 Happy Mothers' Day = Beannacht ar gach Máthair
May 1, 2010 Mile Failte for May 1.
April 24, 2010 Mile Failte April 24th.
April 17, 2010 fundraising show - no online archive
April 10, 2010 At 2 PM, today, at the New York Irish Center, in Long Island City, the Irish Language book club, Club Leabhar Nua Eabhraic, discusses the humorous short stories by Biddy Jenkinson, "An tAthair Pádraig Ó Duinnín : Bleachtaire."
April 3, 2010 Happy Easter to you all! = Beannachtaí na Cásca oraibh go léir!
March 27, 2010 Mile Failte for March 27th.
March 20, 2010 Mile Failte for March 20th.
March 13, 2010 Happy Saint Patrick’s Day to you all = Lá Fhéile Pádraig shona daoibh go léir!
March 6, 2010 Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill, the major Irish language poet, presents The Barra Ó Donnabháin Memorial Lecture at Glucksman Ireland House of New York University, Saturday, March 13th, 2010, at 7:00PM
February 27, 2010 "Tóstal na Gaeilge, 2010," the meeting of Irish language organizations in Galway this weekend to discuss the Irish government's 20-year Plan for the Irish Language, just published
February 20, 2010 Mile Failte for February 20th.
February 13, 2010 Mile Failte for February 13th.
February 6, 2010 Mile Failte for February 6th.
January 30, 2010 Mile Failte for January 30th.
January 16, 2010 New York City Irish Language Book Club, Club Leabhar, discusses the novel "Sobalsaol" by Pádraig Standún at the New York Irish Center, 10-40 Jackson Avenue in Long Island City, today at 2:00PM.
January 9, 2010 New 2 Disk CD issued by Acadamh na hOllscolaíochta Gaeilge of the National University of Ireland, Galway: "Subhóró: Ceol, Amhráin, Damhsa, Litríocht Bhéil," Instrumentals, Singing, Dance, and Oral Literature, with various superb artists: Disk # 1.
January 2, 2010 Happy New Year to you all = Athbhliain fé Mhaise daoibh go léir, Songs of the old and the new.
December 26, 2009 Amhránaíocht na Nollag, Christmas singing; Beannachtaí na Féile oraibh go léir, Season's Greetings to you all.
December 19, 2009 Recently issued CD featuring the sean-nós singing of Emma Kate Tobia of Mayo, with classical musical accompaniment, including the City of Cork Male Voice Choir and the Chorus of Opera Cork.
December 12, 2009 The new Irish language syllabus for the first year of University study by An Meitheal um Theagasc na Gaeilge ar an Triú Leibhéal, including a wealth of easily computer accessible reading texts of all sorts of literary works and other documents.
December 5, 2009 The current literary success: "Filíocht Ghrá na Gaeilge: Love Poems in Irish," edited by Ciarán Ó Murchaidh, published by Cois Life, 290 pages of Irish Gaelic Love poems from the year 600 to 2000, translated into English with commentary, printed on heavy bond paper; a delightful Christmas gift.
November 28, 2009 Nemeton, the sucessful Irish language filmmaker and other businesses in Rinn na Déise Gaeltacht of County Waterford.
November 21, 2009 HAPPY THANKSGIVING to you all this coming Thursday!
November 14, 2009 "1972-2007: Corn Uí Riada, Buaiteoirí," newly released CD [two disks] of the singers who won the major sean-nós singing competions held at the semi-annual Oireachtas, THE Irish Language Cultural Festival.
November 7, 2009 Mile Failte for November 7th
October 31, 2009 Originally from Dublin and now a resident of New York City, Susan McKeown sings pop, jazz, traditional, songs, and songs in Irish.
October 24, 2009 Biddy Jenkinson reivives, in her collection of stories: "An tAthair Pádraig Ó Duinnín, Bleachtaire," a humorous version of the dictionary maker and scholar, Pádraig Ó Duinnín, as a drole, ironic detective, like a parody of Sherlock Holmes.
October 17, 2009 Seoirse Ó Dochartaigh, a singer originally from Belfast, now is exhibiting his paintings regularly. He has issued five CDs as well.
October 10, 2009 "Imirce na nIarlaí," recent book by the flutist and singer Marcas Ó Murchú, translating into Irish the moving account by Tomás Cairdinéal Ó Fiaich concerning the Exile of the Nobles in 1607, which ended the Gaelic political order.
October 3, 2009 Cathie Ryan, American singer, originally from Detroit, singing in Irish Gaelic; also the Fall Fundraiser.
September 26, 2009 Cló Iar-Chonnachta," publisher of sean-nós CDs, is now conducting a generous sale distributing entire lists of major Irish language publishers like Clóchomhar, Sáirséal agus Dill, FNT and others.
September 19, 2009 It has been claimed that the controversial Bord Snip Nua report to the 26-County Irish government will devastate the Irish Language and the Irish-speaking regions by focusing only on money, not on social and cultural consequences.
September 12, 2009 Irish Language Book Club in New York City meets today to discuss "Dún an Airgid" by Éilís Ní Dhuibhne, a racy detective novel published by Cois Life.
September 5, 2009 Labor Day weekend, work songs and back to school songs.
August 29, 2009 "Léachtaí Cholm Cille," beginning its 40th year and 40th volume, a collection of annual lectures about all aspects of Irish Gaelic Literature, Language and Culture.
August 22, 2009 End of summer pop music.
August 15, 2009 Happy Birthday "Míle Fáilte," celebrating 32 years of Irish Gaelic on WFUV, and 18 years of "Míle Fáilte" as a weekly, one-hour program.
August 8, 2009 Newspapers in Irish Gaelic not funded: "Foinse," (after 14 years) from Connemara, "Lá Nua" (daily) from Belfast.
August 1, 2009 Lúnasa, celebrating the sun god, the beginning of the harvest, the high point of summer.
July 25, 2009 The first issue of a new, New York, quarterly magazine in Irish, An Gael, published by the Philo-Celtic Society of Babylon on Long Island, with interviews.
July 18, 2009 New audio CD and book with well-known popular songs: Peigín Leitir Móir, with notes about the songs for children, issued by Futa Fata.
July 11, 2009 David Barnwell of Dublin has just published with Coiscéim the first major bilingual Irish Gaelic - Spanish Dictionary: "Diccionario Irlandés - Español: Foclóir Gaeilge - Spáinnise"; also an interview with Dr. David Barnwell.
July 4, 2009 Happy Fourth of July, celebrating Saoirse (Freedom)
June 27, 2009 A guide to Celtic Literatures in the Twentieth Century has been issued from the Research Institute for Irish and Celtic Studies at the University of Ulster in Coleraine.
June 20, 2009 Father's Day tomorrow: Beannacht ar gach athair.
June 13, 2009 Mille Failte for June 13th
June 6, 2009 New book celebrating 10 years of Irish Language television: TG4@10: Deich mBliana de TG4, 14 commentators with varying points of view; audio excerpts to be heard on the www.cic.ie website.
May 30, 2009 Songs recalling war and soldiers following Memorial Day.
May 23, 2009 The Annual Conference of the North American Association of Celtic Language Teachers (NAACLT) at the New York Irish Center, May 20 to 24th.
May 16, 2009 Recent CD by Róisín Elsafty, Má Bhíonn Tú Liom, Bí Liom.
May 9, 2009 Songs celebrating Mothers; Happy Mother's Day.
May 2, 2009 Elegant artbook with aural CD from Futa Fata, Tadhg Mac Dhonnagáin, Ceara Conway, and John Ryan: Aniar: Voices and Verse from the Edge of the World, Véarsaíocht ón Traidisiún Gaelach.
April 25, 2009 The pop CDs of Seachtain na Gaeilge and the Spring Fundraiser with Maura Mulligan.
April 18, 2009 New CD by Seamus Begley and Jim Murray, Eirí go Lá, 12 tracks with three song in Irish Gaelic.
April 11, 2009 Beannachtaí na Cásca oraibh = Happy Easter to you.
April 4, 2009 Empty houses in the Gaeltacht, the bust of the construction boom, and the death of the Celtic Tiger.
March 28, 2009 Ossianic Lays of Scotland and Ireland, incorporating characters from a 1,000 year old Gaelic, Fenian, literary tradition. In the 1760s, Oisín becomes Ossian in James Macpherson's English language publications, which are immediately accused of being forgeries.
March 21, 2009 Dáithí Ó hÓgáin, contemporary author of over 36 books about literature in Irish.
March 14, 2009 Lá le Pádraig shona duit = Happy St. Patrick's Day to you.
March 7, 2009 Choirs and choral groups: going from Salm, Vol. 1, new CD with Psalms in Scottish Gaelic by the Presbyterian Church on the Isle of Lewis and south to Peadar Ó Riada's Woman's Cór Chúil Aodha in Irish Gaelic from Cork and others.
February 28, 2009 New 268 page novel in Irish, "Cogadh Dearg" about the American Civil War by Séamas Ó Neachtain, an American and life-long resident of Long Island, published by Coiscéim.
February 21, 2009 John Spillane's new CD of well-known, popular songs in Irish Gaelic, "Irish Songs We Learned at School."
February 14, 2009 Happy St. Valentine's Day with lots of love.
February 7, 2009 Féile Bríde, The Feast of the Goddess Bríde, later the Christian Saint Bridget, and the beginning of the Spring in Ireland; also the Spring Membership Drive.
January 31, 2009 The young singer in Scottish Gaelic James Graham, and his two recent CDs Greisean Grèine and Siubhal.
January 24, 2009 The 2007 CD Béal Tuine, Live at St. James Church, Dingle [Kerry], with Shaun Davey's musical compositons poems by Caoimhín Ó Cinnéide and singers, including Séamus Begley.
January 17, 2009 The new CD Dual with Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh, Julie Fowlis, Éamon Doorley, Ross Martin, and songs in both Irish Gaelic and Scottish Gaelic.
January 10, 2009 Celtic Woman, including the ethereal voices of Méav Ní Mhaolchatha and Orla Fallon.
January 3, 2009 Little Christmas, Nollaig na mBan, Fiona Mackenzie and her recently released CD, "Duan Nollaig: A Gaelic Christmas," with two disks of singing in Scottish Gaelic.
December 27, 2008 Mile Failte for December 27th.
December 20, 2008 Mile Failte for December 20th.
December 13, 2008 Lullabies, songs for infants and singing by children.
December 6, 2008 Colloquial Irish: A New Course for Beginners, book and CD from the Institute for Irish Studies at CUNY in the Bronx.
November 29, 2008 New CD by John Spillane, extravagantly major Irish Gaelic singing stylist.
November 22, 2008 Oireachtas na Samhna, the major, semi-annual Irish language festival in Cork a few weeks ago.
November 15, 2008 Mícheál Mac Liammóir (1899-1987), internationally famous actor, founder of the Gate Theatre, writer in Irish Gaelic.
November 8, 2008 Mile Failte for November 8th.
November 1, 2008 Mile Failte for November 1st.
October 25, 2008 Mile Failte for October 25th.
October 11, 2008 The musical* Corca Dhuibhne* family,* Máire*, *Seosaimhín*, and *Eilín Ní Bheaglaoich*, [sisters and singers of sean-nós]; and brothers *Breandán Ó Beaglaoich*, accordianist, and *Séamus Begley*, singer.
October 4, 2008 Remembering the historian, journalist Nollaig î Gadhra (1943-2008), and Br’d Heussaff (1926-2008), inspiring language activist.
September 27, 2008 Mile Failte for September 27, 2008
September 21, 2008 Mile Failte for September 21, 2008.
September 13, 2008 41st year of the popular bilingual Summer School of 
Cumann Merriman in August and its completely Irish Gaelic Winter School at the end of January.
September 6, 2008 Labor Day, workers, and returning back to school, including Irish language classes.
August 30, 2008 Glór na nGael, sponsor of increased use of spoken Irish Gaelic in local communities including, beginning this year, places in North America.
August 23, 2008 Míle Fáilte for August 23rd.
August 16, 2008 Cathie Ryan, popular American singer, originally from Detroit, singing in Irish.
August 9, 2008 31st year Irish Gaelic on WFUV and The 16th Year for "Míle Fáilte" being a one-hour, weekly program on WFUV.
August 2, 2008 Míle Fáilte: Connemara sean-nós singer, Róisín Elsafty, with her mother, sean-nós singer, Treasa Ní Cheannabháin.
July 26, 2008 "Pléaráca Chonamara," street and theatre and music entertainment events in the Gaeltacht of Connemara, Galway.
July 19, 2008 Mile Failte for July 19th: Glen Hansard (who won the Hollywood Oscar this year for a song from his film "Once") and his band The Frames.
July 12, 2008 Míle Fáilte for July 12th: Barr Caoga, Gnó le Gaeilge, the top 50 Firms using Irish Gaelic in their business.
July 5, 2008 Mile Failte for July 5th. Independence Day, the 4th of July, Saoirse.
June 28, 2008 Last month, May 2008, in Manhattan, agroundbreaking conference, "Fís Ghaeilge Meireacá Thuaidh,” about thefuture of the Irish Language in North America.
June 21, 2008 Women musicians, including Liadan, previously of the Music Program at the University of Limerick, and Celtic Women, previously of Riverdance and Anuna.
June 14, 2008 Fathers' Day -- and Grandfathers too.
June 7, 2008 "A New View of the Irish Language," just published in English with 20 commentators about census, policy, literature, media and music, and more.
May 31, 2008 Stories and lore from the Irish-speaking region of Rinn in County Waterford in "Leabhar Mhaidhc Dháith" and on 2 accompanying CDs.
May 24, 2008 Music and entertainment for teenagers.
May 17, 2008 Male reggae, afro-Celt, and Cajun style singers: Sean Monaghan, Iarla Ó Lionáird, Bréag, Kila, and Tadhg Mac Dhonnagáin.
May 10, 2008 Breandán Ó Doibhlin, novelist, literary critic,translator into Irish Gaelic from the French of Pascal, Montaigne,Rabelais, The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint Exupéry, an historicalanthology of French poetry, and so much more.
May 3, 2008 Bealtaine, the beginning of summer and fertility and the name of the month of May.
April 26, 2008 An Caighdeán: 50 years of the standard language in the context of the dialects of Ulster, Munster, and Connacht
April 19, 2008 Live Recordings from the 1998 Seán Ó Riada Conference on the CD The County Bounds: Music and Song from the Cork-Kerry Border.
April 12, 2008 Kerry singing from Daingean Ui Chuis to Rath Cairn: CD by Mairead Mhic Dhonncha (Nic Gearailt), Bun an Bhaile, Amhrain on mBlascaod, Songs from the Blasket Islands.
April 5, 2008 No archrive due to fundraising, become an member here.
March 29, 2008 Saoi na hÉigse: Aistí in Ómós do Sheán Ó Tuama, a book of essays in honor of a 20th-century scholar and poet by Cork University Press
March 22, 2008 Happy Easter to you = Beannachtaí na Cásca oraibh
March 15, 2008 Happy Saint Patrick's Day to you all = Lá Fhéile Pádraig shona daoibh go léir.
March 8, 2008 "Tús Maith," a Self-Instruction course in Irish Gaelic for Adults, with CDs.
March 1, 2008 The internationally popular band, The Corrs, and the cultural context of their native County Louth.
February 23, 2008 Tim Dennehy and his new CD of Munster singing, Old Boots and Flying Sandals: A Compilation of Original Songs and Favorite Poems.
February 16, 2008 Nan Tom Teamín de Búrca, and her new CD of Connemara singing, The Home I Left Behind, An Baile a d'Fhág Mé im Dhiadh.
February 9, 2008 Seachtain na Gaeilge, the two weeks before St. Patrick's Day, projects for increased community speaking of Irish in Ireland and the USA.
February 2, 2008 COMHAR (1942-2007), the end of an important intellectual monthly periodical which supported major writers in Irish and the freedom of expression.
January 26, 2008 No archive due to Membership Drive, join now.
January 19, 2008 Altan and Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh, internationally famous singer and her band
January 12, 2008 "Mis agus Dubh Ris," an 18th-century tale that mixes magic, sex and madness in a droll way
December 29, 2007 Athbhliain fé mhaise daoibh, gach duine: Happy New Year, everyone.
December 22, 2007 Nollaig shona daoibh, gach duine: Merry Christmas to you, everyone.
December 15, 2007 New Christmas CD: Finola Ó Siochrú: Light of Lights, Solas na Soilse, Christmas Songs from the Irish Celtic Tradition.
December 8, 2007 Gearóidín Bhreathnach, Donegal sean-nós singer, and her CD of stories for children, Cathal Coinín.
December 1, 2007 Jimmy Crowley, to appear at Blarney Star and NYU.
November 24, 2007 The Irish language television service, TG4.
November 17, 2007 Dictionaries of Modern Irish and of older forms of the language.
November 10, 2007 Scottish Gaelic Music and Recent Gaelic Cultural Happenings
November 3, 2007 Irish Gaelic Song, Publications, Culture, and Current Events in County Mayo
October 27, 2007 Brian Merriman's Rabelesian poem, "Cúirt an Mheán Oíche" [The Midnight Court] (1780), rollicking with sex, wild humor and biting satire
October 20, 2007 The poetic, literary, and journalistic heritage of Seán Ó Ríordáin (1916-1977) in a two day celebration at University College Dublin, the previous two days, 18 and 19 October
October 6, 2007 New CD from Cló Iar-Chonnachta, "Nancy Bhán" by Beairtle Ó Domhnaill
September 29, 2007 Daithi Sproule, Irish singer from Derry, guitarist, cultured gent; his extensive and current career in the USA.
September 22, 2007 John Spillane, singer who just toured New York.
September 15, 2007 The places to learn the Irish language in the New York metropolitan area.
September 8, 2007 The Children of Lir turned into swans for hundreds of years when cursed by their evil stepmother
September 1, 2007 Films in the Irish language today.
August 25, 2007 Mile Failte for August 25th.
August 18, 2007 Celebrating the four hundredth anniversary of the Irish Gaelic College of San Anton in the Louvain (Leuven), Belgium.
August 11, 2007 Mile Failte for August 11, 2007
August 4, 2007 Belfast daily newspaper, Lá Nua, Awards to the top 50 firms conducting their businesses in the Irish Gaelic language.
July 28, 2007 Ulster songs from Rann na Feirste and Tory Island in Donegal, Tír Chonaill.
July 21, 2007 Classical Songs from Munster from the 18th Century to Today by Pádraig Ó Cearbhaill.
July 14, 2007 CD by Caera, an American singer of Irish Gaelic songs.
July 7, 2007 Songs of Independence = Neamhspleáchas
June 30, 2007 New CD of MacDara Ó Conaola, "The Love Token," Aran Island singer, brother of Lasairfhíona Ní Chonaola.
June 23, 2007 Susan McKeown, Gaelic Songs from Dublin singer working out of New York City.
June 16, 2007 Songs for Father's Day.
June 9, 2007 New CD by Máire Begley in West Kerry sean-nós style, sister in well-known family of musicians Séamus Begley, Seosaimhín and Eilín Ní Bheaglaoich, and Breandán Ó Bheaglaoich.
June 2, 2007 NAACLT: The annual conference of the North American Association of Celtic Language Teachers.
May 26, 2007 Current plays and performances in Irish Gaelic.
May 19, 2007 Cran, the band of singers and musicians, Sean Corcoran, Desi Wilkinson, and Ronan Browne.
May 5, 2007 1607, The Flight of the Earls, Ó Néill and Ó Domhnall, and the end of the Gaelic political system.
April 28, 2007 The 10th anniversary of the Irish Language publisher Cois Life.
April 14, 2007 Next week's Irish Studies conference at CUNY Graduate Center in Manhattan, including 2 sessions in the Irish language, including a presentation in Irish by Dr. Séamus Blake of Míle Fáilte.
April 7, 2007 The Gaelic Hit Factory, a new CD by the singer John Spillane and the poet & lyricist Louis de Paor.
March 31, 2007 Donegal singing in a mixture of sean-nos and pop styles on two new CDs: Aoife Ní Fhearraigh, If I Told You, and Seoirse Ó Dochartaigh, Seoirse, Celebrating 20 Years of Music Making.
March 24, 2007 Tadhg Mac Dhonnagáin, recently elected President of this years's Oireachtas, hear his CDs of pop-style singing and his other CDs by and for children.
March 17, 2007 Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig ar gach duine; Happy Saint Patrick's day to every one of you!
March 10, 2007 New CD form Liadáin, the new all women's group of singers and musicians with M.A.'s from University of Limerick's Traditional Music program.
March 3, 2007 American singers of Irish Gaelic: Gaelic Storm, Séamas Ó Neachtain, Cathie Ryan, Lugh de Paor, Nikki-Lynn Ragsdale, Elizabeth Pendelton, and singers from California and Massachusetts.
Feburary 24, 2007 Connemara and Ulster singing: New CD by Lasairfhíona Ní Chonaola,"Flame of Wine," and newly digitalized music and song CD from "Rann na Feirste".
Feburary 17, 2007 New Irish language rights law.
Feburary 10, 2007 Happy Saint Valentine's Day; Beannachtaí Vailintín oraibh!
February 3, 2007 New Dublin CDs: Niamh de Búrca, "An Áit a bhfuil do Chroí"; The Music Pubs: Góilín Club, with Antaine Ó Faracháin and Mairéad Ní Oistín; Cobblestone Sessions with Seán Garvey.
January 27, 2007 "Uilliam English agus a Chairde," new CD of 18th-century Irish Gaelic songs by Uilliam English and his friends, sung on a new CD in traditional styles by Pádraig Ó Cearbhaill.
January 20, 2007 Kíla singing rock in Irish Gaelic and Oki singing in Ainu, the indigenous language of Japan.
January 13, 2006 New CD of "Caoineadh Airt Uí Laoghaire" (1773), the lament for her husband who had been ambushed and killed by government functionaries, by Máire Dhubh Ní Chonaill, aunt of Daniel O'Connell of Catholic Emancipation (1829).
January 6, 2007 Bossa Nova i nGailge: Sean Nova, a new CD by Hilary Bow.
December 30, 2006 Mile Failte for 12/30
December 23, 2006 Merry Christmas, Beannachtai na Nollag oraibh
December 9, 2006 Remembering Seán Ó Tuama (1926-2006), major Irish-language literature scholar and creative writer.
December 2, 2006 The 5-year anniversary of a popular monthly Irish language internet newsletter found at www.beo.ie.
November 25, 2006 Happy Thanksgiving: 'Buíochas le Dia'
November 18, 2006 Sinead O'Connor, Iarla î Lion‡ird, and the Afro-Celt Sound System.
November 11, 2006 Veterans Day, martial songs.
November 4, 2006 Samhain, the beginning and the end of the Celtic year; also, the semi-annual Irish language cultural festival, An tOireachtas.
October 28, 2006 Blogs in the Irish language and bloggers ("blagadóirí")
October 21, 2006 Máire Rua (1615-1686) of County Clare, wily politician with three consecutive husbands to further her goals.
October 14, 2006 Fundraising show - No archive
October 7, 2006 Columbus Day and Irish travelers across the Atlantic Ocean.
September 30, 2006 Lillis Ó Laoire, Donegal sean-nós singer, performs on CD and live in California and the Milwaukee Irish Festival.
September 23, 2006 'Aisling Meic Conglinne,' comic medieval travesty of greed, gluttony, the abuse of power and religion.
September 16, 2006 'Who Needs Irish?' - accounts by various significant members of the Irish language community, including Alan Titley and about 14 others.
September 9, 2006 In memory of Mícheál Ó Domhnaill, RIP, singer and musician, brother of Tríona and Maighréad, member of Bothy Band and Relativity.
September 2, 2006 Labor Day Weekend Festivities.
August 26, 2006 The just-published, two-volume Cambridge History of Irish Literature, covering literature both in Irish Gaelic and in English.
August 19, 2006 James Joyce and the Irish Language.
August 12, 2006 Barr Caoga, the top 50 businesses working through the medium of the Irish language.
August 5, 2006 Lunasa, the harvest feast in honor of the Sun God, Lugh.
July 29, 2006 'Téada Dúchais,' a series of articles about musical, vocal, lyric, and poetic expression.
July 22, 2006 Antoine Ó Faracháin (Dublin sean-nós singer), Ríonach Uí Ógáin (folk music scholar), Glór na nGael (communities speaking Irish Gaelic).
July 15, 2006 The Scottish Gaelic Language today.
July 8, 2006 The new CD, "Loinneoig Cheoil," by singer Aoife Ní Fhearraigh.
June 24, 2006 Centenary of the birth of Máirtín Ó Cadhain (1906-1970), the major prose writer in Irish in the twentieth century.
June 17, 2006 Happy Father's Day! Beannacht ar gach Athair.
June 10, 2006 John Spillane and Louis de Paor, singer, songwriter, poet.
June 3, 2006 Dífhostaíocht (Unemployment) described in Ciste Cursaí Reatha, six cassettes of current affairs in Irish Gaelic.
May 27, 2006 New CD of old-style singing from Milwaukee's Annual Irish Festival.
May 20, 2006 New CD in the Celtic Woman Series, "Méav, A Celtic Journey" by Méav Ní Mhaolchatha.
May 13, 2006 Happy Mothers' Day (Beannacht ar gach Mathair).
May 6, 2006 New CD by larla Ó Lionáird, "Invisible Fields," with traditional singing this time rather than his Afro-Celt Sound System.
April 29, 2006 Fundraising show - No archive
April 22, 2006 Fundraising show - No archive
April 15, 2006 Happy Easter to you all – Beannachtaí na Cásca oraibh go léir.
April 8, 2006 The trickster and An Crosántacht, wandering bawdy actors, described by Alan Harrison.
April 1, 2006 The media and the Irish language.
March 25, 2006 Aodh Buí Mac Cruitín, 1680-1755, Clare, Hollan, France, and the Irish Military Regiments on the Continent of Europe.
March 18, 2006 Happy Saint Patrick's Day – Lá le Pádraig shona daoibh.
March 11, 2006 Áine Ní Ghlinn, contemporary poet.
March 4, 2006 Maidhc Dain€n O Se, novelist and musician, and his sons, the singers Daith€ and Caoimh€n, from Corca Dhuibhne.
February 25, 2006 President's Week - A new book in Irish by Vincent Morely about the 18th-century Irish language poets writing about George Washington and the American Revolution.
February 18, 2006 Happy Valentine's Day – Beannachtaí na Féile oraibh.
February 11, 2006 GaelChultúr, Sult, and Temple Bar - Irish language communities in Dublin.
February 4, 2006 Current controversy about Taibhdhearc na Gaillimhe, the Irish language theatre in Galway City.
January 28, 2006 Pádraigín Ní Uallacháin, just appointed the Traditional Singer in Residence at Queens University, Belfast.
January 21, 2006 Join us for Seán Bán Mac Grianna, Donegal songwriter of pop tunes.
January 14, 2006 Join us today for bands and singers of Irish Gaelic in Dublin.
January 7, 2006 Government statistics on Irish speaking families in the Gaeltacht.
December 31, 2005 Happy New Year to you all! (Athbhlian fé Mhaise daoibh go léir!)
December 24, 2005 Merry Christmas to everyone! (Nollaig Shona do gach éinne!)
December 17, 2005 A focus on universities in the United States that teach the Irish language.
December 10, 2005 Literary Prize-winners of the 2005 Oireachtas, the major semi-annual Irish-language cultural festival.
December 3, 2005 Aoife Ni Fhearraigh, female vocalist from the Donegal Gaeltacht.
November 26, 2005 "Bás I mBaile an Ghorta:" [Death in the Famine Village] A new novel for adult learners of Irish by Micheal O Ruairc with an audio CD version.
November 19, 2005 Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!
November 12, 2005 Music for the birds!
November 5, 2005 Fundraising show - No archive
October 22, 2005 Biddy Jenkinson's stories wittily portray the real Fr. Patrick Dinneen, the dictionary compiler, as a fictional detective.
October 15, 2005 Standish James O'Grady and Standish Hayes O'Grady present two opposing views of the Irish Cultural Revival in the last century.
October 8, 2005 We ask: are old men in songs examples of ageism?
October 1, 2005 Tune in for three Irish-language films from the Long Island Film Festival.
September 24, 2005 Autumn Equinox, September 22.
September 17, 2005 Reggae music from the Belfast band Bréag on their new CD An Peaca (The Sin).
September 10, 2005 August 28, 1170: Richard de Clare (Strongbow) marries Aoife Ní Mhurchadha; the Normans enter Ireland.
September 3, 2005 Labor Day Weekend: back to work and school.
August 27, 2005 Irish language "Status" officially achieved in the European Union.
August 20, 2005 Women and Irish Gaelic emphasized in over three thousand pages of the latest two volumes of "The Field Day Anthology of Irish Writing."
August 13, 2005 Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh, latest lead singer of Danú.
August 6, 2005 Celebrating 28 years of Irish Gaelic weekly on WFUV.
July 30, 2005 July 31st, 1893, the establishment of the Gaelic League to support the living Irish language.
July 23, 2005 Gráinne, the female seducer of the male Diarmuid of the Love Spot in the longest and most dramatic of the Fenian Romances.
July 16, 2005 Current Irish language poets from Long Island: Séamas Ó Neachtain and Réamonn Ó Cléirigh (Raymond Clarke).
July 9, 2005 Nikki Lynn Ragsdale's new CD: Seansaol na hAislinge, Old Life of the Dream - singing in Irish Gaelic by an American woman from California.
July 2, 2005 Independence ["Neamhspleáchas"], July 4th Weekend.
June 25, 2005 Mid-Summer's Eve and St. John's Day, bonfires celebrating the heat of the sun.
June 18, 2005 Cumann Lucht Trádala, The Chamber of Commerce, founded in Dublin in 1783.
June 11, 2005 Female names like Caitlín Ní Uallacháin and Síle Ní Ghadhra in songs as allegorical figures representing Ireland.
June 4, 2005 A short detective novel by Pól Ó Muirí, "Dlíthe an Nádúir" with a CD on which it is read for adult learners of the Irish language.
May 28, 2005 Coiscéim, publishing firm, celebrates its 25th anniversary with a new, comprehensive catalog.
May 21, 2005 Máire Mhac an tSaoi, senior living woman poet's new autobiography.
May 14, 2005 Mícheál Coimín, 1688-1760, author of "Tír na nÓg," [land of youth].
May 7, 2005 Mary O'Hara, the singer who begins and ends "Míle Fáilte" every Saturday.
April 30, 2005 Lá Bealtaine, the beginning of the Summer season in the Celtic calendar.
April 23, 2005 Prizes awarded for Irish language activities in Ireland.
April 16, 2005 Máire Bhuí Ní Laoire, woman poet of the nineteenth century.
April 9, 2005 Fundraising show - No archive
April 2, 2005 Fundraising show - No archive
March 26, 2005 Happy Easter = "Beannachtaí na Cásca oraibh".
March 19, 2005 Happy Saint Patrick's Day to you all = "Lá Fhéile Pádraig shona daoibh go léir".
March 12, 2005 Irish Gaelic and Scottish Gaelic co-operative movements.
March 5, 2005 Cork, The international European City of Culture 2005.
February 26, 2005 Newly released CD "Saol na Suailce" [World of Joy] by young male "sean-nós" singer from Donegal, Doiminic Mac Giolla Bhríde.
February 19, 2005 The Protestant Irish Gaelic Bible by William Bedell (1571-1642).
February 12 ,2005 Love songs for St. Valentine's Day.
February 5, 2005 Maimin Cajun Band, with composer and lead singer, Sean Monaghan, pounding out New Orleans style rhythms.
January 29, 2005 Lá Fhéile Bríde, the beginning of Spring in the Celtic Calendar.
January 22, 2005 "Tráthnóna Eile," new, indie music CD from County Donegal, Ireland.
January 15, 2005 The Irish Gaelic printed Sermons of Dr. Séamus Ó Gallchóir (1680-1751).
January 8, 2005 The 1940s and new organizations promoting the Irish language.
January 1, 2005 Happy New Year! = Athbhlian fé Mhaise daoibh.
December 25, 2004 Merry Christmas to you all! = Nollaig shona daoibh go lair!
December 18, 2004 Kuno Meyer (1858-1919), German linguist and major scholar of Irish Gaelic.
December 11, 2004 Recent short novel for adult learners of Irish as book and audio CD, 'Sorcha sa Ghaileara' by Catherine Foley.
December 4, 2004 Caitlin Maude (1941-1982), poet, actress, and elegant sean-nós singer.
November 27, 2004 Nollaig Ó Gadhra, author and current President of the Gaelic League, Conradh na Gaeilge.
November 20, 2004 Happy Thanksgiving to you all!
November 13, 2004 Fundraising Show - No Archive
November 6, 2004 Fundraising Show - No Archive
October 30, 2004 The Celtic feast of Samhain [pronounced: SOW-in], the beginning of Winter, when the Otherworld is in more intimate contact with this world.
October 23, 2004 Bibliographies and other sources of information on Irish Gaelic language, literature, and music.
October 16, 2004 Derry: singer Daithí Sproule, and fiction writer and professor Pádraig Ó Siadhail.
October 9, 2004 Éirí Amach 1798 in Éirinn, book and CD about the 1798 Rising in Ireland.
October 2, 2004 Alan Lomax, recently deceased American folklore collector.
September 25, 2004 New book and CD, "Scéilín ó Béilín," traditional stories with music for children.
September 18, 2004 New Age music: Enya, Anúna, Nóirín Ní Riain, and others.
September 11, 2004 Newly digitalized CDs from Gael-linn re-issuing records and cassettes from Gael-linn's early releases.
September 4, 2004 Labor Day weekend, entertainment and work.
August 28, 2004 Irish Gaelic and the European Union.
August 21, 2004 'Craic,' pronounced like 'crack,' and means snappy talk and crazy fun.
August 14, 2004 'An Bád Bán' - emigration, immigration.
August 7, 2004 Life's a Beach; 'cois trá,' at the shore.
July 31, 2004 Lúnasa, the Summer Festival of the Celtic year.
July 24, 2004 John Spillane and Altan, featured singers at the recent Oireachtas; Proinnsias Ó Maonaigh, who is the father of Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh, the lead singer of Altan, is the President of the Oireachtas this season.
July 17, 2004 The Irish language on the Internet.
July 10, 2004 Celia de Fréine, winner of this year's Cló Iar-Chonnachta poetry prize.
July 3, 2004 Independence; 4th of July weekend.
April 26, 2004 Brian Boru, High King of Ireland in the Middle Ages.
June 19, 2004 Gearóid Denvir, Professor of Modern Irish, author, Director of Irish Language Summer School in Conamara, Co. Galway.
June 12, 2004 Conferences on Irish Studies.
June 5, 2004 Currach races and ship building in song.
May 29, 2004 Mícheál Coimín (1688-1760), Protestant Landowner, and author of the Irish-Gaelic poem in the Fenian Tradition, "Laoi Oisín ar Thír na nÓg."
May 22, 2004 Urban Musicians using Irish Gaelic.
May 15, 2004 Film in Irish Gaelic.
May 8, 2004 Happy Mother's Day!
May 1, 2004 Bealtaine, Celtic Feast of Spring and Summer.
April 24, 2004 No archive; fundraising show
April 17, 2004 No archive; fundraising show
April 10, 2004 Happy Easter: "Beannachtaí na Casca oraibh."
April 3, 2004 18th-Century Upper-Class Songs, "Ceol na nUasal."
March 27, 2004 Near-insanity as a theme in Irish language songs and tales.
March 20, 2004 Indie singers releasing their CDs independently: from the west, Lasairfhíona Ní Chonaola; from the north, Seoirse Ó Dochartaigh; and from the south, Máire Ní Chéilleachair.
March 13, 2004 Happy Saint Patrick's Day to you all, Lá le Pádraig shona daoibh go léir.
March 6, 2004 Daniel Corkery (1878-1964) and the idea of Hidden Ireland, a Gaelic world unknown to English speakers.
February 28, 2004 Current performances of Taibhdhearc na Gaillimhe, the Irish language theater in Galway City, founded in 1928.
February 21, 2004 Lillis Ó Laoire, Pádraigín Ní Uallacháin, and Pádraig Ó Cearbhaill, singers whose performances in public and on CD extensively rely on solid, impressive research.
February 14, 2004 Aodh - God of fire, light, and love.
February 7, 2004 Bríd, Brigid, Irish Gaelic Goddess, Christian Saint, and the beginning of the Celtic Spring.
January 31, 2004 Cló lar-Chonnachta, Irish language music CD producer and distributor and book publisher in Connemara, Ireland.
January 24, 2004 Irish-language Protestant Bible Schools in the 19th Century.
January 17, 2004 Irish language in Babylon on Long Island, NY, Scoil Ghaeilge Ghearóid Tóibín.
January 10, 2004 Medieval Irish Philosopher John Scottus Eriugena.
January 3, 2004 Fiscal Rectitude - in Irish, 'An Chóir Fioscach.'
December 27, 2003 Happy New Year: Athbhliain fé mhaise daoibh.
December 20, 2003 Merry Christmas: Nollaig shona daoibh.
December 13, 2003 Altan and Clannad, two internationally popular music groups from the Donegal Gaeltacht.
December 6, 2003 Proinsias Mac Aonghusa (1933-2003), recently deceased radio and TV broadcaster, journalist, author of books in Irish and in English, and President of the Gaelic League.
November 29, 2003 Happy Thanksgiving!
November 22, 2003 Éamonn MacGiolla Iasachta (1887-1986), farmer, socialist, commune builder, publisher of Maunsel Press, creative writer, and author of 'Cúrsaí Thomáis,' and a book in Irish about South Africa.
November 15, 2003 Máire Mhac an tSaoi, senior female Irish-Gaelic poet, the wife of Conor Cruise O'Brien.
November 8, 2003 Fundraising Show - No Archive
November 1, 2003 Fundraising Show - No Archive
October 25, 2003 Pre-empted for the inauguration of the Rev. Joseph M. McShane as 32nd president of Fordham University.
October 18, 2003 Music by Kila and Danu.
October 11, 2003 'Fanai,' or travellers to America: Columbus, Bran, Breandan.
October 4, 2003 'Cros,' or veto, and the ways it's used.
September 27, 2003 Séamus Mac Annaidh - fiction writer and journalist, Arts Editor for Irish language newspaper.
September 20, 2003 Babies in songs and stories.
September 13, 2003 Irish language classes in the New York metropolitan area.
September 6, 2003 State-sponsored companies and businesses.
August 30, 2003 Labor Day Songs: Christy Moore, Máirtín Tom Sheáinín.
August 23, 2003 Vacation homes of wealthy English speakers push out Irish speakers from the Gaeltacht.
August 16, 2003 Poems of Seamus Heaney, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, in Irish language translation.
August 9, 2003 Biography in Irish Gaelic.
August 2, 2003 Celebrating 10 years as an hour-long program this week!
July 26, 2003 La - Irish newspaper now published daily from Belfast.
July 19, 2003 Eilís Ní Dhuibhne, novelist, appointed to Aos Dána, a group of major artists honored by the government.
July 12, 2003 Songs of Summer.
July 5, 2003 Mile Failte for 7/5
June 28, 2003 Northern singer Malachy Duffin.
June 21, 2003 Happy Father's Day.
June 14, 2003 Non-fiction prose in the Irish language today.
June 7, 2003 The monthly on-line Irish language newsletter, www.beo.ie, including glossary of words in Irish with English translations.
May 31, 2003 European Union Bureau for Lesser Used Languages.
May 24, 2003 The music group Danú and singer Ciarán Ó Gealbháin.
May 17, 2003 University Satellite Campuses In the Gaeltacht
May 10, 2003 Happy Mother's Day
May 3, 2003 Music for children.
April 26, 2003. Irish Language Summer Schools in Ireland.
April 19, 2003 Celebration of Easter.
April 12, 2003 Fundraising show - No archive
April 5, 2003 Fundraising Show - No Archive
March 29, 2003 New Irish language learning materials.
March 22, 2003 The Spring Equinox and the new light.
March 15, 2003 Happy Saint Patrick's Day to you = 'La Fhéile Padraig shona duit!'
March 8, 2003 Current major Irish Gaelic poet Cathal O Searcaigh and his bilingual readings in the U.S.A.
March 1, 2003 Anuna, the singing group associated with Riverdance.
February 22, 2003 An Ghaoth Aneas, wind from the south, singers: Seamus Begley, Tim Dennehy, Odi and Sorcha Ni Cheilleachair.
February 15, 2003 Satires, travesties, and humor in fable and song.
February 8, 2003 Dolores Keane, a popular singer and her mentors.
February 1, 2003 Peadar O Gealacain (1792-1862), County Meath poet and manuscript copyist.
January 25, 2003 Southern Irish singers: Maire Ni Cheilleachair, Labhras O Cadhla, Maidhc Dainin and Caoimhin O Se.
January 18, 2003 'TrioblOid,' a new novel by Colman O Drisceoil about drugs, murder, prostitution, and marital break-up.
January 11, 2003 Northern Irish male singers: Seoirse O Dochartaigh, Lillis O Laoire, and Marcas O Murchu.
January 4, 2003 Practical planning for the New Year: Eacnamiocht = Economy.
December 28, 2002 The beginning of the 25th year of Irish Gaelic on WFUV.
December 21, 2002 Nollaig shona daoibh go leir! = Merry Christmas to you all!
December 14, 2002 Gaelic songs of Susan McKeown, currently a New York performing artist.
December 7, 2002 'Seadna,' the first popular fiction work of the Irish Gaelic revival.
November 30, 2002 Tomas O Suilleabhain (1785-1848), Kerry poet and songwriter.
November 23, 2002 Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh, Donegal singing stylist, and her band Altan.
November 16, 2002 Connemara sean-nos singer Nan Tom Teamin de Burca.
November 9, 2002 New CD recordings of young poets, Celia de Freine and Gearoid Mac Lochlainn.
November 2, 2002 Fundraising show - No archive
October 26, 2002 Fundraising show - No archive
October 19, 2002 Today's Aran Island singers and writers.
October 12, 2002 An Triail, a play by Mairéad Ní Ghráda, about the maltreatment of a single mother.
October 5, 2002 Ó Beaglaoich family of individual, professional singers in the Kerry style: Eilín, Máire, Séamus, and Seosaimhín.
September 29, 2002 The Journal of Music in Ireland, periodical of current creative styles.
September 21, 2002 Mile Failte for 9/21
September 14, 2002 Eighteenth-century songs by Eoghan Rua Ó Súilleabháin, visionary and rake.
September 7, 2002 Two new posthumous publications by Mairtin O Cadhain, a major 20th Century prose writer in Irish.
August 31, 2002 'Gaeilge agus Failte' - New tapes from the Linguistic Institute of Ireland
August 24, 2002 Eithne Strong (1923-1999) and Micheál Ó hAirtnéide(1941-1999), female and male bilingual [English-Irish] poets.
August 17, 2002 Gaelic songs honoring the Virgin Mary, on the feast of the Assumption.
August 10, 2002 Cathy Ryan, American singer of Irish language songs.
August 3, 2002 "Paloma," a new novel on CD by Pol O Muiri
July 20, 2002 Donall O Morain and Gael-linn
July 13, 2002 Irish language Summer Schools
July 6, 2002 Cois Life (means 'by the Liffey River'), an innovative Irish language publishing venture in Dublin.
June 29, 2002 Night Club singing, from Sult in Dublin and O2 in Galway.
June 22, 2002 Tadhg Gaelach O Suilleabhain (1715 to 1795), a popular poet whose lyrics are being set to modern music today.
June 15, 2002 Happy Father's Day; songs and lore about fathers.
June 8, 2002 Realta 2002 - A new CD with 11 tracks of winners of the Raidio na Gaeltachta song and performance competitions.
June 1, 2002 Scriobhaithe Chorcai 1700-1850, manuscript copyists when publication in print was made inaccessible.
May 25, 2002 John Beag O Flatharta and Conamara singing at festivals and dance halls.
May 18, 2002 Jazz, pop, and folk styles of singing in Irish.
May 11, 2002 Happy Mother's (Mhathair's) Day
May 4, 2002 An Druma Mor (1969), a major prose work by Seosamh O Grianna about Nationalists and Orangemen, also to be discussed by New York City's Club Leabhar, Book Club.
April 27, 2002 The Society for the Preservation of the Irish Language, founded 1876
April 20, 2002 No archive this week - Fundraising show
April 13, 2002 No archive this week - Fundraising show
April 6, 2002 Material and social infrastructure today; bonneagar in the Gaeltacht.
March 30, 2002 Good Friday and Easter Anthems, Hymns, Lyrics
March 23, 2002 Medieval sea voyages by Maelduin and (Saint) Naomh Breandain.
March 16, 2002 La le Patrick, Saint Patrick's Day
March 9, 2002 This week's theme: Prisoners.
March 2, 2002 An Aimsir Og 2000
February 23, 2002 Mythological, Balor of the Evil Eye
February 16, 2002 Poets from County Clare
February 9, 2002 Saint Valentine's Love Songs
February 2, 2002 Songs from Winter to Spring (in the Irish calendar)
January 26, 2002 Priests and Ministers in songs and stories
January 19, 2002 Cajun style songs - especially by Sean Monaghan.
January 12, 2002 Darach O Scolai's Feis Tighe Chonain
January 5, 2002 Eleanor Hull and Eleanor Knott: Women Celtic Scholars
December 29, 2001 Athbhliain fe mhaise duit - Happy New Year!
December 22, 2001 Nollaig shona duit - Merry Christmas in hymns, religious anthems, and popular songs.
December 15, 2001 The Culdees, or Ceili De, ascetic Christian hermits, monks, and poets of the 8th century in Ireland and Scotland.
December 8, 2001 18th century Dublin writers Jonathan Swift and Sean O Neachtain - Irish and English language culture
December 1, 2001 The 1850s Ossianic Society of Dublin and New York, concerning literature about the legendary hero, Fionn Mac Cumhaill
Proinsias Mac Aonghusa (1933-2003), recently deceased radio and TV broadcaster, journalist, author of books in Irish and in English, and President of the Gaelic League.