IRISH AMERICAN CULTURAL INSTITUTE
DALLAS-FORT WORTH CHAPTER
Former Programs and Events
Unless otherwise specified, all programs took place at the Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture
March 16, 2003
The IACI participated in the Dallas Downtown St. Patrick's Day Parade
March 15, 2003
Participated in the IAS Ball
February 7, 2003
"Green Screen: The World of Irish Cinema," by Prof. John Gleeson, playwright, and founder of Irish Studies, the University of Wisconsin
November 15, 2002
"The Irish and the American Civil War," by Chuck Toney, of the 9th Texas Infantry Reinactment Group
October 19, 2002
"Only Golf Spoken Here," by Ivan Morris, one of Ireland's great amateur golfers - at the home of Barbara and Clifford Miercort.
May 17, 2002
Helen Brennen "The Joy of Dancing," an Irish Perceptions Series program based on Brennen's book
March 2002
Downtown Saint Patrick's Day Parade
March 2002
Booth at Irishfest - Fair Park
February 7, 2002
"An Introduction to Genealogy by Phil Faulkner, Lula Maye Walsh, Adrienne Jamieson at the Downtown Dallas Public Library
November 9, 2001
"The Characters of Dublin" by Prof. John Gleeson, playwright and founder of Irish Studies at the Univ. of Wisconsin
September 2001
"The Voice of the Sea," written, directed and performed by Macdara Mac Uibh Aille, a one man show based on the traditions, songs and stories of Ireland.
June 13, 200l, Annual BBQ
February 25, 2001
Come to the Fair and explore Irish Mythology, Shape Changing, and the Brehon Laws with Barbara Dolan (Miercort) author of Fires in the Mist
January 23, 2000
Reception for the opening exhibit "Treasures of the National Library of Ireland," loaned from National IACI, on the main floor of the downtown Dallas Public Library.
March 2000
Booth at Irishfest in Dallas. Handed out IACI literature and displayed "Treasures of the National Library of Ireland" exhibit.
March 2000
Participated in the Downtown Dallas Saint Patrick's Day Parade.
April 7, 2000
Author Jim Maher, Kilkenny City, Ireland presented "Harry Boland and Michael Collins," friends, associates, and rivals for a woman's hand, based on his book, an Irish Perceptions Series program.
June 16, 2000
Annual membership BBQ at the home of Don and Joan DeDitius.
June 2000
Bon Voyage reception for Megan and Meredith Gray, our Irish Way students from Dallas, at the home of Don and Joan DeDitius.
September 22, 2000
Amanda Pedlow, project manager at Tullamore Dew Heritage in Ireland, presented the slide and lecture program "Whiskey Through the Ages," the history of whiskey, which the Irish call Uisce Beatha, "The Water of Life," an Irish Perceptions Series program.
Megan and Meredith Gray told of their experiences on the "Irish Way Program" in Ireland.
October 22, 2000
John Gleeson, playwright and director of Irish Studies at the Univ. of Wisconsin, presented the slide and lecture program "Ireland - the Landscape of Legend."
November 17, 2000
Ron Ebest, Jr., author, scholar, teacher, and recipient of an IACI Research Award, presented "The Writing of the American Irish 1900-1935," based on his book by the same name.
February 7, 1999
Opening reception for the National Folklore Exhibit of Ireland "In Living Memory," on loan from IACI National at the Dallas Downtown Libary.
March 1999
Booth at Irishfest in Dallas. Displayed the National Folklore of Ireland exhibit "In Living Memory." Booth won first place for cultural display.
March 1999
Dallas-Fort Worth Chapter participated in the Downtown Dallas Saint Patrick's Day Parade.
July
Annual Membership BBQ at the home of Don and Joan DeDitius.
Nov. 5, 1999
Dr. Thomas E. Hachey, the then Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, Marquette University, presented "How Irish Nationalism Influenced Both British History and Irish America."
February 1998
Reception for author Frank McCourt at the home of Don and Joan DeDitius
March 1998
Booth at Irishfest. Handed out IACI literature. Booth won third place for cultural display.
March 1998
Dallas-Fort Worth Chapter participated in the Downtown Saint Patrick's Day Parade.
1998
Neil O'Shea from Dublin presented his one-man show, "Irish Writers Entertain," an Irish Perceptions Series program.
1998
James McCabe from Dublin presented a visual/audio progaram on James Joyce's Finnegans Wake, an Irish Perceptions Series program.
February 1997
A reception for "Arts and Letters Live" participant Malachy McCourt in the home of Helen and Werner Suessmann.
March 1997
Booth at Irishfest. Handed out IACI literature.
March 1997
IACI Dallas-Forth Worth Chapter participated in the Downtown Dallas Saint Patrick's Day Parade.
April 13, l997
Seamus Caulfield from Mayo, Ireland, presented "The Ceide Fields," a slide and lecture program on the bog covered hills of the Ceide Fields in county Mayo where a 5000 year old megalithic tombs and field patterns systems were discovered, an Irish Perceptions Series program, Univ of Dallas.
July 1997
Annual Membership BBQ at the home of Don and Joan DeDitius.
September 26, l997
Joan Meade DeDitius presented "An Evening with W. B. Yeats" in conjunction with the University of Dallas.
November 1997
Sinead McCoole, a Dublin based historical researcher and the author of Hazel: A Life of Lady Lavery, presented a slide and lecture program on Lavery and other women in Irish politics, an Irish Perceptions Series program, Univ. of Dallas.
December 1996
Two plays by W.B. Yeats, "Deidre" and "The Cat and the Moon" with preliminary comments by Dr. Joanne Stroud and Joan Meade DeDitius in conjunction with the University of Dallas.
September 1996
Nicholas Furlong from Wexford lectured on the "United Irish Rebellion of 1798," an Irish Perceptions Series program, Southern Methodist University.