The Irish Famine Immigrant Experience on Staten Island: A Lecture with Loretto Leary Thursday, October 15th 6:30pm Doors open at 6:00pm In the wake of the Great Irish Famine, thousands of men, women, and children crossed the Atlantic in search of survival and opportunity. For many, the Port of New York represented the promise of...
The Maine Irish Heritage Center is getting spooky this October! Join us as we take the Irish tradition of storytelling into the realm of the chilling and otherworldly in our dramatic, historic cathedral space. We invite you to join us this October 20th in the Great Hall! All are welcome to share during the open-mic...
A joyous exploration of the music & stories of Ireland Sunday, October 25th 2:00pm Doors open 1:30pm General admission $25 advance, $30 at the door About Ishna: Ishna is a Boston-based contemporary Irish folk band, exploring the traditional repertoire of Ireland within the context of a global setting. It is fronted by husband-wife duo Ciaran...
Forest Issac Jones’ ‘Good Trouble’ A Maine Irish Author Event Thursday, October 29th, 7:00pm Doors open 6:30pm Join us on Thursday, October 29th for an evening of conversation with author Forest Issac Jones as he discusses his book, ‘Good Trouble.’ Jones will be joined in conversation by author Margo Shea, a history professor at Salem...
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The award-winning, bestselling author of Hamnet and The Marriage Portrait returns with a soaring historical novel set in Ireland in the years before and after the Great Hunger. “A breathtaking hymn to the sanctity of natural spaces, operating on timescales both intimate and geological. I finished Land moved not only by the vivid lives of its human characters,...
Saturday, November 7th, 2026 At the Maine Irish Heritage Center Workshop: 4:00pm-6:00pm Dinner: 6:00pm-7:00pm Concert: 7:30pm, doors open at 7:00pm A CONCERT OF MAINE'S TRADITIONAL IRISH SONGS Maine's premier Celtic folk duo Castlebay will present a concert of Maine's traditional Irish songs at the Maine Irish Heritage Center in Portland on Saturday, November 7th at...