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  • Maine Irish Reads “Poguemahone” by Patrick McCabe

    Maine Irish Reads 2026-2027
    Maine Irish Heritage Center 34 Gray St, Portland, ME, United States

    A swirling, psychedelic, bleakly funny fugue by the Booker-shortlisted author of The Butcher Boy and Breakfast on Pluto. Una Fogarty, suffering from dementia in a seaside nursing home, would be all alone without her brother Dan, whose epic free-verse monologue tells their family story. Exile from Ireland and immigrant life in England. Their mother’s trials as a call...

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  • Casco Song & Ballad Circle

    Casco Song & Ballad Circle
    Maine Irish Heritage Center 34 Gray St, Portland, ME, United States

    Casco Song & Ballad Circle at the Maine Irish Heritage Center The Casco Song & Ballad Circle will meet at the Maine Irish Heritage Center Library on the 4th Monday of every month from 7-9 PM to share traditional songs. Some participants sing ballads: stark, spellbinding story-songs handed down orally as homespun entertainment. But traditional...

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  • Maine Irish Writes: February

    Maine Irish Writes 2026-2027
    Maine Irish Heritage Center 34 Gray St, Portland, ME, United States

    We are thrilled to present our second season of Maine Irish Writes, an inclusive monthly writers' group that will meet in the MIHC Library on the first Thursday of each month! Led by the incredible poet and author Robert Breen, this welcoming writers group is open to all—whether you're just starting out or deep into...

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  • Maine Irish Reads “Heart, Be at Peace” by Donal Ryan

    Maine Irish Reads 2026-2027
    Maine Irish Heritage Center 34 Gray St, Portland, ME, United States

    Winner of the Irish Book of the Year Shortlisted for the Nero Novel of the Year 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 “I said...

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  • Casco Song & Ballad Circle

    Casco Song & Ballad Circle
    Maine Irish Heritage Center 34 Gray St, Portland, ME, United States

    Casco Song & Ballad Circle at the Maine Irish Heritage Center The Casco Song & Ballad Circle will meet at the Maine Irish Heritage Center Library on the 4th Monday of every month from 7-9 PM to share traditional songs. Some participants sing ballads: stark, spellbinding story-songs handed down orally as homespun entertainment. But traditional...

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  • Maine Irish Writes: March

    Maine Irish Writes 2026-2027
    Maine Irish Heritage Center 34 Gray St, Portland, ME, United States

    We are thrilled to present our second season of Maine Irish Writes, an inclusive monthly writers' group that will meet in the MIHC Library on the first Thursday of each month! Led by the incredible poet and author Robert Breen, this welcoming writers group is open to all—whether you're just starting out or deep into...

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