Ongoing Events

9th & 10th April

Films of the Diasporic Irish
More than 2,000 fiction films have been made about the Irish in the countries to which they migrated: England, Canada, Australia, but most especially, the United States of America. While a small number of these films have been concerned with why and how the Irish left poverty-stricken Ireland, or explored the small number who returned to Ireland (notably in John Ford’s germinal The Quiet Man, 1952), most such representations are concerned with the Irish in their new lands.

In the American case, this usually means the Lower East Side of Manhattan in the early 20th century. Thereafter, cinema follows the ‘lace curtain’ Irish in their upward mobility to the suburbs and into the professions, which, in these films, are often reduced to the male roles of policeman, fireman, boxer or priest, and, in its darker generic mode, the gangster epitomized by James Cagney’s Pubic Enemy role of 1931. As the Irish became more integrated in American society, their screen presence became less visible and their distinctive ethnic origins less noticeable.

Tuesday 9th April
10.00 to 11.10 Amarilly of Clothes Line Alley (Marshall A. 1918, 70 mins)
11.30 to 13.40 The Quiet Man (John Ford, 1952, 129 mins)
14.45 to 16.20 The Devil’s Playground (Fred Schepisi, 1976, 95 mins)
16.30 to 18.00 Kings (Tom Collins, 2007, 88 mins)
19.15 to 21.00 In America (Jim Sheridan, 2002, 105 mins)
 
Wednesday 10th April
10.15 to 11.50 Philadelphia Here I Come! (John Quested, 1970, 95 mins)
12.10 to 13.45 Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx (Waris Hussein, 1970, 95 mins)
14.30 to 15.20 The Irishman: An Impression of Exile (Philip Donnellan, 1965, 50 mins)
16.00 to 17.45 Ned Kelly (Gregor Jordan, 2003, 105 mins.)

Venue: Cinemobile, Front Square

9th April-12th April

Trinity’s Treasure Trail
An event aimed at primary school pupils.
Pupils are invited on a journey through 15 of Trinity’s secret spots and earn the right to call yourself a “Citizen of Trinity”. Pupils can complete the trail starting from any area and moving in a clockwise direction, but remember that buildings may be closed at some times.Email trinityweek@tcd.ie for more information.

Thank you to everyone who helped with our Treasure Trail this week. We were delighted to have so many children taking part.

Bookmarks Project Exhibition
A beautiful collection of handmade books, written and illustrated by children from TAP partner schools will be on display as part of Bookmarks 2013 Project.
Venue: Long Room Library

All Week

Digital Collections Exhibition
The Digital Resources and Imaging Services department will showcase a selection from the J.D. White Collection, containing popular slip ballads focusing on Irish emigration in the mid 19th century. 
Venue: The Long Room Hub

 

Music Video by Roisin O,"Tea Song", can be viewed here.
Irish Dispora have sent footage of themselves from the country they're currently living in drinking a cup of tea for the video; now called the Irish 'teaspora'!