Concert Sep 18 2009 - New York Irish Center



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"Music in the Mountains"
The Irish Catskills and Traditional Music

Saturday January 16th 2010

Brendan Dolan, of New York University's School of Irish Studies, a renowned traditional musician and teacher, hosted a talk on the role of traditional music as a reflection of the tastes of the Irish and Irish-Americans who created the phenomenon of the Irish Catskills, at the Center on Saturday evening Jan 16th. The talk was accompanied by a large array of photos tracing the changing face of the Irish Catskills from the 1920s to the present. Fine traditional Irish music was provided by The Washington Square Harp and Shamrock Orchestra, featuring: Donie Carroll, Don Meade, Liz Kennedy, Gail Neely, Linda Hood among others. A large crowd packed the Main Hall to see and hear the history of the Irish footprint in the Catskill Mountains.

This was the first of a series of lectures and talks that we are planning at the Center here in 2010, under the title "Know Ireland Better". Stay tuned to this website for more details as they become available.

The New York Irish Center will be donating a large portion of the proceeds from this event to relief efforts in Haiti.

Here are some pictures from Music In The Mountains:

Brendan Dolan, in dim lighting, walks the crowd through his archive of Catskills photographs.

The Washington Square Harp and Shamrock Orchestra provided great entertainment.

And a large crowd came by..

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