The Irish American Cultural Institute will honor Thomas E. Potter, MD at the  Seventeenth Annual Washington's Irish St. Patrick's Day Ball.  Dr. Potter is The Chairman Emeritus, Department of Pediatrics, St. Joseph's Children's Hospital.  The gala will take place on Saturday, February 27, 2010 at the Madison Hotel in Morristown, New Jersey.  Learn more...
 

ÉIRE-IRELAND: Volume 44: Issue 2 & 3
is now available.

COVER NOTE

War! Or no War “Fanny,” (Frances Flora Bond) Palmer, 1846. Lithograph on woven paper, courtesy of the Library of Congress.

In 1846, with a major influx of Irish immigrants to the United States just beginning, American caricaturists had yet to develop an extensive and easily recognized visual language to communicate Irishness. Instead of the more simian facial and body features they later sometimes borrowed from British caricatures of the Irish, American artists initially relied on external cues such as geographical markers and language to identify Irish ethnicity.  Read More.....

For subscription information, please contact the IACI at eire-ireland@iaci-usa.org.

In The News

• Irish artist Charles Tyrrell has been selected as the 2008 recipient of the Irish American Cultural Institute's O'Malley Art Award.  Long regarded as one of the most innovative abstract artists practicing in Ireland today, Tyrell will receive the €5,000 award in Dublin on September 22, 2008.
   

• Mark Scallan has been announced as the IACI's Muriel Gahan Scholarship Nominee.  His work in Ceramics was shown at the Royal Dublin Society's National Crafts Competition.
   

• Visiting Ireland?  Visit the IACI's O'Malley Art Collection, housed at Plassey House at the University of Limerick.
   

• The IACI is pleased to continue its support of the scholarship program at the Willie Clancy Summer School, Ireland's largest traditional music summer school.  The IACI sponsors two students every year to attend this school

Irish Way
Summer Study Abroad for High School Students

June 28 - July 19 2010

 We are accepting applications for the 2010 Irish Way program.  Students currently enrolled in high school are eligible to apply.  Students will spend the month of July experiencing the culture, people, landscape, history, and heritage of Ireland.  

Here is what our Patron, Mary McAleese, the President of Ireland says about the Irish Way: 
"I particularly appreciate the achievements of the Irish Way programme which has introduced so many young Americans with Irish heritage to their ancestral land and to others the beautiful land of Ireland with its very rich and unique culture." (March, 2009)

"My Irish Way experience was one of the best times of my life.  I learned so much about Irish culture and gained a new perspective on Irish life.  I met so many people and made long lasting friendships.  It was a once in a lifetime experience that I will never forget."  - Elizabeth, TX

""From the people to the trips, my expectations could not have been any further surpassed.  Everyone and everything was perfect." - Nora, NJ

"I loved every minute of it!"  Caitlin, MT

Check out our Irish Way Online Diary to read about the experiences of past attendees..

We are accepting applications for Irish Way counselors for the 2010 program.  Recent college graduates who have great energy and interpersonal skills are eligible.  Preference is given to Irish Way alumni who have a successful track record of recruiting for the Irish Way.   click here to learn more..

To learn more,  please visit the  Irish Way page.