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Play – Juno and the Paycock
Juno and the Paycock, tragicomedy in three acts by Sean O’Casey, produced in 1924 and published the following year. Set in the grim slums of Dublin during the Irish civil war of 1922–23, the play chronicles the fortunes of the impoverished Boyle family, into which O’Casey pours all of the strengths and shortcomings of Irish character. A violent death and the grim realities of tenement life throw into relief the swagger and inflated rhetoric of the men struggling for Irish…
Find out more »Play – Juno and the Paycock
Juno and the Paycock, tragicomedy in three acts by Sean O’Casey, produced in 1924 and published the following year. Set in the grim slums of Dublin during the Irish civil war of 1922–23, the play chronicles the fortunes of the impoverished Boyle family, into which O’Casey pours all of the strengths and shortcomings of Irish character. A violent death and the grim realities of tenement life throw into relief the swagger and inflated rhetoric of the men struggling for Irish…
Find out more »Presentation by Irish Ambassador to the UK.
Tyneside Irish Centre Monday 15th July at 7pm Ireland, Brexit and the Common Travel Area Presentation by Adrian O'Neill Irish Ambassador to the UK followed by a reception for the Irish community RSVP or register online on or before 8th July Register online here
Find out more »Talk – Irish crime and secret societies (East Boldon)
Boldon and Cleadon Community Library opened in November following the proposed closure owing to budget cuts. The aim is to keep the library open as a community hub and library. As you will no doubt understand this has a cost to it and in order to keep the library open they have regular guest speakers for which they charge a small fee of £5.00. The guest speaker on 23 July at 7pm is Dr Kyle Hughes who is lecturer in…
Find out more »The Peterloo Massacre – Newcastle Guided walk
Description from Newcastle City Guides - Heritage Walks The Peterloo Massacre - Newcastle's Campaign for the Vote Meet at Grey's Monument 2.30pm. Finish at the Central Station. The walk commemorates the 200th anniversary of the Peterloo Massacre when people from the North West lost their lives while peacefully campaigning for the vote. We explore the part played by residents from the Newcastle region demanding universal suffrage. £5 for adults, £3 for under 60's, free for accompanied child under 16 www.newcastlecityguides.org.uk
Find out more »Pete Coe’s The Road to Peterloo
Doors open 7pm Show 7.30pm Pete Coe, Brian Peters and Laura Smyth ‘The Road to Peterloo’ tells the tale of one of the most notorious incidents in British labour history – the ‘Peterloo Massacre’ in Manchester in 1819 – through some of the many street ballads that were printed around the time of the event. Three singers and musicians from North West England, Pete Coe, Brian Peters and Laura Smyth, begin the story in the early 19th century, sketching out…
Find out more »Adult education open night
Gallowgate lounge 2nd floor 6pm to 7.30pm Find out more about our education classes. Irish Language Book Club The History of Medieval Ireland Intermediate mixed instrument music Set Dance Drama Creative Writing
Find out more »Poetry reading by Belfast poet laureate
Thursday 19 Sept: Sinéad Morrissey: Poetry reading by the inaugural Belfast Poet Laureate, Sinéad Morrissey, currently Professor of Creative Writing at Newcastle University and Director of the Newcastle Centre for the Literary Arts. 7.30pm 2nd floor
Find out more »Lecture: Ireland’s ‘Wilsonian Moment’
3 October: Seán Donnelly: Ireland’s ‘Wilsonian Moment’: Anti-Imperialism, the War of Independence & the Paris Peace Conference. Seán Donnelly has a BA from University College Dublin and an MPhil in Public History from Trinity College, Dublin. 7.30pm Free
Find out more »Rebellion, Revolution and Resistance in the Twentieth Century
This workshop will take place in the Armstrong Building at Newcastle University, and includes a panel on twentieth-century Ireland. It is organised by Jack Hepworth (Newcastle University) & Emma Dewhirst (Liverpool University). A two-day workshop which will take place in the Armstrong Building at Newcastle University on Friday 4 and Saturday 5 October: Rebellion, Revolution and Resistance in the Twentieth Century: Class, Networks and Political Violence. The workshop is free and open to all. The workshop will feature papers from 12 postgraduate…
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