2022 Irish Festival Seattle |
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Irish Festival Seattle is Saturday and Sunday, March 12 & 13, noon to 6 pm each day, in the Armory at the Seattle Center. Admission is free both days of the Festival
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SATURDAY
12 NOON - 2 pm
Cavort Irish music
2 - 2:30 pm
Carroll- Henderson Dancers
2:30 - 3:45 pm
The Pride of Bothell Céili Band and Irish Set Dancers
3:45 - 4:30 pm
Irvington High School Choir, Fremont, CA
4:30 - 5 pm
Comerford Irish Dancers
5 - 6 pm
Dublin Abbey Irish Music
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SUNDAY
12 NOON - 2:15 pm
Carrigaline Irish Music
2:15 - 2:45 pm
Haley Prendergast Irish Dancers
2:45 - 3:15 pm
St. Patrick's Day Parade Closing Ceremonies
3:15 - 4:15 pm
Tara Academy Irish Dancers
4:15 - 6 pm
Balladeer Bill Barnes
5:30 pm
Raffle Draw for Two Aer Lingus Tickets to Ireland
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- Apple Cox Design
- Celtic Crossroads Northwest
- Make It Feison
- Over the Line Art
- Elfstone Celtic Jewelry
- The Celtic Jewelry Studio
- Dwiggins Illuminations
- Into Totes
- Shawn O’Donnell’s
- Sean’s Celtic Creations
- Gently Used Irish Books
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UPPER LEVEL LOFT WORKSHOPS |
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SATURDAY
1 pm - Basic Irish Genealogy - Lecturer: Jean Roth, Irish Interest Section, Seattle Genealogical Society. Get some idea of the background of your Irish ancestors' family history. Get some idea of the background of your Irish ancestors' family history. We'll look some of the basic guides to research and major new resources that have recently become available to help you in your search.
2 pm - The Aran Islands, by John Millington Synge – with Joseph Lavy (Seattle Times Footlight Award winning actor) performs selections from Synge’s acclaimed account of the customs, folklore and the indomitable spirit of remote island communities who live in a never-ending give-and-take with the brutal, untamable beauty of the windswept and sea-battered landscape off Ireland’s wild Atlantic coast.
2 pm: Beginning Gaeilge (Irish Language) - Lecturer: Ciaran O’Mahony - Learn some basic words and phrases and pronunciations in Irish. Irish (Gaeilge) is the national and first official language of Ireland and is also an official language of the European Union.
3 pm: Irish Independence & the Fight for Freedom: A Personal Journey - Lecturer: Caron McMahon. Follow the journey of Caron’s grandfathers through the war of independence to the establishment of the Irish Free State and the Gardaí (police force) in 1923. One of her grandfathers was a member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood while the other grandfather was one of the first Gardaí recruits in the new Police force in 1923. Caron McMahon was born in Belfast, but the family relocated to Ennis Co Clare while she was a baby. She looks forward to sharing her family’s journey through Irish Independence and the Fight for Freedom.
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SUNDAY
1 pm - Basic Irish Genealogy - Lecturer: Jean Roth, Irish Interest Section, Seattle Genealogical Society. Get some idea of the background of your Irish ancestors' family history. Get some idea of the background of your Irish ancestors' family history. We'll look some of the basic guides to research and major new resources that have recently become available to help you in your search.
3 pm: Beginning Gaeilge (Irish Language) - Lecturer: Ciaran O’Mahony - Learn some basic words and phrases and pronunciations in Irish. Irish (Gaeilge) is the national and first official language of Ireland and is also an official language of the European Union.
3 pm: Irish Independence & the Fight for Freedom: A Personal Journey - Lecturer: Caron McMahon. Follow the journey of one of Caron’s grandfathers through the war of independence, the 1916 Easter Rising, the establishment of the Irish Free State and origins of the Gardaí (police force) as it relates to her family. One of her grandfathers was a member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood while the other grandfather was one of the first Gardaí recruits in the new Police force in 1923.
4 pm: The First Kennedys – A reading and book-signing by author Neal Thompson. Based on genealogical breakthroughs and previously unreleased records, The First Kennedys: The Humble Roots of an American Dynasty is the first book to explore the inspiring story of the poor refugee couple who escaped the Irish famine and came to Boston where they created a life together in a city hostile to Irish, immigrants, and Catholics, thus launching the Kennedy dynasty in America.
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OTHER SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS |
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Raffle: Two Round Trip Tickets to Ireland
At 5:30 pm on Sunday, March 13, at the Irish Festival, some lucky person will become the winner of a coupon for two Round Trip tickets direct from Seattle to Dublin on Aer Lingus. Tickets at $5 each can only be purchased in person from an Irish Heritage Club member – they cannot be sold online – and ONLY 1,000 TICKETS ARE BEING SOLD. Pick up your tickets at any of the Irish Week events or at the Irish Heritage Club booth. You do not have to be present to win but you must buy a ticket to have a chance of winning. Ádh mór - Good luck!!
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IRISH- SEATTLE PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT |
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The Irish in Washington state have always celebrated St. Patrick’s Day and their Irish heritage! For years, local Irishman Brendan Shriane has been taking photos of Irish events around Seattle and 2022 Irish Festival provides a visual portrayal of some of what the Irish community in Seattle has been doing over these past many years. Brendan’s photos have been augmented with older photos from years gone-by, from Irish celebrations long before he was born. The photo above dates from St. Patrick’s Day in Seattle in 1936.
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John and Alice Cooper are back at Irish Festival Seattle with their exhibition of thousands of antique Irish postcards, plus 48 original reproductions of Bartlett’s Views of Ireland dating from the 1840s, just a few years before the Great Potato Famine. The Coopers’ collection provides an interesting glimpse into the social history, cultural history and material culture of Ireland, especially in the late 1800s and early 1900s, the "Golden Age of Postcards".
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Irvington High School Viking Choir |
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The Irvington High School Viking Choir is a group of students from all levels of choir who have joined together to tour and share their music with the community. We have students who are freshmen through seniors, beginning singers to advanced singers who have been in choir for 4 years. We are a family who learns together, plays together and sings together. Irvington High School is located in Fremont, CA, in the San Francisco Bay Area. We are thrilled to be joining the local Irish community to celebrate Irish Week in Seattle. |
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DeLorean Auto Show
Outside the Armory
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, 1–4 pm
The futuristic-looking Irish-made DeLorean DMC-12 sports car that was made famous in the 1985 movie 'Back to the Future' will again be on display outside the Armory at the Seattle Center. 9,200 DeLoreans were manufactured in Belfast in 1981 before the company went bankrupt. Pacific Northwest DeLorean Club members are a community of enthusiasts dedicated to preserving the DeLorean heritage by bringing the community together for social events and to exchange technical expertise. Visit pndc.org for details.
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Seafair Pirates “MOBY DUCK”
Outside the Armory, SUNDAY, ~2:30 pm
Starting her life as a 1944 vintage amphibious landing craft, “The Moby Duck” came to the Seafair Pirates in 1954. Adorned with a writhing Chinese dragon, the now world-famous Moby Duck made her debut in that year’s Seafair celebrations, and the Seafair Pirates have maintained and operated the Duck at their expense ever since. See the Moby Duck up close outside the Armory on Saturday following the St. Patrick’s Day Parade.
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Irish Week 2022 is sponsored by Five Farms Irish Cream.
Five Farms is the world’s first farm-to-table Irish Cream Liqueur, exclusively sourced and produced in County Cork, Ireland. County Cork is Ireland’s largest and southernmost county, home to family-owned farms that dot the coastline where the land meets the sea. It seems to sit on the edge of the world, a rugged backdrop for the farmers who have toiled this land for generations.
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Irish Heritage Club 2022 Membership |
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Míle buíochas, a thousand thanks to the volunteers who spend countless hours organizing and planning our various events and activities. We hope you will show your support of their efforts by making sure your membership in the Irish Heritage Club is current. Please go to IrishClub.org to renew your membership or to join.
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The Irish Heritage Club and its affiliated programs:
Ceol Cascadia Irish Music Association; Irish Network Seattle; Seattle Gaels Gaelic Football, Hurling & Camogie; Seattle Galway Sister City Association; Seattle Irish Immigrant Support; Irish Repertory Theatre; Tacoma Rangers Hurling & Gaelic Football; and Cascade Youth Gaelic Games.
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The Irish Heritage Club and its affiliated programs gratefully acknowledge the support of the Irish government through grants provided by the Irish Abroad Unit of the Department of Foreign Affairs. |
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The Irish Heritage Club gratefully acknowledges the support of Aer Lingus, Ireland's National Airline.
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