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Rediscover Northern Ireland Programme
May 2-29, 2007,
Library of Congress,
Washington, DC
Co-sponsored by the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure/
Arts
Council of Northern Ireland, & the American
Folklife Center & the Music
Division, Library of Congress
About the Library of Congress Events
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![Image: Mourne Wall, Northern Ireland](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090112031307im_/http://www.loc.gov/folklife/northern-ireland-oldpages/images/mourne_wall3.jpg)
Mourne Wall,
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From March through May 2007, scholars and artists gathered at the Library
of Congress and other venues in and around Washington, DC, to present and promote
Northern Irish arts and culture through the Rediscover
Northern Ireland Programme.
The May events at the Library of Congress included an exciting and thought-provoking
series of concerts and lectures and a special symposium. Together, they highlighted and focused attention on the unique geographical, cultural and
musical landscape of Northern Ireland.
Concerts, Lectures &
Symposium (May 2007)
![Image: John Moulden](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090112031307im_/http://www.loc.gov/folklife/northern-ireland-oldpages/images/mouldentn.jpg) |
Wednesday,
May 2 (Mumford Room)
LECTURE: John Moulden, singer/author,
Ulster [read bio]
View the webcast [Running time 0:59:23] |
![Image: Rosie Stewart](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090112031307im_/http://www.loc.gov/folklife/northern-ireland-oldpages/images/rosiestewarttn.jpg) |
Wednesday, May 9 (Coolidge Auditorium)
CONCERT: Rosie Stewart, singer,
Co. Fermanagh [read bio]
Listen
- Rosie Stewart performs Adieu
to Lovely Garrison [mp3 file]
View the webcast [Running time 1:03:59] |
![Image: Frances McPeake](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090112031307im_/http://www.loc.gov/folklife/northern-ireland-oldpages/images/francismcpeakeItn.jpg) |
Wednesday, May 16 (Coolidge Auditorium)
CONCERT: Francis McPeake Family and
past pupils from their renowned school in Belfast [read bio] [A webcast for this event is forthcoming]
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Wednesday,
May 16 (Mumford Room) 2:30 -- 5:30 pm
SYMPOSIUM:
"All
through the North, As I Walked Forth...": Northern Ireland's
Place Names, Folklife and Landscape
This half-day symposium on Irish
place names, folklife and landscape featured two outstanding scholars: Dr.
Kay Muhr of
Queen's University, Belfast, and Dr. Henry Glassie of
Indiana University, Bloomington. Both speakers addressed local
history and local stories, the cultural landscape of Northern Ireland
and what place means to people in changing circumstances of modernization.
(View the symposium schedule.)
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