The luck of the Irish explored in these online events
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Celebrate St. Patrick's Day in style while learning more about Ireland and its history.[/caption]
All dressed in green with nowhere to go this St. Patrick’s Day? Listed here are some events you can attend without leaving home. (Green beer optional.) “St. Patrick: The Man and the Myth”: Why do we celebrate St. Patrick? Was there really an Irishman who drove snakes off the island? At 1:30 p.m., historian Jennifer Paxton separates fact from fiction and shares the tale of a man who survived slavery, capture by pirates and church politics as he brought Christianity to Ireland. This online presentation is available with closed captioning and interpreting; visit mcpl.libnet. info/ event/ 4875852 by Friday, March 12 to fill out a request form. Register for the lecture, sponsored by the Montgomery County Public Libraries, via www.eventbrite.com/e/st-patrickthe-man-and-the-myth-virtualtickets-140881100163.
“History Loves A Parade: 260 Years of the St. Patrick’s Day Parade”: The New York Irish Center offers this Orlagh Cassidynarrated retrospective of the city’s annual event, exporing key milestones of the parade in North America from Colonial times to the present. In addition to archival and new photography, expect music from Phil Coulter, Gregory Harrington and the Young Wolfe Tones, as well as interviews with historians such as Patrick Fitzgerald (Mellon Centre for Migration Studies, Northern Ireland), Maurice Fitzpatrick, Terry Golway, Harold Holzer (Abraham Lincoln Scholar, Hunter College), Christine Kinealy (founding director, Ireland’s Great Hunger Institute), Maureen Murphy (Hofstra University), Robert Schmuhl (Notre Dame University) and Bonnie Weir (Yale University). The program starts at 1 p.m.; register at www.eventbrite.com/e/history-loves-a-parade-260-yearsof-the-st-patricks-day-parade-tickets 144216733131.
Irish Best-seller Carmel Harrington: Ireland’s Brent Libraries hosts an interactive conversation with best-selling author Carmel Harrington at 4 p.m. Harrington will read a passage from her 2020 novel, “My Pear-Shaped Life,” which is described as a “heartwarming, uplifting story about missteps, second chances and self-belief.” After the reading will be a question-and-answer session followed by an invitation for Zoom audience members to share their St. Patrick’s Day experiences, whether in Ireland or overseas. Visit www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/celebrate-st-patricksday-with-irish-bestseller-carmelharrington-tickets-140052411533 to learn more about Harrington and to register.
Visual Guided Tour of Ireland: Calgary’s renowned “Travel Lady,” Lesley Keyter of thetravellady. blog, presents this tour of the Emerald Isle at 9:30 a.m., as part of a series offered by the Kerby Centre for the 55+. Participants are encouraged to wear festive green attire before travelling via Zoom to one of Keyter’s favorite places. Book a virtual ticket at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/visual-guided-tour-ofireland-with-the-travel-ladytickets-141558077019.
