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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181016T110000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181016T123000
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SUMMARY:Archive of the Irish in Britain visit - 16 Oct
DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to announce a special members-only visit to the Archive of the Irish in Britain. The Archive consists of collections of documents\, audio and video recordings\, books\, photographs and ephemera cataloguing the history of the Irish in Britain from the late nineteenth century to the present day.  \nDr Tony Murray\, the curator of the archive\, will give an introductory talk and lead two groups through unique materials in the archive before leading a question and answer session.  There are two sessions available to paid-up ILS members with a capacity of 10 members for each session\, so we’ll have to operate on a first-come\, first-served basis for this visit. If you would like to book for the visit please e-mail the Honorary Secretary stating your time-slot preference: irishlitsoc@gmail.com. We expect this event will be over-subscribed so we’re sorry if we cannot accommodate everybody on this occasion. \nSLOT 1: 11am-12.30pm \nSLOT 2: 2pm-3.30pm   \nThe archive has been a crucial resource for the development of The Irish Studies Centre\, see the video above for more details on the history of the archive and the centre.  \n  \nTransport:  \nNearest underground (Tube): Aldgate East (Circle and Hammersmith & City) and Aldgate (Metropolitan) \nNearest Bus(es): 415\, 25\, 67\, 115\, 205\, 254Parking Details: Parking is very restricted.
URL:https://irishliterarysociety.org/event/archive-of-the-irish-in-britain-visit-16-oct/
LOCATION:Archive of the Irish in Britain\, 16 Goulston Street\, London\, E1 7TP\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:archive,Collaboration,documentary,exile,history,Members only-event,research,social history
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180611T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180611T203000
DTSTAMP:20180515T095632Z
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SUMMARY:AGM - 11 June
DESCRIPTION:ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING\, 11 June 2018\, 7.30pm\nLocation: Irish Cultural Centre\, Hammersmith  \nAll current members of the Society are invited to attend and participate at the ILS AGM. The meeting is an opportunity for the Committee to report and be questioned on the performance of the Society\, its plans and its financial situation. It is also an opportunity for members to offer their thoughts on the state of the Society\, to seek election and to vote on resolutions. We hope to attract greater member attendance this year as the Committee will put to the membership a proposal to allow a significant change in the Society’s rules i.e. that we apply to the Charities Commission to form the Society into a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO). Further information on how we have reached the decision to make this proposal will be given in a report by the Honorary Secretary\, a summary of that report can be read here. If you are interested in seeking election to the Committee please contact the Honorary Secretary (irishlitsoc@gmail.com) if you would like further information about the duties and responsibilities involved. A form for proposing a member for election to the Committee can be found below.  \nAGENDA \n1. Apologies\n3. Minutes from 2017 AGM\n4. Matters Arising\n5. Honorary Secretary’s Report\n6. Chairman’s Report\n7. Treasurer’s Report\n8. Membership Secretary’s Report\n9. Report on proposed constitutional changes\n10. Vote on constitutional changes\n11. Election of the Officers & Committee for the ILS Season 2017-18\, voting if\nnecessary.\n12. Appointment of Honorary Auditors\n13. Plans for 2018-19\n14. AOB \nMembers are invited to propose candidates for the election of Officers and Committee members for the ILS Season 2018-19. All candidates must be proposed and seconded by members of the ILS and the candidate must sign the proposal forms. Forms must be returned to the Honorary Secretary by 28 May (download the form here for more details). \nThe present Officers and Committee members are eligible for re-election. The Officers of the Society are the President\, one or two Vice-Presidents\, the Chairman\, Deputy Chairman\, one or two Honorary Secretaries\, the Honorary Treasurer and the Honorary Membership Secretary. As directed by our Rules the Committee shall consist of the Officers and up to 6 other members\, all of whom to be elected annually\, except in the cases of the President and Vice Presidents who shall be invited to serve by the Committee. Three further members may be co-opted by the Committee during the course of a year \n\n\nDownload the nomination form from here:Nomination Form
URL:https://irishliterarysociety.org/event/agm-11-june/
LOCATION:Irish Cultural Centre\, Hammersmith\, 5 Black’s Road Hammersmith\, W6 9DT\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Members only-event,special event
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180116T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180116T170000
DTSTAMP:20171212T214305Z
CREATED:20171212T211710Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171212T214305Z
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SUMMARY:National Theatre Archive screening -16 Jan
DESCRIPTION:The ILS has arranged for a group visit on 16 January to the National Theatre Archive for a screening of the recording of the NT production of Conor McPherson’s The Veil from 2011. The screening room at the Archive has only limited capacity so we must limit this event to members-only\, there are 25 places. If there is sufficient demand we will arrange a further screening. Please contact the Honorary Secretary if you wish to reserve a place: irishlitsoc@gmail.com.  \nMay 1822\, rural Ireland. The defrocked Reverend Berkeley arrives at the crumbling former glory of Mount Prospect House to accompany seventeen-year-old Hannah to England. She is to be married off to a Marquis in order to resolve the debts of her mother’s estate. However\, compelled by the strange voices that haunt his beautiful young charge and a fascination with the psychic current that pervades the house\, Berkeley proposes a séance\, the consequences of which are catastrophic. \nThe Veil weaves Ireland’s troubled colonial history into a transfixing story about the search for love\, the transcendental and the circularity of time. The play is directed by McPherson. The cast includes Jim Norton\, who won both Tony and Olivier awards for his performance in McPherson’s The Seafarer. This is a three-camera recording made for research purposes\, it does not therefore offer the cinematic experience of an NT Live broadcast.
URL:https://irishliterarysociety.org/event/national-theatre-archive-visit-16-jan/
LOCATION:National Theatre Studio\, 83-101 The Cut\, Lambeth\, London\, SE1 8LL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:archive,Members only-event,research,theatre
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20171114T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20171114T200000
DTSTAMP:20171023T173343Z
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SUMMARY:Tara Bergin - 14 Nov
DESCRIPTION:The Irish Literary Society is delighted to invite its members to the Embassy of Ireland for an evening with one of Ireland’s most fascinating poets. As there are only limited seats available for this event interested members should apply for tickets via the form below.  \nTara Bergin’s debut collection\, This is Yarrow\, won the Seamus Heaney Centre Prize and she was named a Next Generation Poet by the Poetry Book Society in 2014.\nBergin’s Gothic imagination – precise\, claustrophobic\, yet full of vertiginous perspectives – makes her a perfect guide to these frightened\, frightening times.Paul Batchelor\, The Spectator \nShe will be reading poems from her new collection The Tragic Death of Eleanor Marx\, exploring themes of intense love and grief with a dark humour. Bergin’s engagement with the world of myth and folklore was vividly present in This is Yarrow and now in her latest dark fairytale-like images fill the collection as it reflects on the life and death of Eleanor – Karl Marx’s youngest daughter. Eleanor was a member of the Socialist Democratic Federation and translated Flaubert’s Madame Bovary\, before taking her own life in the same way as Emma Bovary. The event will be hosted by the Irish Ambassador Adrian O’Neill.\n\n\n  \n\n\n\nYour Name (required)\n \n\n \nYour Email (required)\n \n\n \nSubject\n \n\n \nYour Message\n \n\n \n\n Δ\n \n\n\n \n\nSpeaker: Tara Bergin\n\nTara Bergin was born in Dublin and moved to the UK in 2002 to undertake academic research. This culminated in a PhD on Ted Hughes’s translations of the post-war Hungarian poet János Pilinszky which she completed at Newcastle University\, where she is now a part-time lecturer in Creative Writing (Poetry). She began publishing the poems that feature in her debut collection\, This is Yarrow (Carcanet\, 2013)\, in 2003. It won the Seamus Heaney Centre Prize and the 2014 Shine/Strong Award. Bergin was named a Next Generation Poet by the Poetry Book Society in 2014.
URL:https://irishliterarysociety.org/event/tara-bergin/
LOCATION:The Embassy of Ireland\, 17 Grosvenor Pl\, London \, London\, SW1X 7HR
CATEGORIES:book signing,folklore,history,interview,Members only-event,poetry,politics,Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170921T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170921T220000
DTSTAMP:20170906T145739Z
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SUMMARY:The Ferryman - ILS member tickets lottery
DESCRIPTION:The ILS has 20 tickets for excellent seats for the acclaimed Royal Court production of Jez Butterworth’s The Ferryman for a performance on the evening of 21 September to issue free to members. To apply for a ticket you must be a fully paid-up member\, you should complete the form below. The lottery will close on 8 September and the ILS Honorary Secretary will contact those successful on 9 September. Please note that the performance starts at 7pm\, 21 September\, the performance runs for 3 hours including a 15 minute interval. \nThe Ferryman: Northern Ireland\, 1981. The Carney farmhouse is a hive of activity with preparations for the annual harvest. A day of hard work on the land and a traditional night of feasting and celebrations lie ahead. But this year they will be interrupted by a visitor. \n“You can’t bury the past.” \nJez Butterworth‘s previous work at the Royal Court includes The River and the multi-award winning Jerusalem. Director Sam Mendes makes his Royal Court debut. \n\n\n  \n\n\n\nYour Name (required)\n \n\n \nYour Email (required)\n \n\n \nSubject\n \n\n \nYour Message\n \n\n \n\n Δ
URL:https://irishliterarysociety.org/event/the-ferryman-member-ticket-lottery/
LOCATION:Gielgud Theatre\, Shaftesbury Ave\, Soho\, London\, W1D 6AR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Members only-event,non-ILS,theatre
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170712T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170712T200000
DTSTAMP:20170701T082240Z
CREATED:20170630T231726Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170701T082240Z
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SUMMARY:History of Modern Ireland - 12 July
DESCRIPTION:The Ambassador of Ireland Mr. Daniel Mulhall and Mrs. Greta Mulhall invite members of the ILS to the launch of ‘The Cambridge History of Modern Ireland’ Edited by Eugenio F. Biagini and Mary E. Daly at the Embassy of Ireland on 12th July 2017 from 18.00 – 20.00. This event is open to ILS members only and tickets will be allocated by lottery. \nRSVP essential by 5 July: irishlitsoc@gmail.com
URL:https://irishliterarysociety.org/event/history-of-modern-ireland-12-july/
LOCATION:The Embassy of Ireland\, 17 Grosvenor Pl\, London \, London\, SW1X 7HR
CATEGORIES:history,interview,Members only-event,special event
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170703T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170703T203000
DTSTAMP:20170701T000308Z
CREATED:20170507T035046Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170701T000308Z
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SUMMARY:AGM 2017 - 3 July
DESCRIPTION:ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING\, 3 July 2017\, 7.30pm \nAGENDA\n1. Chairman’s Opening Remarks\n2. Apologies\n3. Minutes from 2016 AGM\n4. Matters Arising\n5. Honorary Secretary’s Report\n6. Chairman’s Report\n7. Treasurer’s Report\n8. Membership Secretary’s Report\n9. Constitutional changes\n10. Election of the Officers & Committee for the ILS Season 2016-17 and any other voting.\n11. Appointment of Honorary Auditors\n12. Plans for 2017-18\n13. AOB \nMembers are invited to propose candidates for the election of Officers and Committee members for the ILS Season 2017-18. All candidates must be proposed and seconded by members of the ILS and the candidate must sign the proposal forms. Forms must be returned to the Honorary Secretary by 15 June (download the form below for more details). \nThe present Officers and Committee members are eligible for re-election. The Officers of the Society are the President\, one or two Vice-Presidents\, the Chairman\, Deputy Chairman\, one or two Honorary Secretaries\, the Honorary Treasurer and the Honorary Membership Secretary. As directed by our Rules the Committee shall consist of the Officers and up to 6 other members\, all of whom to be elected annually\, except in the cases of the President and Vice Presidents who shall be invited to serve by the Committee. Three further members may be co-opted by the Committee during the course of a year. \n\n[download-attachment id=”9165″ title=”Election nomination form 2017″]\n[download-attachment id=”9174″ title=”AGM-ILS_03072017″]
URL:https://irishliterarysociety.org/event/agm-2017/
LOCATION:The Bloomsbury Hotel\, The Bloomsbury Hotel\, 16-22 Great Russell Street\, London\, WC1B 3NN \, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Members only-event
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170219T143000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170219T170000
DTSTAMP:20171123T230918Z
CREATED:20170215T195511Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171123T230918Z
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SUMMARY:Cahal Dallat walk - 19 Feb
DESCRIPTION:On Sunday afternoon 19 February the ILS will be making an outing to Bedford Park for a walk led by the poet Cahal Dallat – members will remember Cahal and his accordion from our London Irish Poetic Tradition event back in November 2016. This is a members-only event which takes in the home of the Yeats family and considers\, through visits to the houses of artists\, publishers\, painters\, composers and politicians\, how Bedford Park in the late 19th century allowed Irish culture in London to flourish and grow\, and return something to the society left behind.  \nIts a fascinating experience which provides an insight into how the utopian community at Bedford Park made it possible for artists\, actors\, illustrators\, engravers\, painters\, playwrights and poets to live inexpensively but within easy reach of London’s theatres\, press\, publishers and political centres. The walk is an essential antidote to the ‘lone genius’ illusion as it places Irish artists alongside William Morris and other great figures and shows how their exchanges helped to develop the late-19c progressive agenda that was to become the blueprint for 20th thought: anti-imperialist\, in favour of Irish freedom and Indian independence\, vegetarian\, pacifist\, interested in world religions and cultures\, alternative\, feminist…Happy to play the romantic\, in the end he inhabits a world which is exploratory and unsettledFortnight\, on Cahal's poetry \nThe walk is not for the faint-hearted as we will be out for 2hrs. So\, you’ll need robust shoes\, stamina and probably a brolly. We’ll be finishing up outside a pub and plan to have some space so that we can collapse after and read some relevant texts with a drink. The ILS is subsidising the walk and Cahal is generously donating the fee to the Bedford Park fund for a statue of Yeats. See Cahal’s project here: http://www.cahaldallat.com/yeats \n\n\nCahal Dallat\nSince moving to London 40 years ago the Ballycastle native has been a computer scientist and a critic\, a musician and a broadcaster. Dallat’s literary horizons broadened when he joined a nascent poetry workshop run by Robert Greacon\, an esteemed Dublin writer who had relocated to London. His poetry appears in a range of literary magazines & anthologies\, in Trio 7 (with John Kelly & Sean McWilliams\, Blackstaff Press\, 1992)\, Morning Star (Lagan Press\, 1998) and in The Year of Not Dancing (Blackstaff Press\, 2009).
URL:https://irishliterarysociety.org/event/cahal-dallat-walk/
LOCATION:Turnham Green\, Turnham Green Terrace\, Chiswick\, London\, UK\, W4 1QN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Members only-event,visit,walk
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20161024T183000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20161024T203000
DTSTAMP:20171123T232339Z
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SUMMARY:2016 Yeats Lecture - 24 Oct
DESCRIPTION:The Ambassador of Ireland Daniel Mulhall hosts the third Annual Yeats Lecture at the Embassy of Ireland with the Irish Literary Society. Following on from his highly praised television documentary on Yeats\, the musician and activist Sir Bob Geldof talks about his appreciation of the great poet. Geldof argues that as a poet and statesman\, at the vanguard of a cultural revolution\, Yeats brought about immense change in Ireland’s struggle for independence\, without firing a bullet. His Excellency Ambassador Dan Mulhall will introduce the event. \n\nSir Bob Geldof\nSir Bob Geldof  is a singer\, songwriter\, author\, and political activist. He rose to prominence as the lead singer of the Irish rock band The Boomtown Rats in the late 1970s and early 1980s\, alongside the punk rock movement. Geldof is widely recognised for his activism\, especially anti-poverty efforts concerning Africa. Geldof was appointed an honorary knighthood by Queen Elizabeth II\, and is a recipient of the Man of Peace title which recognises individuals who have made “an outstanding contribution to international social justice and peace”\, among numerous other awards and nominations. In 2005 he received the Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music. \nShare this Post
URL:https://irishliterarysociety.org/event/2016-yeats-lecture-24-oct/
LOCATION:The Embassy of Ireland\, 17 Grosvenor Pl\, London \, London\, SW1X 7HR
CATEGORIES:Collaboration,lecture,Members only-event,poetry,special event
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160627T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160627T203000
DTSTAMP:20161013T215936Z
CREATED:20160603T161025Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161013T215936Z
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SUMMARY:Annual General Meeting - 27 June
DESCRIPTION:ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING\, 27 June 2016\nAGENDA\n1. Apologies\n2. Minutes from 2015 AGM\n3. Matters Arising\n4. Chairman’s Report\n5. Honorary Secretary’s Report\n6. Treasurer’s Report\n7. Membership Secretary’s Report\n8. Election of the Officers & Committee for the ILS Season 2016-17\n9. Appointment of Honorary Auditors\n10. Plans for 2016-17\n11. AOB \nMembers are invited to propose candidates for the election of Officers and Committee members for the ILS Season 2016-17. All candidates must be proposed and seconded by members of the ILS and the candidate must sign the proposal forms. Forms must be returned to the Honorary Secretary by 10 June (download the form below for more details). \nThe present Officers and Committee members are retiring but are eligible for re-election. The Officers of the Society are the President\, one or two Vice-Presidents\, the Chairman\, Deputy Chairman\, one or two Honorary Secretaries\, the Honorary Treasurer and the Honorary Membership Secretary. As directed by our Rules the Committee shall consist of the Officers and up to 6 other members\, all of whom to be elected annually\, except in the cases of the President and Vice Presidents who shall be invited to serve by the Committee. Three further members may be co-opted by the Committee during the course of a year. \nNOTICE AND AGENDA\nAGM-ILS_2016_Notice
URL:https://irishliterarysociety.org/event/annual-general-meeting/
LOCATION:The Bloomsbury Hotel\, The Bloomsbury Hotel\, 16-22 Great Russell Street\, London\, WC1B 3NN \, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Members only-event
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