Academics
 

Events At The Irish Studies Institute

Spring 2013 Programs

Irish Language & Gaelic Culture Classes 
Using Progress In Irish and Buntus Cainte Lessons, students enrolled in Molloy's Irish Studies Language Program will be able to progress from true beginner to advanced Irish speaker while learning Gaelic Culture. Total of 8 classes will be required to receive certificate of completion.  

Level 1 Beginners I - True Beginners (No previous Irish) - 12 classes ($160, children 25% discount $120)
Class will cover phonetics, structure of the language and Irish Gaelic culture
Saturdays:  2/09 through 5/11 (No class on Easter Saturday, 3/30) 10:30 a.m. - 11:50 p.m.

Level 2 Beginners II - 12 classes ($160, children 25% discount $120)
Saturdays:  2/09 through 5/11 (No class on Easter Saturday, 3/30) 2 p.m. - 3:20 p.m.

Level 3 Beginners III -  12 classes ($160, children 25% discount $120)
Saturdays:  2/09 through 5/11 (No class on Easter Saturday, 3/30) 12:30 p.m. - 1:50 p.m.

Level 4 Intermediate I - 12 classes ($160, children 25% discount $120)
Saturdays:  2/09 through 5/11 (No class on Easter Saturday, 3/30) 10:30 a.m. - 11:50 a.m.

Level 5 Intermediate II -  12 classes ($160, children 25% discount $120)
Saturdays:  2/09 through 5/11 (No class on Easter Saturday, 3/30) 9 a.m.  - 10:20 a.m.

Festival of Imbolc - St. Brigid's Celebration
Saturday, February 2, from 11:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m., Wilbur Arts Lobby 
Celebrate the ancient Celtic feast of Imbolc, on the Irish calendar, the first day of spring!
Refreshments will be served.  If you'd like to take part by offering a song, short tale, or poem in Irish, e-mail Jerry Kelly at jerrykelly@att.net or call him at 516.804.2968. Admission is free. 

Wogan Family  Lecture: Marriage Brehon Style
Sunday, March 3, 3 p.m., Larini Room, 2nd Floor Public Square
Presented by Jerry Kelly, Instructor in Irish Language and Gaelic Culture, Irish Studies Institute, Molloy College
This informational, interactive lecture will describe and elaborate on the continuing impact on Irish history of the conflict between Brehon Law & Common Law.  Admission is free

NYC - 69th Armory - Museum Tour and Lunch
Saturday, April 13, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Join us as we travel back in time at the 69th Armory and learn the history of our Fighting 69th from the Civil War, and be brought up to speed on their most recent deployment. Tour the magnificent structure that is the Armory built in 1904. Coach bus will leave Molloy at 10 a.m., returning at 3 p.m. Space is limited. $30. per person

Festival of Beltaine - Gaelic Fire Celebration
Saturday, May 4, from 11:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m., Wilbur Arts Lobby
Come celebrate the ancient Celtic feast of Beltaine. This festival on the Irish calendar signaled the approach of summer and evolved into the May Day celebrations still celebrated today. Admission is free

Bloomsday 2013
Sunday, June 16, 2 p.m. - Madison Theatre at Molloy College
A tribute to James Joyce. June 16 is the day chosen by James Joyce for the events that take place in Ulysses. This has become an international celebration that includes readings of Ulysses, performances of Joyce's works, festivities, music, dance and scholarly gatherings. This event is co-sponsored by the Division of Humanities at Molloy College and the James Joyce Society of New York.  $7.50 per person

For more information, contact Catherine Tully Muscente 516.678.5000 ext. 6218, cmuscente@molloy.edu

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Fall 2012 Programs

Irish Language & Gaelic Culture Classes
Using Progress In Irish and Buntus Cainte Lessons, students enrolled in Molloy's Irish Studies Language Program will be able to progress from true beginner to advanced Irish speaker while learning Gaelic Culture. Total of eight (8) classes will be required to receive a certificate of completion.                                                                                          
Beginners I - True Beginners (no previous Irish) - 12 classes ($160, children 25% discount $120)
Class will cover phonetics, structure of the language and Irish Gaelic culture
Saturdays:  9/15 through 12/15 (No classes on Columbus weekend or Thanksgiving weekend) 2 p.m.-  3:20 p.m.

Beginners II -  12 classes ($160, children 25% discount $120)
Saturdays:  9/15 through 12/15 (No classes on Columbus weekend or Thanksgiving weekend) 12:30 p.m. - 1:50 p.m.

Beginners III -  12 classes ($160, children 25% discount $120)
Saturdays:  9/15 through 12/15 (No classes on Columbus weekend or Thanksgiving weekend) 10:30 a.m. -11:50 p.m.

Intermediate I -  12 classes ($160, children 25% discount $120)
Saturdays: 9/15 through 12/15 (No classes on Columbus weekend or Thanksgiving weekend) 9 a.m.  - 10:20 a.m.

Lectures 

Please join us this semester as we present stories from Ireland's childhoods - these lectures are offered free of charge.

 Sunday, September 30, 3 p.m., Reception Room
Call of the Lark: A Memoir  By Maura Mulligan

Maura Mulligan will take us on a trip back in time to what life was like in rural Ireland of the 1940s and 50s. With readings from her powerful new memoir, Call of the Lark, she will share her childhood on a rain-swept farm in County Mayo, where women smoked clay pipes at a wake, the donkey brought turf from the bog to keep the fire burning, and children dibbled the spuds, picked blackberries, and dodged cane-wielding schoolmasters.

Saturday, October 20, 2:30 pm, Reception Room
Smarty Girl - Dublin Savage   By Honor Molloy

A magical afternoon of humorous stories that conjure a vanished Dublin.  Author Honor Molloy's autobiographical novel is a tender, irresistible and raucous portrait of 1960s Dublin, as seen through the eyes of a precocious little girl with a fierce imagination. Molloy's book was published in March.(GemmaMedia / Simon & Schuster Audio).

Sunday,  December 2, 3:00 pm, Reception Room 
Wogan Family Lecture: Life in Rural Ireland in the 1940s and 1950s  ByTom Phelan

Novelist Tom Phelan was born and reared on a farm in County Laois and his youthful memories are steeped in the Irish countryside. In this talk, he will discuss life in rural Ireland in a time before the Celtic Tiger, before the rural electrification, before the automobile; a time when transportation consisted of donkey and cart, when women washed clothes by hand and spread them on the hedges to dry; a time when the only vacation most people had was a stay in the hospital and the most exciting day of the year for children was not Christmas, but the Threshing Day. Phelan's talk will be illustrated with selections from his novels, particularly Derrycloney, which Phelan calls his "fanfare for the common man and woman" of his childhood.

Entertainment/Exhibits

 Saturday, September 30, from noon to 3:00pm
Rugby Homecoming  

Join the festivities at Molloy. There will be food, fun, children's games and the chance for you to cheer on our champion men's and women's rugby teams.

Céiliúradh Shamhna ag Coláiste Uí Mhaolmhuaidh / Samhain Celebration at Molloy College
Saturday, November 3, from 11:30 a.m. until 1 p.m., Public Square Lobby

Come celebrate the ancient Celtic feast of Samhain with our Irish language students who will offer song, story, and poetry in Irish and in translation.  The celebration will take place in Molloy College's Public Square Building, which is located on the western side of the college's campus in Rockville Centre.  All are welcome. Admission: Free.  Refreshments will be served.  If you'd like to take part by offering a song, short tale, or poem in Irish, e-mail Jerry Kelly at jerrykelly@att.net or call him at 516.804.2968.

For full program information and registration for classes and lectures call Catherine Muscente at 516.678.5000 ext. 6218. To send an e-mail, click here. To register online, click here.