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Oíche Scannán Eireannach

Lunch & Learn - Samhain: - Irish Film Night - Violet
Irish Halloween Origins Gibson: The Irish Woman Irish Ghosts, Banshees

& Traditions Who Shot Mussolini & Fairies

Join us at The H.A.R.P. Museum at the Irish Cultural On Wednesday October 24 - 7 PM, Join us in the Join us at The H.A.R.P. Museum at the Irish Cultural
Center of the Mohawk Valley on Wednesday, October HARP Museum at the Irish Cultural Center of the Center of the Mohawk Valley on Wednesday October
9, 2024 at 11:00 am for a presentation on Irish Mohawk Valley to learn the story of "Violet Gibson: 30 at 7:00 PM for tales and songs that celebrate Ireland’s
Halloween Origins & Traditions. After the program The Irish Woman Who Shot Mussolini". Samhain or Halloween tradition.
you can enjoy a delicious lunch in the beautiful Five Violet Gibson was an unlikely assassin. On the day In this darkening time of year, Samhain arrives to
Points Pub designed and built by Dublin craftsmen. she shot Benito Mussolini, April 7, 1926, the Italian herald autumn down its slide to winter, when the
In modern Ireland and Scotland, the name by which dictator had just spoken at an international conference barrier between the living and the dead is thinnest.
Halloween is known in the Gaelic language is still Oíche of surgeons in Rome, and was making his way through This evening we will present stories collected in 19th
Shamhna. According to Celtic lore, Samhain is a time the cheering crowds back to his car… century rural Ireland. Stories and songs from a time
when the boundaries between the world of the living This revelatory documentary tells the forgotten story when science wasn’t so sure of itself. Tales and tunes of
and the world of the dead become thinner, allowing of Violet Gibson, the 49-year-old daughter of the Lord banshees and fiends, musical fairies - not the nice kind
spirits and other supernatural entities to pass between Chancellor of Ireland who shot and almost assassinated - and of course ghosts. We endeavor here this evening
the worlds to socialize with humans. It is the time of Italian fascist dictator Benito Mussolini in 1926, and to embrace the dark and shorten the night.
the year when ancestors and other departed souls are how the world conspired to write her out of history. The name Amadán Dubh hails from Irish folklore
especially honored. Jeff Miller, PhD – Professor of Communication & and refers to the “dark fool” or “dark fairy”. A trickster
At this program you learn how some of Ireland’s Media at Utica University will provide commentary. fairy, Amadán Dubh is the "bringer of madness and
most ancient Samhain traditions have evolved over the This movie is FREE to attend. Please reserve your spot oblivion…haunting the hills after sunset playing reed
centuries to what we now know as Halloween. by registering at this link https://bit.ly/4ei3Deq or call pipes to work his magic.”
The program will be presented by traditional Irish and leave a message at 315-733-4228 Ext 6. Tonight, Amadán Dubh possesses Sue Romero, Mike
musician and Gaeilge student Michael Hoke. You can attend this presentation at the H.A.R.P. Hoke, Bill Fahy and Mike Carroll.
A $20 registration fee will cover the program and Museum located on the second floor of the Irish The event will be held at the Irish Cultural Center of
lunch; meal tax and gratuity are included. Please Cultural Center of the Mohawk Valley, 623 Columbia the Mohawk Valley, 623 Columbia St, Utica, NY. The
register at this link, https://bit.ly/4efnHxJ, or call and St, Utica. All are welcome to attend this program and Irish Cultural Center and the H.A.R.P. Museum are
leave a message at 315-733-4228 Ext 6. the museum is wheelchair accessible. wheelchair accessible and open to all. Please register
You can attend this presentation at the H.A.R.P. at this link https://bit.ly/3zgUbZK to attend this free
Museum located on the second floor of the Irish event or leave a message at the ICC 315-733-4228
Cultural Center of the Mohawk Valley, 623 Columbia Extension 6.
St, Utica. All are welcome to attend this program and
the museum is wheelchair accessible.

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