We’re now enrolling for our new term of youth Fiddle lessons with Denis Galvin.

These lessons take place in person on Saturday mornings at the Irish Cultural Centre from 9.00am to 9:30am.

Fee:  $120.00   for 10 weeks

The class is half an hour long and is suitable for children.

Intermediate Irish Language Classes With Tutor Máire Concannon

Irish language classes with the Cumann na Gaeilge in Boston located at the Irish Cultural Centre in Canton, MA.Meet new people, learn some new vocabulary & improve your ‘Gaeilge’.

This class is suitable for those who have perviously taken the beginner course and those with some basiec Irish. It will run for 8 weeks starting Wednesday, September 20th.

Oíche Sóisialta – Group Social Night & Pop Up Gaeltacht will take place on November 11th 6PM – ICC Pub

$120 For Non Members Sign Up Online Here | $60 For ICC Members Sign Up Online Here | $60 for Cumann na Gaeilge Members (Sign Up at https://cumann-na-gaeilge.org )

Advanced Irish Language Classes With Tutor Mary Lou Dunworth

Irish language classes with the Cumann na Gaeilge in Boston located at the Irish Cultural Centre in Canton, MA.Meet new people, learn some new vocabulary & improve your ‘Gaeilge’.

This class is suitable for those who have perviously taken the intermediate course and those with a good level of Irish. It will run for 8 weeks starting Wednesday, September 20th.

Oíche Sóisialta – Group Social Night & Pop Up Gaeltacht will take place on November 11th 6PM – ICC Pub

$120 For Non Members Sign Up Online Here | $60 For ICC Members Sign Up Online Here | $60 for Cumann na Gaeilge Members (Sign Up at https://cumann-na-gaeilge.org )

History of County Wexford – An online zoom class with Sean Murphy

Thursdays 6:00 – 7:30pm – October 5, 12, 19, 26

Wexford is a town in southeast Ireland, at the mouth of the River Slaney. It’s known for its medieval lanes and the opera festival held in the modern National Opera House. West Gate Heritage Tower is a restored 13th-century tollgate. It’s next to the old town walls and ruined 12th-century Selskar Abbey. The Bullring market place, once a bull-baiting site, has a statue marking the 1798 Rebellion against British rule.

Wexford takes its name from the principal town, Wexford, named ‘Waesfjord’ by the Vikings – meaning ‘inlet (fjord) of the mud-flats’ in the Old Norse language.

In pre-Norman times it was part of the Kingdom of Uí Cheinnselaig, with its capital at Ferns.The County was formed in 1210 by King John during a visit to Ireland.

The Kennedy political dynasty can trace their Irish roots to Dunganstown in Wexford. Patrick Kennedy, the great-grandfather of John, Bobby and Teddy, left Ireland in 1848 to escape the grinding poverty and famine. His wife Bridget Murphy also came from Wexford.

From Gaelic Celts to Christianity an online class with Sean Murphy

Thursdays 7:30 – 9:00pm – October 5, 12, 19, 26: ON ZOOM

This course will examine the 2,000 years from the arrival of the Gaelic Celts in 1699BC to the arrival of Saint Patrick in Ireland. I am using the timeline from the (AFM) Annals of the Four Masters that was written in the 1630’s. The narrative is based on the Lebor Gabála Érenn (LGE) that was written in the 11th century.

This account in the LGE is sometimes referred to as “Irish mythological history”. It was written by Christian monks who put together an origin history of Ireland by combining the Old Testament and the oral and written history of Ireland available to them.

In this account the last group of Celts arrived in Ireland were called the “Milesians” from Galicia in Spain. The AFM dates their arrival to 1699 BC. These are said to be the origin of all Gaelic Irish people.

Two “Milesians”, Heber and Heremon, divided Ireland between them along the Esker Riada, an ancient road from Dublin to Galway. They established blood lines for the future Irish monarchs that continued with one or two breaks, the most important being that of Brian Boru, until the destruction of the Irish Celtic mnarchy by England in the 12th century. The course will examine aspects of the Celt and Roman wars and their implications for Ireland.

Alternative timelines for the arrival of the Gaelic Celts to Ireland will also be introduced.