Manchester Irish Language Group and Conradh na Gaeilge present
FÉILE EALAÍON / MANCHESTER IRISH LANGUAGE ARTS FESTIVAL
Supported by the Government of Ireland
17 - 25 SEPTEMBER 2009
Thursday 17 September
Poetry
Performance by Gearóid Mac Lochlainn 7.45 - 9.00 p.m.
The
Friends' Meeting House, Mount Street
(behind Manchester
Central Library).
Tickets for this bi-lingual event at £5 (£3
concessions) available from 1 September
from Pat McGuinness 0161 225 0645.
Comhrá (craic in Irish) from
9.30 p.m.
The
Jolly Angler, Ducie Street, near Piccadilly railway
station.
Saturday 19 September
Film
Morning 10.30 a.m. - 1.00 p.m.
Cornerhouse - showing of Cré na Cille
followed by post-film discussion and social gathering. Tickets available at £6
(£5 concessions) from Cornerhouse Box Office 0161 200 1500 from late August.
Tuesday 22 September
An
Irish Short 9.00 p.m.
The Irish language short film An
Leabhar (30 minutes) will be shown as a DVD
St.
Kentigern's Social Club, Fallowfield.
Wednesday 23 September
Another
Irish Short 9.00 p.m.
The Irish language short film Aqua
(25 minutes) will be shown as a DVD
Irish
World Heritage Centre, Cheetham Hill.
Thursday
24 September
Book
Club Launch 6.30 - 7.30 p.m.
Discussion in Irish of the classic Cré na Cille
Manchester
Central Library, St. Peter's Square.
Friday 25 September
Irish Language in Manchester Through the Years 7.00 p.m.
Participants in Irish language activity
past and present will gather for a commemorative photograph
Manchester Town Hall, Main Entrance, Albert Square.
Club
Cuideachta (craic in Irish and English) from 8.00 p.m.
Briton's
Protection (upstairs), Great Bridgewater Street.
Free
admission by ticket available from 1 September from
Pat McGuinness 225 0645
Note all films in Irish and sub-titled in English with further details about all events from Pat McGuinness 0161 225 0645 and Eamonn Coleman 01706 365282