Latest Past Events

Vivid Motion’s Grania: Tea and History

Maine Irish Heritage Center 34 Gray St, Portland

Join us un Sunday, May 11th for Vivid Motion Dance's production of Grania: Pirate Queen. The Maine Irish Heritage Center will be present during house open and intermission with tea, soda bread, and some historical conversations! Maine Irish members get $5 off advanced tickets - email events@maineirish for the code! About the Event: Grania: Pirate...

Jennifer Elwell Comeau’s ‘ A Moon in All Things’: A Maine Irish Author Event

Maine Irish Heritage Center 34 Gray St, Portland

Saturday, May 10th 7:30pm An Evening of Storytelling, Reading, and Music from the Debut Novel with Songs A Moon in All Things Jennifer Elwell Comeau's debut novel, set in 1820s County Galway Ireland has been called, "atmospheric and beguiling" by Kirkus Reviews. Join author and singer-songwriter Jennifer for an engaging evening of  reading, storytelling, travelogue and music....

$10

Maine Irish Reads “Trespasses” by Louise Kennedy

Maine Irish Heritage Center 34 Gray St, Portland

Trespasses by Louise Kennedy is a haunting, intimate portrait of ordinary lives upended by political violence. Set in 1975 near Belfast, the novel follows Cushla Lavery, a young Catholic woman living a quiet life split between her family’s pub and her job as a schoolteacher. But in a town riven by sectarian hatred, nothing stays...