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Irish Marvels, Past and Present ~ 2:30-4:30pm

United Irish Cultural Center 2700 45th Avenue, SAN FRANCISCO, CA, United States

Sean Murphy presents “Christmas in Ireland”.  It will incorporate some recorded music and video to create a holiday friendly atmosphere.  The presentation includes a history of the emergence of the annual Christian celebration. It will explain how some of the earlier European pagan traditions were incorporated. All are welcome to join in on this Special […]

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13th Annual Mad Hatter Tea Party

United Irish Cultural Center 2700 45th Avenue, SAN FRANCISCO, CA, United States

Join us for the 13th Annual Mad Hatter Tea Party! This popular and festive event is a fundraiser for our beloved Patrick J. Dowling Library which is staffed by volunteers who work tirelessly to promote Irish/Irish American literature, history and culture by preserving and modernizing the collection of books, periodicals, and multimedia and by providing […]

Children’s Storytime with Ms. Nancy

This event is part of a series of events celebrating St. Brigid. Enjoy an in-person read aloud with volunteer Ms. Nancy in the Dowling Library. Coloring sheets, stickers, activity pages, plus short stories read aloud from our collection. Make sure to sign up for the Cross Weaving Workshop which happens just after the read aloud!

Patrick Ball’s “Come Dance with Me in Ireland: Pilgrimage to Yeats Country”

“Come Dance with Me in Ireland” is the story of an elderly Irish couple who had emigrated to America early in their married life. The husband had always loved Yeats’ poetry and knew much of it by heart. But, now he is suffering severe memory loss, and even those beloved poems are leaving him. The […]