Maine Irish Heritage Center

Maine Irish Heritage Center

Library Hours

Building & Library Hours
Tours and Library Visits
Monday 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm (Closed Monday holidays)
Tuesdays 4:00 pm- 6:00 pm Fridays 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Saturday 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
(closed Saturdays of holiday weekends and for special events/weddings)
Also open by appointment
When the Portland public schools are closed for day
the MIHC library/genealogy will also be closed.
If in doubt call Sue, librarian, at 210-0657

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Latest Events

Sat, Jan 28th, @9:00am - 01:00PM
Farmer's Market
Sat, Jan 28th, @10:00am - 01:00PM
Library Open to the Public
Sun, Jan 29th, @8:00am - 11:00AM
Private Pipe Lessons
Sun, Jan 29th, @2:00pm - 03:00PM
Lecture Duchas Series
Mon, Jan 30th, @3:00pm - 06:00PM
ACOG (Lower Level)
Mon, Jan 30th, @6:00pm - 08:00PM
Library open to the Public
Mon, Jan 30th, @6:30pm - 09:00PM
Claddagh Mohr Pipe Band Practice - Lower Level
Tue, Jan 31st, @4:00pm - 06:00PM
Library Open to the Public
Tue, Jan 31st, @6:00pm - 08:00PM
MIHC Board Meetings
Wed, Feb 1st, @5:30pm - 07:00PM
H.O.P.E Meeting
Wed, Feb 1st, @7:30pm - 08:30PM
AA Meeting
Thu, Feb 2nd, @6:00pm - 08:00PM
Ceili
Fri, Feb 3rd, @10:00am - 02:00PM
Library Open to the Public
Fri, Feb 3rd, @6:00pm - 09:00PM
IAC Language Class
Sat, Feb 4th, @9:00am - 01:00PM
Farmer's Market

The Titanic Centenary: A Survivor's Story

Sunday, January 29 at 2:00pm

Maine Irish Heritage Center
Corner of State and Gray Streets
Portland, Maine

The year 2012 marks the centenary of the sinking of the Titanic - the legendary, "unsinkable" ship built in Belfast, Northern Ireland. One of the survivors was an eight-year-old second-class passenger from Westerly, Rhode Island, Marshall Drew. In 1986, Marshall Drew was again in the news. With the discovery of a shipwreck of an ocean liner on the sea floor, he was able to look at photographs taken by a robotic submersible device and identify the luxurious interiors of the Titanic from his indelible childhood memories.

Six weeks before his death, Marshall Drew spoke at length with Dr. Karen M. Lemke, now a professor of education at St. Joseph's College. As part of the Maine Irish Heritage Center's series of Dúchas (Heritage) talks, Dr. Lemke will recount Marshall Drew's story - the very human tale of great resilience, told in the voice of an Edwardian lad. Drawing on this interview, she will look at the Titanic tragedy as a metaphor for changing times at the beginning of the 20th century, focusing on labor issues, matters of maritime safety, and the roles that simple greed and arrogance played in the loss of more than 1,500 lives.

The Titanic Centenary: A Survivor's Story will take place on Sunday, January 29 at 2 p.m. at the Maine Irish Heritage Center, at the corner of State and Gray Streets in Portland. Admission is free, and all are welcome.

For more information, contact Ellen D. Murphy, 899.0505

COMICS FOR KILTS

Saturday, February 25th
8:00pm-9:30ish

Maine Irish Heritage Center
34 Gray Street, Portland, Maine

The Claddagh Mhor Pipe Band is hosting a fundraising event featuring 3 of the funniest comics in New England.  Kevin Neales was a contender for Portland's Funniest Professional contest. John Ater has opened for Bob Marley and has a legion of loyal fans throughout Maine.  The headliner for the evening, Tuck, has played in clubs and colleges all over the country and has appeared on the Wicked Good Bob Marley Show.

Tickets for the show are $20 each or two tickets for $30. 

Cash bar opens at 7pm.  Proceeds will go towards the purchase of equipment and uniforms for the band. 

Come out for an evening of laughs for a good cause!  See the band’s website for more details:  www.claddaghmhor.com or call 207-650-3512.

 

Lecture & Book Signing

Sunday, March 4th 

at 2:00pm

  The Maine Irish Heritage Center

Corner of Gray and State Street, Portland

Maine Maritime Museum and the Maine Irish Heritage Center host Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Barbara Walsh as she discusses her latest book August Gale. Barbara -who has interviewed killers, bad cops, and crooked politicians in the course of her journalistic career-faces the most challenging story of her lifetime: asking her father about his childhood pain. In the process, she takes us on two heartrending odysseys: one into a deadly Newfoundland hurricane and the lives of schooner fishermen who relied on God and the wind to carry them home; the other, into a squall stirred by a man with many secrets: a grandfather who remained a mystery until long after his death. Together, she and her father journey to Newfoundland to learn about the 1935 storm, and along the way her dad begins to talk about the man he cannot forgive. As she recreates the scenes of the violent hurricane and a small boy's tender past, she holds onto a hidden desire: to heal her father and redeem the grandfather she has never met.

Lecture and book signing will be held in Portland at the Maine Irish Heritage Center (34 Gray Street on the corner of State and Gray).  The lecture is free.  Books will be available for sale and signing by the author.

Please contact us at 780-0118 or email www.maineirish.com with questions.

Dear Friends of the Maine Irish Heritage Center, 

We have made great gains in the operations and programs at the MIHC since our reopening in 2008. We are so grateful to our many supporters who have shared their time, their treasure and their talents. We are a volunteer led organization and the continued use of the MIHC takes lots of resources. I think I read somewhere that there are 2000-3000 non-profit organizations started every year. This year has had so many cataclysmic events occurring here and around the world it is hard to remember them all. Trying to raise money for non-profits is a difficult task and in this atmosphere it is doubly difficult. That is why I am making a pitch for workplace giving. I have been giving at work since 1997 and I find it the most convenient and simplest way to give to the charity or charities of my choice. Since 2003 I have been designating my annual pledge to the Maine Irish Heritage Center (MIHC). If you have a workplace giving campaign in your workplace, or have family and friends that do I highly suggest that you consider this method of support for the MIHC. I give through the Maine State Employee Combined Charitable Appeal (MSECCA). Simply writing down the address and the Employer ID of the MIHC on your pledge form and signing it.

It is as simple and easy as that and then starting in January of the following year your employer will begin to withhold your charitable contribution. If you do have a workplace campaign and are already giving, consider the Maine Irish Heritage Center as a recipient of your giving. If you have any questions about workplace giving, or the Maine Irish Heritage Center please feel free to email me or call (232-2001). Thanks for your consideration.

Vinny O'Malley This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

MIHC
PO Box 7588
Portland, ME -04112-7588

Employer Identification # 81-05-46468