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SUMMARY:THE SHAMROCK AND THE CROSS
DESCRIPTION:The first meeting of the new season of the Irish Cultural 
 Society features a talk by Dr. Eileen Sullivan with the intriguing tit
 le, “The Shamrock and the Cross: Irish-American Novelists Shape Amer
 ican Catholicism.” Professor Sullivan will examine the role of popul
 ar fiction in 19th century America in shaping the identity of Irish im
 migrants and the Catholic culture in America in the 19th century, a cu
 lture which lasted for well over a century.\nThe venue for this meetin
 g will be the Garden City Casino at 51 Cathedral Avenue, Garden City o
 n the corner of Sixth Street.  The change in meeting place was caused
  by the repair of the elevator in the Garden City Library.  The meeti
 ng starts at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, September 14.  The meeting is fr
 ee and open to the public. \nDr. Sullivan teaches political theory at
  Rutgers University.  She earned her Doctoral Degree in Political Sci
 ence from Columbia University.  She is widely published, including a 
 recent essay in the American Journal of Irish Studies published by NYU
  and other articles in scholarly publications like the Journal of the 
 History of Ideas and the Handbook of Public Policy Analysis.  Profess
 or Sullivan’s book The Shamrock and the Cross: Irish American Noveli
 sts Shape American Catholicism was recently published by the Universit
 y of Notre Dame Press.\nThose attending this talk will appreciate the 
 well appointed Garden City Casino and a talk by a scholar of the Irish
  in America.\nAt the meeting, President Clare Curtin will announce the
  details of a theater trip to the Irish Repertory Theatre to see Finia
 n’s Rainbow.\n\nFor more information visit https://thewildgeese.iris
 h/events/the-shamrock-and-the-cross
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CATEGORIES:lecture
LOCATION:Garden City Casino
WEBSITE:http://irish-society.org
URL:http://irish-society.org
CONTACT:516.488.1353
ORGANIZER;CN="John M. Walsh":https://thewildgeese.irish/profile/JohnMW
 alsh
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