On Friday, March 15 at 12:30 p.m, Dr. Dana Hearne presents readings from the best of Irish poetry and fiction, accompanied by the music magic of Andriu MacGabhann (Belfast Andi) and Patrick Hutchinson.
And on Thursday, March 21 at 12:30 p.m., there will be a talk On D'Arcy MCGee with David A. Wilson Professor of History at the University of Toronto.
Prof. Wilson will give a talk on D'Arcy McGee, based on his award-winning two-volume biography,
Thomas D'Arcy McGee: Passion, Reason, and Politics, 1825–1857 and
Thomas D'Arcy McGee: The Extreme Moderate, 1857-1868.
He will end his presentation by playing the
Lament for the Death of the Hon. D'Arcy McGee, composed by James Stephens.
These talks will be presented at the Atwater Library and Computer Centre, 1200 Atwater Ave. at Ste-Catherine (métro Atwater), Montreal. With funding for the author from the Canada Council for the Arts.
Free admission; donations invited. Everyone is welcome.
The Atwater Library website is at
www.atwaterlibrary.ca
