Share this page!

Ireland / Daniel Profile picture
Twitter logo
20 Mar, 4 tweets, 3 min read
Celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, @IrelandAtlanta is small but mighty. Covering 7 states across the Southeast, CG Ciara O’Floinn & her dynamic team work to promote Ireland & serve our citizens, always appreciating the Southern hospitality they encounter along the way.
The Consulate works with our community & many friends across the south to promote our culture, values & interests. Aided by wonderful Honorary Consuls, they're kept busy providing consular support to the growing number of Irish citizens moving to the dynamic cities in the region.
Atlanta has a special place in the history of civil rights & this is a focus of the Consulate’s community outreach. This week, they partnered with Nettie Washington Douglass to support a school named after her great-great-grandfather, abolitionist Frederick Douglass.
Here in DC we also celebrated Douglass's legacy & that of Atlanta Rep John Lewis as, alongside @VP Harris & @MichealMartinTD, we unveiled "Liberators", portraits by @4NIKKOLAS of Douglass's meeting with Daniel O'Connell in Dublin in 1845 & Lewis with John Hume in Derry in 2014.

• • •

Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to force a refresh
　

Keep Current with Ireland / Daniel

Ireland / Daniel Profile picture

Stay in touch and get notified when new unrolls are available from this author!

Read all threads

This Thread may be Removed Anytime!

PDF

Twitter may remove this content at anytime! Save it as PDF for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video
  1. Follow @ThreadReaderApp to mention us!

  2. From a Twitter thread mention us with a keyword "unroll"
@threadreaderapp unroll

Practice here first or read more on our help page!

More from @ireland

Ireland / Daniel Profile picture
20 Mar
Pre-pandemic, I had the chance to travel widely across the US, visiting nearly forty of the fifty states. Alongside political, economic & community contacts, I always called into a College, many of which had fantastic Irish studies programs. A thread on US-Irish educational ties.
Having written several books on Irish history & literature, I've enjoyed the chance to speak with students at over 30 🇺🇸 universities, including @GUGlobalIrish & @GIHNYU, that have #IrishStudies programs. They're connected through @ACIrishStudies, a close partner of the Embassy.
At least 2 🇺🇸 universities have campuses in 🇮🇪. @NDIrishStudies has a base @unddublin on #MerrionSquare and in #Connemara @UNDKylemore. @BCDublin is based on #StephensGreen. Both schools also offer opportunities for their students to intern in Ireland.
Read 13 tweets
Ireland / Daniel Profile picture
19 Mar
In 2019, @IrelandEmbUSA curated an exhibit with @EPICMuseumCHQ celebrating Irish-American women's extraordinary contributions to the US. Today, a week on from #InternationalWomensDay & during #IrishAmericanHeritageMonth, I'll be posting stories of the 16 trailblazers we featured.
It's a long, long way from Tipperary to San Francisco. But that's where Rose O'Halloran moved to & where, as a brilliant amateur astronomer, she became the first person to see a giant sunspot emerge on the sun’s limb. More here: bit.ly/3vKipFk
The 'Mother of American Modernism' & one of the most gifted painters of the 20th century, Georgia O'Keefe was born in Wisconsin, but spent much of her remarkable career in New Mexico, the inspiration for much of her work.
Read 16 tweets
Ireland / Daniel Profile picture
19 Mar
In 1892, 17 year old Cork woman Annie Moore became the first person to pass inspection at Ellis island in New York. For so many Irish, New York was then - as it remains today - the gateway to America. It's home to our largest Consulate, @IrelandinNY. 1/5
.@maddenciaran1, like Annie Moore a proud Cork native, is our Consul General there. He leads an exceptional team who, in addition to that most Irish of cities, serve Connecticut, Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, & West Virginia. 2/5
In a difficult year, the Irish community in New York showed indomitable spirit & solidarity - meitheal. The Consulate was proud to support the efforts of the #Slainté2020 partnership to provide assistance to those most in need through the first months of the pandemic. 3/5
Read 5 tweets
Ireland / Daniel Profile picture
18 Mar
The @WhiteHouse was one of hundreds of landmarks across America to turn green for #StPatricksDay. As is well known, the building. was designed by Kilkenny architect James Hoban. But this is far from the only Irish imprint on the DC landscape. A short thread on a long history. Image
Walk into the @bankofireland in Parliament House & you might be reminded of the @uscapitol. The ceiling of what's now Statuary Hall resembles Parliament House because Sir Edward Lovett Pearce's plans were closely studied when designing the Capitol. ImageImage
The oldest Catholic church in Washington DC, St Patrick's, was established in 1794 to serve the Irish-American stonemasons who were building the @WhiteHouse and @uscapitol. Like @POTUS @JoeBiden, the founding priest Fr Caffrey was a proud Mayo man! Image
Read 6 tweets
Ireland / Daniel Profile picture
24 Oct 20
This is the economic impact of bookshops, jobs in towns and villages all over the country. When you shop local that money stays in the local economy. Your euro is far more valuable when spent in an Irish bookshop
Harder to quantify is the social impact of bookshops. We have so many regulars who just come in for a chat about books and well, life. These people are cut off from a vital social outlet during lockdown.
Then there are the books themselves. Book sales were strong during lockdown, helping to make the richest man in the world richer. Sadly so many books that should have got attention did not. An algorithm won't tell you about a new author, a hidden gem from a small publisher.
Read 6 tweets
Ireland / Daniel Profile picture
23 Oct 20
This is a bloody difficult question! It has been such a strong year with so many really great books. I'm not pinning it down to so I will follow with a short thread. #IrishBookWeek
Starting with this. @mistereatgalway could have easily given us 2 books with this, his coddle has been added to our rotation and I will be making Gur Cake over this lockdown if I can. There are a couple of pheasant recipes I'm looking forward to trying this season #IrishBookWeek Image
I'm not fully through this collection of stories but I think that @Oeiny has done an incredible job capturing the oral tradition of the Irish Traveller community. Beautiful illustrations by @LMCDART. Follow @SkeinPress for groundbreaking Irish publications Image
Read 6 tweets

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!

This site is made by just two indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3/month or $30/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Too expensive? Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal Become our Patreon

Thank you for your support!

Follow Us on Twitter!

Like this author's thread?

Get emails when @ireland has new unrolls!

Check out other threads from @ireland!

Read all threads by @ireland