JOYICITY: OCTOBER 2023
In this issue:
A word from our President, Kevin Wright – Reflecting on Our Journey: The Canadian Irish Migration Preservation Network – The Siamsa Singers: Celtic-focused choir returns to their autumn classes – St. Patrick’s Parade Royalty Unite for Cause – Concordia Irish Studies Ph.D Student’s historical analysis of Irish mafia romance novels – Halloween Traditions and History: Where to celebrate Samhain in Montreal!
JOYICITY: NOVEMBER 2022
In This Issue:
– A Word From The President, Kevin Wright – Origins And Pursuits For The United Irish Societies Of Montreal – ‘Ripples’: A Reflection By Irish Poet Rachel Mccrum – Costello Irish Dance’s Coach Casey Costello Is Training Champions – The Soulanges Irish Society: Making Ripples Since 2019 – The Wheel Club: Then And Now
JOYICITY: DECEMBER 2020
In this issue: • A word from the President, Kevin Wright • Background on The Midnight Court
• A brief history of Bloomsday Montréal • The Wagner-Joyce connection • Irish Montréal Experiences • Na Ceithre Séasúir/The Four Seasons
WHAT IS BLOOMSDAY?
Bloomsday marks the day — June 16, 1904 — that Leopold Bloom walked through Dublin in James Joyce’s epic novel Ulysses.
This bold and fearless novel walks us through the lives of workaday Dubliners as it re-imagines the Greek myth, and spins its tale through the hero’s sensual and self-examining interior monologue.
POSSET—THE PERFECT DESSERT TO END THE OLD YEAR
By the time New Year arrives you are bound to feel food fatigue — both in the making of, and the eating of… the thought of another heavy dessert is intolerable. So, let’s consider a posset — light and delicious and so easy to make it’s ridiculous.