An Gorta Mor, The Great Hunger (Family Oral Tradition Stories)
**HOSTED BY: Rocky Mountain Irish Roots Collective with Dr. Jim Walsh and Professor Patrick O'Sullivan of Irish Diaspora Studies at London Metropolitan University** An Open Invitation for Family Oral Tradition Stories From the Great Hunger. [...]
December 2020 Update on the Leadville Irish Miners’ Memorial
December 2020 Update on the Leadville Irish Miners’ Memorial The mound that will be the foundation of the centerpiece sculpture and been completed and will settle over the winter. A second load of soil was [...]
2020 Irish Network Colorado – Virtual Events
2020 Irish Network Colorado - Virtual Events Over the past few months we have had a couple of well attended virtual events. First was the Finding Motherland event with Helen Thorpe. Helen spoke about life [...]
Signage for Leadville Irish Miners’ Memorial
A billboard outlining details of the Memorial was designed and erected where the majority of pedestrian and vehicle traffic will occur at the entrance to Evergreen Cemetery. View a full sized version of the [...]
2020 Virtual Christmas Ceiliúradh – Irish Network Colorado
2020 Virtual Christmas Ceiliúradh - Irish Network Colorado Date: Sunday, December 20th, 2020 Time: 4.30pm MST Venue: Zoom Meeting RSVP: Click here Join us for a trip down memory lane as some of our Irish members [...]
November 2020 Update on the Leadville Irish Miners’ Memorial
Construction The ground penetrating radar work has been performed. The scrubbing and clearing of the site has also been completed by our wonderful Leadville local team. They spent two 10 hour days helping to clear [...]
Irish Network Colorado AGM
The INCO Annual General Meeting took place on October 26th via a Zoom meeting. Alan Groarke was voted in as President to fill the seat of the outgoing President, Lisa Switzer. Tess Julian was voted [...]
Finding Motherland – Virtual Event with Helen Thorpe
Helen Thorpe has recently published a book called Finding Motherland - a wonderful collection of essays on topics like life on the dairy farm in Ireland where her mother grew up and her family's decision to immigrate [...]