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“The Irish Cultural Center of the Mohawk Valley:
H.A.R.P. Museum Exhibits
H.A.R.P. Museum Exhibits
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“Irish in Music – Traditional and Rock”
“200 Years of Irish Organizations of the Mohawk Valley”
“Irish Pioneers of the Mohawk Valley”
“An Gorta Mor (The Great Hunger)"
"On This Hallowed Ground"
Photography Exhibit / Irish musicians
“The Remarkable Life of John Morrissey
“Utica’s Own Bard: The Life of Padraig Condon”
“Senator James Donovan: An Irishman for All Seasons”
“Geordie Austin: 26 + 6; a United Ireland”
“The Irish and the Erie Canal”
"Easter Rising"
“Utica’s Own Bard: The Life of Padraig Condon”
“ICCMV: Grounded Pride, Steady Strength, Rising to the Future”
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Cultural Programs: Lectures and Presentations
Cultural Programs: Lectures and Presentations
2020
“English Words & Phrases from the Irish Language” – Tom Malley
“Irish Myths and Legends” – Mark Sisti
“The Irish & The Erie” – Craobh Dugan-O’Looney
“An Gorta Mor” – A.J. Pedone
“Pop Up Gaeltacht” – A.J. Pedone & Tom O’Malley
“Irish Folk Songs, Singalongs and Stories for Mother’s Day - Helena Byrne
“Irish Ghost Stories & the Supernatural in Ireland” - Helena Byrne (online)
“The 1916 Easter Rising”– Mark Sisti (online)
“Early Irish Settlers of the Mohawk Valley” – Tom Kernan
“Irish Songs and Stories for Kids” – Deirdre McCarthy
“The Banjo’s Journey into Irish Music” - Bill Fahy & Skip Mansur
“The Flip Side of Genealogy” – David Kendall (online)
“African Irish Drum Circle” - Alex Kofi Dankwa
“How to Write Your Own Family’s Saga” – Kate Nelson (online)
“The Songs of Irish History” – Mark Sisti
“The Cooper’s Trade” – Bob Allers
Genealogy Appointments – Lisa Dougherty
“Devils, Wakes & Ghosts” – Amadan Dubh
“Hitching for Hope: A Journey Into the Heart and Soul of Ireland” - Ruairí McKiernan
2021
Project Children Panel
“Debunking Irish Myths” – Mark Sisti
“Northern Ireland” – Geordy Austin
“Irish Language Day” - Irish Arts Center of New York (online)
“The 1916 Easter Rising (Éirí Amach na Cásca) - The Event that Led to Ireland’s Freedom” – Mark Sisti
“A Stranger Walked Into our Session” – Craobh Dugan-O’Looney
“Stories of Amazing Irish Women” – Sue Smith Romero
“Recovering an Irish Voice from the American Frontier” – Patrick J. Mahoney
“Bloomsday: A Celebration of James Joyce’s ‘Ulysses’”
“Learn a Little Irish – Foghlaim roinnt Gaeilge” – Tom Malley
Butler Sheehan Dance Demo
“Aran Knitting – History, Stitchery and Modern Applications” – Patty Foley
“The Life & Music of Turlough O'Carolan - Ireland's 18th Century Bard” Craobh Dugan-O’Looney
“Ghost Stories” – Amadan Dubh
“Soldiers Joy: Songs & Stories of the Civil War” – Bill Fahy & Amanda Straney
2022
“No Irish Need Apply” – Mike Carroll
“Is Mythology Guiding Your Genealogy?” – Lisa Dougherty
“The Great Irish Famine Voices Roadshow” – interviews taped at the Irish Cultural Center
“Echoes of the Bards” – Sue Romero
“Easter Rising: The Failure That Brought Forth a Nation” – Mark Sisti
“How to Defuse a Bomb” - Denis Mulcahy
Bloomsday: A Celebration of James Joyce’s “Ulysses”
“Irish Pipers of Early 20th Century North America” - Nick Whitmer
“Our Lady of Knock and Father Patrick Peyton” – Patty Foley
“Fear of Heights, a Very Funny Phobia” - Kevin Flynn
“Padraig Cundun – Irish Emigrant, Poet and Writer” – Irish Professor Tony O’Flionn
2023
“History of Cheesemaking in Oneida County” – Patrick Reynolds
“Debunking Irish Myths” – Mark Sisti
“Mapping the Erie Canal: The Works of Cartographer David Vaughn” – Craig Williams
“A Conversation with Sinn Fein’s Danny Morrison” (on line)
“The Life and Adventures of St. Brendan” – Mike Hoke
“Exile McBride, Irish Freedom Fighter from Rochester, NY – Michael McBride
Bloomsday: A Celebration of James Joyce’s “Ulysses”
“Travel to Ireland” – Karen Gentile of Karen Travel
“An Gorta Mor / The Great Hunger” – Mark Sisti
“Amazing Irish Women” – Sue Smith Romero
“Some Fun with the Irish Language” – Mike Hoke
“John C. Devereux: Entrepreneur, Statesman, Benefactor” – Al Sisti
“Samhain Event – Ghost Stories & Songs” – Amadan Dubh
“Fr. Hesburgh Series: Christmas at Kylemore Abbey” - Mark Doerries
2024
“Brehon Law” – Patty Foley
“Roots of Traditional Irish Music” – Mike Hoke
“200th Anniversary of Utica’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade” – Pat McGrath, Al Sisti, Joe Kelly
“1981 Irish Hunger Strike” – Mark Sisti
“Travel to Ireland” – ICCMV
“Patrick Condon, Utica’s 19th Century Irish Poet” – Professor Tony O’Floinn from Ireland (via Zoom)
Bloomsday: A Celebration of James Joyce’s “Ulysses”
“Utica Street Names” – Joan Klossner
Irish Musicians Photography Exhibit - Kevin Yatarola
“Hurling/Camogie Talk & Demo” – Chloe Griffin (Project Children intern)
“Amazing Irish Women” – Sue Romero
“The Famous and Infamous of Troy, NY” – Patty Foley
“Charles Stewart Parnell” – Mark Sisti
"Irish Short Stories" - Helena Byrne, Storyteller
“Samhain, The Irish Origins of Halloween” – Mike Hoke
Samhain – Craobh Dugan-O’Looney
“John Devereux: Entrepreneur, Statesman, Benefactor” – Al Sisti
“Constable Hall and “A Visit from St. Nicholas” – Lorraine O’Donnell, Constable Hall Exec. Director
2025
“Coopering in the Mohawk Valley” – Bob Allers
“English Words from the Irish Language” – Mike Hoke
“History of the Irish Flag” – Mark Sisti
“The Remarkable Life of John Morrissey” – Brien Bouyea
“On This Hallowed Ground” – Al Sisti
“Dreams Of Freedom” - Marilyn Higgins
Bloomsday: A Celebration of James Joyce’s “Ulysses”
“History of the Utica Boilermaker” – Joe Kelly
James Donovan: An Irishman for All Seasons, – Jerome Donovan
“Tartan Patterns & Kiltmaking” – Barbara Tewksbury
“Eyewitness to The Troubles, 1970-1972” – Steven Smits
“Geordie Austin Tribute” – Nick Durr, Pat Costello
“An Chathair Mhór” and “Sit Down and Shut Up” - Director/Writer Cian O’Connor
“The Irish and the Erie” – Craobh Dugan-O’Looney
“Irish Ghost Stories” – Craobh Dugan-O’Looney
“Nicholas Devereux: An Enduring Legacy” – Al Sisti
“St. Stephen’s Day, Wrens & Mummers” – Mike Hoke
2026
“Nollaig na mBan (Women’s Christmas) & “Amazing Irish Women - Susan Smith Romero
“Potato Mania: Utica’s Potato Connection” – Patrick Reynolds
“The History of St. Patrick’s Day” – Mary McGuirl
"The 1916 Easter Rising: Its Causes, Its Heroes and Its Aftermath" - Mark Sisti
"Celtic Gravestones in Oneida County" - Sue Lorraine
"The Caribbean Irish" - Patty Foley
Cultural Programs: Concerts
Cultural Programs: Concerts
2019
Byrne Brothers / informal
House of Hamill / informal
Donal Clancy and Rory Makem
Christmas Celebration with Andy Cooney &His Band
2020
Rory Makem – live via Facebook
2021
Rory Makem – live via Facebook
Blarney Rebel Band – live via Zoom
Joanie Madden with Mirella Murray
Cherish The Ladies Celtic Christmas
2022
Teada
The Byrne Brothers
Eileen Ivers
The Byrne Brothers
Bohola
Briege Murphy
2023
Derek Warfield and the Young Wolfe Tones
Randal Bays
Arise & Go
Maire Ni Chathasaigh & Chris Newman
Emerald Rae
Andy Cooney with comedian Mick Thomas
2024
Derek Warfield and the Young Wolfe Tones
Arise & Go
Cassie & Maggie
2025
Derek Warfield and the Young Wolfe Tones
Teada
Arise & Go
Runa
Nathan Gourley, Laura Fedderson, Alan Murray
Eileen Gannon & Eimear Arkins
Eileen Ivers “A Joyous Christmas”
2026
The Byrne Brothers
Derek Warfield and the Young Wolfe Tones
Arise & Go
Rory Makem
Cultural Programs: Irish Film Series
Cultural Programs: Irish Film Series
2020
“The Village” - Irish documentary
2021
(online) Glimpse Into the Past - Mark McCarty & Paul Hockings
2022
“How to Defuse a Bomb” - The story of Project Children
“Wolfwalker” - An Apple original animated filed
2023
“An Cailin Ciun” & “The Irish Goodbye”- Irish Film Institute
“An Cailin Ciun” & “The Irish Goodbye”
2024
“Violet Gibson: The Woman Who Shot Mussolini”
“The Job of Songs”
“Verdigris”
2025
“The Flats”
“Song of the Sea”
“The Commitments”
“The Troubles: A Dublin Story”
“An Cathair Mhor” and “Sit Down and Shut Up”
“Man of Aran”
“Brendan Gleeson’s Farewell to Hughes’s”
"Éire agus Na Chéad Náisiúin - Ireland and the First Nations”
Cultural Programs: Youth Programs
Cultural Programs: Youth Programs
2022
“Holiday Cards to Stamp, Stencil, Color”
2023
“Fairy Queen Maeve” reading by Deirdre McCarthy with peg-doll fairy making craft
2024
“Introduction to Irish Dance” - Butler-Sheehan Dance School
“Irish Fiddle Class” – Mike Hoke
“Tin Whistle Class” – Mike Carroll
“Irish Fiddle Class” – Mike Hoke
“Family Stories, Genealogy and the History of Storytelling” – Patty Foley
“Bodhran (Irish Drum) Class” – Susan Smith Romero
“Tin Whistle Class” – Mike Carroll
2025
“Weave a St. Brigid’s Cross” – Colleen Martin, Rose Butler, Patty Foley
“Erie Canal Cousins” - read by author Dorothy Stacy
Captain Kelsey presentation of an Erie Canal boat ride
"Introduction to Irish Dance" - Butler-Sheehan Dance School
2026
Celtic Knotwork papercraft – Patty Foley
Ogham Writing / Secret Code of the Ancient Irish – Patty Foley
All about the Fairies” – Patty Foley
Ogham Writing on Stones – Patty Foley
Cultural Programs: Crafts and Workshops
Cultural Programs: Crafts and Workshops
2020
“How to Be a Museum Volunteer”
2021
“Holiday Paint & Sip”
2022
“Weave a St. Brigid’s Cross”
“St. Patrick’s Day Paint & Sip”
“Patriotic Paint & Sip”
“Halloween Paint & Sip”
“’Tis The Season Paint & Sip”
2023
“Weave a St. Brigid’s Cross”
Randal Bays fiddle workshop
“’Tis the Season - wine glass Paint & Sip”
2024
“Weave a St. Brigid’s Cross”
“Ogham Writing” - Deirdre McCarthy
“Irish Container Gardening” - Mike Mahanna
“Celtic Quilting Presentation” – Patty Foley
“Celtic Quilting Presentation” – Patty Foley
“Holiday Paint & Sip” – Jill Rae Vennera
2025
“Weave a St. Brigid’s Cross”
“Curl, Swirl, and Create: Dive Into the Art of Quilling!”
“Ceilidh Dancing” - Pat Kane
“Create Your Own Fascinator”
“Holiday Paint ‘n Sip” - Jill Rae Vennera
2026
“Weave a St. Brigid’s Cross”
Articles from the ICCMV.ORG website during Covid:
Articles from the ICCMV.ORG website during Covid:
2020
The Dunbrody, a Photo Essay – Kathy Stockbridge
10 Movies for Hibernophiles – Sue Smith Romero
The Irish Socialite Who Became a Soldier – Sue Smith Romero
A Primer on the 1916 Easter Rising – Mark Sisti
The Message from Dublin 1916 – Sue Smith Romero
Seanchai / A Short History of the Irish Storyteller – Sue Smith Romero
The Irish in the U.S. Civil War – Bill Fahy
Fr. William Corby – an Irish Priest in the U.S. Civil War – Bill Fahy
Barmbrack and Other Irish Halloween Traditions – Tom Malley & Sue Smith Romero
Ireland, a Land of Welcome for Black Abolitionists – Sue Smith Romero
Book Club:
Book Club:
2022
initial meeting 8/17, first book House of Ashes – Stuart Neville
In the Woods - Tana French
Ireland – Frank Delaney
The Mammy - Brendan O’Carroll
2023
Lion of Ireland – Morgan Llywelyn
Paddy Clarke Ha Ha ha – Roddy Doyle
Venetia Kelly’s Travelling Show – Frank Delaney
Murder in an Irish Village – Carlene O’Connor
The Story of Lucy Gault – William Trevor
2024
The Immortal Irishman – Timothy Egan
The Wild Irish – Robin Maxwell
The Winter Guest – W.C. Ryan
An Irish Country Doctor – Patrick Taylor
2025
Eggshells – Caitriona Lally
Fundraisers:
Fundraisers:
2020
Bingo Sunday
2021
Blarney Rebel Band - Museum Fundraiser
Bingo Sunday
Holiday wreath sale
2022
Bingo Sunday
AmazonSmile sign-up drive
Shamrock Candles by Lindsay Costello
Holiday wreath sale
2023
Bingo Sunday
First Great American Irish Golf Scramble
Spooky Samhain Party
Holiday Wreath sale
2024
Great American Irish Golf Scramble
MV Gives
Holiday wreath sale
2025
Corned Beef & Cabbage Dinner Drive-Thru
Great American Irish Golf Scramble
MV Gives
Holiday wreath sale
2026
Corned Beef & Cabbage Dinner Drive-Thru
Lunch & Learn Presentations:
Lunch & Learn Presentations:
2024
“Patrick Condon, Utica’s 19th Century Irish Poet” – Mike Hoke
“Amazing Irish Women” – Sue Romero*
“Charles Stewart Parnell” – Mark Sisti*
“Samhain, The Irish Origins of Halloween” – Mike Hoke*
“John Devereux: Entrepreneur, Statesman, Benefactor” – Al Sisti*
“Constable Hall and “A Visit from St. Nicholas” – Lorraine O’Donnell, Constable Hall Exec. Director
2025
“Coopering in the Mohawk Valley” – Bob Allers
“English Words from the Irish Language” – Mike Hoke*
“History of the Irish Flag” – Mark Sisti*
“The Remarkable Life of John Morrissey” – Brien Bouyea
“On This Hallowed Ground” – Al Sisti*
“Dreams Of Freedom” - Marilyn Higgins
“History of the Utica Boilermaker” – Joe Kelly
“Tartan Patterns & Kiltmaking” – Barbara Tewksbury
“Eyewitness to The Troubles, 1970-1972” – Steven Smits
“An Chathair Mhór” and “Sit Down and Shut Up” - Writer Cian O’Connor
“Nicholas Devereux: An Enduring Legacy” – Al Sisti*
“St. Stephen’s Day, Wrens & Mummers” – Mike Hoke*
2026
“Nollaig na mBan (Women’s Christmas) & “Amazing Irish Women”- featuring Sue Romero
“Potato Mania: Utica’s Potato Connection” – Patrick Reynolds
“The History of St. Patrick’s Day” – Mary McGuirl
*Many presentations have been taped, and many of our presenters are members of the Museum and/or Craobh Dugan-O’Looney, and would be available to reprise their presentation, on demand.
Other:
Other:
2022
Friends of the Museum mixer
Bicentennial Gala
HARP Museum brochure created
Two Project Children interns worked at the Pub and volunteered for the Museum
Two Eagle Scouts made display cases for us
2023
Padraig Cundun group formed to research this Irish-American poet with roots in our area
Irish language course offered on-line thru Gaelchultur
2024
Shamrock Ceremony at John Devereux’ grave
Irish Flag Disposal Ceremony
Bloomsday: A Celebration of James Joyce’s “Ulysses”
Two Project Children interns worked at the Pub and volunteered for the Museum
Unveiling of John Devereux historical marker
Storyteller Helena Byrne
2025
New Hartford Library Display Case (“National Irish-American Heritage Month”)
Bloomsday: A Celebration of James Joyce’s “Ulysses”
GAIF Volunteer Reunion Party
Two Project Children interns worked at the Pub and volunteered for the Museum
2026
New Hartford Library Display Case (“Mythical Creatures of Ireland”)
Reception for Professor Tony O’Floinn and opening of Patrick Condon Exhibit
Grants Secured:
Grants Secured:
Apr 22
Jan 23
Jun 24
Jul 24
Apr 24
Oct 24
NYS Legislative Initiative Program
Emigrant Support Programme
NYS Legislative Initiative Program
Emigrant Support Programme
NYS Legislative Initiative Program
DASNY State & Municipal Facilities Program
Upgrades to Museum
Performance Stage
Museum Programs
Sound/Light Equipment
Adult & Youth Programs
Capital Improvements
$10K
$10K
$15K
$10K
$25K
$125K
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