Heritage At Play

In Playing Irish, Reflections, Updates on October 10, 2010 at 7:26 pm

It has now been weeks since we premiered “Playing Irish” at the Newport Public Library. In that interim, the Heritage at Play team has been busy mailing out DVDs to our sponsors, friends, colleagues, and project participants. We have also been working on some formal conclusions to the project, with an eye to review what we did, how we did it, and why we did it the way we did.

For both of us, the Heritage at Play project was an absolute joy. It’s challenges and hundreds of hours of work were validated in a simple experiment. We showed the film to a public audience we did not know, and they enjoyed it. In fact, they wanted to know more about Gaelic Games. An Irishwoman in attendance told us we had captured “the entire ethos” of gaelic games and what they mean to the Irish. An American told us he was smitten with the beauty and uniqueness of the games. Both of these responses create great satisfaction for us, as appeasing these two populations with different agendas was our ultimate goal.

Read on for the full, formal conclusions:

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Events, Newport, screening, USA

“Playing Irish” Premiering This Weekend

In News, Playing Irish, Updates on September 13, 2010 at 7:58 pm

NEWPORT, R.I. – This Saturday (September 18th), Colleen Brogan & Zachary McCune will premiere their “Playing Irish” documentary at the Newport Public Library. The event will be free and open to the public. Nearly two months since the pair left Ireland, and three weeks since the team completed the film, the event will mark a celebratory conclusion to the Heritage at Play project. The Newport Public Library is located at 300 Spring Street Newport, Rhode Island and the screening will begin at 4:30 pm. A question and answer session with the filmmakers will follow, and items collected during the filming of “Playing Irish” will also be shared.

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Cork, Dublin, Gaelic Football, gear, hurling, material objects, photos, scarves

The Heritage at Play Collection

In Collection, Culture, Reflections on September 4, 2010 at 7:17 pm

In the course of our three weeks in Ireland, we collected a number of flags, scarves, programs, and of course, gaelic games sporting equipment to bring home and share with our American friends. With any luck, we will soon formally display this items at an exhibition accompanying the premiere screening of “Playing Irish.” In the meantime, take a look at some of things we brought back with us from Ireland, including the hurls, jerseys, and gaelic football we used/played with in our Broadcasts from Dublin.