03/17/2021
Wishing everyone a Happy St. Patrick's Day!
Enjoy the academic experience of Erin Casey awarded to her by the Irish Room Committee Scholarship, music, music, and more music!
Erin Casey – 2020 Scholar
Erin Casey, the2020 John F. Kennedy/Irish Nationality Room Scholarship Winner, is a Senior at the University of Pittsburgh studying Rehabilitation Science with a Certificate in Assistive Technology in Rehabilitation, participated virtually through an internship in King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in London. She worked in the Neuro-Rehabilitation department on their analysis of their Mind Motion Go project. This was a virtual reality system with motion tracking (similar to an Xbox 360 or Wii system) that has been in the pilot phase for over a year and has been used to help people with brain injuries with their physical therapy treatments.
JIM LAMB – Live at Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle Irish Pub
VIDEO – “RINGSEND ROSE”
POWERPOINT – LYRICS FOR “RINGSEND ROSE”
VIDEO – “SWEET BABY JAMES”
POWERPOINT – LYRICS FOR “SWEET BABY JAMES”
VIDEO – “THE HUMORS OF WHISKEY”
The Wild Geese:
The Wild Geese is a band based out of the Pittsburgh area. The music they play ranges from traditional Irish drinking tunes to Irish-style originals and upbeat Irish-rock. Please sit back and enjoy a few Irish tunes!
“St. Patrick’s Day Prayer”
Narrated by Margaret Toomey Urzua
CROAGH PATRICK, COUNTY DONEGAL:
Mike Murphy, photographer, presents an aerial view of Croagh Patrick, County Donegal. Enjoy James Galway on the flute as he carries us through with “Danny Boy.”
“One Hundred Thousand Welcomes “
We bid you farewell with a photo montage of the Irish countryside with music. Created by Jennie-Lynn Knox, Vice Chair of the Irish Room Committee, the video showcases her favorite photos from visiting family in Northern Ireland several years ago. Her father, James W. Knox and mother, Valerie Weber Knox, met in Ireland, married in New York, honeymooned in Washington D.C. and lived in Emsworth, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania until their death. Their ashes were scattered in the meadow at the family farm.
We look forward to a time when we can gather again in the Irish Nationality Room. As the Irish say…we wish you “a safe journey home…”
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