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Do you want to help create, assemble and/or research exhibits for the Festival?

Do you have, or know of someone who has, items that would enrich the quality of exhibits in the Celtic Heritage Hall?


Email John@clevelandirish.org or call (216) 647-1144 for more info.


Thanks for thinking of us and getting involved -- you'll be glad you did!
As we celebrate our 30th Anniversary, we are delighted to present many new displays and exhibits.  Please be sure to stop by Celtic Heritage Hall to see:

A FEW OF OUR FAVORITE EXHIBITS
NEW EXHIBITS 2012:
  • John Ford
  • Conan O'Brien
  • Frankie Gavin
  • Aiden Quinn
  • Brendan Gleeson
  • Christy Moore
  • Phil Coulter
  • Gabriel Byrne
  • Rooney Mara
  • Altan
  • Cathy Jordan
  • Paddy O'Brien
  • Beoga
  • Brock Maguire Band
  • John Doyle
  • Cherish the Ladies
  • Moya Brennan & Cormac DeBarra
  • Kevin Crawford
  • Goitse
  • Larry Kirwan
  • Kilfenora Ceili Band
  • Mary Black

 
Sports:
  • A Winning Pedigree – Patriots Quarterback Tom Brady
  • Golfer Paddy Harrington
  • Dancing at Lacrossroads –Lacrosse is Finding a Foothold in Ireland
  • Cinderella Man James Braddock
  • Croke Park
  • Football Cartoon Intro
  • GAA Jerseys
  • Greyhound Racing
  • History of the G.A.A. Cartoon
  • Natalie Coughlin
  • Sports Stories
  • The Roots of Irish Boxing Jack Dempsey - World Champion
  • Ireland and the Ryder Cup
  • Boys of Summer in Ireland
  • Colt Brennan
  • Maureen O’Dowd, Fighting Irish Girl
  • The Irish in Early Baseball Rebel Cork
  • Sporting Legends of Ireland


Actors:
  • Errol Flynn Retrospective
  • Grace Kelly – Reel and Real Princess
  • Mickey Rooney – Eight Decades as an Entertainer
  • Bing Crosby
  • Brian Dennehy
  • Colin Farrell
  • Maureen O'Hara
  • Pierce Brosnan
  • Princess Grace
  • Martin Sheen - A deep and extensive look at the man and his body of work
  • Daniel Day Lewis
  • Gabriel Byrne
  • Liam Neeson


Tourism & Travel:
  • A European Legacy
  • Misc. Ireland
  • Achill Island
  • Perenial Splendor
  • Are You from Achill
  • Steppin' Out in Dublin
  • Back to Kerry
  • The Art of Diplomacy
  • Castles of West Cork
  • The Bogland's of Ireland
  • Cork; The Capital of Culture
  • The Book of Kells
  • Enchantment of South Galway
  • The Eagles have Landed
  • Gateway to Wicklow
  • The Grand Tour of Ireland
  • Geography and History
  • The Mullet Penninsula
  • Giants Among Men
  • Touring Ireland
  • Highways & Byways
  • Travel Ireland
  • Ireland's 32 Counties
  • Travel Ireland 2004
  • Irish Loop
  • Where Eagles Dare
  • Middle Earth Country
  • Yawl Come back to Achill
  • Travel Ireland 2006
  • Shannon Region Highlights
  • Cork and Kerry – A Regional Focus
  • Dublin Docklands – Where it is All Happening
  • Flying to Ireland by Boat
  • History, Hope, and the Port of Belfast
  • Let’s Explore Dublin
  • Key to the Castle – Lismore Castle
  • Skellig Michael
  • The Abbey’s Rejuvenation
  • Blarney Castle – Myth & Reality
  • Slane Castle Rocks
  • The Boyne Bridge
  • Shannonside’s Great Beauty
  • 20 Reasons to Visit Cork
  • 20 reasons to Visit Galway
  • 20 Reasons to Visit Kilkenny
  • 24 Hours in Limerick
  • Galway Bay
  • Great Castles of Ireland
  • Derry, Our Last Walled City
  • Doors of Ireland
  • Martello Towers
  • Kilmainham Gaol
  • Residence of the President of Ireland
  • Dublin, A Capital Place
  • The Magic of Dingle
  • From Galway Bay to Fifth Avenue
  • 24 Hours in Newry The Garden of Ireland
  • Clare is Banner County
  • Laois Unleashed
  • Newgrange: The Boyne Valley
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    Theatre/Performing Arts
    • Going to the Pictures – A look back at the old film days and unique theatres
    • Mortas Cine – The Best of 2006 – Books, Movies and Interviews
    • Dublin Writers Museum
    • Hitchcock & Theatre
    • Irish Dance Stories
    • Irish Dance Traditions
    • Irish Dance Uniform
    • Irish Writers
    • Ned Kelly
    • Playboy of the Western World
    • ReJoyce
    • The Quare Fellow
    • Theatrical Arts
    • W. B. Yeats Exhibit at the National Library of Ireland
    • The Pirate Queen and Producers Moya Doherty & John McColgan
    • The Ancient Trade of Ballad Singer
    • Music Education Series – The Concertina, Guitar, Banjo, Irish Bouzouki, Fiddle and More
    • Ciaran Hinds – the Reluctant Star
    • “Hunger” – Award winning film about Bobby Sands
    • Ireland’s Literary Tradition
    • Frank McCourt
    • Maeve Binchy
    • Neil Jordan, Oscar Winning Director
    • The Bread of Life The BoonDock Saints II
    • The Pride of New York Lord of the Dance
    • Riverdances Bill Whelen
    • WB Yeats and the Muses
    • The Bard of Erin


    Performers:
  • Tommy Fleming Retrospective
  • Liz Carroll and John Doyle – a partnership of two masters has never sounded so good
  • Ronan and Gregory – the Tynan and Harrison collaboration is amazing audiences the world over
  • Christy Moore – Burning Times
  • 50 Years of Makem
  • Makem Brothers
  • Barleycorn
  • Planxty
  • Belfast's Forgotten Tenor
  • The Chief of Irish Music
  • Black 47
  • The Fenians
  • Celebrating O'Raida
  • The Furey's
  • CICF Performers in the News
  • The Story Behind the Legends
  • Horselips
  • The Story Behind the Song
  • Keepers of the Songs - Black Family
  • Traditional Top Ten
  • Legends Look Back
  • U2
  • Luke Kelly
  • Building the Tradition
  • Mary Balck - Full Tide
  • Glor-ious Music
  • Boys of the Lough
  • Mick Maloney's Row of Flats
  • Sharron Shannon
  • Johnny McEvoy - the 1916 Rising, Beneath a Dublin Sky
  • Solas - Reunion
  • Manus Maguire - Fiddlewings
  • Tuning IN - 7,000 Tunes & Counting
  • James Galway - The Man With the Golden Flute
  • Irish Music, A History
  • Van Morrison - Too Late to Stop Now
  • Profiles on Irish Music Greats Dervish – The Traveling Show, Michael Black, Tulla Ceili Band, Gan Bua, Cathie Ryan, The Waterboys, Delores Keane, Tanahill Weavers, The Battlefield Band, Tommy Fleming, Moving Hearts, Four Men & a Dog, Mozaik, Niamh NiCharra, Eileen Ivers
  • Robbie O’Connell – from Green Fields of America, to Clancy, O’Connell & Clancy; with his uncle Liam, to a successful song writing and solo career, Robbie carries on the  Clancy family legacy in style
  • Anniversaries and Amazing Performances – Cherish the Ladies and Solas
  • Liam Clancy – Those Were the Days / Five decades of Success
  • Lunasa - A Decade of Excellence
  • Opera Singer Mary Dunleavy – It’s a Long Way From New Jersey to The Met
  • Zoe Conway – Setting the World on Fire
  • Frankie Gavin & Hibernian Rhapsody
  • Tommy Makem Remembered
  • Frank Harte Tribute
  • The High Priest of Trad – Fr. Charlie Cohen
  • The Irish Tenor John McCormack
  • Frances Black
  • Solas
  • Liam Clancy
  • Niamh Ni Charra
  • Eleanor McEvoy
  • Cara Dillon
  • Marẻad Nỉ Mhaonaigh (Altan)
  • Liadan
  • Liam Clancy Tribute
  • Nuala Kennedy
  • Tommy Fleming, Back to Knock
  • De Dannan Rises Again, The Clancy’s
  • Eleanor McEvoy
  • Paddy Reilly
  • Doyle & Irvine, Masters in Collaboration
  • Cherish the Ladies
  • Maura O’Connell
  • Celtic Women
  • Karen Casey & John Doyle
  • John McSherry
  • Kila
  • Téada
  • Altan
  • Sharon Shannon
  • Julie Fowlis
  • Mick Moloney
  • Plus Profiles on: Munnally
  • Gráda
  • DeDannan
  • Liz Carroll
  • Celtic Thunder
  • Magnificent Maureen O’Hara
  • Johnny McEvoy
  • Eleanor McEvoy
  • Heidi Talbot
  • Rig the Jig
  • Danú
  • Dervish
  • Caladh Nua
  • Andy Irvine
  • Caladh Nua
  • Joe Derrane
  • Niamh Ní Charra
  • Old Blind Dogs
  • Mairéad Ní Fhlatharta
  • Shannon Heaton
  • Michelle Burke
  • The McNulty Family Irish Showboat
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    Irish Life:
  • A History of Irish Stamps
  • Irish Wool and Sweaters
  • An Gorta Mor - The Famine
  • Irish-American Women
  • Books
  • Learning Irish
  • Boys Town
  • Pope Visits Ireland
  • Cleveland's Irish in the News
  • Rose of Tralee
  • Coat of Arms
  • The Travelling People (O'Carroll)
  • Doors of Dublin
  • Trinity College
  • Famous Irish Men and Women
  • Veronica Guerrin
  • Hibernian Chronicle
  • Web Directory
  • Hibernian News
  • Wild Geese
  • Immigration
  • Ireland's Own
  • Irish Archives, Dublin Pictures
  • Irish Quiz
  • Irish Fashion
  • Irish Sweaters
  • Irish Life
  • America’s Greatest Gift to the Irish Nation – The Chester Beatty Library
  • Death of the Fisherman – A Way of Life Fast Disappearing
  • The Commander – A Memory of Dublin Port
  • Great House Crafts
  • The Wool Industry in Ireland
  • Aran Island’s Precious Stones
  • John Hume: Man of Peace
  • The Photo Historian of Ireland
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    Business:
  • 100 Years Below New York
  • Jack Holland
  • Alfred E. Smith
  • Nation Building
  • America's Top Cop
  • New York Port
  • George Mitchell
  • One Life to Give - George Feeney
  • Henry Ford
  • Tale of Two Henry's
  • Irish-American Business 100
  • West Coast Business Honorees
  • Games Gael Ireland’s TIMES
  • Guinness Turns 50 An Ghorta Mór
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    Irish-American:
    • The American (And Irish) Outlaw Billy the Kid
    • Jack from the Block – Keys to an Irish Catholic Becoming President
    • Discovery Space Shuttle Commander Eileen Collins
    • Kennedy's Homecoming
    • President Visits Ireland
    • James Hoban – the builder of the White House
    • Ronald Reagan
    • Top 100 Irish Americans
    • U.S. Presidents of Irish Descent
    • Top 100 Irish Americans of 2004, 2006
    • Ray Kelly - Irish-American of the Year
    • John McCain – Duty, Honor & Country
    • Tara’s Reign – Miss U.S.A.’s Tara O’Connor
    • Tribute – September Memories From Heroes and Survivors
    • A White House, in Black, White and Green
    • The Taoiseach’s Address to Irish Americans
    • Inside the Kennedy White House
    • When Camelot Came to Ireland
    • Bobby Kennedy’s Bridge
    • Sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald
    • Kelly Green and Notre Dame


    Military:
  • 7th Cav
  • Robert Emmet
  • Dowling - The Man Who Saved Texas
  • The Alamo
  • Emmet, Tone and the Irish
  • The Irishman Who Saved Texas
  • Irish King of the Waves
  • War Memorials
  • Irish Signers of the Declaration of Independence
  • Pearse's Fond Farewell
  • Military Stories
  • Bobby Sands - 25 Year Anniversary
  • The Irish Revolution in America
  • James Connolly - The Man, The Movie
  • Peace Makers – The Efforts of Irish Americans in the Peace Process Proves Crucial to Success
  • Commodore John Barry
  • Navy Seal Michael Murphy
  • Joe McCann, The Che Guevara of the IRA
  • A Celtic Cross for Bunker Hill
  • Gettyburg, America’s Preeminent Shrine
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    Folklore & Legends:
  • Brendan the Navigator
  • Saints of Ireland
  • Fairies
  • The Art of Devotion
  • Holy Places, Folklore & Mythology
  • The Banshee
  • Irish Folklore
  • Tombstones and Crosses
  • Newgrange and St. Brendan
  • Who Really Discovered America
  • Petition or Cure - Holy Wells
  • Meaning of the Flag
  • Religions of Ireland
  • The Dunbrody
  • Sacred Stone
  • The Harp
  • Brigid & Patrick - Ireland's Alter Egos
  • Ireland's Wonders - Illuminated Manuscripts
  • The Season of St. Brigid – Ireland’s Female Patron Saint
  • Ancient Churches of Ireland
  • Newgrange - The World's First Astronomical Calendar
  • Connemara's Golden Wonders - The Connemara Pony
  • Travels of the Wandering Rocks
  • Who Was St. Patrick?
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    Visual Artists:
    • Ann O'Lear
    • Bog Treasures
    • Composing the Elements
    • Fr. Flanagan
    • Heart of Glass
    • Morgan Ferriter
    • Sculpturer Paul Haggis
    • National Gallery of Ireland


    Retrospectives:
    • 20 Years of The Festival
    • 75 Years of the Irish Echo
    • Fit-ups - Retrospective
    • Fit-ups - The Travelling Folk - DeGabriele
    • Fit-ups - The Travelling Folk - McCormack
    • Irish Immigrants to Cleveland Photographs
    • Memorial to Volunteers
    • R.I.P.
    • Salute to Tom & Tom
    • The Legacy Project
    • Ireland 1913 – A Documentary


    Irish Dog Breeds & NATURE:
    • Dogs Native to Ireland
    • Dogs of Ireland
    • Irish Dogs
    • Irish Wolfhound
    • The Irish Pony – Sure Footed Survivors


     
    Food & Drink:
    • McSorley's Ale House
    • The History of Guinness
    • Irish Food
    • What's For Breakfast
    • Bushmills Celebrates 400 Years
    • The Story of Irish Whiskey