VIP Visits

Presenting Consul General of Ireland in Los Angeles, Marcella Smyth

Join us in welcoming the Consul General of Ireland in Los Angeles Marcella Smyth to Phoenix with 2 events!

Thursday June 8th at 6PM

Join the Phoenix Committee on Foreign Relations, the Irish Cultural Center, and Phoenix Sister Cities for a reception and program as we commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, which brough an end to decades of sectarian violence and political unrest in Northern Ireland. Marcella Smyth will reflect on the significance of the agreement, the impact it has had on the region over the past 25 years, and what it means for the future of Northern Ireland.

This is an ICLF and PCFR MEMBERS ONLY EVENT, and you must register via the Phoenix Committee on Foreign Relations events page with a code that will be sent via newsletter to all ICLF members. Not a member and want to attend? Become and ICLF member HERE and don’t miss out on this chance to be part of an important conversation!

Friday June 9th at 5:30PM

Join the Irish Cultural and Learning Foundation for a special visit with Consul General of Ireland in Los Angeles, Marcella Smyth with a public reception and showing of Oscar nominated Irish film, The Quiet Girl (An Cailín Ciúin).

Schedule of evening
5:30-6:30PM – Networking and cocktail hour
6:30-6:45PM – Opening remarks by ICLF President and Marcella Smyth
6:45-9:00PM – Film showing

 

 

About the film: Rural Ireland. 1981. Nine-year-old Cait is sent away from her overcrowded, dysfunctional family to live with foster parents for the summer. Quietly struggling at school and at home, she has learned to hide in plain sight from those around her. She blossoms in their care, but in this house where there are meant to be no secrets, she discovers one painful truth. https://www.thequietgirl.film/

Presenting Ambassador Daniel Mulhall

Daniel Mulhall took up duty as Ireland’s 18th Ambassador to the United States in August 2017. He was born and brought up in Waterford and undertook his undergraduate and post-graduate studies at University College Cork where he specialized in modern Irish history.

Ambassador Mulhall maintains a keen interest in Irish history and literature. He is the author of A New Day Dawning: A Portrait of Ireland in 1900 (Cork, 1999) and co-editor of The Shaping of Modern Ireland: A Centenary Assessment (Dublin, 2016) and has made numerous contributions to books, newspapers and journals published in Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Germany and Britain.

A keen advocate of public diplomacy, Ambassador Mulhall makes regular use of social media in order to provide information on the work of the Embassy, to highlight Ireland’s achievements and to engage with Irish communities and those with an interest in Ireland.

Presentation by Ambassador on Ulysses 100

Saturday May 21st 2pm – 4pm

Join us for a very exciting presentation by Ambassador Daniel Mulhall on his book “Ulysses – A Reader’s Odyssey” as part of our celebration for the 100 year anniversary of James Joyce’s infamous and acclaimed book “Ulysses”.

This is a FREE event and donations are greatly appreciated but sign up is REQUIRED – no walk ins will be permitted under any circumstance. Dress code is business causal.

AZ Irish Community Reception with Ambassador Daniel Mulhall

Sunday May 22nd 4:30pm – 6:30pm

Join us for a very special community reception in the Great Hall of the Irish Cultural Center to welcome Ambassador Daniel Mulhall from Ireland.

Light hors d’oeuvres and cash bar will be available.

This is a FREE event and donations are greatly appreciated but sign up is REQUIRED – no walk ins will be permitted under any circumstance. Dress code is business causal.

Ulysses Presentation - 5/21/2022

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Community Reception - 5/22/2022

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