http://www.irishcentral.com/topics/S%C3%A9amus+Blake IrishCentral Séamus Blake en-us http://www.irishcentral.com/story/ent/the_keane_edge/irish-americans-re-discover-gaelic-ireland-seeking-a-new-assimilation-model-103400394.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/ent/the_keane_edge/irish-americans-re-discover-gaelic-ireland-seeking-a-new-assimilation-model-103400394.html Mon, 20 Sep 2010 05:25:14 PDT
President O'Bama said it best when he said "is féidir linn," "yes we can," at a Saint Patrick's Day reception last year in the White House More and more these days, Irish Gaelic is returning to Irish American life at functions and in art, as perceptions of what makes something Irish shift towards more detail and care In multi-cultural America, the old Irish American assimilation model is giving way and making it possible for Irish Americans to rediscover what they were once told to give-up in the past Irish Americans have battled on behalf of "The Others" (themselves foremost) in American history for a hundred years, giving-up their language and culture as payment for acceptance READ MORE ]]> http://www.irishcentral.com/story/ent/the_keane_edge/irish-gaelics-great-american-ally-seamus-blake--an-interview-86947717.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/ent/the_keane_edge/irish-gaelics-great-american-ally-seamus-blake--an-interview-86947717.html Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:10:33 PST Séamus Blake's Míle Fáilte is New York City's only bi-lingual Irish Gaelic radio program, broadcast from his native Bronx across the tri-state region and across the world via an archive of his broadcasts available on-line--here His program is chock full of media from the universe of Irish language music and literature, while connecting up the Gaeilgeoirí and their friends to what's the latest from Ireland's most interesting cultural movement--the re-popularization of our heritage's language I sat down with Séamus in Manhattan to learn about his life, his family from Clare and to pick his brain for better insight into the Irish language movement I've broken the interview, which was four hours of enlightening conversation, into morsels that you can play and listen-in on yourself READ MORE ]]> http://www.irishcentral.com/story/ent/the_keane_edge/a-day-in-pictures-with-colm-toibin-seamus-blake-peter-quinn-and-maura-mulligan-84766677.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/ent/the_keane_edge/a-day-in-pictures-with-colm-toibin-seamus-blake-peter-quinn-and-maura-mulligan-84766677.html Fri, 19 Feb 2010 03:25:16 PST I had a wonderful day yesterday Firstly, I visited with Séamus Blake, the host of WFUV's Míle Fáilte, and then I attended Colm Tóibín's book signing for Brooklyn at Ireland House My meeting with Séamus was transformative and informative--what a great mind He is a highly respected scholar of Irish literature, and it was a conversation I can not wait to continue READ MORE ]]>