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Fáilte - Carna, Connemara

Failte chuig an Ionad a thugann léargas ar an imirce as an nGaeltacht agus ar scéal an Diaspora

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The Importance of The Emigrants Commemorative Centre

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The Emigrants and Diaspora Centre will be a monument in honour of our emigrants

A symbolic gathering point for the people of this community and their descendants wherever they may be

It portrays the changing face of a rural Gaeltacht areas and the effects of emigration

Ambassadors

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Martin J. Walsh

Mayor of Boston

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Danny O’Flaherty
Founder of Celtic Nations Festival

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Maureen Coyne Norris

Co-founder of the Maine Irish Heritage Centre,

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Ollamh Michael Connolly

Professor of History, St. Joseph’s College, Maine

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Roisin Ni Chatháin

B.T.W.S. Architects, London

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Margaret Craven

Former State Senator, Maine

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Dr. Bob Connolly

Owner Connolly Counseling & Assessment.

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Professor John E. McDonough
Professor of Practice, Harvard University

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Joanne Riley

Head of Archives Department, University of Massachusetts

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Mary Pat Kelly

Journalist and author, New York

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Darren Donovan

Managing Principal, KPMG in the North East of the United States.

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Ms. Terry Fitzgerald

Revenue Cycle Process Manager, Valley Medical Center

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Mary Cloherty-Gaborek

Community Consultant/Activist - McHenry, Illinois, U.S.A.

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Pilar Fallon

Barrister-at-Law, Dublin.

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Janmarie Toker

Attorney in Labour Law in Southern Maine, U.S.A.

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Mícheál Ó hÉanaigh
Vice Chairman of the Committee of the Regions in Europe

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Tom Conroy

General Contractors and Activist in Irish Community in Boston.

Where we Are Based

The Windy Peninsula...
Carna and Cill Chiaráin (Kilkieran) are on the far West coast of Connemara in the West of Ireland. These two areas comprise the peninsula of Iorras Aithneach – ‘The Windy Peninsula’.
 
‘The Windy Peninsula’ is renowned for its rich traditions of music, ‘sean-nós’ singing, ‘sean-nós’ dancing, folklore and storytelling. It is a community steeped in seafaring and fishing over the centuries and it has an illustrious tradition of boat building – Galway hookers and sailing boats included. But it was a tough place to live; the land was poor. The infrastructure was bad an there was little means of regular earnings. Emigration was the only option for very many people.

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