Showcased roadshow
History Roadshow 2024
- Irish America
Our 2024 roadshow will feature a unique series of presentations from some of Ireland’s best-known presenters and authors – with the series launching on the weekend of April 19-21 with a special festival in Ashford Castle.
Pegasus Media, the producers of RTÉ’s History Show, and the event team behind the long-running History Roadshow, is proud to announce “Irish-America” as the theme of its 2024 tour.
This year, a US Presidential Election year, is also the centenary of official Irish-American diplomatic relations. On October 7, 1924 the first Irish ‘ambassador’ presented credentials to US President Coolidge.
Over the intervening century, a special bond has grown up. Ireland’s membership of the EU, an educated, English-speaking workforce, a business-friendly environment and an understanding that, for many generations of Irish families, Boston is the “next parish over” – all of these are reasons for the enduring relationship of Irish-America.
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“It’s a good identity to be Irish in America. Looking forward, we must consider the impact of an Irish American President deeply interested in his own roots, the spectacle of Notre Dame bringing 39,000 Irish Americans to Ireland for a football game, and the advent of far more frequent flights, up to 25 a night, by major airlines, all of which show a powerful undercurrent pulling people back into their roots.”
Niall O’Dowd, Founder, IrishCentral.com
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