Ireland Life Sciences Trade Delegation
Posted by David O'Halloran on 30 August, 2011 in Archive | BioPharma | Economic | EI Client News | Engineering | Entrepreneurship | Events | government | History | In The Spotlight | Medical Technology | News Press | Programs/Events | Software/Services | Trade Mission | Uncategorized - (Be the first to comment)

Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Location: The Dogwood Room,
North Carolina Biotechnology Center
15 T.W. Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC, 27709

8.45am -11.30am: Life Sciences Networking Event

An Irish delegation is embarking on an upcoming trade mission to strengthen economic and trade ties between North Carolina and Ireland. A key element to the Mission is a Life Science networking and partnering event to take place at the North Carolina Biotechnology Center.

The life Science event will showcase 14 of Ireland’s visiting high technology Life Science companies (Pharma and Medical Device click Enterprise Ireland Companies to view each company). The event will take place in an informal networking environment with table top displays by the guest companies. North Carolina Life Science companies are welcome to come and meet the visiting Irish companies to discuss their technologies, the life science sectors in North Carolina and Ireland, new developments in the sectors, collaboration and supplier opportunities.

The event will be opened by remarks from the Irish Government Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton T.D. and Richard Stack, President, Synecor. This event will start at 8.45am and give the opportunity for meetings and informal networking between North Carolina based and the visiting Irish companies.

You are warmly invited to come along and meet examples of technologies from the burgeoning Irish Life Science sector and network with the visitors and local colleagues.

******REGISTRATION INFORMATION******

Please RSVP to: Eoin.Moore@Enterprise-Ireland.com.  For more information, please call:  Eoin Moore on 212 546 0470

Irish Literary & Historical Society – November Events
Posted by David Smith on 29 October, 2010 in Events | History - (Be the first to comment)

Irish Literary & Historical Society
November Events

November 6th – “Butte, America” screening & reception with the Gas Men

http://butteamericafilm.org/

Narrated by Gabriel Byrne, Butte, America: The Saga of a Hard Rock Mining Town recounts the sometimes glorious, often sorrowful, but always fascinating story of the most lucrative hard rock mining town in United States history, “the Richest Hill on Earth,” “the town that plumbed and electrified America,” the Pittsburgh of the West. Pre-screening Reception with the Gas Men & film $25 (reception 5:30-7pm) Film only 8pm $15 Victoria Theatre 2961 16th Street, San Francisco, CA 94103, see Victoria Theatre website for more details. The ILHS is a sponsor of this event

November 20th – Sea Music Concert Series aboard the historic Balclutha

Singer and instrumentalist Jimmy Crowley on tour from County Cork and Bay Area mandolin virtuoso/ singer Marla Fibish will perform a sea music concert aboard the historic square-rigged ship Balclutha, berthed at Hyde Street Pier on San Francisco’s Fishermans Wharf. Experience Irish sea songs in this unique floating historic setting. Presented by the The National Park Service. All concerts begin 8pm. Wheelchair accessible. Prices: $14 general, $12 members. For reservations, call The Maritime Store: 415-775-2665.

The San Francisco Irish: 1950’s Immigrants and Their Legacy; An Oral History Project

The Crossroads Irish-American Festival is creating an oral archive about the history of the Irish and Irish-American communities in the San Francisco Bay Area. They are currently focusing outreach to men and women who emigrated in the 1950′s. If you or family members, friends, neighbors or colleagues could contribute to this archive, please contact Hillary Flynn at 415/810-3774 or info@irishamericancrossroads.org. For more information visit Crossroads Irish Amrican Festival Oral History Project

Irish Literary & Historical Society
Posted by David Smith on 8 October, 2010 in Archive | History - (Be the first to comment)

Upcoming Events
for more detailed information see http://www.ilhssf.org/

Oct 29th

“In His Own Words: Who and When was St. Patrick?”
The Irish Literary & Historical Society is pleased to welcome Daniel Melia, Professor of Rhetoric and Celtic Studies, University of California, Berkeley.. He will talk about the historical St. Patrick—who he really was and when he lived—through a close examination of Patrick’s own writings. Daniel Melia received his B.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard University. He has been teaching at UC Berkeley since 1972 and has lectured and published extensively both in the United States and abroad. A reception will follow the presentation. This event is free for ILHS members, $5 suggested donation for visitors, 7:30pm United Irish Cultural Ctr, 2700 45th Ave, San Francisco (Saint Francis Room)

Special offer for ILHS members
Current members of the Irish Literary & Historical Society are offered a limited number of free tickets to Butte, America: The Saga of a Hard Rock Mining Town on November 6th, 8pm Victoria Theatre 2961 16th Street, San Francisco, CA 94103, limited to one ticket per individual membership, 2 per dual membership. Tickets must be reserved by Monday October 18th. Please call 650-235-6862 for availability.

The San Francisco Irish: 1950’s Immigrants and Their Legacy; An Oral History Project
The Crossroads Irish-American Festival is creating an oral archive about the history of the Irish and Irish-American communities in the San Francisco Bay Area. They are currently focusing outreach to men and women who emigrated in the 1950′s. If you or family members, friends, neighbors or colleagues could contribute to this archive, please contact Hillary Flynn at 415/810-3774 or info@irishamericancrossroads.org. For more information visit Crossroads Irish Amrican Festival Oral History Project

Cork Poets at San Francisco’s Litquake Literary Festival
Four Cork poets are in San Francisco to participate in the Litquake Literary Festival. Their trip is funded and organized by the Munster Literature Centre with grants from Culture Ireland and the twinning committee of Cork City Council. They will be reading at Moe’s Books in Berkeley Oct 5th at 7:30pm and in the Liberties Bar in The Mission October 9th at 8:30pm For a complete schedule please visit the Litquake website

Readings by Gemma Whelan from her novel Fiona Stolen Child
Theater director, educator, and past ILHS speaker Gemma Whelan will be giving readings from her new novel, Fiona: Stolen Child in the Bay Area at the following locations:
Evergreen Valley College, San Jose Oct 20 (Wed) @ 12:30 PM
Books Inc, Mountain View Oct 20 (Wed) @ 7 PM
Diesel Books, Oakland Oct 21 (Thu) @ 7 PM
McNally’s Irish Pub, Oakland Oct 21 (Thu) @ 9:30 PM
Gallery Bookshop, Mendocino Oct 23 (Sat) @ 6:00 PM
Actors Reading Writers, Berkeley Oct 25 (Mon) @ 7 PM
A Great Good Place for Books, Oakland Oct 27 (Wed) @ 7 PM
Book Passage, Corte Madera Dec 12 (Sun) @ 4 PM

An evening with Roddy Doyle a huge success!

We raised over 10K for Ireland’s Fighting Words, the creative writing centre founded by Roddy Doyle. Roddy read from his latest short story, signed books and took time to chat with his many fans. The event was covered by the San Francisco Chronicle, in the Sept 22nd Social City column. it was a fantastic evening, many thanks to those who attended the event and for your generous donations to Fighting Words.

The Irish Invent!
Posted by Enterprise Ireland Admin on 27 September, 2010 in Archive | History | Inventors - (Be the first to comment)

Everyone knows the Irish are well recognized for their work in a range of of the creative arts like music, literature, acting, fashion and craftwork. What’s not so well heralded is the Irish penchant for and strong legacy of Invention. In recent article by Darragh McManus for the Irish Independent a prestigious list of Irish inventors is chronicled.

Here’s a quick snapshot of some potentially under-appreciated Irish innovators and inventors…

  • Robert Boyle: (left) Considered the founder of modern chemistry. Over the course of a long and fruitful career, he invented a pneumatic pump, the first match and a perpetual motion machine, discovered decompression sickness and formulated the famous law, named after himself, which states that the volume of a gas varies inversely to the pressure of the gas. He also found time to write scores of theological essays. His book, The Sceptical Chymist is seen as a cornerstone book in the field of chemistry.
  • Ernest Walton and John Cockcroft: Were the first to artificially split the atom, thus creating nuclear physics and making possible power-stations, A-bombs and everything they brought with them.
  • John P Holland: Inspired by Jules Verne’s science fiction and funded by Fenian money Holland was the inventor of the first submarine.
  • Aeneas Coffey: Created the column still, which is useful in the distillation of alcoholic spirits.
  • Dr James Drumm: Invented the rechargeable nickel-zinc battery, which is today used in cordless tools and telephones, digital cameras, electric vehicles and loads of other places.
  • Robert Mallet: Considered the father of seismology — the study of earthquakes and related seismic events such as tsunamis, volcanoes and tectonic shifts. He coined the term “epicentre”, carried out experiments to discover an earthquake’s effect on rock and showed that volcanic heat was caused by movement in the earth’s crust.
  • Harry Ferguson: Nicknamed “The Mad Mechanic”, created a new type of plough, motorbike, racing car and plane.
  • Sir James Martin: Invented the world’s first ejector seat.
  • Francis Rynd: Created hypodermic syringe and administered the first subcutaneous injection at Meath Hospital in Dublin.
  • John Joly: Invented an early process for colour photography and pioneered the use of radiotherapy in treating cancer.

To read more about these and other great Irish Inventors, Innovators and Creators check out the entire article here.

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