One Laois woman spent her St Patrick’s Day preparations a little differently to most, as she mixed with high-profile UN officials, Ambassadors and key Irish figures in New York.
Aileesh Carew, who is director of sales and marketing at the EPIC – The Irish Emigration Museum – celebrated the feast day at the United Nations with a reception on 14 March.
The reception featured traditional Irish music, dance, and a presentation of Irish culture and stories by EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum.
The gathering included representatives from the other 192 Member States at the UN. Guests included Ambassadors, high-level UN staff and agency representatives, and key Irish community contacts in New York.
In 2019, the theme celebrated at embassies and missions around the world is St. Patrick’s Day: A Global Celebration.
Minister for Justice and Equality Charlie Flanagan welcomed the guests to the party, which was extra special this year as Ireland campaigns for a seat on the UN Security Council for the 2021-2022 term.
Ms Carew said, “At EPIC you can discover why Irishness is celebrated around the world and we are very was very proud to be invited to showcase Ireland and bring some of the stories of the men and women who left Ireland over the centuries and the Irish culture they brought with them and the influence they have had on the world.”
The EPIC presentation included a number of videos demonstrating the spread and influence of the Irish diaspora, and a laptop linked to on-site partners The Irish Family History Centre, where delegates and ambassadors could search for their Irish roots.
EPIC were featured alongside Guinness and Jameson, Irish music and dance – all strong representatives of Ireland’s culture and its influence across the globe.
Opened on May 7, 2016, EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum is a state-of-the-art interactive experience located in the beautiful vaults of the 1820 Custom House Quarter building in Dublin’s Docklands, the original departure point for so many of Ireland’s emigrants.
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