Photos from the 2007 Opening Reception for The Irish in Newark and New Jersey
March 15, 2007

On Thursday, March 15, the Library held a reception for the opening of its exhibit The Irish in Newark and New Jersey, running from March 14 - May 11, 2007. The exhibit is co-sponsored by Msgr. William Noé Field Archives & Special Collections Center of Seton Hall University, and a generous grant from the New Jersey Council for the Humanities provided funding.

Assemblyman Thomas P. Giblin, the honorary chair of the Exhibition Committee , Sue Pai Yang of the New Jersey Council for the Humanities, Brad Small, librarian and co-curator of the exhibit, and Dr. Dermot Quinn, guest curator and professor of Irish and British history at Seton Hall University, all addressed the audience.

The McGlone family provided wonderful bagpipe music, and Ceili Country entertained the audience with Irish music. Dancers from the Schade Academy of Irish Dance added to the festivities, performing two dances.

Assemblyman Thomas P. Giblin, Honorary Chair of the Exhibition Committee
 

From left, Jane Rutkoff (Executive Director, New Jersey Council for the Humanities), Dr. Dermot Quinn (guest curator), Sue Pai Yang (board member, New Jersey Council for the Humanities), Brad Small (exhibit co-curator), Pat Tumulty (Executive Director, New Jersey Library Association, and member of the Honorary Exhibition Committee)
 

Dr. Dermot Quinn, guest curator and author of
The Irish in New Jersey: Four Centuries of American Life
 

From left, Sue Pai Yang of the New Jersey Council for the Humanities, with Dr. Quinn, Assemblyman Giblin, Library Director Wilma J. Grey, and Brad Small
 

The audience enjoys the music of Ceili Country.
 

Ceili Country performs Irish music.
 

The McGlone family plays bagpipes.
 

Dancers from the Schade Academy of Irish Dance perform.
 

Dancers perform a second number.
 

Patrons view the exhibition.
 

Photo credits: The Newark Public Library