Monaco-Ireland Arts Society

Promoting Irish Literature and the Arts in Monaco

CONTACT

Le Sardanapale
2 Avenue Princesse Grace
Monte-Carlo
98000 Monaco
Telephone : +377 93 15 70 42

T: +33 682 40 55 34

Links

Princess Grace Irish Library

Princess Grace Irish Library

The Princess Grace Irish Library was opened in 1984 as a tribute to the attachment Princess Grace felt for her Irish origins.

Drama Group of Monaco

Drama Group of Monaco

The Drama Group of Monaco is dedicated to performing English language plays and musicals on the Côte d’Azur.

British Association of Monaco

British Association of Monaco

The British Association of Monaco promotes the well-being and protects the interests of the members of the British and Commonwealth community residing in Monaco and surrounding districts.

Irish Consulate

Irish Consulate

The Irish Consultate in Monaco.

Heritage Ireland

Heritage Ireland

Their website highlighting some of the many rich and varied attractions of Irish heritage.

InterNations Worldwide

InterNations Worldwide

A community and guide for ex-pats in Monaco.

Irish Red Cross

Irish Red Cross

The Irish Red Cross is at the forefront of delivering aid to vulnerable people in Ireland and in countries around the world, that have been struck by wars or natural disasters.

Irish Tourist Board

Irish Tourist Board

Discover Ireland is the National Tourism Development Authority, and features comprehensive information and listings for visiting Ireland.

National Museum of Ireland

National Museum of Ireland

Home to the greatest collections of Irish material heritage, culture and natural history in the world.

Roots Ireland

Roots Ireland

Find your Irish roots using their database of Irish genealogical sources.

The Irish Association

The Irish Association

The Irish Association’s brings together the Irish community in Provence, the Alpes and the Côte d’Azur.

Virginia Disney

Virginia Disney

Contemporary artist living in the South of France, a painter in a classical and traditional style.

Culture Snippets

 

Irish Dancing

Irish set dancing (also referred to as country set dancing) are dances based on French quadrilles that were adapted by the Irish by integrating their sean-nós (old style) steps and Irish music. Historically, it is likely that sean-nós dance influenced the development of many American and Canadian traditional percussive dance forms, such as buck dancing, flatfooting, clogging, and tap dancing.

Food & Drink

There are many references to food and drink in early Irish literature. Honey seems to have been widely eaten and used in the making of mead. The old stories also contain many references to banquets, although these may well be greatly exaggerated and provide little insight into everyday diet. There are also many references to fulacht fia, which are archaeological sites commonly believed to have once been used for cooking venison.

Celtic Mythology

Irish literature is rooted in Celtic mythology, as well as the suffering and hardships the Irish people have experienced over the course of their history.  Wit and humour, often in the form of satire or irony, have characterized much of Irish literature. Another key feature has been the ample use of wordplay, from the early sagas to the 20th Century experiments of James Joyce.