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
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
The Drama Group of Monaco is dedicated to performing English language plays and musicals on the Côte d’Azur.
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
The Irish Consultate in Monaco.
Heritage Ireland
Their website highlighting some of the many rich and varied attractions of Irish heritage.
InterNations Worldwide
A community and guide for ex-pats in Monaco.
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
Discover Ireland is the National Tourism Development Authority, and features comprehensive information and listings for visiting Ireland.
National Museum of Ireland
Home to the greatest collections of Irish material heritage, culture and natural history in the world.
Roots Ireland
Find your Irish roots using their database of Irish genealogical sources.
The Irish Association
The Irish Association’s brings together the Irish community in Provence, the Alpes and the Côte d’Azur.
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.
