Celtic Connecticut Connections: Irish Traditional Dance 1796-1921: Perspectives in History, Culture, Immigration, Religion & Academia with a Foreward by Attorney Maureen Horgan, J.D., Ph.D.

2023 WINNER - Catholic Media Book Award.#1 NEW RELEASE in February 2023 on Amazon Books in multiple categories.This book unveils new knowledge which illustrates the web of Celtic connections that connects all of us. It documents and examines more than a century of Celtic Connecticut Connections, viewed through the prism of Irish traditional dance and illumined by perspectives in history, culture, immigration, religion, and academia.This academic work is a valuable addition to the libraries of colleges and universities, particularly those with Irish studies, Celtic studies, and dance history departments. It is also an important reference text for Connecticut, New England and New York libraries featuring local and regional history collections.There is something of interest in this book for everyone; especially Irish dance scholars with an interest in historiography and ethnochoreology, Irish Americans, the world-wide Irish diaspora, and all those with an interest in our connected heritages and histories throughout the world.+ Read more