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Sharing Lands I 3-year, AHRC-funded project examining legacies of the Choctaw-Irish Gift | LeAnne Howe (International Co-Investigator), Gillian O'Brien (Co-I), Padraig Kirwan (Principal Investigator) & Shelley Angelie Saggar (Postdoctoral Researcher)
Massive thanks too to Jacob Sakil, who runs American Bites in Peckham, for his cooking, for sharing traditions & stories, & being a real friend to the project. Who else would have made the Choctaw dish bvnaha *&* Irish cornbread. Go raibh mile maith agat!
November 10, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Massive thanks too to Jacob Sakil, who runs American Bites in Peckham, for his cooking, for sharing traditions & stories, & being a real friend to the project. Who else would have made the Choctaw dish bvnaha *&* Irish cornbread. Go raibh mile maith agat!
Sharing Lands was delighted with - and rather blown away by - the crowds, the energy, & the enthusiasm @ the Festival of Migration, held @TheAlbanySE8 on Saturday, November 18. Huge thanks to everyone who participated, & the organisers (especially @willcenci & our Goldsmiths' RKE colleagues).
November 10, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Sharing Lands was delighted with - and rather blown away by - the crowds, the energy, & the enthusiasm @ the Festival of Migration, held @TheAlbanySE8 on Saturday, November 18. Huge thanks to everyone who participated, & the organisers (especially @willcenci & our Goldsmiths' RKE colleagues).
On All Soul's Day, Irish people lit candles on graves, left food for the dead, & were in communication with the ancestors. Meanwhile, evil spirits were warded against (carved turnips being especially good guardians! Over time, pumpkins were used in the US). #interconnectedness #enduringtraditions
October 31, 2025 at 10:11 AM
On All Soul's Day, Irish people lit candles on graves, left food for the dead, & were in communication with the ancestors. Meanwhile, evil spirits were warded against (carved turnips being especially good guardians! Over time, pumpkins were used in the US). #interconnectedness #enduringtraditions
On Samhain, & ahead of Día de los Muertos, we wanted to share a picture of the ofrenda (altar) on show
@BriscoeMuseum. Complex, palimpsestic, layering's of pre-Christian & Catholic traditions are evident in both Irish & Indigenous cultures. Aztec culture honoured the dead in a month-long festival.
@BriscoeMuseum. Complex, palimpsestic, layering's of pre-Christian & Catholic traditions are evident in both Irish & Indigenous cultures. Aztec culture honoured the dead in a month-long festival.
October 31, 2025 at 10:11 AM
On Samhain, & ahead of Día de los Muertos, we wanted to share a picture of the ofrenda (altar) on show
@BriscoeMuseum. Complex, palimpsestic, layering's of pre-Christian & Catholic traditions are evident in both Irish & Indigenous cultures. Aztec culture honoured the dead in a month-long festival.
@BriscoeMuseum. Complex, palimpsestic, layering's of pre-Christian & Catholic traditions are evident in both Irish & Indigenous cultures. Aztec culture honoured the dead in a month-long festival.
Everyone at Sharing Lands is truly excited about this upcoming event! Please do share details of this online event widely (& pop along if you can). Our thanks to Aliyah, Colt & Tom for their help, advice, & involvement so far.
October 29, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Everyone at Sharing Lands is truly excited about this upcoming event! Please do share details of this online event widely (& pop along if you can). Our thanks to Aliyah, Colt & Tom for their help, advice, & involvement so far.
Corpus Christi is a great place to consider the roles that Irish empresario's like James Power and James Hewetson played in US history after the passing of the "Law for Promoting Colonization in the State of Coahuila and Texas," March 24, 1825.
October 28, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Corpus Christi is a great place to consider the roles that Irish empresario's like James Power and James Hewetson played in US history after the passing of the "Law for Promoting Colonization in the State of Coahuila and Texas," March 24, 1825.
Corpus Christi: Irish children of the 1980s (ie some of the Sharing Lands team!) may associate Corpus Christi with something other than beautiful coastlines! (irishtimes.com/culture/heri...) Happily, our recent trip changed that, & immersed us in yet more fascinating, often challenging, histories...
October 28, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Corpus Christi: Irish children of the 1980s (ie some of the Sharing Lands team!) may associate Corpus Christi with something other than beautiful coastlines! (irishtimes.com/culture/heri...) Happily, our recent trip changed that, & immersed us in yet more fascinating, often challenging, histories...
We've lots to share about our recent trip to Texas, & want to start with the Limerick-Frazier house in Austin. Designed by Joseph Limerick, who was born in 1798 & left Ireland in 1850, the house was bought by John & Laura Allman Frazier in 1905.
October 27, 2025 at 11:27 AM
We've lots to share about our recent trip to Texas, & want to start with the Limerick-Frazier house in Austin. Designed by Joseph Limerick, who was born in 1798 & left Ireland in 1850, the house was bought by John & Laura Allman Frazier in 1905.