Next Meeting Saturday, October 17th 2026, 1:30 PM
at The Gaelic League, 2068 Michigan Ave., Detroit, MI 48216
Please join us for the first monthly meeting of the 2027 - 2028 season featuring Brian Rourke Boll as our featured speaker. Reminders for this meeting will be emailed out to members as the date approaches. The meeting will be "In-Person" only at the Gaelic League. We will not be prresenting this meeting on Zoom.
"Irish Names, Where They Come From, and How They Work."
Some background on the language and its place in Irish culture/history.
Irish names and surnames, their history, how they work, and how they've changed over time.
(If time and interest allow) A brief overview of Irish placenames and what they can tell us.
Brian Rourke Boll studied Irish at the University of Notre Dame, where he graduated with a self-designed major in Irish Language and Cultural Studies, and at the National University of Ireland, Galway, where he received a master's degree in Modern Irish Language.
He spent a year teaching Irish at Université Rennes 2 in Brittany, and has led the Irish language circle at the Gaelic League for many years.
