Ailísh Conneely is the Cultural Development Officer at the Aisling Irish Community Center in Yonkers, NY. Ailísh has been teaching the Irish language to members of the Irish American Baseball Society in our virtual Irish language classes.
Ailísh was born in New York and grew up in Mooncoin, Co. Kilkenny. She is a musician and multi-instrumentalist, specialising mostly in piano accordion, piano, flute and tin whistle. She is also a fluent Irish speaker. When she was growing up, she competed in the Fleadh Cheoil at provincial and All-Ireland level, winning the Leinster Fleadh U18 and O18 Piano Accordion and receiving 2nd place in Leinster U18 Tin Whistle. She also has a Diploma from the London College of Music (Dip LCM) in traditional flute performance and a Grade 6 in classical piano with the Royal Irish Academy of Music (RIAM). She studied Music and Irish in University College Cork (UCC) until 2018, and completed a Professional Masters in Education (PME) with Hibernia College Dublin in 2020, qualifying as a secondary school teacher. She then taught Irish in a school in Waterford for 2 years, while also being involved with two local Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann branches (CCÉ).
Eamon Fitzgerald of the New York GAA | Episode 86
The Pogues and Shane MacGowan | Episode 85
MLB Network's Brian Kenny with Shaun Clancy | Episode 84
Ailísh Conneely (Part 2) | Episode 83
Author and College Baseball Coach Dirk Baker| Episode 82
Author Rus Bradburd | Episode 80
Author Zak Ford | Episode 79
Steve Lyons (Part 2) | Episode 78
Jamie Murphy of the Michael Collins House Museum in Clonakilty, County Cork | Episode 77
High School Baseball Coach Darren Murphy | Episode 76
Jim Palmer Interview (Part 2 of 2) | Episode 75
Former Major Leaguer Steve Lyons | Episode 74
Filmmaker Katreana Bellew Discusses ”Black Sunday” | Episode 73
The Irish Wolfhounds: What’s New and What’s Next | Episode 72
Nominations for the IABHOF 2024 Class | Episode 71
Irish Baseball HOF Inductee Jim Palmer | Episode 70
Scott Crawford of the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame | Episode 69
Irish Wolfhounds Guest Coach Eric Holtz | Episode 68
Patrick O’Sullivan Greene, Author of Revolution at the Waldorf (Part 2) | Episode 67
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