Local Documentary on Irish-Americans in Albany

Coming up next week on public channel WMHT TV will be a documentary about the Irish in the local area.  It is titled Hard Days are Gone: The Irish in the Capital Region. Details for the show are below:

Hard Days Are Gone: The Irish in the Capital Region

Watch ON WMHT TV:Sunday, March 15, 2015 at 12:30pmMonday, March 16, 2015 at 7:30pm

When the Irish immigrated to the Capital Region they brought little with them but their strong backs and hands, their belief in God, and the dream of liberty and home for themselves and their family. Their legacy has endured and is affirmed in this hour-long documentary produced as a collaborative effort between WMHT and the Albany Institute of History and Art.

Through letters, diaries, poems, songs and oral history, the rich texture of the Capital Region's Irish heritage is woven. And the pride of being Irish continues today with the St. Patrick's Day Parade in Albany, an Albany visit by Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams, and the music of the popular group, The McKrells, performing at Saratoga's 'The Parting Glass'.