Event date: 3/27/2019 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM Export event Tuesday, January 29, 2019 / Categories: Events, ISHS Event Irish Heritage & History 2019 SAGE Lunch and Learn Series In celebration of Irish heritage in Illinois, Dr. Eileen McMahon, professor and chair of the History program at Lewis University, will discuss her research on the parish communities found along the Illinois & Michigan Canal, and the Irish immigrants who built this vital passageway. Dr. Theodore Karamanski, professor of History and Public History Director at Loyola University Chicago, will present on the Irish in the Civil War. Live music by Wild Columbine. Cost: $23/person for each session (includes hot lunch) Discounted Series Subscription: $60/person through February 19 Register online today or call 217.206.6058. Registration deadline is one week prior to each event. Presented by the University of Illinois Springfield Alumni SAGE Society and the Illinois State Historical Society. Location: University of Illinois Springfield Student Union Ballroom, 2nd Floor 2251 Richard Wright Drive Springfield, Illinois 62703 (Map) Print Tags: Immigrants Civil War Illinois and Michigan Canal Irish Related articles Illinois Heritage, July–August 2022 Illinois Heritage, May–June 2022 Illinois Heritage, January–February 2022 Illinois Heritage, September–October 2021 Illinois Heritage, July–August 2019 Please login or register to post comments.