james joyce? james joyce? james joyce. all right. why? he's deep. [ jordan chuckles ] ooh.s deep. - deep. [ audience laughs ] got to love the way she said it, too. evelyn, you're in command of the board. go again. college courses for $400. evelyn? what is scripps? no. jordan. what is the u.s. naval academy? yes. uh, college for $600. evelyn. what is the rhode island school of design? you are right. college courses, $800. evelyn. what is "papers"? no. jordan. what are "epistles"? correct. uh, college for $1,000. nancy. what's rutgers? that's $1,000 more for you. uh, in otter news for $200. evelyn. what is a rudder? rudder. right. otter, $400. so they don't drift apart while sleeping, sea otters hold hands or wrap themselves in strands of this. evelyn. what is seaweed? seaweed or kelp, yeah. otter, $600. evelyn. - what is san francisco? - no. jordan? what is san diego? no. nancy? what's salinas? no. correct response-- what is monterey? [ jordan chuckles ] evelyn, back to you. otter, $800. here are some of the colorful characters from this brand. jordan. - whattter ps?- otter

he appears frequently in the works of james joyce. he is everywhere. his memory is there constantly as a presence. so the big game changer for ireland and irish america was the famine of the 1840's. there was a significant body of irish immigrants in america in the 18th century and in the first four decades of the 19th century, significant numbers came in establish themselves in america, not just people from northern ireland, many of whom became presbyterian and came over here because they felt and those who came here looking for opportunities to better their lives and their families. it was after the famine the whole thing changed dramatically. you had a huge outflow of people from ireland, probably 4 million people arrived in north america between 1845 and 1900s. that is the basis of today's irish-american diaspora. i have had the privilege of meeting them all over america, and they are everywhere, not just in philadelphia, boston, new york, but everywhere. savannah, you name it, they are there. that also changed irish political realities, because su

it's books on the work of james joyce and the irish literary tradition. it's wonderful to come here today and to see the whole history of the revolution is projected downstablirs and theno come up here and visit the exhibition, the cost of revolution focusing on the life of richard st. george and the era in which he lived. so i want to congratulate everyone that's connected with the museum of the american revolution for a fantastic achievement of putting this museum together and bringing these wonderful -- bringing the history of that vital period -- world history -- to life. i'm very impressed bide it and i wish you all the very best with the development of this museum in the years ahead. i'm here with martin manser. i started my diplomatic career in 1978. i know i don't look that old, but i am. we shared a room in dublin with a couple other colleagues. it's good to be back with him again here in philadelphia on this wonderful evening. we think back on the history of the america and the impact america's had on ireland. just to i'm a historian, but not a