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March arrives with its familiar sense of pride and anticipation. As St. Patrick’s Day approaches, our community is preparing once again to celebrate our Irish heritage, culture, and tradition through parades, music, family gatherings, and time-honored... Read more
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The 2026 South Boston St. Patrick’s Day/Evacuation Day Parade will step off from Andrew Square on Sun., March 15, at 11:30 a.m. This year’s 3.5-mile march will travel on the same route as last year, but in reverse direction, starting from Andrew Square... Read more
BostonIrish feature story
From the outside, Aisling Gallery and Framing looks like just another comfortable home in Hingham. But after you walk past the flock of sheep statues in the front yard, up the front steps with a US flag on one side and an Irish flag on the other, and... Read more
Boston Irish Commentary
Ireland’s prime minister— the Taoiseach—has confirmed that he will travel to Washington next month for a St. Patrick’s Day visit to the White House. It’s a diplomatic rite that reflects both the bonds of Irish-US kinship and exchange, but also the... Read more
BostonIrish feature story
Astonished, flabbergasted, furious, and appalled: AFFA.
This reaction to a scandal a couple of years ago by an Irish politician was memorable and reminiscent of another four-letter Irish political acronym, GUBU, coined in 1982 by Charlie Haughey in... Read more
BostonIrish feature story
On Sunday, Feb. 8, Irish squash star and Belfast native Hannah Craig found herself in an unfamiliar position at the Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club in Dublin.
Down two games to one in the three-of-five Irish Senior Nationals Women’s A final, Craig had put... Read more
BostonIrish feature story
Ever since the early 1990s, academic research and scholarly publications on the causes, nature, and broad impact of Ireland’s Great Famine have grown immensely and served to break the public silence that surrounded the famine experience in Ireland and... Read more
BostonIrish feature story
Speculation has been rampant about whether An Taoiseach Micheál Martin will raise it when he meets with President Trump in the Oval Office on or around St. Patrick’s Day. With all that has come to light, it is a virtual certainty that Martin will not... Read more
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Boston attorney John P. Foley has practiced immigration law for more than three decades. In recent months, he has become a frequent voice in Irish media, including a mid-February appearance on RTÉ television, discussing the changing enforcement... Read more
BIR History
The Charitable Irish Society of Boston will mark the 250th Anniversary of the Evacuation of Boston at its 289th annual St. Patrick’s Day celebration with a program that highlights the role of society members in the early stages of the American Revolution... Read more
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Arts and entertainment
Boston Orpheum, March 5
Experience the magic of Celtic Woman live on stage in one of Boston’s most iconic theaters.
Tickets are still available — get yours here!
Arts and entertainment
Aoife O'Donovan performs as part of a special concert honoring her father, Brian O'Donovan, March 14 in Symphony Hall.
This is the behemoth of months for Irish/Celtic music and dance in Greater Boston, with events in venues great and small and... Read more
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Like many a musician, for Irish flute player and vocalist Shannon Heaton and her husband Matt, playing music has never been just about music. The couple, an integral part of Boston’s Celtic music scene for more than 25 years, find that playing tunes and... Read more
Arts and entertainment
At the height of the Covid quarantine, playwright-composer Alex Bechtel was separated from his partner. She was in Boston; he was in Philadelphia. The isolation, the longing, and the waiting weighed heavily on them both.
From that longing rose the... Read more
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by Cassidy McNeeley
In the ring, Katie Taylor is a beast, but beyond the final bell, she is more than a boxer; she’s an inspiration to women around the world.
On Jan. 15, the Olympic gold medalist and undisputed lightweight champion of the world was... Read more
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Coming this spring: Irish-accented soccer club Emerald FCTryouts this Saturday, Jan. 31 at BC High’s McCoy Field at 12 noon
By Cassidy McNeeley
Reporter Staff
When Drake Maye and the NE Patriots clinched a Super Bowl bid on Sunday by defeating the... Read more
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Shannon Airport St. Brigid’s Bank Holiday Traffic Up 14% on 2025 24,000 passengers set to travel through the airport
Shannon Airport is set to welcome over 24,000 passengers across the upcoming February bank holiday period. This figure represents a 14%... Read more
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Cambridge nonprofit Passim recently announced the full round of this year’s recipients of the Brian O’Donovan Legacy Fund grants, which support Celtic music and dance artists. The awards go to funding live shows and tours in New England, with one grant... Read more
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Rian Immigrant Center stands firmly against the xenophobic and disparaging language recently used by the President and members of his Administration to speak about the Somali-American community. It is our imperative to... Read more
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Exclusive Exhibition: Impact of Yeats Family in 20th-Century Ireland
THE MCMULLEN MUSEUM OF ART AT BOSTON COLLEGE PRESENTS
COLLABORATING IN CONFLICT: THE YEATS FAMILY AND THE PUBLIC ARTS
More than 200 Works on View February 1–May 31, 2026:
Many publicly... Read more
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•The annual winter BCMFest is the big happening this month (Jan. 15-18), with headliners Altan and Old Blind Dogs and numerous Boston-area performers, which you can read about here.
•The Burren – which is marking its 30th anniversary – will be among... Read more
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The Burren, Greater Boston’s legendary venue for Irish music – and much more – is celebrating three decades in 2026, with the official commemoration taking place the weekend of Jan. 17-18.
During the day on Jan. 17, as part of the Boston Celtic Music... Read more
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By Cassidy McNeeley, Boston Irish Staff
While some 50 guests enjoyed eggs, bacon, potatoes, Alison Metcalfe, Tourism Ireland’s Head of North America, welcomed them to a discussion aimed at promoting the island of Ireland as a leading holiday destination... Read more
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More than 300 guests filled the the Artist for Humanity’s Epicenter in South Boston last Friday (Oct.24) for the 15th annual Boston Irish Honors luncheon as three outstanding leaders of Irish descent —former US Ambassador to Ireland Claire Cronin, UMass... Read more
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Boston Irish Commentary
In early June, I made a snap decision, one that involved passports, a flight, and a quiet promise to myself. My son and I were going to fly to Dublin to mark the end of his middle school years and the start of high school, a meaningful threshold in any... Read more
BostonIrish feature story
1 National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology, DublinExplore 9,000 years of history through fascinating archaeological artefacts that include Irish bog bodies, the Ardagh Chalice, the ‘Tara’ Brooch and the famous Derrynaflan Hoard. The museum is housed in a... Read more
Today's News
The Irish Passport Service has rolled out an online passport application system for all applicants - including children and 1st time applicants - applying from the United States.
This service is now live and is available at dfa.ie/passports
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AI summary :
The document is a winter 2025 edition of Boston Irish Magazine, reflecting on the Irish community's experiences, events, and achievements throughout the year while celebrating the Christmas season.
Reflections on the Christmas Season
As the... Read more
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