• Caitlin Finley and Will Woodson [http://woodsonfinley.com], “Once Through the Hall”

Principal Personnel: Caitlin Finley (fiddle), Will Woodson (uilleann pipes, flute)

Distinctive Tracks: “The Geese in the Bog”; “The Blackbird”; “The Plains of Boyle/Lawson’s”; “Willie Taylor’s March/The Harp That Once Through Tara’s Hall”; “Kiss the Maid Behind the Barrel/Trim the Velvet”

On Saturday, August 1, President of the Eire Society of Boston, Tom Mackey, will set off on a 105-mile journey running from Dublin to Strokestown for the second Famine Way Ultra.

The Famine Way follows the footsteps of the Strokestown tenants, men, women, and children who were marched from Roscommon to Dublin in 1847 after they failed to pay their rent. The 2026 race will follow that path in reverse, beginning at the Famine Statues in Dublin and ending at the Strokestown Park Estate.

Aaron O’Malley got exactly what he was looking for on his Rian J1 Graduate Visa.