CD Reviews for August 2019

By Sean Smith
August 1, 2019
Sean Smith

BY SEAN SMITH
Liz Carroll and Jake Charron, “Half Day Road” • Yeah, I thought there’d been something missing these last several years: Last time Liz Carroll released a new album was 2013, back when the Patriots still only had three Super Bowl titles. That’s a pretty long stretch to go without hearing a blast of new music from the Chicago-born, Grammy-nominated, National Heritage Fellowship-winning, All-Universe fiddler, who is justifiably celebrated as a composer of tunes as well a superb interpreter of the Irish tradition.

Riverdance Summer School: Inspiring the next generation

By R.J. Donovan, Special to the BIR
August 1, 2019
R.J. Donovan, Special to the BIR

BY R. J. DONOVAN
SPECIAL TO THE BIR
I recently had the unique opportunity to attend the Riverdance Academy Summer School Program on the campus of Boston University. Rest assured I was not there as a dancer, but as an observer. It proved to be an uplifting experience.

At Deer Island, Bill & Rita O’Connell had a dream; many hands made it a reality

By BIR Newsroom
July 22, 2019
BIR Newsroom

by Ed Forry
BIR Publisher
Anyone involved in Boston Irish events over the last three decades knew Bill O’Connell. The Dorchester-born podiatrist, one of five children of Irish parents, and his wife Rita (Layden) were beloved volunteers in all things Irish, from the AOH Plymouth chapter, the Corkmen and Lady’s Association, the Knights and Ladies of St. Finbarr, the Eire Society of Boston, and the Charitable Irish. And they helped found the Irish Cultural Centre in Canton.

Charitable Irish sets Sept 18 for Silver Key Award ceremonies

By Ed Forry
July 19, 2019
Ed Forry

The Charitable Irish Society - the oldest Irish society in the Americas - will hold its twenty-first Silver Key Awards Reception on Wednesday, September 18, 2019, at the Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel, from 6:00 - 8:30 p.m. This event is an opportunity to recognize and honor individuals who have helped make our community more welcoming to immigrants and to raise funds to be distributed by the Society to immigrants in need of financial assistance.

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