For the Friel Sisters, music isn’t all lessons and rehearsals; it’s also about making new friends and finding inspiration

By Sean Smith, Special to the BIR
May 30, 2019
Sean Smith, Special to the BIR

BY SEAN SMITH
SPECIAL TO THE BIR
From a purely transportational standpoint, the Friel Sisters’ recent stay in the Boston area had its difficulties: They arrived late for their sound check at one gig, and a few days before going back home to the UK, they learned that the airline on which their return flight was booked had gone under.

‘Slán’ to the iconic Green Briar, ‘Fáilte’ to the Burren’s new gig

By Sean Smith, Special to the BIR
May 30, 2019
Sean Smith, Special to the BIR

BY SEAN SMITH
SPECIAL TO THE BIR
April was a cruel month indeed for Boston’s Irish music community, as word circulated that three area Irish sessions were coming to an end, including, arguably, the most iconic of them all, the Monday gathering at the Green Briar Pub in Brighton.
Also on the list were Harrington’s in Wakefield and the monthly session at the Canadian American Club in Watertown.

Boston Irish Happenings- June, 2019

By BIR Newsroom
May 30, 2019
BIR Newsroom

HAPPENINGS JUNE 2019

Listings provided to BIR, courtesy Richard Archer.

Sat., June 1 – The Irish Music Club, 410 Quincy Ave., Braintree will conduct its monthly dance. Music by the Andy Healy band from 7-11 pm. Complimentary coffee, tea, and pastries. Admission is $10. For additional information call Anna at 617-696-6007.

Sun., June 2 – The Irish Social club in West Roxbury features “Erin’s Melody” for its dance. 7-10 p.m.'

An Chuirt Hotel is a special place in gorgeous Gweedore, Donegal

By Ed Forry
May 30, 2019

BY JUDY ENRIGHT
SPECIAL TO THE BIR
Gweedore, in northern Co. Donegal, is probably not a location too many of us American travelers have discovered. Sadly, most visitors stop their northern trek in Donegal Town and that’s a real pity because Gweedore is in a most beautiful part of this wild and wooly county.

City Records: 1176 Irish interred on Deer Island, 1847-1852

By BIR Newsroom
May 29, 2019
BIR Newsroom

Last First Age COD DOD
Ahearn Mary 16 Typhus Fever 01/07/48
Ahearn Margaret 28 Typhus Fever 02/23/48
Ahearn Daniel 30 Typhus Fever 06/14/48
Aigin Mary 60 Exhaustion 04/21/1851
Aldrich Mary 0 Intususception 05/21/50
Allen Charles 26 Dysentery 10/07/49
Alphedo Andrew 19 Typhus Fever 07/23/47
Anglin Jeremiah 31 Consumption 03/29/48
Ashcroft William 60 Ulcers 08/12/50
Asop Francis 40 Dysentery 02/05/49
Atkinson Stephen 20 Typhus Fever 08/19/49
Austin Catherine 20 Typhus Fever 09/22/47

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