Delahunt offers a DA’s advice to church leaders

By Ed Forry
August 29, 2018

Bill Delahunt’s career in public office spanned four decades, from a term representing his hometown Quincy as a state representative and 14 years as a member of Congress. The largest part of his public service career were the 22 years he spent as district attorney in Norfolk County.

Four will receive Boston Irish Honors at October luncheon

By Bill Forry
August 29, 2018

Bill Forry

BY BILL FORRY
REPORTER EDITOR
A couple who have spent decades helping Boston kids stay safe and achieve their dreams; a Catholic priest who ministers to the city’s most vulnerable; and a pioneering physician with roots in Dublin will be the honorees at next month’s Boston Irish Honors luncheon, the season’s premier celebration of Irish-American achievement in Massachusetts.

Here's the September 2018 Edition of the BIR

By BIR Newsroom
August 29, 2018

BIR Newsroom

A Government of Ireland measure brought to you by the Department of Justice and Equality

By BIR Newsroom
August 27, 2018

BIR Newsroom

Magdalen Restorative Justice Ex-Gratia Scheme
Expression of Interest
If you worked in the laundry of a ‘Magdalen’ institution while a resident in one of the adjoining institutions and would like to know if you might be entitled to benefits under the scheme, you should apply for and complete an “Expression of Interest” form.

From Kieran Jordan: A note full of thanks, a testament to what the will can make happen

By Ed Forry
July 31, 2018

The dance artist Kieran Jordan returned recently from a week at the Willie Clancy summer school, a legendary Irish music and dance festival in Milltown Malaby in Co. Clare. It was a trip for herself, her husband Vincent Crotty, and 25 of her dance students that she had been planning for more than a year. But as recently as late June she was not certain she could ever take that trip.

August CD Reviews

By Sean Smith, Special to the BIR
July 31, 2018

Sean Smith, Special to the BIR

Connla, “The Next Chapter” • The second full-length album from this young Northern Ireland quintet shows a band that has distilled numerous traits of the Irish folk revival: a bit of Flook here, some Moving Hearts there, traces of Solas, Lúnasa, perhaps some Grada, and so on. And there is absolutely nothing wrong with that – we all draw inspiration from somewhere, so why not from the best? Nor is this to imply that Connla’s sound is derivative or lacking in originality.

A look at the man behind the Playbills

By R.J. Donovan, Special to the BIR
July 31, 2018

R.J. Donovan, Special to the BIR

It’s opening night for Disney’s “Aladdin” at The Boston Opera House. A distinguished looking gentleman with silver hair stands in the lobby with friends. Several thousand ticket holders pass by him, never realizing the subtle impact he’ll have on their evening.

That gentleman, Tim Montgomery, is president and CEO of New Venture Media Group, publishers of Playbill Magazine in Boston.

THE DEATH OF A BOSTON-IRISH TITAN: In August 1890, the life of John Boyle O’Reilly was tragically cut short

By Peter F. Stevens, BIR Staff
July 31, 2018

Peter F. Stevens, BIR Staff

On Aug. 10, 1890, stunning news spread through Boston and across the nation: John Boyle O’Reilly was dead at the age of 46.

THE BIR’S CALENDAR OF IRISH/CELTIC MUSIC August 2018

By Sean Smith, Special to the BIR
July 31, 2018

Sean Smith, Special to the BIR

Superstar Irish accordionist and visionary Sharon Shannon’s return to The Burren Backroom series highlights this month’s offerings of Irish/Celtic music in the Greater Boston area (and vicinity).

Traveling musicians find home away from home in Canton

By BIR News Room
July 31, 2018

The Irish Cultural Centre located in Canton, MA is a mecca for touring Irish musicians, dancers and up and coming Irish band. At their recent festival they hosted Ireland’s leading bluegrass group “JigJam” and Super trad group from Galway “BackWest.”

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