Into the West: the 2025 Ashford Castle History Festival

By Ireland.com
December 5, 2024
Ireland.com

Ashford Castle has announced details of its 2025 History Festival featuring four of Ireland’s leading historians, broadcasters, and historic writers who will explore the rich, complex, and fascinating history of the west of Ireland.

The now annual event will take place over two days, Feb. 28-March 1 in the historic castle in Cong. This enriching event will feature lively discussions and talks covering key historic moments, pivotal players, and previously untold stories from the west.  The themed festival will take place in the castle’s private cinema featuring:  

 Screenplay of Patrick Radden Keefe’s ‘Say Nothing’ now streaming on Hulu

By Bill Forry, Executive Editor
December 5, 2024
Bill Forry, Executive Editor

Boston Irish editor Bill Forry interviewed Patrick Radden Keefe in January 2019 on the occasion of the scheduling of a nine-part series by FX Productions based on his 2018 book, “Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland.” Excerpts from that conversation follow.

Patrick Radden Keefe grew up in the heart of Boston’s Irish community— the Adams Corner section of Dorchester. His dad Frank— whose great-grandparents were immigrants from Donegal—was a regular at the Eire Pub.

‘Pipes of Christmas’ comes to Old South Church on Dec.12  

By BostonIrish.com Newsroom
December 5, 2024
BostonIrish.com Newsroom

The Pipes of Christmas has announced its first-ever performance in Boston, marking a major milestone in the concert’s 26-year history. The Boston concert will be held in loving memory of Brian O’Donovan, who hosted the beloved Christmas performance “A Celtic Sojourn” for Boston audiences for more than 20 years. This holiday event will open on Thurs., Dec. 12, at 7:30 p.m. at Old South Church located at 645 Boylston Street.

US Special Envoy to Northern Ireland launches female entrepreneurship program with Ulster University

By BostonIrish.com Newsroom
December 5, 2024
BostonIrish.com Newsroom

At an Oct. 2 event in Belfast, Joe Kennedy III, US Special Envoy to Northern Ireland for Economic Affairs, announced that applications are now open for Connect to Success (C2S), a program powered and implemented by Ulster University. This initiative aims to empower women entrepreneurs, bolster the regional economy, and advance gender equality in Northern Ireland.

 

Letter from Wicklow: Pondering how Ireland is processing Trump’s triumph

By Larry Donnelly, Special to the Reporter
December 5, 2024
Larry Donnelly, Special to the Reporter

Then there’s the snooze of an Irish election campaign and the celebration of Thanksgiving 3,000 miles from Boston

 

 

“Not hugely surprised, but still kinda shocked.”  This has been my stock response as I have been questioned continually – on the airwaves, at the golf club, in the supermarket, and on our road – about what I make of Donald Trump’s having been chosen by the American people to be the 47th president of the United States.

Drawing winners at Irish Honors luncheon

By BostonIrish.com Newsroom
December 5, 2024
BostonIrish.com Newsroom

On the left: Laura Kirk Hilary, right, took in hand four Green Monster seats at Fenway Park for a game next year. Celebrating with her: Program emcees Maureen Forry-Sorrell and Linda Dorcena Forry and Wally, the Red Sox mascot.

 

 

On the right: Kate Cleary, second from left, won two Aer Lingus round-trip tickets to Ireland. Celebrating with her: Linda Dorcena Forry, far left; Aer Lingus sales executive Kathleen Cosgrove, and Boston Irish’s Maureen Forry-Sorrell.

Local news advocate Press Forward awards Reporter $100k grant

By Reporter Newsroom
December 5, 2024
Reporter Newsroom

The Dorchester Reporter — a sister publication to Boston Irish— has been awarded a $100,000 grant from Press Forward, a national movement to strengthen communities by reinvigorating local news. The Reporter is one of 205 grantees selected in the organization’s “Open Call on Closing Local Coverage Gaps.”Press Forward is a coalition of funders that is investing more than $500 million to strengthen local newsrooms, close longstanding gaps in journalism coverage, advance public policy that expands access to local news, and scale the infrastructure the sector needs to thrive.

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