He’s keeping things on track at North Shore Music Theatre

By R. J. Donovan
October 1, 2015
R. J. Donovan

North Shore Music Theatre is presenting the Tony Award winning “Billy Elliot: The Musical” through Oct. 11.  With music by Elton John, lyrics by Lee Hall and based on the film of the same name, this is the story of a young boy with a fiery passion to dance.  Despite his father’s stern objections, the motherless Billy fights the obstacles in his English coal-mining town to pursue his dream. 

The North Shore production will feature two young actors alternating as Billy: Nicholas Dantes and Brooks Landegger.

OCTOBER HAPPENINGS

By Sean Smith
October 1, 2015
Sean Smith

The Dorchester Irish Heritage Festival [see separate story in this edition] is certainly the big highlight event in Boston-area Irish/Celtic-related doings for October, but as always there will be plenty of activity elsewhere, including performances by Irish super-trio The Alt, iconic singer-songwriter Eleanor McEvoy, and the revered fiddle-guitar duo Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill.

The Northern Ireland government is a mess; little business being done

By Joe Leary
October 1, 2015
Joe Leary

It can be safely said that the government in Northern Ireland set up by the Good Friday agreement in 1998 is barely working and could be in serious danger of collapse. There is deep resistance within the Unionist community, especially among the political leaders, to cooperating with Nationalist politicians, and very little trust between the sides.

Crossing Ireland: Cherishing the fine moments while coming to grips with time and the roads

Ed Forry
By Ed Forry
October 1, 2015

It was a glorious day in Dublin.

My visit to Ireland’s capital city came in the midst of a whirlwind eight-day trip across the Emerald Isle that featured a mid-August vacation with close family and friends in the West, some business doings in Ballsbridge, and an attempt to make connections with some never-met Waterford cousins with whom I share a lineage extending back to my grandmother, Honorah Crotty Forry. But back to the beginning.

It’ll be Dublin vs.Galway in hurling match at Fenway in November

By BIR News Room
October 1, 2015

First-class hurling, called the world’s fastest field sport, will be on display at Fenway Park on Sun., Nov. 22, as two of the sport’s biggest teams – Dublin and 2015 All-Ireland Finalist Galway – compete in an exhibition on a pitch where the Red Sox play their games.

In addition to the AIG Fenway Hurling Classic, the festivities will include a lively Irish festival complete with Irish food, music, and dancing plus a performance by the Boston-based American Celtic punk band the Dropkick Murphys.

Dot’s Irish Heritage Festival offers dose of culture, family connections

By Sean Smith
October 1, 2015
Sean Smith

The Green-O’Leary School of Irish Dancing aloft during 2014’s Dorchester Irish Heritage Festival.The Green-O’Leary School of Irish Dancing aloft during 2014’s Dorchester Irish Heritage Festival.

Sunday, Oct. 11, 11 to 6, at Florian Hall, McKeon Post

The Irish-American duo Celtic Font will be among the performers at this year’s Dorchester Irish Heritage Festival, to be held on Oct. 11 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the crossroads of Florian Hall (55 Hallet Street) and the John McKeon Post AmVets 146 (4 Hilltop Street).

The festival, taking place for the fifth time, has become a Columbus Day Weekend highlight for Irish/Celtic music and dance devotees in Greater Boston and beyond, drawing crowds of upwards of 9,000. Two outdoor stages, as well as the venues in Florian Hall and the McKeon Post, provide for continuous entertainment throughout the day, showcasing many Greater Boston-area acts.

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