For the Taoiseach, a Bad Day at Galway

By by Bill O'Donnell
October 20, 2010
by Bill O'Donnell

Bad Day At Galway -- And sure don’t we all have the bad day every once in a while. Not so long ago Queen Elizabeth had an entire bad year that she resorted to Latin to describe. But the Irish Taoiseach, Brian Cowen, had a couple of days in Galway in mid-September that have left his Dail allies and his handlers scrambling for euphemisms in attempts to extricate the Irish leader from a continuing series of highly critical public and press thunderbolts. Some even posed the very real possibility that Cowen’s leadership could be hanging on public opinion polls due out in late September.

Celebrating Our Heritage, Staying With Our Mission

Ed Forry
By Ed Forry
October 20, 2010

By Ed Forry

In the fall of 1990, when my late dear wife Mary Casey Forry and I discussed the idea of publishing a newspaper about Irish Boston, we were not well informed about the land of our ancestors. Mary’s mom and dad had come over in the1930s – Mary Kate Kane from Mohill in Leitrim, Martin Casey from Carracastle in Mayo – and she had grown up hearing stories of the hard life that had caused her grandparents to send their children to America. As for me, the only one of my four grandparents whom I knew was Hannah Crotty Forry, and that was when I was a young child.

The Irish Cultual Centre's 20th Annual Irish Festival is this weekend!

By Ed Forry
September 16, 2010

The Irish Cultual Centre's 20th Annual Irish Festival is this
weekend! Rain or shine.. Join the 20th Annual Irish Festival this
weekend, September 17-19 in Canton! Experience the best in Irish
culture through musical performances by the High Kings, McPeake, Andy
Cooney and many other superb Irish performers. There will be plenty
to do, see and discover through our Authors tent, Geneology,
Children's area, Irish Films and Arts Tent, and so much more! No
matter your interest, the ICC Festival has something for everyone!

'Trad' Returns Tir Na Hit Transfers To Gloucester Stage

By R. J. Donovan
September 7, 2010
R. J. Donovan

When a theatrical production truly connects with an audience, the emotional experience can be indescribable. That was the case this past April when Boston's Tir Na Theatre Company presented Mark Doherty's poignant comedy "Trad" to great success at the Boston Center for the Arts. 

Word of mouth was so strong and the reviews were so glowing that every ticket for the run was snapped up, leaving the box office to deal with one disappointed patron after another.

Look to our colleges as affordable option, Ireland is saying

Ed Forry
By Ed Forry
September 3, 2010

By Ed Forry
High school seniors and their parents looking for another, more affordable option for college should consider the colleges and universities in Ireland. That’s the message being delivered by Ireland’s Minister for Education and Science, Tánaiste Mary Coughlan, who will be in Boston late this month to promote an Irish government marketing effort to attract American high school students to enroll in Irish colleges and universities.

ICCNE's Festival Offers Fines Tastes of Irish Culture September 17-19 at Canton Campus

By Sean Smith
September 1, 2010
Sean Smith

One of Greater Boston's most enduringly popular Irish music and cultural events will pass a significant milestone this month when the Irish Cultural Centre of New England (ICCNE) hosts the 20th annual Irish Festival at the ICCNE campus in Canton Sept. 17-19.

Annalivia Has Become Comfortable in Its Own, Fascinatingly Diverse Skin

By Sean Smith
September 1, 2010
Sean Smith

The September 2008 ICONS Festival was a memorable event in many ways - not least for the performances by Liam Clancy and Jerry Holland, among the last either would ever give - but particularly so for the Greater Boston-based "alt-trad" band Annalivia.

It was at ICONS 2008 that Annalivia - heretofore a quartet of Flynn Cohen (guitar, vocals), Liz Simmons (vocals), Brendan Carey-Block (fiddle) and Stu Kenney (double bass, five-string banjo) - officially welcomed fiddler-vocalist Emerald Rae into its ranks, and in so doing marked the start of a new direction for the group.

BC Gaelic Roots 2010 Fall Series Has Irish Theme Four Concerts in Fall Semester

By Sean Smith
September 1, 2010
Sean Smith

Irish traditional music will be the focus of the fall 2010 Gaelic Roots Music, Song, Dance, Workshop and Lecture Series at Boston College.

The series, sponsored by BC's Center for Irish Programs, has often featured music from Scotland, Cape Breton and Appalachia as well as Ireland. But there will be a distinctly Hibernian flavor to this fall's events, which take place at Connolly House (300 Hammond Street near BC's Chestnut Hill Campus) beginning at 6:30 p.m. All are free and open to the public.

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