All in the (BCMFest) Family

By BostonIrish.com... (not verified)
July 2, 2010

A column of news and updates of the Boston Celtic Music Fest (BCMFest), which celebrates the Boston area’s rich heritage of Irish, Scottish, Cape Breton music and dance with a grassroots, musician-run winter music festival and other events during the year. —Sean Smith
– As far as the Boston Celtic Music Fest is concerned, there’s no such thing as an age difference: BCMFest events have featured performances by pre-teens, senior citizens, and everyone in-between, including mamas and papas, grandmas and grandpas, and kids big and small.

Irish Theatre Fest at ArtsEmerson in 2011

By BostonIrish.com... (not verified)
July 2, 2010

Abbey, Druid Theatres Will Be Featured Along With World  Premiere on Rose Kennedy
By R. J. Donovan
Special to The BIR
This fall, there’ll be a new cultural organization joining the Boston arts community. ArtsEmerson has been established by Emerson College to bring an eclectic program of legendary and pioneering international theater, film, and music to town.

‘inSession’ – Checking Tommy Doyle’s in Harvard Square

By BostonIrish.com... (not verified)
July 2, 2010

By Sean Smith
Special to the BIR

NOTE: Following is the first installment of an occasional series, “inSession,” which will profile regularly occurring Irish and Celtic music sessions in, or reasonably near, the Greater Boston area.
Tommy Doyle’s
Where: 96 Winthrop St., Harvard Square, Cambridge
When: Thursdays, 6:30-9:30 p.m.
Began: Fall of 2008

At Last, After 38 Long Years, People of Derry Absolved

By Joe Leary, Special to the Reporter
July 2, 2010
Joe Leary, Special to the Reporter

The tragedy of British arrogance towards Catholic Ireland over the past many centuries has never been more thoroughly revealed than in the official government report issued on the “Bloody Sunday” shootings and killings in Derry, Northern Ireland, on Jan. 30, 1972. Twenty seven unarmed Catholic protesters were shot by British soldiers just after four o’clock that afternoon – and 14 of them died.

Only One Gun a Month? A Travesty!

By Ed Forry
July 2, 2010

By James W. Dolan
Special to the Reporter
There is strong opposition to a bill under consideration in the House that would restrict Massachusetts residents to buying only one gun a month. Filed by Governor Deval Patrick and supported by the law enforcement community, this modest effort is an attempt to limit the number of guns in circulation in light of recent shootings in Boston.

Wedding bells chime for a special couple

By Ed Forry
July 2, 2010

By Tara Merrigan
Special to the Reporter
Smiling and gazing into each other’s eyes, John “Jack” Quinn and Doris Bates described their feelings towards each other, their history together, and their upcoming wedding.
Quinn, 72, and Bates, 66, were wed a few days later — both for the first time—on Sat., June 12, at St. Brendan’s Church in Dorchester.

Derry Shows The World

By Bill O'Donnell
July 2, 2010
Bill O'Donnell

Derry Shows The World – The good people of Derry – victims all in so many ways of the murders on January 30, 1972 -- showed a face to the world that will be hard to forget. It was the patience, civility, and loyalty of the citizens of Derry, with an enormous helping of dignity thrown in, that were easily the equal of the graceful words of the Tory Prime Minister when he described the events of 38 years ago as “unjustified and unjustifiable.”

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