Looking for a touch of gracious living? To Ireland’s Blue Book you should turn

By Ed Forry
February 27, 2020
Ed Forry

Ireland’s Blue Book is a joint venture of a collection of descriptive listings of selected Irish country houses, hotels, and restaurants located all across the island. A visit to one of these gracious spots affords a unique experience of living and sleeping in glorious old grand estates, all preserved, maintained, and featuring a variety of outdoor activities: fishing, hiking, some golf. It’s really about decompressing from the pace of modern-day life. Having stayed now at four of these properties, I recommend them and the unique experiences they afford.

Bob and Maisie: our family’s giants

By Martin McGovern, Special to Boston Irish
February 27, 2020
Martin McGovern, Special to Boston Irish

As Ireland entered Europe in 1973 and the “troubles” raged in the North, I was lost in teenage heartache. So much so that I took refuge in my grandparents’ house one night to watch a BBC2 documentary about Joseph Stalin.

Distracted by the footage of Soviet terror, I was surprised when Gran sidled up beside me. Hand soft on my shoulder, she leaned in and said, “Never mind, chuck, there are more fish in the sea.”

Senator Collins moves breakfast back to Convention Center

By Katie Trojano, Boston Irish Staff
February 27, 2020
Katie Trojano, Boston Irish Staff

The highly anticipated St. Patrick’s Day breakfast in South Boston is just a few weeks away and state Sen. Nick Collins and his team are readying the event for a familiar venue, the Boston Exhibition and Convention Center. The event, which was held last year at the Flynn Cruiseport, is slated for Sun., March 15, at 9 a.m.

Lankum’s ‘The Livelong Day’ highlights band’s attention to those who live close to the edge Quartet plays Great Scott in Allston on March 5

By Sean Smith, Special to BostonIrish
February 25, 2020
Sean Smith, Special to BostonIrish

Last year at this time, the award-winning Irish folk quartet Lankum had recently finished its first-ever tour of the US, which included a stop in Cambridge where the band played to a full house in Harvard Square’s Club Passim.

Seamus Egan talks about life in Vermont: ‘Push the boat out and see where it ends up’

By Sean Smith, Special to BostonIrish
February 25, 2020
Sean Smith, Special to BostonIrish

Seamus Egan, who has lived in Mayo as well as metropolitan Philadelphia and its suburbs – is in the midst of his third winter as a resident of Vermont, at the western edge of the Green Mountains, and all things considered, it has been going pretty well.

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