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Boston Irish Gather to show
support for Obama /Biden
A group of Boston Irish leaders gathered on before the election to express their support for the candidacy of Barack Obama. Click here to download the story and photos from the event.

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Tip O'Neill Play ceases production

The producers of the one man play "Accodring to Tip" have announced the production was suspended after the performances of Sunday, Nov. 2, 2008, the BIR has learned.

Nov. 7 -- Irish Holy Ghost Fathers 24th annual benefit dance, Irish Social Club, West Roxbury, 8 p.m. Music by Andy Healy. 617-364-9500, 617-323-2800, 617-325-43229.

Nov. 9 -- TIARA meeting, topic is Irish Catholic Church Records: the background to their creation and survival, and how to use them. Speaker is James G. Ryan, author of "Irish Records: Sources for Family and Local History" and "Irish Church Records, and Sources for Irish Family History." 7 p.m. Boston College.

Nov. 12 -- Irish Ceili, Gasson Hall, Boston College, Chestnut Hill. 617-552-0490.

Nov. 13-24 -- Boston Irish Film Festival. Harvard Square. Info at irishfilmfestival.com.

Nov. 14 -- Boston area premiere of Conor McPherson's play The Seafarer, directed by Carmel O'Reilly. Stanford Calderwood Pavilion, Boston Center for the Arts. 617-933-8600, speakeasystage.com.

Nov. 16 -- Irish tenor Ronan Tynan in concert, Hanover Theatre, 2 Southbridge Street, Worcester. Tickets: 877-571-7469, thehanovertheatre.org.

Nov. 19 -- The Eire Society of Boston presents a private concert with Aine Minogue. Time and venue TBA. eiresociety.org.

Nov. 22 -- Holiday Dance, music by Margaret Dalton and Erin's Melody, 8 p.m., St. Gregory's Parish Center, Dorchester. 617-296-2488, 617-296-2968, 617-298-8220.

Dec. 7 -- Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann ( Monthly Session, Canadian-American Club, Watertown. 3 p.m. -- 7 p.m. |781 899-0911, cceboston.org.

Dec. 12 -- TIARA meeting. Dr. Robert O'Neill discusses Irish genealogy. Boston College. 617 552-8000.

Dec. 12-14 & 19-21-- A Christmas Celtic Sojourn Cutler Majestic 800 233-3123. Hosted and produced by Brian O'Donovan, with Solas, Cara Dillon, Sean Keane and Kieran Jordan, among others.

Some material in this calendar is courtesy of Mike and Colette Quinlin, irishmassachusetts.com.

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This sign was erected on either side of the County Offaly town of Moneygall on Nov. 4, the day Barack Obama was elected president here. Historians say Obama's maternal ancestors lived here. (Judy Enright photo for the BIR)

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In Memoriam

Mary Casey Forry
Founding Publisher, Boston Irish Reporter

Mary Casey Forry was the founding publisher of the Reporter Newspapers, including the Boston Irish Reporter. Born in Jamaica Plain, the third child of a Leitrim mum and a Mayo dad, she lost her life in 2004 to pancreatic cancer. In her honor and memory, her family and friends have founded a non-profit charity to help familes in need of hospice care.
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Boston Irish Reporter Endorses
Senator Barack Obama

"In these divisive political times, the country needs a leader with a unifying vision. For Ted Kennedy- and for me - that leader is Barack Obama."

- Publisher Ed Forry
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