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It’s not as if siblings Elizabeth and Ben Anderson were fated to be a musical act. Or maybe they were.
Both took up their respective instruments when they were of elementary school age: Elizabeth the violin, and Ben the cello – after first trying his... Read more
Arts and entertainment
•Lest you forget, the first-ever Tunes on the Charles festival hits full stride this weekend, with plenty of sessions, concerts and workshops. Get the backstory on the festival here.
•The Burren’s Brian O’Donovan Legacy Series has a decidedly local focus... Read more
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Artists who have played in TD Garden: Bruce Springsteen, Taylor Swift, U2, Rihanna, The Rolling Stones, Drake – and Scottish Fish?
A clarification is in order, obviously.
On March 18, the Boston-area Celtic fiddle band performed at halftime of the Boston... Read more
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Boston Irish Sunday at McMullen Museum
Yeats exhibition program, tours, and reception
Sunday, May 3
2pm - 5pm
McMullen Museum of Art
Boston College
Join fellow members of the greater Boston Irish community for a special afternoon program and curator-... Read more
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Exclusive Exhibition: Impact of Yeats Family in 20th-Century Ireland
THE MCMULLEN MUSEUM OF ART AT BOSTON COLLEGE PRESENTS
COLLABORATING IN CONFLICT: THE YEATS FAMILY AND THE PUBLIC ARTS
More than 200 Works on View February 1–May 31, 2026:
Many publicly... Read more
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Greater Boston will see the debut this spring of a traditional Irish music and dance festival that aims to emphasize culture and camaraderie as much as reels, jigs, hornpipes and songs.
The inaugural Tunes on the Charles festival will take place from... Read more
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Ever since the early 1990s, academic research and scholarly publications on the causes, nature, and broad impact of Ireland’s Great Famine have grown immensely and served to break the public silence that surrounded the famine experience in Ireland and... Read more
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•A few large-scale events to note: One is the inaugural Tunes on the Charles festival in Cambridge and Somerville from April 30 to May 3, which you can read about here.
The annual New England Folk Festival Association, better known as NEFFA, takes... Read more
BostonIrish feature story
From the outside, Aisling Gallery and Framing looks like just another comfortable home in Hingham. But after you walk past the flock of sheep statues in the front yard, up the front steps with a US flag on one side and an Irish flag on the other, and... Read more
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For Ciara McGovern, a travel enthusiast, participating in the Rian J-1 Graduate Visa program was a no brainer! Having studied abroad in Luxembourg and Paris along with completing a J1 Summer visa in San Diego, she is no stranger to living abroad.
Ciara... Read more
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After emptying the pockets of his jeans in the backroom of the South Boston branch of the Boston Public Library last Thursday (March 19), David Keohan placed a hand on each side of The Cloch Bán, a 254-pound traditional Irish lifting stone from Annestown... Read more
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Belfast Coffee – cold-brewed poitín – makes stop in Boston to many sippers’ delight at The Dubliner...Courtesy of Bar 1661, Green Street, Dublin, IrelandOn Tuesday night, March 10, and that night only, Bar 1661 added the true taste of Dublin to The... Read more
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It’s been roughly a year and three months since Americans could look to the occupant of the White House and say, honestly and without hesitation: Our president isn’t perfect, but he’s a good and decent man.
Bostonians were reminded of just how far we’ve... Read more
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President Joseph R. Biden made a surprise appearance at the Irish American Partnership’s annual Saint Patrick’s Day breakfast celebration on Tuesday morning.
The former president was brought to the stage by his former US Ambassador to Ireland Claire... Read more
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March arrives with its familiar sense of pride and anticipation. As St. Patrick’s Day approaches, our community is preparing once again to celebrate our Irish heritage, culture, and tradition through parades, music, family gatherings, and time-honored... Read more
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Astonished, flabbergasted, furious, and appalled: AFFA.
This reaction to a scandal a couple of years ago by an Irish politician was memorable and reminiscent of another four-letter Irish political acronym, GUBU, coined in 1982 by Charlie Haughey in... Read more
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On Sunday, Feb. 8, Irish squash star and Belfast native Hannah Craig found herself in an unfamiliar position at the Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club in Dublin.
Down two games to one in the three-of-five Irish Senior Nationals Women’s A final, Craig had put... Read more
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Speculation has been rampant about whether An Taoiseach Micheál Martin will raise it when he meets with President Trump in the Oval Office on or around St. Patrick’s Day. With all that has come to light, it is a virtual certainty that Martin will not... Read more
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Boston attorney John P. Foley has practiced immigration law for more than three decades. In recent months, he has become a frequent voice in Irish media, including a mid-February appearance on RTÉ television, discussing the changing enforcement... Read more
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More than 300 guests filled the the Artist for Humanity’s Epicenter in South Boston last Friday (Oct.24) for the 15th annual Boston Irish Honors luncheon as three outstanding leaders of Irish descent —former US Ambassador to Ireland Claire Cronin, UMass... Read more
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In early June, I made a snap decision, one that involved passports, a flight, and a quiet promise to myself. My son and I were going to fly to Dublin to mark the end of his middle school years and the start of high school, a meaningful threshold in any... Read more
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1 National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology, DublinExplore 9,000 years of history through fascinating archaeological artefacts that include Irish bog bodies, the Ardagh Chalice, the ‘Tara’ Brooch and the famous Derrynaflan Hoard. The museum is housed in a... Read more
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The Irish Passport Service has rolled out an online passport application system for all applicants - including children and 1st time applicants - applying from the United States.
This service is now live and is available at dfa.ie/passports
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