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Long time Boston photo journalist Bill Brett signed copies of his latest book, "Boston Veterans Appreciation" on Flag Day Sunday, June 14 at Blasi‘s Fat Belly Deli in Adams corner in Dorchester. The book is now on sale locally at College Hype in Adam’s... Read more
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All Irish travelers are ambassadors
I have been conducting an informal experiment in Paris.
My French is serviceable but accented in a way that is difficult for the French to attribute to any specific non-French-speaking country: Polish?, German?... Read more
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Gaillimh Ogbu! and other thoughts on Irish by-elections;
Maine, Texas US Senate races; the years keep flying past
by Larry Donnelly
By-elections for seats in Dáil Éireann (lower house of Irish parliament) were held on May 22 in the Dublin Central... Read more
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Arts and entertainment
•Two esteemed figures in Irish music of the past few decades, Cathal Hayden and Donal Murphy, will be in town with guitarist/bouzoukist/vocalist Alan G. Murray this month: In addition to performing at The Burren’s Brian O’Donovan Legacy Series on June 9,... Read more
BostonIrish feature story
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
Boston Irish Commentary
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
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
Arts and entertainment
For years, Boston-area Irish dance performers and teachers Jackie O’Riley and Rebecca McGowan have thought long and hard about what they do, how they do it, and what it all means – and have turned that musing into artistic expression.
In 2019, they... Read more
Arts and entertainment
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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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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