A closer look at this month's Lowell Irish Fest

By Sean Smith, BostonIrish Contributor
September 7, 2023
Sean Smith, BostonIrish Contributor

Organizers hope to establish the festival among other major cultural events that now take place during the year in the Mill City, including the Lowell Folk Festival, Southeast Asian Water Festival, and Winterfest. It’s a mid-day to late-night affair, kicking off at noon and going until 10 p.m. (more or less).

Rockport Festival offers different take on Celtic music

By Sean Smith, Boston Irish Contributor
September 7, 2023
Sean Smith, Boston Irish Contributor

 

The Rockport Celtic Festival at the Shalin-Liu Performance Center (Sept. 14-17) is geared toward exploring the similarities as well as the differences between music traditions, Irish and otherwise, that have become associated with The festival, now in its fourth year, has joined the impressive suite of annual events bearing the imprint of WGBH broadcaster Brian O’Donovan, whose long-running “A Celtic Sojourn” radio show formed the basis for the Christmas and St. Patrick’s Day “Celtic Sojourn” stage productions.

Feast on award-winning food on the island of Ireland

By Boston Irish Newsroom
September 7, 2023
Boston Irish Newsroom

The island of Ireland has made a name for itself as a world-class foodie destination and there are lots of great ways to discover its culinary charms.

With award-winning restaurants and gastro-pubs, fabulous food markets and tours, and artisan producers around every corner, the island of Ireland should be on every epicure’s must-visit list.

Discover the music and magic of Cillian Murphy’s Cork

By Boston Irish Newsroom
September 7, 2023
Boston Irish Newsroom

Cillian Murphy, star of the hit movie Oppenheimer, proudly hails from Cork and co-founded the city’s Sounds from a Safe Harbour music festival.

All eyes  currently are on Cillian Murphy’s powerful portrayal of the “father of the atomic bomb” in the recently released movie Oppenheimer.

For Clannad, the End of a Lifetime Groundbreaking band comes to Boston’s Wilbur Theatre Sept. 22

By Sean Smith, Boston Irish Contributor
September 7, 2023
Sean Smith, Boston Irish Contributor

Clannad, the Donegal family band that improbably became a worldwide pop music sensation, is calling it quits after more than 50 years, and will bid adieu to Boston on Sept. 22 at 8 p.m. at the Wilbur Theatre [thewilbur.com].

Eight Feet Tall: Connecting Music and Dance

By Sean Smith, Boston Irish Contributor
September 7, 2023
Sean Smith, Boston Irish Contributor

All well and good when you have an artistic inspiration that seems fascinating in concept and explanation. But can you make it come alive in a way that actually is fascinating?

If you’re Jackie O’Riley and Rebecca McGowan, two Boston-area Irish dance performers, choreographers, and teachers, and you have a pair of very willing and able musical allies in Armand Aromin and Dan Accardi, the answer is yes.

Actually, the answer is Eight Feet Tall – the formal name of their collaboration, which has produced live performances and more recently, an album.

In defense of the commendable Rose of Tralee pageant

By Larry Donnelly, Special to Boston Irish
September 7, 2023
Larry Donnelly, Special to Boston Irish

At the hour of writing, the New York Rose, Róisín Wiley, has just been named the 62nd International Rose of Tralee for 2023.  She was a worthy winner, even if it is instinctively hard for me to congratulate a New Yorker.  Over two nights, after in-depth interviews with a three-member judging panel, 32 Roses from across Ireland and throughout the world took part in a nationally televised program of entertainment and conversation with co-hosts Dáithí Ó Sé and Kathryn Thomas, both well-known Irish media personalities.

Brian Donnelly left us a remarkable legacy

By Ed Forry, Publisher
September 7, 2023
Ed Forry, Publisher

Brian Donnelly, the Lower Mills guy from St Gregory’s parish who served six years as a Dorchester state rep and fourteen years as a member of Congress, will be memorialized this month when the Irish Cultural Centre gathers to present the first “Brian Donnelly Award for Leadership in Public Service” at a reception on Sept. 21 at the Omni Parker House in downtown Boston.

The event will honor Donnelly’s legacy, with proceeds to support the cultural programs at the centre in Canton, say the organizers.

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