Mayor Marty Walsh leaves for 5 day trip to Ireland

By BIR Newsroom
May 9, 2018
BIR Newsroom

Mayor Martin Walsh will leave for Ireland on Thursday, May 10 for a five-day trip, during which he will receive several ceremonial awards and participate in the unveiling of Kilkerrin Rock.

The son of Irish immigrants from Connemara, Walsh is expected to speak on the ties between Boston and his family’s home country, according to a City of Boston press release, highlighting the importance of cultural richness, acceptance of immigrants, and economic partnerships.

UK government suffers Brexit defeat in House of Lords

By BIR Newsroom
May 1, 2018
BIR Newsroom

By JILL LAWLESS
The Associated Press
LONDON (AP) — The British government faced pressure over Brexit at home and abroad Monday, including a defeat in Parliament over who gets the final say on an exit deal with the European Union.

By 335 votes to 244, the House of Lords backed an amendment to the government’s key Brexit bill to give Parliament decision-making power on the outcome of negotiations with the EU — including the power to call off the divorce.

New for your visiting pleasure: ‘Ireland’s Hidden Heartland’

By Ed Forry
April 27, 2018

Ireland, some say, is like a doughnut – only the outside matters and there’s nothing much to bother with in the middle.
Tourism groups and many others take issue with that comment and say there is much more to Ireland than just the seacoast, as beautiful as it is. They say the Irish Midlands are just as lovely, varied, and worthy of visits as the coast.

New for your visiting pleasure: ‘Ireland’s Hidden Heartland’

By Ed Forry
April 27, 2018

Ireland, some say, is like a doughnut – only the outside matters and there’s nothing much to bother with in the middle.
Tourism groups and many others take issue with that comment and say there is much more to Ireland than just the seacoast, as beautiful as it is. They say the Irish Midlands are just as lovely, varied, and worthy of visits as the coast.

A Q&A WITH CHARLIE LENNON

By Sean Smith
April 27, 2018
Sean Smith

The fiddler and pianist Charlie Lennon, a celebrated musician and innovator in the Irish tradition, is known for composing numerous tunes that have become part of Irish music repertoires everywhere. He has also integrated the Irish traditional form into modern classical music through extended works like “A Terrible Beauty,” which he wrote in commemoration of the 1916 Easter Rising centenary. In 2006, he was honored by TG4 as Composer of the Year.

May CD Reviews

By Sean Smith
April 27, 2018
Sean Smith

The Gloaming, “Live at the NCH” • This occasional band is the union of five intriguing personalities and talents, all steeped in traditional music while very open to influences from contemporary sources: Martin Hayes, a master of the lyrical East Clare fiddle style; guitarist Dennis Cahill, Hayes’ frequent collaborator; Caoimhin Ó Raghallaigh, whose fiddling reflects the Sliabh Luachra tradition but also his own experiments in Scandinavian and American music; sean-nos singer Iarla Ó Lionáird, formerly with groundbreaking Irish/world-fusion group Afro Celt Sound System; and Thomas Bartlett A

Much to love in ‘Much Ado’ for Lydia Barnett-Mulligan

By R.J. Donovan
April 27, 2018
R.J. Donovan

Lydia Barnett-Mulligan has been studying and performing Shakespeare since she was 15 years old. The actor, director, and education artist got her start via the educational program at Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, MA.
She’s now a member of the Resident Acting Company at Actors’ Shakespeare Project in Boston. Add credits from Tennessee Shakespeare Company, Elm Shakespeare Company (New Haven), Bay Colony Shakespeare, Commonwealth Shakespeare Company, and Shakespeare Now and you’ve got an artist who can easily see all the world as a stage.

Historic Cedar Grove chapel will undergo major renovations

By Bill Forry
April 27, 2018
Bill Forry

A chapel on the grounds of Cedar Grove Cemetery will be the focus this month of a significant restoration project meant to bring the impressive stone edifice back to its former glory. The Gilman chapel— named for the husband-and-wife benefactors who funded its construction in 1930— is in urgent need of repairs, particularly to its stone exterior and windows, where moisture infiltration has become a worsening problem in recent years.

A Different Perspective: Jason Knirck is the first American to hold BC’s Burns Chair in Irish Studies

By BIR Newsroom
April 27, 2018
BIR Newsroom

Having marked its 25th anniversary year in the fall of 2016, the Burns Visiting Scholar in Irish Studies program is in the midst of another landmark semester: The spring 2018 Burns Scholar, Jason Knirck, is the first American to hold the professorship. As part of his activities, Knirck organized a symposium at Boston College in April spotlighting the work of American-educated historians of Ireland.

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