Crossing Ireland: Cherishing the fine moments while coming to grips with time and the roads

Ed Forry
By Ed Forry
October 1, 2015

It was a glorious day in Dublin.

My visit to Ireland’s capital city came in the midst of a whirlwind eight-day trip across the Emerald Isle that featured a mid-August vacation with close family and friends in the West, some business doings in Ballsbridge, and an attempt to make connections with some never-met Waterford cousins with whom I share a lineage extending back to my grandmother, Honorah Crotty Forry. But back to the beginning.

It’ll be Dublin vs.Galway in hurling match at Fenway in November

By BIR News Room
October 1, 2015

First-class hurling, called the world’s fastest field sport, will be on display at Fenway Park on Sun., Nov. 22, as two of the sport’s biggest teams – Dublin and 2015 All-Ireland Finalist Galway – compete in an exhibition on a pitch where the Red Sox play their games.

In addition to the AIG Fenway Hurling Classic, the festivities will include a lively Irish festival complete with Irish food, music, and dancing plus a performance by the Boston-based American Celtic punk band the Dropkick Murphys.

Dot’s Irish Heritage Festival offers dose of culture, family connections

By Sean Smith
October 1, 2015
Sean Smith

The Green-O’Leary School of Irish Dancing aloft during 2014’s Dorchester Irish Heritage Festival.The Green-O’Leary School of Irish Dancing aloft during 2014’s Dorchester Irish Heritage Festival.

Sunday, Oct. 11, 11 to 6, at Florian Hall, McKeon Post

The Irish-American duo Celtic Font will be among the performers at this year’s Dorchester Irish Heritage Festival, to be held on Oct. 11 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the crossroads of Florian Hall (55 Hallet Street) and the John McKeon Post AmVets 146 (4 Hilltop Street).

The festival, taking place for the fifth time, has become a Columbus Day Weekend highlight for Irish/Celtic music and dance devotees in Greater Boston and beyond, drawing crowds of upwards of 9,000. Two outdoor stages, as well as the venues in Florian Hall and the McKeon Post, provide for continuous entertainment throughout the day, showcasing many Greater Boston-area acts.

Plans in place for Boston-Cork flights beginning next May

By Ed Forry
October 1, 2015
Ed Forry

A budget-priced European airline has announced plans to begin non-stop transatlantic service from Boston to Cork, with flights expected to begin next May.

Norwegian Air Shuttle (NAS), Europe’s third largest low-cost airline, says it will launch the new direct “low-cost” transatlantic services from Cork to Boston, making the route the only transatlantic operation from Cork Airport. A new Cork to Barcelona route will also be launched, the company said in a press release late last month.

Transformation at Ashford Castle earns an A-plus grade

By BostonIrish.com... (not verified)
September 3, 2015

By Judy Enright
Special to the BIR

Wow!

There simply isn’t any other word to adequately describe Ashford Castle’s new look.

Red Carnation Hotels, a South African company that owns Ashford Castle in Cong, Co. Mayo, has spent the last two years completing a 50-million euro renovation that included more than 800 new windows, new wiring, a new lead roof and repointed stonework. The hotel celebrated it new look when it was reopened this spring.Red Carnation Hotels, a South African company that owns Ashford Castle in Cong, Co. Mayo, has spent the last two years completing a 50-million euro renovation that included more than 800 new windows, new wiring, a new lead roof and repointed stonework. The hotel celebrated it new look when it was reopened this spring.
The well-known castle hotel, home to the Guinness family for more than 100 years, was purchased in 2013 by Red Carnation Hotels and has since been totally and exquisitely refurbished.

Taking a read of the musical ‘The Book Of Mormon’

By R.J. Donovan
September 3, 2015
R.J. Donovan

At Citi Emerson Colonial Theatre through Oct. 11

Jake Emmerling (third from left) with the cast of the national touring company of “The Book of Mormon,” playing the Citi Emerson Colonial Theatre through October 11. Photo © Joan Marcus, 2014Jake Emmerling (third from left) with the cast of the national touring company of “The Book of Mormon,” playing the Citi Emerson Colonial Theatre through October 11. Photo © Joan Marcus, 2014
Theater has been a part of Jake Emmerling’s life for as long as he can remember.  The influence began with his grandparents who were such diehard fans that when they’d visit New York, they’d see six shows in four days.  That love of the arts soon rubbed off on Jake, his brother and his cousins.

His stage debut came in the first grade. “I was the doctor for a lion that was sick or something that like. I couldn’t learn my lines,” he said, adding with a wry edge, “So that was great.”

The young actor is currently in Boston performing in the national tour of the outrageous musical comedy “The Book of Mormon,” playing the Citi Emerson Colonial Theatre through Oct. 11.  He has been with the show for the past three years, has performed in 32 cities, and recently played his 1000th performance as a member of the ensemble.

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