An Irish anthem: Heigh ho! Come to the fair!

By Ed Forry
October 9, 2013

BY JUDY ENRIGHT
SPECIAL TO THE BIR
The Irish work very hard to make sure that their homeland is all things to all visitors. Festivals, sports, genealogy, art, music, theatre, and cultural events, available for all ages, can be found everywhere. There’s scarcely an activity you might enjoy that is not offered somewhere in Ireland.
COUNTRY FAIRS -As the weather cools and leaves change, the thoughts of many Irish turn to the country fairs that dot the island at this time of year.

US diplomacy returns to deal with new issues in the North

By Bill O'Donnell
October 9, 2013
Bill O'Donnell

US Envoy Seeks Solution In North – America’s diplomat of the newest Troubles, Richard Haass, has been in Belfast these days seeing if his presence can have a salutary effect on the troubled relationship between the nationalist and unionist communities in the North. The original, if unrealistic, timetable, called for some type of agreement by December but there is little to no chance of that happening.

The Boston Prelim Election: Where were all the voters?

By Bill Forry
October 9, 2013
Bill Forry

The first of two elections to choose the next mayor of Boston has come and gone. Two finalists have been chosen. It’ll be an exciting and informative six weeks until the Nov. 5 balloting.
A little more than 30 percent of Bostonians who are registered to vote in the city made their ways to the polls on Tuesday, a day that dawned with blue skies that persisted through a glorious, 60-degree mid-September day.

All-Ireland first for Attleboro’s Torrin Ryan

By Ed Forry
August 30, 2013

Attleboro native Torrin Ryan took first place in the over-18 uilleann pipes slow-air competition at the recent All-Ireland Fleadh Cheoil held in Derry, Northern Ireland. Ryan also finished third in the uilleann pipes competition. A former student of Patrick Hutchinson in BostonAs Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann Music School, Ryan performs regularly with the bands Core 4 and NØÍR and plays frequently at sessions in Eastern Massachusetts.

Communicating outside the circle in “Tribes”

By Ed Forry
August 30, 2013

By R. J. Donovan
Special To The BIR
Whether it’s family or church or the clique we cluster with at the office, we all belong to one group or another that imposes its own rules and rituals upon us. That’s the concept at the very heart of “Tribes,” Nina Raine’s acclaimed dark comedy that won the 2012 Drama Desk Award for Best New Play.

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