Judge to BC: Give up IRA tapes

By Staff
December 30, 2011

by Bill Forry

Galway gears up for a busy 2012

By Ed Forry
December 30, 2011

Volvo Boat Race Heads for Galway Finish Line in July
By Ed Forry
Almost three years ago, in late May 2009, Boston was a stopover port for the Volvo Ocean Race, an around-the-world, nine-month yacht race. The tenth running of the race that year began in Alicante, Spain, and eventually spanned 37,000 nautical miles, withBoston the only American port of call.

Teen charged with murdering Galway man in robbery attempt

By Staff
December 21, 2011

by Bill Forry
(Update: Dec. 30, 2011)
A teenager has been indicted for allegedly killing Ciaran Conneely, a 36 year-old Galway man who was shot to death outside his Dorchester apartment building on Oct. 10. John Graham, 17, will be charged with first degree murder in Conneely’s murder, which rocked the Adams Corner neighborhood last fall.

Sean-nós Irish dance workshop set for Sunday, Dec.11

by Kieran Jordan
Special to BIR
Sunday, Dec. 11 is the next Sean-nós Irish Dance Workshop at Boston Percussive Dance in Cambridge, Massachusetts. This time, everyone is welcome to bring a guest for free! Sean-nós dance is a spontaneous expression. It's social, playful and very interactive. As one musician said recently, "It's great when you can hear the feet talking back to you!"

BCM Fest- Boston Celtic Music Fest

By Ed Forry
December 5, 2011

A column of news and updates of the Boston Celtic Music Fest (BCMFest), which celebrates the Boston area’s rich heritage of Irish, Scottish, Cape Breton music and dance with a grassroots, musician-run winter music festival and other events during the year.
– Sean Smith

Somerville dancer will be kicking high for the holidays

By R.J. Donovan
December 5, 2011

R.J. Donovan

Rockette Courtney Grassia performs in ‘Radio City Christmas Spectacular’

New voices, new sounds added to the mix for Christmas Celtic Sojourn

By Sean Smith
December 5, 2011

Sean Smith

Northern Irish traditional singer Len Graham, Boston-area fiddle band Halali, and cross-genre Canadian singer Ruth Moody of The Wailin’ Jennys join the cast for the ninth annual “Christmas Celtic Sojourn,” the popular holiday-themed showcase of music, dance, songs, and stories in the Celtic tradition that kicks off a four-city tour Dec. 9 before its customary run at Boston’s Cutler Majestic Theatre December 16-18.

After 7 month hiatus, Irish Social Club reopens

By Staff
December 5, 2011

by Michael Caprio
Special to BIR
After an eight-month rally of fundraising, membership drives, and renovations, the Irish Social Club of West Roxbury will reopen its doors on Sun., Dec. 4, for an evening dance.

A fond farewell, Liam and Pauline

By BostonIrish.com... (not verified)
December 5, 2011

by Ed Forry
BIR Publisher
In 1990, when first we began to publish this newspaper, the plan was to tell “the stories of Boston’s Irish.” We noted then that there were scores of stories about the culture of Boston’s broad and diverse Irish culture that were going untold in the general media, and since we were born and raised in that milieu, it was an area that called out for coverage.

Nollaig Shona Dhuit (Happy Christmas to you)

By Joe Leary, Special to the BIR
December 5, 2011

Joe Leary, Special to the BIR

The celebration of Christmas in Ireland is a remarkable occasion. Not only is it the commemoration of the birth of the baby Jesus and, in fact, the beginning of the Catholic Church as we know it today, but for the Irish it is also a homecoming, a reunion of friends and family that is looked forward to with special anticipation throughout the year.

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