When Belfast was designated as a UNESCO City of Music, the well-known musician Gary Lightbody of Snow Patrol said, “Belfast heart beats verbally with music, it is in our DNA.”
When Belfast was designated as a UNESCO City of Music, the well-known musician Gary Lightbody of Snow Patrol said, “Belfast heart beats verbally with music, it is in our DNA.”
By Larry Donnelly Special to BostonIrish.com March 2, 2023
Larry Donnelly Special to BostonIrish.com
Immigration as political issue … Bertie’s back … Biden’s running again
WICKLOW – When I wrote in this space at Christmas, there were widespread protests in Ireland at the government’s often hastily conceived moves to house thousands of refugees and protection seekers from Ukraine and beyond in hotels and other unused or underused facilities. The most prominent of these gatherings was in Dublin’s East Wall area, but they have taken place in cities, towns, and villages across the nation.
By Sean Smith, BostonIrish Contributor February 28, 2023
Sean Smith, BostonIrish Contributor
Damon Leibert, a former Boston-area resident now living in Maine, has quite the resumé: a fiddler in Irish bands that performed at beloved local venues like Tir Na nOg and The Skellig; the driving force behind the rebirth of Somerville’s Davis Square Theater as The Rockwell; commercial recording studio co-o
By Sean Smith, BostonIrish Contributor February 17, 2023
Sean Smith, BostonIrish Contributor
Her stay in the Boston area was a relatively brief one, but the area’s folk/traditional music scene made an impression on Vermont fiddler-vocalist Lissa Schneckenburger, and she returned the favor.