Going Back Home: A Visit to the Isle of Mists

By BostonIrish.com... (not verified)
October 20, 2010

By Greg O’Brien
Special to the BIR

“Ireland sober is Ireland stiff,” wrote James Joyce. And so we toast the Isle of Mists in throaty zest after the Shannon-bound Aer Lingus flight finally lifts off a rain-soaked JFK runway at 10:30 p.m. on Sun., Aug. 22 after a four-hour weather delay that featured boisterous thunder and angry bolts of lightening. It was an ill-omened beginning to a family pilgrimage to plumb the depths of our Irish ancestry and in the process rediscover one another.

Should Britain sell Northern Ireland to The Republic of Ireland?

By Ed Forry
October 20, 2010

By Joseph F. Leary
One of Britain’s most respected commentators, Chief Editorial Writer and columnist Mary Dejevsky of The London Independent has written a provocative article on Northern Ireland and the prospect of a United Ireland. In a column published in the Independent in August and two days later in the Belfast Telegraph, Dejevsky suggests – perhaps tongue and cheek - that Britain sell Northern Ireland to the Republic of Ireland as part of their solution to their budget problems.

“IN-Boston’ schedules launch in city Nov. 3

By Ed Forry
October 20, 2010

‘Irish Network Boston’ (IN-Boston), a new networking organization that will be open to anyone in the Boston area who is interested in participating more actively in the Irish/Irish American community, in in connecting professionally, or just looking to expand their social scene is scheduled for a formal launching next month at the city’s historic Faneuil Hall.

For the Taoiseach, a Bad Day at Galway

By by Bill O'Donnell
October 20, 2010
by Bill O'Donnell

Bad Day At Galway -- And sure don’t we all have the bad day every once in a while. Not so long ago Queen Elizabeth had an entire bad year that she resorted to Latin to describe. But the Irish Taoiseach, Brian Cowen, had a couple of days in Galway in mid-September that have left his Dail allies and his handlers scrambling for euphemisms in attempts to extricate the Irish leader from a continuing series of highly critical public and press thunderbolts. Some even posed the very real possibility that Cowen’s leadership could be hanging on public opinion polls due out in late September.

Celebrating Our Heritage, Staying With Our Mission

Ed Forry
By Ed Forry
October 20, 2010

By Ed Forry

In the fall of 1990, when my late dear wife Mary Casey Forry and I discussed the idea of publishing a newspaper about Irish Boston, we were not well informed about the land of our ancestors. Mary’s mom and dad had come over in the1930s – Mary Kate Kane from Mohill in Leitrim, Martin Casey from Carracastle in Mayo – and she had grown up hearing stories of the hard life that had caused her grandparents to send their children to America. As for me, the only one of my four grandparents whom I knew was Hannah Crotty Forry, and that was when I was a young child.

The Irish Cultual Centre's 20th Annual Irish Festival is this weekend!

By Ed Forry
September 16, 2010

The Irish Cultual Centre's 20th Annual Irish Festival is this
weekend! Rain or shine.. Join the 20th Annual Irish Festival this
weekend, September 17-19 in Canton! Experience the best in Irish
culture through musical performances by the High Kings, McPeake, Andy
Cooney and many other superb Irish performers. There will be plenty
to do, see and discover through our Authors tent, Geneology,
Children's area, Irish Films and Arts Tent, and so much more! No
matter your interest, the ICC Festival has something for everyone!

'Trad' Returns Tir Na Hit Transfers To Gloucester Stage

By R. J. Donovan
September 7, 2010
R. J. Donovan

When a theatrical production truly connects with an audience, the emotional experience can be indescribable. That was the case this past April when Boston's Tir Na Theatre Company presented Mark Doherty's poignant comedy "Trad" to great success at the Boston Center for the Arts. 

Word of mouth was so strong and the reviews were so glowing that every ticket for the run was snapped up, leaving the box office to deal with one disappointed patron after another.

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