Color These Musings Springtime Green

By Robert P. Connolly
April 3, 2010
Robert P. Connolly

By Robert P. Connolly
Special to the BIR
With spring in the air and the landscape turning green, the mind wanders across the water…
The upcoming British election means that Northern Ireland’s 18 Westminster seats will be up for grabs. The Democratic Unionist Party has a lot on the line because it holds nine of those seats, but it is also important that Sinn Fein, which has five seats, do well and help party leader Gerry Adams bounce back from his annus horribilis of 2009.

Fulbright Award: Sonehill Irish Scholar Bound for Czech Republic

By Ed Forry
April 3, 2010

Irish Studies scholar Richard Finnegan has visited Ireland more times than he can count and most recently he spent nine days during spring break guiding 24 Stonehill students as they toured the country studying Irish history and literature. Next year, however, he will switch the focus of his scholarship to the Czech Republic where he will spend a semester teaching at Masaryk University.

Around Town: The Irish Beat / Carol Beggy

By Ed Forry
April 3, 2010

Well-known on the local theater scene, Alice Duffy sure took her time to make her Broadway debut. The 83-year-old is just wrapping up her run in Noel Coward’s “Present Laughter” at the American Airlines Theater in Boston. The child of performers, Duffy is the sister of the late Peter Boyle, best know to TV viewers as the ornery father on “Everybody Loves Raymond.” Duffy has called Boston home for a number of years and is a favorite among local theater companies.

Celtic Sojourn Honoring the Saint Has New Venue - Sanders Theater

By Sean Smith
March 11, 2010
Sean Smith

Frankie Gavin, one of the most iconic fiddlers in the modern Irish music revival, will lead a new, dynamic version of his band De Dannan when he joins Celtic guitar virtuoso Tony McManus and innovative harpist-vocalist (and Boston area resident) Maeve Gilchrest for the fifth annual "A St. Patrick's Day Celtic Sojourn" concert on March 20 at 8 p.m. in Harvard University's Sanders Theater.

Seaport Hotel Offers Live Music to Hail the Saint's Holiday

By Staff
March 11, 2010
Staff

The Seaport Boston Hotel has booked legendary Irish fiddle player Seamus Connolly to perform on St. Patrick's Day, March 17, as Boston celebrates its title as America's most Irish city.

Considered one of the world's finest exponents of traditional Irish music, Connolly won Ireland's national fiddle contest a record ten times and is artist-in-residence at Boston College. He is being joined by Laurel Martin on fiddle and Kevin McElroy, a multi-

instrumentalist and singer.

'I WILL NEVER FEEL THE LIKE OF THAT GAZE AGAIN'

By BostonIrish.com... (not verified)
March 1, 2010

The Haiti earthquake claimed the life of Andrew Grene, but his legacy lives on through his twin brother – the Prodigals' Gregory Grene - and a foundation for the children of Haiti.

For 44-year-old Gregory Grene, of the popular band The Prodigals, nothing will ever be the same. His twin brother, Andrew, a well-known UN political affairs officer, perished in the earthquake that devastated Haiti in January. Gregory headed to another island, Ireland, to help bury his brother in Belturbet, County Cavan.

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