A Welcome Back to the Eithne

Ed Forry
By Ed Forry
July 1, 2009

As the Tall Ships sail into Boston Harbor this month, the Irish have an extra reason to smile: among the visiting ships will be the Ireland Naval Service patrol ship LÉ Eithne, the flagship of Ireland's navy.

It will be the third visit to our town for the ship, which was here in 1986 and again in 2000. This year, during the Sail Boston festivities July 8-13, she will be berthed at Pier 4 at the Charlestown Navy Yard. While in town, the ship will be open to the public.

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Duo Bring Fun, Common Sense to Airwaves

By BostonIrish.com... (not verified)
July 1, 2009

There is a lot to dislike about talk radio, but I admit to being a fan of Marjorie Egan and Jim Braude. Their blend of whimsy, self-deprecation, and just plain nonsense is a delight and a welcome relief from the two-fisted, in-your-face style of many of their compatriots.

On weekdays from 12 to 3 p.m. on WTKK-FM (96.9, they are an oasis of humor in a desert of antagonism. The key is they don't take themselves (or some of their topics) too seriously. You also get the impression they genuinely enjoy poking fun at one another.

An Appreciation: Just Dave

By John Philip Foley
July 1, 2009
John Philip Foley

RIP, Dave Burke, A Legendary Hibernian

David R. Burke, the leading voice in the Lawrence Hibernian community for more than a half century, died on Wed., May 27, at Caritas Holy Family Hospital in Methuen, of cancer.

A highly decorated and respected member of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, Burke was widely known for his efforts to promote peace in the Motherland.

He leaves his wife of 41 years Patricia C. (Jurewicz) Burke and a son, Kevin P., of Lawrence.

Adams Calls Irish Unification 'Realizable, Realistic Objective;' Sees Growing Sense of Irishness in North

By Robert P. Connolly
July 1, 2009
Robert P. Connolly

NEW YORK – With three decades of struggle behind them, it must be said that Gerry Adams and his republican supporters are patient and methodical.

And very tactical.

The fruits of their patience and tactics are now on display in Northern Ireland, where peace has replaced violence and where Adams's republican party, Sinn Fein, jointly leads Belfast's power-sharing government.

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All Together Now, Again

By Staff
July 1, 2009

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.

During its two years of existence, BCMFest's Celtic Music Monday series at Club Passim in Harvard Square has featured fiddles, flutes, accordions, pipes, even the bones and bodhran. But the instrument in focus this month will be the human voice - and it won't just be sounding from the stage.

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Berklee College Forges a Program to Lure More Irish Students to Campus

By R. J. Donovan
July 1, 2009
R. J. Donovan

Founded in 1945, Berklee College of Music was the first school in the United States to offer formal training in jazz.  Today its reputation spans all musical genres and its student body is an international melting pot of individuals from more than 70 countries.

Berklee has long maintained a variety of connections with Ireland.

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Sand Dunes, Salty Air, and Irish Heritage Mark a Nine-Mile Run Along Old Cape Cod

By Joe Leary
June 9, 2009
Joe Leary

On Old Cape Cod, the nine-mile stretch along Route 28 from Hyannis to Harwich is fast becoming more like Galway or Kerry than the Cape of legend from years ago. This high-traffic run of roadway is dominated by Irish flags, Irish pubs, Irish restaurants, Irish hotels, and one of the fastest-growing private Irish clubs in America.

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Playing Now: Roddy Doyle's "New Boy"

By Thomas O'Grady
June 9, 2009
Thomas O'Grady

The so-called Celtic Tiger, a period of unprecedented economic prosperity in Ireland, seems now to have lost much of its bite. But its teeth marks - at least in the form of unprecedented social changes underwritten in large part by that prosperity - appear to be deeply permanent, and the title story of Roddy Doyle's collection The Deportees (2007) provides one gauge of the transformation that occurred in the country during the Tiger's two-decade flourishing.

'Trad to the bone'

By Sean Smith
June 9, 2009
Sean Smith

Celtic music is played all over the world, on stages  before capacity crowds in venues of all sizes and settings. But however you dress it up, and wherever you take it out, the music sounds most at home in an honest-to-goodness session, whether in a pub or in someone's living room.

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