By Sean Smith, BostonIrish Contributor April 30, 2022
Sean Smith, BostonIrish Contributor
Sláinte the band, expressing cheer and fellowship is where their music is at: Born in a Boston College dorm, the ‘club’ now takes its sound up and down Rte. 95
By Sean Smith, BostonIrish Contributor April 30, 2022
Sean Smith, BostonIrish Contributor
It’s like the sonic equivalent of a Ken Burns film: 192 tracks totaling 12-and-a-half hours that cover 5 decades of work, supplemented by liner notes and photos, and full of wonderful stories that support an overarching, broader narrative.
Ireland's Foreign Affairs & Defense Minister Simon Coveney, T.D.is pictured in a 4/30/22 conversation with Dr. Bob Mauro of Boston College's Global Leadership Institute. The event took place at the John F Kennedy Library & Museum in Dorchester before an audience both in person and livestream on the JFK website. (Boston Irish photo by Ed Forry)
By R.J. Donovan, Special to BostonIrish April 29, 2022
R.J. Donovan, Special to BostonIrish
Dublin native Padraic Moyles is executive producer / director of “Riverdance 25th Anniversary Show.” Fans know him best for his dynamic work as the show’s former lead dancer, playing more than 5,000 performances internationally. He’s also course director of the Riverdance Academy, which happens each summer in Dublin and Boston.
Ireland's Minister for Foreign Affairs & Defense Simon Coveney TD will visit Boston on Friday, April 29, and will make two public appearances: • JFK Library & Museum, 9:15 am Minister Coveney discusses Ireland’s foreign policy, the Irish-US relationship and key global issues with Dr. Robert Mauro, director of the Irish Institute and founding director of the Global Leadership Institute at Boston College.
By Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill Translated by Caoimhín Mac Giolla Léith
Everything changed when she passed by. I tell you, she would make the grey stones cry for joy. Small birds that had till then been cowed opened their throats and piped up, loud as a minstrel’s fife, as if they couldn’t care less if they had a note in their heads or not.