Boston prepares to celebrate Evacuation Day/St Patrick's Day

By BI Newsroom
February 26, 2024
BI Newsroom

Original art for the Boston Irish Magazine by Vincent Crotty.
Scene depicts Dorchester heights, at the top of Telegraph Street, South Boston. It was from there that General George Washington forced the withdrawal of nearly 10,000 British troops from Boston Harbor on St Patrick's Day- March 17, 1776. The day is now memorialized in Boston as "Evacuation Day," a city holiday, as well at St. Patrick's Day.  To see the current edition - download here ------------->>>

A Long Day’s Journey to ‘Thirst' At Lyric Stage Company

By R.J. Donovan, Special to BostonIrish
February 24, 2024
R.J. Donovan, Special to BostonIrish

Eugene O’Neill’s classic drama “Long Day's Journey Into Night” follows one devastating day in the life of the Tyrone family.  Set in 1912 in the family’s Connecticut summer home, the highly autobiographical Pulitzer Prize-winning play reveals a family shattered by addiction, disease, and desperation. 

Roscommon Assoc. announces Man and Woman of the Year

By BostonIrish.com Newsroom
February 5, 2024
BostonIrish.com Newsroom

The County Roscommon Association of Boston has announced plans for its traditional St Patrick’s celebration- on Saturday March 30, 7- 11 pm at the Irish Social Club of Boston, 119 Park St West Roxbury.

At the event,  Pat Kelly and Aoife Griffin will be honored as Roscommon Man &  Woman of the year-and musical entertainment will be by Erin’s Melody with Margaret Dalton, 

For more information, call Richie Gormley at 617-327-7777.

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