Summer BCMFest is a go-- in virtual format-- on July 5

By Sean Smith, special to Boston Irish
May 31, 2020
Sean Smith, special to Boston Irish

Summer BCMFest – the warm-weather counterpart to the annual winter BCMFest (Boston Celtic Music Fest) – will take place in a virtual format on July 5, featuring performances by fiddler Katie McNally; fiddle-harp duo Jenna Moynihan and Màiri Chaimbeul; and Cape Breton-style fiddler Leland Martin.

A program of Cambridge nonprofit Passim, which hosts BCMFest events at Club Passim in Harvard Square, BCMFest celebrates Greater Boston’s richness of music, song and dance from Irish, Scottish, Cape Breton and other Celtic traditions.

Summer BCMFest is a go-- in virtual format-- on July 5

By Sean Smith, special to Boston Irish
May 31, 2020
Sean Smith, special to Boston Irish

Summer BCMFest – the warm-weather counterpart to the annual winter BCMFest (Boston Celtic Music Fest) – will take place in a virtual format on July 5, featuring performances by fiddler Katie McNally; fiddle-harp duo Jenna Moynihan and Màiri Chaimbeul; and Cape Breton-style fiddler Leland Martin.

Devri goes the extra mile in helping Lucy’s Love Bus.

By Sean Smith, special to Boston Irish
May 31, 2020
Sean Smith, special to Boston Irish

Local Irish/Celtic band Devri has an annual tradition of raising funds to support Lucy’s Love Bus [lucyslovebus.org], an organization that helps children dealing with cancer through alternative therapies including massage, swimming, horseback riding, music and dance. Their benefit concerts and “Booze Cruise” T-shirt sales have generated thousands and thousands of dollars for Lucy’s Love Bus programs.

Eavan Boland- An appreciation by a former student

By Michael McGonagle, Special to BostonIrish.com
May 21, 2020
Michael McGonagle, Special to BostonIrish.com

by Michael McGonagle
Special to BostonIrish.com

Poetry fans in Ireland and the world over continue to mourn the death of Eavan Boland, one of her country’s leading poets and a champion of women in the arts who died in late April at age 76. Ms. Boland first published her poetry when she was a first-year student at Trinity College, Dublin, her work growing into a force with successive volumes of elegance and power.

Tribute to the work of Eavan Boland & poetry reading with Ambassador Dan Mulhall.

By BostonIrish.com Newsroom
May 17, 2020
BostonIrish.com Newsroom

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In partnership with the Irish Cultural Centre of New England, Boston's Irish Consulate has announced The Enduring Significance of Irish Poetry & a Tribute to the work of Eavan Boland, a virtual fireside chat and poetry reading with Irish Ambassador to the U.S. Dan Mulhall.

This free online event will take place via Zoom on Tuesday, 19 May at 7:00 PM. Registration is required.

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