The Irish wonder: What is the Brexit madness going to cost us?

By Bill Forry
September 5, 2019
Bill Forry

BALLYCONNEELY, Co. Galway, Ireland— “Bomb delivers deadly wake-up call on Brexit” was the lead headline on Aug. 20 in the Irish Independent.

It takes some effort to knock the All-Ireland hurling finals off the front pages of newspapers in the Republic of Ireland. Sports-crazed Bostonians have nothing on their Irish cousins, who live and die by the fortunes of their county amateur teams.

CD Reviews for September, 2019

By Sean Smith, Special to BIR
September 5, 2019
Sean Smith, Special to BIR

By Sean Smith
We Banjo 3, “Roots to Rise Live” • It has been four years since this Irish/Americana outfit released a live album (“Live in Galway”), and in that time WB3 has made a significant transition in the “Celtgrass” genre – a mix of Irish and American folk styles, traditional and contemporary –they’ve helped pioneer. As was evident on last year’s “Haven,” their most recent studio release, the band has shifted more to the Americana side of their musical persona while putting greater emphasis on writing songs in the folk-rock-pop idiom, a la Mumford and Sons.

Charitable Irish Society hails three for Silver Key Awards Reception set for Sept. 18

By BIR Newsroom
September 5, 2019
BIR Newsroom

The Charitable Irish Society will hold its annual Silver Key Awards event on Wed., Sept. 18, from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel in Boston. As in the past, this year’s honorees – Charles L. Donahue, Jr., Mike Oliver, and Anita Sharma – come from the corporate and grass roots community sectors and have shown exceptional leadership in building cooperative links between civic, religious, and cultural organizations that welcome and serve the varied and immediate needs of the immigrant community.

Charitable Irish Society hails three for Silver Key Awards Reception set for Sept. 18

By BIR Newsroom
September 5, 2019
BIR Newsroom

The Charitable Irish Society will hold its annual Silver Key Awards event on Wed., Sept. 18, from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel in Boston. As in the past, this year’s honorees – Charles L. Donahue, Jr., Mike Oliver, and Anita Sharma – come from the corporate and grass roots community sectors and have shown exceptional leadership in building cooperative links between civic, religious, and cultural organizations that welcome and serve the varied and immediate needs of the immigrant community.

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