An Irish Homecoming is a truly special night of unforgettable treats for Irish and Scottish music fans, a traveling mini-festival revue presenting the best of traditional and contemporary Celtic music. The lineup includes the great Irish-American all-female band Cherish the Ladies, longtime Cityfolk favorites led by Grammy-winning flute and whistle player Joanie Madden; outstanding traditionally […]
Events this weekend 27th - The 4th Annual Mayo Society Charity Ball
Columbus – Byrnes Pub
27th - The Kreelers
Medina – Sully’s
26th - The Island Doctor
27th - Fergie and The Bog Dogs
Cleveland -The Harp
24th - Lonesome Stars
26th - Pitch the Peat
27th - Chris Allen
Willoughby – Mullarkey’s Music Sched:
27th – Pitch the Peat
Cleveland […]
September Top 10 Irish Music CD’s:
1. Damian Dempsey - The Rocky Road
2. Sharon Shannon - The Galway Girl
3. Christie Hennessey - The Two of Us
4. Mary Black - 25 years 25 Songs
5. Joe Spillane - My Dark Rosaleen
6. Michael English - All My Life
7. Christie Hennessey - The Definitive Collection
8. Karen Casey - Ships in […]
Out & About Ohio – September
Adrian, MI – AOH Annual An Gorta Mor Memorial Mass
Sunday, October 5th. St. Joseph’s Shrine (located North side of US Route 12, between Egan & Springville Highway) in the Irish Hills of Lenawee County). After Mass, a short ceremony will be held at Michigan’s only An Gorta Mor […]
Gaelic Storm is @ HOB Thursday 9:00 p.m.
Great Big Sea is at HOB Tuesday (16th)
Cincinnati Celtic Fest is Friday & Saturday
Toledo Irish Fest is Friday thru Sunday
Michigan Irish Music Fest is Friday thru Sunday
Lt. of Innishmore is at the Bang N Clatter Theatre 224 Euclid, in downtown Cleveland thru October 10th.
Gerry Adams is coming to Cleveland on Thursday, October 2nd, at the Stone Mad Pub in Cleveland. This will be a intimate gathering with a chance to meet and talk with Gerry.
Cleveland has the honor of being the first city that he will visit.
Call Jack Kilroy at 2440-759-1253 or Roger Weist at 216-651-7787.
Pass the word […]
Irish musician Ronnie Drew dead at 73
The Associated Press
Published: August 16, 2008
LONDON: Ronnie Drew, a founding member of the Irish folk group The
Dubliners, died Saturday, a family friend said. He was 73.
Drew passed away in Dublin after a lengthy battle with cancer, friend
Brian Hand said.
Drew, born in Dublin in 1934, formed The Dubliners in 1962 […]
New Ireland Blog - Please Pass it On to your Friends and lists
Hello,
The Plain Dealer’s Mosaic Ireland, in association with the International Community Council and cleveland.com has launched a new blog about Ireland - news, history, blurb, events, issues and discussion. Written by Ohio Irish American News Co-Founder and Associate Publisher, and Cleveland Irish Cultural […]
Peace Walls Have Outlived Their Usefulness
“If life is a relay, not a race
Doesn’t that somehow help to explain
Why progress is so often viewed as a loss?”
- from “Credo” by Pat Boren
In a time of unprecedented peace and unprecedented prosperity in Ireland, we are still loathe to live outside the walls, the protection, of our troubled […]