Out & About Ohio – May 2013 3rd Annual Hooley on Kamms Corners Returns 11th – The family friendly street festival features Craic Brothers, Marys Lane, Cleveland Police and Cleveland Fire pipe bands, Harp City, Brady-Campbell, Burke, and Cannon Irish Dance schools, children’s entertainment, food & fun! Noon to 8. Cincinnati – Irish Heritage Center [...]
It is 80 Days till the 31st Annual Cleveland Irish Cultural Festival July 19-21, 2013 Berea Fairgrounds Featuring: Mary Black Ronan Tynan High Kings Eileen Ivers & Immigrant Soul Scythian Cherish the Ladies McLean Avenue Seven Nations Marys Lane New Barleycorn Brigid’s Cross Malachy Cush Dennis Doyle Donal O’Shaughnessy Dermot Henry Patrick O’Sullivan Guaranteed Irish [...]
Irish Network Cleveland Launches: ~ Join the Team By Séamus O Cadhain Irish, Irish-Americans, and Friends of Ireland throughout the Cleveland area came together for St. Patrick’s Day, as they have for more than 146 years. In that period of time, countless families migrated over from the Emerald Isle for opportunity in the Greater Cleveland [...]
Illuminations: The Soloheadbeg Ambush By: J. Michael Finn Soloheadbeg is a small townland, approximately two miles outside the town of Tipperary. It was there that King Mathgamain mac Cennétig of Thomond and his brother Brian Ború defeated the Vikings at the Battle of Sulcoit in 968. It was also a stopping point for Dónal Cam [...]
Out & About Ohio – April 2013 LAST CALL, FOR Flanagan’s Wake – Playhouse Square Every Friday & Saturday night thru April, starts at 8pm at Kennedy’s Down Under @Playhouse Square – a hilarious interactive comedy not to be missed. Cincinnati – Irish Heritage Center 5th – History on Tap Lessons 7 pm., 13th – [...]
Editor’s Corner April “Some ghosts are so quiet you would hardly know they were there.” ― Bernie Mcgill, The Butterfly Cabinet: A Novel We Irish are famous for living amongst our ghosts. Our joy for life and reality allow us to dance with them with only minor damage. We cannot forget our past; our mold [...]
Here Comes April … featuring Frances Black and the Rise Foundation, plus stories on Ireland Past & Present, Rachel Gaffney’s Real Ireland Brown Bread Ice Cream, A Terrible Beauty, The Heart of the Issue, A Letter from Ireland, Illuminations: The Soloheadbeg Ambush, Owens Sports, Crossword Puzzle, Book and Music Reviews, Stealing the Statue, Launch of [...]
Terry from Derry: Chasing Shadow by Chris Sheerin (Published by Mercier Press) I had the pleasure of meeting Chris Sheerin, the author of Chasing Shadows, when I was last in Derry. Chris is an intelligent, modest, gentleman who has a passion for writing. Over the course of our conversation we discussed what subjects interested him [...]
Owens Sports by Mark Owens Not Long Now: The 2013 North American Gaelic Games In this column, I tend to give updates on the sporting world at home in Ireland, with the odd piece thrown in for good measure that covers Irish sport elsewhere in the world. Over the past few years, I provide some [...]
Out of the Mailbag … Comes Songs and Stories, by John O’Brien, Jr. This is Your Brain on Shamrocks2; 50 Shades o’ Green by Mike Farragher. ISBN-13-978-0615732992. 173 pages. I’ve known of New Jersey Irish funnyman Mike Farragher for more than a decade. I first began reading his work when he started writing for the [...]