TOUR DATES

John Obrien on WRUW with Roger WeistFestival Legends, Songs and Stories is now available! To the right, John being interviewed on WRUW's Beyond the Pale with Roger Weist. Following is the current list of scheduled book signings and media interviews.




SUMMER BOOK SIGNINGS:
First Generation / Festival Legends: Songs & Stories
&
Cultural Presentation:

“At Each End of the Rifle” ~

Song, story and verse highlighting the similarities between men at war with their brother:


From throughout mankind's history, brothers and neighbors have fought; wars of words, wars of philosophy, and simply just, wars. Our similarities, though often hidden, tie us together, more than the differences tear us apart. At Each End of the Rifle explores, in poem and verse, those similarities, in a legacy filled with stark reminders of just how similar we all are, whether born in Boston, in Belfast, or in Bethlehem.

Appearances to Date:

June 16th ~ 11th Annual Penn-Mar Irish Festival,

The Markets at Shrewsbury, Glen Rock, PA.

July 20-22 ~ 30th Annual Cleveland Irish Cultural Festival,

Berea Fairgrounds, Cleveland, OH.

July 27-29 ~ Great American Irish Fest,

Herkimer Co. Fairgrounds, Frankfort, N.Y,

August 3 – 5 ~ 25th Annual Dublin Irish Fest,

Coffman Park, Dublin, Ohio

September 7 - 9 ~ 19th Annual Pittsburgh Irish Festival

Riverplex Center, Sandcastle Drive, West Homestead, PA.




NEW BOOK SIGNING, with Great music, dancers, door prizes and more. 34th Anniversary of the Irish American Club-East Side Celebration! Saturday, January 21st. Featuring Callahan & O'Connor Irish band, Irish Dancers Door Prizes and ME! I’ll be signing my books, First Generation and Festival Legends: Songs & Stories. Doors open at 7:30pm. Tickets are $18 for non-members. Includes open bar, and appetizers. Irish American Club East Side: 22770 Lake Shore Blvd. Euclid, OH 44123. 216-731-4003 www.irishamericanclubeastside.org PLEASE SHARE!



Casey's Irish Imports, December 8th, 2011 from 5-8
19626 Center Ridge Road
Cleveland, OH 44116-3635

 

 



John Obrien on WRUW with Roger Weist

iBAM! CHICAGO 2011
Handing Down the Tradition
Celebrating the Best in Irish Culture and Heritage
November 12-13, 2011
November 11 iBAM! Gala Dinner
More than 100 Authors, Artists & Musicians
Many Direct From Ireland

Click here to download the flyer or click here to visit the iBAM! site.



Pittsburgh Irish Festival September 9-11, 2011
Riverplex Center, Sandcastle Drive, West Homestead, PA.
Book Singing all Weekend, and 
Cultural Presentation: What Color is Your Irish ~ the Poets Know
2:00 Saturday September 10th, 
2:00 Sunday, September 11th.


 
Tour Videos
1 Storyteller's Invitation
2 Francis Tolliver
3 Has to be an End
4 Weesam



Festival Legends, Songs and Stories, now available

For more information, please contact:
John O’Brien, Jr. @ 216.647.1144

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From Tommy's Song

Freedom’s Sons are singing;
singing sad songs,
to their love, songs.
Pretty Maggie O’, Sally O’,
Pretty Saro and Rosie.
for some,
a Song For The Children.

In The Time Of Scented Roses,
let they be not black,
The Long Woman’s Grave.
Rather Sing Me The Old Songs;
of Rambling Rivers
in The Rambles of Spring,
Clear Blue Hills
or Grey October Clouds,
among Long Winter Nights.

If I should return,
If You Should Ask Me,
I’m Going Home To Mary,
Smiling Mary
I can see her, as she holds
our Gentle Annie in her arms,
listening to
The Listowel Blackbird sing;
Music In The Twilight,
In Newry Town

I will return again.

                 ~ John O'Brien, Jr.
John O’Brien, Jr.
14615 Triskett Road, Cleveland, Ohio 44111-3123
P 216.647.1144    John@songsandstories.net
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