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The national title that is. The Mairead Farrells are the 2010 North American and Philadelphia senior football champs and the Notre Dames the 2010 North American Intermediate Football champs.

Singers’ Night at the Philadelphia Ceili Group Festival invoked the memory of Frank Malley, who presided over the festival for many years. He loved the singers … and they loved him back.

Sunshine, blue skies, Irish music, dance, burgers and beer … can you think of a better end-of-summer scenario?

Footballers and hurlers from local teams are in Chicago this weekend for the national GAA championships. Bonus: Photos from Sunday’s senior football championships at Cardinal Dougherty.

This Galway accordion player, whose first CD debuted to stellar reviews, is making his US debut at the Philadelphia Ceili Group’s annual festival of Irish traditional music this week.

Dance photographer Brian Mengini held his first fundraiser on Sunday to help produce a dance calendar with a noble cause: to raise money for the Philadelphia Police Survivors Fund. No surprise, there was a whole lot of dancing going on.

The first two festivals of the season kick off this week … Brittingham’s Irish Festival and the Philadelphia Ceili Group festival of traditional Irish music and dance. And there’s more!

Our Rose is back at work, Paddy’s Well loses and gains a fiddler, Penn State and Notre Dame at odds (and it’s not football) and Conan makes an Irish joke.