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The Philadelphia St. Patrick’s Day Parade is in danger again. Parade Director Michael Bradley sent an email to more than 25,000 supporters this week, urging them to contact the mayor and city council.

Pat Egan, Laura Byrne Egan and Jim Eagan bring on the Irish music in a great Irish Center concert.

It’s a big week for dancing. And singing. And eating turkey. Find out how to do it all the Irish way.

And what big families too. The sparkling evening honored longtime stalwarts of the Philadelphia Irish community and the Irish deputy consul, who makes no bones about his love for the city.

Ireland’s deputy consul general has a special place in his heart for Philadelphia–and the feeling is mutual, says Kathy McGee Burns, president of the Hall of Fame.

This week, along with the Delaware Valley Irish Hall of Fame dinner, we have Cherish the Ladies, Karan Casey, poets Thomas Kinsella and Father John McNamee and we’re gearing up for the dancing girls and boys of the Oireachtas which happens Thanksgiving weekend.

Among his many honors, writes Kathy McGee Burns, this 90-year-old longtime AOHer belongs to a division named after him–the only division named for a living member.

Kathy McGee Burns writes about the late Pat Egan, Galway-born, footballer, family man.