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Confused about the new immigration reform legislation? An expert will be at the Irish Center on Wednesday to answer your questions. The week is chockfull of Irish events, from Blackthorn in a boatyard, a huge festival near York, Bloomsday, Celtic Women, Irish Heritage Night at the Camden RiverSharks, and tea with an Irish Minister of State.

It hasn’t been easy, but Frank Daly and CJ Mills have this day-long Irish Woodstock pretty much nailed down. Here’s an update on the June 22 event.

Chloë Agnew was still in secondary school when she was asked to appear in a show that became an Irish musical juggernaut. Now 23, she says, she still finds performing in the show a thrill.

Former Ambler restaurateur Gerry Timlin has helped add music to Ambler’s annual art festival–and surprise! It’s not all Irish.

Dozens of dancers from the region’s Irish dance schools took over the ampitheater at the Penn’s Landing Irish Festival to pay tribute to a little Irish dancer seriously injured in the Boston Marathon Bombing.

RUNA is performing at the Newtown Theater this weekend, the national champion Notre Dames Ladies Gaelic Football Club is holding a fundraiser, and there’s a new session in town.

We’re having a party to celebrate our new CD, “Ceili Drive,” on June 7 at the Irish Center, so don’t wear yourselves out this week going to all the great festivals the region is offering. Find out all about it!

Local Irish organizations salute the father of the American Navy–a native of County Wexford–on Memorial Day.