A fave

Beach Reads, Irish Style

It started with an offhand question: What’s your favorite Irish book? Our fans on Facebook unleashed the floodgates. We guarantee you’ll find some great selections for your sun-soaked week or two along New Jersey’s Irish Riviera.

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Liz and Pearse Kerr

A Trio of Triumphs

Good things have come in threes for heart transplant nurse and LAOH officer Liz Kerr: a writing degree, a first-place finish in a writing contest, and the realization of her late son’s dream: the grand opening of a one-of-a-kind skateboard park in Philadelphia.

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Looking for a Few Great Irish People

The Delaware Valley Irish Hall of Fame is seeking nominees for the honor. Find out all you need to know to nominate your favorite Irish person.

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Thanks For Coming Out!

Dozens of people braved torrential rain to help us launch our debut CD, Ceili Drive: The Music of Irish Philadelphia. And since most of our attendees were musicians who played on the CD, we were mightily entertained all night.

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How to Be Irish in Philly This Week

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.

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Philadelphia Fleadh: Right on Schedule

Philadelphia Fleadh: Right on Schedule

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.

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Chloe Agnew

From Celtic Girl to Celtic Woman

Chloƫ 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.

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Gerry

Still Bringing Music to Ambler

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

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Moira Cahill

A Dance Extravaganza At Penn’s Landing

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.

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Shannon

How to Be Irish in Philly This Week

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.

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ceili drive

How To Be Irish in Philly This Week

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!

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joe tobin

Remembering Commodore Barry

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

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