Orla and Ryan

Local Heroes

Three young Philly-area professionals, including Orla Treacy, at left, were named to the prestigious “40 Under 40″ list compiled by the Irish Echo, a New York-based newspaper covering Irish America.

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Little parade-goer

Mount Holly Flashback

Strap on your shamrock deely-bobbers and march along in a photographic look back at the Burlington County St. Patrick’s Day Parade.

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How To Be Irish in Philly This Week

Hope you love a parade–the first of half a dozen steps off this Saturday. And there are plenty of other things to do too, including test some Irish coffee. What could be bad? Read on!

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PAT FITZGERALD

An Irish Primrose Debuts at The Flower Show

The theme of the Philly Flower Show may be “Springtime in Paris,” but a flower bred in Ireland may be the thing you’ll want to see. We talk to the man, at left, who’s bringing it here.

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Máirtín de Cógáin is launching his new CD “From Cork With Love”

From Máirtín de Cógáin With Love

Máirtín de Cógáin entertains and educates on his new CD, “From Cork With Love,” a love letter to his native County, and an expression of the romance that can be found there.

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Monsignor Joseph McLoone

Monsignor Joseph McLoone Takes on a Difficult Task

Well known within Philadelphia’s Irish community, McLoone becomes the parochial administrator pro tem of the troubled St. Joseph’s Parish.

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Ghostly Doings at Philly’s Oldest Irish Pub

Does the spirit of Ma McGillin still tend bar at McGillin’s Olde Ale House in Center City? The owners think she does. Their staff has seen her. And, there’s a photo!

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The lads of Albannach dropped by.

The 2011 Mid-Winter Scottish & Irish Festival in Pictures

Neither wind nor gloom of night stays these courageous Celts from the happy completion of their appointed partying.

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