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West Chester played gracious host to a parade celebrating the 2008 Continental Youth Championships, on tap for this weekend.

But it takes $35,000 a year to keep the shows on the air, so the drive goes on. A benefit concert is also in the works.

Gaelic sports, Celtic banjo, Shamrocking, and a chance to do a mitzvah (that’s Yiddish for good deed)–it’s all on this week’s calendar. Check it out.

Philadelphia hosts the Continental Youth Championships for the first time. Here’s your chance to support youth Gaelic athletics and get a sneak preview of future stars. There’s a kick-off parade in West Chester Thursday night, too.

The Three Irish Tenors, stars in their own right, heated up an already hot night at the home of Paul and Theresa Murtaugh. The beneficiaries: Two local schools.

The director of the Penns Landing Irish-American Festival looks back on the 10th annual event held last month.

It’s sports, sports, sports as national teams converge on Philly, including the Continental Gaelic Youth Championships which are expected to draw 3,000 people to youth games in Malvern. County Galway’s own Angelina (Carberry, that is) and her husband, Martin Quinn, are also coming in to town for a performance in Coatesville. Read about all the other Irish antics you can get up to.

The Philadelphia Shamrocks and the Allentown Hibernians may have just learned the sport of hurling, but they’re playing with the passion of experienced sliothar slingers. Read about Sunday’s action and see our many pictures.