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This production of the award-winning Northern Irish play bears the unmistakeable mark–and actual presence–of the playwright Abbie Spallen.

Her friends, co-stars, and colleagues pay tribute to Irish-American actress Melissa Lynch, whose life, though cut short, still shines and sparkles.

A lifelong resident of Conshohocken, former police chief Jim Dougherty is this year’s grand marshal of the Montgomery County St. Patrick’s Day Parade. He was instrumental in bringing the parade to town.

Two great plays, a fundraiser for the Sunday Irish Radio Shows, a visit from two musical “boys from Tipperary” are just a few of the ways to be Irish this week.

The Philadelphia Irish community is remembering the 27-year-old former Rose of Tralee contestant from Tyrone who was found murdered on her honeymoon earlier this week. A friend recalls her as “an intelligent, elegant woman.”

Father Timothy R. Lannon, president of St. Joseph’s University and soon to become president of Creighton University in Nebraska, is one of three honorees.

The Irish Immigration Center sponsored a celebration of “little Christmas”–January 6, the feast of the Epiphany–at the Philadelphia Irish Center. There was food, music, dancing and lots of good cheer to end the holiday season.

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