All posts from Denise Foley
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How To Be Irish in Philly This Week, Part 2
The Philadelphia St. Patrick’s Day Parade will be greening up the city on Sunday, March 12, rain or shine (or as Parade Director Michael Bradley likes to say, “sunshine or liquid sunshine.” Dan Harrell, for decades head custodian at The Palestra and patron of the students at St. Malachy’s College in Belfast, will be leading the parade as grand marshal following a Mass at St. Patrick’s Church. Other parades on the weekend: Bucks County, Hamilton Township, […] Read More
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Villanova Senior Named 2023 Philadelphia Mary from Dungloe
AnneMarie Caffrey Mentei, a 21-year-old Villanova University senior was crowned the 2023 Mary from Dungloe at the Donegal Ball in early December at The Irish Center in Philadelphia. She accepted her crown from Olivia Lisowski, who wore it for several years because she was unable to travel to Ireland for the international event because of the Covid pandemic. AnneMarie is an Irish Studies major, and is minoring in Peace and Justice and Spanish. At Villanova […] Read More
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How to be Irish in Philly This Month, Part One
You know you’re Irish when you hear a patron in a pub ask the bartender, “Are you all ready for March Madness?” and you’re pretty sure he’s not talking about basketball. While there will be plenty of college hoops in March, the real madness for the Delaware Valley’s millions of Irish, Irish-Americans, and Irish wannabes will be in the pubs, on stage, and in streets as dozens of Irish performers big and small fill every […] Read More