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2023 Mass at the Irish Memorial – The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity
Huge thank you to everyone who made our Mass special Special gratitude to our celebrant:Rev. Michael Callaghan, CMChaplain, Camilla Hall, infirmary for Sisters,Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary at Immaculata University,Malvern PA 19355 Music Ministry: Karen Boyce McCollum and John HoeyLectors: Andrew Maloney and Jim CoyneGift Bearers: John Donovan and Michael Flynn Sincere appreciation to everyone whocontributed to making this Mass possible especially:Norbert McGettigan, VP, Irish MemorialEveryone who help get the word outOur flag […] Read More
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Trivia with “Billy D”
I stopped in the’ Pub on the Pike’, Rockledge’s Gaul & Co Malt House to see what all the quizzo hubbub was about. Billy Donahue of Shantys fame was holding court and trying to stump the house full of Quizzo buffs. As I looked around, everyone sitting at the tables in both rooms and even those at the bar had their sheets and pencils in front of them anxiously waiting for the next question. The […] Read More
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Dinner and Dancing “At the Crossroads”
Inspired by Janet McShain’s beautiful painting, that graces the stage at the Commodore John Barry Arts and Cultural Center, Pari Livermore and Kathy Magee Burns conceived of this event to benefit the Irish Center. The crossroads dance was a type of event popular in Ireland years ago, in which people would congregate at the large cleared space of a crossroads to dance. The tradition of the dance was continued in America at local Social clubs, […] Read More
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2023 Philadelphia Rose of Tralee
Softly smooth gentle to the eye. Oh, so fragile and sweet to smell a woman is a blessing from the sky. Each is uniquely enfolded in its own delicate form. But all possess adorable traits that were specifically created and magnificently transform her position and are able to withstand any life-raining storm. Her empowerment of alluring beauty is shapely made with everything in tack a persona of wonder that it doesn’t lack. A woman can […] Read More
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Learn the Shocking True Story Behind This Novel of Immigration
John Heagney’s four years of family history research turned up some surprises, particularly for his wife Linda. She came from the Scots-Irish clan that owned Dunluce Castle, the fairytale cliffside ruins on the spectacular Antrim coast in Northern Ireland. She had three ancestors on the Mayflower. His own ancestors trod a more humble path. “As far back as the 18th century it was Heagney the dirt farmer, Heagney the dirt farmer, Heagney the dirt farmer, Heagney […] Read More
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107th Easter Rising Commemoration Éirí Amach na Cásca 24-29 April 1916
Today family and friends came together, to honor those that lived, breathed and died for Irish Freedom. Luke Dillion the hardest man of all… (1850-1930) ” I came to Philadelphia and joined the Clan na Gael, A secret band of Irishmen who would twist old England’s tail. We swore to bomb proud London town, Right up to the palace wall, And they sent me there to do the job, As the Hardest man of all.” […] Read More
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Saving the Irish language, One Student at a Time
Growing up in Gweedore, the heart of Donegal’s Irish speaking region known as The Gaeltacht, Sorcha Ní Ghallachóir’s first encounter with the English language was a children’s television program about a red-haired, red-cheeked puppet named Bosco. She watched, mystified. He was speaking a foreign language. “To me it was double Dutch,” recalls Ní Ghallachóir. “I had no idea what he was saying except for the word or two he said in Irish.” Though Irish is the […] Read More
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2023 Philly St. Patrick’s Day Sashing @ LIVE
The Philadelphia Saint Patrick’s Day Observance Association held the Sashing of the 2023 Parade Grand Marshal and Ring of Honor at LIVE Casino on Thursday March 9th. As a special surprise treat for Grand Marshal, Dan Harrell, his AOH flew in the lads from Saint Malachy’s Belfast, Ireland to perform. The look on his face, as he entered the hall and realized who was on the stage playing, was priceless and brought a tear of […] Read More
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March Proclaimed Irish Month in Philadelphia
At City Hall in Philadelphia on Thursday, there was a wreath laying at the plaque honoring the Friendly Sons and Daughters of St. Patrick, and Irish flag raising. Proclamations were read in the Mayor’s Reception Room by City Council members officially declaring March as Irish Month in the City Of Philadelphia.