By Lori Lander Murphy Hall of Fame Irish Center “Unless you saw the pictures of Belfast and the conflicts, you could not understand it. You don’t realize how lucky we are.” On Sunday, November 18, 2018, when Sister Frances Kirk,… Continue Reading
Dear Members and Friends of the Donegal Association: Welcome to the 133rd Donegal Ball at the Commodore Barry Arts and Cultural Center of Philadelphia on December 3, 2022. I would like to thank President Mary Boyle, chairperson of the Donegal… Continue Reading
By Katharine Gilbert The Irish Edition is celebrating the collaboration of two of our outstanding writers Sabina Clarke and Thom Nickels who have recently presented the play Rendezvous in Bangkok…Who Killed Thomas Merton? At the Commodore John Barry Arts &… Continue Reading
By Katharine Gilbert The casting of Steve Gulick as the Franciscan Provincial in the staged reading of Rendezvous in Bangkok…Who Killed Thomas Merton? written by Sabina Clarke and Thom Nickels was brilliant. Gulick has a natural sense of historic figures… Continue Reading
It is with great sorrow that the Irish Edition notes the passing of taoiseach na dtaoiseach Paddy Moloney (1938-2021), master uilleann piper and band leader of The Chieftains (known as ‘Na Taoisigh’ in Irish). Ar dheis Dé go raibh a… Continue Reading
By Peter Makem For a few years in my early life I played the uilleann pipes. There was a set in the house bought by my father from a traveller piper in Keady and from time to time, I strapped… Continue Reading
By Jim McGill Paddy Moloney certainly was the heart and soul of the Chieftains. He was keenly aware of the big picture. The Chieftain’s first appearance in Philadelphia was in 1973. A group of singers from Release Records, which included… Continue Reading
By Denise Foley If you’ve ever attended a charity party, bought a cake from a home-school association, or, say, perused table after table of raffle prizes at a St. Patrick’s Day Parade fundraiser somewhere in the Delaware Valley, you can… Continue Reading
By Marita Krivda Poxon Caption (above photo): Tom Higgins with his sash as a 2012 St. Patrick’s Day Parade Ring of Honor member stands next to his wife Dee McAllister Williams on the Parkway. Tom Higgins well known to the… Continue Reading
By Kathy McGee Burns On October 3, 2020, the Commodore John Barry Arts and Cultural Center will be honoring 100 local women of Irish descent who have contributed in some way to the Irish community of the Delaware Valley. Some… Continue Reading