Irish Literary & Historic Society St. Patrick’s Banquet

Saint Patrick’s Ballroom, UICC, San Francisco. 6pm. Tickets $60

RTÉ Presenter & author Myles Dungan and San Jose State History Professor Glen Gendzel present “Finley Peter Dunne and Mr. Dooley: Irish Wit and Wisdom in Progressive America, a History and Reenactment”

Myles Dungan and Glen Gendzel’s hilarious enactment of Finley Peter Dunne’s Mr Dooley: is a series of crankily spot-on monologues on the state of the States. Though Dunne was writing in the late 19th C., the topics were very contemporary. Don’t miss this highly acclaimed encore performance!   More about Finley Peter Dunne.

Music with Four Shillingas Short
Presenting the music of Aodh Óg Ó Tuama & Christy Martin of Four Shillings Short.

In a single night, Four Shillings Short perform Traditional Irish and Scottish songs, tunes and airs, Indian Ragas, Folk Ballads, Old-Time songs, Medieval and Renaissance instrumentals and a cappella numbers as well as contemporary folk and original compositions. Their sound has been described as “wondrously diverse”, “truly refreshing” and “alternative neo-Celtic folk of the first order”.

Reservation deadline March 1st – contact Banquet chair Eileen Kivlehan at (415) 681-2078