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Liverpool FC Ronnie Whelan Event @ Mad Dog SF

The Mad Dog in the Fog 530 Haight St, San Francisco, CA, United States

LFC San Francisco in association with Reds in America is proud to welcome Ronnie Whelan to San Francisco on October 3rd. With 493 appearances for the club, during which time he racked up six league titles, three FA Cups, three League Cups, and a European Cup, Ronnie is a true…

Watch Ireland v Italy in Rugby World Cup

The Rugby World Cup (website) 2015 is the eighth Rugby World Cup, the quadrennial rugby union world championship. The tournament is hosted by England from 18 September to 31 October. Twickenham Stadium in London will host the final. You can watch the games at a Bay Area bar near you, and send your support to the Irish…

Irish Dance Lessons and Ceili

Lilly Macs Sunnyvale, CA, United States

Sunday, October 4, 2015 4:30 - 6:00PM at Lily Mac's Irish Restaurant and Pub, 187 S Murphy Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94086 Live music provided by Banish the Dogs.   Come learn and dance such traditional Irish Ceili dances as the Haymaker's Jig and the Waves of Tory.  Fun for the whole…

Flogging Molly w/ The Hooks

Slim's 333 11th St , San Francisco, United States

Founded in Los Angeles in 1997, Flogging Molly infuses punk rock with Celtic instruments – violin, mandolin and the accordion – and they merge blues progressions with grinding guitars and traditional Irish music, the music of vocalist/guitarist Dave King’s youth. “We’re not a traditional band,” explains Dublin-born King. “We are…

UC Berkeley – Michael Parker on Seamus Heaney

UC Berkeley, Wheeler Hall 322 Wheeler Hall, Berkeley, CA, United States

Michael Parker on Seamus Heaney • October 6 "Facing the Music: Public Imperatives in Seamus Heaney's Late Poetry" A talk and presentation by Michael Parker, Emeritus Professor of English Literature at the University of Central Lancashire. Parker is wide-ranging scholar of modern and contemporary literature, who is completing a major…

Readings of Emma Donoghue’s Work

Readings of Emma Donoghue's Work • Oct 8, 18 Word for Word Performing Arts Company is an ensemble whose mission is to tell great stories with elegant theatricality, staging performances of classic and contemporary fiction. On October 8, Word for Word presents “Night Vision” by Emma Donoghue. The first, is…

Tim Flannery and Lunatic Fringe at Plough & Stars

Former MLB player, and singer-musician-storyteller Tim Flannery and his band of fighting poets, the Lunatic Fringe, perform a benefit concert at the Plough and Stars October 10 in support of the Love Harder Project an initiative that uses music to raise awareness and funds to assist victims of violence. Lunatic Fringe's music…

Watch Ireland v France in Rugby World Cup

The Rugby World Cup (website) 2015 is the eighth Rugby World Cup, the quadrennial rugby union world championship. The tournament is hosted by England from 18 September to 31 October. Twickenham Stadium in London will host the final. You can watch the games at a Bay Area bar near you, and send your support to the Irish…

“Shalom Ireland” Screening at Beth Israel Judea

Congregation Beth Israel Judea 625 Brotherhood Way, San Francisco, CA, United States

ICCC Patrick J. Dowling Library located at the United Irish Cultural Center and Congregation Beth Israel Judea are teaming up to host an exciting cross cultural event: two screenings of "Shalom Ireland." The screenings will be followed by a panel discussion with the Director, Valerie Lapin Ganley, and representatives from…

From Hardback to Hollywood: The Expansive Career of Dennis Lehane

Jewish Community Center 3200 California St, San Francisco, CA, United States

October 12 • From Hardback to Hollywood: The Expansive Career of Dennis Lehane Irish American author Dennis Lehane grew up in the Dorchester section of Boston. Since his first novel, A Drink Before the War, won the Shamus Award, he’s published nine more novels with William Morrow that have been…

Litquake 2015 – Original Shorts: Love-Hate

Make-Out Room 3225 22nd St, San Francisco, CA, United States

Litquake 2015  • October 15 Original Shorts: Love-Hate one of Litquake 2015 events features Dubliner and SF resident Ethel Rohan. Ethel's first novel, The Kingdom Keeper, will publish from St. Martin’s Press in early 2017. She is also the author of two story collections, Goodnight Nobody and Cut Through the Bone, the…

Literary Lectures Series on Celtic Poetry, Sacramento

Sacramento Poetry Center 25th and R Streets, Sacramento, United States

October 8 - Jeanine Stevens - The Early Bards and Celtic Symbolism October 15 - Tony Kendrew - Three Welsh Thomases October 22 - Michael Gorman - Poetry, Druids and the Celtic Bardic Tradition October 29 - Maureen Hurley - Axe-Heads and Blind Poets: Anthony Rafery, The End of A…

Chris de Burgh, Flint Center, Cupertino CA

Flint Center Cupertino, CA, United States

With sales over 50 million albums worldwide, Chris de Burgh’s songs are staples on the radio. “The Lady In Red” to this day remains one of the most played songs on the planet. De Burgh’s other classic songs include: “Don’t Pay the Ferryman”, “Spanish Train”, “Sailor”, “Natasha Dance” and “A…

Readings of Emma Donoghue’s Work

Readings of Emma Donoghue's Work • Oct 8, 18 Word for Word Performing Arts Company is an ensemble whose mission is to tell great stories with elegant theatricality, staging performances of classic and contemporary fiction. On October 8, Word for Word presents “Night Vision” by Emma Donoghue. The first, is…

The High Kings at UICC

The High Kings, are Finbarr Clancy, Brian Dunphy, Martin Furey and Darren Holden.  Since they started in 2008, they have sold out hundreds of shows, in Ireland and the US, made numerous TV appearances, recorded three studio albums and one live album and achieved platinum status with their first two…

Frankie Gavin • House Concert, Salinas

ADDRESS ON RSVP

Frankie Gavin • Oct 19, Salinas Presented by The Celtic Society of the Monterey Bay. Frankie Gavin has been playing fiddle and flute since his teenage years. At the age of seventeen, he won two All Ireland competitions – for fiddle and flute. Originally influenced by some of the great…

The Fretless

The Celtic Society of the Monterey Bay Presents ENSEMBLE OF THE YEAR at the Canadian Folk Music Awards—String Band Dynamo Innovators $15 adv./$17 door seated <21 w/parent PRESENTED BY THE CELTIC SOCIETY OF THE MONTEREY BAY $13 at door to Members of The Celtic Society by way of $2 rebate…

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“Shalom Ireland” documentary film screening at UICC

ICCC Patrick J. Dowling Library located at the United Irish Cultural Center and Congregation Beth Israel Judea are teaming up to host an exciting cross cultural event: two screenings of "Shalom Ireland" (October 11th at Beth Israel Judea and October 20th at UICC) Screening will be followed by a panel…

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Shamrock Isle: the Irish at the PPIE at Mechanics’ Institute

Mechanics' Institute 3rd Floor Library 57 Post Street , San Francisco, CA, United States

Shamrock Isle: the Irish at the PPIE - A lecture with public historian Elizabeth Creely Mechanics' Institute Library & Chess Room Wednesday, October 21, 2015 at 6:00 PM Mechanics' Institute San Francisco. Join Elizabeth Creely as she explores the phenomena of Irish Villages at World Fairs, beginning with the Chicago…

Literary Lectures Series on Celtic Poetry, Sacramento

Sacramento Poetry Center 25th and R Streets, Sacramento, United States

October 8 - Jeanine Stevens - The Early Bards and Celtic Symbolism October 15 - Tony Kendrew - Three Welsh Thomases October 22 - Michael Gorman - Poetry, Druids and the Celtic Bardic Tradition October 29 - Maureen Hurley - Axe-Heads and Blind Poets: Anthony Rafery, The End of A…

Hozier – Grand Sierra Resort, Reno

Grand Sierra Resort and Casino 2500 East Second Street, Reno, NV, United States

It's not often that you stumble across a songwriter whose lyrics both sound and read like poetry. When those lyrics are set to music that balances burning indignation with lilting tenderness, and delivered in a voice imbued with the spiritual passion and yearning of gospel and the blues, you figure…

Annual Fairfax Irish (FREE) Festival of Music and Dance

19 Broadway Bar & Nightclub Fairfax, CA, United States

The fifth annual - and free - festival is shaping up to be one of the best yet, showcasing the very best in local talent including Culann's Hounds, Mild Colonial Boys, Marla Fibish & Bruce Victor, The Gas Men, Kyle Alden, Jack Gilder, The Gallowglasses, Brosnan Irish Dance, and many…

Hozier – Hearst Greek Theatre, Berkeley

University of California 110 Sproul Hall , Berkeley, CA, United States

It's not often that you stumble across a songwriter whose lyrics both sound and read like poetry. When those lyrics are set to music that balances burning indignation with lilting tenderness, and delivered in a voice imbued with the spiritual passion and yearning of gospel and the blues, you figure…

Archdiocese of San Francisco First Annual Retreat

St. Mary's Cathedral 1111 Gough St, San Francisco, CA, United States

Called To Live As One Family - YAM Retreat October 24, 2015 -- 9:30 AM - 10:00 PM All Called to Live as One Family, One Body in Christ! The Archdiocese of San Francisco First Annual Retreat for Adults 18-40, married, single, with and without children. This day-long event will…

IIPC Active Retirement Club Mass and Brunch with President of Ireland

ACTIVE RETIREMENT CLUB OUTREACH PROGRAM Sunday, October 25, 2015 United Irish Cultural Center, 2700 45th Avenue, San Francisco 9:00 a.m. Mass celebrated by Fr. Brendan McBride followed by brunch and special guest Visit of President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins We welcome President Higgins and his wife Sabina, on the…

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