Hillary Flynn passed away in November 2020 following a courageous battle with cancer. Hillary was the guiding force behind the launch of the Irish-American Crossroads Festival in 2004. She held a vision for the Festival and worked tirelessly to see it come to fruition. The March 6th memorial is open…
KALW presents Celtic and Irish music shows Saturday afternoons: 2pm: Thistle and Shamrock with Fiona Ritchie 3pm: Folk Music and Beyond with JoAnn Maher and Bob Campbell 5pm: A Patchwork Quilt with Kevin Vance San Francisco: KALW-FM / 91.7 Online: http://thistleradio.com/ http://kalw.org/post/fiona-ritchie-kalw#stream/0
Mountain music and old time Irish with host, Julie O'
W.B. Yeats lived through some of the most consequential years in modern Irish history. Born just two years before the failed Fenian Rising of 1867, by the time he died on the eve of World War II, Ireland had become an independent republic in all but name. Yeats was no…
The Stanford Irish Association are hosting virtual screenings of two recent Irish films: The Hunger: The Story of the Irish Famine (trailer), a documentary described as "a challenging, in-depth, and comprehensive assessment of the worst humanitarian disaster of the 1800s”; and Arracht (trailer), a powerful Irish language feature film (with…
Join us for an International Saint Patrick’s Day Celebration on Saturday, March 13th, 2021 as we host a series of three consecutive Zoom Events, bringing new performances by Irish and Irish-American performers and instructors directly to your door. @12:30 PM PST Trad folk duo Niamh Parsons and Graham Dunne…
KALW presents Celtic and Irish music shows Saturday afternoons: 2pm: Thistle and Shamrock with Fiona Ritchie 3pm: Folk Music and Beyond with JoAnn Maher and Bob Campbell 5pm: A Patchwork Quilt with Kevin Vance San Francisco: KALW-FM / 91.7 Online: http://thistleradio.com/ http://kalw.org/post/fiona-ritchie-kalw#stream/0
Full (hot) Irish Breakfast all day with LIVE Irish Music in #WawonaGates Outdoor Dining with Full Bar. Breakfast served 11am to 2pm and we are open until 6pm. Indoor seating available if requested. Free Guinness Glass engraving from 2:30pm to 3:30pm while supplies last. #WawonaGates at United Irish Cultural Center is…
Mountain music and old time Irish with host, Julie O'
The United Irish Cultural Center of San Francisco welcomes you to St. Patrick's Day 2021 2700 45th Ave, SF, CA 94116 @ Wawona St. Join us for Lunch/Dinner, LIVE Irish music, & Irish dancing performance at the United Irish Cultural Center's #WawonaGates (Outdoor Dining under Canopy will Full Bar and…
Los Angeles-based Irish artist, Marc-Ivan O’Gorman talks with Catherine Flynn, Director of Irish Studies at Berkeley, 5 PM, March 17, 2021. Working across the genres of fiction, film, theater, radio, and musical performance, O’Gorman has created reinterpretations of James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake and of the writings of Brian O’Nolan/Flann O’Brien/Myles…
A chara, As Ireland’s Ambassador in Washington, I know that nowhere in the world celebrates St Patrick’s Day quite like America. This year, because of COVID, there can be no large parades down Fifth Avenue or green rivers through Chicago. But while we can’t gather in person, we can come…
Join us on Zoom for an hour and a half with legendary Irish fiddle player Liz Carroll! Liz’s music is characterized by a “magnificent balance of virtuosity, drive, and finesse” (Irish Echo), and her vast contribution to the traditional Irish repertoire is both impressive and beloved. This workshop is part…
KALW presents Celtic and Irish music shows Saturday afternoons: 2pm: Thistle and Shamrock with Fiona Ritchie 3pm: Folk Music and Beyond with JoAnn Maher and Bob Campbell 5pm: A Patchwork Quilt with Kevin Vance San Francisco: KALW-FM / 91.7 Online: http://thistleradio.com/ http://kalw.org/post/fiona-ritchie-kalw#stream/0
Mountain music and old time Irish with host, Julie O'
San Francisco's Irish Film Docfest takes place this year between March 25-28th 2021. We will be celebrating "The Resilience of the Irish" through 6 specially selected Irish documentaries to be screened over the Docfest weekend. "When Women Won" is the opening night film - Directed by Anna Rodgers it tells the…
KALW presents Celtic and Irish music shows Saturday afternoons: 2pm: Thistle and Shamrock with Fiona Ritchie 3pm: Folk Music and Beyond with JoAnn Maher and Bob Campbell 5pm: A Patchwork Quilt with Kevin Vance San Francisco: KALW-FM / 91.7 Online: http://thistleradio.com/ http://kalw.org/post/fiona-ritchie-kalw#stream/0
#WawonaGates Outdoor Dining with Full Bar is located at 2700 45th Ave @ Wawona St. in the Sunset of San Francisco We are located at the United Irish Cultural Center in SF. On Sunday, March 28, we will have LIVE Irish Music with Kevin Roche, Kathleen Smith, and Eamonn Flynn…
Mountain music and old time Irish with host, Julie O'
This 10th anniversary event features two participants of the Irish Oral History Archive of the San Francisco Bay Area: Geraldine Finn and Elizabeth Shaughnessy. Geraldine Finn is the Senior Director, People Strategy & Innovation at Twitter. Elizabeth Shaughnessy is an Irish chess player and trainer who regularly represents the national…
KALW presents Celtic and Irish music shows Saturday afternoons: 2pm: Thistle and Shamrock with Fiona Ritchie 3pm: Folk Music and Beyond with JoAnn Maher and Bob Campbell 5pm: A Patchwork Quilt with Kevin Vance San Francisco: KALW-FM / 91.7 Online: http://thistleradio.com/ http://kalw.org/post/fiona-ritchie-kalw#stream/0
Beginning Irish course online through City College of San Francisco's extension program, designed for people to learn the basics: 2 hours per evening for five Mondays, via Zoom. More info at this link: https://ccsf-extension.pdx.catalog.canvaslms.com/browse/extension/world-languages/courses/beginning-irish-cextn39-202140 You can get a 10% discount by using the code "Spring2021". Anyone can sign up for…
Mountain music and old time Irish with host, Julie O'
This Easter, Clifton House, the home of the Belfast Charitable Society and the original Poor House in Belfast, is running a special series of online talks at a time that would suit our American neighbours across the pond. Plots and Plotters, the history of the 1798 Rebellion will take place at 6pm, UK time (10am in…
This Easter, Clifton House, the home of the Belfast Charitable Society and the original Poor House in Belfast, is running a special series of online talks at a time that would suit our American neighbours across the pond. Plots and Plotters, the history of the 1798 Rebellion will take place at 6pm, UK time (10am in…
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