Featuring leading musicians from Ireland: Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh, Co. Kerry - 2016 Live Ireland Best Female Singer of the Year: “She’s the best female singer in Irish music, and that is that.” Derek Ryan, Co. Tipperary – Bass/Baritone Christy O’Leary, Co. Kerry – Trad singer, uilleann pipes Plus “Celtic Voices”…
Join the San Francisco Irish community in commemorating the heroes and heroines of the 1916 Easter Rising and remembering the contributions of the Irish in San Francisco. From 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm, you will have an opportunity to participate in a variety of activities including viewing exhibits relating to the women…
Welcome to the 2016 Season of Gaelic Games! Set your alarms and head for the UICC…the kettle is on. Watch the games all season on our BIG SCREEN in great company and comfort!! 2016 GAA Allianz National League Final: Sunday, April 24th 5:30am Division 2 Final: Cavan vs Tyrone 7:30am Division 1 Final Kerry vs Dublin Come out to YOUR…
Join us to discuss Thomas Cahill's book How the Irish Saved Civilization. In his entertaining and compelling narrative, Cahill tells the story of how Europe evolved from the classical age of Rome to the medieval era and argues that, without the help of Irish monks and Irish culture, that transition…
Irish Heritage Night at AT&T Park • April 25 Join The Irish Immigration Pastoral Center for Giants versus Padres baseball game on Monday April 25th 2016 at 7.15pm. Special Event ticket package includes a seat in one of the Irish Heritage sections for the Monday evening game, with admission to…
Guest Speaker Ann Mahony You worked a lifetime to save it; don't lose it overnight! You might be surprised to learn that only 1% of forgeries are committed by professionals. 99% of culprits include family members, business associates, employees and others in your life. Since one in three of us…
This performance created especially for the centennial expresses the passions of poets, protesters and activists in the quest for independence. This staged reading includes inspiring passages by playwright Sean O’Casey, speeches by political leader James Connolly, poems by Patrick Pease and William Butler Yeats, the daring deeds of Countess Markievicz,…
Easter 1916 Rising and its Legacy, Berkeley • April 29 Reflecting on the Rising: The 1916 Centenary. This event, co-sponsored by the Celtic Studies Program, the Irish Studies Program, and the English Department, will include a roundtable discussion on the 1916 Rising and its legacy, featuring: Catherine Flynn, Assistant Professor…
Directed by Neil Jordan, Liam Neeson, and Aidan Quinn, this biopic of the IRA co-founder Michael Collins, Rickman plays Éamon de Valera as a man who begins as Collins’ revolutionary ally and ends as his philosophical opponent. Covering the end of the Easter rising to Collins’ assassination in 1920, this movie was…
PsychaCeltic - Amazing rocking Celtic sounds!
2016 GAA Allianz National League Hurling Final Watch the games all season on the UICC big screen in great company and comfort. Sunday, May 1, 2016 7:30am Clare vs Waterford Doors Open at 7:15am $20.00 at the door Children are welcome and are free United Irish Cultural Center, 2700 45th…
Sunday, May 1, 12 noon. Meet up at 518 Valencia Street @ 16th Street, San Francisco On Sunday, April 24th, 1916, seven Irishmen declared Ireland to be an independent state, free from centuries of British rule. The “Easter Uprising” is a hallowed event in Irish-American history, revered as a moment when…
Enjoy viewing floral interpretations of "California Then and Now 1916-2016." New designers join our perennial exhibitors to interpret this year's theme. The traditional Mother's Day event celebrates both the past century and the Filoli House's 100 birthday through flower arrangements.
Two amazing singer/songwriters, Jim Page and Teresa Tudury, will share their music in what should be a great nights entertainment. Suggested donation $20. To reserve seats and retrieve venue information email [email protected] For information on the artists Jim Page https://youtu.be/kokHkOBroYo www.jimpage.net Teresa Tudury https://youtu.be/bu09ulsaOFE www.teresatudury.net
The 2016 San Francisco Oysterfest will take place on May 7th 2016 at the Golden Gate Park.
3rd Annual Silicon Valley Fleadh • May 7, 8 Fleadh (pronounced “Fla”) is a festival and gathering to celebrate Irish culture. After an acclaimed second edition, the 2016 and third edition of the Silicon Valley Irish Fleadh will take place on May 7th and 8th 2016 in downtown Mountain View.…
Darkness into Light has become an iconic walk that started in Dublin, Ireland and has now turned into a global response. This symbolic 5k walk begins while it is still dark and finishes just as the dawn is rising. This reflects the service offered at Pieta House, where there is…
Emerald Society Dinner • May 7 The San Francisco Bay Area Law Enforcement Emerald Society is honoring two SFPD officers of Italian descent and will be awarding Citizen of the Year to Martin Connolly, of Johnny Foleys Restaurant and Bar. Visit UICC website for more details.
Six comedians will step into the ring of The Purple Onion at Kells Irish Bar, but only one will come out on top. Don't worry it's not the Hunger Games, it's The Comedy Chop. In this hilarious stand-up competition, San Francisco's funniest people will face-off against one another for the Chop title,…
Blues Roots DJ/Promoter Norman Davis along with the Freight & Salvage is proud to present a special evening with Blues Harp Women; spotlighting on a diverse group of female harp players. This particular show spurs from the Ruf Records release, a double cd called Blues Harp Women produced by Norman…
Featuring new music composed/performed by Colm Ó Riain. Adam Starkopf & Josh Roberts, the David Herrera Performance Company seeks to examine perceived notions of identity that people have toward skin tone while challenging its audience to reflect and confront their own biases. What drives communities to set up political, racial, and…
The Men of St Cecilia - Golf Tornament 12:30 Check-in / 1:30 PM Shotgun Start 9 – Hole, Team Scramble Format with BBQ Afterwards, 2 drink coupons, and lots of FUN! $100.00 per person if paid before April 15th / $125.00 after 4/15 *********************** Full payment and registration by April 15th. Please…
London-born multi-instrumentalist, film composer, producer, and songwriter John Faulkner, will be performing in Fairfax! John has played with many of the best Irish traditional musicians over the years and lives in County Galway. see event with a suggested donation $15 To reserve seats and retrieve venue address email [email protected] For information on the…
The performance will center on Barber's Hermit Songs, a ten-song cycle based on anonymous poems written by Irish monks and scholars from the 8th to the 13th centuries. Irish-American Soprano Ariana Strahl has been called ‘the discovery of the night’ (Voralberger Nachrichten) and has been celebrated as a singer with ‘fearless, accurate…
The Shams began in 2011 in San Francisco, lead by energetic and charismatic front man Sean Daly, from Donegal, Ireland. In the last year, The Shams released their award-winning EP "One and All", embarked on a Northwest tour and sold out the legendary Great American Music Hall in San Francisco.…
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