There are many great days for the Irish this coming week. Start it off right with an evening with the Dublin City Ramblers, joined by the Camden County Emerald Society Pipes and Drums, at the Irish Center on Saturday night. Have a beer, tap your feet, sing along—the Ramblers love that, or so frontman Sean McGuinness tells us.
The Tony-nominated play, “The Seafarers,” set in Ireland, continues at the Arden Theater through mid-July. (Local trivia note: On Broadway, the leading role of the troubled alcoholic brother, James Harkin, was played by Chestnut Hill-based actor, David Morse, whom you know from the TV shows, “Hack,” and “St. Elsewhere,” and the movie, “The Green Mile.”)
Singer Moya Brennan, known as “the voice of Clannad,” is appearing on Sunday night at the Tin Angel in Philadelphia. You may have seen her in March on NBC’s Today Show which was broadcast from Ireland for a week.
On Thursday at 8 PM, join Marianne MacDonald and me at the Irish Center for a special showing of the movie, “The Molly Maguires,” starring Sean Connery and a host of local folks who were extras in the film, which was shot near Jim Thorpe, PA. (We have it on good authority that some of them will be there. Haven’t heard back from Connery yet.) As always, the movie is free as are the sandwiches. If you’re going on the bus trip to Jim Thorpe on Saturday, this is a good opportunity to bone up on your movie trivia.
Friday kicks off the annual weekend-long Irish Festival sponsored by AOH Notre Dame Div. 1. Expect lots of great food, fun, and music (Sarah Agnew, Tom McHugh and Company, Timlin and Kane, Oliver McElhone, Paddy’s Well, Irish Thunder Pipes and Drums, and the Catrin and Coyle Dancers). It all takes place at St. Michael’s Picnic Grounds (rain or shine) in Mont Clare and benefits AOH charities. A weekend package costs only $15—a small price to pay for such a good time.
