Karan Casey will be at the Sellersville Theatre.
This will be a double-stuffed “How to Be Irish” this week since the entire staff of the website voted to take Christmas off this year.
Lots of folks must be finished with their Christmas shopping because there are plenty of events this weekend. Don’t let a little snow stop you!
In Upper Darby, the Mairead Farrell Ladies Gaelic football club is holding its holiday party fundraiser at Cawley’s Pub in Upper Darby. The Mairead Farrells competed in the national championship games in Boston this fall, but the highlight of their year was meeting Sinn Fein MP Gerry Adams this fall—at his request.
The phenomenal Irish singer Karan Casey (late of Solas) will be performing at the Sellersville Theatre on Saturday night. Also on the bill: Buille, a boundary-pushing Irish trio.
In Allentown, the O’Grady Quinlan Academy of Irish Dance is presenting its Celtic Christmas show featuring the very funny Seamus Kennedy and the school’s championship dancers.
On Sunday, piper Scot Walker will perform with harpist Carole Thompson at Moravian College in Bethlehem, a show produced by the Celtic Cultural Alliabce and the Donegal Square Irish shop.
On Wedneaday, The Morrigan Traditional Irish Band featuring fiddler Mary Malone will be performing at the Mermaid Inn in Chestnut Hill, and a session will follow.
After Christmas, get ready for the Comhaltas annual Wren Party, New Year’s Eve at the Irish Center, followed by Barleyjuice at the Sellersville Theatre on January 2. That would be 2010.
And make your reservations for “The Irish and How They Got That Way,” the popular play by the late Frank McCourt, which opens at the Kimmel Center on January 7.
We appreciate that many of you have been doing some of your shopping on our Irish gift store guide (yes, we can tell). We hope you’ll continue to support the Irish community throughout the year.
And from Jeff, Lori, and myself, may we say, “Nollaig Shona agus Athbhliain faoi Mhaise Daoibh!” Well, none of us can actually say that, but we do wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
