Ceremonies remembering the 1916 Easter Rising are this weekend in Yeadon.
It’s definitely a crazy busy week if you’re trying to set a record for being Irish. Here’s what’s going on:
On Sunday, the annual Easter Rising Ceremony, takes place at Holy Cross Cemetery in Yeadon, commemorating the war for Irish independence that started with the proclamation of 1916—the equivalent of the US Declaration of Independence some 140 years before. There will be ceremonies at the graves of Clan na Gael heroes “Dynamite” Luke Dillon and Joseph McGarrity, the latter of which was one of the financiers of the rebellion. See photos below of last year’s ceremony.
On Saturday, get in touch with your Irish ancestors with a little help from genealogists at the Irish Genealogy Seminar at the Irish Immigration Center in Upper Darby. It starts at 10 AM.
At 6 PM on Saturday evening, Scythian will be performing at a fundraiser for the Little Sisters of the Poor at Villanova University.
At 8 PM, Blackthorn will be doing the same for the charities of the Black Jack Kehoe Division of the AOH at the Regal Banquet Hall in Prospect Park.
The AOH Dennis Kelly Division of Havertown is hosting a Back to the 80s Dance Party on Saturday night with live music from the tribute band, Weird Science, at the St Denis (Cardinal Foley) Gym on Eagle Road in Havertown. Proceeds from the event, which costs $40 and includes gourmet food from McShea’s of Narberth, beer and wine, goes to the AOH Charity Fund which supports programs such as Wounded Warriors, Make-a-Wish, and the home heating oil program. To get tickets or for more information, go to www.aohdenniskelly.com or email division president Tim Kelly at tim_kelly17@comcast.net.
If you’re in Wilmington, catch Burning Bridget Cleary at the World Café Live at the Queen.
Lafferty’s Wake, the interactive play set in a pub, continues its run at Soceity Hilly Playhouse.
This week also marked the opening of “Penelope,” a play by contemporary Irish playwright Enda Walsh, produced by the Inis Nua Theatre Company on stage at the Prince Theater.
On Sunday, the Sunday Irish Radio Shows on WTMR 800 AM are holding their Spring fundraiser and taking pledges on-air starting at 11 AM. You can call in at 856-962-8000 and listen in on the web at www.wtmrradio.com.
There’s a painting fundraiser for the Divine Providence Village Rainbow Irish Dancers on Sunday at Dish and Dabble in Havertown. I hear through the grapevine that this almost sold-out event has had a few more spots open up. Give a call and reserve a space.
On Sunday evening, two great Irish singers, Len Graham and Brian O’ hAirt, will be performing together in concert at the Irish Center in Philadelphia. This is a Philadelphia Ceili Group event.
On Tuesday, folks up north can pick up a few Irish phrases at the Irish Gaelic for Beginners class at Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem. The Irish conversation group—not for beginners—continues at Villanova University this Thursday.
Also on Thursday, feel like a little Irish bingo? I do. I’m going to try to make the Irish Network-Philly’s Irish bingo night at Maggie O’Neill’s in Drexel Hill. I don’t know what makes it Irish—perhaps the folks playing—but IN-Philly is also a great way to mix and mingle with a lot of class people. The bingo is just the icing on that cake.
We’ve been hearing great things about the two new sessions at the Sligo Pubs—Monday night in Media and Thursday night in Glen Mills. We’re going to be checking them out.
Let us know if we forgot anything. All the details for these events and more are on our calendar. If your event isn’t on our calendar. . .well, what are you waiting for? Put it there! Just click on “events calendar” at the top of the home page, click on “submit your event,” and just do what we tell you to do. It won’t appear right away. The calendar sends us an email letting us know you submitted your event and we have to give it the okay to tell everyone else. It’s always been that way.
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