There’s still time to get Mom a mighty nice Celtic gift at the Phoenixville Celtic Street Fair on Saturday in. . . where else, Phoenixville. Loads of vendors have signed up (pray for sun), and there’’s music from the Malones. The Bogside Rogues, the Brigade, Pride of Erin Dancer, Oliver McElhone and the Brian Boru Pipes – all for free.
Saturday night, dance the night away at the Galway Society 100th anniversary dinner-dance at the Irish Center. It all starts with a Mass at 5:45 pm. Happy anniversary, Galway!
Don’t forget hurling practice this week at Torresdale Boys Club and the second Sunday session at Braveheart Pub in Hellertown, one of the new entries in the area’s session schedules.
On Thursday, one of our favorites—uilleann piper Paddy Keenan at the World Café Live. If you think you hate the pipes, Paddy will make you love them.
Starting this week and running through July 31, a photo exhibit called “To Love Two Countries” from photographer, John Minihan, is on view in the Barry Room at the Irish Center, 6815 Emlen Street, Philadelphia. The profile photos were taken in the course of two weeks in New York, New Jersey and Philadelphia. In the words of poet, Derek Mahon, “The photos were based on real people untouched by celebrity.” What they all have in common is that they all emigrated from Ireland in the early or middle decades of the twentieth century. Some local Philadelphians featured in this exhibit are Barney Boyce, John Joe Brady, John Egan, Tom Farrelly, Barney McEnroe, Jimmy Meehan and Darby O’Connor.
Check out our calendar and pay special attention to next Saturday when Teada is scheduled to perform at the Irish Center. These guys totally wowed the crowd in December with their Christmas show.
