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Sunday, September 30, 2007

Playlist - September 30

ECHOES OF ERIN
Hosted by Diane Byrnes
Online at
http://eoe.pittsounds.com/
September 30, 2007
PROGRAM # 1019
The IRELAND REPORT read by
Diane Byrnes, County Allegheny

Ireland Report News Correspondents
Patricia Sharkey, Donegal
Donegal Newsletter,
www.dun-na-ngall
Ann Bray, Dublin, Co. Dublin
Davy Kettyles, Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh
Mairtin O’Muilleoir, Belfast
www.apublishersblog.blogspot.com
Managing Editor, Belfast Media Group
Andersonstown News
www.irelandclick.com
Pittsburgh Irish Network, www.pittsburghirish.org
September SPONSOR of The Ireland Report
Allegheny County Board Ancient Order of Hibernians
Interview: Hugh Morrison, Houston, Texas on Button Box

The Last Rose of Summer
by Finbar Wright
CD ‘Because’

The First Leaves of Autumn
by The Furey’s with Davey Arthur
CD ‘The Fureys Finest’

Under a Violet Moon
by Candace Night and Richie Blackmore
Blackmore’s Knight

Burns Farewell / Old Pipe Reel / Ale is Dear
by Hugh Morrison
CD ‘Under a Texas Skye’,
by Aoife Ni Fhearraigh
CD ‘ If I Told You’

The Ferryman
by Terry Griffith
CD ‘Songs From The Pub’

Blackberry Blossom
by Sutch Sounds
CD ‘Sutch Sounds’

Wee Man From Skye / Angus MacKinnon /
Atholl Highlanders
By
Hugh Morrison
CD ‘Under a Texas Skye’,
by Brian Kennedy & Máire Bhreatnach
CD ‘Éist’


Record Companies
Compass Records
www.compassrecords.com
Outer Green Records www.schoonerfare.com/ogrcatalog/
Red Biddy Records
http://www.redbiddy.com
Rego Irish Records
http://www.regorecords.com/
Shanachie Entertainment http://www.shanachie.com/
ACM Records
http://www.acmrecords.com/

Saturday, September 29, 2007

Dateline - September 30

ECHOES OF ERIN, WEDO 810 am
Sunday’s, 1:00pm – 2:00pm
Irish / Celtic Radio Programming
Website:
www.pittsburghirish.org/echoesoferin
Email: diane.byrnes@verizon.net
BLOG: http://echoesoferin.blogspot.com
ONLINE at:
http://eoe.pittsounds.com/

Diane V. Byrnes DATELINE IRISH
78 GRANT AVE. September 30, 1007
PITTSBURGH, PA. 15223 PROGRAM # 1019
412.781.6368

Dateline Irish sponsored by BrandMill, LLC - marketing experts who will transform your business through fact-based processes and innovative marketing systems designed to achieve dramatic, measurable and profitable results.

Sunday, September 30
Echoes of Erin, The Ireland Report with Diane Byrnes, County Allegheny. Interview with
Hugh Morrison, out of Houston, Texas.

Gaelic Arts Society of Pittsburgh 2008 Opening Luncheon at Church of the Epiphany’s McDowell Hall. Information John Webber 412.758.5446 or Email:
jfwnamesman@aol.com

Pittsburgh Irish & Classical Theatre ‘Pride & Prejudice’ Dec. 6-22. Performances at the Charity Randal Theatre in the Stephen Foster Memorial. Info; PICT 412.561.6000. Tickets www.proartstickets.org or 412.394.3353.

Gaelscoil an Lonnáin, an Irish Medium School in Belfast is fundraising for education for children ages 3 to 11. Tickets only $3.00 each. Contact Sarah McAuliffe-Bellin at 412-782-2715 or
sarahm1916@stargate.net to purchase tickets.

Tuesday, October 2
Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412.279.0770. It’s Irish Night with Dennis Murphy at the Bar and an Open Invitation for all AOH Members to come and socialize with AOH Sean MacBride Division 32; Guinness and Half & Half Specials from 8:00 pm.

Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle 24th St. & Penn Ave. In The Strip, 412.642.6622 - Ceili Dancing from 7:00 pm, all are welcome.

Wednesday, October 3

Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle 24th St. & Penn Ave. In The Strip, 412.642.6622 features Karaoke with Frank Cindrich at 9:00 pm. Every Wednesday.


Friday, October 5
Lisdoonvarna Matchmaking Festival at
Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle 7:30PM.


Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412.279.0770 features Jack Puskar at 9:00 pm.

Saturday, October 6
Pittsburgh Irish Feis
at the Pittsburgh Indoor Sports Arena; contact any of the local Dance Schools or Jim Graven at (724) 834-0233.

LAOH Division 23 sponsors their Ninth Annual Pub Crawl for Charity; meet up at the AOH Club, 5203 Carnegie St., Lawrenceville. Information Donna Ricca, 412-965-2123 or
donnaricca@msn.com OR Judy Boyle, 412-867-6026 or jmb@camlev.com.

Pittsburgh Ceili Club will sponsor a Ceili at the Morningside VFW, Chislett Street, Morningside 8:00 PM. Information Mary Anne McGill 412-363-8686.

Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412.279.0770 features Tony Egan on Vocals & Guitar at 9:00 PM.

Sunday, October 7
Echoes of Erin, The Ireland Report with Patricia Sharkey, Editor
, Donegal Newsletter. Guest in studio, Howard Elbert, Chairman Pittsburgh Celtics Gaelic Football Club.

Laughrey Connolly at the Lawrenceville First Art and Heritage Fall Festival on performing 8:00 PM to 9:30 PM. The festival will be at St. Mary Lyceum between 45th and 46th Streets in Lawrenceville. Irish is the festival theme for Sunday
http://www.lawrencevillecorp.com/events/eventInfo.php?event_id=1378

Friday, October 12
Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412.279.0770 features Dove’s Crossing at 9:00 PM.

Saturday, October 13
LAOH Division 11 will sponsor their 2nd Annual Halloween Dinner / Dance Celtic Halloween Party Fundraiser / St. Mary of the Mount - Sullivan Hall (Mt. Washington). Dance to the music of D.J. “T” 7pm – midnight. Maureen O’Toole 412. 913.4184.


Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412.279.0770 features Jack Puskar at 9:00 PM.

Sunday, October 14
St. David Society of Pittsburgh
(Welsh) presents Gymnafa Ganu Songfest at Southminister Presbyterian Church, Washington Road, Mt. Lebanon, 3:00 PM. Reception to follow. Information Dale Richards 412.795.4050.

Tuesday, October 16
St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee Meeting
at the Private Soldiers and Sailors Club in Greenfield at 7:30PM.

Thursday, October 18
The Ireland Institute of Pittsburgh, in conjunction with Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann, Pittsburgh, will present an evening of entertainment with Irish Fleadh Champions with the touring companyEchoes of Erin’ in Music and Dance, at Cefalo's in Carnegie. 7:30 PM. Tickets in advance $12, at door $15. Information: www.ccepittsburgh.org Email: zoeteller@hotmail.com.

Friday, October 19
Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412.279.0770 features Tony Egan on Vocals & Guitar at 9:00 PM.

Saturday, October 20
Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412.279.0770 features Ballad Singer Mike Gallagher at 9:00 PM

Sunday, October 21
Echoes of Erin
, The Ireland Report with Davy Kettyles, Enniskillen, County Fermanagh. Interview with
Cynthia Neale, Author “The Irish Dresser”, a story of one family’s journey just prior to ‘The Great Hunger’ and during the first years of the catastrophe.

The Gaelic Arts Society of Pittsburgh presents the program “The Celts of Brittany” presented by Kathleen Mullooly; 2:30 PM at Synod Hall Social Room. Information Earl McCabe 412-761-1844.

Wednesday, October 24
Niall Bergin
, the Supervisor, Acting Archivist and Curator of Kilmainham Gaol Museum in Dublin, will be speaking at Robert Morris University on the evening of October 24th at 7 PM in the International Suite of the Sewall Center located on RMU Moon Campus. The presentation is free and open to the public, no reservations are necessary. All are welcome to this event and an informal reception will follow. For more information email Jim Vincent at
vincent@rmu.edu.

Friday, October 26
Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412.279.0770 features Jack Puskar at 9:00 PM.

Saturday, October 27
The St. Andrew Society
presents a Fall Ceilidh at Boyce Park Ski Lodge, 4 Seasons Center, 5-11PM. $10 + bring desert or salad or something to share. Information Jim Campbell 724-468-5946,

Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412.279.0770 features Ballad Singer Mike Gallagher at 9:00 PM.

Sunday, October 28
Samhain, The Celtic New Year Celebration
– a fundraiser for
Echoes of Erin at Mullaney’s Castle (Harp & Fiddle), 24th Street & Penn Ave. in The Strip, 4:00 pm. The Pub is converted into ‘Mullaney’s Castle’; Staff & Committee are dressed in costume. Donation $15.00. Entertainment: Ballad Singer Terry Griffith, na Gaels, Sutch Sounds - adamsutch.tripod.com/ on Harpsichord, Aaron on Mirambula, Ron & Darlene on Guitars, and Michelle on Harpsichord, plus more. Costume Contest with prizes, Cultural Baskets. Information Diane Byrnes 412-781-6368 or diane.byrnes@verizon.net.

Saturday, November 3
LAOH Maude Gonne Division 32
Luncheon at Nevillewood, featuring Chinese Auction, Lottery / Money Tree, Wine Basket, plus more. Information: Nancy Anderson 412.854.1772.

Pittsburgh Ceili Club will sponsor a Ceili at the Morningside VFW, Chislett Street, Morningside 8:00 PM. Information Mary Anne McGill 412-363-8686.

Sunday November 4
Knights of Equity
will sponsor a Memorial Mass for deceased members at The Little Sisters of the Poor on Benton Avenue, North Side, 9:00 AM. Breakfast to follow.


Echoes of Erin, The Ireland Report with Patricia Sharkey, Editor, Donegal Newsletter.

The Year of Remembrance Committee and the Allegheny County AOH Hunger Project will host ‘An Gorta Mor / The Great Hunger’ the 160th Anniversary of The Great Hunger / Famine of Ireland. Historical readings, stories and music with Sean McClorey and Guaranteed Irish at
McFadden’s Restaurant & Saloon, 211 North Shore Drive, Pittsburgh 15212. Doors open at 3:00 pm. Tickets - $10.00 in Advance; $12.00 at Door with a BAG of non-perishable food; $15.00 at Door without Food Donation. Proceeds benefit The Greater Pittsburgh Food Bank and St. Vincent de Paul Society. Information Contact: Diane Byrnes 412.781.6368 diane.byrnes@verizon.net or Sarah McAuliffe-Bellin, 412-782-2715, sarahm1916@stargate.net.

Friday, November 9
The Balmoral Classic
, hosted and produced by The Balmoral School of Piping will host a Reception from 7:00pm to 11:00pm at the Pittsburgh Athletic Association, 4215 Fifth Avenue in Oakland. Admission $20. Tickets: 412.323.2707, Email:
George@bagpiping.org.

The Philadelphia Ceili Club in conjunction with The Commodore Barry Club in Philadelphia will host a concert with Derek Warfield and the Sons of Erin Band at 8.30pm in the Grand Ballroom at the Commodore Barry Club. Information: Jim McGill, 215) 248 0502 or Email: Philaceili@aol.com.

Saturday, November 10
Echoes of Erin
, The Ireland Report with Ann Bray, Dublin. Interview with Rita Emmett, Author, “The Procrastinator’s Handbook’ and ‘The Clutter-Busting Handbook”.
www.RitaEmmett.com.

The 2007 Balmoral Classic United States Junior Solo Bagpipe Competition from 9:00am to 5:00pm; US Invitational Junior Solo Piping Championship at Mellon Institute Auditorium, 4400 Fifth Ave in Oakland. Admission FREE. Evening Concert with the St. Laurence O’Toole Pipe Band at Carnegie Music Hall, 4400 Forbes Ave. in Oakland at 7:30pm. Tickets:
www.proartstickets.org or 412.394.3353. Information: George Balderose 412.323.2707 Email: George@bagpipe.org.


Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle presents The Oyster Festival from 11:00am to Midnight. 412-642-6622.

Sunday, November 11
Remembrance Day Parade
of massed bagpipe bands 10:00 am, Downtown Pittsburgh. A worship service at First Presbyterian Church, Sixth Avenue.

The Gaelic Arts Society of Pittsburgh will host a Book Review ‘The Yeats Connection’ by Frederick Lapisardi, Author at Duranti’s Restaurant, North Craig St. Oakland at 1:30 PM. Information Earl McCabe 412-761-1844.

Sunday, November 18
Echoes of Erin, The Ireland Report with Davy Kettyles, Enniskillen, County Fermanagh. Guest in Studio,
Paul Kennedy, Author, “Billy Conn”, a prizewinning boxer from the East End of Pittsburgh.

Tuesday, November 20
St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee Meeting
at the Private Soldiers and Sailors Club in Greenfield at 7:30PM.

Saturday, November 24
Pittsburgh Celtics, Pittsburgh Banshees and Pittsburgh Junior Team will host their Annual Dinner Dance at the Sokol Club on the South Side. Details TBA.

Sunday, November 25
Echoes of Erin,
The Ireland Report with
Mairtin O’Muilleoir. Managing Director, Andersonstown News / Belfast Media Group www.apublishersblog.blogspot.com www.irelandclick.com.

Gaelic Arts Society – Annual Memorial Mass for deceased members at St. Paul’s Cathedral, 5th Ave., Oakland at 12 Noon. Cash Luncheon at Duranti’s. Information Earl McCabe 412-761-1844 or John Webber Email:
jfwnamesman@aol.com.

Friday, November 30 – Sunday, December 2
The St. Andrew Society will sponsor the Annual ‘Christmas Walk at Alexandria, VA. A Parade of Clans and Bands + activities. Information Jim Campbell 724.468.5946.

Saturday, December 1
Pittsburgh Ceili Club will sponsor a Ceili at the Morningside VFW, Chislett Street, Morningside 8:00 PM. Information Mary Anne McGill 412-363-8686.

Friday, December 14
The Gaelic Arts Society of Pittsburgh
will celebrate the season with their Annual Christmas Party. Information Earl McCabe 412-761-1844.

Saturday, December 15
Irish Christmas in America
will grace the stage of the
Irish Center of Philadelphia and in cooperation with the Philadelphia Ceili Club. Produced by Oisín Mac Diarmada of the award-winning traditional group Téada, the cast also includes one of Ireland’s leading female vocalists, Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh of Danú and Téada’s Sean McElwain and Tristan Rosenstock on guitar and bodhran respectively. Acclaimed harpist Gráinne Hambly and uilleann piper Tommy Martin, along with dancers Abbey Magill and Sienna Hickey, 8:30pm. Information Jim McGill, 215) 248 0502 or Email: Philaceili@aol.com.

Tuesday, December 18
St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee Meeting
at the Private Soldiers and Sailors Club in Greenfield, 6:30 PM, Christmas Party at 7:30PM.

January 26 – February 2, 2008 Western Caribbean - Back to Back
Andy Cooney Cruse of Irish Stars 2008 aboard Costa Mediterranea, Ports of Call Key West, Grand Cayman, Roatan, Honduras, Cozumel. Entertainment includes: Ronan Tynan, Andy Cooney & his Band, Noel V. Ginnity, Paddy Noonan, Paddy Cole, Eamon Gillespie, Kathy & Andreas Durkin, Screaming Orphans, Celtic Fusion Dancers, Tom Comerford, Stephens green, Fintan Stanley, Jack McGuire & Bill Lewis. 1.800.499.2010.

February 2 – 9, 2008 Eastern Caribbean
Andy Cooney Cruse of Irish Stars 2008 aboard Costa Mediterranea, Ports of Call San Juan, St. Thomas, La Romana, Grand Turks. Entertainment includes; Ronan Tynan, Andy Cooney & his Band, Irish Sopranos, Willie Lynch Band, Eamon Gillespie, Pat & Fran Marnane, Celtic Fusion Dancers, Tom Comerford, Jimmy McPhail, Ken McBride, Shay Mac, Jackie Nelson, & Bill Lewis. 1.800.499.2010

January 27 – February 3, 2008
Irish Festival Cruise aboard Celebrity Millennium to Eastern Caribbean, Ports of Call: San Juan, Tortola, Casa de Campo and Labadee. Entertainment with Cherish The Ladies, Mary Black & The Black Brothers, Bogside Rogues, Dermot Henry, Tommy Sands, Matt Cunningham’s Irish Ceili Band, John Gleeson, Mike Mazur, and more. 1-800-441.HARP.

Tuesday, February 5, 2008
St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee Meeting at the Private Soldiers and Sailors Club in Greenfield at 7:30PM.

Tuesday, February 19, 2008
St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee Meeting at the Private Soldiers and Sailors Club in Greenfield at 7:30PM.

Tuesday, February 26
St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee Meeting at the Private Soldiers and Sailors Club in Greenfield at 7:30PM.

Tuesday, March 4
St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee Meeting at the Private Soldiers and Sailors Club in Greenfield at 7:30PM.

Tuesday, March 11
St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee Meeting at Pgh. Brewing Company Hospitality Room, Liberty Ave. Lawrenceville at 6:30PM.

Saturday, March 15, 2008
St. Patrick’s Day Parade, Downtown Pittsburgh
.

July 2009 – The AOH Pennsylvania State Convention will take place at the Radisson Hotel in Monroeville. Information: AOH Division 17, Kevin O’Donnell, Email:
aohalpa17@hotmail.com.


GUESTS and INTERVIEWS 2007

Sept 30 Hugh Morrison, Button Box Player

Oct 7
Howard Elbert, Pgh GAA Dinner / Dance
Oct 21
Cynthia Neale, Author, ‘The Irish Dresser’
Oct 28 Samhain, The Celtic New Year Celebration for Echoes of Erin

Nov 11
Rita Emmet, Author, ‘The Procrastinator’s Handbook’
Nov 18 Paul Kennedy, Author, ‘Billy Conn’.

SPONSORS OF THE IRELAND REPORT 2007

January, February & March -
Goodrich, Goodrich, 412.281.1455
April
AOH Division 1, South Hills
May
Knights of Equity
June AOH Division 4, North Hills
July
Ireland Institute of Pittsburgh
August AOH Division 21, Garfield
September
AOH County Board
October AOH Division 32, Carnegie
November
Irish American Unity Conference
December Daughters of Erin

Saturday, September 22, 2007

Playlist - September 23

ECHOES OF ERIN
Hosted by Diane Byrnes
Online at
http://eoe.pittsounds.com/
September 23, 2007
PROGRAM # 1018
The IRELAND REPORT with
Mairtin O’Muilleoir, Belfast

Ireland Report News Correspondents
Patricia Sharkey, Donegal
Donegal Newsletter,
www.dun-na-ngall
Ann Bray, Dublin, Co. Dublin
Davy Kettyles, Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh
Mairtin O’Muilleoir, Belfast
www.apublishersblog.blogspot.com
Managing Editor, Belfast Media Group
Andersonstown News
www.irelandclick.com
Pittsburgh Irish Network, www.pittsburghirish.org

September SPONSOR of The Ireland Report
Allegheny County Board Ancient Order of Hibernians
Interview: Dave Richardson, Boys of the Lough, in Scotland

Still By Your Side
by The Celtic Tenors
CD ‘Remember Me’

Fare Thee Well Enniskillen
by Makem Brothers
CD ‘Out Standing in a Field’

Rebecca’s Reel / Granny’s Kitchen
by Hugh Morrison
CD ‘Under a Texas Skye’

The Old Man
by The Furey’s
CD ‘I Will Love You’

Da Cold Nights o’Winter /
Da Blue Yow /
Da Spirit of Whiskey
By
The Boys of the Lough
CD ‘Midwinter Night’s Dream’

Under a Violet Moon
by Candace Night and Richie Blackmore
CD ‘Blackmore’s Knight’


Record Companies
Compass Records
www.compassrecords.com
Outer Green Records www.schoonerfare.com/ogrcatalog/
Red Biddy Records
http://www.redbiddy.com
Rego Irish Records
http://www.regorecords.com/
Shanachie Entertainment http://www.shanachie.com/

Dateline - September 23

ECHOES OF ERIN, WEDO 810 am
Sunday’s, 1:00pm – 2:00pm
Irish / Celtic Radio Programming
Website:
www.pittsburghirish.org/echoesoferin
Email: diane.byrnes@verizon.net
BLOG: http://echoesoferin.blogspot.com
ONLINE at:
http://eoe.pittsounds.com/

Diane V. Byrnes DATELINE IRISH
78 GRANT AVE. September 23, 1007
PITTSBURGH, PA. 15223 PROGRAM # 1018
412.781.6368


Dateline Irish sponsored by BrandMill, LLC - marketing experts who will transform your business through fact-based processes and innovative marketing systems designed to achieve dramatic, measurable and profitable results.

Sunday, September 23
Echoes of Erin, The Ireland Report with Mairtin O’Muilleoir. Managing Director, Andersonstown News / Belfast Media Group www.apublishersblog.blogspot.com www.irelandclick.com. Interview with Dave Richardson, of Boys of the Lough.

Pittsburgh Ceili Club will hold their PCC Picnic at Rose Barn in North Park; Noon to 8:00PM. Free to PCC Members & immediate family; children under 12 FREE. Guests $5.00. Dinner 4:00 PM, Ceili after dinner.

Pittsburgh Irish & Classical Theatre ‘Pride & Prejudice’ Dec. 6-22. Performances at the Charity Randal Theatre in the Stephen Foster Memorial. Info; PICT 412.561.6000. Tickets www.proartstickets.org or 412.394.3353.

Gaelscoil an Lonnáin, an Irish Medium School in Belfast is fundraising for education for children ages 3 to 11. Tickets only $3.00 each. Contact Sarah McAuliffe-Bellin at 412-782-2715 or sarahm1916@stargate.net to purchase tickets.

Pittsburgh Renaissance Festival, Saturday’s and Sundays for 6 weekends held at the festival grounds in West Newton, PA. 724.872.1670, Email: www.pittsburghrenfest.com. Wide variety of entertainment including Terry Griffith. Celtic Weekend September 22 & 23. Now through September 30.

Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company presents the play James McBride, written by Mark Clayton Southers, directed by Andrew Paul of PICT, performed at the Pgh. Playwrights Theatre, 542 Penn Avenue, across from Heinz Hall. Reservations 412.288.0358 or Tickets at ProArts 412.394.3353, www.proartstickets.org. Now through September 29th.

Tuesday, September 25
St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee Meeting at the Private Soldiers and Sailors Club in Greenfield at 7:30PM.

Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412.279.0770. It’s Irish Night with Dennis Murphy at the Bar and an Open Invitation for all AOH Members to come and socialize with AOH Sean MacBride Division 32; Guinness and Half & Half Specials from 8:00 pm.

Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle 24th St. & Penn Ave. In The Strip, 412.642.6622 - Ceili Dancing from 7:00 pm, all are welcome. Dance classes curtailed until September.

Wednesday, September 26
Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle 24th St. & Penn Ave. In The Strip, 412.642.6622 features Karaoke with Frank Cindrich at 9:00 pm. Every Wednesday.

Thursday, September 27
Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle 24th St. & Penn Ave. In The Strip, 412.642.6622 features Pat Garvey, on guitar, accordion & vocals from Washington DC, 8:00 PM>

Friday, September 28
Boys of the Lough appear in Concert at The Hillman Center for Performing Arts at Shadyside Academy, 423 Fox Chapel Road. Tickets through ProArts www.proartstickets.org or 412-394-3353.

Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412.279.0770 features Tony Egan on Vocals & Guitar at 9:00 pm.

Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle 24th St. & Penn Ave. In The Strip, 412.642.6622 features Pat Garvey, on guitar, accordion & vocals from Washington DC, 8:00 PM>

Saturday, September 29
Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412.279.0770 features Jack Puskar at 9:00 pm.

Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle 24th St. & Penn Ave. In The Strip, 412.642.6622 features Pat Garvey, on guitar, accordion & vocals from Washington DC, 8:00 PM>

Sunday, September 30
Gaelic Arts Society of Pittsburgh 2008 Opening Luncheon at Church of the Epiphany’s McDowell Hall. Information John Webber 412.758.5446 or Email: jfwnamesman@aol.com

Saturday, October 6
Pittsburgh Irish Feis at the Pittsburgh Indoor Sports Arena; contact any of the local Dance Schools or Jim Graven at (724) 834-0233.

Pittsburgh Ceili Club will sponsor a Ceili at the Morningside VFW, Chislett Street, Morningside 8:00 PM. Information Mary Anne McGill 412-363-8686.


Sunday, October 7
Echoes of Erin, The Ireland Report with Patricia Sharkey, Editor, Donegal Newsletter.

Saturday, October 13

LAOH Division 11 will sponsor their 2nd Annual Halloween Dinner / Dance Celtic Halloween Party Fundraiser / St. Mary of the Mount - Sullivan Hall (Mt. Washington). Dance to the music of D.J. “T” 7pm – midnight. Maureen O’Toole 412. 913.4184.

Sunday, October 14
St. David Society of Pittsburgh (Welsh) presents Gymnafa Ganu Songfest at Southminister Presbyterian Church, Washington Road, Mt. Lebanon, 3:00 PM. Reception to follow. Information Dale Richards 412.795.4050.

Tuesday, October 16
St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee Meeting at the Private Soldiers and Sailors Club in Greenfield at 7:30PM.

Thursday, October 18
The Ireland Institute of Pittsburgh, in conjunction with Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann, Pittsburgh, will present an evening of entertainment with Irish Fleadh Champions with the touring company ‘Echoes of Erin’ in Music and Dance, at Cefalo's in Carnegie. 7:30 PM. Tickets in advance $12, at door $15. Information: www.ccepittsburgh.org Email: zoeteller@hotmail.com

Sunday, October 21
The Gaelic Arts Society of Pittsburgh presents the program “The Celts of Brittany” presented by Kathleen Mullooly; 2:30 PM at Synod Hall Social Room. Information Earl McCabe 412-761-1844.

Saturday, October 27
The St. Andrew Society presents a Fall Ceilidh at Boyce Park Ski Lodge, 4 Seasons Center, 5-11PM. $10 + bring desert or salad or something to share. Information Jim Campbell 724-468-5946,

Sunday, October 28
Samhain, The Celtic New Year Celebration – a fundraiser for Echoes of Erin at Mullaney’s Castle (Harp & Fiddle), 24th Street & Penn Ave. in The Strip, 4:00 pm. The Pub is converted into ‘Mullaney’s Castle’; Staff & Committee are dressed in costume. Donation $15.00. Entertainment: Ballad Singer Terry Griffith, na Gaels, Sutch Sounds - adamsutch.tripod.com/ on Harpsichord, Aaron on Mirambula, Ron & Darlene on Guitars, and Michelle on Harpsichord, plus more. Costume Contest with prizes, Cultural Baskets.

Saturday, November 3
Pittsburgh Ceili Club will sponsor a Ceili at the Morningside VFW, Chislett Street, Morningside 8:00 PM. Information Mary Anne McGill 412-363-8686.

Sunday November 4
The Year of Remembrance Committee and the Allegheny County AOH Hunger Project will host ‘An Gorta Mor / The Great Hunger’ the 160th Anniversary of The Great Hunger / Famine of Ireland. Historical readings, stories and music with Sean McClorey and Guaranteed Irish at McFadden’s Restaurant & Saloon, 211 North Shore Drive, Pittsburgh 15212. Doors open at 3:00 pm. Tickets - $10.00 in Advance; $12.00 at Door with a BAG of non-perishable food; $15.00 at Door without Food Donation. Proceeds benefit The Greater Pittsburgh Food Bank and St. Vincent de Paul Society. Information Contact: Diane Byrnes 412.781.6368 diane.byrnes@verizon.net or Sarah McAuliffe-Bellin, 412-782-2715, sarahm1916@stargate.net.

Friday, November 9
The Balmoral Classic, hosted and produced by The Balmoral School of Piping will host a Reception from 7:00pm to 11:00pm at the Pittsburgh Athletic Association, 4215 Fifth Avenue in Oakland. Admission $20. Tickets: 412.323.2707, Email: George@bagpiping.org.

Saturday, November 10
The 2007 Balmoral Classic United States Junior Solo Bagpipe Competition from 9:00am to 5:00pm; US Invitational Junior Solo Piping Championship at Mellon Institute Auditorium, 4400 Fifth Ave in Oakland. Admission FREE. Evening Concert with the St. Laurence O’Toole Pipe Band at Carnegie Music Hall, 4400 Forbes Ave. in Oakland at 7:30pm. Tickets: www.proartstickets.org or 412.394.3353. Information: George Balderose 412.323.2707 Email: George@bagpipe.org.

Sunday, November 11
Remembrance Day Parade of massed bagpipe bands10:00 am, Downtown Pittsburgh. A worship service at First Presbyterian Church, Sixth Avenue.

The Gaelic Arts Society of Pittsburgh will host a Book Review ‘The Yeats Connection’ by Frederick Lapisardi, Author at Duranti’s Restaurant, North Craig St. Oakland at 1:30 PM. Information Earl McCabe 412-761-1844.

Saturday, November 24
Pittsburgh Celtics, Pittsburgh Banshees and Pittsburgh Junior Team will host their Annual Dinner Dance at the Sokol Club on the South Side. Details TBA.

Tuesday, November 20
St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee Meeting at the Private Soldiers and Sailors Club in Greenfield at 7:30PM.

Sunday, November 25
Echoes of Erin, The Ireland Report with Mairtin O’Muilleoir. Managing Director, Andersonstown News / Belfast Media Group www.apublishersblog.blogspot.com www.irelandclick.com.

Gaelic Arts Society – Annual Memorial Mass for deceased members at St. Paul’s Cathedral, 5th Ave., Oakland at 12 Noon. Cash Luncheon at Duranti’s. Information Earl McCabe 412-761-1844 or John Webber Email: jfwnamesman@aol.com.

Friday, November 30 – Sunday, December 2
The St. Andrew Society will sponsor the Annual ‘Christmas Walk’ at Alexandria, VA. A Parade of Clans and Bands + activities. Information Jim Campbell 724.468.5946.


Saturday, December 1
Pittsburgh Ceili Club will sponsor a Ceili at the Morningside VFW, Chislett Street, Morningside 8:00 PM. Information Mary Anne McGill 412-363-8686.

Friday, December 14
The Gaelic Arts Society of Pittsburgh will celebrate the season with their Annual Christmas Party. Information Earl McCabe 412-761-1844.

Tuesday, December 18
St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee Meeting at the Private Soldiers and Sailors Club in Greenfield, 6:30 PM, Christmas Party at 7:30PM.

January 26 – February 2, 2008 Western Caribbean - Back to Back
Andy Cooney Cruse of Irish Stars 2008 aboard Costa Mediterranea, Ports of Call Key West, Grand Cayman, Roatan, Honduras, Cozumel. Entertainment includes: Ronan Tynan, Andy Cooney & his Band, Noel V. Ginnity, Paddy Noonan, Paddy Cole, Eamon Gillespie, Kathy & Andreas Durkin, Screaming Orphans, Celtic Fusion Dancers, Tom Comerford, Stephens green, Fintan Stanley, Jack McGuire & Bill Lewis. 1.800.499.2010.

February 2 – 9, 2008 Eastern Caribbean
Andy Cooney Cruse of Irish Stars 2008 aboard Costa Mediterranea, Ports of Call San Juan, St. Thomas, La Romana, Grand Turks. Entertainment includes; Ronan Tynan, Andy Cooney & his Band, Irish Sopranos, Willie Lynch Band, Eamon Gillespie, Pat & Fran Marnane, Celtic Fusion Dancers, Tom Comerford, Jimmy McPhail, Ken McBride, Shay Mac, Jackie Nelson, & Bill Lewis. 1.800.499.2010

January 27 – February 3, 2008
Irish Festival Cruise aboard Celebrity Millennium to Eastern Caribbean, Ports of Call: San Juan, Tortola, Casa de Campo and Labadee. Entertainment with Tommy Makem, Cherish The Ladies, Mary Black & The Black Brothers, Bogside Rogues, Dermot Henry, Tommy Sands, Matt Cunningham’s Irish Ceili Band, John Gleeson, Mike Mazur, and more. 1-800-441.HARP.


Saturday, March 15, 2008
St. Patrick’s Day Parade, Downtown Pittsburgh.

July 2009 – The AOH Pennsylvania State Convention will take place at the Radisson Hotel in Monroeville. Information: AOH Division 17, Kevin O’Donnell, Email: aohalpa17@hotmail.com.


GUESTS and INTERVIEWS 2007

Sept 2 Matthew Craig, Pittsburgh Irish Festival
Sept 16 Paula McDonald, Gaelscoil an Lonnáin, Belfast
Sept 23 Dave Richardson, Boys of The Lough
Sept 30 Hugh Morrison, Button Box Player

Oct 7 Howard Elbert, Pgh GAA Dinner / Dance
Oct 21 Cynthia Neale, Author, ‘The Irish Dresser’
Oct 28 Samhain, The Celtic New Year Celebration for Echoes of Erin

Nov 11 Rita Emmet, Author, ‘The Procrastinator’s Handbook’
Nov 18 Paul Kennedy, Author, ‘Billy Conn’.

SPONSORS OF THE IRELAND REPORT 2007

January, February & March - Goodrich, Goodrich, 412.281.1455
April
AOH Division 1, South Hills
May
Knights of Equity
June AOH Division 4, North Hills
July
Ireland Institute of Pittsburgh
August AOH Division 21, Garfield
September
AOH County Board
October AOH Division 32, Carnegie
November
Irish American Unity Conference
December Daughters of Erin

Sunday, September 16, 2007

Playlist - September 16

ECHOES OF ERIN
Hosted by Diane Byrnes
Online at
http://eoe.pittsounds.com/
September 16, 2007
PROGRAM # 1017

The IRELAND REPORT with
Davy Kettyles, Enniskillen, County Fermanagh

Ireland Report News Correspondents
Patricia Sharkey, Donegal
Donegal Newsletter, www.dun-na-ngall
Ann Bray, Dublin, Co. Dublin
Davy Kettyles, Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh
Mairtin O’Muilleoir, Belfast
www.apublishersblog.blogspot.com
Managing Editor, Belfast Media Group
Andersonstown News www.irelandclick.com
Pittsburgh Irish Network, www.pittsburghirish.org

September SPONSOR of The Ireland Report
Allegheny County Board Ancient Order of Hibernians
Interview: Paula McDonald, Gaelscoil an Lonnáin, Belfast

911 Memorial
RTE Ireland 911 Tribute
by Joe Kearney
CD ‘RTE Ireland 911 Tribute’

September 11th
by Alan Burke, written by Davy Kettyles
CD ‘September 11’

Soldier’s Joy
by Sutch Sounds
CD ‘Sutch Sounds’

Spanish Lady
by Dublin City Ramblers
CD ‘The Craic & The Porter Black’

Caisléan an tSlébhe
By Maírtin Tom Sheainin MacDonnacha
CD ‘Bláth na hÓige’

Under a Violet Moon
by Candice Night & Richie Blackmore
CD ‘Blackmore’s Night, Under a Violet Moon’


Record Companies
Compass Records
www.compassrecords.com
Outer Green Records www.schoonerfare.com/ogrcatalog/
Red Biddy Records
http://www.redbiddy.com
Rego Irish Records
http://www.regorecords.com/
Shanachie Entertainment http://www.shanachie.com/

Dateline - September 16

ECHOES OF ERIN, WEDO 810 am
Sunday’s, 1:00pm – 2:00pm
Irish / Celtic Radio Programming
Website:
www.pittsburghirish.org/echoesoferin
Email: diane.byrnes@verizon.net
BLOG: http://echoesoferin.blogspot.com
ONLINE at:
http://eoe.pittsounds.com/

Diane V. Byrnes DATELINE IRISH
78 GRANT AVE. September 16, 1007
PITTSBURGH, PA. 15223 PROGRAM # 1017
412.781.6368


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Sunday, September 16
Echoes of Erin, The Ireland Report with Davy Kettyles. Interview with Paula McDonald with Gaelscoil an Lonnáin in Belfast.

Pittsburgh Irish & Classical Theatre ‘Pride & Prejudice’ Dec. 6-22. Performances at the Charity Randal Theatre in the Stephen Foster Memorial. Info; PICT 412.561.6000. Tickets www.proartstickets.org or 412.394.3353.

Gaelscoil an Lonnáin, an Irish Medium School in Belfast is fundraising for education for children ages 3 to 11. Tickets only $3.00 each. Contact Sarah McAuliffe-Bellin at 412-782-2715 or sarahm1916@stargate.net to purchase tickets.

Pittsburgh Renaissance Festival, Saturday’s and Sundays for 6 weekends held at the festival grounds in West Newton, PA. 724.872.1670, Email: www.pittsburghrenfest.com. Wide variety of entertainment including Terry Griffith. Celtic Weekend September 22 & 23. Now through September 30.

Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company presents the play James McBride, written by Mark Clayton Southers, directed by Andrew Paul of PICT, performed at the Pgh. Playwrights Theatre, 542 Penn Avenue, across from Heinz Hall. Reservations 412.288.0358 or Tickets at ProArts 412.394.3353, www.proartstickets.org. Now through September 29th.

Monday, September 17
Tommy Sands (singer / songwriter from County Down) with daughter and son, Moya and Fionan Sands will lead a Workshop at 3:30 PM and perform in Concert at 7:30 PM at WashArts Inspiration Cafe, 243 South Main Street, downtown Washington, PA. Admission $8 Adults, $3 Students. Information: 724.222.1297, Email: WashArts@WashArts.org. Presented by Washington Arts, WashArts.

Tuesday, September 18
Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412.279.0770. It’s Irish Night with Dennis Murphy at the Bar and an Open Invitation for all AOH Members to come and socialize with AOH Sean MacBride Division 32; Guinness and Half & Half Specials from 8:00 pm.

Special - Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle 24th St. & Penn Ave. In The Strip, 412.642.6622 features Scythian at 8:00 PM.

Wednesday, September 19
Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle 24th St. & Penn Ave. In The Strip, 412.642.6622 features Karaoke with Frank Cindrich at 9:00 pm. Every Wednesday.

Thursday, September 20
Change in schedule - Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle 24th St. & Penn Ave. In The Strip, 412.642.6622 - Ceili Dancing from 7:00 pm, all are welcome. Dance classes curtailed until September.

Friday, September 21
The Dublin City Ramblers in Concert at "Molly Brannigan's Traditional Irish Pub and Restaurant" 660 Washington RD. Mt. Lebanon. Information 412.341.7827. Opening for The Ramblers are Cue Ball at 8:00 pm; The Ramblers at 10:00 pm. Tickets in Advance $20, Door $25.00.

Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412.279.0770 features Dove’s Crossing at 9:00 pm.

Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle 24th St. & Penn Ave. In The Strip, 412.642.6622 features Corned Beef & Curry at 9:00 PM.

Saturday, September 22
Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412.279.0770 features Mark Guiser on Vocals & Guitar at 9:00 pm. The Miller Lite Girls will be at the bar from 10:00 PM till Midnight.

Irish Night at St. Catherine of Sweden Church Hall, 2554 Wildwood Road, Wildwood PA. Featuring, Celtic Swedes, Mike Gallagher, Hooley, The Bell School and Cue Ball. Information 412-486-6001.

Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle 24th St. & Penn Ave. In The Strip, 412.642.6622 is celebrating Half Way to St. Patrick’s Day with Live Music outside under the Tent from 1:00 PM to 2:00 AM. Red Hand Paddy inside from 9:00 PM.

Sunday, September 23
Echoes of Erin, The Ireland Report with Mairtin O’Muilleoir. Managing Director, Andersonstown News / Belfast Media Group www.apublishersblog.blogspot.com www.irelandclick.com. Interview with Boys of the Lough.

Pittsburgh Ceili Club will hold their PCC Picnic at Rose Barn in North Park; Noon to 8:00PM. Free to PCC Members & immediate family; children under 12 FREE. Guests $5.00. Dinner 4:00 PM, Ceili after dinner.

Tuesday, September 25
St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee Meeting at the Private Soldiers and Sailors Club in Greenfield at 7:30PM.

Thursday, September 27
Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle 24th St. & Penn Ave. In The Strip, 412.642.6622 features Pat Garvey, on guitar, accordion & vocals from Washington DC, 8:00 PM>


Friday, September 28
Boys of the Lough appear in Concert at The Hillman Center for Performing Arts at Shadyside Academy, 423 Fox Chapel Road. Tickets through ProArts www.proartstickets.org or 412-394-3353.

Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412.279.0770 features Tony Egan on Vocals & Guitar at 9:00 pm.

Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle 24th St. & Penn Ave. In The Strip, 412.642.6622 features Pat Garvey, on guitar, accordion & vocals from Washington DC, 8:00 PM>

Saturday, September 29
Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412.279.0770 features Jack Puskar at 9:00 pm.

Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle 24th St. & Penn Ave. In The Strip, 412.642.6622 features Pat Garvey, on guitar, accordion & vocals from Washington DC, 8:00 PM>

Sunday, September 30
Gaelic Arts Society of Pittsburgh
2008 Opening Luncheon at Church of the Epiphany’s McDowell Hall. Information John Webber 412.758.5446 or Email: jfwnamesman@aol.com

Saturday, October 6
Pittsburgh Irish Feis
at the Pittsburgh Indoor Sports Arena; contact any of the local Dance Schools.

Pittsburgh Ceili Club will sponsor a Ceili at the Morningside VFW, Chislett Street, Morningside 8:00 PM. Information Mary Anne McGill 412-363-8686.

Sunday, October 7
Echoes of Erin, The Ireland Report with Patricia Sharkey, Editor, Donegal Newsletter.

Saturday, October 13
LAOH Division 11 will sponsor their 2nd Annual Halloween Dinner / Dance. Details TBA.


Sunday, October 14
St. David Society of Pittsburgh (Welsh) presents Gymnafa Ganu Songfest at Southminister Presbyterian Church, Washington Road, Mt. Lebanon, 3:00 PM. Reception to follow. Information Dale Richards 412.795.4050.

Tuesday, October 16
St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee Meeting at the Private Soldiers and Sailors Club in Greenfield at 7:30PM.

Thursday, October 18
The Ireland Institute of Pittsburgh, in conjunction with Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann, Pittsburgh, will present an evening of entertainment with Irish Fleadh Champions with the touring company ‘Echoes of Erin’ in Music and Dance, at Cefalo's in Carnegie. 7:30 PM. Tickets in advance $12, at door $15. Information: www.ccepittsburgh.org Email: zoeteller@hotmail.com

Sunday, October 21
The Gaelic Arts Society of Pittsburgh presents the program “The Celts of Brittany” presented by Kathleen Mullooly; 2:30 PM at Synod Hall Social Room. Information Earl McCabe 412-761-1844.

Saturday, October 27
The St. Andrew Society presents a Fall Ceilidh at Boyce Park Ski Lodge, 4 Seasons Center, 5-11PM. $10 + bring desert or salad or something to share. Information Jim Campbell 724-468-5946,

Sunday, October 28
Samhain, The Celtic New Year Celebration – a fundraiser for Echoes of Erin at Mullaney’s Castle (Harp & Fiddle), 24th Street & Penn Ave. in The Strip, 4:00 pm. The Pub is converted into ‘Mullaney’s Castle’; Staff & Committee are dressed in costume. Donation $15.00. Entertainment: Ballad Singer Terry Griffith, na Gaels, Sutch Sounds - adamsutch.tripod.com/ on Harpsichord, Aaron on Mirambula, Ron & Darlene on Guitars, and Michelle on Harpsichord, plus more. Costume Contest with prizes, Cultural Baskets.

Saturday, November 3
Pittsburgh Ceili Club
will sponsor a Ceili at the Morningside VFW, Chislett Street, Morningside 8:00 PM. Information Mary Anne McGill 412-363-8686.

Sunday November 4
The Year of Remembrance Committee
and the Allegheny County AOH Hunger Project will host ‘An Gorta Mor / The Great Hunger’ the 160th Anniversary of The Great Hunger / Famine of Ireland. Historical readings, stories and music with Sean McClorey and Guaranteed Irish at McFadden’s Restaurant & Saloon, 211 North Shore Drive, Pittsburgh 15212. Doors open at 3:00 pm. Tickets - $10.00 in Advance; $12.00 at Door with a BAG of non-perishable food; $15.00 at Door without Food Donation. Proceeds benefit The Greater Pittsburgh Food Bank and St. Vincent de Paul Society. Information Contact: Diane Byrnes 412.781.6368 diane.byrnes@verizon.net or Sarah McAuliffe-Bellin, 412-782-2715, sarahm1916@stargate.net.



Friday, November 9
The Balmoral Classic
, hosted and produced by The Balmoral School of Piping will host a Reception from 7:00pm to 11:00pm at the Pittsburgh Athletic Association, 4215 Fifth Avenue in Oakland. Admission $20. Tickets: 412.323.2707, Email: George@bagpiping.org.

Saturday, November 10
The 2007 Balmoral Classic United States Junior Solo Bagpipe Competition
from 9:00am to 5:00pm; US Invitational Junior Solo Piping Championship at Mellon Institute Auditorium, 4400 Fifth Ave in Oakland. Admission FREE. Evening Concert with the St. Laurence O’Toole Pipe Band at Carnegie Music Hall, 4400 Forbes Ave. in Oakland at 7:30pm. Tickets: www.proartstickets.org or 412.394.3353. Information: George Balderose 412.323.2707 Email: George@bagpipe.org.

Sunday, November 11
Remembrance Day Parade of massed bagpipe bands10:00 AM, Downtown Pittsburgh. A worship service at First Presbyterian Church, Sixth Avenue.

The Gaelic Arts Society of Pittsburgh will host a Book Review ‘The Yeats Connection’ by Frederick Lapisardi, Author at Duranti’s Restaurant, North Craig St. Oakland at 1:30 PM. Information Earl McCabe, 412-761-1844.

Saturday, November 24
Pittsburgh Celtics, Pittsburgh Banshees and Pittsburgh Junior Team will host their Annual Dinner Dance at the Sokol Club on the South Side. Details TBA.

Tuesday, November 20
St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee Meeting at the Private Soldiers and Sailors Club in Greenfield at 7:30PM.

Sunday, November 25
Echoes of Erin, The Ireland Report with Mairtin O’Muilleoir. Managing Director, Andersonstown News / Belfast Media Group www.apublishersblog.blogspot.com www.irelandclick.com.

Gaelic Arts Society – Annual Memorial Mass for deceased members at St. Paul’s Cathedral, 5th Ave., Oakland at 12 Noon. Cash Luncheon at Duranti’s. Information Earl McCabe 412-761-1844 or John Webber Email: jfwnamesman@aol.com.

Friday, November 30 – Sunday, December 2
The St. Andrew Society will sponsor the Annual ‘Christmas Walk’ at Alexandria, VA. A Parade of Clans and Bands + activities. Information Jim Campbell 724.468.5946.

Saturday, December 1
Pittsburgh Ceili Club will sponsor a Ceili at the Morningside VFW, Chislett Street, Morningside 8:00 PM. Information Mary Anne McGill 412-363-8686.

Friday, December 14
The Gaelic Arts Society of Pittsburgh will celebrate the season with their Annual Christmas Party. Information Earl McCabe 412-761-1844.

Tuesday, December 18
St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee Meeting at the Private Soldiers and Sailors Club in Greenfield, 6:30 PM, Christmas Party at 7:30PM.

January 26 – February 2, 2008 Western Caribbean - Back to Back
Andy Cooney Cruse of Irish Stars 2008 aboard Costa Mediterranea, Ports of Call Key West, Grand Cayman, Roatan, Honduras, Cozumel. Entertainment includes: Ronan Tynan, Andy Cooney & his Band, Noel V. Ginnity, Paddy Noonan, Paddy Cole, Eamon Gillespie, Kathy & Andreas Durkin, Screaming Orphans, Celtic Fusion Dancers, Tom Comerford, Stephens green, Fintan Stanley, Jack McGuire & Bill Lewis. 1.800.499.2010.

February 2 – 9, 2008 Eastern Caribbean
Andy Cooney Cruse of Irish Stars 2008 aboard Costa Mediterranea, Ports of Call San Juan, St. Thomas, La Romana, Grand Turks. Entertainment includes; Ronan Tynan, Andy Cooney & his Band, Irish Sopranos, Willie Lynch Band, Eamon Gillespie, Pat & Fran Marnane, Celtic Fusion Dancers, Tom Comerford, Jimmy McPhail, Ken McBride, Shay Mac, Jackie Nelson, & Bill Lewis. 1.800.499.2010

January 27 – February 3, 2008
Irish Festival Cruise aboard Celebrity Millennium to Eastern Caribbean, Ports of Call: San Juan, Tortola, Casa de Campo and Labadee. Entertainment with Tommy Makem, Cherish The Ladies, Mary Black & The Black Brothers, Bogside Rogues, Dermot Henry, Tommy Sands, Matt Cunningham’s Irish Ceili Band, John Gleeson, Mike Mazur, and more. 1-800-441.HARP.

Tuesday, February 5, 2008
St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee Meeting at the Private Soldiers and Sailors Club in Greenfield at 7:30PM.

Tuesday, February 19, 2008
St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee Meeting at the Private Soldiers and Sailors Club in Greenfield at 7:30PM.

Tuesday, February 26
St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee Meeting at the Private Soldiers and Sailors Club in Greenfield at 7:30PM.

Tuesday, March 4
St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee Meeting at the Private Soldiers and Sailors Club in Greenfield at 7:30PM.

Tuesday, March 11
St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee Meeting at Pgh. Brewing Company Hospitality Room, Liberty Ave. Lawrenceville at 6:30PM.

Saturday, March 15, 2008
St. Patrick’s Day Parade, Downtown Pittsburgh.


July 2009 – The AOH Pennsylvania State Convention will take place at the Radisson Hotel in Monroeville. Information: AOH Division 17, Kevin O’Donnell, Email: aohalpa17@hotmail.com.

LOCAL IRISH Sports & Dance School WEBSITES
Pittsburgh Irish Dance Schools
Bell School of Irish Dance
http://bellschool.com/about.htm
Burke Irish Dancers
http://www.burkeirishdance.com/
Pittsburgh Irish Reelers
http://www.pghirishreelers.com/
Shovlin Academy of Dance
http://www.shovlinacademy.com/
Pittsburgh Ceili Club
www.pittsburghceiliclub.org/

Pittsburgh Irish Sports
Pittsburgh Banshees www.
pittsburghbanshees@yahoo.com
Pittsburgh Celtics www.pittsburghcelticsgfc.com/
Pittsburgh Irish Rowing Club
http://www.pittsburghirishrowingclub.com/


GUESTS and INTERVIEWS 2007

Sept 2 Matthew Craig, Pittsburgh Irish Festival
Sept 9 CXL - Kharla Garner, Pittsburgh Renaissance Festival
Sept 16 Paula McDonald, Gaelscoil an Lonnáin, Belfast
Sept 23 Boys of The Lough

Oct 21
Cynthia Neale, Author, ‘The Irish Dresser’
Oct 28 Samhain, The Celtic New Year Celebration for Echoes of Erin

Nov 11
Rita Emmet, Author, ‘The Procrastinator’s Handbook’
Nov 18 Paul Kennedy, Author, ‘Billy Conn’
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SPONSORS OF THE IRELAND REPORT 2007

January, February & March - Goodrich, Goodrich