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Monday, March 31, 2008

The Molly Maguires

The theme for Echoes of Erin on March 30th was The Molly Maguires. In the 1840's and 1850's thousands of Irish came to the coal fields of Pennsylvania to find a new life and freedom. They left behind hunger, intolerance, absentee landlords, land agents and the English government; or so they thought.
Unfortunately, they found the same intolerance and bigotry through the mine operators and their agents who were controlled by the same class of absentee English owners who had evicted them from their homes in Ireland.
In the anthracite fields of Pennsylvania, the name 'The Molly Maguires', was taken by a group of determined Irishmen as a means to counteract and defend against the unscrupulous mine owners and the bigots known as 'The Know Nothings".
The miners had attempted to organize and establish a union that could cope with the conditions and wages of the miners. But by the late 1850's the only organized group willing to fight the mine operators was "The Molly Maguires".
Hal Smith, a Graduate Student at the University of Pittsburgh hails from Danville, Pennsylvania. He lives in Carbon County where much of the history of The Molly Maguires takes place. Hal has done some extensive research on The Molly Maguires and will be giving a presentation on Thursday, April 24th at the Pitt Student Union at 8:00PM. If you are interested in attending and / or need further information, email Hal at has56@pitt.edu.
Hal was my guest on Echoes of Erin March 30th as we presented 'song and story' on The Molly Maguires. You can listen to that program at www.wedo810.com, click on Program Guide, click on Echoes of Erin, click on Program # 1045.
Hal has written an essay on The Molly Maguires; we used some of the material for the radio program and Hal will incorporate portions of it in his presentation on April 24th.

The Ireland Molly

130th Anniversary of the Execution of "Molly Maguires"
Patrick Hester, Peter McHugh, and Patrick Tully
Presented by Hal A. Smith


From western Allegheny County to eastern Carbon County, Pennsylvania's miners had frightful jobs in the 1800's. They worked 12 hour shifts by candlelight in mines without escape exits. Accidents killed hundreds annually. Miners earned under $2/day to pay expensive company stores and company homes, while bosses caned children sorting coal. Unions were illegal and companies blacklisted strikers, so miners formed the "Molly Maguire" gang. From 1871-1875 Mollies burned 10 coal mines at Mount Carmel and Locust Gap.

The Reading Railroad owned most of those mines thanks to Frank Gowen and Pennsylvania's Supreme Court. In 1866 as its attorney, Gowen persuaded the Court to give it a vital rail system. Then the Reading fixed shipping prices, bought competitors, and acquired 125,000 acres of coal.

In 1867 Gowen litigated "Philadelphia & Reading RR. v. Hummell” wherein a train started up against 8 homes without a warning whistle and severed a boy’s leg. Jurors favored the boy and Gowen appealed. Pennsylvania's Supreme Court decided trains had a right to presume nobody would trespass, didn’t have to whistle, and could run at full speed. (Later in "Pennsylvania RR. v. Lewis," the Court told the Reading’s competitor trains couldn’t travel at full speed disregarding likely trespassers). Gowen won, became the Reading’s president, and turned his legal skills on Mollies.

Gowen blamed Mollies' sabotage on the “Ancient Order of Hibernians." The AOH was an Irish Catholic fraternity that had its first state convention in Pittsburgh's "Emerald Hall" in 1870. On March 17, 1870 Very Reverend John Hickey, Vicar General of Pittsburgh's Diocese, welcomed the AOH to St Paul's Cathedral, granting ecclesiastical recognition. Miners, mostly Irish, favored the AOH because unlike companies it paid accident victims benefits. Locust Gap and Mount Carmel’s AOH president Patrick Hester was elected Tax Assessor- a miner now taxing companies.

In 1868, Gowen's police shot and jailed robber James Finnelly. Before dying in jail, Finnelly allegedly accused Hester and Ashland’s AOH president Tom Donahue of the Columbia County murder-robbery of mine boss Alexander Rea. Donahue was tried and acquitted. Hester was jailed past 2 court sessions and released untried.

Gowen hired Pinkerton's secret police, who investigated "Mollies" in Carbon, Columbia, Northumberland, and Schuylkill Counties from 1873, and in Westmoreland County from 1875-1878. In 1876 the Reading conducted show trials resulting in convictions of over 40 Molly Maguires.

In 1876 Pinkertons promised Manus Kull, a homeless person jailed for countless armed robberies: accuse Hester of planning Rea’s death and go free. Kull agreed, and was pardoned so he could testify.

Pinkertons arrested Hester, AOH Delegate Peter McHugh, and Patrick Tully that November. Although Rea’s was the only alleged Molly murder in Hester’s Division, newspapers screamed Hester “waded in blood for years.” Judge Elwell picked a Columbia County jury with no Irish Catholics or coal town residents. All jurors knew of the case beforehand, and 2 jurors admitted they had an opinion on guilt, but claimed it wouldn't affect their judgment.

Kull testified Hester said Rea would carry $18,000 one Saturday and lent him a gun. Kull said Hester wasn’t at the murder, nor was Donahue involved. Kull said they didn’t discuss killing Rea. He said he, McHugh, and Tully drank whisky and robbed Rea. But trigger-happy Kull “couldn’t remember” if he or Tully shot Rea first. The first shot made Rea dash, so they killed him. Rea carried $60. They divided it, dealing Kull an extra share and Hester none.

Actually, Hester may not have planned it, because as tax assessor he knew Rea only delivered wages Fridays.

The Reading’s paid prosecutor, Francis Hughes, harangued 9 hours on Molly “terrorism,” calling Hester the “very devil." Judge Elwell instructed that by law planners of unintentionally deadly robberies were guilty of murder. Jurors convicted the 3 prisoners in under 2 hours. Gowen remarked: "The name of Molly Maguire being attached to a man's name is sufficient to hang him."

On October 2, 1877, Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court reviewed Hester’s case in Pittsburgh’s coal-blackened Grant Street courthouse.


The Pittsburgh Courthouse on Grant's Hill in 1857.

The Court was in Pittsburgh because that July Pittsburgh's militia refused to strikebreak. Governor Hartranft sent in the National Guard, which shot 49 civilians. Crowds burned trains for 3 miles. Allegheny County’s lawyers blamed the riot on soldiers. The New York Times reported "not a stick of wood injured… up to the time the troops arrived at Pittsburgh." But in “Gibson’s Son & Co. v. Allegheny County” the Court blamed Pittsburgh: “We see no evidence of any serious attempt upon the part of the local authorities to suppress it at the time of its commencement.” The Court made Allegheny County pay railroads and merchants $2,772,350.

Gowen personally joined Hughes to argue before the Court against Hester’s appeal. Hester’s lawyers showed the “1860 Two Term Act” protected prisoners jailed and untried within 2 court sessions. In 1869 the prosecution released Hester 3 days after his second session in jail without trial. Hester’s lawyers said if the Court wouldn’t call this acquittal, theoretically “a prisoner can be re-arrested and imprisoned for the same offence” and “perpetual imprisonment could follow without trial.”

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Warren Woodward,


the presiding judge in Reading from 1861-1874, gave the court’s decision. He set legal precedent that the Two Term Act didn’t automatically protect prisoners. Woodward said Hester hadn’t asked to use it for his 1869 release, so prosecutors could re-charge him.

Next Hester's lawyers argued “At the time of this trial a strong prejudice existed in this community against the "Ancient Order of Hibernians." Molly "trials in Schuylkill county had just been concluded and it was impossible to obtain an unprejudiced jury. All that seemed necessary was to find that a prisoner was a 'Mollie Maguire' and conviction followed."
Woodward responded that Judge Elwell's "instructions upon legal questions were so intelligent and so clear as to make their apprehension and application by the jury free from the chance of mistake or doubt. In relation to the general features of the case, there is nothing, therefore, that requires remark."According to Pennsylvania Constitution Article 4: "no pardon shall be granted...except... after full hearing, upon due public notice and in open session." Hester’s lawyers said the Pardon Board announced it wouldn’t meet on the regularly scheduled hearing date when Kull announced he'd apply. Subpoenaed papers showed the Board didn’t certify any notice was given or meeting convened. Further, Kull’s pardon didn’t fully restate the penalty to be repealed, including returning stolen property. Hester’s lawyers claimed Kull’s pardon was void, so Kull couldn’t testify. Woodward decided: "Upon irregularities and omissions of form such as these, it was proposed that [County] judges... should... annul the deliberate action of the governor taken in the execution of a constitutional power expressly conferred. There was no allegation that the pardon was obtained by fraud." Phrased differently: the Constitution allowed the governor to pardon Kull, so Columbia County judges couldn’t void this unconstitutionally enacted pardon. Woodward agreed with all Gowen's points. Although the Court upheld Hester’s conviction, 2,600 petitioned for Hester's pardon because Kull’s testimony was uncorroborated. The Pardon Board was chaired by Commonwealth Secretary Matthew "Boss" Quay, for whom trains made special stops when he traveled near his Beaver County home.
During the 1877 strike, Quay ordered the National Guard to Pittsburgh while Hartranft was beyond telegraph communication in Wyoming. An Allegheny Grand Jury charged Quay with forging Hartranft's signature on the order, but Quay refused to appear. When RNC member William Kemble was convicted of bribing legislators to pay railroads $4,000,000 for strike damage, Quay called the BOP in extra session and pardoned Kemble in 20 minutes. At a legislative hearing, Kemble called bribery "common aid," and said: "I know the Constitution has got a lot of stuff in it that none of you live up to."
But Hester was a poor lobbyist. Quay denied his petition.
On March 25, 1878, 30 railroad police guarded Bloomsburg's jail. Hester comforted his wife and 4 daughters whose shrieks penetrated jail walls. Tully’s wife whispered, “I have nothing left now but me broken heart.”
At the gallows, Hester threw his chest forward, head back, and said “I did not plot the murder of Rea.” Gowen’s police strapped the 3 prisoners' legs, and a blindfolded man dropped them. But the drop was too short to break necks. Horrified spectators turned away as Hester breathed heavily, convulsing. Three hearts took 9-12 minutes to stop.

Gowen, hiding behind the trial's metaphorical blindfold, delivered Hester's body on a special train to a funeral attended by 2,500 miners. His brother Owen left the area and settled in McKeesport. Owen's great-nephew John Hester became a Superior Court judge and sought Hester's posthumous pardon like that of accused "Molly" Jack Kehoe. "At weddings and wakes, where all the relatives got together, they'd talk about Uncle Paddy," Judge Hester recalled in his Pittsburgh office. None of them doubted that Hester hadn't plotted the robbery.
Pittsburgh’s courthouse burned and was demolished in 1882. Ten years later Homestead strikers fought off 300 attacking Pinkertons. Pennsylvania's Supreme Court, including judges who denied Hester's appeal, indicted the strikers for treason. It carried the death penalty, but an Allegheny County jury acquitted them.
In 2005 and 2006, Pennsylvania’s House and Senate unanimously resolved that the Reading monopoly and pro-railroad judges deprived Mollies of Due Process, and requested Governor Rendell's acknowledgement. Pittsburgh's State Representatives DeLuca, Frankel, Readshaw, and Walko, and Westmoreland Representative Petrarca are sponsoring House Resolution 629 to remind Rendell of the violation of Due Process. Hester, McHugh, and Tully are still awaiting the governor's acknowledgement.

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Sunday, March 30, 2008

Playlist - March 30

ECHOES OF ERIN
Hosted by Diane Byrnes
ONLINE:
http://www.wedo810.com
Click on Program Guide,
go down the page to Echoes of Erin

Hosted by Diane Byrnes
20th Anniversary
March 30, 2008
PROGRAM # 1045
The IRELAND REPORT
with 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
Irish Echo, www.irishecho.com/

Pittsburgh Irish Network,
www.pittsburghirish.org

March SPONSOR of The Ireland Report
Goodrich & Goodrich, Attorneys at Law
Today’s Theme: “The Molly Maguires”
With Hal Smith, Graduate Student, University of Pittsburgh

Faith of Our Fathers
by Frank Patterson
CD ‘Faith of Our Fathers’

An Inspirational Moment
“Faith of Our Fathers”
Sponsored by GDC Fine Jewelry

Molly Maguires
by The Dubliners
LP “Dubliners Collection”

Down in a Coal Mine
by Donegal Weavers
LP “Work of the Weavers”

When the Breaker Starts Up Full Time
by Mick Moloney
CD “Far From the Shamrock Shore”

Sons of Molly
by The Irish Balladeers
LP “The Molly Maguires”

Pat Dolan or the Song of the Molly Maguires
by The Irish Balladeers
LP “The Molly Maguires”

When Old Mauch Chunk Was Young
by Donegal Weavers
LP ‘Work of the Weavers’

Ghost of the Molly Maguires
by Donnybrook Fair
CD ‘Tunnel Tigers’


Record Companies
Blix Street Records
www.blixstreet.com/
Compass Records
www.compassrecords.com
Dara Records www.dararecords.com
Loftus Music
http://www.loftusmusic.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/

Dateline - March 30

ECHOES OF ERIN, WEDO 810 am
Sunday’s, 1:00pm – 2:00pm
Irish / Celtic Radio Programming
www.pittsburghirish.org/echoesoferin
diane.byrnes@verizon.net
http://echoesoferin.blogspot.com
ONLINE: http://www.wedo810.com
20th Anniversary


Diane V. Byrnes DATELINE IRISH
78 GRANT AVE. March 30, 2008
PITTSBURGH, PA. 15223 PROGRAM # 1045
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, March 30
Echoes of Erin, The Ireland Report with Diane Byrnes. SPECIAL – The Molly Maguires Program. Guest in Studio, Hal Smith, Graduate Student at University of Pittsburgh, focused on The Molly Maguires.

AOH Sean MacBride Division 32 in Carnegie, Communion Breakfast at The Priory Hotel on the North Shore, 10:30AM.

Tuesday, April 1
Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, opens at 3:00 PM.

Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle, 2329 Penn Ave., in The Strip, Ceili Dancing, 7:00 PM.

Wednesday, April 2
Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412.279.0770 features The Potter’s Reel, 7:00 PM.

Thursday, April 3
Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle, 2329 Penn Ave., in The Strip, features Sean McClorey at 8:00 PM.

Friday, April 4
Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412.279.0770 features Sean McClorey at 9:00 PM.

Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle 24th St. & Penn Ave., 412.642.6622; features Irish Music 9PM.

Saturday, April 5
West Virginia Feis, Information Jim Graven Email: kayaks201@verizon.net.
Tartan Day at Fox Chapel Presbyterian Church, Fox Chapel Road, 11:00AM to 4:00 PM. Piper Bands, Scottish Dancers, Culture Workshops, Celtic Vendors, Scottish Menu. Free Admission.

Pittsburgh Ceili Club ‘Spring Ceili’, Workshop 6:30PM, Ceili 8:00 PM; Morningside VFW. Information 412.363.8686.

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., 412.642.6622; features Irish Music 9PM.

Sunday, April 6
Echoes of Erin, The Ireland Report with Patricia Sharkey, Editor of the Donegal Newsletter. ‘An Inspirational Moment’ sponsored by LAOH Maude Gonne Division 32 in Carnegie.

Irish Session at Murphy’s Tap Room, So. Braddock Ave. in Regent Square at 8:00PM. All are welcome.

Wednesday, April 9
Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412.279.0770 features The Potters Reel, 7 to 10PM.

Friday, April 11
Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412.279.0770 features The Rivermen at 9:00 PM.

Saturday, April 12
Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412.279.0770 features Jack Puskar at 9:00 PM.

Sunday, April 13
The Celtic Collection ‘House Concert’, 409 Lincoln Avenue in Bellevue, with Ballad Singer, Mike Gallagher, Bob Banjeree & Bob Pegritz, 4:00 PM. Tickets $20, Reservation required 412-301-0599.

Monday, April 14
Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412.279.0770 features an Acoustic Jam at 7:00 PM.

Wednesday, April 16
Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412.279.0770 features The Potters Reel 7 to 10 PM.

Friday, April 18
Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412.279.0770 features Ballad Singer, Mike Gallagher at 9:00 PM.

Saturday, April 19
Daughters of Erin Card Party Luncheon Fundraiser at McFadden’s Restaurant, 211 North Shore Drive, 11:30AM. Reservations: Nancy Bondi 412-884-5681. Variety of vendors for your shopping pleasure, play cards & Chinese Auction, etc.

Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412.279.0770 features Mark Guiser on vocals & guitar at 9:00 PM.

Sunday, April 20
Gaelic Arts Society of Pittsburgh presents Frederick Lapisardi speaking on William Butler Yeats at Synod Hall on North Craig St. in Oakland. Tommy Costello, Drama Student at Pitt will make a presentation, 2:30 PM.

Irish Session at Murphy’s Tap Room, So. Braddock Ave. in Regent Square at 8:00PM. All are welcome.

Wednesday, April 23
Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412.279.0770 features The Potters Reel 7 to 10 PM.

Friday, April 25
Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412.279.0770 features Sean McClorey at 9:00 PM.

Saturday, April 26
AOH Division 1, South Hills presents “A Night of Irish Music” with Corned Beef & Curry and Mike Gallagher & Step Dancers at Castle Shannon Volunteer Fire Hall, 7:00 PM. Tickets: Tom Long, 412.561.4181 or Rich O’Malley, 412.401.3945.

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

Sunday, April 27
200th Anniversary Mass was to be held at St. Patrick’s Church in The Strip, 11:00AM; however due to the larger crowd anticipated it has been moved to St. Stanislaus Kostka Church, 21st Street in The Strip, still at 11:00 AM.
The High Kings with Finbar Clancy, Brian Dunphy, Martin Furey, & Darren Holden in Concert at Heinz Hall, 8:00 PM. WQED / PBS sponsors. Will be excellent!!

Monday, April 28
Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412.279.0770 features an Acoustic Jam at 7:00 PM.

Wednesday, April 30
Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412.279.0770 features Potters Reel, 7 to 10 PM.

Sunday, May 4
Irish Session at Murphy’s Tap Room, So. Braddock Ave. in Regent Square at 8:00PM. All are welcome.

Sunday, May 18
The Gaelic Arts Society of Pittsburgh presents and “Educational Mini-Concert” by The Pittsburgh Chapter of the American Harp Society, 2:30 PM, Synod Hall, N. Craig Street, Oakland. Free-will donation accepted at door. Information: 412.758.5446.

Irish Session at Murphy’s Tap Room, So. Braddock Ave. in Regent Square at 8:00PM. All are welcome.

Sunday, June 1
The Grand Opening / Dedication for the Welsh Nationality Room at the University of Pittsburgh, 3:00 PM in Heinz Chapel. Reception in the Commons Room of the Cathedral of Learning and tours of the newly-finished room. Information: Dave Williams, peggie@nauticom.net.

Sunday, June 8
The Gaelic Arts Society of Pittsburgh presents an ‘Irish High Tea’, 1:30 PM, Epiphany Church McDowell Hall. Reservations required. Information: Earl McCabe 412.761.1844 by May 31; Donation $12.00 pp.

Saturday, June 28
AOH Division 4, North Hills presents “A Day of Irish Entertainment” at Schitizen Park / The Croatian Center, Millvale, 12:00 Noon.

Wednesday, July 23 – Saturday, July 26
AOH National Convention in New Orleans.

Friday, August 8
AOH Division 32 Golf Outing at Cherry Hills Golf Club.

July 2009 – The AOH Pennsylvania State Convention will take place at the Radisson Hotel in Monroeville. Information: Denny Donnelly, 412-276-9312, Email: ddon633@comcast.net and Patti Flaus, Email: pyecat54@comcast.net.

LOCAL IRISH Dance & Sports 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 Irish Rowing Club http://www.pittsburghirishrowingclub.com/
Pittsburgh Banshees www.pittsburghbanshees@yahoo.com
Pittsburgh Celtics www.pittsburghcelticsgfc.com/
2008 Schedule
June 1 St. Pat’s @ Founders Field
June 7 Seven-Aside Competition @ Founders Field
June 22 Wolf Tones @ Founders Field
June 29 Pgh Celtics @ St. Jarlath’s in Cleveland
July 13 Pgh Celtics @ St. Pat’s in Cleveland
July 27 St. Jarlath’s @ Founders Field
Aug 3 Pgh Celtics @ Wolf Tones in Detroit
Aug 17 Midwest Final

Inspirational Moments
Sponsored by

January - Dorothy Flaherty Weldon, National President, LAOH
and Martin J. Flaherty, Plumbing & Heating 412.531.3948

February - The Irish Society for Education and Charity

March - GDC Fine Jewelry, 724.864.5000
‘Attitude’, ‘Some Ways of Dealing With the Burdens of Life’, ‘Little Known Truths & Tales of Ireland’, ‘Little Known Truths and Tales of Ireland’, ‘Faith of Our Fathers’

April - Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians, Maude Gonne Division 32, Carnegie

May - Terry Callahan & AOH Allegheny County Hunger Project


GUESTS and INTERVIEWS 2008

Mar 2 Frank McNamara, Musical Director of “If You’re Irish…”
Mar 23 Easter Rising Program
Mar 30 The Molly Maguire’s Program, Hal Smith, Grad Student, Pitt

Apr 13 The High Kings, Concert Heinz Hall, 8pm on April 27



SPONSORS OF THE IRELAND REPORT 2008

January, February & March - Goodrich, Goodrich Attorney’s At Law, 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-Bloomfield
September AOH County Board
October AOH Division 32, Carnegie
November Irish American Unity Conference
December Daughters of Erin

Monday, March 24, 2008

Playlist - March 23

ECHOES OF ERIN
Hosted by Diane Byrnes
ONLINE:
http://www.wedo810.com
Click on Program Guide, go down the page to Echoes of Erin
Hosted by Diane Byrnes
20th Anniversary
March 23, 2008
PROGRAM # 1044
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
Irish Echo, www.irishecho.com/

Pittsburgh Irish Network, www.pittsburghirish.org

March SPONSOR of The Ireland Report
Goodrich & Goodrich, Attorneys at Law

Today we commemorate the 92nd Anniversary of The Easter Rising
With the LP Narrated by Charles Kuralt, CBS News Correspondent


Women of Ireland (Mna na h’Eireann)
by Phil Coulter
CD ‘Coulter Classics’

An Inspirational Moment
“Little-Known Truths and Tales of Ireland”
Sponsored by GDC Fine Jewelry

The Irish Uprising,
CBS Legacy Collection Record, Record
LP ‘The Irish Uprising / 1916 – 1922’



Record Companies
Blix Street Records www.blixstreet.com/
Compass Records www.compassrecords.com
Dara Records www.dararecords.com
Loftus Music http://www.loftusmusic.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/

Dateline - March 23

ECHOES OF ERIN, WEDO 810 am
Sunday’s, 1:00pm – 2:00pm
Irish / Celtic Radio Programming

www.pittsburghirish.org/echoesoferin
diane.byrnes@verizon.net
http://echoesoferin.blogspot.com
ONLINE: http://www.wedo810.com
20th Anniversary
Diane V. Byrnes DATELINE IRISH
78 GRANT AVE
. March 23, 2008
PITTSBURGH, PA. 15223 PROGRAM # 1044
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, March 23 – Easter Sunday
Echoes of Erin, The Ireland Report with Mairtin O’Muilleoir. Managing Director, Andersonstown News / Belfast Media Group www.apublishersblog.blogspot.com www.irelandclick.com. SPECIAL – Easter Rising Program.

Monday, March 24
Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412.279.0770 features Acoustic Jam, 7:00 PM.

Tuesday, March 25
Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, opens at 3:00 PM.

Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle, 2329 Penn Ave., in The Strip, Ceili Dancing, 7:00 PM.

Wednesday, March 26
Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412.279.0770 features The Potter’s Reel, 7:00 PM.

Thursday, March 27
Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle, 2329 Penn Ave., in The Strip, features Sean McClorey at 8:00 PM.

Friday, March 28
Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412.279.0770 features Tony Egan, 9:00 PM.

Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle 24th St. & Penn Ave., 412.642.6622; features Mark Guiser on vocals & guitar, 9PM.

Saturday, March 29
Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412.279.0770 features Mike Gallagher, 9:00 PM.

Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle 24th St. & Penn Ave., 412.642.6622; features Irish Music with Mike Gallagher at 9:00 PM.

The Claddagh Irish Pub, South Side Works features Mark Guiser 8:00 PM.

Sunday, March 30
Echoes of Erin, The Ireland Report with Diane Byrnes. SPECIAL – The Molly Maguires Program.

AOH Sean MacBride Division 32 in Carnegie, Communion Breakfast at The Priory Hotel on the North Shore, 10:30AM.

Saturday, April 5
West Virginia Feis, Information Jim Graven Email: kayaks201@verizon.net.
Tartan Day at Fox Chapel Presbyterian Church, Fox Chapel Road, 11:00AM to 4:00 PM. Piper Bands, Scottish Dancers, Culture Workshops, Celtic Vendors, Scottish Menu. Free Admission.

Pittsburgh Ceili Club ‘Spring Ceili’, Workshop 6:30PM, Ceili 8:00 PM; Morningside VFW. Information 412.363.8686.

Sunday, April 6
Echoes of Erin, The Ireland Report with Patricia Sharkey, Editor of the Donegal Newsletter. ‘An Inspirational Moment’ sponsored by LAOH Maude Gonne Division 32 in Carnegie.

Irish Session at Murphy’s Tap Room, So. Braddock Ave. in Regent Square at 8:00PM. All are welcome.

Sunday, April 13
The Celtic Collection ‘House Concert’, 409 Lincoln Avenue in Bellevue, with Ballad Singer, Mike Gallagher, Bob Banjeree & Bob Pegritz, 4:00 PM. Reservation required 412-301-0599.

Saturday, April 19
Daughters of Erin Card Party Luncheon at Mitchell’s Restaurant. Details TBA.

Sunday, April 20
Gaelic Arts Society of Pittsburgh presents Frederick Lapisardi speaking on William Butler Yeats at Synod Hall on North Craig St. in Oakland. Tommy Costello, Drama Student at Pitt will make a presentation, 2:30 PM.

Irish Session at Murphy’s Tap Room, So. Braddock Ave. in Regent Square at 8:00PM. All are welcome.

Saturday, April 26
AOH Division 1, South Hills presents “A Night of Irish Music” with Corned Beef & Curry and Mike Gallagher & Step Dancers at Castle Shannon Volunteer Fire Hall, 7:00 PM. Tickets: Tom Long, 412.561.4181 or Rich O’Malley, 412.401.3945.

Sunday, April 27
200th Anniversary Mass was to be held at St. Patrick’s Church in The Strip, 11:00AM; however due to the larger crowd anticipated it has been moved to St. Stanislaus Kostka Church, 21st Street in The Strip, still at 11:00 AM.
The High Kings with Finbar Clancy, Brian Dunphy, Martin Furey, & Darren Holden in Concert at Heinz Hall, 8:00 PM. WQED / PBS sponsors. Will be excellent!!

Sunday, May 4
Irish Session at Murphy’s Tap Room, So. Braddock Ave. in Regent Square at 8:00PM. All are welcome.

Sunday, May 18
The Gaelic Arts Society of Pittsburgh presents and “Educational Mini-Concert” by The Pittsburgh Chapter of the American Harp Society, 2:30 PM, Synod Hall, N. Craig Street, Oakland. Free-will donation accepted at door. Information: 412.758.5446.

Irish Session at Murphy’s Tap Room, So. Braddock Ave. in Regent Square at 8:00PM. All are welcome.

Sunday, June 1
The Grand Opening / Dedication for the Welsh Nationality Room at the University of Pittsburgh, 3:00 PM in Heinz Chapel. Reception in the Commons Room of the Cathedral of Learning and tours of the newly-finished room. Information: Dave Williams, peggie@nauticom.net.

Sunday, June 8
The Gaelic Arts Society of Pittsburgh presents an ‘Irish High Tea’, 1:30 PM, Epiphany Church McDowell Hall. Reservations required. Information: Earl McCabe 412.761.1844 by May 31; Donation $12.00 pp.

Saturday, June 28
AOH Division 4, North Hills presents “A Day of Irish Entertainment” at Schitizen Park / The Croatian Center, Millvale, 12:00 Noon.

Wednesday, July 23 – Saturday, July 26
AOH National Convention in New Orleans.

Friday, August 8
AOH Division 32 Golf Outing at Cherry Hills Golf Club.

July 2009 – The AOH Pennsylvania State Convention will take place at the Radisson Hotel in Monroeville. Information: Denny Donnelly, 412-276-9312, Email: ddon633@comcast.net and Patti Flaus, Email: pyecat54@comcast.net.

LOCAL IRISH ENTERTAINERS WEBSITES
Check Performance Schedules, Etc.
Aran from Johnstown PA - http://www.people.iup.edu/rahkonen/Bands/Aran.htm
George Balderose - http://www.pittsburghpiper.com/
Carnival of Souls - http://www.carnivalofsouls.com
Ceann - http://www.ceannmusic.com/
Cue Ball Music - http://www.cueballmusic.com/index.asp
Cahal Dunne - http://www.cahaldunne.com/
Tony Egan - http://www.tonyegan.info
Michael Gallagher - http://www.mike-gallagher.com/
Terry Griffith - http://www.pittsburghirish.org/griffith
Guaranteed Irish - http://www.guaranteedirish.info/
Hiraeth - http://lugh.as.cmu.edu/Hiraeth.htm
Hooley - http://www.hooley.info
Laughrey Connolly- http://www.laughreyconnolly.com/
John McCann - http://www.johnmccannlive.com/
Michael Murphy & TSRB http://www.michaelmurphy.us/
Na Gaels - http://www.pittsburghirish.org/nagaels
Red Hand Paddy - http://www.redhandpaddy.com/
Rolling Scones - http://www.rollingscones.com

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 Irish Rowing Club http://www.pittsburghirishrowingclub.com/
Pittsburgh Banshees www.pittsburghbanshees@yahoo.com
Pittsburgh Celtics www.pittsburghcelticsgfc.com/
2008 Schedule
June 1 St. Pat’s @ Founders Field
June 7 Seven-Aside Competition @ Founders Field
June 22 Wolf Tones @ Founders Field
June 29 Pgh Celtics @ St. Jarlath’s in Cleveland
July 13 Pgh Celtics @ St. Pat’s in Cleveland
July 27 St. Jarlath’s @ Founders Field
Aug 3 Pgh Celtics @ Wolf Tones in Detroit
Aug 17 Midwest Final

Inspirational Moments
Sponsored by

January Dorothy Flaherty Weldon, National President, LAOH and Martin J. Flaherty, Plumbing & Heating 412.531.3948
‘Hot Chocolate’, ‘The 7-Ups of Life’, ‘The Wooden Bowl’,
‘Everything Happens for a Reason’

February The Irish Society for Education and Charity
‘St. Brigid’, ‘Valentine Day Quotations’, ‘Old But Very True’,
‘Twinkies and Root Beer’

March GDC Fine Jewelry, 724.864.5000
‘Attitude’, ‘Some Ways of Dealing With the Burdens of Life’,
‘Little Known Truths & Tales of Ireland’
‘Little Known Truths & Tales of Ireland’

April Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians, Maude Gonne Division 32, Carnegie
May Terry Callahan & AOH Allegheny County Hunger Project


GUESTS and INTERVIEWS 2008

Mar 2 Frank McNamara, Musical Director of “If You’re Irish…”
Mar 23 Easter Rising Program
Mar 30 The Molly Maguire’s Program

Apr 13 The High Kings, Concert Heinz Hall, 8pm on April 27

SPONSORS OF THE IRELAND REPORT 2008

January, February & March - Goodrich, Goodrich Attorney’s At Law, 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-Bloomfield
September AOH County Board
October AOH Division 32, Carnegie
November Irish American Unity Conference
December Daughters of Erin

Saturday, March 15, 2008

Dateline - March 16

ECHOES OF ERIN, WEDO 810 am
Sunday’s, 1:00pm – 2:00pm
Irish / Celtic Radio Programming
www.pittsburghirish.org/echoesoferin
diane.byrnes@verizon.net
http://echoesoferin.blogspot.com
ONLINE: http://www.wedo810.com
20th Anniversary

Diane V. Byrnes DATELINE IRISH
78 GRANT AVE. March 16, 2008
PITTSBURGH, PA. 15223 PROGRAM # 1043
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, March 16
Echoes of Erin, The Ireland Report from Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh with Davy Kettyles. Interview with Deidre Shannon with Lord of the Dance.

The Gaelic Arts Society of Pittsburgh presents a St. Patrick’s Day Banquet with speaker John Canning on “The Irish in Allegheny City”, 4:30 PM, PAA, 5th Ave., Oakland.

The Claddagh Irish Pub Sean McClorey’s ‘CD Release Party’, 4:00pm
Irish Session at Murphy’s Tap Room, So. Braddock Ave. in Regent Square at 8:00PM. All are welcome.

Monday, March 17 St. Patrick’s Day
Knights of Equity & Daughters of Erin St. Patrick’s Day Banquet at the Irish Centre of Pittsburgh in Squirrel Hill. Irish Mass at 6:00 PM. Information Mickey McManama-Stein 412.922.2584 or Mickey343K@msn.com.

Gaelic Arts Society of Pittsburgh St. Patrick’s Day Banquet at PAA, 5th Ave. Oakland, 6:00 PM.

Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, opens 11:00 AM, features Jack Puskar.

Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle, 2329 Penn Ave., in The Strip, Entertainment from Noon with Mark Guiser, Guaranteed Irish, Whiskey Limerick, Red Hand Paddy, Hooley.

Hambone’s, 4207 Butler Street, Lawrenceville, Irish Fare and entertainment with DJ Red & Green from 2:00 PM.
The Claddagh Irish Pub, South Side Works features Cue Ball from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM, Mark Guiser from 7:30PM.

Irish singer, Red Hurley, ‘Raised on Songs & Stories’ is being aired on WQED TV at 8:00 PM and 12:30AM (Tuesday morning).

Tuesday, March 18
Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, opens at 3:00 PM.

Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle, 2329 Penn Ave., in The Strip, Ceili Dancing, 7:00 PM.

Wednesday, March 19
Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412.279.0770 features The Potter’s Reel 7:00 PM.

Thursday, March 20
Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle, 2329 Penn Ave., in The Strip features TRIVIA Night with Johnny Connolly, 7:30 PM, followed by Tony Egan on vocals & guitar.

Friday, March 21
Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412.279.0770 features Sean McClorey, 9:00 PM.

Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle 24th St. & Penn Ave., 412.642.6622; features Ballad Singer Terry Griffith, 9PM.

Saturday, March 22
Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412.279.0770 features Mike Gallagher, 9:00 PM.

Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle 24th St. & Penn Ave., 412.642.6622; features Irish Music 9PM.

Sunday, March 23 – Easter Sunday
Echoes of Erin, The Ireland Report with Mairtin O’Muilleoir. Managing Director, Andersonstown News / Belfast Media Group www.apublishersblog.blogspot.com www.irelandclick.com. SPECIAL – Easter Rising Program.

Monday, March 24
Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412.279.0770 features Acoustic Jam, 7:00 PM.

Wednesday, March 26
Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412.279.0770 features The Potter’s Reel, 7:00 PM.

Thursday, March 27
Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle, 2329 Penn Ave., in The Strip, features Sean McClorey at 8:00 PM.

Friday, March 28
Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412.279.0770 features Tony Egan, 9:00 PM.

Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle 24th St. & Penn Ave., 412.642.6622; features Mark Guiser on vocals & guitar, 9PM.

Saturday, March 29
Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412.279.0770 features Mike Gallagher, 9:00 PM.

Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle 24th St. & Penn Ave., 412.642.6622; features Irish Music with Mike Gallagher at 9:00 PM.

The Claddagh Irish Pub, South Side Works features Mark Guiser 8:00 PM.

Sunday, March 30
Echoes of Erin, The Ireland Report with Diane Byrnes. SPECIAL – The Molly Maguires Program.

AOH Sean MacBride Division 32 in Carnegie, Communion Breakfast at The Priory Hotel on the North Shore, 10:30AM.

Saturday, April 5
West Virginia Feis, Information Jim Graven Email: kayaks201@verizon.net.
Tartan Day at Fox Chapel Presbyterian Church, Fox Chapel Road, 11:00AM to 4:00 PM. Piper Bands, Scottish Dancers, Culture Workshops, Celtic Vendors, Scottish Menu.
Free Admission.

Pittsburgh Ceili Club ‘Spring Ceili’, Workshop 6:30PM, Ceili 8:00 PM; Morningside VFW. Information 412.363.8686.

Sunday, April 6
Echoes of Erin, The Ireland Report with Patricia Sharkey, Editor of the Donegal Newsletter. ‘An Inspirational Moment’ sponsored by LAOH Maude Gonne Division 32 in Carnegie.

Irish Session at Murphy’s Tap Room, So. Braddock Ave. in Regent Square at 8:00PM. All are welcome.

Irish Session at Murphy’s Tap Room, So. Braddock Ave. in Regent Square at 8:00PM. All are welcome.

Sunday, April 13
The Celtic Collection ‘House Concert’, 409 Lincoln Avenue in Bellevue, with Ballad Singer, Mike Gallagher, Bob Banjeree & Bob Pegritz, 4:00 PM. Reservation required 412-301-0599.

Saturday, April 19
Daughters of Erin Card Party Luncheon at Mitchell’s Restaurant. Details TBA.

Sunday, April 20
Gaelic Arts Society of Pittsburgh presents Frederick Lapisardi speaking on William Butler Yeats at Synod Hall on North Craig St. in Oakland. Tommy Costello, Drama Student at Pitt will make a presentation, 2:30 PM.

Irish Session at Murphy’s Tap Room, So. Braddock Ave. in Regent Square at 8:00PM. All are welcome.

Saturday, April 26
AOH Division 1, South Hills presents “A Night of Irish Music” with Corned Beef & Curry and Mike Gallagher & Step Dancers at Castle Shannon Volunteer Fire Hall, 7:00 PM. Tickets: Tom Long, 412.561.4181 or Rich O’Malley, 412.401.3945.

Sunday, April 27
Anniversary Mass at St. Patrick’s Church in The Strip, 11:00AM.

The High Kings with Finbar Clancy, Brian Dunphy, Martin Furey, & Darren Holden in Concert at Heinz Hall, 8:00 PM. WQED / PBS sponsors. Will be excellent!!

Sunday, May 4
Irish Session at Murphy’s Tap Room, So. Braddock Ave. in Regent Square at 8:00PM. All are welcome.

Sunday, May 18
The Gaelic Arts Society of Pittsburgh presents and “Educational Mini-Concert” by The Pittsburgh Chapter of the American Harp Society, 2:30 PM, Synod Hall, N. Craig Street, Oakland. Free-will donation accepted at door. Information: 412.758.5446.

Irish Session at Murphy’s Tap Room, So. Braddock Ave. in Regent Square at 8:00PM. All are welcome.

Sunday, June 1
The Grand Opening / Dedication for the Welsh Nationality Room at the University of Pittsburgh, 3:00 PM in Heinz Chapel. Reception in the Commons Room of the Cathedral of Learning and tours of the newly-finished room. Information: Dave Williams, peggie@nauticom.net.

Sunday, June 8
The Gaelic Arts Society of Pittsburgh presents an ‘Irish High Tea’, 1:30 PM, Epiphany Church McDowell Hall. Reservations required. Information: Earl McCabe 412.761.1844 by May 31; Donation $12.00 pp.

Saturday, June 28
AOH Division 4, North Hills presents “A Day of Irish Entertainment” at Schitizen Park / The Croatian Center, Millvale, 12:00 Noon.

Wednesday, July 23 – Saturday, July 26
AOH National Convention in New Orleans.

Friday, August 8
AOH Division 32 Golf Outing at Cherry Hills Golf Club.

July 2009 – The AOH Pennsylvania State Convention will take place at the Radisson Hotel in Monroeville. Information: Denny Donnelly, 412-276-9312, Email: ddon633@comcast.net and Patti Flaus, Email: pyecat54@comcast.net.


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 Irish Rowing Club http://www.pittsburghirishrowingclub.com/
Pittsburgh Banshees www.pittsburghbanshees@yahoo.com
Pittsburgh Celtics www.pittsburghcelticsgfc.com/
2008 Schedule
June 1 St. Pat’s @ Founders Field
June 7 Seven-Aside Competition @ Founders Field
June 22 Wolf Tones @ Founders Field
June 29 Pgh Celtics @ St. Jarlath’s in Cleveland
July 13 Pgh Celtics @ St. Pat’s in Cleveland
July 27 St. Jarlath’s @ Founders Field
Aug 3 Pgh Celtics @ Wolf Tones in Detroit
Aug 17 Midwest Final

Inspirational Moments
Sponsored by

January Dorothy Flaherty Weldon, National President, LAOH and
Martin J. Flaherty, Plumbing & Heating 412.531.3948
February The Irish Society for Education and Charity

March - GDC Fine Jewelry, 724.864.5000
‘Attitude’, Some Ways of Dealing With the Burdens of Life’
‘Little Known Truths & Tales of Ireland’

April - Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians, Maude Gonne Division 32, Carnegie
May - Terry Callahan & AOH Allegheny County Hunger Project


GUESTS and INTERVIEWS 2008

Mar 2
Frank McNamara, Musical Director of “If You’re Irish…”
Mar 16
Deidre Shannon with Lord of the Dance
Mar 23 Easter Rising Program
Mar 30 The Molly Maguire’s Program

Apr The High Kings, Concert Heinz Hall, April 27

SPONSORS OF THE IRELAND REPORT 2008

January, February & March - Goodrich, Goodrich Attorney’s At Law, 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-Bloomfield
September AOH County Board
October AOH Division 32, Carnegie
November Irish American Unity Conference
December Daughters of Erin

Sunday, March 09, 2008

Playlist - March 9

ECHOES OF ERIN
Hosted by Diane Byrnes
ONLINE:
http://www.wedo810.com
Click on Program Guide,
go down the page to Echoes of Erin
Hosted by Diane Byrnes

20th Anniversary
March 9, 2008
PROGRAM # 1042
The IRELAND REPORT with Ann Bray, Dublin

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
Irish Echo, www.irishecho.com/

Pittsburgh Irish Network,
www.pittsburghirish.org

March SPONSOR of The Ireland Report
Goodrich & Goodrich, Attorneys at Law

Sunlight On The Water
by Phil Coulter
CD ‘Lakes of Shadows’

An Inspirational Moment
“Some Ways of Dealing With the…”
Sponsored by GDC Fine Jewelry


The Voyage
by Mark Guiser
CD ‘Some of My Favorites’

At It Again
by Tony Egan
CD ‘It’s All In The Song’

The Butterfly
by Hooley
CD ‘Cuts From the Turf’

My Own Donegal
by John Kerr
CD ‘Over The Years’

Steal Away
by Guaranteed Irish
CD ‘We Won’t Come Home ‘Til Morning’

Broad Black Brimmer
by Terry Griffith
CD ‘Songs From the Pub’


The Ferryman
by Sean McClorey
CD ‘Demo’

Irish Washer Woman
by Frank McNamara with Orchestra
CD ‘If You’re Irish’

Record Companies
Blix Street Records
www.blixstreet.com/
Compass Records
www.compassrecords.com
Dara Records www.dararecords.com
Loftus Music
http://www.loftusmusic.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/

Dateline - March 9

ECHOES OF ERIN, WEDO 810 am
Sunday’s, 1:00pm – 2:00pm
Irish / Celtic Radio Programming
www.pittsburghirish.org/echoesoferin
diane.byrnes@verizon.net
http://echoesoferin.blogspot.com
ONLINE: http://www.wedo810.com
20th Anniversary

Diane V. Byrnes DATELINE IRISH
78 GRANT AVE. March 9, 2008
PITTSBURGH, PA. 15223 PROGRAM # 1042
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, March 9
AOH Allegheny County Board and Division 9 Communion Breakfast at Sheraton, Station Square. Bishop Paul J. Bradley will celebrate Mass at 10:00 AM. Tickets $20.00, John McEvoy jmcevoy31@comcast.net or 412-431-7196 or Michael McGeever mmcgeever@comcast.net or 412-979-9105.

Echoes of Erin, The Ireland Report from Dublin with Ann Bray.

Brendan Foley Memorial Concert at Central Catholic McGonigle Theatre, 2:30 PM curtain. Entertainment with Guaranteed Irish, Hooley, Mike Gallagher, Central Catholic Choral Group. Tickets www.guaranteedirish.info.

Frank McNamara, Conductor, Producer & Musical Director, in Concert with full orchestra “If You’re Irish” at the Benendum Center at 3:00 PM. Special guests include Derek Maloney, Irish Tenor, Deirdre Shannon (has starred in Celtic Woman and Lord of the Dance), and Irish fiddler Cora Smyth, one of the original violinists in “Lord of the Dance”. Tickets on sale at 412.456.6666, online at www.pgharts.org.

Monday, March 10
Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412.279.0770 features Acoustic Jam, 7:00 PM.

Tuesday, March 11
St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee Meeting at 6:30PM, the location has been changed to the Soldiers and Sailors Club in Greenfield. There was some water damage at the Pgh. Brewing location.


Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412.279.0770 features Irish Night with Dennis Murphy at the bar and Half & Half Specials from 8:00PM.

Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle 24th St. & Penn Ave., 412.642.6622; features Ceili Dancing at 7:00PM, all are welcome.

Wednesday, March 12
Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412.279.0770 features The Potter’s Reel, 7:00 PM.

Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle 24th St. & Penn Ave., 412.642.6622; features The McCabes, from New York, 8:00 PM.

Thursday, March 13
Michael Lamb’s St. Patrick’s Day Kick Off Party, Finnegan’s Wake, E. General Robinson St., North Shore, 5:30PM. Featuring Guaranteed Irish.

Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle 24th St. & Penn Ave., 412.642.6622; features Finnegan’s Wake with Red Hand Paddy, 9:00 PM.

Friday, March 14
Pittsburgh Ceili Club ‘Kick Off Ceili Dinner Dance’ at Epiphany Church McDowell Hall, 7:00 PM. Appetizers, Drinks, Dinner & Dancing with Seisiun Musicians. Tickets deadline, March 1st – Jean Kaniecki 412.486.2684.

Atria’s Restaurant & Tavern at PNC Park is honoring ‘Johnny Angel Day’ with a ‘St. Patrick’s Day Irish Beer Dinner’ featuring your favorite Irish traditions selectively paired with a flavorful Irish beer while you listen to the Cogan Brothers. Reservations and Information 412.322.1850.

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

Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle 24th St. & Penn Ave., 412.642.6622; features Celtic Rock with Red Hand Paddy, 9:00 PM

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

Smithfield Café, 639 Smithfield Street, Breakfast before the Parade. Beginning at Noon entertainment with Guaranteed Irish until 5:00 PM. 412.281.5452.

Pittsburgh Ceili Club and Shovlin Academy of Dance Post Parade Party at Epiphany Church, Noon to 4:00 PM. Tickets purchased by March 1st, Jean Kaniecki 412.486.2684 or Liz Shovlin Grinko 412.563.2538.

Paddy’s Pour House, opens 11:00 AM, Entertainment with Tony Egan

Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle opens 11:00 AM, Entertainment from Noon Inside and Under the Tent with Guaranteed Irish, Mark Guiser, Red Hand Paddy, Guaranteed Irish, Whiskey Limerick (formerly Susko Brothers), Sean McClorey.

The Knights of Equity & Daughters of Erin St. Patrick’s Day Party at The Sports Rock Club, Smallman Street in The Strip.

Mike Gallagher at the River City Inn from Noon.

Hambone’s, 4207 Butler Street, Lawrenceville, entertainment with Irish Fox, Sean McClorey from 11:30 PM; DJ Red & Green from 6:00 PM.

Irish Centre of Pittsburgh, 6886 Forward Ave., Squirrel Hill, Parade Dinner & Dance, entertainment with na Gaels & Irish Dancers. Doors open 7:00 PM, Reservations: Pam 724.324.2580, Email: thelofs@alltel.net

Homestead Elks Lodge # 650, 229 E. 9th Ave. Homestead, St. Patrick’s Day Party with The Rivermen. Doors open 6:00 PM, Show 7:00 PM. Dinner. Tickets: 412.461.3406 JW or 412.461.9427 Elks.

Black 47 in Concert at the Thunderbird Café, Lawrenceville. Opening act Sean McClorey at 7:00PM.

Laughrey Connolly performing at Cefalo’s in Carnegie, 9:00 PM

The Claddagh Irish Pub, South Side Works, Sean McClorey 9:00PM.

Sunday, March 16
The Gaelic Arts Society of Pittsburgh presents a St. Patrick’s Day Banquet with speaker John Canning on “The Irish in Allegheny City”, 4:30 PM, PAA, 5th Ave., Oakland.

The Claddagh Irish Pub Sean McClorey’s ‘CD Release Party’, 4:30pm
Irish Session at Murphy’s Tap Room, So. Braddock Ave. in Regent Square at 8:00PM. All are welcome.

Monday, March 17 St. Patrick’s Day
Knights of Equity & Daughters of Erin St. Patrick’s Day Banquet at the Irish Centre of Pittsburgh in Squirrel Hill. Irish Mass at 6:00 PM. Information Mickey McManama-Stein 412.922.2584 or Mickey343K@msn.com.

Gaelic Arts Society of Pittsburgh St. Patrick’s Day Banquet at PAA, 5th Ave. Oakland, 6:00 PM.

Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, opens 11:00 AM, features Jack Puskar.

Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle, 2329 Penn Ave., in The Strip, Entertainment from Noon with Mark Guiser, Guaranteed Irish, Whiskey Limerick, Red Hand Paddy, Hooley.
Hambone’s, 4207 Butler Street, Lawrenceville, Irish Fare and entertainment with DJ Red & Green from 2:00 PM.

The Claddagh Irish Pub, South Side Works features Cue Ball from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM.

Tuesday, March 18
Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, opens at 3:00 PM.

Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle, 2329 Penn Ave., in The Strip, Ceili Dancing, 7:00 PM.

Wednesday, March 19
Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412.279.0770 features The Potter’s Reel 7:00 PM.

Thursday, March 20
Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle, 2329 Penn Ave., in The Strip features TRIVIA Night with Johnny Connolly, 7:30 PM, followed by Tony Egan on vocals & guitar.

Friday, March 21
Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412.279.0770 features Sean McClorey, 9:00 PM.

Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle 24th St. & Penn Ave., 412.642.6622; features Ballad Singer Terry Griffith, 9PM.

Saturday, March 22
Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412.279.0770 features Mike Gallagher, 9:00 PM.

Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle 24th St. & Penn Ave., 412.642.6622; features Irish Music 9PM.

Sunday, March 23 – Easter Sunday
Echoes of Erin, The Ireland Report with Mairtin O’Muilleoir. Managing Director, Andersonstown News / Belfast Media Group www.apublishersblog.blogspot.com www.irelandclick.com. SPECIAL – Easter Rising Program.

Monday, March 24
Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412.279.0770 features Acoustic Jam, 7:00 PM.

Wednesday, March 26
Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412.279.0770 features The Potter’s Reel, 7:00 PM.

Thursday, March 27
Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle, 2329 Penn Ave., in The Strip, features Sean McClorey at 8:00 PM.

Friday, March 28
Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412.279.0770 features Tony Egan, 9:00 PM.

Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle 24th St. & Penn Ave., 412.642.6622; features Mark Guiser on vocals & guitar, 9PM.

Saturday, March 29
Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412.279.0770 features Mike Gallagher, 9:00 PM.

Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle 24th St. & Penn Ave., 412.642.6622; features Irish Music with Mike Gallagher at 9:00 PM.

Sunday, March 30
Echoes of Erin, The Ireland Report with Diane Byrnes. SPECIAL – The Molly Maguires Program.

AOH Sean MacBride Division 32 in Carnegie, Communion Breakfast at The Priory Hotel on the North Shore, 10:30AM.

Saturday, April 5
West Virginia Feis, Information Jim Graven Email: kayaks201@verizon.net.

Tartan Day at Fox Chapel Presbyterian Church, Fox Chapel Road, 11:00AM to 4:00 PM. Piper Bands, Scottish Dancers, Culture Workshops, Celtic Vendors, Scottish Menu. Free Admission.

Pittsburgh Ceili Club ‘Spring Ceili’, Workshop 6:30PM, Ceili 8:00 PM; Morningside VFW. Information 412.363.8686.

Sunday, April 6
Echoes of Erin, The Ireland Report with Patricia Sharkey, Editor of the Donegal Newsletter. ‘An Inspirational Moment’ sponsored by LAOH Maude Gonne Division 32 in Carnegie.

Irish Session at Murphy’s Tap Room, So. Braddock Ave. in Regent Square at 8:00PM. All are welcome.

Sunday, April 13
The Celtic Collection ‘House Concert’, 409 Lincoln Avenue in Bellevue, with Ballad Singer, Mike Gallagher, Bob Banjeree & Bob Pegritz, 4:00 PM. Reservation required 412-301-0599.

Saturday, April 19
Daughters of Erin Card Party Luncheon at Mitchell’s Restaurant. Details TBA.

Sunday, April 20
Gaelic Arts Society of Pittsburgh presents Frederick Lapisardi speaking on William Butler Yeats at Synod Hall on North Craig St. in Oakland. Tommy Costello, Drama Student at Pitt will make a presentation, 2:30 PM.

Irish Session at Murphy’s Tap Room, So. Braddock Ave. in Regent Square at 8:00PM. All are welcome.

Saturday, April 26
AOH Division 1, South Hills presents “A Night of Irish Music” with Corned Beef & Curry and Mike Gallagher & Step Dancers at Castle Shannon Volunteer Fire Hall, 7:00 PM. Tickets: Tom Long, 412.561.4181 or Rich O’Malley, 412.401.3945.

Sunday, April 27
Anniversary Mass at St. Patrick’s Church in The Strip, 11:00AM.

The High Kings with Finbar Clancy, Brian Dunphy, Martin Furey, & Darren Holden in Concert at Heinz Hall, 8:00 PM. WQED / PBS sponsors. Will be excellent!!

Sunday, May 4
Irish Session at Murphy’s Tap Room, So. Braddock Ave. in Regent Square at 8:00PM. All are welcome.

Sunday, May 18
The Gaelic Arts Society of Pittsburgh presents and “Educational Mini-Concert” by The Pittsburgh Chapter of the American Harp Society, 2:30 PM, Synod Hall, N. Craig Street, Oakland. Free-will donation accepted at door. Information: 412.758.5446.

Irish Session at Murphy’s Tap Room, So. Braddock Ave. in Regent Square at 8:00PM. All are welcome.

Sunday, June 1
The Grand Opening / Dedication for the Welsh Nationality Room at the University of Pittsburgh, 3:00 PM in Heinz Chapel. Reception in the Commons Room of the Cathedral of Learning and tours of the newly-finished room. Information: Dave Williams, peggie@nauticom.net.

Sunday, June 8
The Gaelic Arts Society of Pittsburgh presents an ‘Irish High Tea’, 1:30 PM, Epiphany Church McDowell Hall. Reservations required. Information: Earl McCabe 412.761.1844 by May 31; Donation $12.00 pp.

Saturday, June 28
AOH Division 4, North Hills presents “A Day of Irish Entertainment” at Schitizen Park / The Croatian Center, Millvale, 12:00 Noon.

Wednesday, July 23 – Saturday, July 26
AOH National Convention in New Orleans.

Friday, August 8
AOH Division 32 Golf Outing at Cherry Hills Golf Club.

July 2009 – The AOH Pennsylvania State Convention will take place at the Radisson Hotel in Monroeville. Information: Denny Donnelly, 412-276-9312, Email: ddon633@comcast.net and Patti Flaus, Email: pyecat54@comcast.net.


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 Irish Rowing Club
http://www.pittsburghirishrowingclub.com/
Pittsburgh Banshees

www.pittsburghbanshees@yahoo.com
Pittsburgh Celtics
www.pittsburghcelticsgfc.com/
2008 Schedule
June 1 St. Pat’s @ Founders Field
June 7 Seven-Aside Competition @ Founders Field
June 22 Wolf Tones @ Founders Field
June 29 Pgh Celtics @ St. Jarlath’s in Cleveland
July 13 Pgh Celtics @ St. Pat’s in Cleveland
July 27 St. Jarlath’s @ Founders Field
Aug 3 Pgh Celtics @ Wolf Tones in Detroit
Aug 17 Midwest Final

Inspirational Moments
Sponsored by

January - Dorothy Flaherty Weldon, National President, LAOH and
Martin J. Flaherty, Plumbing & Heating 412.531.3948

February - The Irish Society for Education and Charity

March - GDC Fine Jewelry, 724.864.5000
‘Attitude’, ‘Some Ways of Dealing With the Burdens of Life’

April - Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians, Maude Gonne Division 32, Carnegie
May - Terry Callahan & AOH Allegheny County Hunger Project


GUESTS and INTERVIEWS 2008

Mar 2 Frank McNamara, Musical Director of “If You’re Irish…”
Mar 23 Easter Rising Program
Mar 30 The Molly Maguire’s Program


Apr The High Kings, Concert Heinz Hall, April 27

SPONSORS OF THE IRELAND REPORT 2008

January, February & March -
Goodrich, Goodrich Attorney’s At Law, 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-Bloomfield
September
AOH County Board
October AOH Division 32, Carnegie
November
Irish American Unity Conference
December Daughters of Erin