Telephone Interview with Danny Morrison

Today I had the priviledge of chatting with Danny Morrison in Belfast. Danny Morrison is an Author, Speaker, Presenter, Activist, and much more in his community. Danny was planning to come to America last fall for a speaking engagement in California. He went through the process of applying for the necessary Visa, however that whole exercise is still in limbo. In other words, our US State Department has yet to get back to Danny to approve or deny his entry into America.

It sure seems pretty unfair when governments require you to pay money in requesting the necessary papers to travel, then they do not inform you, either yes or no that you can come into the country. Shame on them; I don't expect they will give him back his money either. It is a bit of a robbery, wouldn't you say?

Danny Morrison has written six books and he is a Trustee of the Bobby Sands Trust. At one point he was PR Director for Sinn Fein, the Republican Party. I think he would be quite knowledgeable of current historical information on the North of Ireland, so much so he would generate much interest from Irish America and others interested in the history of modern Ireland.

We wish him much luck and success in trying to have this issue solved as I know at some point, many in Pittsburgh would be very interested in hearing what he has to say.

Playlist - January 30

Echoes of Erin is a Live Stream each Sunday.
http://www.wedo810.com/

Click on ‘Listen Live’

You can also access program after 6:00 PM

each Sunday at the Archives

ONLINE: http://www.wedo810.com/
Click on Program Guide,

Scroll down the page to Echoes of Erin
Click on, a Program # page comes up,

Click on, choose program, Download

January 30, 2011 – PROGRAM # 1193
IRELAND REPORT with Diane Byrnes, County Allegheny
Belfast Media Group and Irish Echo, http://www.irishecho.com/
Ireland Report News Correspondents
Patricia Sharkey, Editor,

Donegal Newsletter – http://www.dun-na-ngall.com/
Brian Nolan, Barna, Co. Galway
Davy Kettyles, Enniskillen & Dublin
Maírtin O’Muilleoir, Managing Director,
Belfast Media Group and Irish Echo, www.irishecho.com/
Pittsburgh Irish Network, www.pittsburghirish.org
January – March, SPONSOR of The Ireland Report
Goodrich & Goodrich, Attorneys at Law
Interview: Danny Morrison, Author, Speaker, Activist, in Belfast
39th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday, January 30, 1972


Intro Bloody Sunday

I Para

by Scott MX Turner & The Devil’s Advocates
CD ‘Snipers in Derelict Houses’

Ordinary Sunday

by Athenrye
CD ‘Where is Liberty’

Sunday Bloody Sunday

by U2
CD ‘We Will Follow’

Rialto Derry

by Christy Moore
CD ‘The Box Set 1964-2004’ Lilac

The Town I Loved So Well

by Phil Coulter
CD ‘Phil Coulter Words & Music’

Contentment is Wealth / The Frost Is All Over

by PV O’Donnell
CD ‘PV O’Donnell, Reflections’

The Ram-Dee-Da

by Dublin City Ramblers
CD ‘You’ll Never Beat the Irish’

Back Home in Derry

by Adam and the River Blackwater Band
CD ‘Don’t Drink the Water’

The Ireland Report with Diane Byrnes

The Boogie Piper

by Seamus Kennedy
CD ‘A Smile and A Tear’

Interview with Danny Morrison in Belfast

Rocky Road to Dublin

by The High Kings
CD ‘The High Kings’

Raggle Taggle Gypsy

by Red Hand Paddy
CD ‘AFT’

Reels: Da Thabh Air An Fharaidh

(Two Spoon Nets in the Loft)
By Gráinne Hambly on Concertina and
William Jackson on Harp
CD ‘Music From Ireland and Scotland’

Dateline - January 30

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.

Diane V. Byrnes DATELINE IRISH
78 GRANT AVE. January 30, 2011
PITTSBURGH, PA. 15223 PROGRAM # 1193
412.781.6368


Sunday, January 30
• Echoes of Erin on WEDO 810AM at 12:30PM; the Ireland Report with Diane Byrnes, Live Stream – http://www.wedo810.com/ , click on “Listen Live”. Or listen from the Archives – http://www.wedo810.com/ , click on Program Guide, scroll down to Echoes of Erin, click on, choose a Program # and download, click on to listen and time of day or night. Information Diane Byrnes 412-781-6368. Telephone Interview with Danny Morrison in Belfast.
• The Gaelic Arts Society presents the movie “Secret of Ronan Inish” at the Dithridge House Party Room, 220 No. Dithridge St. Oakland, 2:30PM. Information Earl McCabe, 412.761.1844.

• Deadline to apply for “International Travel Scholarship to Downpatrick, No. Ireland” is January 31, 2011. http://www.saintpatrickcentre.com/ Candidates range in age 20 to 25; complete online application; complete interview with local committee. Scholarship includes 15-Day trip to N. Ireland during June 2011. Further information 412-292-3734.

Now through Sunday, February 20
• Pittsburgh Public Theatre presents ‘Camelot’ at the O’Reilly Theatre. Tickets 412-316-1600. Book & Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, music composed by Frederick Loewe. King Arthur played by New Zealand native Hayden Tee, Guenevere played by Kimberly Burns, Sir Lancelot played by Keith Hines, and many more ‘stars’. Visit online www.ppt.org.

Tuesday, February 1
• Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412-279-0770, features Irish Night with Harp, Guinness, & Smithwick’s; Specials from 8:00 PM. Happy Hour is every Tuesday through Friday from 5pm to 7pm.
• Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle, 2329 Penn Ave., in The Strip, 412-642-6622 features Ceili Dancing from 7:00pm.

Friday and Saturday, February 4 & 5
• Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle, 2329 Penn Ave., in The Strip, 412-642-6622 features Happy Hour on Friday from 5:30PM. Then it’s The Kreelers live from Detroit. The Kreelers are: the up-front & and pure lead vocals of Derek Wade, Paul Bruno on guitars, bodhran, accordion, keys & vocals, Bob Gilbert on drums & percussion, Steve Vilnius on bass & vocals, and Carl Chute on lead guitars and vocals. They've been around only since 2008, but due to their relentless touring habits have amassed quite the following in and around the Midwest and beyond. Hopefully they will make it out to the west coast. They've made a new fan of me & my guess is when you look into them you're gonna be hooked, too. Check 'em out at: http://www.kreellers.com beginning at 9:00 PM both nights.

Friday, February 4
• Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412-279-0770, features Live Entertainment, 9:00 PM

Saturday, February 5
• Pittsburgh Ceili Club at www.pittsburghceiliclub.org/ is sponsoring their monthly Ceili at the VFW, 1820 Morningside Ave. in Morningside, ‘Used Book Sale’, Workshop @ 7:00 PM, Ceili @ 8:00 PM.
• Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412-279-0770, features Live Entertainment, 9:00 PM

Sunday, February 6
• Echoes of Erin on WEDO 810AM at 12:30PM; the Ireland Report from Donegal with Patricia Sharkey, Editor, Donegal Newsletter, www.donegalcounty.com , Live Stream – http://www.wedo810.com/ , click on “Listen Live”. Or listen from the Archives – http://www.wedo810.com/ , click on Program Guide, scroll down to Echoes of Erin, click on, choose Program # and download, click on to listen and time of day or night. Information Diane Byrnes 412-781-6368. Today begins Year 23 on WEDO.
• AOH Division 4, will hold its Annual Super Bowl Party at BLUEBERRY HILL PARK – FRANKLIN PARK, close to I-79. Doors open at 5PM. Contact MIKE ROACH FOR Blocks, Phone - 412-303-0940 or Email - roachmike62@aol.com.

Thursday, February 10
• St. Patrick’s Day Parade Fundraiser at Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle, 2329 Penn Ave., in The Strip beginning at 6:30PM. Entertainment with Guaranteed Irish and Terry Griffith. Raffles, Baskets, No Cover Charge.

Friday & Saturday, February 11 & 12
• Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle, 2329 Penn Ave., in The Strip, 412-642-6622 features The Malones from Philadelphia at 9:00 PM.

Friday, February 11
• Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412-279-0770, features Live Entertainment, 9:00 PM

Saturday, February 12
• Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412-279-0770, features Live Entertainment, 9:00 PM

Sunday, February 13
• Echoes of Erin on WEDO 810AM at 12:30PM; the Ireland Report from Galway with Brian Nolan. Live Stream – http://www.wedo810.com/ , click on “Listen Live”. Or listen from the Archives – www.wedo810.com, click on Program Guide, scroll down to Echoes of Erin, click on, choose a Program # and download, click on to listen and time of day or night. Information Diane Byrnes 412-781-6368. Guest in studio, Jim Lamb, President Ireland Institute of Pittsburgh.

Friday, February 18
• Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle, 2329 Penn Ave., in The Strip, 412-642-6622 features The GREAT GUINESS TOAST with Corned Beef & Curry at 9:00 PM.
• Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412-279-0770, features The GREAT GUINESS TOAST, entertainment begins at 9:00 PM.



Saturday, February 19
• Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle, 2329 Penn Ave., in The Strip, 412-642-6622 features Celtic Rock with Red Hand Paddy at 9:00 PM.
• Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412-279-0770, features Live Entertainment, 9:00 PM

Sunday, February 20
• Echoes of Erin on WEDO 810AM at 12:30PM; the Ireland Report from Dublin with Davy Kettyles. Live Stream – http://www.wedo810.com/ , click on “Listen Live”. Or listen from the Archives – www.wedo810.com, click on Program Guide, scroll down to Echoes of Erin, click on, choose Program # and download, click on to listen and time of day or night. Information Diane Byrnes 412-781-6368. Guest in studio, Sarah McAuliffe Bellin, President Irish American Unity Conference, (IAUC).
• The Gaelic Arts Society presents “Irish Folk Songs” with Sheilah Collins, Celtic music Singer, Sheilah Collins, at the Dithridge House Party Room, 220 No. Dithridge St. Oakland, 2:30PM. Information Earl McCabe 412-761-1844.

Thursday, February 24
• The Irish Echo honors ’40 Under 40’ with Lauren Byrne representing Pittsburgh. A reception will be held at The Manhattan Club at Rosie O’Grady’s, 800 Seventh Ave, NY from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM. Reservations contact Madeline O’Boyle 212.482.4818 x 123.

February 25, 26, & 27
• AOH Allegheny County Board Men’s Retreat at St. Paul’s Retreat House in Southside. Information Larry Squires, 412.760.2600 or Email: lsquires@descomm.com.

Friday February 25
• Deadline for Applications for Miss Smiling Irish Eyes. Requirements: be single, between ages 17 to 22, able to represent Pittsburgh Irish Community by demonstrating excellent moral character, ethical ideals and poise. As the winner, prepare to give interviews to local television, radio, and newspaper outlets, and be available to participate in various festivities held the week prior to St. Patrick’s Day Parade. Mail complete Resume and Photograph (9”x5”, head shot) to Miss Smiling Irish Eyes, PO Box 1917, Pittsburgh PA 15230.
• Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle, 2329 Penn Ave., in The Strip, 412-642-6622 features Seamus Kennedy, singer, musician, storyteller, & funny man at 9:00 PM.
• Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412-279-0770, features Live Entertainment, 9:00 PM

Saturday, February 26
• Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle, 2329 Penn Ave., in The Strip, 412-642-6622 features Seamus Kennedy, singer, musician, storyteller, & funny man at 9:00 PM.
• Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412-279-0770, features Live Entertainment, 9:00 PM.
• Saint Teresa of Avila, 1000 Avila Court, in the North Hills invites you to “Irish Fest 2011”; Irish Mass at 6:00 PM, Irish Dinner at 7:15 PM, Irish Entertainment with Guaranteed Irish & The Bell School of Irish Dance. Tickets $25; 412.367.9001.

Sunday, February 27
• Echoes of Erin on WEDO 810AM at 12:30PM; the Ireland Report from Belfast with Mairtin O’Muilleoir, http://www.irishecho.com/ Live Stream – http://www.wedo810.com/ , click on “Listen Live”. Or listen from the Archives – www.wedo810.com, click on Program Guide, scroll down to Echoes of Erin, click on, choose Program # and download, click on to listen and time of day or night. Information Diane Byrnes 412-781-6368. Guests in studio, Bill Goodrich & Jack Goodrich, Attorneys at Law and Sponsor of The Ireland Report through March.

Thursday, March 3
• Michael Lamb’s Kick-Off to St. Patrick’s Day Party at Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle, from 6:00PM. Entertainment with Guaranteed Irish.

Friday, March 4
• St. Patrick’s Day Parade Button Party at Mitchell’s Restaurant, 304 Ross St., Downtown. Purchase of the Buttons help to support the Parade expenses. 5:30PM.


Saturday, March 5
• The Wheeling Celtic Festival at Wheeling Artisan Center, 1400 Main Street, downtown Wheeling, WV. http://artisancenter.com/ coming_events (underscore between g and e). Entertainment includes: Ballad Singer Terry Griffith, Ballad Singer Mike Gallagher at 6:30 PM. Admission $5.00 at door, children under 12 Free.

Sunday, March 6
• LAOH Div 11 is sponsoring the Dublin City Ramblers , 6:00 PM at Finnigans Wake, 20 East General Robinson Street on the North Shore Price $25 proceeds for the LAOH Charities. Contact Mary Haggerty 412.922.5177 or Mary Lou Conroy 412.683.2203.

Tuesday, March 8
• The High Kings, with Finbar Clancy, Brian Dunphy, Martin Furey, & Darren Holden, in concert at the Hard Rock Café, 230 W. Station Square Drive, Station Square. 8:30 PM, Tickets $27.50, 412.481.7625
http://www.ticketmaster.com/ The-High-Kings-tickets/artist/1203366


• Mike Gallagher performing at Kelly’s Irish Pub in Bridgewater, from 8:00 PM till 11:00 PM.

Thursday, March 10
• Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle, 2329 Penn Ave., in The Strip, 412-642-6622 features Finnegan’s Wake with RED HAND PADDY at 9:00 PM.

Friday, March 11
• Pittsburgh Ceili Club at www.pittsburghceiliclub.org/ is sponsoring the Annual ‘Kick-Off’ Ceili at Epiphany Church Hall @ 7:00 PM with Appetizers. Music by The Usual Suspects. Tickets must be purchased in advance, Deadline – March 1st, $25.00. Joanne Fitzgerald 724.274.9661.

Saturday, March 12
• St. Patrick’s Day Parade. Formation from Liberty Ave & 26th Street up to Greyhound Bus Station at 11th Street, proceed down Grant Street to the Blvd of the Allies. Parade steps out at 10:00AM.
• Shovlin Academy of Dance & Pittsburgh Ceili Club hosts ‘St. Patrick’s Day Post Parade Party’ at Epiphany Church, next to Consol Energy Center from Noon to 4:00 PM. Tickets must be purchased in advance, Deadline – March 1st. Liz Shovlin Grinko 412.563.2538. Music, lunch, raffles, Step Dance Performance.
• Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle, features 12 hours of Live Irish Music.
• Mike Gallagher at Easy Street, downtown in Oxford Center, from Noon till 4:00 PM.
• The Irish Centre, 6886 Forward Ave., in Squirrel Hill, will host its annual party with a traditional dinner and entertainment by Na Gaels. Admission is $20; Children under 18 are free. You can make your reservations by calling Mary Clark at 412-761-3897 or sending an email to Mary Clark at patrickj.clark@verizon.net .

Sunday, March 13
• Ballad Singer Mike Gallagher is performing at Christian Klay Winery from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM. Event requires reservation 724.439.3424, good wine, Irish Stew and Irish Music! http://www.cwklaywinery.com/

Tuesday, March 15
• Mike Gallagher at Giant Eagle at Settlers Ridge from 11:30 AM till 1:30 PM.

March 17
• Mike Gallagher at Easy Street, downtown in Oxford Center, from 4:30 PM till ??
• The Gaelic Arts Society presents Annual St. Patrick’s Day Banquet at PAA in Oakland, 6:30PM.

Saturday & Sunday, March 26 & 27
• The Irish Centre of Pittsburgh presents the ‘West Virginia Feis’ at the Pittsburgh Airport Hyatt Regency. Volunteers welcome, information Jim Graven – 724.834.0233 or Email: kayaks201@verizon.net.


Sunday, March 27
• Echoes of Erin on WEDO 810AM at 12:30PM; the Ireland Report from Belfast with Mairtin O’Muilleoir, www.irishecho.com Live Stream – www.wedo810.com, click on “Listen Live”. Or listen from the Archives – www.wedo810.com, click on Program Guide, scroll down to Echoes of Erin, click on, choose Program # and download, click on to listen and time of day or night. Information Diane Byrnes 412-781-6368.
• ‘SongSpace’ a nonprofit Coffeehouse Music Series presents Matt & Shannon Heaton at the First Unitarian Church of Pittsburgh, 605 Morewood Ave., Shadyside. Doors open @ 6:30PM, Tickets at Door, suggested donation $15 general / $10 students. Information 412.337.1594.

April 2
• Tartan Day Celebration at Obama Int’l Academy / Schenley Pittsburgh / (Old Reisenstein School) 129 Denniston Ave at the cross roads of Penn Ave & East Liberty Blvd in East Liberty. Free Admission & Parking. Vendors, Entertainment, Workshops, Food, plus more. www.tartandaypa.cmna.org Email to Carole Harland, tartandaypa@verizon.net .
• The Gaelic Arts Society will be represented at Tartan Day Celebration at the Obama Culture Academy.

April 10
• The Gaelic Arts Society presents An Irish Garden Lecture at the Dithridge House Party Room, 220 No. Dithridge St. Oakland, 2:30PM


Friday, May 6
• Pittsburgh Ceili Club at www.pittsburghceiliclub.org/ is sponsoring their monthly Ceili at the VFW in Morningside on Morningside Ave., Ceili @ 8:00 PM.

May 15
• The Gaelic Arts Society presents A One Act Play. Details TBA. At the Dithridge House Party Room, 220 No. Dithridge St. Oakland, 2:30PM.

May 22 – 29
• Sessions-At-Sea Cruises with Seamus Kennedy, The Makem & Spain Brothers, Hanneke Cassel, Laura Cortese, aboard Holland America’s Oosterdam sailing Alaska Inside Passage Cruise. Ports of Call Seattle, Puget Sound Cruising, Glacier Bay and Inside Passage, Juneau, Sitka, Ketchikan, Victoria, B.C.. To Book – 1-888-564-7474 or www.sessions-at-sea.com or info@sessionsatsea.com Reference Seamus Kennedy when booking your reservation, seamus.kennedy@ymail.com

June 5
• The Gaelic Arts Society presents “An Irish High Tea” 1:30PM, other details TBA.

June 18 – June 29
• Seamus Kennedy’s ‘Scotland & Ireland Adventure’ – RT Air from Newark / Edinburgh / Dublin / Newark, Breakfast Daily, 8 Dinners, 10 nights 1st class hotels, fully escorted via deluxe Motorcoach & Irish Driver Guide, Ferry from Scotland to Ireland, Admissions, Porterage one suitcase pp, Entertainment with Seamus Kennedy, plus more. Reservations: Isle Inn Tours 1-800-237-9376 x 18, Email: fiona@isleinntours.com. Reference Seamus Kennedy / seamus.kennedy@ymail.com.


Guests & Interviews in 2011

Jan. 16 - Brian O’Neill, Columnist at Post Gazette, Author, “The Paris of Appalachia”
Jan. 30 - Danny Morrison, Author, Trustee, in Belfast
Feb. 06 - Begins 23rd Year on WEDO
Feb. 13 - Guest – Jim Lamb, President, The Ireland Institute of Pgh
Feb 20 - Guest – Sarah McAuliffe Bellin, President, Irish American Unity Conference
Feb. 27 - Guests – Bill Goodrich and Jack Goodrich, Attorneys at Law

Congratulations Jim Lamb!

The Irish Government, Foreign Relations Minister Micheal Martin has appointed James Lamb, President of The Ireland Institute of Pittsburgh as Honorary Consul of Ireland in Pittsburgh on Friday, January 21, 2011. The Appointment was conducted by Irish Ambassador Michael Collins and accompanying him was Consul General of Ireland, Noel Kilkenny. Others paying tribute and acknowledging Jim's contribution to Ireland were Congressman Mike Doyle and Congressman Tim Murphy.

The Lamb Family including Tom and Barbara Lamb, Jim's parents; Tom & Katie Lamb, Michael & Jill Lamb, Barb & Bill Garvey, along with many other family members and extended family, plus friends, associates, and business partners were in attendance. It was such a fabulous evening!

This event took place at the new headquarters of Reed Smith LLC in downtown Pittsburgh and was Emceed and Hosted by Daniel Gallagher, Partner, Reed Smith, and Board Member of The Ireland Institute of Pittsburgh.

This is the very first appointment of an Honorary Consul of Ireland in America. Those of us who know Jim and have worked with him over the years, are very much aware of his contribution to peace and reconcillation in Ireland, his effectiveness as a leader in Irish America and in Pittsburgh; he is a visionary and an 'idea man' who knows how to implement an effective plan of action.

I expect Jim will bring more of Ireland to Pittsburgh and the surrounding area over the next several months and years. Congratulations Jim Lamb, you are the absolute choice for this role.

Playlist - January 23

ECHOES OF ERIN
Hosted by Diane Byrnes

Echoes of Erin is a Live Stream each Sunday.
www.wedo810.com Click on ‘Listen Live’

You can also access program after 6:00 PM

each Sunday at the Archives

ONLINE: http://www.wedo810.com
Click on Program Guide,

Scroll down the page to Echoes of Erin
Click on, a Program # page comes up,

Click on, choose program, Download

January 23, 2011 – PROGRAM # 1192
IRELAND REPORT with Mairtin O’Muilleoir, Managing Director
Belfast Media Group and Irish Echo,

www.irishecho.com
Ireland Report News Correspondents
Patricia Sharkey, Editor, Donegal Newsletter –

www.dun-na-ngall.com
Brian Nolan, Barna, Co. Galway
Davy Kettyles, Enniskillen & Dublin
Maírtin O’Muilleoir, Managing Director,
Belfast Media Group and Irish Echo, www.irishecho.com/
Pittsburgh Irish Network, www.pittsburghirish.org
January – March, SPONSOR of The Ireland Report
Goodrich & Goodrich, Attorneys at Law

Immigrant Eyes

by Dolores Keane
CD ‘Solid Ground’

Age of Uncertainty

by Sean Keane
CD ‘Turn A Phrase’

Reels: Miss McDonald / Gorman’s / Trim the Velvet

by James Keane
CD ‘That’s the Spirit’

The Boys of Killybegs

by Seamus Kennedy
CD ‘Sailing Ships and Sailing Men’

Maggie

by The Furey’s & Davy Arthur
CD ‘The Furey’s Finest’

Polkas: Mick Hands Polka / Yannicks Gavotte

by Tommy Martin
CD ‘Tommy Martin Uilleann Piper’

Just A Thought Away

by Patrick O’Sullivan
CD ‘Just A Thought Away’

Cottage By the Sea

by Gerry Carney
CD ‘Paddy’


Stack of Barley

by Matthew Fisher
CD ‘Reed Between the Lines’

Tipperary So Rare

by Frank Patterson
CD ‘Ireland in Song’

The Ireland Report with Mairtin O’Muilleoir

Tell Me Ma

by Adam and the River Blackwater Band
CD ‘Don’t Drink the Water’

Merry Ploughboy

by Terry Griffith
CD ‘Songs From the Pub’

The Bodhran Song

by Celtic Clan
CD ‘The Big Jig’

Calleach An Airgid

by Niamh Ni Charra
CD ‘Súgach Sámh / Happy Out’

Dateline - January 23

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.

Diane V. Byrnes DATELINE IRISH
78 GRANT AVE. January 23, 2011
PITTSBURGH, PA. 15223 PROGRAM # 1192
412.781.6368


Sunday, January 23
• Echoes of Erin on WEDO 810AM at 12:30PM; the Ireland Report from Belfast Mairtin O’Muilleoir, Managing Editor of the Belfast News Group, & the Irish Echo in NY. www.irishecho.com. Live Stream – www.wedo810.com, click on “Listen Live”. Or listen from the Archives – www.wedo810.com , click on Program Guide, scroll down to Echoes of Erin, click on, choose a Program # and download, click on to listen and time of day or night. Information Diane Byrnes 412-781-6368.

• Deadline to apply for “International Travel Scholarship to Downpatrick, No. Ireland” is January 31, 2011. www.saintpatrickcentre.com Candidates range in age 20 to 25; complete online application; complete interview with local committee. Scholarship includes 15-Day trip to N. Ireland during June 2011. Further information 412-292-3734.
Now through Sunday, February 20
• Pittsburgh Public Theatre presents ‘Camelot’ at the O’Reilly Theatre. Tickets 412-316-1600. Book & Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, music composed by Frederick Loewe. King Arthur played by New Zealand native Hayden Tee, Guenevere played by Kimberly Burns, Sir Lancelot played by Keith Hines, and many more ‘stars’. Visit online www.ppt.org .

On the Passing of Tim Trant
Family and friends are welcome to pay their respect to AOH 32 brother Tim Trant on Monday and Tuesday from 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. at William Slater II Funeral Service, 1650 Greentree Rd., Scott Twp., 412.563.2800.

The Funeral Mass will be held at 10 a.m., Wednesday at Sts. Simon and Jude Church, 1607 Greentree Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15220. Please refer to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette obituary column tomorrow morning for additional details.

Tuesday, January 25
• Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412-279-0770, features Irish Night with Harp, Guinness, & Smithwick’s; Specials from 8:00 PM. Happy Hour is every Tuesday through Friday from 5pm to 7pm.
• Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle, 2329 Penn Ave., in The Strip, 412-642-6622 features Ceili Dancing from 7:00pm.

Thursday, January 27
• Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle, 2329 Penn Ave., in The Strip, 412-642-6622 features Terry Griffith, Ballad Singer at 8:00 PM.

January 28 – February 4, 2011
• Andy Cooney’s Cruise of Irish Stars, aboard Costa Atlantica sailing 7-Night Western Caribbean – depart from Miami; entertainment with Andy Cooney, Ronan Tynan, Noel V. Ginnity, Cherish The Ladies, Taylor’s Irish Cabaret, Paddy Noonan, Declan Aungier, The Screaming Orphans, Pat & Fran Marnane, Noel Kingston, Stephen’s Green, Bill Lewis, Willie Lynch Band, Tom Comerford and more. Book with Cruise Specialists of Long Island, 1-800-499-2010, www.cruiseofirishstars.com.

Friday, January 28
• Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412-279-0770, features Mark Guiser on vocals & guitar at 9:00 PM.
• Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle, 2329 Penn Ave., in The Strip, 412-642-6622 features Happy Hour from 5:30PM. Then it’s Celtic Clan out of Boston at 9:00 PM.

Saturday, January 29
• Irish Seisiun / Night of Irish Music at St. Joseph’s Social Hall in Sharon PA beginning at 6:30PM. Free and Open to the Public. ‘Call for Musicians’ you are welcome and invited to come out and play! Information: Ted Miller (Band leader of County Mayo) Irishsongs@roadrunner.com or 724.528.3134.
• Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412-279-0770 features Live Entertainment at 9:00 PM.
• Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle, 2329 Penn Ave., in The Strip, 412-642-6622 features Celtic Clan out of Boston at 9:00 PM.

January 30 – February 6, 2011
• Irish Festival Cruise aboard MCA’s Poesia sailing the Western Caribbean – Key West, Ocho Rios, Grand Cayman and Cozumel, with The Black Family, Girsa, Ennis, Bridgets Cross, Dublin City Ramblers, Matt Cunningham, Kevin Byrne, plus more. Information 1.800.441.HARP. http://www.irishtours.com/

Saturday, January 29
• Memorial Mass for Fr. Francis Hanley at Duquesne Chapel at Duquesne University at 11:00 AM. Mass is sponsored by Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians. Lite desert reception will follow. Fr. Hanley was a Hibernian, was the Chaplain for the PA State and Allegheny County LAOH.
• An Evening in Honor of Robert Burns sponsored by the St. Andrew’s Society of Pittsburgh, at The LaMont at Churchill Valley Country Club. Cocktails - 5:30PM, Cash Bar, Dinner – 6:30PM. Entertainment and Free Valet Parking, Non-Members welcome. Tickets - $27.50, send reservations to St. Andrew’s Society Burns Dinner, 4530 William Penn Highway – PMB 115, Murrysville PA 15668-2000 by January 20th.

Sunday, January 30
• Echoes of Erin on WEDO 810AM at 12:30PM; the Ireland Report with Diane Byrnes, Live Stream – www.wedo810.com, click on “Listen Live”. Or listen from the Archives – www.wedo810.com, click on Program Guide, scroll down to Echoes of Erin, click on, choose a Program # and download, click on to listen and time of day or night. Information Diane Byrnes 412-781-6368. Telephone Interview with Danny Morrison in Belfast.
• The Gaelic Arts Society presents the movie “Secret of Ronan Inish” at the Dithridge House Party Room, 220 No. Dithridge St. Oakland, 2:30PM. Information Earl McCabe, 412.761.1844.

Friday and Saturday, February 4 & 5
• Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle, 2329 Penn Ave., in The Strip, 412-642-6622 features Happy Hour on Friday from 5:30PM. Then it’s The Kreelers live from Detroit The Kreelers are: the up-front & and pure lead vocals of Derek Wade, Paul Bruno on guitars, bodhran, accordion, keys & vocals, Bob Gilbert on drums & percussion, Steve Vilnius on bass & vocals, and Carl Chute on lead guitars and vocals. They've been around only since 2008, but due to their relentless touring habits have amassed quite the following in and around the Midwest and beyond. Hopefully they will make it out to the west coast. They've made a new fan of me & my guess is when you look into them you're gonna be hooked, too. Check 'em out at: http://www.kreellers.com beginning at 9:00 PM both nights.

Saturday, February 5
• Pittsburgh Ceili Club at www.pittsburghceiliclub.org/ is sponsoring their monthly Ceili at the VFW, 1820 Morningside Ave. in Morningside, ‘Used Book Sale’, Workshop @ 7:00 PM, Ceili @ 8:00 PM.

Sunday, February 6
• Echoes of Erin on WEDO 810AM at 12:30PM; the Ireland Report from Donegal with Patricia Sharkey, Editor, Donegal Newsletter, www.donegalcounty.com , Live Stream – www.wedo810.com, click on “Listen Live”. Or listen from the Archives – www.wedo810.com, click on Program Guide, scroll down to Echoes of Erin, click on, choose Program # and download, click on to listen and time of day or night. Information Diane Byrnes 412-781-6368. Today begins Year 23 on WEDO.
• AOH Division 4, will hold its Annual Super Bowl Party at BLUEBERRY HILL PARK – FRANKLIN PARK, close to I-79. Doors open at 5PM. Contact MIKE ROACH FOR Blocks, Phone - 412-303-0940 or Email - roachmike62@aol.com.

Thursday, February 10
• St. Patrick’s Day Parade Fundraiser at Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle, 2329 Penn Ave., in The Strip beginning at 6:30PM. Entertainment with Guaranteed Irish and Terry Griffith. Raffles, Baskets, No Cover Charge.

Friday & Saturday, February 11 & 12
• Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle, 2329 Penn Ave., in The Strip, 412-642-6622 features The Malones from Philadelphia at 9:00 PM.

Sunday, February 13
• Echoes of Erin on WEDO 810AM at 12:30PM; the Ireland Report from Galway with Brian Nolan. Live Stream – www.wedo810.com, click on “Listen Live”. Or listen from the Archives – www.wedo810.com, click on Program Guide, scroll down to Echoes of Erin, click on, choose a Program # and download, click on to listen and time of day or night. Information Diane Byrnes 412-781-6368. Guest in studio, Jim Lamb, President Ireland Institute of Pittsburgh.

Friday, February 18
• Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle, 2329 Penn Ave., in The Strip, 412-642-6622 features The GREAT GUINESS TOAST with Corned Beef & Curry at 9:00 PM.
• Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412-279-0770, features The GREAT GUINESS TOAST, entertainment begins at 9:00 PM.

Saturday, February 19
• Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle, 2329 Penn Ave., in The Strip, 412-642-6622 features Celtic Rock with Red Hand Paddy at 9:00 PM.

Sunday, February 20
• Echoes of Erin on WEDO 810AM at 12:30PM; the Ireland Report from Dublin with Davy Kettyles. Live Stream – www.wedo810.com, click on “Listen Live”. Or listen from the Archives – www.wedo810.com , click on Program Guide, scroll down to Echoes of Erin, click on, choose Program # and download, click on to listen and time of day or night. Information Diane Byrnes 412-781-6368. Guest in studio, Sarah McAuliffe Bellin, President Irish American Unity Conference, (IAUC).
• The Gaelic Arts Society presents “Irish Folk Songs” with Sheilah Collins, Celtic music Singer, Sheilah Collins, at the Dithridge House Party Room, 220 No. Dithridge St. Oakland, 2:30PM. Information Earl McCabe 412-761-1844.

February 25, 26, & 27
• AOH Allegheny County Board Men’s Retreat at St. Paul’s Retreat House in Southside. Information Larry Squires, 412.760.2600 or Email: lsquires@descomm.com .

Friday February 25
• Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle, 2329 Penn Ave., in The Strip, 412-642-6622 features Seamus Kennedy, singer, musician, storyteller, & funny man at 9:00 PM.
• Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412-279-0770, features Live Entertainment, 9:00 PM

Saturday, February 26
• Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle, 2329 Penn Ave., in The Strip, 412-642-6622 features Seamus Kennedy, singer, musician, storyteller, & funny man at 9:00 PM.
• Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412-279-0770, features Live Entertainment, 9:00 PM.
• Saint Teresa of Avila, 1000 Avila Court, in the North Hills invites you to “Irish Fest 2011”; Irish Mass at 6:00 PM, Irish Dinner at 7:15 PM, Irish Entertainment with Guaranteed Irish & The Bell School of Irish Dance. Tickets $25; 412.367.9001.

Sunday, February 27
• Echoes of Erin on WEDO 810AM at 12:30PM; the Ireland Report from Dublin with Davy Kettyles. Live Stream – www.wedo810.com, click on “Listen Live”. Or listen from the Archives – www.wedo810.com , click on Program Guide, scroll down to Echoes of Erin, click on, choose Program # and download, click on to listen and time of day or night. Information Diane Byrnes 412-781-6368. Guests in studio, Bill Goodrich & Jack Goodrich, Attorneys at Law and Sponsor of The Ireland Report through March.

Sunday, March 6
• LAOH Div 11 is sponsoring the Dublin City Ramblers , 6:00 PM at Finnigans Wake on the North Shore Price $25 proceeds for the LAOH Charities. Contact Mary Haggerty 412-922-5177 or Mary Lou Conroy 412-683-2203

Thursday, March 10
• Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle, 2329 Penn Ave., in The Strip, 412-642-6622 features Finnegan’s Wake with RED HAND PADDY at 9:00 PM.

Friday, March 11
• Pittsburgh Ceili Club at www.pittsburghceiliclub.org/ is sponsoring the Annual ‘Kick-Off’ Ceili at Epiphany Church Hall @ 7:00 PM with Appetizers. Music by The Usual Suspects. Tickets must be purchased in advance, Deadline – March 1st, $25.00. Joanne Fitzgerald 724.274.9661.

Saturday, March 12
• St. Patrick’s Day Parade.
• Shovlin Academy of Dance & Pittsburgh Ceili Club hosts ‘St. Patrick’s Day Post Parade Party’ at Epiphany Church, next to Consol Energy Center from Noon to 4:00 PM. Tickets must be purchased in advance, Deadline – March 1st. Liz Shovlin Grinko 412.563.2538. Music, lunch, raffles, Step Dance Performance.
• Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle, features 12 hours of Live Irish Music.
• The Irish Centre, 6886 Forward Ave., in Squirrel Hill, will host its annual party with a traditional dinner and entertainment by Na Gaels. Admission is $20; Children under 18 are free. You can make your reservations by calling Mary Clark at 412-761-3897 or sending an email to Mary Clark at patrickj.clark@verizon.net .

March 17
• The Gaelic Arts Society presents Annual St. Patrick’s Day Banquet at PAA in Oakland, 6:30PM.

April 2
• Tartan Day Celebration at Obama Int’l Academy / Schenley Pittsburgh / (Old Reisenstein School) 129 Denniston Ave at the cross roads of Penn Ave & East Liberty Blvd in East Liberty. Free Admission & Parking. Vendors, Entertainment, Workshops, Food, plus more. www.tartandaypa.cmna.org Email to Carole Harland, tartandaypa@verizon.net.
• The Gaelic Arts Society will be represented at Tartan Day Celebration at the Obama Culture Academy.

April 10
• The Gaelic Arts Society presents An Irish Garden Lecture at the Dithridge House Party Room, 220 No. Dithridge St. Oakland, 2:30PM

Friday, May 6
• Pittsburgh Ceili Club at www.pittsburghceiliclub.org/ is sponsoring their monthly Ceili at the VFW in Morningside on Morningside Ave., Ceili @ 8:00 PM.

May 15
• The Gaelic Arts Society presents A One Act Play. Details TBA. At the Dithridge House Party Room, 220 No. Dithridge St. Oakland, 2:30PM.

May 22 – 29
• Sessions-At-Sea Cruises with Seamus Kennedy, The Makem & Spain Brothers, Hanneke Cassel, Laura Cortese, aboard Holland America’s Oosterdam sailing Alaska Inside Passage Cruise. Ports of Call Seattle, Puget Sound Cruising, Glacier Bay and Inside Passage, Juneau, Sitka, Ketchikan, Victoria, B.C.. To Book – 1-888-564-7474 or www.sessions-at-sea.com or info@sessionsatsea.com Reference Seamus Kennedy when booking your reservation, seamus.kennedy@ymail.com

June 5
• The Gaelic Arts Society presents “An Irish High Tea” 1:30PM, other details TBA.

June 18 – June 29
• Seamus Kennedy’s ‘Scotland & Ireland Adventure’ – RT Air from Newark / Edinburgh / Dublin / Newark, Breakfast Daily, 8 Dinners, 10 nights 1st class hotels, fully escorted via deluxe Motorcoach & Irish Driver Guide, Ferry from Scotland to Ireland, Admissions, Porterage one suitcase pp, Entertainment with Seamus Kennedy, plus more. Reservations: Isle Inn Tours 1-800-237-9376 x 18, Email: fiona@isleinntours.com. Reference Seamus Kennedy / seamus.kennedy@ymail.com.

Playlist - January 16

ECHOES OF ERIN
Hosted by Diane Byrnes

Echoes of Erin is a Live Stream each Sunday.
www.wedo810.com Click on ‘Listen Live’

You can also access program after 6:00 PM

each Sunday at the Archives

ONLINE: http://www.wedo810.com
Click on Program Guide,

Scroll down the page to Echoes of Erin
Click on, a Program # page comes up,

Click on, choose program, Download

January 16, 2011 – PROGRAM # 1191
IRELAND REPORT with Davy Kettyles,

Enniskillen & Dublin

Ireland Report News Correspondents
Patricia Sharkey, Editor,

Donegal Newsletter – www.dun-na-ngall.com
Brian Nolan, Barna, Co. Galway
Davy Kettyles, Enniskillen & Dublin
Maírtin O’Muilleoir, Managing Director,
Belfast Media Group and Irish Echo,

www.irishecho.com/
Pittsburgh Irish Network,

www.pittsburghirish.org
January – March, SPONSOR of The Ireland Report
Goodrich & Goodrich, Attorneys at Law

Guest: Brian O’Neill, Author,

“The Paris of Appalachia” and
Columnist for Post Gazette

The Dirty Glass

by Dropkick Murphy’s
The Rising of the Moon

by The Dubliners
Fare Thee Well Enniskillen

by The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem
CD ‘Whiskey in the Jar’

Back in the Saddle

by Seamus Kennedy
CD ‘Sidekicks and Sagebrush’

Chat with Brian O’Neill

Dreams are More Precious

by Enya
CD ‘And Winter Came’

PADDY

by Gerry Carney
CD ‘Paddy’

Reels: Sporting Nell / The Hairy-Chested Frog
By Gráinne Hambly on Concertina and

William Jackson on Harp
CD ‘ Music From Ireland and Scotland’

Irish Waltz

by Andy Cooney
CD ‘Forever Irish’


The Ireland Report with Davy Kettyles, Dublin

Sláinte Mhaith / The Cat in the Attic

by Tommy Sands
CD ‘To Shorten The Winter’

Dateline Irish - January 16

DATELINE IRISH
January 16, 2011
PROGRAM # 1191
412.781.6368

Sunday, January 16
• Echoes of Erin on WEDO 810AM at 12:30PM; the Ireland Report from Dublin / Enniskillen with Davy Kettyles. Live Stream – www.wedo810.com, click on “Listen Live”. Or listen from the Archives – www.wedo810.com , click on Program Guide, scroll down to Echoes of Erin, click on, choose a Program # and download, click on to listen and time of day or night. Information Diane Byrnes 412-781-6368. Guest in studio, Brian O’Neill, Columnist for Post Gazette and Author, “The Paris of Appalachia”, www.parisofappalachia.com.
• Deadline to apply for “International Travel Scholarship to Downpatrick, No. Ireland” is January 31, 2011. www.saintpatrickcentre.com Candidates range in age 20 to 25; complete online application; complete interview with local committee. Scholarship includes 15-Day trip to N. Ireland during June 2011. Further information 412-292-3734.

Tuesday, January 18
• Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412-279-0770, features Irish Night with Harp, Guinness, & Smithwick’s; Specials from 8:00 PM. Happy Hour is every Tuesday through Friday from 5pm to 7pm.
• Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle, 2329 Penn Ave., in The Strip, 412-642-6622 features Ceili Dancing from 7:00pm.

Thursday, January 20 through Sunday, February 20
• Pittsburgh Public Theatre presents ‘Camelot’ at the O’Reilly Theatre. Tickets 412-316-1600. Book & Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, music composed by Frederick Loewe. King Arthur played by New Zealand native Hayden Tee, Guenevere played by Kimberly Burns, Sir Lancelot played by Keith Hines, and many more ‘stars’. Visit online www.ppt.org.

Thursday, January 20
• Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle, 2329 Penn Ave., in The Strip, 412-642-6622 features TRIVIA with Johnny Connolly at 8:00 PM.

Thursday, January 20 through Sunday, February 20
• Pittsburgh Public Theatre presents ‘Camelot’ at the O’Reilly Theatre. Tickets 412-316-1600. Book & Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, music composed by Frederick Loewe. King Arthur played by New Zealand native Hayden Tee, Guenevere played by Kimberly Burns, Sir Lancelot played by Keith Hines, and many more ‘stars’. Visit online www.ppt.org.

Friday, January 21
• Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412-279-0770 features Ballad Singer, Mike Gallagher at 9:00 PM.
• Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle, 2329 Penn Ave., in The Strip, 412-642-6622 features Happy Hour with Dean Kostich from 5:30PM. From 9:00 PM it’s Corned Beef & Curry at 9:00 PM.

Saturday, January 22
• The All Ireland Athletic Club presents ‘Frost on the Shamrock’ with Andy Cooney & His Band, East Pittsburgh VFW, 401 Draper Street, East Pittsburgh. Call 412-367-0696 or email: allireandaaevents@comcast.net.
• Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412-279-0770 features Mark Guiser on vocals & guitar at 9:00 PM.
• Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle, 2329 Penn Ave., in The Strip, 412-642-6622 features Whiskey Limerick at 9:00 PM.

Sunday, January 23
• Echoes of Erin on WEDO 810AM at 12:30PM; the Ireland Report from Belfast Mairtin O’Muilleoir, Managing Editor of the Belfast News Group, & the Irish Echo in NY. www.irishecho.com. Live Stream – www.wedo810.com, click on “Listen Live”. Or listen from the Archives – www.wedo810.com, click on Program Guide, scroll down to Echoes of Erin, click on, choose a Program # and download, click on to listen and time of day or night. Information Diane Byrnes 412-781-6368.

Thursday, January 27
• Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle, 2329 Penn Ave., in The Strip, 412-642-6622 features Terry Griffith, Ballad Singer at 8:00 PM.

January 28 – February 4, 2011
• Andy Cooney’s Cruise of Irish Stars, aboard Costa Atlantica sailing 7-Night Western Caribbean – depart from Miami; entertainment with Andy Cooney, Ronan Tynan, Noel V. Ginnity, Cherish The Ladies, Taylor’s Irish Cabaret, Paddy Noonan, Declan Aungier, The Screaming Orphans, Pat & Fran Marnane, Noel Kingston, Stephen’s Green, Bill Lewis, Willie Lynch Band, Tom Comerford and more. Book with Cruise Specialists of Long Island, 1-800-499-2010, www.cruiseofirishstars.com.

Friday, January 28
• Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412-279-0770, features Mark Guiser on vocals & guitar at 9:00 PM.
• Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle, 2329 Penn Ave., in The Strip, 412-642-6622 features Happy Hour from 5:30PM. Then it’s Celtic Clan out of Boston at 9:00 PM.

Saturday, January 29
• Irish Seisiun / Night of Irish Music at St. Joseph’s Social Hall in Sharon PA beginning at 6:30PM. Free and Open to the Public. ‘Call for Musicians’ you are welcome and invited to come out and play! Information: Ted Miller (Band leader of County Mayo) Irishsongs@roadrunner.com or 724.528.3134.
• Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412-279-0770 features Live Entertainment at 9:00 PM.
• Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle, 2329 Penn Ave., in The Strip, 412-642-6622 features Happy Hour from 5:30PM. Then it’s Celtic Clan out of Boston at 9:00 PM.

January 30 – February 6, 2011
• Irish Festival Cruise aboard MCA’s Poesia sailing the Western Caribbean – Key West, Ocho Rios, Grand Cayman and Cozumel, with The Black Family, Girsa, Ennis, Bridgets Cross, Dublin City Ramblers, Matt Cunningham, Kevin Byrne, plus more. Information 1.800.441.HARP. http://www.irishtours.com/

Saturday, January 29
• Memorial Mass for Fr. Francis Hanley at Duquesne Chapel at Duquesne University at 11:00 AM. Mass is sponsored by Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians. Lite desert reception will follow. Fr. Hanley was a Hibernian, was the Chaplain for the PA State and Allegheny County LAOH.
• An Evening in Honor of Robert Burns sponsored by the St. Andrew’s Society of Pittsburgh, at The LaMont at Churchill Valley Country Club. Cocktails - 5:30PM, Cash Bar, Dinner – 6:30PM. Entertainment and Free Valet Parking, Non-Members welcome. Tickets - $27.50, send reservations to St. Andrew’s Society Burns Dinner, 4530 William Penn Highway – PMB 115, Murrysville PA 15668-2000 by January 20th.

Sunday, January 30
• Echoes of Erin on WEDO 810AM at 12:30PM; the Ireland Report with Diane Byrnes, Live Stream – www.wedo810.com, click on “Listen Live”. Or listen from the Archives – www.wedo810.com, click on Program Guide, scroll down to Echoes of Erin, click on, choose a Program # and download, click on to listen and time of day or night. Information Diane Byrnes 412-781-6368. Telephone Interview with Danny Morrison in Belfast.
• The Gaelic Arts Society presents the movie “Secret of Ronan Inish” at the Dithridge House Party Room, 220 No. Dithridge St. Oakland, 2:30PM. Information Earl McCabe, 412.761.1844

Saturday, February 5
• Pittsburgh Ceili Club at www.pittsburghceiliclub.org/ is sponsoring their monthly Ceili at the VFW, 1820 Morningside Ave. in Morningside, ‘Used Book Sale’, Workshop @ 7:00 PM, Ceili @ 8:00 PM.

Sunday, February 6
• Echoes of Erin on WEDO 810AM at 12:30PM; the Ireland Report from Donegal with Patricia Sharkey, Editor, Donegal Newsletter, www.donegalcounty.com, Live Stream – www.wedo810.com, click on “Listen Live”. Or listen from the Archives – www.wedo810.com, click on Program Guide, scroll down to Echoes of Erin, click on, choose Program # and download, click on to listen and time of day or night. Information Diane Byrnes 412-781-6368. Today begins Year 23 on WEDO.
• AOH Division 4, will hold its Annual Super Bowl Party at BLUEBERRY HILL PARK – FRANKLIN PARK, close to I-79. Doors open at 5PM. Contact MIKE ROACH FOR Blocks, Phone - 412-303-0940 or Email - roachmike62@aol.com.

Thursday, February 10
• St. Patrick’s Day Parade Fundraiser at Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle, 2329 Penn Ave., in The Strip beginning at 6:30PM. Entertainment with Guaranteed Irish and Terry Griffith. Raffles, Baskets, No Cover Charge.

Friday & Saturday, February 11 & 12
• Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle, 2329 Penn Ave., in The Strip, 412-642-6622 features The Malones from Philadelphia at 9:00 PM.

Sunday, February 13
• Echoes of Erin on WEDO 810AM at 12:30PM; the Ireland Report from Galway with Brian Nolan. Live Stream – www.wedo810.com, click on “Listen Live”. Or listen from the Archives – www.wedo810.com, click on Program Guide, scroll down to Echoes of Erin, click on, choose a Program # and download, click on to listen and time of day or night. Information Diane Byrnes 412-781-6368. Guest in studio, Jim Lamb, President Ireland Institute of Pittsburgh.

Friday, February 18
• Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle, 2329 Penn Ave., in The Strip, 412-642-6622 features The GREAT GUINESS TOAST with Corned Beef & Curry at 9:00 PM.
• Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412-279-0770, features The GREAT GUINESS TOAST, entertainment begins at 9:00 PM.

Saturday, February 19
• Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle, 2329 Penn Ave., in The Strip, 412-642-6622 features Celtic Rock with Red Hand Paddy at 9:00 PM.

Sunday, February 20
• Echoes of Erin on WEDO 810AM at 12:30PM; the Ireland Report from Dublin with Davy Kettyles. Live Stream – www.wedo810.com, click on “Listen Live”. Or listen from the Archives – www.wedo810.com, click on Program Guide, scroll down to Echoes of Erin, click on, choose Program # and download, click on to listen and time of day or night. Information Diane Byrnes 412-781-6368. Guest in studio, Sarah McAuliffe Bellin, President Irish American Unity Conference, (IAUC).
• The Gaelic Arts Society presents “Irish Folk Songs” with Sheilah Collins, Celtic music Singer, Sheilah Collins, at the Dithridge House Party Room, 220 No. Dithridge St. Oakland, 2:30PM. Information Earl McCabe 412-761-1844.

February 25, 26, & 27
• AOH Allegheny County Board Men’s Retreat at St. Paul’s Retreat House in Southside. Information Larry Squires, 412.760.2600 or Email: lsquires@descomm.com.

Friday February 25
• Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle, 2329 Penn Ave., in The Strip, 412-642-6622 features Seamus Kennedy, singer, musician, storyteller, & funny man at 9:00 PM.
• Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412-279-0770, features Live Entertainment, 9:00 PM

Saturday, February 26
• Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle, 2329 Penn Ave., in The Strip, 412-642-6622 features Seamus Kennedy, singer, musician, storyteller, & funny man at 9:00 PM.
• Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412-279-0770, features Live Entertainment, 9:00 PM.

Sunday, February 27
• Echoes of Erin on WEDO 810AM at 12:30PM; the Ireland Report from Dublin with Davy Kettyles. Live Stream – www.wedo810.com, click on “Listen Live”. Or listen from the Archives – www.wedo810.com, click on Program Guide, scroll down to Echoes of Erin, click on, choose Program # and download, click on to listen and time of day or night. Information Diane Byrnes 412-781-6368. Guests in studio, Bill Goodrich & Jack Goodrich, Attorneys at Law and Sponsor of The Ireland Report through March.

Thursday, March 10
• Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle, 2329 Penn Ave., in The Strip, 412-642-6622 features Finnegan’s Wake with RED HAND PADDY at 9:00 PM.

Friday, March 11
• Pittsburgh Ceili Club at www.pittsburghceiliclub.org/ is sponsoring the Annual ‘Kick-Off’ Ceili at Epiphany Church Hall @ 7:00 PM with Appetizers. Music by The Usual Suspects. Tickets must be purchased in advance, Deadline – March 1st, $25.00. Joanne Fitzgerald 724.274.9661.

Saturday, March 12
• St. Patrick’s Day Parade.
• Shovlin Academy of Dance & Pittsburgh Ceili Club hosts ‘St. Patrick’s Day Post Parade Party’ at Epiphany Church, next to Consol Energy Center from Noon to 4:00 PM. Tickets must be purchased in advance, Deadline – March 1st. Liz Shovlin Grinko 412.563.2538. Music, lunch, raffles, Step Dance Performance.
• Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle, features 12 hours of Live Irish Music.

March 17
• The Gaelic Arts Society presents Annual St. Patrick’s Day Banquet at PAA in Oakland, 6:30PM.

April 2
• Tartan Day Celebration at Obama Int’l Academy / Schenley Pittsburgh / (Old Reisenstein School) 129 Denniston Ave at the cross roads of Penn Ave & East Liberty Blvd in East Liberty. Free Admission & Parking. Vendors, Entertainment, Workshops, Food, plus more. www.tartandaypa.cmna.org Email to Carole Harland, tartandaypa@verizon.net.
• The Gaelic Arts Society will be represented at Tartan Day Celebration at the Obama Culture Academy.



April 10
• The Gaelic Arts Society presents An Irish Garden Lecture at the Dithridge House Party Room, 220 No. Dithridge St. Oakland, 2:30PM


Friday, May 6
• Pittsburgh Ceili Club at www.pittsburghceiliclub.org/ is sponsoring their monthly Ceili at the VFW in Morningside on Morningside Ave., Ceili @ 8:00 PM.

May 15
• The Gaelic Arts Society presents A One Act Play. Details TBA. At the Dithridge House Party Room, 220 No. Dithridge St. Oakland, 2:30PM.

May 22 – 29
• Sessions-At-Sea Cruises with Seamus Kennedy, The Makem & Spain Brothers, Hanneke Cassel, Laura Cortese, aboard Holland America’s Oosterdam sailing Alaska Inside Passage Cruise. Ports of Call Seattle, Puget Sound Cruising, Glacier Bay and Inside Passage, Juneau, Sitka, Ketchikan, Victoria, B.C.. To Book – 1-888-564-7474 or www.sessions-at-sea.com or info@sessionsatsea.com Reference Seamus Kennedy when booking your reservation, seamus.kennedy@ymail.com

June 5
• The Gaelic Arts Society presents “An Irish High Tea” 1:30PM, other details TBA.

June 18 – June 29
• Seamus Kennedy’s ‘Scotland & Ireland Adventure’ – RT Air from Newark / Edinburgh / Dublin / Newark, Breakfast Daily, 8 Dinners, 10 nights 1st class hotels, fully escorted via deluxe Motorcoach & Irish Driver Guide, Ferry from Scotland to Ireland, Admissions, Porterage one suitcase pp, Entertainment with Seamus Kennedy, plus more. Reservations: Isle Inn Tours 1-800-237-9376 x 18, Email: fiona@isleinntours.com. Reference Seamus Kennedy / seamus.kennedy@ymail.com.


Guests & Interviews in 2011

Jan. 16 - Brian O’Neill, Columnist at Post Gazette, Author, “The Paris of Appalachia”
Jan. 30 - Danny Morrison, Author, Trustee, in Belfast
Feb. 06 - Begins 23rd Year on WEDO
Feb. 13 - Guest – Jim Lamb, President, The Ireland Institute of Pgh
Feb 20 - Guest – Sarah McAuliffe Bellin, President, Irish American Unity Conference
Feb. 27 - Guests – Bill Goodrich and Jack Goodrich, Attorneys at Law

Playlist - January 9

ECHOES OF ERIN
Hosted by Diane Byrnes

Echoes of Erin is a Live Stream each Sunday.
http://www.wedo810.com/

Click on ‘Listen Live’

You can also access program after 6:00 PM

each Sunday at the Archives

ONLINE: http://www.wedo810.com/
Click on Program Guide,

Scroll down the page to Echoes of Erin
Click on, a Program # page comes up,

Click on, choose program, Download

January 9, 2011 – PROGRAM # 1190
IRELAND REPORT with Brian Nolan, Galway
Ireland Report News Correspondents
Patricia Sharkey, Editor,

Donegal Newsletter – http://www.dun-na-ngall.com/
Brian Nolan, Barna, Co. Galway
Davy Kettyles, Enniskillen & Dublin
Maírtin O’Muilleoir, Managing Director,
Belfast Media Group and Irish Echo,

www.irishecho.com/
Pittsburgh Irish Network, http://www.pittsburghirish.org/
January – March, SPONSOR of The Ireland Report
Goodrich & Goodrich, Attorneys at Law

Year In Year Out

by Michael Sheahan
CD ‘Some Things Never Change’

Follow The Heron Home

by Seamus Begley,

featuring his daughter
Meabh, Shaun Davey & Rita Connolly

on harmony vocals, with
Tim Edey on guitar & piano
CD ‘Disgrace Notes’

Reels: The Shaskeen / The Flax in Bloom

by Tommy Martin on uilleann pipes
CD “Tommy Martin Uilleann Piper”

Rock on Rockall

by Charlie & the Bhoys
CD “The Very Best of CATB”

I’m My Own Grandpa

by Seamus Kennedy
CD ‘Seamus Kennedy Live’

Let Me Be Your Island

by Tommy Sands
CD ‘To Shorten The Winter’

Instrumental: Mooncoin

by The Irish Experience
CD ‘Green Energy’

Shannon Stopover

by Briege Murphy
CD ‘The Best Part of the Day’

Love’s Old Sweet Song Duet

Fil Campbell & Sean Keane
CD ‘Songbirds’

Reels: Miss Cassidy’s / All Around The Room /

The Ballintra Lass
By Téada
CD ‘ Ceol of Cuimhne (Music of Memory)

The Ireland Report with Brian Nolan, Galway

Flying Home to Aherlow

by Andy Cooney
CD “Isle of Hope Isle of Tears”

Jiggin’ Around Cork

by The Máirtin de Cógáin Project
How To Make a Proper Tea!
CD ‘From Cork with Love’

Dirty Old Town

by The Pogues
CD ‘The Ultimate Collection’

Dance, Dance, Dance

by Jimmy Kelly Band
CD ‘Kelly Green’

Dateline Irish - January 9

Live Stream at http://www.wedo810.com
Archives at www.wedo810.com,

Click on Program Guide,
Scroll down to Echoes of Erin,

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Diane V. Byrnes DATELINE IRISH
78 GRANT AVE. January 9, 2011
PITTSBURGH, PA. 15223 PROGRAM # 1190
412.781.6368

Sunday, January 9
• Echoes of Erin on WEDO 810AM at 12:30PM; the Ireland Report from Galway with Brian Nolan. Live Stream – www.wedo810.com, click on “Listen Live”. Or listen from the Archives – www.wedo810.com, click on Program Guide, scroll down to Echoes of Erin, click on, choose a Program # and download, click on to listen and time of day or night. Information Diane Byrnes 412.781.6368.

Tuesday, January 11
• Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412-279-0770, features Irish Night with Harp, Guinness, & Smithwick’s; Specials from 8:00 PM. Happy Hour is every Tuesday through Friday from 5pm to 7pm.
• Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle, 2329 Penn Ave., in The Strip, 412-642-6622 features Ceili Dancing from 7:00pm.

Friday, January 14
• Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412-279-0770 features Ballad Singer, Mike Gallagher at 9:00 PM.
• Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle, 2329 Penn Ave., in The Strip, 412-642-6622 features Happy Hour with The Professor & Mary Fran from 5:30PM. From 9:00 PM it’s Pat Garvey on vocals & guitar at 9:00 PM>

Saturday, January 15
• Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412-279-0770 features Mark Guiser on vocals & guitar at 9:00 PM.
• Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle, 2329 Penn Ave., in The Strip, 412-642-6622 features Pat Garvey on vocals & guitar at 9:00 PM.

Sunday, January 16
• Echoes of Erin on WEDO 810AM at 12:30PM; the Ireland Report from Dublin / Enniskillen with Davy Kettyles. Live Stream – www.wedo810.com, click on “Listen Live”. Or listen from the Archives – www.wedo810.com, click on Program Guide, scroll down to Echoes of Erin, click on, choose a Program # and download, click on to listen and time of day or night. Information Diane Byrnes 412-781-6368. Guest in studio, Brian O’Neill, Columnist for Post Gazette and Author, “The Paris of Appalachia”.


Thursday, January 20 through Sunday, February 20
• Pittsburgh Public Theatre presents ‘Camelot’ at the O’Reilly Theatre. Tickets 412-316-1600. Book & Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, music composed by Frederick Loewe. King Arthur played by New Zealand native Hayden Tee, Guenevere played by Kimberly Burns, Sir Lancelot played by Keith Hines, and many more ‘stars’. Visit online www.ppt.org.

Thursday, January 20
• Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle, 2329 Penn Ave., in The Strip, 412-642-6622 features TRIVIA with Johnny Connolly at 8:00 PM.

Friday, January 21
• Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412-279-0770 features Ballad Singer, Mike Gallagher at 9:00 PM.
• Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle, 2329 Penn Ave., in The Strip, 412-642-6622 features Happy Hour with Dean Kostich from 5:30PM. From 9:00 PM it’s Corned Beef & Curry at 9:00 PM.

Saturday, January 22
• The All Ireland Athletic Club presents ‘Frost on the Shamrock’ with Andy Cooney & His Band, East Pittsburgh VFW, 401 Draper Street, East Pittsburgh. Call 412-367-0696 or email: allireandaaevents@comcast.net.
• Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412-279-0770 features Mark Guiser on vocals & guitar at 9:00 PM.
• Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle, 2329 Penn Ave., in The Strip, 412-642-6622 features Whiskey Limerick at 9:00 PM.

Thursday, January 20 through Sunday, February 20
• Pittsburgh Public Theatre presents ‘Camelot’ at the O’Reilly Theatre. Tickets 412-316-1600. Book & Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, music composed by Frederick Loewe. King Arthur played by New Zealand native Hayden Tee, Guenevere played by Kimberly Burns, Sir Lancelot played by Keith Hines, and many more ‘stars’. Visit online www.ppt.org.

Sunday, January 23
• Echoes of Erin on WEDO 810AM at 12:30PM; the Ireland Report from Belfast Mairtin O’Muilleoir, Managing Editor of the Belfast News Group, & the Irish Echo in NY. www.irishecho.com. Live Stream – www.wedo810.com, click on “Listen Live”. Or listen from the Archives – www.wedo810.com, click on Program Guide, scroll down to Echoes of Erin, click on, choose a Program # and download, click on to listen and time of day or night. Information Diane Byrnes 412-781-6368.

Thursday, January 27
• Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle, 2329 Penn Ave., in The Strip, 412-642-6622 features Celtic Clan out of Boston at 9:00 PM.

January 28 – February 4, 2011
• Andy Cooney’s Cruise of Irish Stars, aboard Costa Atlantica sailing 7-Night Western Caribbean – depart from Miami; entertainment with Andy Cooney, Ronan Tynan, Noel V. Ginnity, Cherish The Ladies, Taylor’s Irish Cabaret, Paddy Noonan, Declan Aungier, The Screaming Orphans, Pat & Fran Marnane, Noel Kingston, Stephen’s Green, Bill Lewis, Willie Lynch Band, Tom Comerford and more. Book with Cruise Specialists of Long Island, 1-800-499-2010, www.cruiseofirishstars.com.

Friday, January 28
• Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412-279-0770, features Mark Guiser on vocals & guitar at 9:00 PM.
• Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle, 2329 Penn Ave., in The Strip, 412-642-6622 features Happy Hour from 5:30PM. Then it’s Celtic Clan out of Boston at 9:00 PM.

Saturday, January 29
• Irish Seisiun / Night of Irish Music at St. Joseph’s Social Hall in Sharon PA beginning at 6:30PM. Free and Open to the Public. ‘Call for Musicians’ you are welcome and invited to come out and play! Information: Ted Miller (Band leader of County Mayo) Irishsongs@roadrunner.com or 724.528.3134.
• Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412-279-0770 features Live Entertainment at 9:00 PM.

January 30 – February 6, 2011
• Irish Festival Cruise aboard MCA’s Poesia sailing the Western Caribbean – Key West, Ocho Rios, Grand Cayman and Cozumel, with The Black Family, Girsa, Ennis, Bridgets Cross, Dublin City Ramblers, Matt Cunningham, Kevin Byrne, plus more. Information 1.800.441.HARP. http://www.irishtours.com/

Sunday, January 30
• Echoes of Erin on WEDO 810AM at 12:30PM; the Ireland Report with Diane Byrnes, Live Stream – www.wedo810.com, click on “Listen Live”. Or listen from the Archives – www.wedo810.com, click on Program Guide, scroll down to Echoes of Erin, click on, choose a Program # and download, click on to listen and time of day or night. Information Diane Byrnes 412-781-6368. Telephone Interview with Danny Morrison in Belfast.
• The Gaelic Arts Society presents the movie “Secret of Ronan Inish” at the Dithridge House Party Room, 220 No. Dithridge St. Oakland, 2:30PM. Information Earl McCabe, 412.761.1844

Saturday, February 5
• Pittsburgh Ceili Club at www.pittsburghceiliclub.org/ is sponsoring their monthly Ceili at the VFW in Morningside on Morningside Ave., ‘Used Book Sale’ Ceili @ 8:00 PM.

Sunday, February 6
• AOH Division 4, will hold its Annual Super Bowl Party at BLUEBERRY HILL PARK – FRANKLIN PARK, close to I-79. Doors open at 5PM. Contact MIKE ROACH FOR Blocks, Phone - 412-303-0940 or Email - roachmike62@aol.com.

Friday & Saturday, February 11 & 12
• Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle, 2329 Penn Ave., in The Strip, 412-642-6622 features The Malones from Philadelphia at 9:00 PM.

Friday, February 18
• Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle, 2329 Penn Ave., in The Strip, 412-642-6622 features The GREAT GUINESS TOAST with Corned Beef & Curry at 9:00 PM.

Saturday, February 19
• Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle, 2329 Penn Ave., in The Strip, 412-642-6622 features Celtic Rock with Red Hand Paddy at 9:00 PM.
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Sunday, February 21
• The Gaelic Arts Society presents “Irish Folk Songs” with Sheilah Collins, Celtic music Singer, Sheilah Collins, at the Dithridge House Party Room, 220 No. Dithridge St. Oakland, 2:30PM. Information Earl McCabe 412-761-1844.

February 25, 26, & 27
• AOH Allegheny County Board Men’s Retreat at St. Paul’s Retreat House in Southside. Information Larry Squires, 412.760.2600 or Email: lsquires@descomm.com.
• Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle, 2329 Penn Ave., in The Strip, 412-642-6622 features Seamus Kennedy, singer, musician, storyteller, & funny man at 9:00 PM.

Thursday, March 10
• Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle, 2329 Penn Ave., in The Strip, 412-642-6622 features Finnegan’s Wake with RED HAND PADDY at 9:00 PM.

Friday, March 11
• Pittsburgh Ceili Club at www.pittsburghceiliclub.org/ is sponsoring the Annual ‘Kick-Off’ Ceili at Epiphany Church Hall @ 7:00 PM with Appetizers.


Saturday, March 12
• St. Patrick’s Day Parade.
• Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle, features 12 hours of Live Irish Music.

March 17
• The Gaelic Arts Society presents Annual St. Patrick’s Day Banquet at PAA in Oakland, 6:30PM.

April 2
• Tartan Day Celebration at Obama Int’l Academy / Schenley Pittsburgh / (Old Reisenstein School) 129 Denniston Ave at the cross roads of Penn Ave & East Liberty Blvd in East Liberty. Free Admission & Parking. Vendors, Entertainment, Workshops, Food, plus more. www.tartandaypa.cmna.org Email to Carole Harland, tartandaypa@verizon.net.
• The Gaelic Arts Society will be represented at Tartan Day Celebration at the Obama Culture Academy.

April 10
• The Gaelic Arts Society presents An Irish Garden Lecture at the Dithridge House Party Room, 220 No. Dithridge St. Oakland, 2:30PM

Friday, May 6
• Pittsburgh Ceili Club at www.pittsburghceiliclub.org/ is sponsoring their monthly Ceili at the VFW in Morningside on Morningside Ave., Ceili @ 8:00 PM.

May 15
• The Gaelic Arts Society presents A One Act Play. Details TBA. At the Dithridge House Party Room, 220 No. Dithridge St. Oakland, 2:30PM.

May 22 – 29
• Sessions-At-Sea Cruises with Seamus Kennedy, The Makem & Spain Brothers, Hanneke Cassel, Laura Cortese, aboard Holland America’s Oosterdam sailing Alaska Inside Passage Cruise. Ports of Call Seattle, Puget Sound Cruising, Glacier Bay and Inside Passage, Juneau, Sitka, Ketchikan, Victoria, B.C.. To Book – 1-888-564-7474 or www.sessions-at-sea.com or info@sessionsatsea.com Reference Seamus Kennedy when booking your reservation, seamus.kennedy@ymail.com

June 5
• The Gaelic Arts Society presents “An Irish High Tea” 1:30PM, other details TBA.

June 18 – June 29
• Seamus Kennedy’s ‘Scotland & Ireland Adventure’ – RT Air from Newark / Edinburgh / Dublin / Newark, Breakfast Daily, 8 Dinners, 10 nights 1st class hotels, fully escorted via deluxe Motorcoach & Irish Driver Guide, Ferry from Scotland to Ireland, Admissions, Porterage one suitcase pp, Entertainment with Seamus Kennedy, plus more. Reservations: Isle Inn Tours 1-800-237-9376 x 18, Email: fiona@isleinntours.com. Reference Seamus Kennedy / seamus.kennedy@ymail.com.

Playlist - January 2

ECHOES OF ERIN
Hosted by Diane Byrnes

Echoes of Erin is a Live Stream each Sunday.
www.wedo810.com Click on ‘Listen Live’

You can also access program after 6:00 PM

each Sunday at the Archives

ONLINE: http://www.wedo810.com
Click on Program Guide, scroll down the page to Echoes of Erin
Click on, a Program # page comes up,

Click on, choose program, Download

January 2, 2011 – PROGRAM # 1189
IRELAND REPORT with Patricia Sharkey, Donegal
Ireland Report News Correspondents
Patricia Sharkey, Editor,

Donegal Newsletter – www.dun-na-ngall.com
Brian Nolan, Barna, Co. Galway
Davy Kettyles, Enniskillen & Dublin
Maírtin O’Muilleoir, Managing Director,
Belfast Media Group and Irish Echo,

www.irishecho.com/
Pittsburgh Irish Network, www.pittsburghirish.org
January – March, SPONSOR of The Ireland Report
Goodrich & Goodrich, Attorneys at Law


Mary Did You Know by The Irish Tenors, featuring Finbar Wright
CD ‘Christmas’

A Prisoners Christmas by Charlie & the Bhoys
CD “The Very Best of CATB’

Fairytale of New York by The Pogues w/Kirsty MacColl
CD ‘The Ultimate Collection’

Think of Somebody Out There by Seamus Kennedy
CD ‘Goodwill to Men’

Some Things Never Change by Michael Sheahan
CD ‘Some Things Never Change’

Coventry Carol by Mystic Harmony
With Mary Anne Brundage, Janet Booth and Janice Mawson
CD ‘Mystic Christmas’

The Holy City by Andy Cooney
CD “The Magic of Christmas’

All Sons of Adam by Bonnie Rideout
CD ‘A Scottish Christmas’

The Ireland Report with Patricia Sharkey, Donegal

Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring by Eileen Ivers
CD ‘Eileen Ivers An Nollaig, An Irish Christmas’

What Christmas Means to Me by Schooner Fare
LP ‘Schooner Fare Home for the Holidays’

Curoo, Curoo by The Clancy Brothers
LP ‘Christmas with the Clancy Brothers’

Coinnle An Linbh Iosa / The Candles of the Boy Jesus
By Boys of the Lough featuring Brendan Begley
CD’ Midwinter Live’

Slan Abhaile by Tommy Sands
CD ‘To Shorten the Winter’

Listen to Echoes of Erin online

Hi Friends,

Echoes of Erin on WEDO 810AM can be heard online 'Live' while it is being broadcast, or if you missed that, you can listen through our archives. All you need to do is type in your browser www.wedo810.com. Click on 'Listen Live'. Now you can listen anywhere in the world!

To listen to the archives, type in your browser www.wedo810.com,
Click on Program Guide
Scroll down to Echoes of Erin
Click on, a page of Program Numbers comes up
The highest number is most current show
Click one on, download, and listen.

I am in the process of organizing my calendar and plan to bring you some exciting guests and interviews over the coming year. Scheduled guest for January 16th is Brian O'Neill Author of the book "The Paris of Appalachia"; a really interesting description by Brian O'Neill on Pittsburgh and the region. Brian is a columnist for the Pittsburgh Post Gazette.

As dates are confirmed, I'll post them here to the blog so you can schedule your listening!

Regards,
Diane

Dateline Irish - January 2

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, January 2, 2011
• Echoes of Erin on WEDO 810AM from 12:30 pm to 2:00 pm. The Ireland Report from Donegal with Patricia Sharkey, Editor of the Donegal Newsletter, www.dun-na-ngall.com. Live Stream – www.wedo810.com, click on “Listen Live”. Or listen from the Archives – www.wedo810.com, click on Program Guide, scroll down to Echoes of Erin, click on, choose a program, download & listen.

Tuesday, January 4
• Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412-279-0770, features Irish Night with Harp, Guinness, & Smithwick’s; Specials from 8:00 PM. Happy Hour is every Tuesday through Friday from 5pm to 7pm.
• Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle, 2329 Penn Ave., in The Strip, 412-642-6622 features Ceili Dancing from 7:00pm.

Friday, January 7
• Pittsburgh Ceili Club at www.pittsburghceiliclub.org/ is sponsoring their monthly Ceili at the VFW in Morningside on Morningside Ave., ‘Beginning of the Year’ Ceili @ 8:00 PM.
• Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412-279-0770 features Live Entertainment at 9:00 PM.
• Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle, 2329 Penn Ave., in The Strip, 412-642-6622 features Live Entertainment, 9:00 PM.

Saturday, January 8 to 15
• Genie’s Cruise World presents Celebrity’s newest ship “Eclipse” sailing a Western Caribbean Cruise; ports of call: George Town, Grand Cayman; Cozumel; Puerto Costa Maya; and Roatan. Call Jeanne O’Leary at 412.781.5907 for reservations.

Saturday, January 8
• AOH Division 17, Monroeville presents Whiskey Limerick at Club Rooms, 2800 Broadway Blvd (also Route 130), Monroeville 15146, 8:00 PM, cover at door.
• Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412-279-0770 features Live Entertainment at 9:00 PM.
• Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle, 2329 Penn Ave., in The Strip, 412-642-6622 features Live Entertainment at 9:00 PM>

Sunday, January 9
• Echoes of Erin on WEDO 810AM at 12:30PM; the Ireland Report from Galway with Brian Nolan. Live Stream – www.wedo810.com, click on “Listen Live”. Or listen from the Archives – www.wedo810.com, click on Program Guide, scroll down to Echoes of Erin, click on, choose a Program # and download, click on to listen and time of day or night. Information Diane Byrnes 412-781-6368. Telephone Interview with Danny Morrison in Belfast.

Sunday, January 16
• Echoes of Erin on WEDO 810AM at 12:30PM; the Ireland Report from Dublin / Enniskillen with Davy Kettyles. Live Stream – www.wedo810.com, click on “Listen Live”. Or listen from the Archives – www.wedo810.com, click on Program Guide, scroll down to Echoes of Erin, click on, choose a Program # and download, click on to listen and time of day or night. Information Diane Byrnes 412-781-6368. Guest in studio, Brian O’Neill, Columnist for Post Gazette and Author, “The Paris of Appalachia”

Saturday, January 22
• The All Ireland Athletic Club presents ‘Frost on the Shamrock’ with Andy Cooney & His Band, East Pittsburgh VFW, 401 Draper Street, East Pittsburgh. Call 412-367-0696 or email: allireandaaevents@comcast.net.

Sunday, January 23
• Echoes of Erin on WEDO 810AM at 12:30PM; the Ireland Report from Belfast Mairtin O’Muilleoir, Managing Editor of the Belfast News Group, & the Irish Echo in NY. http://www.irishecho.com/. Live Stream – www.wedo810.com, click on “Listen Live”. Or listen from the Archives – www.wedo810.com, click on Program Guide, scroll down to Echoes of Erin, click on, choose a Program # and download, click on to listen and time of day or night. Information Diane Byrnes 412-781-6368.

January 28 – February 4, 2011
• Andy Cooney’s Cruise of Irish Stars, aboard Costa Atlantica sailing 7-Night Western Caribbean – depart from Miami; entertainment with Andy Cooney, Ronan Tynan, Noel V. Ginnity, Cherish The Ladies, Taylor’s Irish Cabaret, Paddy Noonan, Declan Aungier, The Screaming Orphans, Pat & Fran Marnane, Noel Kingston, Stephen’s Green, Bill Lewis, Willie Lynch Band, Tom Comerford and more. Book with Cruise Specialists of Long Island, 1-800-499-2010, www.cruiseofirishstars.com.

January 30 – February 6, 2011
• Irish Festival Cruise aboard MCA’s Poesia sailing the Western Caribbean – Key West, Ocho Rios, Grand Cayman and Cozumel, with The Black Family, Girsa, Ennis, Bridgets Cross, Dublin City Ramblers, Matt Cunningham, Eugene & Kevin Byrne, Tom Sweeney, plus more. Information 1.800.441.HARP. http://www.irishtours.com/

Sunday, January 30
• The Gaelic Arts Society presents the movie “Secret of Ronan Inish” at the Dithridge House Party Room, 220 No. Dithridge St. Oakland, 2:30PM. Information Earl McCabe, 412.761.1844

Saturday, February 5
• Pittsburgh Ceili Club at www.pittsburghceiliclub.org/ is sponsoring their monthly Ceili at the VFW in Morningside on Morningside Ave., ‘Used Book Sale’ Ceili @ 8:00 PM.

Sunday, February 6
• AOH Division 4, will hold its Annual Super Bowl Party at BLUEBERRY HILL PARK – FRANKLIN PARK, close to I-79. Doors open at 5PM. Contact MIKE ROACH FOR Blocks, Phone - 412-303-0940 or Email - roachmike62@aol.com.

Sunday, February 21
• The Gaelic Arts Society presents “Irish Folk Songs” with Sheilah Collins, Celtic music Singer, Sheilah Collins, at the Dithridge House Party Room, 220 No. Dithridge St. Oakland, 2:30PM. Information Earl McCabe 412-761-1844.


February 25, 26, & 27
• AOH Allegheny County Board Men’s Retreat at St. Paul’s Retreat House in Southside. Information Larry Squires, 412.760.2600 or Email: lsquires@descomm.com.

Friday, March 11
• Pittsburgh Ceili Club at www.pittsburghceiliclub.org/ is sponsoring the Annual ‘Kick-Off’ Ceili at Epiphany Church Hall @ 7:00 PM with Appetizers.

Saturday, March 12
• St. Patrick’s Day Parade.

March 17
• The Gaelic Arts Society presents Annual St. Patrick’s Day Banquet at PAA in Oakland, 6:30PM.

April 2
• Tartan Day Celebration at Obama Int’l Academy / Schenley Pittsburgh / (Old Reizenstein School) 129 Denniston Ave at the cross roads of Penn Ave & East Liberty Blvd in East Liberty. Free Admission & Parking. Vendors, Entertainment, Workshops, Food, plus more. www.tartandaypa.cmna.org Email to Carole Harland, tartandaypa@verizon.net.
• The Gaelic Arts Society will be represented at Tartan Day Celebration at the Obama Culture Academy.

April 10
• The Gaelic Arts Society presents An Irish Garden Lecture at the Dithridge House Party Room, 220 No. Dithridge St. Oakland, 2:30PM

Friday, May 6
• Pittsburgh Ceili Club at www.pittsburghceiliclub.org/ is sponsoring their monthly Ceili at the VFW in Morningside on Morningside Ave., Ceili @ 8:00 PM.

May 15
• The Gaelic Arts Society presents A One Act Play. Details TBA. At the Dithridge House Party Room, 220 No. Dithridge St. Oakland, 2:30PM.

May 22 – 29
• Sessions-At-Sea Cruises with Seamus Kennedy, The Makem & Spain Brothers, Hanneke Cassel, Laura Cortese, aboard Holland America’s Oosterdam sailing Alaska Inside Passage Cruise. Ports of Call Seattle, Puget Sound Cruising, Glacier Bay and Inside Passage, Juneau, Sitka, Ketchikan, Victoria, B.C.. To Book – 1-888-564-7474 or www.sessions-at-sea.com or info@sessionsatsea.com Reference Seamus Kennedy when booking your reservation, seamus.kennedy@ymail.com

June 5
• The Gaelic Arts Society presents “An Irish High Tea” 1:30PM, other details TBA.

June 18 – June 29
• Seamus Kennedy’s ‘Scotland & Ireland Adventure’ – RT Air from Newark / Edinburgh / Dublin / Newark, Breakfast Daily, 8 Dinners, 10 nights 1st class hotels, fully escorted via deluxe Motorcoach & Irish Driver Guide, Ferry from Scotland to Ireland, Admissions, Porterage one suitcase pp, Entertainment with Seamus Kennedy, plus more. Reservations: Isle Inn Tours 1-800-237-9376 x 18, Email: fiona@isleinntours.com. Reference Seamus Kennedy / seamus.kennedy@ymail.com.

Hello and Happy New Year 2011

Hello Ladies and Gentlemen,

It has been quite a while since I posted to my blog; that was 2010 -- this is now 2011 and time to set new goals!

I plan to post here on a weekly basis providing you a variety of information from Dateline Irish (my calendar of events in the Pittsburgh, PA area), and other exciting news that may be happening!

The past year I continued to concentrate on not smoking; beginning January 5, 2011, I will begin my 3rd year of being smoke free (I have cheated on occasion, but not too much. Since I gave me permission to cheat, I find less desire to do it). One thing I realize about smoking, it took the edge off life -- traffic, annoyances, etc. So now I'm into cooking and have made some very delicious dishes and baked wonderful breads and scones. Of course with all of this cooking comes weight gain; so I think for 2011 I will concentrate on dropping a few pounds.

Weight loss will be one of my goals for this New Year! To all of you I wish you well; may you have good health, good work, good relationships, and a bit of good luck!

Happy New Year,
Diane Byrnes