Dateline Irish - January 2

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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.