Hello Friends,
It has been quite a while since I posted here to my Blog and so much has happened in life. This is the latest Dateline Irish effective October 6, 2013.
Echoes of Erin, WEDO 810AM
www.pittsburghirish.org/echoesoferin
Sunday 12:30PM – 2:00PM 25th Anniversary Year
Diane V. Byrnes DATELINE IRISH
78 Grant Avenue October
6, 2013Pittsburgh PA 15223 Program # 1333
Email:
diane.byrnes@verizon.net
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Sunday, October 6
· Echoes of
Erin on WEDO 810AM at 12:30pm; Live
stream at www.wedo810.com. The Ireland Report from
Donegal with Patricia Sharkey, Editor
Donegal Newsletter www.dun-na-ngall.com. Interview with George Donaldson of Celtic Thunder who
are in town tonight performing at the Benendum @ 8pm.· The Gaelic Arts Society of Pittsburgh presents a Lecture-Program “All About the Bagpipe” by George Balderose, Piper, Balmoral School of Piping. 3:00 pm McDowell Hall downstairs of Epiphany Church 412.758.5446.
Now through October 27
·
The Public’s MASTERPIECE SEASON begins with ‘Our
Town’, by Thornton Wilder, featuring an all-Pittsburgh cast, directed by Ted Pappas.
Pittsburgh favorite Tom
Atkins is in the role of the Stage Manager in Our Town; the play is celebrating its 75th birthday – at
the O’Reilly Theater, 412.316.1600, www.ppt.org.
Our Town is presented by PNC. Press Night is Oct. 3, Opening Night is Oct.
4.
Tuesday, October 8
·
Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle, 2329
Penn Ave., in The Strip, 412-642-6622 – features
Ceili Dancing @ 7pm.
·
Riley’s Pour
House, 215 East Main St. in
Carnegie, 412.279.0770 –
features Riley’s Piano Night from 8pm.
Plus a NEW Desert Menu is in place!!
·
AOH/LAOH Night at Pittsburgh Public Theatre's production of Thornton Wilder's
"Our Town" starring Tom
Atkins ("The Chief") begins with 7 p.m. performance Tuesday,
Oct. 8, followed by private audience Q&A with Tom Atkins. Limited seating
on first-come basis for Hibernians and guests. Make checks out for $40 per
person to Ed Blank and mail to him at 117 Highridge Circle, Pittsburgh PA 15234-1009.
Earliest reservations closest to the stage. All unsold tickets will be returned
to PPT Sept. 24. Information: Ed Blank @
412-854-5555 or EdwBlank@aol.com.
Wednesday’s in October –9, 16, 21, 30, and November 6
· Window to Ireland Cultural Course held at McDowell hall, downstairs of Epiphany Church, 7pm to 9pm, Tuition is $48. Course designed for those who are ‘intrigued’ as well as Irish-Americans who would like to know more about their family heritage. Topics include: geography, designs, language, names, spoken word, music, and guest speakers. Information: John Webber – 412.758.5446.
Wednesday, October 9
·
Riley’s Pour
House, 215 East Main St. in
Carnegie, 412.279.0770 – features Open Mic Night w/ Erich @ 8pm. New Desert Menu now in place!Thursday, October 10
· Riley’s Pour House, 215 East Main St. in Carnegie, 412.279.0770 – features Live Entertainment @ 8pm.
· Mullaney’s
Harp & Fiddle, 2329 Penn Ave., in The Strip, 412-642-6622 – features Acoustic Music with Bruce Foley @ 7pm, it is also a fundraiser for
Central Catholic and Oakland Catholic High Schools.
Friday, October 11
· LAOH Division 11 will sponsor the Hibernian Ball, 6:00 to 11:30 p.m., at Hilton Garden Inn, Pittsburgh University Place. $75 per person / Two for $125. Reservations must be made before October 3. Information Shirley Sestric, 412.370.4127 or sannesgary@aim.com
·
Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle, 412-642-6622 – features Happy Hour w/ Tim & John followed by live Irish Music @ 8pm.
· Riley’s Pour House, 215 East Main St. in Carnegie, 412.279.0770 – features Live Entertainment @ 8pm. A new desert menu is now available!
Saturday, October 12
· Riley’s Pour House, 215 East Main St. in Carnegie, 412.279.0770 – features Breakfast
from 8am to Noon, followed by lunch, then dinner, and a new desert menu and Live Entertainment @ 8pm.
Sunday, October 13
·
Echoes of Erin
on WEDO 810AM at 12:30pm; Live stream at www.wedo810.com. The Ireland Report from
Galway with Brian Nolan. Sponsor of The Ireland Report is AOH Sean
MacBride Division 32. Guest in the studio is Denis Cunningham, Chairman of the Pittsburgh Hurling Club, ‘The Pooka’s’.· Riley’s Pour House, 215 East Main St. in Carnegie, 412.279.0770 – features Live Music @ 8pm.
Friday, October 18
·
Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle, 412-642-6622 – features Happy Hour w/ Andy Halter @ 5:30pm followed by ‘The Michael O’Brien Band’ @ 8pm; based
out of Johnstown PA.
·
Riley’s Pour
House, 215 East Main St. in
Carnegie, 412.279.0770 – features Happy Hour @ 5:30pm followed by Live Irish Music @ 8pm.
Saturday, October 19
·
WPGS Genealogy Seminar on Researching British &
Irish Roots with Paul Blake &
Maggie Loughran. Lectures include 1)
Locating English, Irish, Scottish & Welsh Ancestors; 2)Pre-1865 sources for Irish Research; 3)
Irish Genealogy Online; 4)The Best British Websites. Venue is Carnegie Museum of Art Theater, 4400
“Forbes Ave in Oakland. Download the
Genealogy Seminar Registration Form – http://www.wpgs.org/events.htm. Cost for all-day seminar is $20 for WPGS
members & $25 for non-members.
Reservations will NOT be taken over the phone. Mail forms & payment by October 16th
at address given above.
·
AOH Sean MacBride Division 32 will ‘Roast’
one of its most beloved brothers, Pat
McCann @ Gaetano’s Restaurant, 1617 Banksville Road, Pittsburgh 15216. Cocktails @ 6pm, Dinner @ 7:30pm, ‘Roast’ @
8:15pm. Information: Ed Blank @ 412.854.5555 or edwblank@aol.com.
·
Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle, 412-642-6622 – features ‘The Michael O’Brien Band’ @ 9pm; based out of Johnstown PA.
·
Riley’s Pour
House, 215 East Main St. in
Carnegie, 412.279.0770 – features Live Entertainment @ 8pm.
·
Callan is
celebrating a CD Release Party at The
Big Red Barn, 2960 Clearview Road, Allison Park, PA 15101. Doors open at 5pm, Cover $5.00 at the door
and includes refreshments & camping.
Special Guest is Mark Dignam. Information, check website www.callanceltic.com. You are welcome to bring family, kids,
friends, beverages, pot-luck dish to share, instruments for late night
session. How about having some fun??
Thursday, October 24
· Mullaney’s
Harp & Fiddle, 412-642-6622 features
Irish Music Jam Session @ 7pm.
·
Riley’s Pour
House, 215 East Main St. in
Carnegie, 412.279.0770 – features Live Irish Music @ 7pm.
Friday, October 25
· Mullaney’s
Harp & Fiddle, 412-642-6622
– features Lisdoonvarna Matchmaking
Festival with Karaoke @ 7pm. Meet
the Match Makers. Voted the BEST
Matchmaking Festival in all the land by Pittsburgh Magazine.
Saturday, October 26
· Irish
Cultural Day “Spórt Agus Sproai” at
Brookline Recreation Center, 1400 Brookline Blvd, Pgh PA 15216. Event features Beginner Irish language
classes, Irish Gaelic games, Irish Halloween treasure hunt, Beginner Irish
dance, Irish music & story. All ages
welcome! Donation from $10 to $25 for
family. Information Marie Young
412.969.9992, Email: pila2013@outlook.com. · Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle, 412-642-6622 features Notre Dame vs. Air Force Game Watch @ 3pm followed by Mark Guiser on vocals & guitar @ 9pm.
· Riley’s Pour House, 215 East Main St. in Carnegie, 412.279.0770 – features Breakfast
@ 8am, enjoy a new desert menu. In
the evening Live Music @ 8pm.
Sunday, October 27
·
Echoes of Erin
on WEDO 810AM at 12:30pm; Live stream at www.wedo810.com. The Ireland Report from
Belfast with The Lord Mayor, Mairtin
O’Muilleoir. Sponsor of The Ireland
Report is AOH Sean MacBride Division 32. Guest in studio is Fr. Jeremiah O’Shea
of Division 32 in Carnegie. Our
conversation will evolve around the church’s adapting pagan festivals and
holidays into Christian celebrations.
Friday, November 1
·
Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle, 2329
Penn Ave., in The Strip, 412-642-6622 – features
Happy Hour w/ Tim & John @
5:30pm followed by ‘The Bloody Tinth
Band’ @ 9pm. An Irish influenced
American Rock Band. Based in Cincinnati,
OH, their name comes from Cincinnati’s all-Irish regiment in the Civil War,
‘Bloody Tinth’.
·
Riley’s Pour
House, 215 East Main St. in
Carnegie, 412.279.0770 – features Happy Hour @ 5:30pm followed by Live Music at 8pm.
Saturday, November 2
·
Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle, 2329
Penn Ave., in The Strip, 412-642-6622 – features
Notre Dame vs. Nave Game Watch @ 3pm followed
by ‘The Bloody Tinth Band’ @
9pm. An Irish influenced American Rock
Band. Based in Cincinnati, OH, their
name comes from Cincinnati’s all-Irish regiment in the Civil War, ‘Bloody
Tinth’.· Pittsburgh Ceili Club will host a Workshop (7pm) and Ceili, $3 Ceili begins at 8 pm $5 for members, $8 for non-members at the Morningside VFW, 1820 Morningside Ave.
·
Riley’s Pour House, 215 East Main St. in Carnegie, 412.279.0770 – features Breakfast @ 8am. Live Irish Music @ 8pm.
Sunday, November 3
· The Ladies Ancient Order
of Hibernians, Maude Gonne Division 32 is sponsoring their annual Luncheon & Fashion Show at
Nevillewood. Doors open at 11 am. Make a reservation with Patti Flaus,
President at 412.921.7829.· The Gaelic Arts Society of Pittsburgh presents a Lecture-Program “The Various Sports of Ireland” with Robert Tierney, Sportsman with the Pittsburgh Celtics Gaelic Football Club @ McDowell Hall, 2:00 pm, downstairs Epiphany Church, 412.758.5446.
Friday, November 8
·
Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle, 2329
Penn Ave., in The Strip, 412-642-6622 – features
the Notre Dame Fan Fest. Meet
the fighting Irish cheerleaders and Leprechaun, Fun and activities for the whole family, Live music, Drink specials, games and prizes. Drink specials during all games. · Riley’s Pour House, 215 East Main St. in Carnegie, 412.279.0770 – features Happy Hour @ 5:30m followed by Live Music @ 8pm.
Friday & Saturday, November 8 & 9, 2013
· Balmoral Classic, details TBA. Balmoral Classic Concert with Alasdair Fraser on Scottish fiddle and Natalie Haas on cello at McGonigle Theatre at Central Catholic High School, 4720 Fifth Ave. Oakland. Doors open 7pm. Tickets: 1.888.71Tickets.
· All Ireland Athletic Club presents ‘Harvest
Moon’ with Andy Cooney & his
Band, at East Pittsburgh VFW, 401 Draper Street, East Pittsburgh PA
15112. Tickets $25, in advance $20. Reservations: Jim Guay 412-367-0696 or jguaybest@comcast.net. Band members
include: Andy Cooney, Colm Graham, Jimmy Kelly, and three time All-Ireland
Accordion Champion, Buddy Connolly. (Buddy is also a member of Eileen Ivers
& Immigrant Soul Band) He is
excellent!
Sunday, November 10
·
Samhain, The Celtic New Year Celebration and
Fundraiser for Echoes of Erin @ Mullaney’s Castle, 24th Street & Penn Ave., in The
Strip.
Peter Shovlin Sr.’s hand carved violin / fiddle will be won at this
event.
Entertainment: Whiskey
Limerick, Casey & Dan Deely & Friends (ballad group), fiddle
demonstration w/ Peter Shovlin, Sr.
(his hand crafted fiddle for EoE), and Corned
Beef & Curry w/John McCann, Bob Banerjee, and percussion.
Donation at Gate: $20. Costume
Contest, Raffles, and much fun!! Information Diane Byrnes 412.781.6368 or diane.byrnes@verizon.net. And maybe
a couple of !!special guests!!
Sunday, November 24
·
The Gaelic Arts Society of Pittsburgh presents their annual Memorial Mass for deceased
members @ St. Paul’s Cathedral, Fifth Ave. in Oakland @ Noon. Open to all
members. Open Luncheon afterwards at
Panera’s in Oakland. 412.758.5446.
Friday, December 6
·
Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle, 2329
Penn Ave., in The Strip, 412-642-6622 – features
Happy Hour @ 5:30pm followed by singer, musician, story teller, the One
& Only ‘Seamus Kennedy’ @ 9pm.
He has a huge repertoire that includes
traditional Irish music, classic Country & Western, American standards,
Scottish ballads, and kids' shows: entertainment for "the wee ones."
Originally
from Belfast, Northern Ireland, has been entertaining audiences all over the
United States for almost four decades.
An accomplished guitarist with a ready
wit and a vast store of songs, he travels the country performing for thousands
of people each year. Kennedy’s ability to combine a total
command of the music with humor makes him unique in the industry. His strong
interactive entertainment skills and his participation with his audiences have
helped him create an exceptionally loyal fan base everywhere he goes.
He's incredibly talented and fun!
Saturday, December 7
·
Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle, 412-642-6622 – features singer, musician, story teller, the One & Only ‘Seamus Kennedy’
@ 9pm.
Friday, December 13
·
The Gaelic Arts Society of Pittsburgh presents Christmas
party and program @ The Rivers Club @ 6:30 pm, downtown Pittsburgh, open to
public. Reservation & Information 412.758.5446.
Saturday, December 21
·
AOH Sean MacBride Division 32 & LAOH Maude Gonne
Division 32 will celebrate the season
with their annual Christmas party at Fairview Fire Hall, 3326 Washington Pike, Bridgeville / South
Fayette, 15017, beginning @ 6:30pm.
Information: Jeanne Keenan @ 412.561.6966 or failte36@comcast.net.
Sunday, January 26, 2014
·
The Gaelic Arts Society of Pittsburgh presents Lecture-Program “The Field”, movie @ 2pm at McDowell Hall, downstairs of Epiphany
Church; free admission, open to public, popcorn, candy & tea social.
Sunday, March 16
·
The Gaelic Arts Society of Pittsburgh presents St.
Patrick’s Day Banquet, Guest Speaker, @ PAA in Oakland. Irish-style Buffet @ 12 Noon. Open to public, Reservations 412.761.1844.
Sunday, May 18
·
The Gaelic Arts Society of Pittsburgh presents Lecture-Program “A Tell and show Performance” by the Pittsburgh
Ceili Club Performing Dance Troupe, 2pm at McDowell Hall, downstairs of
Epiphany Church, free admission, open to public, Irish Tea & Sweets
Social. Information 412.761.1844.
Sunday, June 1
·
The Gaelic Arts Society of Pittsburgh presents “An
Irish High Tea” (a catered event) @ Fairhaven U.M. Church in Overbrook;
Open to public. Reservation, Information
412.761.1844.
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