After an eight-year hiatus, groundbreaking Irish-American band Solas is headed back out on the road again, with a major American tour that includes a couple of stops near Boston and the release of a limited-edition live album.

Dec 29, 2024 · Elsewhere, you can read all about the 22nd BCMFest (Boston Celtic Music Fest), which takes place at several locations Jan. 16-19, but here are some other upcoming Irish/Celtic events in Greater Boston. *The Boston College Gaelic Roots series’ 2025 schedule gets off to a terrific start on Jan. 30 with a visit from the duo of Brian Conway and Brendan Dolan at 6:30 p.m. in Connolly House on the ...

After an eight-year hiatus, groundbreaking Irish-American band Solas is headed back out on the road again, with a major American tour that includes a couple of stops near Boston and the release of a limited-edition live album.

Apr 2, 2020 · In this new series journalist Seán Mac an tSíthigh travels to the most Irish of cities in America- Boston at a time when the Irish communities’ position as the most powerful immigrant community in Boston is in doubt.#GaeilBhostonFor over 150 years generation after generation of Irish have flocked to America’s most Irish of cities- Boston. With an Irish American mayor in …

Mar 7, 2021 · by Peter F. StevensBoston Irish StaffIt’s off—again.This March, the skirl of pipes, the beat of drums, and the tramp of thousands of feet will not echo above the streets of Southie.

The Boston Irish Reporter, founded in 1990, is an Irish American monthly newspaper published from 1990-2019, and circulated to subscribers and at newsstands throughout Boston and eastern New England. Bostonirish.com is the online home of the Boston Irish Reporter.

With 2023 over, ahead of us lies a new set of 12 months during which we can anticipate many fine Irish/Celtic music events in the Greater Boston area.

Feb 29, 2024 · From Stately Church to Status SymbolOn March 10, 1861, a throng gathered on Harrison Avenue to dedicate a new church for Boston’s growing population of Irish-Catholics and German-Catholics. Bishop John B. Fitzpatrick, the Irish immigrant and philanthropist Andrew Carney, and the chief architect, Tipperary-born Patrick C.

‘These thoughtless, head-strong, imprudent people’ : In June 1847, the mass arrival of Famine Irish ignited Nativist resistance in cold-roast Boston In June 1847, Boston simmered with political, cultural, and religious unrest.

Sep 8, 2021 · A look at live, in-person Irish/Celtic events in Greater Boston/Eastern Massachusetts for September. Please note that details may have changed, or the events may have been postponed or cancelled, since press time. •The Lowell Irish Festival got off to a promising start in 2019, headlined by The Young Dubliners and featuring local acts such as The Gobshites and The Joshua Tree.