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Kevin “The Mad Irishman” Tyner to fight on “Bro Show”
By Luke Henderson – – – The Colorado fight community has a new brawler to cheer on this Friday night at the Sparta Combat League MMA event, The Bro Show, at the Denver Merchandise Mart. Kevin Tyner, nicknamed ‘The Mad Irishman’, is roaring out of Canon City by way of Texas to take on Justin […]

October Ceolta Notes
Rodger Hara tracks Colorado bands and performers October events – – – The fourth annual concert of the Scottish Fiddle Club of Colorado is on the 11th at 2 PM at The Kirk (Church) of Bonnie Brae, 1201 South Steele Street in Denver. Free admission and parking. Colcannon is at the Jefferson Unitarian Church in […]

Cody ‘Donnybrook’ Donovan to Retire from MMA- Popular Colorado Fighter to stay active in Martial Arts, Irish Community, and Missionary Work
By Luke Henderson – – – It’s been a tremendous year of change for Cody ‘Donnybrook’ Donovan. He was married, won the Colorado Celtic Club award for best Irish-American fighter, fought for the UFC in Ireland, coached, trained and worked within his community and church. Now, with Donovan’s recent announcement of his retirement from the […]

Aztec Highland Games & Celtic Music Festival hosting the Four Corners Regional Highland Games Championship October 3, 4 & 5
It is time for the Celtic invasion at the Riverside Park, Aztec, New Mexico! New this year is the Aztec Highland Games & Celtic Festival’s first ever Four Corners Regional Highland Games Championship! Watch amazing feats of strength and athleticism as athletes compete in the traditional contests of the Scottish Highlands to win the Championship […]

I do believe its time for a birthday bash! Spanish Peaks Fest Celebrates 10th Year!
www.celticmusicfest.com As those of you who are long time participants of the Spanish Peaks Celtic Festival already know, this festival had its birth after first existing for five years in little, out-of-the-way Gardner as a casual summer afternoon ceilidh. The ceilidhs happened when our harpist daughter Heather and our Scottish musician friends would come across […]

Colorado International Tattoo comes to Broadmoor World Arena
On September 27, a new spectacular show featuring hundreds of local, national, and international performers, will be produced and held at the Broadmoor World Arena in Colorado Springs. The show will draw thousands of spectators along with military, civilian, and first responder performers to the city. A “Tattoo” in this case has little to do […]

September 2014 Festivals Around the Rockies
by Rodger Hara – – – Celtic Harvest Festival Edgewater, September 20-21 at Citizens Park, Edgewater, CO W/Colcannon, The Indulgers, Celtic Friends, the commoners, Rare Ould Times, Stubby Shillelaghs, Denver and District Pipe Band and Highland Dancers, Wick School of Irish Dance, Colorado Welsh Society, Ren Scots, Dogs of the British Isles, HawkQuest, Airbound Bungee […]

Ren Scots “Living History”
By Rodger Hara – – – For only the second time in its 19 year history, the Renaissance Scots, the historical re-enactors that portray a Scottish clan in the days before the Battle of Culloden (April 16, 1746) has been invited to participate in the Living History area of the Longs Peak Scottish-Irish Highland Festival […]

September 2014 Ceolta Notes – Colorado Events
by Rodger Hara – – – The Indulgers open the month at the Wine Experience Café in Aurora on the 6th at 8:30 PM, follow that with gigs at the Exchange Tavern in Westminster on the 13th at 8 PM and at Conor O’Neill’s in Boulder on the 19th at 10 PM and end their […]

Happenings Around Celtic New Mexico
Irish-American Society of New Mexico will hold their monthly meeting Friday, Sept. 12th, 7:00 PM at the Edelweiss Am Rio Grande German-American Club (GAC), 4821 Menaul, NE (west of San Mateo) in Albuquerque. A Musical Performance Celtic music of Apple Mountain Strings and Things, an Albuquerque not-for-profit organization formed in 1996 to promote folk music […]

Friends of Irish Studies in the West – U of Montana, September 2014
Ranganna Gaeilge is Ceoil – Irish language and Music Classes An Ghaeilge – The Irish Language. There will be an Irish language class for beginners starting at 6pm on Tuesday, September 2, in room 104 of the Liberal Arts building at the University of Montana. The course is offered for credit and is primarily for […]

A Word From the Denver Gaels
by Sam Westmoreland – – – (Photos courtesy of Kinsey Civili Photography) September is one of the busiest months of the year for the Denver Gaels, thanks in large part to a large number of club-wide events we’ve got going on. First and foremost, we’re thrilled to announce that we’ll be sending 70 players to […]