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Friends of Irish Studies in the West Organize Trips to Ireland Summer 2024 – And You’re Invited!
Friends of Irish Studies in the West Organize Trips to Ireland Summer 2024 – And You’re Invited! Host Dr Traolach O’Riordain, Irish native, and Director of Irish Studies at University of Montana. For more information email [email protected]
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Changes to 2014 Denver ST. Patrick’s Day Parade
Denver St. Patrick’s Day has a new start time! 9:30AM, Saturday March 15th. The route is reversed from years past, so I’f you want to be at the beginning of the parade, make your way over to 19th and Wynkoop. Western musician and writer Jon Chandler is this the 2014 Grand Marshal, and he’ll lead […]
Luck of the Irish?
It’s March – springtime and St. Patrick’s Day are just around the corner. Soon the streets of Denver and city centers around the world will fill with folks wearing green t-shirts, hats, and buttons that celebrate their good fortune to be ‘Irish.’ The association of being “Irish” and charmed with good luck is evident in […]
Plenty of O’Hara’s on Tap
Seamus O’Hara, Brewmaster and Founder of O’Hara’s Irish Craft Brews and the Carlow Brewing Company in Ireland is on his way to Denver to Kick-off St. Patrick’s Weekend. You can share a pint with Seamus Friday, March 14th 6p-8p at Brendan’s Pub, 404 Broadway, Denver. Contact the pub through www.Brendans404.com or call 720-627-5374. Above, Tom […]
Follow Me Up to Carlow for O’Hara’s Premium Irish Craft Beers!
Craft beer connoisseur Seamus O’Hara and his brother Eamonn founded Carlow Brewing Company in 1996, in County Carlow, Ireland. Determined to revive the long lost art of Irish craft beer brewing, the O’Hara brothers made a promise to produce a range of premium, full flavored beers using only the finest pure natural ingredients in the […]
Colorado Irish Win Big at MMA Awards
(above: Casey O’Day, “Photographer of the Year” and his family pose with the award) By Luke Henderson – – The Colorado Irish fighting community was well represented at the 4th Annual Best in Colorado MMA Awards on Sunday, February 23. More than twenty awards were given out at the new Xtreme Action MMA Bar on […]
Denver Loft Sessions Feature The Indulgers in March
In the space formerly occupied by the Denver Juvenile Court is the latest and greatest musical broadcast venue in the City. The City and County of Denver’s public access cable channel has its offices in the basement of the City and County Building and the production set is in the former courtroom where the first […]
Carlos Núñez, One of the World’s Most Exciting Performers, and Band to Perform in Denver w/new CD “Inter-Celtic”
SUNDAY March 2, 2014 4:30PM SHOW 3:30PM DOORS All Ages Show SOILED DOVE UNDERGROUND 7401 E. 1st AVE, DENVER CO 80203 All Seats Reserved: $22.00, $25.00 and $28.00 (plus box office fees) at www.SoiledDove.com or 303-830-9214 Show information contact Celtic Events 303-777-0502 “If it’s possible to become a pop star playing the bagpipes, Núñez could […]
Direct from Ireland FULL SET (Denver and Colorado Springs)
(With comedian Dr Kevin Fitzgerlad) – – SATURDAY FEBRUARY 15, 8:00PM (7PM Doors) SOILED DOVE, 7401 E. 1st Ave DENVER, CO 80230 All Ages Show/ Reserved Seats $22-$28 Available at www.soileddove.com or by calling 303-830-9214. SUNDAY FEBRUARY 16 3:00PM Show (Matinee) (2pm Door) at the STARGAZERS THEATRE, 10 S. Parkside Drive, COLORADO SPRINGS, All Ages […]
Cindy Reich chats with Michael Harrison from FULL SET about “Notes After Dark” and February Colorado Concerts
Those fortunate enough to have seen Full Set perform live in 2012 at the Spanish Peaks Celtic Festival, were blown to bits.. I am sure I saw bits of eyeballs rolling down the street after they had popped out of many heads. Their energy, drive, masterful playing as well as their respect for the tradition […]
Maureen Riordon Returns to Fighting in 2014
By Luke Henderson – – Photo: “Images By Blair” – – One iteration of the Riordon family crest features trees, lions and hands holding daggers. A quick glance and it inspires strength, courage and beauty. The same can be said for Colorado fighter Maureen ‘Baby Face’ Riordon. Riordon, out of Fusboxe MMA in Westminster, will […]
The Magic Of New Year – In a New City!
Experiencing the magic of New Year’s Day does not always require planning a trip to foreign cities. In what follows, I would be recounting how I had discovered my home city, Dublin, in a whole new light – on the 1st of January, 2013. If you are looking forward to an exciting travel chronicle to […]