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IRISH CHRISTMAS IN AMERICA-The Show! Announces line-up and New CD for 2023 Tour – Denver Show Saturday December 16
AN IRISH CHRISTMAS IN AMERICA – The Show! Saturday, December 16, Denver Colorado! Celebrating 18 years of touring with top Irish talent (2023 Line-up below), “Irish Christmas in America” returns to Denver, Saturday, December 16 for two performances at the Soiled Dove Underground. This family-friendly performance features lively instrumental tunes on fiddle, flute, uilleann pipes, […]
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A Word From the Denver Gaels
Photo: Gaels President Tom Walsh awards Club Persons of the Year to Kyle Shane (L) and Brian McCarthy (R) at Christmas party at the Celtic Tavern By Sam Westmoreland – – The Denver Gaels are bringing one of their most successful and exciting years ever to a close, and what a year it’s been, from […]
A Word From the Denver Gaels
Photo: Gaels President Tom Walsh awards Club Persons of the Year to Kyle Shane (L) and Brian McCarthy (R) at Christmas party at the Celtic Tavern By Sam Westmoreland – – The Denver Gaels are bringing one of their most successful and exciting years ever to a close, and what a year it’s been, from […]
Team USA making ‘Celtic Connections’ and changing lives in South Africa
When Denver resident Kerri Tiernan picked up a copy of the Celtic Connection June, 2008, and read a story about the Niall Mellon Township Trust (NMTT), she had no idea how it would change so many lives, including hers. The NMTT story began in 2002, when Irish Developer Niall Mellon began replacing the unhealthy substandard […]
Colorado Represented at Irish Network USA National Board Meeting in DC
(photo: L-R Thomas Burke, Ireland’s Ambassador to the U.S., Anne Anderson, Maura Clare) Irish Network USA board members Thomas Burke and Maura Clare recently represented the IN Colorado chapter at a national board meeting in Washington, DC. The IN USA is a newly incorporated umbrella organization for the Irish Networks that exist around the country. […]
A Word From the Denver Gaels –December 2013
(Denver Gaels introduce new logos) by Sam Westmoreland — It’s been a busy month for the Denver Gaels, and things aren’t looking to slow down in December. November was headlined by the club’s Annual General Meeting, which featured plenty of changes for the club. First among them, the Gaels welcomed a brand new board. Club […]
New Irish Consul General and Vice Consul Appointed to Rocky Mountains and Western U.S.
Caption: Left to right: new Consul General of Ireland for the Western US, Philip Grant; Irish Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Leo Varadkar; Niall Gibbons, CEO of Tourism Ireland. This picture was taken at the United Irish Cultural Center in San Francisco at an event celebrating the re-opening of the direct Aer Lingus route […]
Mostly Short, Mostly True Stories from Ireland
By Jim Remington – – I lived for over a decade just outside of the small southern New England town of Narragansett. The town was named after the Algonquian Native American tribe that had inhabited that area when the colonists first settled there. The town is at the mouth of Narragansett Bay with a beautiful […]
Ex-Pats open Abbey Tavern in Denver
(photo: Peyton Manning and Joe Montana in the Abbey parking lot) Is it every Irishman’s secret dream to own a Pub? If the Irish pub scene in the Denver Boulder metro is an indicator you might think yes, as the majority of pubs are Irish owned and run. This month you can add ex-Pats Glen […]
‘Stained Glass at Samhain’ Play will to make U.S. Premiere in Denver!
By Rodger Hara – For over 200 years, societies around the world (including the United States) operated institutions called “Magdalene Asylums” in which prostitutes, mentally ill and/or handicapped women, orphan girls, women running from abusive relationships and girls thought to be too pretty and flirtatious were often placed for “rehabilitation” or to seek penance for […]
Three Colorado Fighters Fall in November
By Luke Henderson — Three Colorado fighters had MMA bouts across the United States on November 16 and all three tasted bitter defeat. While it’s not the first time any of the three; Nick Laney, Cody Donovan, or JJ Aldrich, have lost, for them it doesn’t make the sting of it any less harsh. First […]
Colorado Fighter Nick Laney Returns from Year in Ireland
By Luke Henderson Nick Laney is a decorated fighter based out of Infinite MMA in Loveland, Colorado. He holds wins over major names, titles, records. But a year ago the fighter decided the thing his career needed most was a bit more green, and relocated to Ireland. “I had heard about an opportunity to take […]
A Word from the Denver Gaels by Sam Westmoreland
As we move into the holiday season, the Denver Gaels have a very full calendar of events and fun planned for their members and friends of the club. Twelve American-born members of the Denver Gaels’ Men’s Hurling team were joined by thirteen members of the Indianapolis Hurling Club to compete in the first ever Aer […]