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Free- “UPTOP UNPLUGGED” Session and Picnic at Spanish Peaks Celtic Fest
DAY 1 AT SPANISH PEAKS CELTIC FEST (SEPT 21-24 2023) TRAD Folks pack your bags and get ready for opening day at Spanish Peaks Celtic Fest 2023! On Thursday, September 21, the Fest welcomes all to the FREE “ UPTOP Unplugged” at UPTOP ghost town on top of Old La Veta Pass. Bring your picnic […]
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Northern Colorado Celtics GAA Team Looking for Members
Warning – GAA (Gaelic Athletic Association) sports can be addictive! Erin Sudsmails will attest, “I discovered Gaelic football and I was hooked – not just the fast pace of the game, but the GAA has such a fun and welcoming community.” Now she wants to help spread GAA sports into Northern Colorado. Erin Join the […]
RAMBLES ACROSS THE ARAN ISLANDS
by Richard F. Fleck I had read about these three islands about ten miles offshore from the Irish West Coast when I was an undergraduate at Rutgers University some fifty years ago and knew somehow that I would get out there even if it took me a lifetime. My reading source was none other than […]
Denver Rocky Mountain Rose of Tralee Organization Look for Volunteers
By Tiffany Antikainen The Denver Rocky Mountain Rose of Tralee is a newly incorporated organization in Denver. It was created in hopes of bringing the whole Denver Irish Community together. It is very exciting to have a representative of our great community in Denver. This is a new organization and they are looking for excited […]
THANK YOU!
Thank you for all the kind words that we received from you in regards to our January issue and entering our 20th anniversary year at Celtic Events/Celtic Connection. We appreciate your interest and support more than you know. INVITATION: In the new year we plan to introduce our readers to some of the folks behind […]
SOLAS at eTown
Solas will perform and chat about their new project Shamrock city (CD/Video) at eTown Live Radio Show Taping Sunday, March 10, 2013 – 7:00 pm. eTown Hall has their own venue now, located at 1535 Spruce Street Boulder, CO It is an intimate venue so get your tixs now! Additional guest will be Terry Allen. […]
Denver Cody “Donnybrook” Donovan went Up & Over Down Under to win UFC debut
(Note: It was a great December for MMA fighter Cody “Donnybrook” Donovan – he won his first UFC fight in Australia, received a Black Belt in Jiu Jitsu, and was awarded fighter of the month – the article below is from January 2013 Celtic Connection, Pat McCullough) Mixed Martial Artist Cody “Donnybrook” Donovan represented Denver […]
New Time Ensemble returns to Colorado and Wyoming
“Crisp and intuitive…a fresh take on traditional tunes.” – The Minor 7th “New Time Ensemble is an eclectic mix of musical styles and personalities, with Irish traditional music at its heart. Fresh and innovative!” – Sandra Joyce, Irish World Academy of Music and Dance New Time Ensemble has announced their upcoming concert in Colorado and […]
Heritage Irish Stepdancers at Broomfield Auditorium
Join Heritage Irish Stepdancers March 9-10 at Broomfield Auditorium, CO., for Dance for the World, a fundraiser show for our World Championship team! You’ll get to see performances from all their World competitors, including their Regional Championship-winning dance drama. See a fun show and help the Heritage team! 720-747-9377.
Christmas Ceili in Denver
The Denver Gaels (GAA Sports), The Irish Network (Business/social), and the new Denver Irish Club gathered together for a holiday hooley at Delaney’s in downtown Denver for a great evening of dining, dancing, and camaraderie. If you want to join in on the fun in 2013 contact the groups at: DenverGaels.com, IrishNetworkCO.com, DenverIrishClub.org
“A WILD LIFE” LIVES UP TO ITS NAME!
DR Kev talks to Cindy Reich about his new DVD, animals, Keith Richards and other funny things. One cannot go through life with a name like Kevin Fitzgerald and not be Irish to the core. “My mother’s family, the Duggans, came from Ennis, County Clare, and my father’s family, the Fitzgeralds came from County Mayo”, […]
The Gathering Kicks Off On New Year’s Eve, Are You Ready?
As you read this we are less than one short month away from the official launch of The Gathering Ireland 2013. The Gathering is a year long invitation to the Irish Diaspora, (all 70 million of us!) to come home and enjoy the party, to celebrate our culture and heritage and to reconnect with friends, […]
27th Annual Winter Solabration: Celebrate the End-of-the-World-as-We-Know-It! by Chris Kermiet
(Photo: The 27th Annual Winter Solabration will begin with the Grand March led by a flourish of Pipes and Drums – Will it mark the end of the world as we know it and the beginning of a new era as the old Mayan guys claimed?) Barring any cosmic chaos in the Human time-line, Denver’s […]