(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 […]

“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 […]

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.

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

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”, […]

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, […]

(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 […]

This year’s Christmas Revels—at the Boulder Theater on December 16 and December 22, at 2 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.—is set in Appalachia during the mid-1800s where English, Scotch, Irish, and Welsh settlers shared the characteristics of being fiercely independent and desiring the freedom to live as they pleased. Steep mountainsides kept outsiders out and insiders […]

Ireland is inviting you to The Gathering 2013 to celebrate Irish music, food, culture and more with hundreds of events throughout 2013. Are you thinking about going? We would love to hear from our readers about your plans to go to Ireland and what inspires you about the Emerald Island. Are you going to discover […]

By Bill Nevins and Lorenzo Duran Photo credits: www.higginsphotonyc.com Judy Collins, the Colorado-born “Suite Judy Blue Eyes” of Stephen Stills’s famous song, and the beloved song writer/performer whose many albums and concerts have filled our lives with sad and joyous song, was honored Monday evening, October 15 in a gala ceremony in Manhattan, New York […]

by Rodger Hara Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill are regarded by many in the traditional Irish music world as the best fiddle/guitar duo performing today. Martin’s bow control is such that during a high energy 30 minute set, not a single hair will be broken. There is an almost tangible psychic link in their playing […]

It was about camaraderie not competition! The Denver St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee held it’s Annual Queen Colleen Coronation at the Celtic Tavern in Lodo on October 21, 2012. The Queen Colleen and her Court will reign in the 51st Annual Denver St. Patrick’s Day Parade, March 16, 2013. Six young ladies, from six different […]