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Alan Doyle to sign new book “A Newfoundlander in Canada” In Denver November 15 Following the fantastic success of his bestselling memoir, Where I Belong, former Great Big Sea front man Alan Doyle returns with a hilarious, heartwarming account of leaving Newfoundland and discovering Canada for the first time. Doyle will discuss and sign […]
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Brian Clancy
The new release “Brian Clancy LIVE” featuring Henry the Fiddler, Brendan and Bridget Clancy available at the Denver Folklore Center and on the web at www.irishrow.com
Gobs O’Phun n stuff
New cd release: “Out of Our Minds, A Collection of All O’Riginal Music”. Available online at www.gobsophun.com, the Denver Folklore Center 303-777-4786, The Thistle & Shamrock 720-482-1488, or call 303-388-5367. Other cd titles include “Bartools & Bad Habits”, “Highland Derry Airs”, “Major Phun’s Loyal Hearts Pub Band”, “Liverdance” and “These Gobs are Revolting”.
Irish Pub Salad
2 servings, can be doubled 1/2 cup regular or low-fat mayonnaise 2 tablespoons malt vinegar or white wine vinegar 2 teaspoons chopped fresh tarragon or 3/4 teaspoon dried 1 teaspoon whole grain Dijon mustard 2 to 3 teaspoons water Combine mayonnaise, vinegar, tarragon and Dijon mustard in small bowl and whisk to blend. Whisk in enough water by teaspoonfuls to make […]
Subject: Wine
John Mullen of the Boulder Irish music session wrote: I am sending this on to educate and edify…. Subject: Wine It has been scientifically proven that if we drink 1 liter of water each day at the end of the year we would have absorbed more than 1 kilo of Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteria found […]
Wife From Hell
forwarded to us by Conny Cones A police officer pulls over a speeding car. The officer says, ” I clocked you at 80 miles per hour, sir.” The driver says, “Gee, officer I had it on cruise control at 60, perhaps your radar gun needs calibrating.” Not looking up from her knitting the wife says: “Now don’t […]
The Very First Ever Blonde GUY Joke.
forwarded to us from Debbie McComick An Irishman, a Mexican and a Blonde Guy were doing construction work on scaffolding on the 20th floor of a building. They were eating lunch and the Irishman said, “Corned beef and cabbage! If I get corned beef and cabbage one more time for lunch, I’m going to jump off […]
Beoga Mischief ” Beoga
When Beoga released their first album “A Lovely Madness” in 2002, it became my favorite album of the year. It was quirky, innovative and darn good fun! Additionally, this Antrim based band are all extremely talented musicians. Beoga are now back with “Mischief” and I’m delighted to say that this new release is as good […]
A Commonwealth of Thieves: The Improbable Birth of Australia
Reviewed by Mary McWay Seaman, Celtic Connection, May, 2007 A full sensory excursion to the beginnings of the British penal colony in New South Wales awaits in Thomas Keneally’s A COMMONWEALTH OF THIEVES: THE IMPROBABLE BIRTH OF AUSTRALIA. The book also offers an escorted tour through the mean streets of late 18th-century England and its barbarous prisons. […]
Flourishing Oideas Gael Irish Language Programs
Oideas Gael courses are not just for absolute beginners, but also ideally suited for individuals, who have been out of touch and are now keen to brush up on their conversational Irish. The most popular programmes are the Irish language courses for adults, offered at all levels. As these courses focus on spoken Irish, in […]
Movie Matters: The Wind That Shakes the Barley: A Review
Many personal tales of Ireland’s brief civil war (1922 -1 923) have never been recorded, but thanks to this film (fictional), some composite accounts from rural County Cork will be preserved. The drama opens in 1920 with two siblings, Teddy O’Donovan, an IRA man continuing the fight for independence in the wake of the Easter […]
O’Caruso Wins Award for Born Again Irish
Carusos book is a true story of how he, a young New York Italian, raised in an Orthodox Jewish community, becomes the Irish “O’Caruso” as a result of an airplane crash of Flying Tiger Lines Flight 923 which occurred in the North Atlantic Ocean, at night during a raging storm, 500 miles off the West […]
Denver Gaels Update
The Denver Gaels football and hurling team each had their game debut at Dicks Sporting Goods fields on Sunday afternoon April 15, 2007. There were people of all ages playing as well as sitting on the sidelines enjoying the games. Over 25 new players came to try their hand at the sports for two hours […]