http://www.irishcentral.com/topics/%C3%89ireann IrishCentral Éireann en-us http://www.irishcentral.com/story/ent/from_the_hob/comhaltas-ceoltoiri-eireann-ready-to-gather-in-maryland-201824991.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/ent/from_the_hob/comhaltas-ceoltoiri-eireann-ready-to-gather-in-maryland-201824991.html Sun, 07 Apr 2013 04:32:58 PDT
CCE to host their North American convention in AprilIf Easter has come and gone, then one of the harbingers of spring in the Irish traditional music scene is the annual North American convention of Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann, a four day celebration of music and dance under one roof usually at a posh suburban hotel  Doing the honors this year as the host branch is the O’Neill-Malcom CCE centered around Washington, DC  They’ve taken on the sizeable chore of organizing the massive entertainment and workshop weekend as well as the business sessions slotted for the first full day of activity on Friday READ MORE ]]> http://www.irishcentral.com/story/roots/irish-community-connections/senior-notes---cara-club-and-dorchester-coffee-morningcafe-eireann-161197355.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/roots/irish-community-connections/senior-notes---cara-club-and-dorchester-coffee-morningcafe-eireann-161197355.html Tue, 03 Jul 2012 05:45:42 PDT
State Rep Kevin Honan attends the CARA Club witha group of young Irish ladies here in theStates to play Basketball against local collegesBy Catherine Moloney, Social Services and Senior Program CoordinatorCara ClubWe had a very lively and enjoyable afternoon at the Cara Club on Monday Norah Lavelle, By Your Side Nursing Care offered one to one Reiki massage sessions and a number of participants were very happy with the opportunity to avail of this READ MORE ]]> http://www.irishcentral.com/story/ent/from_the_hob/joe-madden-forever-remembered-by-comhaltas-ceoltoiri-eireann-122719103.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/ent/from_the_hob/joe-madden-forever-remembered-by-comhaltas-ceoltoiri-eireann-122719103.html Fri, 27 May 2011 07:15:22 PDT The years are flying by when I realized recently that it was over three decades ago that I first became aware of a young teenager who was playing in her father’s band for one of the Clare Society dances She was getting a firm grounding in playing Irish dance music for a crowd that knew how to dance sets with the right tempo alongside her old man who had the tradition ingrained from his own East Galway musical influences Her musical influences were her dad’s musical friends also, a veritable who’s who of trad music around the greater New York area She was one of a number of young boys and girls born to the breed of Irish musicians in a first generation who took up the music and made their parents proud and audiences around the U READ MORE ]]> http://www.irishcentral.com/story/ent/the_keane_edge/putting-the-e-back-in-ireland-109754114.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/ent/the_keane_edge/putting-the-e-back-in-ireland-109754114.html Sun, 21 Nov 2010 04:40:16 PST
The revolt against Irish romanticism led my editor Niall O'Dowd to declare "I find the use of the word Eire, very annoying Ireland has not been Eire since the declaration of the Irish Republic in 1949 Why it persists I don't know"Mr READ MORE ]]> http://www.irishcentral.com/story/ent/from_the_hob/triple-treat-for-comhaltas-ceoltoiri-eireann-hall-of-fame-84704777.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/ent/from_the_hob/triple-treat-for-comhaltas-ceoltoiri-eireann-hall-of-fame-84704777.html Thu, 18 Feb 2010 08:15:24 PST Mere brick and mortar is not enough to do justice to all the great memories of music and musicians who populate the Comhaltas Mid-Atlantic Regional Hall of Fame over the 20 years of its existenceRather, it is the yearly gathering of its faithful to a gala night that serves to recognize musicians whose lifelong efforts helped foster the love of traditional music in its realm from New York and New Jersey to Pennsylvania down to Virginia and MarylandOnce again this historic occasion will take place at the Irish American Center in Mineola, Long Island, the hospitable home of so many of these annual soirees on Saturday, February 20, where three more honorees will be inducted into the venerable roster of traditional musicians on the nightTwo Galway men, Joe Burke and Monsignor Charlie Coen, along with the late Mike Brady from Co READ MORE ]]>