http://www.irishcentral.com/topics/Dublin+%28Ohio%29 IrishCentral Dublin (Ohio) en-us http://www.irishcentral.com/story/ent/from_the_hob/ohios-dublin-irish-festival-puts-on-a-great-show-169063896.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/ent/from_the_hob/ohios-dublin-irish-festival-puts-on-a-great-show-169063896.html Sat, 08 Sep 2012 07:32:08 PDT
Atlantic Steps have a barrel of fun in Dublin, OhioDublin, Ohio – Back in 1988 when Baile Atha Cliath or Dublin as most of us know it was celebrating the millennium of its founding as a Viking settlement on the banks of the Liffey, the newly minted city of Dublin, Ohio had a more modest proposal in mindIncorporated just a year earlier as a city on the outskirts of Columbus, the namesake town sought to further connect with the Emerald Isle and establish a music festival that would enhance an already existing Irish dancing feis Perhaps portending an ambitious future, the musical guests that first year were the top-shelf traditional music group the Chieftains, who blazed many a trail in Celtic music over the yearsOver the past quarter century the reputation of the Dublin Irish Festival has followed a multifaceted approach to bringing our Celtic heritage to a much wider audience in the Midwest READ MORE ]]> http://www.irishcentral.com/story/ent/off_the_record/dublin-ohio-rocks-with-irish-festival-128000193.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/ent/off_the_record/dublin-ohio-rocks-with-irish-festival-128000193.html Thu, 18 Aug 2011 05:40:02 PDT I’m back to work writing, but I don’t feel rested In fact, I need another vacation after spending the weekend at the Dublin Irish Festival in Dublin, OhioIn fact, as I type this, I am a mile above the earth on a plane ride home and I have just asked the stewardess for band-aids for my blistered feetI am not joking READ MORE ]]>