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Irish Arts Center donates thousands of books in NYC for St. Patrick's Day (IrishCentral)

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 10:04:26 PDT

By: AMANDA DRISCOLL

New York will receive a free windfall of Irish and Irish American literature as a staggering 7,500 books are due to be given away as part of the third annual Irish Arts Center Book Day at eight locations across the five boroughs. The Give Away will begin at 7.30am this Friday, March 15, 2013.

Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with the Irish Network NYC - Irish bands and DJ to perform in Trinity Place Bar (IrishCentral)

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 10:32:05 PST

'Green Ispini' - an NYC-based band made up of Oran Kennedy (Dublin), Simon Kelly (Wexford) and New York’s Ian Fiebelkorn – will perform on Saturday, March 16th as part of the Irish Network’s (IN-NYC) - St Patrick’s Day festivities The trio will be live at The Trinity Place Bar in the Financial District at 115 Broadway; entrance is on Cedar Street just west of BroadwayThe event will kick off with an open bar from 7-9pm, generously donated by proprietor, Jason O’ Brien READ MORE

Albert E. Smith named as 2013 grand marshal of NYC's St Patrick’s Day Parade (IrishCentral)

Fri, 12 Oct 2012 05:22:05 PDT

By: BRENDAN CHARLES

Before a festive mixture of dignitaries, revelers and members of the press, the New York City St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee installed Albert E. Smith as its 2013 grand marshal.

“The Face of Ireland” cop and model celebrates St. Patrick’s Day in NYC (IrishCentral)

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 05:00:05 PDT

By: KATE HICKEY

Cop by day and model and charity advocate, Ciara Quinn, this year’s “Face of Ireland” winner, celebrated St. Patrick’s Day by walking in the New York parade. The 26-year-old Meath woman was delighted to be able to march in the parade in a stunning gold gown and tiara before joining her fellow police officers, in her uniform, for an afternoon in New York City.

Chef Gilligan's St. Patrick's Day speciality - NYC corned beef and cabbage (IrishCentral)

Sat, 17 Mar 2012 06:33:24 PDT

By: CHEF MICHAEL GILLIGAN

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Will 2012 NYC St.Pat's parade be the last one to exclude gays? (IrishCentral)

Sat, 17 Mar 2012 05:04:09 PDT

By: CAHIR O'DOHERTY

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St Patrick’s Day shocker as Irishman in NYC opens a British pub (IrishCentral)

Sat, 17 Mar 2012 04:48:57 PDT

By: KATE HICKEY

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Who Speaks for Ireland? Rebel voices in “Blood” & “Dancing at Lunacy” (IrishCentral)

Fri, 16 Mar 2012 08:00:14 PDT

The sign at The Cell Theater entrance warns “TONIGHT’S PERFORMANCE OF ‘BLOOD’ AND ‘DANCING AT LUNACY’ CONTAINS THE SOUNDS OF GUNFIRE”Take that as a sign that there’ll be none of the season’s shamrock and leprechaun sentimentality, so brace yourself for a riveting duet of dramas on rebellious Ireland, each built around a trio of all-too-human, and in one case, quite inhuman, revolutionaries “Blood” by rocking Renaissance man Larry Kirwan, conjures a likely scenario for a mystery of the history in the run-up to the 1916 Easter Rising, while the aptly named “Dancing at Lunacy” tells of a helter-skelter clash of IRA operatives in an illegal drinking club in Belfast of 1984The opener, “Blood,” is a story of three key historical figures of the Easter Rising told in three scenes, the first brief vignette set in 1916 in Kilmainham Jail where, bound to a chair, is James Connolly (Ciaran Byrne)--common man, communist, head of the Irish Citizen Army—ruing the day he allied with his co-conspirators in the failed Easter Rising, cursing the Irish people who failed to rally to the cause:“Shower of bastards - spittin' at us and spatterin' us with horseshite as we were frog-marched out of the GPO and into this hellhole!”Scene Two goes the heart of the drama, a flashback to 1913 when Connolly disappeared, held in secret for three days by the rival Irish Republic Brotherhood READ MORE

All inclusive St. Patrick’s Day parade draws big crowds as NYC seen as too conservative (IrishCentral)

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 09:36:00 PDT

By: Irish Voice Editorial

When it comes to parades, and not just St. Patrick’s ones, the New York City march up Fifth Avenue is the granddaddy of them all, bigger and bolder than any, matched only in its heyday by the May Day parade in Moscow.

Dialed down St. Patrick's Day (IrishCentral)

Sun, 13 Mar 2011 09:00:20 PDT

Dear readers, I've been sorely remiss in blog posts, but rest assured that Irish themes are never far from my brain and my life I've started a full time job as a reporter in Manhattan, and last week my reporting duties took me to the American Irish Historical Society on 5th Avenue on the Upper East Side The society is housed in a strikingly beautiful Beaux-Arts style townhouse, meticulously restored and grandly appointed with such trappings as 18th century Irish-crafted tables and treasures like the original flag that flew over the General Post Office during Easter Rising in 1916As I sat on an antique chair in front of a modernist styled maple coffee table chatting with the Executive Director, it occurred to me how easy it is to take Irish heritage for granted READ MORE

The Pogues Keep on Truckin’ - play NYC for St. Patrick's Day (IrishCentral)

Fri, 11 Mar 2011 06:25:02 PST

The Pogues recently announced a 10-date, six-city tour dubbed “A Parting Glass With…”The band, which last toured the US in October of 2009, will return to these shores beginning March 3 in Chicago and running through March 17 in New York City for a St READ MORE

Mary Higgins Clark - and Paddy - will lead St. Patrick's Day Parade in NYC (IrishCentral)

Thu, 10 Mar 2011 06:22:44 PST

By: MOLLY MULDOON

On St. Patrick’s Day, a 250-year-old tradition will end when the grand marshal of the 2011 New York City St. Patrick’s Day parade will not stroll up New York’s Fifth Avenue, but instead will be perfectly poised in a horse drawn carriage.

Irish American of the Year: Dr. John L. Lahey (IrishCentral)

Wed, 09 Mar 2011 08:29:05 PST

By: Sheila Langan

When John L. Lahey was a boy, he once accompanied his father, a hard-working bricklayer, to a worksite. He wanted to see what his father’s job was all about, and to try it out for himself. His grandfather, Daniel Lahey, an immigrant from Knockglossmore, Co. Kerry, had been a stone mason, so the craft was in the family.

Review of Books (IrishCentral)

Tue, 08 Mar 2011 03:10:42 PST

By: Sheila Langan, Katie McFadden and Kristin Romano

Gay groups welcome Mary McAleese’s stand over NYC St. Patrick’s Day parade (IrishCentral)

Thu, 30 Sep 2010 04:33:14 PDT

By: CAHIR DOHERTY

Mary McAleese does the right thing by turning down NYC St. Patrick's Day parade invite (IrishCentral)

Wed, 22 Sep 2010 04:33:45 PDT

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President Mary McAleese declines St. Patrick's Day NYC Grand Marshal invite (IrishCentral)

Wed, 22 Sep 2010 04:24:41 PDT

By: NIALL O'DOWD

St. Patrick's Day parades still not over! (IrishCentral)

Sun, 21 Mar 2010 08:15:23 PDT

Just when you thought that St Patrick's Day had ended, Brooklyn proves you wrong! I went to the Brooklyn parade in Park Slope today, which is smaller but just as serious an affair as the giant Manhattan parade Many families were celebrating, and though there was drinking, it seemed relatively controlled In other words, no green puke READ MORE

St. Patrick's Day: protest and parade photos (IrishCentral)

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:00:28 PDT

Hey there St Patrick's Day revelers! If you're stuck at work, or not in New York, check out some photos of the parade, people dressed up for the parade, and people protesting the parade I talked to people with Irish Queers, and there will be a video up later on Irish Central, so check back! For now, enjoy these shots And in case anyone is wondering, I haven't imbibed a drop READ MORE