10am Mass at St. Patrick's Church
58 Parsons, Detroit Map..
Noon Mass - Most Holy Trinity
6th & Porter, Detroit The annual celebration honoring St. Patrick will again take place at noon, Monday, March 17, in the historic Church of the Most Holy Trinity, Porter and Sixth Street in Detroit.
Traditionally, the Irish and those who pay tribute to the Emerald Isle throughout Michigan gather for the "Sharing' O' the Green" Mass. Most Holy Trinity Church, 168 years old, is the first Detroit English-speaking Catholic parish built by the Irish. Located in the Corktown area of Detroit Map...
25th Annual Saint Patrick's Day Irish Fest
The Hellenic Cultural Center at 3pm
36375 Joy Road
Westland, MI For 25 years now, the St. Patrick's Day Irish Fest will feature the best of Irish Music Song and Dance. Showcasing local Irish talent young and old, the festival provides the most complete Irish experience in the metro-Detroit area.
The Crossroads Ceili Group with award-winning young musicians Siobhan McKinney (harp), Holland Raper (fiddle), Kelsey Lutz (fiddle), Colleen Shanks (flute, tin whistle), Michael Gavin (guitar, banjo and vocals), joined by the older generation of Irish musicians, County Clare fiddler Mick Gavin,
Cape Breton pianist Tom MacNeil and beloved balladeer from the old Dublin Inn,
Eddie McGlinchey will provide lively jigs and reels for the Ardan School of Irish Dance to carry on the Irish spirit with an exhibition of Irish Step-dancing, and mighty “CRAIC” to be enjoyed by all.
Mick Gavin’s fiddle students, Highland Pipers, Corned Beef and Cabbage and Guinness, of course will add to the celebration of the traditional culture of Ireland.
Admission is $10 and children are free.313 537-3489 for further information.
Finvarra's Wren from our area has been entered in an epic "Battle of the Bands" contest, sponsored by the Strangford Lough Brewing Company in Co. Down, Ireland! The winning band wins a trip to Ireland to play at the Celtic Music Fusion Festival in July 2010. As an added bonus, everyone who votes is entered in a drawing to win two tickets to Ireland to watch the winning band perform!
Monday Gaelic Language Classes
7:00 pm Monday evenings. (Windsor)
Contact Justin Manning at 519-252-5013.
New- First in North America!
Kingston, Ontario has established the first "Gaeltacht" outside
of Ireland. Irish Language Immersion every week in April.: http://www.srayner.ca/comhaltas/M_Language.htm
LOCAL
RADIO
Irish Radio Hour
Sundays, hosted by Kathleen O'Neill
WNZK, AM 690, 1:30-3 p.m.
Live Internet Broadcast Every Sunday
Folks
Like Us Saturdays, hosted by Matt Watroba
WEMU 89.1 FM, 2:00-5:00 p.m.
and WDET FM, 1 to 4p.m
TUESDAY
Dick O'Dow's, 160 W. Maple, Birmingham, MI 48009
Most every Tuesday night from 9:00ish until at least 11:00 or later.
Slow session. Good for beginners. Open to all. www.sessionite.com
THURSDAY Irish Music Lessons
Flanagan-O'Hare Studio, Birmingham
7:00 - 10:00pm
Detroit IMA Irish Music-Dance-Language Classes. You or your children
can learn to play fiddle, concertina, whistle, harp or lset dancing www.DetroitIMA.org
1st THURSDAY/MONTH The
White Crow, Saginaw 7:00 - 9:00pm Session hosted by Jean Marie Learman
CONCERT VENUES The Ark (Ann
Arbor) The
White Crow (Saginaw)
The Ten Pound Fiddle, (E. Lansing)
FACTS: THE IRISH IN DETROIT Assimilation: Scorned in the 19th Century by native-born
Americans as a bad influence on the country, the Irish are thoroughly
melted into the population: According to the U.S. Census Bureau, more
than 500,000 metro Detroiter's claim some Irish ancestry.
Arrival: In the 1840s. Neighborhoods: Downtown; around Mt. Elliott-E. Jefferson
and most notably on the near west side, in what became Corktown. Peak: By 1850, the Irish were the region's biggest
ethnic group, about a third of the foreign-born population. The Germans
soon surpassed them. Stats: In 1850, 1 in 7 Detroiters had been born in
Ireland. By 1880, that figure was 1 in 20. In 1910, it was 1 in 80. Clout: Detroit's Irish became influential in law,
law enforcement, politics and the Catholic Church. But they never dominated
Detroit the way the Irish dominated Boston, Chicago, New York and San
Francisco in either population or power. Sources: The Detroit Almanac, "The Irish on the
Urban Frontier," by Jo Ellen Vinyard More...