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Thursday, May 15, 8pm-Midnight
MATT CUNNINGHAM IN CONCERT
At the Gaelic
League in Detroit. This is a Great Irish Dance Band, for both Dancing and
Listening. Come out and enjoy the evening. Tickets will be $15.00 in Advance
$17.00 at the door. Tickets available at: The Gaelic League Bar or 313-964-7474,
Anne Mc Callum amccallum@stclaircollege.ca , David Braun 419-535-0078, Kathy
Finney 248-437-5474, Una Bonner ujbonner@comcast.net 313-565-4833
Friday, May 17, 11-5pm
CORKTOWN
BOOT SALE
At the parking lot next to the Gaelic League.
Saturday, May 17, 1:30 pm
Irish Genealological Society Meeting
"Scots-Irish Research" at the Gaelic League, Detroit
Saturday, May 17th, 8:00 pm
Concert: ENTER THE HAGGIS
at the Magic Bag (22920
Woodward, Ferndale) Tickets $10 in advance and at the door. "Irish
Voice" has described Enter the Haggis as "...a
unique sound that is highly addictive...a tour de force of ballads,
balls and brawn."
www.enterthehaggis.com
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
PADDY KEENAN IN CONCERT
BAILE CORCAIGH PUB
Legenday Irish piper Paddy Keenan will be performing at Baile
Corcaigh Pub in Detroit, accompanied by our own Jim
Perkins on guitar. This
is Paddy's only Detroit appearance. A founding member of the Both Band in th
70's Paddy is acknowledged as one of the world's greatest pipers. In a live situation,
uilleann piper Paddy Keenan is probably the most exciting traditional musician
in the world. His inventiveness and willingness to take risks most players wouldn’t
even think of and pull them off makes his playing an endless source of fascination.
$15 Advance, $17.50 Door Listen
to Paddy play a jig...
May 31, 2008
LAOH CONFERRING ST. BRIGID DEGREES
Sunday,
June 1, 2008, Noon - 5pm
Corktown
Home Tour
This year’s tour route will lead visitors
to North Corktown in addition to the popular Historic District. A tour
bus and a horse-drawn carriage will provide transportation in style to
the 15 sites. This tour sponsored by the Workers Row House Committee
is an annual favorite event. Tickets are $15; horse-drawn carriage ride
$5. 313-965-5853. The
Gaelic League’s Cultural Committee will provide
refreshments and information on Gaelic League activities.
Friday-Saturday,
June 6 & 7, 2008
DETROIT INTERNATIONAL FEIS
Saturday, June 14, 2008, 8:00am.
Daniel P. O'Kennedy 9th annual "Wesley" Golf Benefit
The event is being held at the Romeo Golf Club at 14600, 32 Mi. Rd.,
Romeo,MI. A 100.00 donation includes 18 holes of golf (scramble format),
dinner & open bar & prize raffles in the clubhouse afterwards.
Contact Kevin Killeen @ 313-521-2165 to register.
Saturday, May 17, 1:30 pm
Irish Genealological Society Meeting
Tour of Mt. Elliot Cemetary. at the Gaelic League, Detroit
June 19, 2008, 5 - 9pm
BLOOMSDAY CELEBRATION
Sponsored by the Irish Cultural Forum at the Gaelic League.
Detroit
International Feis - Irish Dance Competitions
Dublin
(Ohio) Irish Festival
Clare
Irish Festival (Clare, MI)
Cleveland
Irish Cultural Festival
Dublin
Ohio Irish Festival
Flint's
St. Patrick's Day Celebration
Great Lakes
Feis (Lansing)
Irish Summerfest (Eastlake,
Ohio) Aug
Midwest
Fleadh Cheoil
Milwaukee
Irish Fest August
Michigan Irish
Music Festival - Muskegon
Mid
Michigan Irish Festival (September)
Rockford
Celtic Festival (August)
Saline Celtic
Festival
The
Alma Highland Games
The
Kalamazoo Scottish Festival
St. Andrew's
Society Games (Livonia)
Toledo
Irish Festival
Oh These Irish Hills
Festival (Irish Hills, Lenewee Co.)
Wheatland
Music Festival
Other
Midwest events...
Saint Ryan -
Ann Arbor artist. Beautiful series from Inishbofin, Co. Galway, Ireland.
If you know of an event, spot a error or have
a suggestion, please send it on.
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Many thanks
to all in our Irish community came out to support the Midwest
Fleadh Cheoil. We enjoyed lots of support either by attendance
the Bohola concert, the band contests on Saturday or by being
a volunteer manning the competition rooms or registration table.
needed to be done. The folks who came from accross US and Canade
were very impressed by the Irish in Detroit and how obvious it
was that everyone was helping.
PHOTOS
OF THE MIDWEST FLEADH HERE
There are many galleries now online at http://www.flickr.com/photos/detroitirish/sets/
Photos
from the 50TH ST. PATRICK’S PARADE CELEBRATION DINNER
DANCE AT THE DEARBORN INN
“Honoring our Past … Marching into our Future.” This
year will be the 50th Anniversary of the Detroit Parade, sponsored
by the United Irish Societies. To honor and celebrate this grand
occasion, United Irish Societies sponsored a grand dinner dance.
Entertained by 3 time All-Ireland harpist, Siobhan McKinney and then
dance to the tunes of Andy Cooney and his Irish Band.
2008
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Record crowds turned out on Sunday, March 16th for the
50th Annual St. Patrick's Parade in Detroit. The weather allowed
everyone to get out and celebrate their Irish heritage. It's
been a long winter in Michigan!
A
large batch of photos from the 2008 parade have been posted.
If you have photos that you would like to share,
and send them on to be added to the gallery. Please provide any
captions or credits that you want with the photos. High res photos
are fine for posting.
 PAT
O'HARA - GRAND
MARSHAL
50TH ANNIVERSARY
ST. PATRICK'S PARADE
Bill
Grogan's Goat
Blackthorn
Brian Bonner
Charlie
Taylor
Equinox
(Saginaw)
Extra Stout (Toledo)
Finvarra's
Wren Official Site mySpace
site
Gerard Smith
Inis-Ceol
Irish Harp
Jim Buckingham
Jim Perkins
John
L. Sullivan
Kish Celtic
Band
Kitty Donohoe
Larry Larson
McCabe's
Ladies
Michael
O'Brien and the Distractions
Mick
Gavin
Millish
Michael
McMahon
Odd Enough
Pat O'Connor
Pub Runners (Macinaw)
Rare
Combination (Kalamazoo-Battle Creek)
Shamrock
Shore
Stone
Cross
The Lash (Lansing)
Terry Murphy
Wakes n' Weddings (e-mail
Roger McCarville)
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Saturdays, hosted by Matt Watroba
WEMU 89.1 FM, 2:00-5:00 p.m.
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Thistle & Shamrock with
Fiona Ritchie:
Ann Arbor
WUOM 91.7 FM
Saturday 8-9 pm
East Lansing
WKAR-FM 90.5 FM
Sun, 08:00PM-09:00PM
Flint
WFUM-FM 91.1 FM
Sat, 08:00PM-09:00PM
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WCMU-FM 89.5 FM
Sun, 03:00PM-04:00PM
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SUNDAY
Conor
O'Neill's Pub, Ann Arbor
7:00 -10:00 pm
Session hosted alternately by Marty
Somberg and Mick Gavin.
SUNDAY
Gaelic League/Irish
American Club, Detroit
Harp lessons with Lynn Reid
 THURSDAY
Gaelic League/Irish
Am. Club, Detroit
7:00 - 10:00pm
Detroit IMA Irish Music-Dance-Language Classes. You or your children
can learn to play pipes, fiddle, concertina, whistle or harp or learn
the Irish language. Slow session hosted by Sean Cavanaugh. www.DetroitIMA.org
Irish/Celtic
Session at Callaghan's Pub led by Paul Balough:
Thursday, February 28th
Thursday, March 13th
Thursday, March 27th
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)
History
of Corktown - Detroit's oldest neighborhood
 Irish
Genealogical Society of Michigan
Meetings at the Gaelic League,
3rd or 4th Saturday of the month. All meetings open to the public/no
charge. Bill O'Neill 248-540-7294
Irish Family
History Foundation
MODERN JOURNEYS
The Irish In Detroit, Volumes 1 & 2
More Info on
the books..
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...
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Baile Corcaigh (Corktown,
Detroit) map
Cloverleaf Bar (Southgate) map
Conor
O'Neill's (Ann Arbor) map
Colleen's Irish Pub (St.
Clair Shores) map
Cowley's Old Village Inn (Farmington) map
Chris
McGurrin's (Hartland)
Dick
O'Dow's (Birmingham) map
Dunleavy's Downriver (Allen Park)
Irish-American Club (Detroit)
Patrick O"Ryan's (Windsor)
Gus O'Connors (Novi)
Gus O'Connors
(Rochester)
Irish
Tavern (Waterford)
Kildare House (Windsor)
Maggie's
Irish Pub (Detroit) map
Mangan's Irish Hut (Mt. Clemens) map
Murphy's Pub (Windsor) 519-945-5777)
O'Mara's (Berkley)
Patrick O'Ryan's (Windsor)
Sean O'Callaghan's (Plymouth)
Shanahan's (
Holiday Inn-Livonia)
Stout Irish
Pub (Brighton)
The Blarney
Pub (Toledo) map
The
Claddagh Pub (Lansing)
The
Claddagh Pub (Livonia)
The
Fenian's Irish Pub (Conklin)
The Old Dublin (Taylor)
The
Tipperary Pub (Southfield)
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