10am Mass at St. Patrick's Church
58 Parsons, Detroit
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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...

Gaelic League Irish Am Club - Detroit
Events all day in the hall ot tent
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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.

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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...

LOCAL ARTISTS

Saint Ryan - Ann Arbor artist. Beautiful series from Inishbofin, Co. Galway, Ireland.

Larry Larson - Local artist, musician launches "How to Oil paint" video series.
Thomas Dean Photography of Lincoln Park, Michigan.

CONTACT DETROITIRISH

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2010 DETROIT ST PATRICK'S PARADE

More info on the Detroit Parade

BATTLE OF BANDS CONTEST - WIN TRIP TO IRELAND

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!

Please go to http://www.slbc.ie/involved/competitions/ and vote for Finvarra's Wren. We need all the help we can get... tell your friends and family! All the best,
Alison and the rest of Finvarra's Wren

LOCAL IRISH ENTERTAINERS

Bill Grogan's Goat
Blackthorn
Brian Bonner
Charlie Taylor
Equinox (Saginaw)
Extra Stout (Toledo)
Finvarra's Wren |   mySpace | YouTube
Gerard Smith
Inis-Ceol
Irish Harp
Jim Buckingham
Jim Perkins
Kitty Donohoe
Larry Larson
McCabe's Ladies
Mick Gavin
Shamrock Shore
Stone Cross
The Lash (Lansing)
Terry Murphy

2009 MIDWEST FLEADH IN DETROIT

Thanks to everyone who made the 2009 Midwest Fleadh event a huge success. There are many photos of this great Irish music event at http://www.flickr.com/photos/detroitirish/sets/

IRISH DANCE

	Ealaín Céime Irish Dance School
	Ardán (Heinzman) School of Irish Dance
	O'Hare-Flanagan School of Irish Dance
	Detroit IMA (Comhaltas): Set Dancing Thursdays at the Gelic League
	Dancin' Feet School of Music & Dance Non Competitive, "Celtic"
	The Irish Dance Company Of Lansing
	Irish Set Dance Mondays w/Anne McCallum, 8-10 pm, Sept-June at The Gaelic League - 519-944-1549
	Rince Na Grada School of Irish Dance (non-competitive)
	Irish Set Dance Wednesdays w/Anne McCallum, 8-10 pm, Sept-June at The Kildare House, Windsor - 519-252-4003

PUBS - RESTAURANTS

Cloverleaf Bar (Southgate)
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 (Detroit)

IRISH LANGUAGE / GAEILGE

	The Irish Language, Gaelic, is taught at several places locally. Gaelic League Easy Irish: Online course from RTE
	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

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

Mt. Pleasant
WCMU-FM 89.5 FM
Sun, 03:00PM-04:00PM

TV & RADIO - IRELAND

WATCH Irish News (Nuacht) In Irish the Language

GAELIC GAMES / SPORT

	A Short History Of The GAA Kerry radio site also featuring interviews with some of Ireland's greatest sporting legends and personalities. GAA North American Board - Michigan
	Detroit Padraig Pearse Gaelic Football Club
	Detroit Wolfe Tones Gaelic Football Club Home games are at Flodin Park (Morton Taylor and Saltz) in Canton. SCHEDULE   Michigan Harps Youth Gaelic Football Club, Ages 8-12, Co-ed.
	Detroit St. Anne's Ladies GFC
	Windsor-based Glasgow Celtic Supporters Club games every week, as well as international games.$15 to view. Check site for games or call 519-254-8663

NATIONAL ANTHEM OF IRELAND

Ireland's National Anthem, history, words in Gaelic and English as well as sound files.

Irish Declaration of Independence..

MEDIA FROM IRELAND...

RTE Radio Telefis Eireann

TTG4 Irish Language Channel

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ORGANIZATIONS

PAGEANTS

2006 Photos... List of Courts from 1968

LOCAL CELTIC SHOPPING

IRISH AMERICAN NEWS

Irish American Information Service
Irish American Post of Milwaukee
Irish Voice (NY)

LOCAL TRAD IRISH MUSIC

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

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)

IRISH ROOTS

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

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...