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Sunday, May 08, 2011

Playlist - May 8


May 8, 2011 – PROGRAM # 1207
IRELAND REPORT with Brian Nolan, Co. Galway

Ireland Report News Correspondents
Patricia Sharkey, Editor,


Donegal Newsletter – www.dun-na-ngall.com
Brian Nolan, Barna, Co. Galway
Davy Kettyles, Enniskillen & Dublin
Maírtin O’Muilleoir,
Balmoral Sinn Féin Representative,


www.newbelfast.com
Belfast Media Group
www.irishecho.com/

Pittsburgh Irish Network,


www.pittsburghirish.org
May SPONSOR of The Ireland Report
Knights of Equity, Court 9, Pittsburgh


Guests: Matt Morrison & Gretchen Bales, Thar Saile

Danny O'Connell, Mahoning County, AOH County Organizer

Youngstown, Ohio





Mother


by Cahal Dunne
CD ‘Songs of Inspiration’




A Mother’s Love is a Blessing


by Mary McGonigle
CD ‘Green Shamrock Shore’



Grandma’s Song


by Cathie Ryan
CD ‘Mother’



Long Kesh


by The Wolfe Tones
CD ‘The Troubles’



Poem: Rhythm of Time


by IRA POW’s
CD ‘Music From the Blocks Vol. 2’



Chat with Matt Morrison



Song For Marcella


by Bik McFarlane
CD ‘Something Inside So Strong’



Ourselves Alone


by Don Sullivan
LP ’Ourselves Alone’



Instrumental: Rights of Man


by H-Block Prisoners
CD ‘IRELAND UNITED Music from the Blocks’



The Ireland Report with Brian Nolan, Galway



On The Blanket


by Terry Griffith
CD ‘For My Grandfather’



Interview with Matt Morrison



Boy From Tamlaghtduff


by Christy Moore
LP ‘The Spirit of Freedom’



Song For Justice


by O’Malley’s March
CD ‘O’Malley’s March Wait For Me’



Dateline - May 8

Diane V. Byrnes DATELINE IRISH
78 GRANT AVE. May 8, 2011
PITTSBURGH, PA. 15223 PROGRAM # 1207
412.781.6368 Mother’s Day



Dateline Irish sponsored by BrandMill, LLC - marketing experts who will transform your business through fact-based processes and innovative marketing systems designed to achieve dramatic, measurable and profitable results.


Sunday, May 8
• The West Virginia Irish Road Bowling Association will sponsor a pilot program from May 1 to October 8, 2011. Matches taking place in Ireland, WV; Buckhannon, Blackwater Falls State Park, Canaan Valley Resort State Park, Cacapon Resort State Park, Smithburg (near West Union), Philippi, Shepherdstown, Elkins, Kingwood, Holly River State Park, and Stonewall Jackson Resort State Park. Information www.wvirishbroadbowling.com . David Powell, 202.387.1680.
Echoes of Erin on WEDO 810AM; The Ireland Report with Brian Nolan, Barna, Co. Galway. Live stream – www.wedo810.com, click on ‘Listen Live’. Information Diane Byrnes 412.781.6368. Guest in studio Matt Morrison and Gretchen Bales, with Thar Saile.
• Doneraile Literary & Arts Festival 2011 – Canon Sheehan Short Story Competition, Prize 1,000 Euro. Edmund Spenser Poetry Competition, Prize 500 Euro. Deadline for submission June 1, 2011. Contact hudnerdiarmuid@gmail.com or contact Diane Byrnes for copy of ‘Conditions of Entry’, diane.byrnes@verizon.net.
• Now through May 15 -- Pittsburgh Public Theatre presents “Superior Donuts” by Pulitzer Prize-winner Tracy Letts. Directed by Ted Pappas; runs April 14 – May 15 at The O’Reilly Theatre, 412.316.1600 or www.ppt.org.
• All Saturday’s in May the Irish Centre invites friends to come and help with “Spring Clean-Up”. 6886 Forward Ave., Squirrel Hill. www.pittsburghirish.org/irishcentre

Tuesday, May 10
• Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412.279.0770, features Irish Night with Harp, Guinness, & Smithwick’s Specials from 8:00 PM. Happy Hour is every Tuesday through Friday from 5pm to 7pm.
• Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle 2329 Penn Ave., in The Strip, 412.642.6622, features Ceili Dancing from 7:00 pm.



Thursday, May 12
• IN IRELAND – Òglach Francis Hughes Anniversary, Vigil at Hunger Strike Monument, Rossville St. at 1:00pm. (Derry to mobilize for area commemoration).

Friday, May 13
• ‘The First Annual Joe Guiney Memorial Open’ sponsored by AOH Allegheny County Board at South Park Golf Course. 7:15am Registration. Form: http://pittsburghirish.org/AOHCoBoard/Index.htm or call Rich O’Malley, 412.401.3945. To be a “Hole Sponsor” contact Jim Mullin at 412.303.1705. Registration Deadline April 30.
• Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412.279.0770, features Ballad Singer, Mike Gallagher, 9pm.
• Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle 2329 Penn Ave., in The Strip, 412.642.6622, features Happy Hour w/ The Professor & Mary Fran, followed by Celtic Rock with Red Hand Paddy at 9pm.

Saturday, May 14
• AOH Division 23 in Lawrenceville will hold a Fundraiser with Sidewinder, a classic rock band, at the Moose Hall on 51st Street in Lawrenceville. Donation $15 / pp, $25 / couple, includes refreshments, BYOB. Doors open at 8:00pm. Proceeds help fund a new roof for the club building.
• Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412.279.0770, features Ballad Singer, Sean McClorey, 9pm.
• Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle 2329 Penn Ave., in The Strip, 412.642.6622, features Guaranteed Irish at 9pm.


Sunday, May 15
• Echoes of Erin on WEDO 810am beginning at 12:30pm. The Ireland Report from Dublin with Davy Kettyles. Guest in studio Fiona McGrath, Chairperson of the Pittsburgh Chapter of the St. Patrick Center. www.wedo810.com ‘Listen Live’. Information Diane Byrnes 412.781.6368.
• Gaelic Arts Society presents a ‘one play act’. Details TBA.

Tuesday, May 17
• Election Day.

Thursday, May 19
• Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle 2329 Penn Ave., in The Strip, 412.642.6622, features Trivia with Johnny Connolly at 7:30pm.

Friday, May 20
• Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412.279.0770, features Ballad Singer, Sean McClorey, 9pm.
• Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle 2329 Penn Ave., in The Strip, 412.642.6622, features Happy Hour with Andy Kostlich at 5:30pm, followed by Whiskey Limerick at 9pm.

Saturday, May 21
• IN IRELAND -- IN IRELAND – Òglach Patsy O’Hara Anniversary, Vigil at Hunger Strike Monument, Rossville St. at 1:00pm. Immediately afterwards Ógra Shinn Fein to unveil New Hunger Strike Memorial (end of Blutcher St. on Westland St.).
• Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412.279.0770, features Ballad Singer, Mike Gallagher, 9pm.
• Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle 2329 Penn Ave., in The Strip, 412.642.6622, features Adam & The Blackwater River Band at 9pm.

Sunday, May 22
• Echoes of Erin on WEDO 810AM at 12:30pm, Live News – The Ireland Report from Belfast with Mairtin O’Muilleoir or www.newbelfast.com and www.irishecho.com. Live Stream www.wedo810.com click on “Listen Live”.. Information Diane Byrnes 412.781.6368.

May 22-29
• Sessions-At-Sea Cruises with Seamus Kennedy, The Makem & Spain Brothers, Hanneke Cassel, Laura Cortese. Holland America’s Oosterdam sailing Alaska Inside Passage Cruise. Ports of call – Seattle, Puget Sound, Glacier Bay and Inside Passage, Juneau, Sitka, Ketchikan, Victoria British Columbia. 1.888.564.7474 or www.sessions-at-sea.com Reference Seamus Kennedy when booking. Seamus.kennedy@ymail.com .

Friday, May 27
• Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412.279.0770, features Singer, Musician, Jim Reilly, 9pm.
• Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle 2329 Penn Ave., in The Strip, 412.642.6622, features Happy Hour with Andy Halper at 5:30pm, followed by Ballad Singer, Terry Griffith at 9pm.

Saturday, May 28
• Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412.279.0770, Happy Memorial Day Weekend!
• Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle 2329 Penn Ave., in The Strip, 412.642.6622, features The Bloody Tinth at 9pm.



Friday, June 3
• In IRELAND – Óglach Michael Gaughan Anniversary, Vigil at Hunger Strike Monument Rossville St. 1pm.

June 5
• Echoes of Erin on WEDO 810am, The Ireland Report with Patricia Sharkey, Donegal; Editor of the Donegal Newsletter at www.dun-na-ngall.com. Live Stream – www.wedo810.com click on “Listen Live’
• The Gaelic Arts Society presents “An Irish High Tea” 1:30PM, at Fairhaven United Methodist Church, 2415 Sawmill Run Boulevard / Route 51 in Overbrook (between Maytide St. & St. Norbert St.) Reservations required, 412.761.1844. ‘Wear your HATS!!”

June 12
• Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh’s 11th Annual Summer Reading Extravaganza, 12 Noon to 5:00 pm at CLP – Main Library in Oakland. “One World, Many Stories at Your Library!” Open to the whole family. Attention explorers!! Travel the world without leaving Pittsburgh. Embark on your summer reading adventures with live entertainment and free family activities. Learn about different cultures and celebrate this year’s global summer reading theme in an afternoon packed with fun!




June 18 – June 29
• Seamus Kennedy’s ‘Scotland & Ireland Adventure’ – RT Air from Newark / Edinburgh / Dublin / Newark, Breakfast Daily, 8 Dinners, 10 nights 1st class hotels, fully escorted via deluxe Motorcoach & Irish Driver Guide, Ferry from Scotland to Ireland, Admissions, Porterage one suitcase pp, Entertainment with Seamus Kennedy, plus more. Reservations: Isle Inn Tours 1-800-237-9376 x 18, Email: fiona@isleinntours.com. Reference Seamus Kennedy / seamus.kennedy@ymail.com.

Saturday, June 18
• AOH Division St. Patrick Division 4 & Ladies AOH St. Bridget Division 4 host their ‘Irish Day of Music’ at the Croatian Center (Schitizen Park) on Schitizen Park Road in Millvale from Noon. Details TBA.



Friday, July 8
• In IRELAND – Óglach Joe McDonnell Anniversary, Vigil at Hunger Strike Monument Rossville St. 1pm.

July 10 to 15
• Balmoral School of Piping & Drumming at Shady Side Academy, Fox Chapel. Information George Balderose 412.323.2707.

Monday, July 11 to Sunday, July 24
• The Galway Arts Festival in Galway, Ireland. If you need anymore information you can email us on info@galwayartsfestival.com or call 091 509700.

Wednesday, July 13
• In IRELAND – Óglach Martin Hurson Anniversary, Vigil at Hunger Strike Monument Rossville St. 1pm.

Saturday, July 16
• In IRELAND – Ógra Shinn Féin organizing one day tour of the 10 Hunger Strikers graves. (details to follow )

July 22, 23, & 24
• 29th Annual Cleveland Cultural Festival at Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds, www.clevelandirish.org – Entertainment with Cherish the Ladies, Tommy Fleming, New Barleycorn, Dermot Henry, Dennis Doyle, Brigid’s Cross, The Kilroys, Michael Crawley, Eileen Ivers & Immigrant Soul, Patrick O’Sullivan, Girsa, Seven Nations, Screaming Orphans, Slide, The High Kings, Guaranteed Irish, Scythian, Dublin City Ramblers, Boston Comhaltas, and more. Details TBA. 1.800.485.8013 Email: info@clevelandirish.org.

Monday, August 1
• In IRELAND – Óglach Kevin Lynch Anniversary, Vigil at Hunger Strike Monument Rossville St. 1pm. (Derry to mobilize for area commemoration details to follow)

Tuesday, August 2
• In IRELAND – Óglach Kieran Doherty Anniversary, Vigil at Hunger Strike Monument Rossville St. 1pm.



Monday, August 8
• In IRELAND – Óglach Tom McElwee Anniversary, Vigil at Hunger Strike Monument 1pm. (Derry to mobilize for area commemoration details to follow)
• In IRELAND – Gasyard Feilé event to be confirmed (snatching victory from the jaws of defeat)

Friday, August 12
• AOH 32 Sean MacBride ‘Greater Pittsburgh Irish Open’, Fort Cherry Golf Course, 8:00 AM. Information Bill Delaney, delaney319@comcast.net

Sunday, August 14
• In IRELAND – National Hunger Strike Commemoration March, Camlough South Armagh, (national mobilization details to follow)

Saturday, August 20
• In IRELAND – Óglach Mickey Devine Anniversary, Vigil at Hunger Strike Monument Rossville St. 1pm.
• National Hunger Strike Exhibition venue The Guildhall, Pat Sheehan ( former 1981 Hunger Striker ) / Bik Mc Farlane ( former O.C. H Blocks 1981 ) in attendance, opening times between 12pm - 5pm

September 9 to 11
• Pittsburgh Irish Festival at The Riverplex at Sandcastle. Entertainment: Gaelic Storm, Makem & Spain Brothers, Screaming Orphans, Goitse, David Kincaid, Cahal Dunne, and more. 412.422.1113.

Saturday, September 17
• Washington County, AOH Division 1 will sponsor “Irish Honor America”, with the Singing AOH, at Rostrevor Ice Garden, Route 51 South. Information contact Bill Lee, 724.483.5938 or Email wlee@leesupply.com. Further details TBA.

Friday, September 23
• AOH Division 4’s Irish Heritage Golf Classic benefits Tuition Assistance Fund for Diocese of Pittsburgh elementary schools, at Highland Country Club in West View. Shotgun start at 9 a.m. $ 100 per player. Tee and Corporate sponsors welcomed. Contact Bob Parry 724.933.0427 or parryr@consolidated.net.

Monday, October 3
• In IRELAND – Candlelight Vigil to mark ending of Hunger Strike, assemble 6.30pm. Mickey Devine’s house ( Rathkeele Way ) and linking up to Patsy O Hara’s house (Ardfoyle, Bishop St.) then preceding to Hunger Strike Monument Rossville St.

November 11 & 12
• The Balmoral Classic featuring the US Junior Solo Bagpiping and Snare Drumming Championships plus a concert with Breabach direct from Scotland. Information 412.323.2707 or Email info@bagpiping.org.

Saturday, November 26
• In IRELAND – Annual Pól Kinsella Function in conjunction with ’81 Hunger Strike Committee, remembering all those who played their roll during the 1981 Hunger Strike period both inside Blanketmen / Women Armagh and outside Relatives Action Committee / Youth Against Oppression.

Monday, May 02, 2011

Playlist - May 1

Today was a special program as we commemorate the 30th Anniversary of the Hunger Strikes of 1981. Some text of the program is included here.





May 1, 2011 – PROGRAM # 1206
IRELAND REPORT with Patricia Sharkey, Donegal
Editor, Donegal Newsletter –



http://www.dun-na-ngall.com/

Ireland Report News Correspondents
Patricia Sharkey, Editor, Donegal Newsletter –

www.dun-na-ngall.com
Brian Nolan, Barna, Co. Galway
Davy Kettyles, Enniskillen & Dublin
Maírtin O’Muilleoir,
Balmoral Sinn Féin Representative,

www.newbelfast.com
Belfast Media Group
www.irishecho.com/

Pittsburgh Irish Network,




May SPONSOR of The Ireland Report

Knights of Equity, Court 9, Pittsburgh


30th Anniversary Hunger Strikes of 1981




Over the decades many principled men and women have lost their lives in the fight for Irish freedom while on hunger strike. It has been used since 1916 by Irish Republicans in their struggle for freedom and social justice in Ireland. Patrick Daly first used it in a North Wales prison in 1916; Tom Ashe in 1917 was the first to die after being force fed by the authorities.
On October 25, 1920 Terrance MacSwiney, the Lord Mayor of Cork and an IRA man died in London’s Brixton Prison after 74 days on hunger strike. MacSwiney’s death shocked the world and turned public opinion against Britain.




Brothers of Ireland

by Don Sullivan
LP ‘Ourselves Alone’



In 1973-74 one of the most publicized hunger strikes occurred in England when four Irish Republican prisoners demanded transfer to a prison in Ireland. Dolores and Marian Price, Hugh Feeney and Gerard Kelly, were force fed for 200 days until the government agreed to transfer them.


Three Mayo men, Seán MacNeela died in Mountjoy prison on April 19, 1940; Michael Gaughan died in Parkhurst prison on June 3, 1974 and Frank Stagg died in Wakefield prison on February 12, 1976.


Michael Gaughan

by Kathleen Largey Thompson
LP ‘The Price of Justice’


Brave Frank Stagg

by Seamus Robinson
CD ‘Songs of Seamus Robinson’


Wishing the Brits Would Go Home

by The Men of No Property
LP ‘Ireland: The Final Struggle’




The British Government introduced internment August 9, 1971 in Northern Ireland against the advice of its military commander on. The decision to detain republican terrorist suspects without trial caused fury and unrest in Catholic communities. That August troops in Northern Ireland rounded up and jailed 342 men - the vast majority of them Catholics with alleged links to paramilitary organisations, and just a handful of Protestants.




The Men Behind the Wire

by Paddy McGuigan
LP ‘My Country My Songs and Me’


As is generally recognized, women banged garbage lids to warn their neighbors that British Troops and RUC officers were approaching.


Lid of Me Granny’s Bin by Blackthorn
CD ’25 Irish Republican Songs’




There are many defenders of Ireland, hear what this song has to say; it was rewritten after 1981.



Voices of Ireland by The Irish Balladeers
LP ‘The Last Barnsville Waltz’

Instrumental: Rights of Man by H-Block Prisoners
CD ‘Music from the Blocks’




On March 1, 1976 the British made an attempt to criminalize the prisoners and began to deny special category status to political prisoners. The Prisoners would have to wear prison uniforms and accept prison work assignments. The prisoners refused and were placed in a cell with only a blanket and denied all privileges ordinarily accorded prisoners. The blanketmen were locked up naked for 24 hours a day and subjected to total deprivation of exercise, fresh air, the company of other humans and reading material. When the prisoners came out to wash, they were beaten and humiliated by the guards and not allowed to wear their blankets.




H-Block Song by Francie Brolly
LP ‘H-Block’

90 Miles to Dublin by Christy Moore
CD ’10 CD Box Set, Lilac’

The Ireland Report with Patricia Sharkey

O’Hara, Hughes, McCreesh and Sands



by Terry O’Neill & Bik McFarlane
CD ‘Something Inside So Strong’


Roll of Honor

by Vincent Gallagher
CD ‘Favorite Songs’


Forever On My Mind

by Christy Moore
LP ‘The Spirit of Freedom’


The Armagh Women by Christy Moore
CD ’10 CD Box

Set, Lilac’


Instrumental: Rights of Man

by H-Block Prisoners
CD ‘Music from the Blocks’

Dateline - May 1

Diane V. Byrnes DATELINE IRISH
78 GRANT AVE. May 1, 2011
PITTSBURGH, PA. 15223 PROGRAM # 1206
412.781.6368



Dateline Irish sponsored by BrandMill, LLC - marketing experts who will transform your business through fact-based processes and innovative marketing systems designed to achieve dramatic, measurable and profitable results.


Sunday, May 1
• The West Virginia Irish Road Bowling Association will sponsor a pilot program from May 1 to October 8, 2011. Matches taking place in Ireland, WV; Buckhannon, Blackwater Falls State Park, Canaan Valley Resort State Park, Cacapon Resort State Park, Smithburg (near West Union), Philippi, Shepherdstown, Elkins, Kingwood, Holly River State Park, and Stonewall Jackson Resort State Park. Information www.wvirishbroadbowling.com. David Powell, 202.387.1680.



• IN IRELAND – 30th Anniversary Hunger Strike Commeration March. Assemble 2:30pm Mickey Devine’s House, Rathkeele Way, passing Patsy O’Hara’s House Ardfoyle (Bishop St.) ending at Hunger Strike Monument, Rossville St. Main speaker Raymond McCartney.



• IN IRELAND – All Ex-pow’s, former Comrades and Activists (white shirt, black tie and black trousers) are asked to assemble at The Corned Beef Tin (Central Drive) 2:00pm.



• AOH Sean MacBride Division 32 in Carnegie, Mass & Communion Breakfast at The Priory, 614 Pressley St., North Shore, 10:30am. All Pre-pays.


• Echoes of Erin on WEDO 810am, The Ireland Report with Patricia Sharkey, Donegal; Editor of the Donegal Newsletter at www.dun-na-ngall.com. Live Stream – www.wedo810.com click on “Listen Live’. Special Programming – The 30th Anniversary of Hunger Strikes of 1981.


• Doneraile Literary & Arts Festival 2011 – Canon Sheehan Short Story Competition, Prize 1,000 Euro. Edmund Spenser Poetry Competition, Prize 500 Euro. Deadline for submission June 1, 2011. Contact hudnerdiarmuid@gmail.com or contact Diane Byrnes for copy of ‘Conditions of Entry’, diane.byrnes@verizon.net.



• Doneraile Literary & Arts Festival 2011 – Canon Sheehan Short Story Competition, Prize 1,000 Euro. Edmund Spenser Poetry Competition, Prize 500 Euro. Deadline for submission June 1, 2011. Contact hudnerdiarmuid@gmail.com or contact Diane Byrnes for copy of ‘Conditions of Entry’, diane.byrnes@verizon.net.


• Now through May 15 -- Pittsburgh Public Theatre presents “Superior Donuts” by Pulitzer Prize-winner Tracy Letts. Directed by Ted Pappas; runs April 14 – May 15 at The O’Reilly Theatre, 412.316.1600 or www.ppt.org.



• All Saturday’s in May the Irish Centre invites friends to come and help with “Spring Clean-Up”. 6886 Forward Ave., Squirrel Hill. www.pittsburghirish.org/irishcentre

Tuesday, May 3
• Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412.279.0770, features Irish Night with Harp, Guinness, & Smithwick’s Specials from 8:00 PM. Happy Hour is every Tuesday through Friday from 5pm to 7pm.
• Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle 2329 Penn Ave., in The Strip, 412.642.6622, features Ceili Dancing from 7:00 pm.

Thursday, May 5
• IN IRELAND – Òglach Bobby Sands Anniversary, Vigil at Hunger Strike Monument, Rossville St. at 1:00pm.

Friday, May 6
• ‘A Benefit for Michael Labella’ (grandson to Jim Graven, President of the Irish Centre of Pittsburgh). “Trivia Challenge” with Johnny Connolly at 6:30pm, music with Mark Dignam, Terry Griffith, Tony Egan, Bruce Foley and Na Gaels beginning at 7:30 pm; Silent Auction, Refreshments, etc. Venue – Irish Centre of Pittsburgh, 6886 Forward Ave., Squirrel Hill, 7:30pm. Donation $20.00, children under 18 are FREE. Information Beth Carroll, 724.513.5832 Email: bethanncarroll@aol.com.
• Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412.279.0770, features entertainment 9pm
• Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle 2329 Penn Ave., in The Strip, 412.642.6622, features entertainment 9pm


Saturday, May 7
• Commemoration of the 30th Anniversary of the 1981 Hunger Strikes with Mass at St. Patrick’s Church, 17th Street & Liberty Ave., in The Strip at 4:00 PM. Matt Morrison featured Speaker and Exhibit following at Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle, 24th Street & Penn Ave. in The Strip. Organized by the IAUC & TYORC, Participation by all in the community. For more information contact Sarah: sarahm1916@comcast.net / 412-512-9388.
• IN IRELAND – The Annual ‘5th May Trophy’ Quiz at Cultúrlann Ui Chanáin, Great James St., 9:30pm, followed by music & craic!
• Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412.279.0770, features entertainment 9pm
• Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle 2329 Penn Ave., in The Strip, 412.642.6622, features entertainment 9pm

Sunday, May 8
• Echoes of Erin on WEDO 810AM; The Ireland Report with Brian Nolan, Barna, Co. Galway. Live stream – www.wedo810.com, click on ‘Listen Live’. Information Diane Byrnes 412.781.6368. Guest in studio Matt Morrison and Gretchen Bales, with Thar Saile.
• Doneraile Literary & Arts Festival 2011 – Canon Sheehan Short Story Competition, Prize 1,000 Euro. Edmund Spenser Poetry Competition, Prize 500 Euro. Deadline for submission June 1, 2011. Contact hudnerdiarmuid@gmail.com or contact Diane Byrnes for copy of ‘Conditions of Entry’, diane.byrnes@verizon.net.

Thursday, May 12
• IN IRELAND – Òglach Francis Hughes Anniversary, Vigil at Hunger Strike Monument, Rossville St. at 1:00pm. (Derry to mobilize for area commemoration).

Friday, May 13
• ‘The First Annual Joe Guiney Memorial Open’ sponsored by AOH Allegheny County Board at South Park Golf Course. 7:15am Registration. Form: http://pittsburghirish.org/AOHCoBoard/Index.htm or call Rich O’Malley, 412.401.3945. To be a “Hole Sponsor” contact Jim Mullin at 412.303.1705. Registration Deadline April 30.
• Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412.279.0770, features entertainment 9pm
• Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle 2329 Penn Ave., in The Strip, 412.642.6622, features entertainment 9pm

Saturday, May 14
• AOH Division 23 in Lawrenceville will hold a Fundraiser with Sidewinder, a classic rock band, at the Moose Hall on 51st Street in Lawrenceville. Donation $15 / pp, $25 / couple, includes refreshments, BYOB. Doors open at 8:00pm. Proceeds help fund a new roof for the club building.
• Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412.279.0770, features entertainment 9pm
• Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle 2329 Penn Ave., in The Strip, 412.642.6622, features entertainment 9pm.

Sunday, May 15
• Echoes of Erin on WEDO 810am beginning at 12:30pm. The Ireland Report from Dublin with Davy Kettyles. Guest in studio Fiona McGrath, Chairperson of the Pittsburgh Chapter of the St. Patrick Center. www.wedo810.com ‘Listen Live’. Information Diane Byrnes 412.781.6368.
• Gaelic Arts Society presents a ‘one play act’. Details TBA.

Tuesday, May 17
• Election Day.

Friday, May 20
• Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412.279.0770, features TBA
• Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle 2329 Penn Ave., in The Strip, 412.642.6622, features TBA

Saturday, May 21
• IN IRELAND -- IN IRELAND – Òglach Patsy O’Hara Anniversary, Vigil at Hunger Strike Monument, Rossville St. at 1:00pm. Immediately afterwards Ógra Shinn Fein to unveil New Hunger Strike Memorial (end of Blutcher St. on Westland St.).
• Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412.279.0770, features TBA
• Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle 2329 Penn Ave., in The Strip, 412.642.6622, features TBA

Sunday, May 22
• Echoes of Erin on WEDO 810AM at 12:30pm, Live News – The Ireland Report from Belfast with Mairtin O’Muilleoir or www.newbelfast.com and www.irishecho.com . Live Stream www.wedo810.com click on “Listen Live”.. Information Diane Byrnes 412.781.6368.

May 22-29
• Sessions-At-Sea Cruises with Seamus Kennedy, The Makem & Spain Brothers, Hanneke Cassel, Laura Cortese. Holland America’s Oosterdam sailing Alaska Inside Passage Cruise. Ports of call – Seattle, Puget Sound, Glacier Bay and Inside Passage, Juneau, Sitka, Ketchikan, Victoria British Columbia. 1.888.564.7474 or www.sessions-at-sea.com Reference Seamus Kennedy when booking. Seamus.kennedy@ymail.com.


Friday, May 27
• Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412.279.0770, features TBA
• Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle 2329 Penn Ave., in The Strip, 412.642.6622, features TBA

Saturday, May 28
• Paddy’s Pour House, 215 East Main Street, Carnegie, 412.279.0770, features TBA
• Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle 2329 Penn Ave., in The Strip, 412.642.6622, features TBA

Friday, June 3
• In IRELAND – Óglach Michael Gaughan Anniversary, Vigil at Hunger Strike Monument Rossville St. 1pm.

June 5
• The Gaelic Arts Society presents “An Irish High Tea” 1:30PM, at Fairhaven United Methodist Church, 2415 Sawmill Run Boulevard / Route 51 in Overbrook (between Maytide St. & St. Norbert St.) Reservations required, 412.761.1844. ‘Wear your HATS!!”

June 12
• Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh’s 11th Annual Summer Reading Extravaganza, 12 Noon to 5:00 pm at CLP – Main Library in Oakland. “One World, Many Stories at Your Library!” Open to the whole family. Attention explorers!! Travel the world without leaving Pittsburgh. Embark on your summer reading adventures with live entertainment and free family activities. Learn about different cultures and celebrate this year’s global summer reading theme in an afternoon packed with fun!

June 18 – June 29
• Seamus Kennedy’s ‘Scotland & Ireland Adventure’ – RT Air from Newark / Edinburgh / Dublin / Newark, Breakfast Daily, 8 Dinners, 10 nights 1st class hotels, fully escorted via deluxe Motorcoach & Irish Driver Guide, Ferry from Scotland to Ireland, Admissions, Porterage one suitcase pp, Entertainment with Seamus Kennedy, plus more. Reservations: Isle Inn Tours 1-800-237-9376 x 18, Email: fiona@isleinntours.com. Reference Seamus Kennedy / seamus.kennedy@ymail.com.

Saturday, June 18
• AOH Division St. Patrick Division 4 & Ladies AOH St. Bridget Division 4 host their ‘Irish Day of Music’ at the Croatian Center (Schitizen Park) on Schitizen Park Road in Millvale from Noon. Details TBA.


Friday, July 8
• In IRELAND – Óglach Joe McDonnell Anniversary, Vigil at Hunger Strike Monument Rossville St. 1pm.

July 10 to 15
• Balmoral School of Piping & Drumming at Shady Side Academy, Fox Chapel. Information George Balderose 412.323.2707.

Monday, July 11 to Sunday, July 24
• The Galway Arts Festival in Galway, Ireland. If you need anymore information you can email us on info@galwayartsfestival.com or call 091 509700.

Wednesday, July 13
• In IRELAND – Óglach Martin Hurson Anniversary, Vigil at Hunger Strike Monument Rossville St. 1pm.

Saturday, July 16
• In IRELAND – Ógra Shinn Féin organizing one day tour of the 10 Hunger Strikers graves. (details to follow )

July 22, 23, & 24
• 29th Annual Cleveland Cultural Festival at Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds, www.clevelandirish.org – Entertainment with Cherish the Ladies, Tommy Fleming, New Barleycorn, Dermot Henry, Dennis Doyle, Brigid’s Cross, The Kilroys, Michael Crawley, Eileen Ivers & Immigrant Soul, Patrick O’Sullivan, Girsa, Seven Nations, Screaming Orphans, Slide, The High Kings, Guaranteed Irish, Scythian, Dublin City Ramblers, Boston Comhaltas, and more. Details TBA. 1.800.485.8013 Email: info@clevelandirish.org.

Monday, August 1
• In IRELAND – Óglach Kevin Lynch Anniversary, Vigil at Hunger Strike Monument Rossville St. 1pm. (Derry to mobilize for area commemoration details to follow)

Tuesday, August 2
• In IRELAND – Óglach Kieran Doherty Anniversary, Vigil at Hunger Strike Monument Rossville St. 1pm.

Monday, August 8
• In IRELAND – Óglach Tom McElwee Anniversary, Vigil at Hunger Strike Monument 1pm. (Derry to mobilize for area commemoration details to follow)
• In IRELAND – Gasyard Feilé event to be confirmed (snatching victory from the jaws of defeat)

Friday, August 12
• AOH 32 Sean MacBride ‘Greater Pittsburgh Irish Open’, Fort Cherry Golf Course, 8:00 AM. Information Bill Delaney, delaney319@comcast.net

Sunday, August 14
• In IRELAND – National Hunger Strike Commemoration March, Camlough South Armagh, (national mobilization details to follow)

Saturday, August 20
• In IRELAND – Óglach Mickey Devine Anniversary, Vigil at Hunger Strike Monument Rossville St. 1pm.
• National Hunger Strike Exhibition venue The Guildhall, Pat Sheehan ( former 1981 Hunger Striker ) / Bik Mc Farlane ( former O.C. H Blocks 1981 ) in attendance, opening times between 12pm - 5pm

September 9 to 11
• Pittsburgh Irish Festival at The Riverplex at Sandcastle. Entertainment: Gaelic Storm, Makem & Spain Brothers, Screaming Orphans, Goitse, David Kincaid, Cahal Dunne, and more. 412.422.1113.

Saturday, September 17
• Washington County, AOH Division 1 will sponsor “Irish Honor America”, with the Singing AOH, at Rostrevor Ice Garden, Route 51 South. Information contact Bill Lee, 724.483.5938 or Email wlee@leesupply.com. Further details TBA.

Friday, September 23
• AOH Division 4’s Irish Heritage Golf Classic benefits Tuition Assistance Fund for Diocese of Pittsburgh elementary schools, at Highland Country Club in West View. Shotgun start at 9 a.m. $ 100 per player. Tee and Corporate sponsors welcomed. Contact Bob Parry 724.933.0427 or parryr@consolidated.net.




Monday, October 3
• In IRELAND – Candlelight Vigil to mark ending of Hunger Strike, assemble 6.30pm. Mickey Devine’s house ( Rathkeele Way ) and linking up to Patsy O Hara’s house (Ardfoyle, Bishop St.) then preceding to Hunger Strike Monument Rossville St.

November 11 & 12
• The Balmoral Classic featuring the US Junior Solo Bagpiping and Snare Drumming Championships plus a concert with Breabach direct from Scotland. Information 412.323.2707 or Email info@bagpiping.org.

Saturday, November 26
• In IRELAND – Annual Pól Kinsella Function in conjunction with ’81 Hunger Strike Committee, remembering all those who played their roll during the 1981 Hunger Strike period both inside Blanketmen / Women Armagh and outside Relatives Action Committee / Youth Against Oppression.


Guests & Interviews
May 1 - 30th Anniversary Hunger Strike Program
May 8 - Guest – Matt Morrison with Gretchen Bales of Thar Saile
May 15 - Guest – Fiona McGrath, Pgh Chapter, St. Patrick’s Center
Aug - Guest – Bill Lee, Washington County AOH Division 1