Rollin'
Carriages Neil and Peggy Coakley Talk Movin'
By Jason Kuban
It's been 115 years since three brothers founded the Coakley Brothers
Company in Milwaukee. The year was 1888. Considering that only 4% of family-owned
companies make it to the fourth generation, that spread of years is phenomenal.
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John
Williams, 3rd Generation Concertina Man
By Jason Kuban
Irish Fest was quenched after John Williams and Dean Magraw, musical
confluence of the Chicago and Shannon rivers, collided on Milwaukee's shore.
World Music musician Williams is a third generation of button box playing
men, who also plays flute, whistles, bodhran and piano. His tour de force,
Williams'
Button Box playing left audiences dizzy..[More]
The
Canadian Front –
Canadians
Bands Ashore at Irish Fest
By Jason Kuban
This year Irish Fest hosted a gaggle of bands from Canada, including
Leahy, Evans and Doherty, The Clumsy Lovers and Slainte Mhath.[More]
Irish
Tenors to Release First Holiday Album in 4 Years
With over two million albums sold worldwide and having appeared on
several incredibly successful PBS specials and other national outlets,
Irish Tenors have become one of the best-known vocal groups in the world.[More]
Flanagan's
Wake
The Miramar Theatre presents this hilarious interactive Irish comedy.
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The
SDLP Launches Party Web Site
The SDLP has launched a new web at www.sdlp.ie. In comments announcing
the site, SDLP Leader Mark Durkan said: [More]
O'Herlihy
Named Director
of
Boston College Irish Institute
The Boston College Center for Irish Programs has named Ireland-born
scholar and administrator Mary O'Herlihy as director of its Irish Institute,
the executive education arm of the Center.[More]
Ambassador
Ryan to St. Thomas, Oct. 31
Ambassador Richard Ryan, permanent representative of Ireland to the
United Nations, will present a free, public address, "Ireland and the World
Stage," at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 31, in O'Shaughnessy Educational Center
auditorium at the University of St. Thomas.[More]
'Ireland
Today - Building On Peace'
By Bertie Ahern TD
This speech by the Taoiseach Mr. Bertie Ahern was given Sept. 25, 2003,
when he was awarded an Honorary Degree of Laws at Fairfield University,
Conn.[More]
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