December 27th and 28th, 7pm Also performing will be County Clare fiddler Mick Gavin, Sean Gavin (uillean pipes, flute ) just back from a European tour with the new hit show “Celtic Legends”; multi-instrumentalist Michael Gavin (banjo, guitar and fiddle); Colleen Shanks, silver medalist in group on flute and whistles; dancer and fiddler Holland Raper winner of the 2007 and 2008 Michael Flatley Award; Ray Maguire, formerly of “Pat’s People”; dancers from the Heinzman school of dance; Michigan’s favorite son, traditional dancer Nic Gareiss. Special guest Kimberly Mikulski of Ealaín Céime Irish Dance School in Rochester Hills. WORKSHOPS: Wednesday, Dec 31, 8pm Wednesday, December 31, 7pm
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Saturday, February 21, 2009,
8pm Saturday, February 28, 2009, 3pm
Parade Fundraiser, 1:00 pm - 7:00 pm $10.00 advance, $15.00 at Door. Monaghan K of C, 19801 Farmington Rd., Livonia, MI. Continuous Irish Entertainment all Day, Cash Bar and Food.
Detroit
International Feis - Irish Dance Competitions Saint Ryan - Ann Arbor artist. Beautiful series from Inishbofin, Co. Galway, Ireland.
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Thanks to everyone who made the 2008 event a huge success. Detroit will host the 2009 Midwest Fleadh Cheoil one more time and may be the last time Detroit will host the event for years. Let's make this another memorable event. MidwestFleadh.com 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
2009 Parade Grand Marshal – Jack Derrig
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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)
| Ealaín Céime Irish Dance School | |
| Ardán (Heinzman) School of Irish Dance | |
| O'Hare 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 |
IRISH
LANGUAGE / GAEILGE |
The Irish Language, Gaelic, is taught at several places locally. |
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| Monday Gaelic Language Classes 7:00 pm Monday evenings. (Windsor) Contact Justin Manning at 519-252-5013. |
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| 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 |
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
A Short History Of The GAA Kerry radio site also featuring interviews with some of Ireland's greatest sporting legends and personalities. |
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Detroit Wolfe
Tones Gaelic Football Club Michigan Harps Youth Gaelic |
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| 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... |
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IRISH
AMERICAN NEWS |
Irish American Information
Service
Irish American
Post of Milwaukee
Irish
Voice (NY)

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
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
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
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...
Baile Corcaigh (Corktown,
Detroit) map
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)