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BOSTON IRISH TOURISM ASSOCIATION
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TRAVEL Culture Guide
SPRING 2012
Massachusetts / NE
St. Patrick’s Day Celebrations
Northern Ireland
Titanic Belfast
Guided Tours
Boston’s Irish Heritage Trail
Fenway Park
The Irish Contribution
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ABLE OF CONTENTS
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REDITS
Greetings
From BITA
Betsy Wall: MOTT
Pat Moscaritolo: GBCVB
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In the News
Áine Minogue – Celtic Lullabies
Séamus Connolly – Music Scholar
Rose Clancy – Fiddle Maker
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Culture
Passing on Music Traditions
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BITA Cultural Groups & Venues
12-13
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JFK Library Welcomes
Ireland’s Prime Minister
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Film and Theatre News
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Carrie Preston – Finding the Noh
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Irish Pastoral Centre Turns 25
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Celebrating in Southie
2012 St. Pat’s Parades
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Mass Cultural Calendar –
March – June 2012
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Hospitality
Pubs Round up
BITA Pubs
14-17
14-15
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Omni Parker House Menu
Flavors of Ireland by
Margaret Johnson
Cheffin by Brendan Cronin
Travel & Tourism
Travel News
BITA Hotels
Irish Heritage Trail Tours
BITA Travel
Shopping
Books and Authors
BITA Gift Shops
Go Ireland
The Titanic Experience
Northern Ireland in 2012
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The Greening of Fenway Park
Publisher: Michael P. Quinlin
Project Director: Colette M. Quinlin
Graphic Designer: Diane Russell
Printing: Paul Tangusso & staff,
Universal Wilde
Distribution: Paul Feeney
Acknowledgments
Specials thanks to our sponsors, advertisers and members
for supporting the Boston Irish Tourism Association
(BITA) since 2000.
Thanks especially to those who helped with the issue,
including: Orla Carey, Bernard McMullen, Betsy Wall,
Lisa Simmons, Diane Roberts, Vicki Cimino, Bianca
Hoffman, Pat Moscaritolo, Sue Cronin, Edee Snider,
Larry Meehan, Stacy Shreffler, Kamilla Carmignani,
Diane Dinunzio, David O’Donnell, Jim Rooney, Mac
Daniel, Mia Tavan, William Sullivan, Lee Statham,
Tom McNaught, Rachel Day, Melissa Farrington, Erica
Kilduff, Jay Anderson, Bill Linehan, Elaine Cloherty,
Tommy McCarthy, Paul Wilson, Phil Sweeney, Mairead
McCann, John Fallon, Adam Roberts, Rebecca Curtis,
Andrew Mather, James Marsh, Henry Ryan, Maureen
Lanigan, Kimberly Taverna, Kate Burns, Siobhan
Fanning, Dawn Morrissey, Peter Flynn, Colette O’Neill,
Brian O’Donovan, Adam Klein, Mick Walsh, Jack
Hart, Jennifer Jackson, Dave Ritchie, Andrea Ferreira,
Beth Holmgren, Stephanie Janes, Brendan Cronin, Bill
Biser, Bill Nowlin, Carrie Preston, Matthew Mulder,
Tim Lowry, Margaret Johnson, Madelyn Frascella,
Paddy Moloney, Matt Molloy, Patrick Kennedy,
Lauren Pressman, Ann Sheehan, Natalie Tomaselli,
Rebecca Curtis, Rosemary Clancy, Séamus Connolly,
Annie Everson, Kathryn Farrington, Alicia Connors,
Áine Minogue, Russell Gusetti, Colin Breen, Lindsey
Ryan, Matt Ryan, Josephine Kals, Rachel Rokicki,
Laurie Kenny, Beth Harper, Ben Tomek, Susan Weiler,
Jennifer Fortin, Valerie Brown, Greg Benedetti, Nicole
Przybylowski, Cate Burns, Kathleen Gagne, George Tocci
and Sue Auclair.
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Merci Beaucoup, Devin.
Image Credits
Cover image courtesy of Celtic Woman and Live Nation;
Celtic Woman: 1, 12; Riverdance: 1, 13; Tourism
Ireland: 1, 20, 22, 23; Fenway Park, 1, 24; MOTT: 2,
19; Aine Minogue, Seamus Connolly, Rose Clancy: 3;
Riverdance: 6, BAO Pavilion: 6; John F. Kennedy Library
Foundation by Rick Friedman: 7; Carrie Preston: 9;
Joe Byden, Holyoke Road Race: 11; Altan, Newport
Restaurant Week: 12; Dervish: 12, 15; Celtic Sojourn,
Ronan Tynan, Bernadette Peters: 13; Phil Sweeney,
The Black Rose: 14; Four Green Fields: 15; Margaret
Johnson, Brendan Cronin: 17; Boston Mural images by
Charles Lamarre, Restaurant Week, Franklin Park Zoo:
18; Visitor Information Center, James Michael Curley
statue: 20; Irish Imports: 21; Samuel Beckett: 23.
The Boston Irish Tourism Association is a membership
organization that promotes the state’s Irish culture
and hospitality industry year round to the travel and
visitors industry. BITA works to strengthen tourism
ties between Massachusetts, Ireland, Canada and the
other New England states.
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BOSTON IRISH TOURISM
A S S O C I A T I O N
Boston Irish Tourism Association
One Adams Street, Milton Village, MA 02186
617 696-9880
[email protected]
IrishBoston.org
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REETINGS
“Massachusetts has so much to offer
visitors who want to immerse themselves
in the rich culture and heritage of ethnic
communities across our state.
“There’s a whole world of activities
throughout the Commonwealth that
celebrate Irish culture and heritage
during St. Patrick’s Day season and
through the spring.
“We welcome you to take part
and enjoy the vibrant cultural life of
Massachusetts.”
Betsy Wall
Executive Director
Massachusetts Office of Travel & Tourism
“Boston’s Irish community offers a
wonderful way to explore the city’s
illustrious history and contemporary
ambiance. Boston’s Irish Heritage Trail
covers three centuries of Irish history,
and Irish pubs are a big part of the city’s
night life. Once you visit Boston, you’ll
see why it is considered the Capital of
Irish-America.”
Patrick Moscaritolo
President & CEO
Greater Boston Convention & Visitors
Bureau
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ELCOME TO MASSACHUSETTS
Dear Friend,
2012 is shaping up to be a year of
anniversaries and milestones.
In Boston, we’re ready to celebrate the
100th anniversary of Fenway Park, which
opened in April 1912 and remains one of
the precious jewels of our nation’s sports
heritage. It got us thinking of Fenway’s Irish
connections, so on page 24 we compiled
some Irish-American highlights of the park
and the team we hope you enjoy.
By tragic coincidence, the same week that
Fenway was opening, the mighty Titanic
ocean liner sank off the Maritimes coast on
April 15, 1912, making everything else seem
insignificant, even baseball!
The Titanic was built in the famous
Harland & Wolff Shipyards of Belfast,
Northern Ireland, and city officials there
have created a wonderful tribute to the
Titanic that opens in April. Check out
details of the multimedia exhibit and the
many events taking place in Northern
Ireland on page 22-23.
We want to mention a couple of musical
milestones too. The Chieftains, one
of Ireland’s premier traditional music
ensembles, formed in 1962! Half a century
later, they’re making wonderful music,
thanks to the indefatigable uilleann piper
Paddy Moloney and his talented band,
flutist Matt Molloy, fiddler Sean Keane and
bodhran player and singer Kevin Conneff.
They’re coming to Boston Symphony Hall
on March 14, don’t miss them.
And Riverdance, the internationally
acclaimed Irish dance and music revue,
seen by over 22 million people since it
opened in 1996, is coming to an end in
America. Producer Moya Doherty is taking
the show on the road one more time to
every American city it’s ever played in, and
its Boston swan song is set for April 13-15
at the Boston Opera House. Many local
dancers and musicians have toured with the
show, so expect a bittersweet and emotional
sendoff from Boston.
The John F. Kennedy Library is celebrating
the 50th anniversary of the Kennedy
presidency, with year round exhibits,
lectures and family events that accentuate
the importance of public service and the
accomplishments of JFK’s short term in
office.
The Huntington Theatre, one of Boston’s
most prized theatre companies, celebrates
its 30th anniversary season, and has a terrific
line-up, including Luck of the Irish, which
opens on March 31 and explores racial
relations in Boston.
On a personal note, we wish a bon voyage
to Phil Sweeney, who recently retired from
the Glynn Hospitality Group. Phil opened
the Black Rose Pub near Faneuil Hall in
1976, and set a high standard for Irish pubs
in the city that will be his legacy. You can
find Phil at his family-run restaurant in
Marblehead, Sweeney’s Retreat.
If you look at this year’s line-up of cultural
activities taking place here in Massachusetts,
New England and Ireland, you’ll see the
makings of many more anniversaries and
milestones to come.
If you’re visiting from out of state, we urge
you to attend a concert or a play, check out
our history and heritage sites, and enjoy our
pubs, gift shops and cultural amenities that
are on offer not just around St. Patrick’s Day,
but all year round.
Have a great spring.
Sincerely,
Michael & Colette Quinlin
Boston Irish Tourism Association
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N THE NEWS
ÁINE MINOGUE:
CELTIC LULLABIES
SÉAMUS CONNOLLY:
SCHOLAR OF TUNES
Irish harpist and vocalist Áine Minogue has
just released her latest album, Close Your Eyes,
Love: Lullabies of the Celtic Lands. It includes
ten tracks - five instrumentals and five songs
sung in English, Gaelic and Welsh.
Minogue is joined by co-producer Scott
Petito on bass, keyboards and guitar and
Grammy Award-wining cellist Eugene
Friesen.
Celtic music is enjoying a renaissance
today, as listeners around the world gravitate
toward beautiful melody lines and the
primacy of the song itself, free of gimmicks
and overkill.
Of the power of the song in Celtic
tradition, Minogue says, “Faith systems
are always fascinating. Today, we believe
medicine is the answer to falling asleep. Back
then, they truly believed in the power of a
melody to put you under. That’s a powerful
thing, to have that kind of faith in music.”
Born and raised in Borrisokane, County
Tipperary, Minogue has charted an original
musical course since moving to New
England, producing twelve albums that delve
into various aspects of Celtic spiritualism and
ancient traditions.
This St. Patrick’s Day, Minogue is
performing at the Tower Hill Botanic Garden
in Boylston, Mass on Saturday, March 17.
minogue.com
celticmeditationmusic.com
Ten-time All Ireland fiddle champion
Séamus Connolly is putting the finishing
touches on what has become life’s work – a
collection of 350 Irish tunes that help define
traditional Irish music over half a century.
Connolly, Sullivan Family Artist-inResidence at Boston College, began
recording tunes of Irish masters like Julia
Clifford as a young fiddler living in County
Clare in the 1960s. He moved to Boston
in the 1970s, and continued taping fiddlers
like Larry Redican and Paddy Cronin, while
also compiling hundreds of old 78s and tape
cassettes, as he toured from the Maritimes
down to Appalachia and out to the West
Coast.
Connolly just returned from Philadelphia,
where he recorded ten hours of music on 10
CDs, featuring the original field recording
alongside new versions of the same tune
performed by Liz Carroll, Gerry O’Sullivan,
Eileen Ivers, Kevin Burke and others.
A book, tentatively called Music – My Life,
will include transcriptions of the tunes, as
well as Connolly’s own narrative about the
tunes themselves, the early master musicians,
and the course of Irish music in his lifetime.
Essentially, Connolly has written a
dissertation of Irish music that practitioners
and academics alike will value for years to
come.
BC.edu/centers/irish/gaelicroots
ROSE CLANCY:
FIDDLER OF CHATHAM
A few years ago, Irish fiddler Rosemary
Clancy took an intensive three-year course
in violin making at the prestigious Bennett
School in Boston’s North End, and the
results have been noteworthy.
Her viola was chosen for the Craft
in America Tour, and last year Clancy
opened her own store, the Chatham Fiddle
Company in Chatham, Cape Cod, to
showcase her talents.
The cozy shop at 875 Main Street carries
a variety of stringed instruments for sale and
rent, while offering music lessons in fiddle,
mandolin and tenor banjo.
The Chatham Fiddle Company also started
up a house concert series, featuring some of
New England’s finest traditional musicians
like 5-string banjo master Ken Perlman
and Cape Breton pianist Janine Randall,
and talented young musicians like Armand
Aromin, Joey Abarta and Lindsay Straw.
The store also has wood carvings and bird
houses by Clancy’s dad, Eugene Clancy,
himself a noted guitarist and singer from the
popular group, the Irish Ramblers, which
came out of County Armagh, Northern
Ireland in the 1960s.
For details on upcoming events, music
lessons, or purchasing an instrument, call
917 416-0139 or stop by the Chatham
Fiddle Company.
Chathamfiddlecompany.com
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ASSING ON TRADITION – THE ART OF IRISH MUSIC
Listening to Séamus Connolly play the
fiddle, or Matt Molloy play the wooden
flute, you find yourself fully in tune with the
enduring traditions of folk music for which
Ireland is famous. It’s a tradition passed
along from parents to children or from
teachers to students, over generations, then
over centuries.
Connolly is an All-Ireland fiddler from
County Clare who is Sullivan Artist in
Residence at Boston College, while Molloy
is a flute virtuoso from County Roscommon
who has toured with the world-famous
Chieftains over the past three decades.
Both musicians have mastered thousands
of tunes, many of them ancient but timeless:
concertos composed by 17th century blind
harpist Turlough Carolan, or jigs and
hornpipes composed by local farmers and
school teachers who made up melodies
that caught hold and became part of the
tradition.
You’ll find this pure brand of traditional
Irish music easily this St. Patrick’s Day
season, with bands like Chieftains, Dervish,
Altan, Runa, Seamus Begley & Oisin Mac
Diarmada, and individual performers like
Séamus Connolly, Colm O’Brien, Áine
Minogue and Cathie Ryan.
These musicians – and the instrumental
and vocal traditions they represent – are
just the kernel of a much broader category
of music that falls under the catchall phrase
Irish music. The broader category houses a
whole line-up of ballad singers, rock n roll/
punk rock bands, country music crooners,
Celtic music and world music on the one
hand, to highly stylized vocal groups, solo
Irish tenors and exuberant Broadway-type
dance revues on the other.
All of these musical styles are on display
this St. Patrick’s Day in Massachusetts and
the New England states. For a full schedule
of these and other concerts, see pages 12-13.
Celebrity Series of Boston
The
CHieftains
50th Anniversary Tour 2012:
‘VoiCe of AGeS’
Paddy Moloney &
The Chieftains
with Special Guests
Don’t miss the fun as Paddy
Moloney and his band return
to Symphony Hall for a preSt. Patrick’s Day bash!
Wednesday, March 14, 8pm
SYMPHONY HALL
www.celebrityseries.org
or call CelebrityCharge at 617.482.6661
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IRISH ON THE GRAND STAGE
Start with the big shows: Riverdance which captured the excitement and intricacy
of Irish step dancing and adapted it to
a Broadway-style stage extravaganza – is
winding down after nearly two decades of
non-stop performances around the world.
It takes its final encore in Boston in April
at Boston’s Opera House. Celtic Woman,
which is a vocal off-shoot of Riverdance,
showcases the gorgeous harmonies of
Irish female singers, who sing a variety
of Irish melodies mixed in with religious
and contemporary songs. They play in
Manchester, NH in March.
Celtic Sojourn, created by Brian
O’Donovan, popular radio host on WGBH,
is a fully realized revue of music, song and
dance that features Irish traditional music,
singing and dancing alongside American
musicians performing a hybrid of New
England contra dance, bluegrass, Celtic and
American roots music. The show comes to
New Bedford and Cambridge in March.
ROCKING IRISH
No band personifies the merger of punk rock
and Irish music like Boston’s own Dropkick
Murphys, who play the House of Blues
in March. The Saw Doctors, from Tuam,
Galway has a devout following thanks to
their pop melodies and covers of classics like
Petula Clark’s Downtown. Locally, check out
Irish rockers like Tin Can Hooly, the Great
Whiskey Rebellion, and the Dockside Saints.
THE IRISH TENOR
Ireland’s vocal tradition is highly advanced,
with roots in Gaelic solo singing (sean nos)
followed by the influence of Italian operatic
traditions and classical music in the 18th
century. The Irish tenor tradition reached
a new level in the 20th century with John
McCormack, and his legacy is aptly carried
on today by singers like Ronan Tynan, the
powerful singer from Kilkenny who resides
in Massachusetts. He’s singing in Worcester,
Quincy and Manchester NH this spring.
Wexford’s tenor Anthony Kearns, who
performs with Tynan in the Irish Tenors but
also enjoys a solo career, is singing at the JFK
Library in March. A new group to emerge
in the style of the Irish Tenors is The Priests,
a trio from Northern Ireland who bring a
spiritual vibrancy to their music. They play
at the Wilbur in May.
Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem.
Ballad bands rely upon a vast repertoire
of ballads – many of them going back to
18th century poet Thomas Moore – who
salvaged many of Ireland’s ancient airs from
near extinction by adding lyrics to them,
thus ensuring their popularity. Dublin
has a strong tradition of street ballads and
BALLAD BANDS
broadsides written in response to political,
The Dublin City Ramblers, the Merry
economic or social conditions at the time,
Ploughboys and the Irish Rovers – whose
and these songs are often re-worked to
members were born and bred in Ireland address today’s issues.
- keep the urban tradition of pub singing
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alive and well with a repertoire that is
Massachusetts – and New England – is
alternatively humorous, sentimental,
fortunate to be on the main performance
patriotic or whimsical.
circuit when it comes to Irish music and
dance, and the region has an abundance of
Their local counterparts include popular
home-grown talent too. So check out some
favorites in local Irish pubs like the Jolly
of this great Irish music over the St. Patrick’s
Beggars, Sunday’s Well, Celtic Clan and the Day season, and remember, you can access it
McTeggarts. The Makem & Spain Brothers, anytime throughout the year.
based in New Hampshire, perform a unique irishboston.org
strain of ballad singing perfected by the
PLAYING BOSTON FOR THE LAST TIME!
BOSTON OPERA HOUSE • APRIL 13-15
800-982-2787 • BroadwayInBoston.com
Groups 15+: 617-482-8616
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ITA CULTURAL GROUPS
A Celtic Sojourn
with Brian O’Donovan
WGBH 89.7 FM
One Guest Street
Brighton, MA 02135
(617) 330-5400
wgbh.org/Celtic
American Ireland Fund
211 Congress Street
Boston MA 02110
(617) 574-0720
irlfunds.org
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Ancient Order
of Hibernians
7 Derby Road
Watertown, MA 02472
(617) 924-9765
massaoh.com
Boston Irish
Tourism Association
One Adams Street
Milton Village, MA 02187
(617) 696-9880
Irishboston.org
irishheritagetrail.com
Cape Cod St. Patrick’s
Day Parade Committee
PO Box 307
Yarmouth Port, MA
02675
(508) 362-PADY
capecodstpatsparade.com
Gaelic Roots/Irish Music
Boston College
300 Hammond Street
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
(617) 552-0490
bc.edu/centers/
irish/gaelicroots
Glasgow Lands
Scottish Festival
Look Park
300 North Main Street
Florence, MA 01062
(413) 862-8095
glasgowlands.org
Irish Pastoral Centre
of Boston
15 Rita Road
Dorchester, MA 02124
617 265-5300
IPCboston.org
Irish Film
Festival Boston
314 R. Clark Road
Brookline, MA 02445
irishfilmfestival.com
ITA CULTURAL VENUES
Arts Emerson
The World on Stage
Emerson College
120 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02116
artsemerson.org
Broadway in Boston
Boston Opera House
539 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02111
(617) 880-2458
BroadwayinBoston.com
John F. Kennedy Presidential
Library and Museum
Columbia Point
Boston, MA 02125
(617) 514-1600
jfklibrary.org
Blackstone River Theatre
& Summer Solstice Festival
549 Broad Street
Cumberland, RI 02864
(401) 725-9272
riverfolk.org
House of Blues
15 Lansdowne Street
Boston, MA 02116
(888) 693-BLUE
www.houseofblues.com
Lowell Summer Music Series
Boarding House Park
40 French Street
Lowell, MA 01853
(978) 970-5200
lowellsummermusic.org
Boston Pops
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Symphony Hall
301 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
1-888-266-1200
bso.org
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Boston Police Gaelic
Column of Pipes
and Drums
12 White Avenue
Chestnut Hill, MA
02467
(617) 593-8152
bostonpolicegaeliccolumn.
com
Huntington Theatre
Company
264 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
(617) 266-0800
huntingtontheatre.org
Mechanics Hall
321 Main Street
Worcester, MA 01608
(508) 752-5608
mechanicshall.org
Rogers Center for the Arts
Merrimack College
315 Turnpike Street
North Andover, MA 01845
(978) 837-5355
merrimack.edu/community/
rogers
Verizon Wireless Arena
555 Elm Street
Manchester, MA 03101
1 800 745-3000
verizonwirelessareana.com
Wilbur Theatre
246 Tremont Street
Boston MA 02116
1-800-745-3000
thewilbur.com
Worcester Hibernian
Cultural Centre
19 Temple Street
Worcester, MA 01604
(508) 792-3700
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RELAND’S PRIME MINISTER VISITS JFK LIBRARY
Prime Minister Kenny was presented with
a bust of President Kennedy from Stephen
Kennedy Smith, son of former US
JOHN F. KENNEDY PRESIDENTIAL
LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Columbia Point, Boston, MA 02125
(617) 514-1600 | jfklibrary.org
CURRENT SPECIAL EXHIBIT
Photo by Rick Friedman/John F. Kennedy Library Foundation
The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library
in Boston welcomed Ireland’s An Taoiseach,
Enda Kenny, T.D. on Friday, February 17,
2012, for a luncheon before local business
leaders and the Irish-American community.
“It’s a great honor for me to stand here today
in this building decorating one of the greatest
heroes for both our countries - President
John F Kennedy,” Prime Minister Kenny
said. “He embodies the success story of the
Irish in America and the great links between
our two countries.”
In Her Voice: Jacqueline Kennedy,
The White House Years
Plus several permanent exhibits
FORUMS
March 4
Authors André Dubus,
Marianne Leone and Richard Russo.
March 26
Marc Updegrove
March 27
Irish Tenor Anthony Kearns
April 1
PEN Hemingway Awards
Ambassador to Ireland Jean Kennedy Smith,
and Joseph P. Kennedy III, grandson of Robert
F. Kennedy.
JFKlibrary.org
April 26
Madeleine Albright
May 15
Alan Brinkley on JFK
June 7
David McCullough
June 16
Remembering Sergent Shriver
CELEBRATE!
March 17
Themselves
April 17
Crabgrass Puppet Theatre - haiku,
hiphop & hotdogs!
May 28
Alastair Moock American Roots Music
JFK and Fenway Park
Fenway Park, home of the
beloved Red Sox, is steeped in
President Kennedy’s family
history. In 1912, JFK’s grandfather,
John F. “Honey Fitz” Fitzgerald,
Mayor of Boston, threw out
the first pitch at the Boston Red Sox new
ball park, Fenway Park, and again at the 1912
World Series game at Fenway.
Then, in April 1946, a 28-year-old John
Fitzgerald Kennedy was at Fenway Park and
posed for a photo with Ted Williams, Hank
Greenberg and rookie Eddie Pellagrini during
a game against Detroit. In the days following
that photo, Kennedy would make his debut
into politics and announce his candidacy
for the US Congress. And the rest is history.
Join us in celebrating the 50th Anniversary of
the Kennedy Presidency with a visit to the
Museum at the JFK Presidential Library today.
Columbia Point, Boston, Massachusetts H 617.514.1600 H www.JFKLibrary.org
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ILM AND THEATRE NEWS
Movie lovers and theatre patrons are in
for a great spring 2012 season in the Boston
area, thanks to a vibrant schedule of cultural
activities coming to town.
Let’s start with Irish Film Festival Boston,
a celebration of Ireland’s film industry,
which takes place on March 22-25, 2012
in Somerville and Cambridge. Now in its
13th year, the IFFB is a glowing reflection of
Ireland’s resurgent film industry and a tribute
to Irish creativity in film. Founder Peter
Flynn, along with Dawn Morrissey, Siobhan
Fanning and a regiment of great volunteers,
select the very best films, documentaries and
animation coming out of Ireland today.
The Huntington Theatre is celebrating
its 30th year as one of Boston’s great theatre
companies. This spring it presents Ma
Rainey’s Black Bottom, March 9- April 18,
August Wilson’s enchanting play about the
legendary blues singer of the 1920s. Luck
of the Irish, a meditation on race relations
in Boston by playwright Kirsten Greenidge.
Later in the spring Huntington presents
Noel Coward’s play, Private Lives, from May
25-June 24.
ArtsEmerson: The World on Stage, is
showcasing performances from around
the world at two great venues, Paramount
Theatre and Cutler Majestic Theatre in
Boston. Ameriville examines the aftermath
of Hurricane Katrina and runs at the
Paramount March 13-18. The Anderson
Project, a comic masterpiece by Robert
Lepage, runs March 24-April 1 at the Cutler
Majestic.
Broadway in Boston meanwhile, has a
terrific line-up of Broadway hits playing at
the Boston Opera House. Check out Les
Miserables on March 13-April 1, followed by
the final encore performance of Riverdance,
which comes to town on April 13-15, ending
an amazing show seen by over 22 million
people since 1996. Later in the season,
Beauty and the Beast runs from May 29June 3, followed by Mama Mia on June 1924, and Billy Elliot on July 24-August 19.
irishfilmfestival.com
huntingtontheatre.org
artsemerson.org
boston.broadway.com
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ARRIE PRESTON - FINDING THE NOH IN IRISH THEATRE
Carrie Preston, Assistant Professor at Boston
University’s College of Arts & Sciences, is
researching the connection between Japanese
Noh Theatre and its influence on William
Butler Yeats, a founder of Ireland’s National
Theatre movement in the early 20th century.
To better understand this intricate, ancient art
form, Preston went to Tokyo, Japan to conduct
research at Hosei University and studied dance
with Noh performer Furukawa Mitsuru.
We spoke to Professor Preston recently at
Boston University.
What was it about Noh theatre that initially
captivated Yeats?
Yeats was hoping to establish a theater that,
like Noh, was free from the influence of the
British theater, a “decolonized” theater. He
was captivated by the seven centuries of Noh
tradition and the idea of creating a theater
for a small, aristocratic, art-loving audience.
Noh’s strategies for staging extreme states of
mind, possession, and hauntings by ghosts also
appealed to him.
Are there theatrical connections between Noh and
Irish theatre after Yeats?
Yeats’s interpretations of Noh, especially as
conveyed in his famous Noh-inspired play
At the Hawk’s Well (1916) did continue to
influence the Irish theater. Beckett, among
others, admired At the Hawk’s Well and the play
contributed to Beckett’s minimalist aesthetics
and focus on choreographed stage movement,
especially evident in plays like Footfalls (1975).
Can you contrast Noh with Irish step dancing?
The basic posture and walk required by Noh
movement is very different from Irish step
dancing and every other western movement
form with which I am familiar. The knees
remain bent and the pelvis is tipped forward
presenting the masked face most prominently
to the audience. In the Noh step, called
suriashi, literally sliding foot, the heel retains
contact with the floor as it slides forward. Noh
tempo is much slower than Irish step dancing,
even the most lyrical soft shoe pieces.
How is your book coming along?
Learning to Kneel: Noh, Modernism, and the
Pedagogies of Transnational Performance is still
under development. I am working with a
wonderful editor, and I hope to finish the book
in the next year.
BU.edu/english/people/faculty/carrie-j-preston
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RISH PASTORAL CENTRE–WELCOMING NEW IMMIGRANTS FOR 25 YEARS
The Centre
helped new
immigrants
get acclimated
to America,
advising them on
immigration and
citizenship issues,
jobs, health care
and housing. They
advocated for
The loneliness and isolation of immigrants
immigrant rights
settling in a new country is a sorrowful tale
and helped many individuals and families
that spans centuries. Luckily for the Irish,
along the way. And they made sure everyone
there was a welcoming place in Boston over
felt welcomed.
the past 25 years - the Irish Pastoral Centre
“Boston was blessed to have so many
- that made the transition a littler easier.
wonderful, hard working Irish immigrants
When the IPC first opened its doors in
come to our city in the 1980s and 1990s,
1987, thousands of young Irish were fleeing recalls Ray Flynn, former Mayor of Boston
Ireland due to a faltering economy. Many of and US Ambassador to the Vatican. “They
them came to Boston.
felt right at home here and the Irish Pastoral
Fr. Dan Finn and Sr. Veronica Dobson
Center played a big role.”
were the co-founders, and operated the IPC
Practical help notwithstanding, the
out of St. Mark’s Parish in Dorchester and St. Centre’s raison d’etre has been to provide
Columbkille Parish in Brighton, then settling spiritual guidance to those who seek it. Staff
in Quincy for nearly twenty years.
members provide marriage and pre-marriage
counseling, addiction prevention programs,
support groups for new mothers, and
companionship for senior citizens living
alone.
Last September the Centre moved from
Quincy to St. Brendan’s Parish in Dorchester.
Chaplain Father John McCarthy and pastoral
associate Sr. Marguerite Kelly work closely
with Alicia Connors, the Centre’s new
executive director, and the small staff, many
of whom understand what it’s like to be a
stranger in a strange land.
As part of its 25th anniversary, the Irish
Pastoral Centre is holding a series of special
events this year to celebrate its important
work and to make sure that no immigrant
gets left out in the cold.
A 501(c) 3 non profit organization, the
Centre is also seeking donations to help keep
its mission alive for future immigrants who
may need a hand of friendship in their time
of need.
IPCboston.org
THURSDAY, MAY 17
Ronan Tynan
“America’s Irish Tenor”
The Palace Theatre
80 Hanover Street, Manchester, NH
7:30 pm | 603-668-5588 | www.PalaceTheatre.org
Presented by B & H Management Consultants, Inc.
Valerie Brown & Mark Harford
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H
OW THEY CELEBRATE IN SOUTHIE
South Boston sure knows how to celebrate
St. Patrick’s Day – the residents have been
doing it faithfully since 1901, when the city’s
first parade moved to the neighborhood from
downtown Boston.
Since then, there have always been twin
reasons to hold the famous parade: first, to
celebrate the neighborhood’s distinct Irish
heritage, which dates to the early 1800s;
and second, to commemorate Evacuation
Day, March 17, 1776, when General John
Sullivan’s colonial troops forced the British to
flee Boston Harbor.
This year, the parade is on Sunday, March
18, 2012 at 1:00 p.m., starting at lower
Broadway and ending in Andrews Square.
The event is free and open to the public
and, depending on the weather, draws up to
700,000 spectators.
The parade itself is merely the culmination
of a whole season of local activities that
showcase Southie’s unique community spirit
and good will. The South Boston Citizens
Association, Boys & Girls Club and others
put together dozens of activities to help local
Saturday, March 10, 2012
youth groups and senior groups while raising
needed funds to hold the parade.
A highlight of the festivities is the annual
St. Patrick’s Day Breakfast, hosted by Jack
Hart, State Senator from South Boston.
Senator Hart presides over a three-hour
cabaret-style joke fest that features many
of the state’s leading politicians and public
officials, as well as national figures too.
A few years ago Joe Biden dropped in and
2012 ST. PAT’S PARADES
Irish Heritage Month
7th annual
Cape Cod St. Patrick’s Day Parade
Lawrence, Massachusetts
March 2012
Grand Marshal: Team Hoyt – father & son team
-Dick & Rick Hoyt.
11:00 am | Starts:
School St. & Rte. 28. West Dennis
SATURDAY, MARCH 10
Two miles of family fun, plus 100+
marching bands, floats, antique cars,
and more.
Cape Cod / 11:00 a.m.
This year’s theme: The Arts of Ireland
SATURDAY, MARCH 17
capecodstpatsparade.com
facebook.com/capestpatsparade.com
508 362-PADY (7239)
SUNDAY, MARCH 11
Worcester / Noon
Dublin, Ireland / Noon
(see page 12 for event details)
Sponsored By the Ancient Order of
Hibernians Division 8
Division 8 LAOH and
The Irish Foundation of Lawrence
Abington / 1:00 p.m.
Boston / 1:00 p.m.
Holyoke / 11:50 a.m.
Scituate / 1:00 p.m.
Quebec City / 1:30 p.m.
SUNDAY, MARCH 25
Sponsored in part by
Town of Yarmouth’s Tourism Revenue Preservation Fund.
Preserving and Fostering our
Heritage and Culture
Sona Feile Padraig ort
SUNDAY, MARCH 18
SATURDAY, MARCH 24
Lá Fhéile Pádraig
charmed the crowd with his old-school Irish
jokes and stories. This year the legendary
Irish ballad band, the Wolf Tones, perform
at the breakfast, and some of the town’s best
step dancers are also on display.
The breakfast takes place at the majestic
Boston Convention Center, headed by South
Boston native, Jim Rooney.
southbostonparade.org
massconvention.com
Manchester, NH / Noon
For more details visit:
IrishMassachusetts.com/parades.php
Irish Heritage Month is supported
in part by a grant from the Lawrence
Cultural Council, a local agency which is
supported by the Massachusetts Cultural
Council, a state agency.
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MASSACHUSETTS CULTURAL EVENTS CALENDAR
DERVISH
ALTAN
CELTIC WOMAN
MARCH
March 10
Altan
World Music/CRASHarts
Somerville Theatre
55 Davis Sq., Somerville
worldmusic.org
March 16
Celtic Woman
“Believe” North American Tour
Verizon Wireless Arena
555 Elm Street,
Manchester, NH
verizonwirelessarena.com
March 2
The Makem and Spain Brothers
Rogers Center for the Arts
Merrimack College
315 Turnpike Street, N. Andover
merrimack.edu/community/rogers
March 2
Dublin City Ramblers
Bull Run Restaurant
215 Great Rd., Rt. 2A, Shirley
bullrunrestaurant.com
March 10
AOH Division 8 Presents
141st St. Patrick’s Day Dinner
Claddagh Pub & Restaurant
Lawrence
massaoh.com
March 2-4
March Mandolin Festival
Featuring Claudine Langille, Dave
Surrette
Concord Community School, NH
mandolincafe.com
March 11
Rev. Sean McManus
White Fund Lecture
Heritage State Park
One Jackson Street, Lawrence
massaoh.com
March 3
Ronan Tynan Concert
Mechanics Hall
321 Main Street, Worcester
mechanicshall.org
March 4-31
Irish Exhibit & Events
Ancient Order of Hibernians
Lawrence Heritage State Park
One Jackson Street, Lawrence
massaoh.com
March 7
Dervish
The Burren Pub
247 Elm Street, Davis Square,
Somerville
burren.com
March 8-11
11th Kinsale, Ireland
Festival of Fine Food in Newport
Local Restaurants
Newport, RI
gonewport.com
March 9
The Merry Ploughboys
Mechanics Hall
321 Main Street, Worcester
mechanicshall.org
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March 13-April 1
Les Miserables
Boston Opera House
539 Washington Street, Boston
boston.broadway.com
March 13-19
Ameriville
ArtsEmerson
Paramount Mainstage
559 Washington Street, Boston
artsemerson.org
March 14
Paddy Moloney &
The Chieftains
Celebrity Series of Boston
Boston Symphony Hall
301 Mass. Ave., Boston
celebrityseries.org
March 15
American Ireland Fund
Boston Young Leaders
St. Patrick’s Celebration
Boston Harbor Hotel
70 Rowes Wharf, Boston
irlfunds.org
March 17
Áine Minogue
Tower Hill Botanic Gardens
11 French Drive
Boylston
towerhillbg.org
March 17
A St. Patrick’s Day
Celtic Sojourn
with Brian O’Donovan
Zeiterion Theatre
684 Purchase Street,
New Bedford
zeiterion.org
March 17
Charitable Irish Society
275th Anniversary Dinner
Fairmont Copley Hotel
St. James Street, Boston
charitableirishsociety.org
March 17
Joshua Tree, Johnny Come
Latelies and Dave Foley
The Burren Pub
Davis Square, Somerville
burren.com
March 17
The Irish Rovers
The Lynn Auditorium
3 City Hall Square, Lynn
lynnauditorium.com
March 17
The Dockside Saints and
Great Whiskey Rebellion
Four Green Fields Pub
One Boston Place, Boston
fourgreenfields.com
RESTAURANT WEEK
March 17
Tin Can Hooly
The Common Ground
83 Harvard Street, Allston
myspace.com/tincanhooley
March 17
St. Patrick’s Day Party
Bards and Jolly Beggars
Worcester Hibernian Cultural Centre
19 Temple Street, Worcester
aohworcester.com
March 18-23 & 25-30
Restaurant Week Boston
Various Venues in Greater Boston
Greater Boston Convention
& Visitors Bureau
bostonusa.com/visit/restaurantweek
March 18
Pendragon
Blackstone River Theatre
549 Broad Street
Cumberland, RI
riverfolk.org
March 22-25
Irish Film Festival Boston
Boston, Cambridge and
Somerville Theatres
irishfilmfestival.com
March 23-April 1
Newport Restaurant Week
Various restaurants and
events in Newport, RI
gonewportrestaurantweek.com
March 23
Gordon Belsher and Richard Wood
Worcester Hibernian
Cultural Centre
19 Temple Street, Worcester
aohworcester.com
March 24
A St. Patrick’s Day
Celtic Sojourn
with Brian O’Donovan
Sanders Theatre
45 Quincy Street, Cambridge
ofa.fas.harvard.edu/cal
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MARCHOTELS
TO JUNE 2012
CELTIC SOJOURN
RIVERDANCE
March 24
Runa
Blackstone River Theatre
549 Broad Street,
Cumberland, RI
riverfolk.org
April 13-15
Riverdance – Final Tour!
Broadway in Boston
Boston Opera House
539 Washington Street, Boston
broadwayinboston.com
March 24-April 1
The Anderson Project
Performed by Yves Jacques
ArtsEmerson
Cutler Majestic Theatre
219 Tremont Street, Boston
artsemerson.org
April 26-28
Boston College Arts Festival
Seamus Connolly and students,
faculty and staff
Main Tent, O’Neill Plaza - Event
Center, Chestnut Hill
bc.edu/offices/artscouncil
March 24
The Clancy Tradition
Rose and Gene Clancy and Mike
Melanopy
The Chatham Fiddle Company
875 Main Street
Chatham, Cape Cod
chathamfiddlecompany.com
MAY
March 25
Ireland in Song
Celtic Melodies for
Voice and Piano
Lawrence Public Library
Lawrence Street, Lawrence
massaoh.com
May 2
Gaelic Roots Concert: Featuring
Seamus Begley & Oisin
MacDiarmada
Walsh Hall Function Room
150 St. Thomas More Rd. on BC’s
Chestnut Hill campus
bc.edu/centers/irish/gaelicroots
May 5
Ronan Tynan & Pauline Wells
Milton’s 350th Anniversary
Quincy Marriott Hotel
1000 Marriot Drive, Quincy
milton350thanniversary.org
March 29
Gaelic Roots: Irish Dance & Ceili
Séamus Connolly & Friends
Gasson Hall Irish Room
Boston College - Chestnut Hill
bc.edu/centers/irish/gaelicroots
May 5
Cinco de Mayo
Jose McIntyre’s Pub
160 Milk Street, Boston
irishconnection.com
March 30-April 29
Luck of the Irish
Huntington Theatre Company
Calderwood Pavilion, South End
huntingtontheatre.org
May 6
David Sedaris - Celebrity Series
Boston Pops
Boston Symphony Hall
301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston
bso.org
APRIL
April 12
Gaelic Roots: Irish Songs
Featuring Cathie Ryan
Walsh Hall Function Room
150 St. Thomas More Rd. on BC’s
Chestnut Hill campus
bc.edu/centers/irish/gaelicroots
May 6
Teada
Blackstone River Theatre
Diamond Hill Park, Rte. 114
Cumberland, RI
riverfolk.org
RONAN TYNAN
BOSTON POPS, BERNADETTE PETERS
May 7
The Priests
Wilbur Theatre
246 Tremont Street, Boston
ticketmaster.com
May 29-June 3
Beauty and the Beast
Boston Opera House
539Washington Street, Boston
boston.broadway.com
May 9
Boston Pops
Opening Night
Bernadette Peters
Boston Symphony Hall
301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston
bso.org
JUNE
May 14
Atwater-Donnelly & Friends
Blackstone River Theatre
549 Broad Street, Cumberland, RI
riverfolk.org
June 14, 15, 16
Boston Pops
“Visions of America”
Boston Symphony Hall
301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston
bso.org
May 17
Ronan Tynan
“America’s Irish Tenor”
The Palace Theatre
80 Hanover Street, Manchester, NH
Presented by B & H Management
Consultants, Inc.
Valerie Brown & Mark Harford
palacetheatre.org
May 23, 24, 26
Boston Pops
City of Champions
Boston Symphony Hall
301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston
bso.org
May 25-June 24
Private Lives by Noël Coward
Huntington Theatre Company
The Boston University Theatre
264 Huntington Avenue, Boston
huntingtontheatre.org
May 29-30
Boston Pops
Steve Martin with
The Steep Canyon Rangers
An Evening of Bluegrass & Comedy
Boston Symphony Hall
301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston
bso.org
June 1-2
Boston Pops
Film Night with John Williams
Boston Symphony Hall
301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston
bso.org
June 15
Glynn Hospitality Block Party
Jose McIntyre’s Pub
160 Milk Street, Boston
irishconnection.com
June 16
Celebrate Bloomsday
Guided tour of Irish HeritageTrail
Downtown Boston
irishheritagetrail.com
June 17
Summer Solstice Festival
Blackstone River Theatre
Diamond Hill Park, Rte. 114
Cumberland, RI
riverfolk.org
June 12-24
Mama Mia!
Boston Opera House
539 Washington Street, Boston
boston.broadway.com
June 23
Bonnie Raitt
Bank of America Pavilion
290 Northern Avenue,
South Boston
livenation.com
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RISH PUB NEWS
a portrait of himself
in gratitude for his
illustrious career.
Phil will be working
at his family restaurant
in Marblehead,
Sweeney’s Retreat,
and dabbling in town
politics, his other
avocation.
Thanks for all the
great memories Phil!
SWEENEY - GONE
BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
Congratulations to Phil
Sweeney, who recently
retired from the Glynn
Hospitality Group
after a distinguished
career as a restaurateur,
raconteur, computer whiz
and marketing guru.
Sweeney co-founded the
famous Black Rose Pub
in downtown Boston
in 1976, and lovingly
created a fresh new brand
for Irish pubs in Boston
by hosting live Irish music
seven nights a week,
hosting art exhibits and
literary readings, and offering fresh, tasty,
affordable pub food.
The Glynn family presented Sweeney with
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Dropkick Murphys and Black 47 have made
the annual tradition an event to remember,
and this year’s band - Stephie Coplan &
the Pedestrians – will definitely make it
memorable.
sweeneysretreat.com
BLACK ROSE
– THE MARCH
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CONTINUES
Speaking of the Rose, Afterwards, Sunday’s Well performs
downstairs all day and Celtic Clan takes over
its now famous tradition of opening the
doors at 8:00 a.m. on March 17 for breakfast the second floor in the evening.
The Black Rose recently celebrated its 35th
and a pint continues. Bands like the
ITA PUBS
Black Rose
160 State Street
Boston, MA 02109
(617) 742-2286
blackroseboston.com
Clerys Bistro & Bar
113 Dartmouth Street
Boston, MA 02109
(617) 262-9874
clerysboston.com
Dillon’s
955 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02115
(617) 421-1818
dillonsboston.com
Glynn Hospitality Group
83 Central Street
Boston, MA 02109
(617) 451-7400
glynnhospitalitygroup.com
The Last Hurrah
60 School Street
Boston, MA 02108
(617) 227-8600
omnihotels.com
Brownstone
111 Dartmouth Street
Boston, MA 02116
(617) 867-4142
brownstoneboston.com
Coogan’s
173 Milk Street
Boston, MA 02109
(617) 451-7415
coogansboston.com
Four Green Fields
One Boston Place,
Boston, MA 02108
(617) 367-IRISH
fourgreenfields.com
Hurricane O’Reilly’s
150 Canal Street
Boston, MA 02114
(617) 722-0161
hurricaneoreillysboston.com
Purple Shamrock
One Union Street
Boston, MA 02108
(617) 227-2060
purpleshamrockboston.com
The Burren
247 Elm Street,
Somerville, MA 02144
(617) 776-6896
burren.com
Cuffs at Back Bay Hotel
350 Stuart Street
Boston, MA 02116
(617) 266-7200
doylecollection.com
Freeport Tavern
780 Morrissey Boulevard
Boston, MA 02125
(617) 282-7700
freeporttavern.com
Jose McIntyre’s
160 Milk Street
Boston, MA 02109
(617) 451-9460
josemcintyresboston.com
Skellig
240 Moody Street
Waltham, MA 02453
(781) 647 0679
theskellig.com
anniversary as one of America’s most popular
Irish pubs. Congratulations to the Glynn
Family and devoted staff.
blackroseboston.com
Breen is giving Chef Rocha creative license to
craft a unique fusion of classic Irish fare and
contemporary cuisine.
Four Green Fields also built a larger
stage to accommodate the line-up of Irish
musicians performing several nights a week,
says general manager Matt Ryan. The giant
television screen on site, said to be one of
Boston’s largest, is still a gathering point for
watching Boston’s sports teams in action.
boston.fourgreenfields.com
BURREN PUB – GREAT MUSIC,
ALL THE TIME
The caliber of great traditional music never
stops at the Burren Pub in Davis Square,
Somerville, thanks to the watchful ears
of owners Tommy McCarthy and Louise
Costello, fine musicians themselves.
On March 7, Dervish, one of Ireland’s best
traditional ensembles, plays two shows in the
Back Room, part of a regular series hosted by
Brian O’Donovan, popular host of WGBH’s
Celtic Sojourn.
Then on March 17, expect music from
morning to night, with a traditional music
session in the front room and U2 cover band
Joshua Tree, Johnnie Come Latelies and
Dave Foley in the Back Room.
burren.com
247ElmSt.DavisSquare,Somerville
(617)776-6896
www.burren.com
FOUR GREEN FIELDS – NEW STAGE,
NEW CHEF, SAME BIG SCREEN
Four Green Fields has hired Chef Tony
Rocha to take charge of its dining room.
The Portugal native has made a name for
himself as executive chef at several Boston
area restaurants, including Gala Ristorante
and Giuseppe’s Kitchen. Owner Colin
240MoodySt,Waltham
(781)647-0679
www.burren.com
909ElmSt,Manchester,NH
(603)625-0246
www.theshaskeen.com
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March 16 & 17
St. Patrick’s Day Lunch & Dinner
Parker’s Restaurant
Omni Parker House
60 School Street, Boston
617-725-1600 | omniparkerhouse.com
Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day at Boston’s historic
Parker’s Restaurant where guests
will enjoy classic Irish cuisine.
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Guinness Braised Irish Lamb Stew
Served with Irish Soda Bread and Parker House Rolls
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OOKS AND AUTHORS
Celebrating Grand Places & Glorious Food
One of Europe’s fastest
growing food destinations
receives fresh attention in
the pages of a new Irish
cookbook. Author
Margaret Johnson explores
more than 70 authentic
recipes in her new
cookbook Flavors of Ireland.
Price: $19.99
Buy now
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427 Wade Hampton Blvd., Greenville SC 29609 : : www.ambassador-international.com
Phone: 864.235.2434 : : Fax: 864.235.2491 : : Toll-Free: 1.800.209.8570
MARGARET JOHNSON
SHARING THE FLAVORS OF IRELAND
No one knows Ireland’s rich culinary traditions quite
like Margaret Johnson. Born and raised in Newburyport,
Massachusetts – her grandparents were from Kerry, Cork and
Dublin - she started visiting Ireland in 1986 and wrote her first
cook book, Ireland: Grand Places, Glorious Food, in 1993.
The success of that book set Johnson on a successful career as an
author, lecturer, travel writer and undisputed expert on Ireland’s
changing culinary scene over the past twenty years.
With the release of her seventh Irish cookbook, Flavors of
Ireland, Margaret continues to unearth the distinctive culinary
traditions of Ireland, while also adding a colorful narrative along
the way that is part history, part travelogue and part food lover.
Published by Ambassador International, Flavors of Ireland
includes 70 wonderful traditional recipes and new Irish cuisine
that rely on the country’s bountiful harvest of vegetables and fruits,
succulent meats and fish, famed dairy produce and fields of barley,
wheat and rye.
Margaret is also leading a 13-day escorted tour of the Flavors of
Ireland in May and October 2012, in concert with Quinlan Tours
of Connecticut. For more information contact:
[email protected].
margaretmjohnson.com/about.htm
ambassador-international.com
BRENDAN CRONIN
MASTER CHEF NOW AN AUTHOR
Irish Master Chef
Brendan Cronin has
published his first
book, Cheffin: From
Potatoes to Cavier.
It’s a lively, engaging
story that begins on
a small dairy farm
and ends in the finest
hotels and restaurants
in the world.
Cronin, who
teaches hospitality
management at Endicott College in Beverly, is the only Irish chef
to ever attain the prestigious Swiss Culinary title of Chef de Cuisine
Diplomé. Chef Cronin provides behind-the-scenes stories about
what it takes to become a professional chef in this competitive
environment, which took him to some of the world’s finest five-star
hotels and dining rooms in Europe, Africa and the Far East.
The book includes many of Cronin’s own recipes, presented with
that same perfection and care that marks Chef Cronin’s illustrious
career.
Amazon.com
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RAVEL NEWS
ARTISTS ON THE BIG SCREEN AT
BOSTON CONVENTION CENTER
Local artists are on display – big time
– thanks to Art on the Marquee, a
new program created by Massachusetts
Convention Center Authority and Boston
Cyberarts.
The project commissions public media
art for display on the 80 foot tall multiscreen LED marquee outside the Boston
Convention & Exhibition Center in South
Boston.
Part of MCCA’s longstanding
neighborhood arts program, Art on the
Marquee is the first program of its kind
in the USA to integrate art alongside
commercial and information content.
“Pushing the marquee content in new
and unexplored directions will please our
guests while helping establish this program
as one of the most creative and iconic in the
country,” said James E. Rooney, executive
director of MCCA.
The six Massachusetts artists featured
initially include Nell Breyer, Dennis Miller,
John Slepian, Kawandeep Virdee, Jeffu
Warmouth and Ellen Wetmore.
artonthemarquee.com/
massconvention.com/home.html
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RESTAURANT WEEK BOSTON
Just in time for spring! Check out this
year’s Restaurant Week Boston, a celebration
of fine dining at affordable prices at over 200
restaurants participating in greater Boston.
This year it runs from March 18-23 and
March 25-30, 2012.
Created by Greater Boston Convention
& Visitors Bureau and American Express,
Restaurant Week Boston offers a two-course
lunch for $15.12; $20.12 three-course meal
and three-course dinner for $33.12 (not
including beverage, tax and tip).
The program has steadily expanded and
now includes restaurants in the suburbs
north, west and south of Boston, according
to Pat Moscaritolo, head of the GBCVB.
Each year Restaurant Week Boston
donates proceeds from the event to charity.
This year’s designated charity is Melmark
New England, a private, not-for-profit,
community-based organization dedicated
to serving children with autism spectrum
disorders.
Bon Appetit!
bostonusa.com/restaurant-week
MARKING MILESTONES IN
MASSACHUSETTS
Massachusetts Office of Travel & Tourism
(MOTT) has compiled a cool list of
anniversaries taking place across the Bay State
in 2012: Highlights include:
Fenway Park opened on April 20, 1912,
before 24,000 spectators. The Red Sox won!
See page 24 for more details.
Mayor John F. Fitzgerald and 10,000
school children, officially opened Franklin
Park Zoo on October 3, 1912.
In the War of 1812, Boston’s USS
Constitution played a key role in the naval
battles, and earned the nickname Old
Ironsides.
The Titanic, built in Belfast, hit an iceberg
on its maiden voyage and sank on April 15,
1912. The Titanic Museum in Springfield
is commemorating the voyage on April 22,
2012.
The Town of Milton, home of Boston Irish
Tourism Association, is celebrating its 350th
anniversary in 2012.
massvacation.com/anniversaries.php
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ITA HOTELS
Back Bay Hotel
350 Stuart Street
Boston MA 02116
(617) 266-7200
doylecollection.com/backbay
Black Point Inn Migis Hotels
510 Black Point Road
Prout’s Neck
Scarborough, ME 04074
blackpointinn.com
migishotelgroup.com
Boston Omni
Parker House
60 School Street
Boston, MA 02108
(617) 227-8600
omnihotels.com
Comfort Inn Boston
& Ramada Boston
800-900 Morrissey Blvd
Boston, MA 02122
(617) 287-9200
(617) 287-9100
bostonhotel.com
Courtyard by MarriottSouth Boston
63 R Boston St.
Boston, MA 02125
(617) 436-8200
marriott.com/hotels/travel/
bossocourtyard-boston-southboston
Doubletree Club Hotel
Boston Bayside
240 Mt. Vernon Street
Boston, MA 02125
(617) 822-3600
bostonbaysideclub.
doubletree.com
Doubletree Hotel
Downtown Boston
821 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02111
(617) 956-7900
doubletree1.hilton.com
Migis Lodge (on Sebago
Lake) - Migis Hotels
PO Box 40
South Casco, Maine 04077
migis.com
migishotelgroup.com
Inn at Ocean’s Edge
Migis Hotels
400 Commercial Street
Portland, Maine 04101
innatoceansedge.com |
migishotelgroup.com
Renaissance Boston
Waterfront Hotel
606 Congress Street
Boston, MA 02110
(617) 338-4111
renaissanceboston.com
Seaport Hotel & Seaport
World Trade Center
200 Seaport Boulevard
Boston, MA 02210
(617) 385-4000
seaportboston.com
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UIDED WALKING TOURS OF THE BOSTON IRISH HERITAGE TRAIL
Wednesday, March 14 through Sunday,
March 18, 2012 12: 30 p.m.
$15 per adult, $8 for children 6-12
Discount for group tours available
To celebrate St. Patrick’s Day the Boston
Irish Tourism Association is offering guided
walking tours of the city’s Irish Heritage
Trail. The tour begins at the Visitor
Information Center on Boston Common.
The 75 minute walk led by an experienced
tour guide takes you on 300 fascinating years
of Boston’s unique Irish history and heritage.
You’ll discover the Irish role in the
Revolutionary War, learn about the 19th
century Famine generation and the Irish part
in the Civil War. And you’ll discover famous
and infamous politicians - from Curley and
White to Collins and the Kennedys - who
put their indelible stamp on the history of
the city and the nation.
You’ll find out why Boston is considered
the Capital of Irish America.
Purchase tickets at the Visitor Information
Center on Boston Common on the day of
the tour, or call 617 696-9880.
For more information about the guided
tours in March and later in the spring, visit
IrishHeritageTrail.com or contact
[email protected]
Irish
Visitors Center on Boston Common
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ITA TRAVEL
MASSACHUSETTS
Greater Boston Convention
& Visitors Bureau
Two Copley Place,
Suite 105
Boston, MA 02116
1-888-SEE BOSTON
bostonusa.com
Massachusetts
Convention Center Authority
415 Summer Street
Boston, MA 02210
(617) 954-2000
massconvention.com
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Mayor James M. Curley
Massachusetts Office
of Travel & Tourism
10 Park Plaza, Suite 4510
Boston, MA 02116
1-800-227-MASS
massvacation.com
IRELAND
Inroads Ireland Tours
2918 Stevens Street
Madison WI 53705
1-888-220-7711
inroadsireland.com
NEW HAMPSHIRE
New Hampshire Division
of Travel and Tourism
172 Pembroke Road
Concord, NH 03302
1-800-FUN-IN-NH
visitnh.gov
Isle Inn Tours
1023 Queen Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
1-800-237-9376
isleinntours.com
Tourism Ireland
345 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10154
1-800-223-6470
discoverireland.com/us
CANADA
Québec City Tourism
399, rue Saint-Joseph Est,
Québec, QC G1K 8E2
Canada
(418) 641-6290
1-877-783-1608
quebecregion.com
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OOKS AND AUTHORS
ROGUES AND REDEEMERS
THE O’BRIENS
JFK IN IRELAND
Four Days that Changed
a President
Ryan Tubridy
Irish journalist Ryan Tubridy tells
the fascinating story of President
Kennedy’s famous trip to Ireland
in June 1963, which transformed
both the president and the Irish
people. The book is beautifully
designed and printed, which is an
extra bonus as a keepsake item.
It’s available at the JFK Library
gift shop in Boston.
Lyons Press / November 2011 /
$27.50
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A Novel
Peter Behrens
Canadian author Peter Behrens
has written an epic tale of a
sprawling Irish family in 20th
century America that starts in
Quebec and ends in California.
Along the way family ambition,
betrayal, madness and violence
are all examined by beautiful
prose and great insight.
Publishers Weekly called The
O’Briens a work of ‘rough
beauty.’
Pantheon Books / March 2012 /
$25.95
THE EMERALD DIAMOND
How the Irish Transformed
America’s Greatest Pastime
Charley Rosen
Veteran sports writer and
author Charley Rosen has
pulled together a light-hearted,
anecdotal narrative of how IrishAmerican baseball players shaped
the early days of baseball. Some
of the best players and most
outlandish characters have local
connections, like Mike King
Kelly, the game’s first superstar,
and Connie Mack (Cornelius
McGilllicuddy), born in East
Brookfield, MA.
Harper Colllins / February 2012
/ $25.99
When Politics was King
in Irish Boston
Gerard O’Neill
The veteran Boston Globe
reporter traces the domination
of Irish-Americans in 20th
century Boston politics.
O’Neill’s scope goes from John
“Honey Fitz” Fitzgerald, the
first Irish-American mayor
elected in 1906 to Ray Flynn,
Boston mayor from 1984-93.
Titans like James M. Curley,
Kevin White and Bill Bulger
are also covered, alongside
a fascinating cast of minor
characters who tried but never
made it to the big stage.
Crown Publishing Group /
March 2012 / $26
ITA SHOPS
Butcher Shop Market and
Mrs. Murphy’s Kitchen
782 Adams Street
Dorchester, MA 02124
(617) 288-5100
butchershopmarket.com
Irish Imports Ltd.
Corporation
1737 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02138
(617) 354-2511
1-800-356-2511
irishimportsltd.com
Phillips Candy House
818 Morrissey Blvd.
Boston, MA 02122
(617) 282-2090
South Shore Plaza
Braintree, MA 02184
(781) 356-3800
1- 800-722-0905
phillipschocolate.com
Waterford Wedgwood
Wrentham Village
1 Premium Outlet Blvd
Wrentham, MA 02093
(508) 384-7503
[email protected]
Wexford House
Irish Imports
9 Crescent Street
West Boylston (Worcester)
MA 01583
1-800-807-6677
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ORTHERN IRELAND’S YEAR IS 2012
It seems like everywhere you turn Northern
Ireland is being praised as the place to be in
2012! Why the buzz?
Well, let’s start with centuries of fascinating
history and heritage, breath-taking scenery,
rich cultural traditions and state-of-the
art hospitality, and you’ll find plenty of
good reasons to visit Northern Ireland.
But the big news in 2012 is the
activities surrounding the 100th
anniversary of the Titanic taking place
in Belfast, Northern Ireland’s capital
city. Fodor’s Travel Intelligence named
Belfast as one of the 21 places to go in
the world in 2012, just to experience
the Titanic activities.
Tourism leaders, public officials
and the city’s business community
have spent several years preparing for this
occasion, and visitors will be pleasantly
surprised by what they’ll see.
The central gathering place is Titanic
Quarter, a 185 acre re-development of
the Harland & Wolff shipyard where the
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Titanic was originally built. Today it houses
brand new apartments, restaurants, shops
and outdoor spaces for concerts and other
activities.
The centerpiece of the Quarter is its
signature building, called Titanic Belfast. It
has nine galleries of interactive exhibition
space, and state-of-the-art multimedia shows
featuring a dark ride, underwater exploration
theatre, recreations of the ship’s decks
and cabins. Plus, there is conference and
banquet space for up to 1,000 people.
The building officially opens on March
31, 2012, kicking off a season of activities
such as the Titanic Creative Arts Festival
taking places around the city through April
15, and culminating in the Requiem
for the Lost Souls of The Titanic at St.
Ann’s Cathedral in Belfast.
In April, award-winning playwright
Owen McCafferty debuts his new
play, “Titanic: Scenes from the British
Wreck Commissioner’s Inquiry 1912,”
at the Metropolitan Arts Theatre. It’s a
gripping, dramatic show that recounts
the bravery, loss, terror and human
frailty that were witnessed in the ship’s
final hours.
While you’re in Belfast, don’t forget
to get hold of the free app, GoToBelfast,
for details on things to do and places to see,
while taking advantage of the current deals
and offers at local restaurants, hotels and
museums. You can find it on iTunes.
Discoverireland.com
DERRY – CULTURAL CAPITAL
On the other side of Northern
Ireland, Derry City is reveling
in its designation as the United
Kingdom’s Cultural Capital in 2013,
in recognition of the city’s amazing
cultural traditions stretching back
centuries.
As a build-up to 2013, there are
hundreds of activities taking place
through 2012. For example, The
Cultural Olympiad in London has
confirmed that a series of events are
being staged in Derry-Londonderry
around the theme Peace One
Day. Artists like Deborah Warner,
Jude Law and Jeremy Gilley are
participating.
And in July, Derry is participating
in the Clipper Round the World
Yacht Race, with a showcase festival
at the end of the 40,000 mile race.
Cityofculture2013.com/
Derrycity.gov.uk/Clipper/Welcome
TOURS TO IRELAND
TOURISM IRELAND
345 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10154
1 800 223-6470
DiscoverIreland.com/us
INROADS IRELAND
2918 Stevens Street
Madison, WI 53705
1-888-220-7711
InroadsIreland.com
Go South
May 21 - May 28
June 11 - 18
June 25 - July 2
July 16 - 23
Sep. 3 - 10
Sep. 24 - Oct. 1
Go North
July 23 - 30
Sep. 17 - 24
Go West
July 9 - 16
Sep. 10 - 17
ISLE INN TOURS
1023 Queen Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
1-800-237-9376
Independent, Luxury,
Escorted, Activity,
River Cruising & Group Travel
Navy vs. Notre Dame Travel Packages
Fully escorted tours include premium
game tickets to the Emerald Isle Classic
in Dublin September 1, 2012.
Pub Tour of Ireland
From Coast to Capital
May through November departures.
Highlights of Ireland Tour
June through November departures.
SAMUEL BECKETT
FESTIVAL TO LAUNCH IN
ENNISKILLEN, FERMANAGH
For theatre lovers everywhere,
make your way to the first annual
Enniskillen International Beckett
Festival, a tribute to Ireland’s great
20th century writer and Nobel
prize winner Samuel Beckett, who
spent his formative years attending
Porta Royal School there. The
festival runs from August 2327, 2012 and presents some of
Beckett’s most famous work,
featuring well-known artists like
director and actor Robert Wilson,
vocalist Ian Bostridge, filmmaker
Atom Egoyan, and writers Edna
O’Brien and John Banville.
happy-days-enniskillen.com
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HE GREENING OF FENWAY PARK
FENWAY PARK – A TOUCH OF GREEN
Fenway Park - it’s as American as applepie and, well, baseball. The “lyrical little
bandbox of a ballpark,” as local writer John
Updike described it, is a national treasure,
one of the few remaining ballparks to survive
a century of wear and tear, heart ache and
exultation.
Fenway has a distinctive Irish tint over
the past century too. Here are some Irish
connections to this green masterpiece.
for an end to British rule in Ireland.
Massachusetts Governor David I. Walsh
introduced Dev.
• On May 28, 1922, Irish patriots Countess
Constance Markievicz and Kathleen Barry
spoke before 6,000 people.
• On June 11, 1934, 40,000 faithful turned
out for an open-air mass in celebration
of William Cardinal O’Connell’s Golden
Jubilee. The Cavan All-Stars Football Team
attended.
OTHER PERSONALITIES
• Mayor James Michael Curley took Irish
rebel Dan Breen to a Red Sox - Braves game
on September 23, 1931.
• Television personality Ed Sullivan was
master of ceremonies at Mayor John Hynes’
Charity Field Day on June 23, 1958.
• Robert Kennedy attended a Memorial
Game on April 17, 1964 in honor of his
brother, President John F. Kennedy.
• Many Irish-Americans have sung the
National
Anthem at Fenway including police
BUILDERS AND GROUNDSKEEPERS
IRISH HURLING AND FOOTBALL
officers
Dan
Clark and Pauline Wells, and
• Charles E. Logue, from Derry, Northern
• On September 4, 1916, the Galway Men’s Irish-born tenor Ronan Tynan.
Ireland, was the contractor selected to build Association enjoyed a day of hurling matches
• The Dropkick Murphys have performed at
Fenway Park, breaking ground on September and track and field events.
Fenway numerous times, singing Tessie and
25, 1911. James E. McLaughlin, born in
• The Kerry Gaelic Football team played a
Shippin Up to Boston.
Nova Scotia to Irish immigrant parents, was
Boston team at Fenway on May 30, 1927.
the architect.
• On June 6, 1937, the Mayo All-Ireland
• Groundskeeper Jerome Kelley took the
Football
Champions beat a Massachusetts
infield sod from the old Huntington Ave
IRISH AMERICAN
team
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8. Lt. Governor John Kelly
ball park at the end of the 1911 season and
RED SOX MANAGERS
placed the diamond in Fenway so it would be threw in the ball to start the game.
Jimmy Collins
1901-06
• On November 7, 1954 Cork’s All Ireland
ready for opening day.
Deacon McGuire
1907-08
Hurling Team beat a Boston team 37 to 28,
then
a
week
later
Mayo’s
Gaelic
Football
Patsy Donovan
1910-11
OPENING DAY, 1912
team beat a local team 13 to 6. Globe
Bill “Rough” Carrigan
1913-16
• On April 20, 1912, the Boston Red Sox
reporter John Ahearn described hurling as a
played the New York Highlanders, later
Jack Barry
1917
named the Yankees. 24,000 people attended. “combination of field hockey, lacrosse and
Hugh Duffy
1921-22
The game went to extra innings and the Sox mayhem.”
Bill Carrigan
1927-29
won 7-6.
BOXING AND WRESTLING
Shano Collins
1932
• Mayor John “Honey Fitz” Fitzgerald,
• On June 26, 1928, Irish Billy Murphy lost
grandfather of John F. Kennedy, threw
Marty McManus
1932-33
a close match against Portuguese champion
out the first ball to start the game, and a
Joe Cronin
1935-47
Al Mello before 12,000 boxing fans.
contingent of Royal Rooters fans, led by
Joe McCarthy
1948-50
Michael “Nuf Ced” McGreevey, boisterously • On June 12, 1932, Eddie “Kid” Sullivan,
“the perpetual motion machine from
Steve O’Neill
1950-51
cheered the team on.
Walpole,”
fought
Tony
Acquaro
of
Lynn.
• Thomas “Bucky” O’Brien was the starting
Pinky Higgins
1960-62
• On July 29, 1937, two heavyweights, Al
pitcher. Tommy Connolly was the umpire
John McNamara
1985-88
behind the plate. Legendary baseball writer McCoy and Jack McCarthy battled before
Joe Morgan
1988-91
10,000 people.
Tim Murnane covered the story for the
Kevin
Kennedy
1995-96
• Danno O’Mahoney from Cork wrestled
Globe.
Jimmy the Greek Londos on June 27, 1935
Jimy Williams
1997-2001
POLITICAL RALLIES
before 30,000 people. O’Mahoney prevailed,
Joe Kerrigan
2001
then met his match on July 20, 1937, losing
• On June 29, 1919, Eamon deValera,
Grady Little
2002-03
to fellow Irishman Steve Casey.
President of the fledgling Irish Republic,
addressed 60,000 people at Fenway, calling
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1. Rose Kennedy Garden
2. Kevin White Statue
3. James Michael Curley Statues
4. Boston City Hall
5. Boston Irish Famine Memorial
6. Old Granary Burying Grounds
7. Colonel Shaw Memorial
8. Massachusetts State House
9. Soldiers & Sailors Memorial
10. Commodore John Barry Memorial
11. Boston Massacre Memorial
12. Central Burying Grounds
13. Colonel Thomas Cass Statue
14. David I. Walsh Statue
15. Maurice Tobin Statue
16. Patrick Collins Memorial
17. John S. Copley Statue
18. Boston Public Library
19. John Boyle O’Reilly Memorial
20. Fenway Park
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Titanic Belfast. Opening April 2012.
TITANIC BELFAST –
AMAZING, AUTHENTIC,
BUT THIS TIME ON
DRY LAND.
Forget Hollywood.
Northern Ireland is the place to be.
Because if you really want
to understand the Titanic,
you need to visit Belfast.
It’s where the legendary ship
was built.
And where this new building
stands in homage.
Its breathtaking dimensions
echo the ship’s bow.
And inside, the state-of-the-art
exhibits make you think you’re
part of the maiden voyage.
Don’t panic. You aren’t.
For more information
and great travel deals, visit
discoverireland.com