Philadelphia Irish Center

A Virtual Community Rises to Meet a Real-Life Challenge: Breast Cancer

Jeff Meade — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:00:00 -0500

Help a team of local Irish folks, including many from our online community BallyPhilly, raise funds to fight this disease.

Prayerfully Celebrating the Irish Center's 50th

Jeff Meade — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:00:00 -0500

The folks who know and love the Center, and who have known and loved it for a good, long time, started their evening's festivities with a fittingly reverent observance.

Air Force Celtic Band Takes Wing in Philadelphia

Jeff Meade — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:15:25 -0500

The Heritage Aire Celtic Ensemble played in Chestnut Hill on Sunday and on Tuesday at the Barry Club.

Still Young at Heart

Jeff Meade — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0500

The Irish Center, celebrating its 50th, invites some old friends to share sandwiches, cake and memories.

Inside the Heart of a Dreamer

Jeff Meade — Fri, 09 May 2008 12:51:57 -0500

Singer Sean Tyrrell brings his show documenting the life of poet John Boyle O'Reilly to Philly on May 17.

Up The Tyrones!

Jeff Meade — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 12:26:15 -0500

And while we’re at it, up John Nolan, manager of the Philadelphia Irish Center, this year’s recipient of the Tyrone Society’s Red Hand award.

For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow

Jeff Meade — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 15:13:06 -0500

And so say about 250 friends of legendary local musician Kevin McGillian in a surprise birthday party at the Commodore Barry Club.

Orange and Green Concert

Jeff Meade — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 06:15:29 -0500

Photos from the recent "Orange and Green" Concert at the Philadelphia Irish Center, featuring flutist Gary Hastings and singer Brian Mullen. (Photos by Gwyneth MacArthur and Denise Foley)

John Carty in Concert

Jeff Meade — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 23:00:00 -0600

Acclaimed multi-instrumentalist John Carty, joined by Francis Gaffney, will grace the Delaware Valley with his talents in a concert Tuesday at the Irish Center. There's a fiddle clinic before the show.

Donegal's Deirdre Bonner and Morgan Campbell Provide Beautiful Music for a Good Cause

Jeff Meade — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 23:00:00 -0500

Deirdre promised herself that if a treatment for her father's cancer was successful, she would record a CD to benefit the Letterkenny General Hospital oncology unit. The treatment was successful, and she kept her word. We'll get to hear a sampling of her Irish traditional a country repertoire in a concert at the Philadelphia Irish Center.