At the heart of journalist Mark Bulik’s exhaustively researched book, “Ambush at Central Park: When the IRA Came to New York,” there is the story of a bold plot to kill an informer, one Patrick Joseph “Cruxy” O’Connor, who had…

We're hosting our 25th annual Wren Party on St. Stephen's Day … 7 p.m. on Dec. 26 at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 235 Limekiln Pike in Glenside. But not everyone can make it to the party – especially if…

Extend your Christmas holiday. Come celebrate the feast of St. Stephen in a uniquely Irish way the following day, Dec. 26. 

You can join the revelry with the Philadelphia/Delaware Valley branch of Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann (pronounced COAL-tus KYOL-TOR-ee AIR-in). CCÉ…

By Katherine Ball-Weir

Jeff Meade, chairman of CCÉ Philadelphia-Delaware Valley, is joining the 2024 Delaware Valley Irish Hall of Fame. 

The Hall of Fame dates back to 2001, when Tommy Moffit, the late, great Philadelphia Irish musician and longtime radio…

Doimnic Mac Giolla Bhríde hails from Ghaoth Dobhair (Gweedore) in the Donegal Gaelteacht, an area renowned for the preservation of Irish language and song.  Doimnic grew up blessed by the wealth of tradition around him.  His earliest local influences included…

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This fabulous new Irish traditional band founded by Lexie Boatright (concertina and harp), Jake James (fiddle), Cara Wildman (bodhrán and dance), and Ryan Ward (piano and piano accordion) appears in a special Comhaltas-sponsored concert Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024, at 7…

Extend your Christmas holiday. Come celebrate the feast of St. Stephen in a uniquely Irish way the following day, December 26. 

You can join the revelry with the Philadelphia/Delaware Valley branch of Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann (pronounced COAL-tus KYOL-TOR-ee AIR-in). CCÉ…

Friends, family members, and traditional Irish musicians from far and wide gathered for an all-star session June 3 at St. Peter’s Church in the Great Valley, Malvern, Pa., to celebrate the life of Joe Reavy, son of the prolific composer…

The children of families staying at the Ronald McDonald House in Philadelphia’s University City often face difficult health issues, with both physical and emotional impacts. The goal of the Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) is to provide lodging, meals and…

The Mid-Atlantic Fleadh is scheduled for May 12-14 in Parsippany, N.J. Registration is now open.

The Fleadh registration deadline is April 10. Payments and/or registrations received after April 10 will be subject to a $50 late fee.  

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The 2023 Comhaltas Philadelphia-Delaware Valley Kevin McGillian Annual General Meeting Ceili will take place Sunday, September 10, from 3-5 p.m. at the Irish Center. The AGM will take place in conjunction with the Philadelphia Ceili Group’s Ceili Og, a dance…