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Comments Songs of the Emerald Isle, an Irish travelogue from 1955, is now available to watch for free on the Irish Film Institute s IFIPlayer as part of their St. Patrick s Day Collection.
This short film Songs of the Emerald Isle presents five much-loved Irish airs and ballads against a backdrop of the Irish landscape.
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Bing Crosby sings “How Can you Buy Killarney?” (from his St Patrick’s Day Parade album), John Feeney sings “The Connemara Shore,” and Connie Foley sings “Lovely Leitrim.”
These songs of yearning and nostalgia are illustrated with images of Irish Travellers, fishermen, foresters and farmers, ancient monuments, rich farmlands, seascapes, and the River Shannon.
Forty years of Friends of Ireland on Capitol Hill
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Normally around St Patrick s Day, students from the Baltimore-Washington Academy of Irish Culture would be performing in parades and concerts.
However, with such events cancelled this year, they are going from door-to-door in the Washington suburbs to spread some traditional Irish festive cheer by performing in people s front yards.
The musicians and dancers have had to adapt to a new reality this St Patrick s Day and so too have the politicians.
The traditional meeting between the Taoiseach and the US President will be virtual this year, but officials insist that although there will be no in-person engagements, the Irish influence in Washington remains as strong as ever.
Shamrocks, waterslides, and cookies round out this weekend s events
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JUPITER, Fla. â This weekend is full of St. Patrickâs Day celebrations, the actual holiday is on Wednesday, March 17 (So if you like the holiday you are going to get two weekends of festivities).
The park is set to open its gates in time for spring break on Saturday, March 13. The venue will be open daily through April 11.
Tickets start at $46.99 (prices higher on the weekend), plus taxes and fees, parking is $14.02, and right now Families can have fun with confidence. We have a lot of things in place. We are asking families to have on masks upon entry and in lines when making a food or retail purchase, said Tina Hatcher, spokesperson for Rapids Water Park.
It always starts to feel like spring in Dallas when the North Texas Irish Festival rolls around. It’s generally the first in a series of fun festivals, but this year is going to be different. With Texas businesses opened up, we could start to see more festivals scheduled in the future, but the beloved Irish festival will happen virtually on March 6.
There’s a loaded schedule of five free livestreams of music and dance plus a paid virtual event streamed from Ireland. All can be found at the festival s website. The North Texas Irish Festival has signaled the start of spring here in Texas for some time,” Sheri Bush, president of the Southwest Celtic Music Association said. “We are pleased to be the warm-up to St. Patrick s Day and to bring musicians to our event before they play in many other places on St. Patrick s Day. This way, everyone gets the chance to hear this incredible music.