Just in time for Christmas, award-wining St. Paul author Mike Faricy has come out with yet another ‘work of genius’. His thirty-third book in the popular Dev Haskell series, Suspect Santa. A humorous crime fiction tale set in St. Paul Suspect Santa has private investigator Dev Haskell, contacted by local millionaire Arthur (Arty Farty) Grumley. They were high school classmates, and Haskell never liked…
The family tradition is back! Katie McMahon’s Celtic Christmas 2022 The O’Shaughnessy at St Catherine University 2004 Randolph Ave, St Paul, MN 55105 Friday, December 09, 2022 Doors Open: 7pm // Show: 7:30pm $5 to $28 Katie McMahon has graced stages around the world as the original voice of Riverdance. Her ode to the holidays,…
On Thursday, November 17, the Center for Irish Studies, and St. Thomas Libraries will co-host the Center for Irish Studies Fall 2022 Symposium. Originally distinguished as the first public event on campus that was cancelled in 2019 because of the pandemic, the Center and University Libraries are delighted to host three well-known scholars – Jane…
Lee Tomlin and Tracie Munce – Photo by Andy Rogers News update at Eagan Arms Public House and Merlins RestLee Tomlin and Tracie Munce from Eagan Arms Public House and Merlins Rest have sent some of their staff members on their first trip to Scotland – going to the Fringe Fest and the Highland Games…
Shelagh Geraghty Mullen | food designer Typically, I like my Irish whiskey neat. But a few weeks ago we were at our dear friends home in Wisconsin. Our friend Jill, knowing we are Irish, thought we’d like a drink she found that was made with Jameson and tea. It was delicious, and it gave me the…
“The Importance of Being Earnest”Review by Mary McFarland July 22, 23 @ 7:30 p.m.July 24 @ 2 p.m. Celtic Junction Arts Center826 Prior Avenue North, Saint Paul, MN Come one, come all to the exquisite production that Out of the Mist Celtic Theatre has brought to the Celtic Junction stage. This is an exciting take…
Shenanigan-Again 2022! Organizers for the Irish Fair of Minnesota have announced dates for this year’s Fair, Friday through Sunday, August 12-14 on beautiful Harriet Island across the mighty Mississippi from downtown Saint Paul. “Harriet Island will come alive with music, dance, comedy, and all kinds of Irish culture curated for our guests” said Tom Whelan,…
The new Miss Shamrock for 2022 is Christine Hanley! Christine was born here and raised in St. Paul and its suburbs. She attended Winona State University and majored in Cell and Molecular Biology. She is currently serving in the Navy as a Senior Chief Petty Officer and attending graduate school at Northwestern Health Sciences University…
Minneapolis St. Patrick’s Day Association to revive Women’s Christmas Jan. 9 at Kieran’s For a lucky 13 years, Minneapolis was home to one final holiday bash of the season that filled an Irish pub with women on a Sunday afternoon in January. Lucky for all, it will happen again in 2022. Kieran’s Irish Pub will…
by Dr. Maxine Keoghan It was with great interest that I read the articles in the Irish Gazette of Minnesota’s Connemara immigrants who settled there in the 1880’s. I attended university in the west of Ireland in the city of Galway and have always been fascinated by Connemara – its landscape and its people. I…