A great St. Patrick’s tradition that has been held next to the Landmark Center in downtown St. Paul since 2010 and hosted by Larson King LLP, the largest law firm headquartered in the saintly city, has been put on hold for two years. The invitation-only tent party will resume next year according to Patrick O’Neill,…
Excerpt and image from Forbes Magazine article, Mar 15, 2021, by Michele Herrmann Contributor at Forbes.com In place of their traditional St. Patrick’s Day Parade, the St. Patrick’s Association in Saint Paul is presenting the “2021 Irish Mask-arade,” a drive-thru event with attendees traveling through the route to see stationary parade units. It can be seen via…
Big news is coming from one of Minnesota’s biggest brewers! Summit Brewing Company, located off St. Paul’s West 7th Street, is celebrating its 35th anniversary in 2021. In addition to this momentous occasion, the brewery recently made an announcement that after 17 years one of its most beloved brews previously only available on draught will…
McCasper & O’Runyon’s Shamrocks Irish Pub 995 West 7th St., St. Paul 651-228-9925 Shamrocks will be open on March 17th, St. Patrick’s Day. They are taking reservations for four time slots: 9am-12noon / 12noon-3pm / 3pm- 6pm / 6pm-close There will be cash only with 3 hours max per table.Protocal rules are stay 6 feet…
by Dan Ganley Image Oil-on-canvas painting of Connemara Patch by Wilbur Hausenur, ca. 1935. Courtesy of the Minnesota Historical Society Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote: The poor Irishman, the wheelbarrow is his country. [I love this statement] This phrase might have been on Archbishop John Ireland’s mind back in the 1870s when he began efforts to…
Perrizo, Robert Hughes age 81, of Edina, passed away on Friday, March 13, 2020. Robert “Bob” grew up in Clontarf, Minnesota, graduated from Benson High School where he was an all-around athlete, later he graduated from the University of Minnesota’s School of Journalism. Bob served one year in the United States Army before joining the…
Saint Paul St Patrick’s Day Association Miss Shamrock for 2020 is Zophia Raleigh. Photos courtesy of The St Patrick’s Association of St. Paul Zophia was born and raised in a suburb of St Paul. She attended the University of Minnesota and majored in Agriculture and works for Cargill as a Business Analyst. While in school,…
St. Paul St. Pat’s Parade Association’s Distinguished Irish Woman for 2020 The 2020 Distinguished Irish Woman is actually four remarkable local women, Jane, Brigid, Kate and Rita-the McDonald sisters who are mainstays in local activist circles. They have been working on behalf of peace and social justice for the past 50 years. For decades, they…
Photo courtesy of the Minnesota Historical Society The story of Irish and other immigrant women who helped build the Minnesota State Capitol BY DAN GANLEY Special to the Irish Gazette History is written by accountants. The highest praise is too often reserved for those, usually men, who leave the biggest and most public heap of…
By William Randall Beard. Directed by Ron Peluso. 7:30 p.m. Thu.-Sat., 2 p.m. Sun. Ends Dec. 22, 2019. History Theatre, 30 E. 10th St., St. Paul. Tickets: $30-$65, 651-292-4323 or historytheatre.com. It takes four people to tell the story of a big life like Judy Garlands. In the newest production from History Theatre, Jody Briskey,…