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Miss Shamrock 2020

Posted on 03/13/202003/13/2020 by The Irish Gazette

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,…

2020 Distinguished Irish Woman

Posted on 03/05/202003/06/2020 by The Irish Gazette

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…

Fabric of Society is Often Woven by Women Workers

Posted on 02/20/202002/20/2020 by The Irish Gazette

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…

Beyond the Rainbow: Garland at Carnegie Hall

Posted on 11/27/201911/28/2019 by The Irish Gazette

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,…

A New Year Celebration: Auld Lang Syne!

Posted on 11/25/201911/28/2019 by The Irish Gazette

Minnesota Orchestra Make this a New Year’s Eve to Remember Mon, Dec 31, 2018, 8:30 pm at Orchestra Hall From Gershwin’s Tin Pan Alley and F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Jazz Age to Aaron Copland’s folk music-inflected ballet, this concert celebrates the dynamic voices, vision, and talents of iconic American composers. And it wouldn’t be New Year’s…

Obituaries

Posted on 01/26/201911/23/2019 by The Irish Gazette

The Irish Community has lost several of its local community members recently. In one five day stretch your reporter attended a funeral a day. That stretch started with our good friend and a greatly respected journalist, Nick Coleman. Nick wrote about The Troubles in Northern Ireland several years ago when he was a columnist at…

Irish yarn shop is bringing goods to the Minnesota Irish Fair

Posted on 01/26/201911/23/2019 by The Irish Gazette

At Yarn Vibes they are delighted to be able to showcase 100% Irish wool. Their yarn is authentically Irish, made from 100% mixed mountain fleece, locally sourced from Irish sheep. All of the yarn in this collection is hand-dyed. As this Irish wool is dyed by hand, each hank is unique. Just like the sheep…

Merlins Rest pub provides award-winning food and drink

Posted on 01/26/201911/23/2019 by The Irish Gazette

On the corner of East Lake St. and 36th Ave. sits the Celtic pub, Merlins Rest, in the charming Longfellow neighborhood. It is about a mile west of the Mississippi River and only 10 minutes from Minneapolis, St. Paul and Bloomington. Merlins is known for their unique and delicious menu items and a large selection…

Extra, Extra: The newsies stop the world

Posted on 01/26/201911/23/2019 by The Irish Gazette

Grab your newsboy hat and get yourself to the Chanhassen Dinner Theatre to see Disney’s Newsies. Their main stage can barely hold all the dancing, singing and excitement of this play, not to forget the romance and comedy and family friendly to boot. Also, you may learn something as this remarkable play is all the…

Sr. Rosanne Fox comforted the afflicted and afflicted the comfortable

Posted on 01/25/201911/23/2019 by The Irish Gazette

Downtown parishes, like the Church of the Assumption in St. Paul and St. Olaf in Minneapolis have a special ministry as those who need the basics; food, clothing and shelter, surround them. To their credit these churches respond commendably. Sr. Rosanne Fox, CSJ, was the designated hitter for this important ministry at St. Olaf and…

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