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,…
Book Review
4/8/22 – Review by Mary McFarland Indestructible – Reclaim Control and Respond with Confidence in the Media Crisis By Molly McPherson Published by Mandala Tree Press, 2021 While many of us were deciding what color trainers to wear during the pandemic, McPherson summarized her considerable public relations experience into a factual, accessible crisis communication’s guide…
Guide to what’s happening in Irish pubs and restaurants on St. Patrick’s Day
McCasper & O’Runyon’s Shamrocks Irish Pub 995 West 7th St., St. Paul 651-228-9925 Thursday, March 17 Music starts at 10 am thru 2 pm with Tom Dahill and Ginny Johnson, 2:30 to 7 pm. Brian Boru at 10:30 am and Mike Naymen from 4-8pm with Reckless Professionals from 9pm to close. Tent Party-3-7 Paddywagon and…
Miss Shamrock 2022
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…
Committing to the Cloth
By Monica Nilsson Editor’s note: The author Monica Nilsson is Executive Director of Haven Housing, St. Paul’s 2012 Distinguished Irish Woman and proud daughter of Mary Gallagher Nilsson. You’ll see Gallaghers, Kanes, Egans, Treacys, McGraths, McCarthys and O’Phelans, Sheas, Harrises, Ryans, Galligans, Faricys, Murphys and McMahons. And because the Irish are a welcoming…
Katie Stephens Spangler, Distinguished Irish Woman 2022
Katie Stephens Spangler, originally from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, began her involvement in the Irish community as a dancer with the Trinity Academy of Irish Dance. She performed and competed all over the world for 11 years with Trinity along with assistant teaching. She comes from a family that have been long-time volunteers with the Milwaukee Irish Fest….
Dropkick Murphys
AMERICAN CELTIC punk band Dropkick Murphys will celebrate St Patrick’s Day 2022 live and in-person in their hometown of Boston, with a free live stream of the event being broadcast to fans around the world from House of Blues in Boston. It will kick off on March 17th at 9pm ET. The live stream also…
St. Patrick’s Day Parade 2022
We are lucky #17 in the parade line up and Irish Network Minnesota is #18! Join us Thursday, March 17th at the St Patrick’s Day Parade in downtown Saint Paul from 12 – 1:30 PM. Parade route this year starts in Rice Park (5th St & Market St) and will travel along 5th Street, ending…
Bloomsday 2022
SAVE THE DATE: Don’t miss the 100th anniversary of Bloomsday on Thursday, June 16 from 5-8 p.m. Join your friends at the beautiful Summit Manor event venue, located at 275 Summit Avenue in St. Paul, for a one-of-a-kind evening. The international celebration of James Joyce’s book, Ulysses will be celebrated locally by the Minnesota chapter…
Bloody Sunday Anniversary
January 30, 2022 marks the 50th anniversary of that tragic day in Derry known as “Bloody Sunday” when 26 peaceful civic rights demonstrators were shot in 1972 with 14 of them killed by British soldiers. The demonstrators were protesting the British policy of Internment without trail, giving the British Government the power to arrest anyone…