Celtic News

MAIREAD Ni Mhaonaigh has travelled the world as a singer and fiddle player with traditional group Altan , but she insists there's nowhere like home in Donegal.

'The thick Aran sweaters which became their trademark' a the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem in New York in 1961.

The author of The Da Vinci Code was in the capital on Monday as part of the Dublin Writers Festival.

Guinness, fiddles, and all-around Celtic madness: you've waited your whole life to pub hop in Ireland.

Following a series of teasers and videos, Queens of the Stone Age have released a 15-minute animated short film preceding the release of their upcoming album .

No charge for repro. Mi 1 2ire Rua Ni 1 2 Ghallchi 1 2ir, dedicated Celtic fan, at Pobalscoil Ghaoth Dobhair on Wednesday where she donated her sizeable collection of Celtic memorabilia to students.

A tiny car that actually goes pretty fast will soon bring a touch of la dolce vita to Route 17M.

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Canadian Astronaut and ISS commander Chris Hadfield is framed by spacesuits as he performs David Bowie's Space Oddity on the International Space Station, in a video published on YouTube on Sunday May 12, 2013.

OZZY OSBOURNE and his reunited Black Sabbath are about to give their bloodiest and most gory performance ever - in TV's CSI.

Doug Finley, the organizational "pitbull" behind Prime Minister Stephen Harper's rise to power, built a reputation in conservative circles for mercurial temper, implaccable calm, fierce loyalty and prodigious work ethic.

He makes up half of the Rap Duo known for their infamous Anthem: "Jump" back in the 90's. Kelly's Funeral took place at Jackson Memorial Baptist Church where his industry colleagues, closest friends and family paid respects to the legend.

Newfoundland. No matter how hard I try, I can't pronounce it the way the locals do, the way Wayne Johnston does, with the accent on the "land" not the "new" or the "found". Oddly, for a faraway place of which I knew nothing before I started reading his books, it matters.

World-renowned P.E.I. fiddler, Richard Wood, will perform at Harmony House Theatre on Friday, May 10, at 8 p.m. Joining him on stage will be Gordon Belsher on guitar and Brad Fremlin on piano.

MOORESVILLE Get ready to rock - and raise a lot of money for school supplies for the children in the Mooresville Consolidated School District.

Exploration company Providence Resources has reported an operating loss for the year of just over 5.4m, an increase on the operating loss of 4.07m reported last year.

In 1910, a man named Michael Conway set sail from the Irish seaport town of Cobh to seek better fortunes in the United States.

MOUNT KISCO, N.Y. Grand Prix New York of Mount Kisco raised more than $1,200 for Support Connection - a Yorktown Heights-based not-for-profit organization that provides free confidential services to those battling breast and ovarian cancer - at its Support-apalooza fundraiser April 12.

Well known traditional band Dervish have returned with their first studio album in five years, The Thrush in the Storm.

This transcription is from Howie's playing of his tune. I also enjoy playing it a step lower in G Major X: 2 T: Jerry Holland's Jig C: Howie MacDonald M: 6/8 L: 1/8 R: jig K: Amaj http://www.jerryholland.com/ Thanks baylady, I was thinking about him when playing this and that was part of the reason to add it here, in memory.