A Great Day for the Irish
April 2010 VOL. 21 #4 $1.50 Boston’s hometown journal of Irish culture. Worldwide at bostonirish.com All contents copyright © 2010 Boston Neighborhood News, Inc. A GREAT DAY FOR THE IRISH Walking down the steps on Capitol Hill with President Obama after attending a Friends of Ireland luncheon with him on St. Patrick’s Day were, from left: Massachusetts Democratic Congressman Richard Neal, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California, and Ireland Prime Minister Brian Cowen. Associated Press photo by Charles Dharapak. Next Stop: A Fixture The Saint’s Czech Republic on the Cape Influence Irish Studies specialist John Francis Murphy, right, Joe Leary writes, Richard Finnegan, right, is the puckish proprietor of Page 6 of Stonehill will switch the the eclectic Land Ho! taverns focus of his scholarship on Cape Cod who cut his teeth next year to the Czech on the restaurant business in Hail the Boston Republic where he will the 1960s at Anthony’s Pier Comhaltas spend a semester teaching 4 in Boston as an assistant at Masaryk University as a to the legendary Anthony Ceili Band Fulbright scholar. Athanas. Sean Smith writes, Page 3 Profile, Page 6 Page 14 Page 2 April 2010 BOSTON IRISH RePORTeR Worldwide at www.bostonirish.com the eire society Gold medal dinner and awards ceremony Honoring ed Forry 6:00 p.m., april 30, 2010 rooF top Ballroom, omni parKer house, Boston The eire SocieTy’S Gold Medal iS award- hoTel in downTown boSTon on friday, ed annually To a perSon or perSonS who april 30, 2010, recepTion beGinS aT 6:00 haS Made SiGnificanT conTribuTionS To p.M.
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