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CAVANAUGH'S Joins the Festival in Commemorating 1916.... IRELAND’S EASTER RISING! Fáilte and welcome to Historic Uptown Butte! Come in and meet the tourists from around the world. Find out why they love Butte! Browse through our vast inventory and choose from our great selection! CD’s • Flags • Throws • T-Shirts • Ornaments • Caps Hats • Books • Collectibles • Sun catchers • Jewelry Sweaters • Teas and souvenirs celebrating Butte Music selections of the present and past festival performers year round!! Enjoy the festival & come back next year! August 11, 12, 13, 2017 Go raibh míle maith agat agus slán go fóill. 131 W. PARK, UPTOWN BUTTE • 406-723-1183 Tues-Fri: 10-6, Monday 12-4 during summer, Sat: 10-4, Sundays open seasonally www.countyceltic.com • [email protected] 3 • An RÍ Rá • 2016 GO RAIBH MAILE MAITH AGAT! (a thousand thank you’s!) SPONSOR-DONOR LIST THE FIFTH PROVINCE ($10,000 and Above) Butte-Silver Bow Government (SARTA) AMBLIN H IKE Town Pump Inc. 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Patrick Berretta Mike Hamblin Gene Riordan Pit Printers Emmett Riordan Our Lady of the Rockies Foundation St Mary Reunion Committee Ed Dawson Audio 4 • An RÍ Rá • 2016 Welcome from the An Ri Ra chairman taBle oF On behalf of the Montana Gaelic Society I contents would like to welcome you to the 14th an- nual An Ri Ra Montana Irish Festival held an Ri Ra here in Historic Uptown Butte. This year’s 5 festival, as always, offers some of the best in the elDeRs 6 Irish Music, Dance, Workshops and Historic gailFean Lectures. 7 makem & sPain DuBlin gulch This is a special year for the Irish and those 8 DeRek WaRFielD of us of Irish descent. 2016 marks the 100th anniversary of what would become known 2016 an RÍ RÁ scheDule as "The Easter Uprising." In April of 1916 10 a band of Irish Patriots attempted to once tRinitY iRish DanceRs again throw off the yoke of English oppres- 14 sion. Although the revolt was short-lived, 15 kevin DoYle lasting only a week and ending with the sur- the PRoclamation oF render of the rebels, it would be the catalyst the iRish RePuBlic for what would become the Irish Free State 16 and later the Irish Republic. easteR Rising 17 So come out and enjoy the weekend with us and help us to celebrate this great anniver- General Manager Lynn Lloyd Editor David McCumber Advertising Director Jenean Kujawa sary. Tap 'er light. Graphic Design Missy Robertson Steven Cordes Erica Yakawich Advertising Sales Leah Crossman Kaylee Rabson Nonie Swan Regan Tabor-From Jackie Thompson Advertising Assistants Beth Walsh Jamie Browning Frank Walsh, 25 W. Granite • Butte, MT 59701 • 406-496-5500 Chairman, WWW.MTSTANDARD.COM 2016 An Ri Ra 5 • An RÍ Rá • 2016 Butte’s annual an Ri Ra iRish Festival celebrating Irish culture, heritage and music — runs Friday through Sunday, Aug. 12-14, with the main musi- cal events at the Original Mine Yard in Uptown Butte. Admission is free. Besides nationally known Irish music performers, the weekend features lectures, dance workshops, food and a fun run. The 2016 line-up includes The Elders, Gailfean, Makem & Spain, Dublin Gulch, Derek Warfield & The Young Irish Wolf Tones, Trinity Irish Dancers and Kevin Doyle. The lecture/author series, Friday, Aug. 12, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Butte Archives, 17 W. Quartz St., in- cludes Easter Uprising – Three Lives Three Stories, Father Patrick Beretta; The Patriotic Spirit of Irish Music, Derek Warfield; and Butte’s Irish Heart – Growing up on the Hill, a panel discussion. The one-mile fun run-walk, 5k and 10k runs are Saturday starting from Father Sheehan Park. An outdoor Irish Mass is on Sunday at 12:30 p.m. at the Original Mine Yard. For details or to register for the walk/race visit www.mtgaelic.org. 6 • An RÍ Rá • 2016 heRe’s a look at the music coming to the FRee annual Festival. the elDeRs Perform at 10 p.m. Friday and 8:10 p.m. Saturday at Original Mine Yard Main Stage The Elders were founded in 1998 by six individuals with a passion for music rooted in Americana and Celtic folk rock. From the beginning The Elders seemed to be channeling something ancient and enduring – some- thing unaffected by fads, trends and the giant maw of mind-numbing commercialism. Their ability to bring together the art of storytelling with elements both musically progressive and rooted in tradition, has won them a broad international fan base, as well as critical acclaim in numerous publications such as PASTE Magazine, Folk & Acoustic Music Exchange, Music Row Magazine, Goldmine Magazine, TRAD Magazine (France), Chicago Sun-Times, Kansas City Star and many more. The Elders have headlined major Celtic festivals in North America and Europe. For the past 14 years they have sponsored a tour of Ireland in which fans are invited to join in on an extraordinary 13-day excursion visiting historical and geographical sights during the day and gathering at a local pub or ballroom at night for pints and performances by the band. THE ELDERS ARE: Ian Byrne - vocals, drums, percussion, whistle Steve Phillips - vocals, guitar, mandolin BUSINESS PRINTING & DIGITAL SERVICES Diana Ladio - fiddle Brent Hoad - vocals, keyboards, fiddle, guitar There is a little Norm Dahlor - vocals, bass, guitar, banjo Kian Byrne - vocals, drums, bass, mandolin Irish in Everyone! 406-723-3363 120 WestWest Park StreetStr • Historic Uptown Butte www.instybutte.com • [email protected] 7 • An RÍ Rá • 2016 gailFean Performs at 6 p.m. Friday and 5:20 p.m. Saturday at the Original Mine Yard Main Stage Galifean is an Irish Traditional music group featuring All-Ireland winners John Whelan, Brian Conway and Máirtín de Cógáin and renowned musician Don Penzien. Each of these artists recorded extensively and were brought together to the stage for the first time at the O'Flaherty retreat in October of 2012 due to Hurricane Sandy and much luck. Expect a lively enthralling journey though the history of the Irish Diaspora with this Bonny Bunch of Roses, Oh! They took the name the Pure Drop to start but have grown into Gailfean. About the musicians: JOHN WHELAN MÁIRTÍN DE CÓGÁIN Seven-time All-Ireland button-box champion JOHN MÁIRTÍN DE CÓGÁIN is a singing, dancing, story- WHELAN was named “Traditionalist of the Year” by telling, bodhrán player. He performs in his native Irish Echo magazine in 2011. Whelan has earned the Ireland and all over the U.S and between and beyond, Irish Echo’s highest honor for traditional music. His too! An infectious personality, Máirtín commands the music has since been used for productions on HBO, the attention of any collection of people, from a concert hall History Channel, NBC, FOX, PBS, and in several major to an intimate porch. Descended from a long line of sto- motion pictures. His new CD, Passage of Time, includes rytellers and with two CCÉ All-Ireland’s for Storytelling 33 of his compositions and includes a long list of top under his belt, Máirtín gets no more joy out of life than guest musicians, including Seamus Egan, Seamus Con- the telling of stories.